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Tho Overend, Gurney & Co. Con- spiracy Case. RESULT OF THE SPANISH ELECTIONS. The French Biue Book for the Year 1868. AFFAIRS IN THE EAST. The Hamburg steamship Cimbria, Captain B. H. Haack, and the Cunard steamship Russia, Captain Cook arrived at this port yesterday afternoon, with despatches and details/of telegrams up to the 24th ult. The government of Wiirtemberg has ordered that the third class carriages on the various railways in the country shall be warmed in winter as well as the others. The Bulgarians are addressing a petition to the Emperor of France praying for the emancipation of the Christians in Bulgaria. Accounts from the Russian frontiers bring la- mentable reports of the sufferings of the Jewish population from hunger and typhus. In fact, unless early assistance is rendered, it is feared that entire communities will perish. The Russian government is organizing bands of Buigarians and Greeks, armed with rifles of recent construction, who are to take the fleld against Tur- key on the first signal being given. ‘The Registrar General’s returns of London show that no less than 2,483 deaths were registered in Lon- don last year from typhus fever, being an increase of 309 as compared with the number recorded in 1887. Mr. Jefferson Davis, accompanied by Mr. Slidell and two old officers of the rebel army of the South, Went on the 18th of January to visit the military School of St. Cyr. He was received in state by the authorities and the pupils mancuvred before him. The Marquis de Sarda Bandeira announced off- cially in the sitting of the Portuguese Cortes of the 22d ultimo that the King had empowered the Minis- ters to remain in office. He added that the Council of State had determined to dissolve the Chambers immediately. The North German Confederation, it is said, will conclude treaties with Bavaria and Wirtemberg similar to that of Baden, with the object of enabling subjects of North and South Germany to go through their milttary services in the armies of either North or South German countries. It ts announced from Berlin that the journalists of that city have, at the suggestion of the celebrated writer, Herr Berthold Auerbach, adopted an address to be sent to General Grant, begging him to bring in @ bill for the protection of literary and artistic copy- right between Germany and the United States, It is said that Monsignor Franchi, the Spanish Pa- pal Nuncio, has written to Cardinal Antonelli the welcome intelligence that tne Spanish government has decided to continue paying to the Holy See the usual contribution of 18,000 douros per annum, nomt- nally for the Basilica of St. Peter, and to pay the arrears of the last six months, which had been hith- erto suspended. ‘ *The Levant Herald says that the Porte has pur- chased the two iron-clad corveties built for the Chilean government—but rejected for alleged non- complignce with the contract—at Bordeaux. The Greek government was also negotiating for these vessels, but has, presumably, been outbid. The Porte has bought them at the high figure of £180,000. The same journal also observes that the recall of the Turkish Ambassador from Teheran speaks badly for the relations between Turkey and Persia. In consequence of misunderstandings about some of the frontier tribes, the bearing of the Shah’s Min- isters towards the envoy of the Porte became s0 Offengive that the latter felt compelled to suspend relations and ask for instructions from Constan- tinople. The arrival in Paris of M. Voloudaki, President of the provisional government of Crete, and of M. Cas- sinati, advocate of Syra, is announced. “They are going to the United States,” says the Liberte, “to negotiate a loan and the purchase of plated vessels.”” The Oficial Gazette of Stuttgart denies the report that Wirtemberg has made proposals to the North German Confederation for allowing Wairtemberg subjects to serve inthe army of the Confederation and subjects of the Confederation to serve in the Wiurtemberg army. The Levant Times announces that the Porte has recently abolished a number of taxes “which pressed very heavily upon the population in the provinces, without any profit to the imperial treasury.” The leaders of the bands which invaded Bulgaria last summer have just been brought to trial and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. This jndg- ment has greatly’ discouraged their partisans in Bucharest, but, on the other hand, it bas restored confidence to all men of order. The Paris correspondent of the London Herala says that the French Emperor has bought a chateau, near Orleans, to convert ft into an asylum for con- valescent workingmen. D The Nord points out the somewhat singular fact that throughout the Freuch Biue Book no allusion is made to Germany. The German press will conclude from this that the French g.vernment has ceased to believe that it is interested in the successive de- velopment of the national enterprise undertaken Siuce 1566, and will henceforth consider that develop- ment exclusively of German concern. The budget of the Russian empire for 1890 amounts to 482,000,000 roubles. In the revenue account figure @ surplus of 4,000,000 from the budget of 1567 and & SUrplas of 10,000,000 from the budget of 1803, these amounts serving to cover the increase of 18,000,000 in the expenditure. Thirty-one million roubles are appropriated from special sources for the construction of raliway lines and for harbor works at Riga and (dessa. The Minister of Finance ascribes the increase in the revenue to a more than usually satisfactory harvest and to the stimulus given to commerce by the extension of the railway system. The International, of London, mentions that it has good reason to assert that, besides the asuail compil- ments of the season, there passed between Count de Stackelbepg and Mr. Rangavé, on the event of the new year’s day (Russian calender), a conversation of great political importance. Mr, Rangabé is to have explained on that occasion the real motives of his absence from the Conference, from which tt would appear that he did not take part in the meet- ing in order to avoid hearing an opiaiwn that would condemn the conduct that has been observed by Greece latterly. SPAIN. The Klections aud Their Peaceful Termi- uation—The Elected Candidater—Conse- quences of the Late Revolte—Success of the Republican Party—Mouarchical Disposi- tien of the Military. MaAvRID, Jan. 20, 1869. Greatly to the surprise of ail and probably to the disappointment of many, especially of those living in la belle France, the great and important elections for the Constitutional Assembly of Spain passed off with perfect order. Of course, in some of the goi- leges, which number over 11,000, there were slight disturbances, but they really amounted to nothing— not half so serious as a New York election row or a Philadelphia conflict. All this is very creditable to @ nation when it exercises ite right of suffrage for the first time, and at a period when party spirit runs very high and certain classes are deeply incensed at the duplicity and barbarity of the government. Bat we hear of no startling outbreaks even where the contest of Bourbon sympathies are strongest, although at several points there were rather formidable demon- strations of neos and reactionists, as some of the journals tell os; but nothing of importance came of them except the election of @ baker's dozen of absointist, who are, perhaps, needed in the new Assewbly to give it Gavor aud piquancy. The people NEW YORK behaved exceedingly well, and they have shown to Europe that they caa take one step In an orderly Way towards governing themselves. AS was natu- Tally expected, @ majorly of the ministerial candi- dates have been returned, and they will be able to control the House. lithe present provisional gov- erament have been dected as deputies, and all of thim from different districts, as it ts not neces say for a candidat to lve or be born in the dist in which he is to be voted for, ‘Thu, with incomplete returns, we find that Sefior Dor edes Matgo Jagasta, Minister of the Interior, and |ather of the electoral law under which the elec- tion{were held, and the liberal who struck from the listspnd disqualifed over six hundred thousand yourg men by fixing the legal age at twenty-five, has arned from five different districts, and it is just pw impossible to say in how many others he was and failed to obtain a majority, Itmay be saply asserted that he took very good care to run in thdold bluelight regions, where men of his trans- cendat genius are in high repute. Nicholas Maria River a democrat, but in with the government, and resey first Alcaide of Madrid, has been returned man in Spain. well known here, was clean at the tail of t, and more than 4,000 votes behind Rivero. Generd Serrano, President of the Council, has been electedin two districts. He was elected on the Madnidticket and ran behind Rivero nearly 3,000 re eneral Prim was also elected in two dis- the poll peta made { very respectable show and was returned from wo districta, ran in Madrid nearly as well asjerrano. Zorella was also returned two districty and did somewhat better in Madrid than Jagasta Ayola Don Adelordo Lopez de Ayola, Min- ister fomthe Colonies, poet and writer of most of the wordy opaque te papers that ‘issue nowa- days, f districts to return him to the Con- gress. The iter of Finance, Sefior Figuerola, after a ter- rible for a long time doubtful e‘fort, found a itituency which elected him, and he will to make an exhibit of his astonishing finan: perations whule in the Treasury. Don Salu- stiano 0}zaga, the marplot of the revolution, present ambassalor to France—where things are going badi for Spair—was returned from two districts, and brother sé from a titird. Tne town of Logrofio, home ef Baldomero » rtero, Duke de Victoria, the here (f Luchana, i..i owner of the sword of that mame, returned the old Gene who is @ canilate for the throne, Presidency, or the or place, whatever it may be called. |t also elected Domingo Dulce, now Captain Genera! of Cuba, who will probably not take his seat very soon, if Cuba is not pacified. Logroiio is aqueertown. It fluctuates between the warlike sentimerts and the sweet and gentle influences of peace, Sc it elected thecrafty but eminently pacitic Olozaga wd the cunning Jagasta, who has proved in this elsction once again that hath its vic- tories ncless than war. A very queer quartet are the delegites from sleepy Logrofio. ‘Ihe above are the prominent men of the government, who took care of themselves and were re’ accordingly. Amo! tie seventy or eighty republicans who are eleced, and who will represent more than tleir numerical share of brains in the Comititutional Assembly, is io | Cas- telan, the great republican orator and clever man, whohas been returned by two districts. He ts @ great mun among the republicans, although, per- os, tn kt Estanisiao rig Fas, haps, too much of & theorist. a hed advocate of and s manof ability, has by three xpublican districts. José Maria Orense, a st -repiblican and @ man of sound: judgment, ted by two constituencies, and might have réceived aaomination in all the republican districts in Spain had he cared for it. He is the father of the rty, and will make a valuable member of the ori 20, a wpablican Journal of Madd, has been a ican jo , n diected’ in"two writers on the districts. He is one of the best Spanish press, a sensible republican pnd @ pleasant gentleman. Gen- eral Blas Pierrod, of the , and the only promintnt officer in that body that does not think a8 Le BS think, in political matters a psy em republ has been elected in Ronda—the only republican chosen among four deputies. He is @ brave old‘ seldier and isin the republican forces, where he always is—in the '—leading. Among the generals chosen by the ple are Izquierdo, Quesada and Caballero de ‘the great pacifica- tor of Cadiz and Malaga. He was elected from Za- Mora, which ® not a republican stronghold, though the latter, in return for the immense strength ne added to theircause by his pacific tour through An. dalusia, ought to bave sent him to the Cortes. The Church wili be represented by the Archbishop of Santiago, elected in Saiamanca, and the Arch- bishop of Jaen, elected from Ciudad Real. These prelates are the only absolutists elected in the districts in which they reside, and it is said that they were personally on the ground, bringing up their supporters, Se Se weak, confirming the doubting and driving up the tardy sheep of their fold. The Church will need all the aid of these champions, who believe that the State and Church are ce sep when the conflict is opened and the liberal thinkers of the country are able to express their views. There will be a strong of absolutisis to do the skirmishing cham- ons are preparing for the personal combat, as the t quarters have sent some abie del One of the curious but not Tmpexpooted’ results of the election is the overwhelming defeat of the ne bob ges f point where Caballero de cohorts. At Cadiz, where republican was out, as Prim fondly but urdly dreamed, the a have elected all joe’ four nage 4 Ege sme majorit among 1 01 leader of the so-called insurrection (Fermi sa vochea), who is returned by a thundering vote as a Popular protest against the tyrannical and unpar- jonabie conduct of the government in vO} king & conilict in that city. Malaga, lly wronged and out ed by Ceneral Prima ana his subordinate — ballero de Rodas) returns ail the republi- can candidates, who will no doubt have something to say to these generals before the Cortes or is closed by Prum’s artllery. Jerez and Seville were disarmed and Saragossa, Barcelona and Valencia threatened, and all these cities returned all the re- publican candidates by large majorities. It was a wise thing for the government that — called their forces off and gave up the idea, wi fight, of aisarming tue people: because ght, of a the people; because e de Rodas and his troops weut they made rej and increased the ranks of the enemies of the gov- eroment. Carlos Rublo leads the poll in Seville, which voted for the republicans so unanimously that the monarchists gave up the fight at an early day. Rubio is one of the rising men of Spain. He is a bri‘liant poet and yet a statesman, and his counsels will be of value in the formation of the new constitu- Tue republicans have gained a great moral victory, and have exhibited a strei and vitality that quite surprise its enemies. Until after the revolution of last September there was no such thing as & republi- can partyin Spain. To be sure there were a few thini Men, who believed that a republic might be established with benefit to the nation; but none of them dreamed that it was possibie to take the first seep to ——— about, Even for some time after the revolution there was little talk of a republic, and it was not until the provisional government mant- fested its intentions to prejudge the question of the form of government which Spain shouid accept that the republican party came into existence. The dissensions and vacillations of the government and lis evident desire to force upon the people ite personal wishes gave the republican leaders the very material they wanted apon which to go before the people. ‘ihen began their great meetings; stump Speakers traversed tue country from end to end, and in the South met with the greatest success. in all the great cities they carried the population with them, aud finally the movement became so strong aud 60 contagious that General Prim sent out Caval- poh 3 — nis og ps to crush out the party. How wel he su foe vey ciety ~ weceeded the elec- his is the first fight of the republicans, have entered into the contest "without ures or patronage, and have beaten the govern- ment badly, where the latter used every means th its power, whetier honorable or not, to gain & success. There is no tenure of office act in force in Spain, and tie governinent was not prevented from turning out of office people Who had served tt well, in order to use it to buy up other more influential lcsas ste a gross Le =) yuse of public cominon e United States Rs regarded a8 a matter of course; but in an, where the provisionai government promised to allow afree election, it is a subject not easily torgoiten, and one that will some day torment tie distinguished statesinen who employed such dishonorabie means o retain power. ‘The republicans in the Cortes will doubtieas expose the tricks and games of the government, show to the world how the eS battle was won. The soldiers, uke datifal men, obeyed orders and mar to the polia or deposited their votes with the colonels ina body. All voted the monarchical or ministerial lucket, of course, and oilicers did not trouble them- selves to inquire whether the ns offering their votes were of legal age or not. Indeed, | am told that @ great majority of the army voted, and it is well known that mine-tenths of them are under the prescribed age, However, that is not The army made the revolution, and why shoul the ition assigned to him at the Conference and to claim admission upon an equal footing with the ‘Turkish Pocelnniontiary. The 8 of Al pape . despite the departure the volunteers from Candia. that the revo/uuion still continues in the highest mountains of Sphakia and also im the plains of the The Most celebrated Candiote chiefs are at the head or the rebels, According to the latest advices from Candia the Turkish so! were the chief taina who had submitted with great brut q The excitement which prevailed not. in Athens, but throughout the whole of he : te made b} the jon and the commercial exchanges, which for a few days were very agitated, are once more steady. The Shadow of Present Eastern Troubles in the Past. caries Se ea rai examination of the there can be no fitter time for the nation to vonsid its duties in a respecting which it has con- tracted public obligations.” In this spirit I venture to call attention to the folio’ extracts from correspondence of his Royal thness Prince pold, presented to Parliament the royal com- mand in May, 1830:— ‘TO TOR FART OF ARRRDEEN—FEB. 8, 1880, far from agreeing with the ey my in lordship'’s thas the exclusion of Can: a from the Greek Bate cane Re the whole thing, I beg to repeat to cal: not ine any effectual mode of pacifying except it be included in the new Btate. ‘TO THR DUKE OF WELLINGTON-—FER. There remain some potnts whioh T am obliged to urge on your Grace. The principal of ‘these fs Candiar Aa T can soe owbere that it be the dRnglah poloy to Candis Pacer fay alma eg nphlegy ee my plier baad on ‘The exclusion of Candle will the Greeks, henceforth in an {1 slacken in their eapror sympathy for their countrymen and fellow Christians? Or is it more likely that the Candlotes, wi the accom; it of the Greek cause before their should f hey are Greeks themselves! But what habitants will peaceably return under the Turkish dominion. ‘pacification will then remain? In my opinion nothing sho: 4 of torce of arms, as to effect a peacea: le emigration of so numerous a population I take to be wholly impracticable, But In case be the only racticable mode of pacitying Creto what must Tbe prepared For? ‘That probably, at the time when Iam going out to wern Greece in consequence of a certain treaty, events will fiappen whieh wil make it appear, to the Grecks at le that that same treaty sanctions the bloodshed and murder o/ hele brethren. “I need not dwell on what, n such & case, os feelings of the Gree! ‘and passi Soltaceanat eas eta ma Wer wilt Rit your Grace by hinting the innumerable incidents which may Trise out of these diticuities, and over which Lean have nd control; but which, notwithstanding, may commit me with the Powers and brand my character in the eyes of Europe. Is this merely a forecast of the future, of all actual history of Crete and Greece for the last forty years? Could the chronic state of unsettlement caused by the wrongs of Crete and the impossibility of restrain- ing the strongly excited feelings of a united people have been more exactly described after the event? As anticipated by Leopold, the sympathy has become more intense as the Cretans nave improved in edu- cation and intelligence, because they have, in the same proportion, been drawn closer to their own na- tion, and separated by a wider interval from their Turkish masters, What is to be the end of this? Is the continuance of such a state of things to be de- sired for the sake elther of Greeks or Turks, or of the commercial and cial, and other still more im- god interests dependent ‘upon the pacification of ie Bast? * * * * * ENGLAND. The Overend, Gurney & Co. Conspiracy Fraud Case—Testimony of the Witnesses. On Friday, January 22, the hearing of the ad- journed summons against the directors of Overend, Gurney & Co. {Ltmited) was resumed before the Lord Mayor of London and Alderman Sir Thomas Gabriel, in the Court of Queen’s Bench, GuildhaiL. - ‘The six defendants were seated as usual in front of pa’ counsel. ela by a worsen and ae c. ew appearing for the Messrs, Gurney and Mr. Robert Birkbeck; Mie Sergeant Parry, Mr. Montagu Williams and Mr. Bromby for Mr. Henry Ford Bar- clay; Mr. Sergeant Sleigh Mr, Ledgard for Mr. H. G, Gordon, and Mr. G for Mr. Rennie. Mr. George Lewis, solicitor, conducted the prose- cution, The long deposition which was taken on the pre- vious Saturday of Mr. Robert Palmer Harding, one of the liquidators of Overend, Gurney & Co., was read over over to him this morning by Mr. Oxe, the chief clerk, and confirmed. This occupied nearly an huur and a half. The witness explained, in reference to questions of Sir Thomas Gabriel, on Saturday, that in December, 1865, the debt of the Greek and Oriental Shipping Company of £144,000 was treated as bad, and was not, in in existence at the time of the appointment of his firm as liquidators. That ‘was the reason he had not taken any steps to recover it, and he thought it only due to himseif to e debt of A. T. Gordon stood, at the the transfer, at £28,000. That was a account, and it had been written off in 1866, a8 worthless and irrecoverable. That sum formed a portion of the £4,213,896 transferred to the Mmited company; as did also that of £144,000 of the Greek and Oriental Com) le was debited in & book of owing by the old firm. credit entries to £2,970,000. The suspense and guar- antee account at the stoppage amounted to that sum. Witness as liquidator had estimated the claim of the limited com poe the estate of the old firm at £4,000, it increased from £2,970,000 to £4,000,000, by the of certain dishonored bills guaranteed Oy the firm. The Joss to the limited com; on its own transactions ing ‘istence 000. It made as profit without debiting the losses dui that time £133,000, ‘That inciuded the interest credited to the sus) and guarantee account, which amounted to £131,000. ‘The shareholders are called upon to pay the £1,300,000, and also the £4,213,896, but there are considerable assets. The cost of the liquidation up to the t time has been £70,000, Overend, Gurney & had other creditors besides the limited company to the extent of £236,000, Thegliquidators c'aim £166,000 from the members of the old firm on tne calls on shares. Being cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant'Ballantine, the witness said:—By reference to the books of the old firm I find that in 1861 the bills discounted amounted to £53,645,000; in 1862, £64,814,000; in 1! £66,373,000, and in 1864, £74,984,000. If it not been for the speculative business the company ought to have made profits on these bill transactions. The total amount on bilis discounted in nine months of the limited com was £56,020,000. The bilis were not all re- discounted, fname Capper amounted b £36,000,000, jucted wi ordinary p! foniests should have realized Raed large profits. During the existence of the limit company there was an extraordinary pressure in the money market; the bank rate rose considerably, the funds fell and everything was depressed. The effect of the bank rate rising was to bring @ large loss on the redis- counting of bills, These were a set of circumstances highly prejudicial to their business, While this was pressing they had this “1ock up” still on their shoulders. There was a debit of Overend, Gurney & Co, to the amount of 24,213,! Which was afterwards redaced to £2,970,000 in roun figures. This represented the debt due to the old firm. The value of the guarantee represented their gee he ty. There had been realized under the inspection ni the whole of the es- tates. The limited company been benefited to the extent of £600,000, and would be further bene- fited by £100,000. Some of tates were sold ce to stoppage of £400,000, and it was brought in to the credit of the suspense and tee account and tn liquidation debt. I believe (the witness continued) the cause of the stoppage was the knowledge by the pub- lic that the separate estates of the partners were being realized; this shook the public confidence in the undertaking. The witness added an expression of opinion that if the market continued as at 6 the liquidators would be able to revarn the George H. Head heid 1,000 shares at the time of the suspension. I cannot say whether 600 shares be longed to his wife, who 14 a sister of Mr. Henry Ed- —_ Gurney. Mr, Head bas paid £85,000 on his shares, By Mr. Sergeant Sleigh—Mr, Gordon at the time of the suspension held 200 shares, and he has paid ‘pon them £7,000. The shares were saleable at nine per cent premium during the existence of the com- By Mr. Gardyne—Mr. Geore Rennie the bey held eighty shares to jajority. are gaini nd daily, and people who cannot find @ sati berson to wear the crown see in the only sure refuge from the conflicts besetting the nation’s path, THE EASTERN QUESTION. Warllke Preparations—Protest of the Greek Minister in ParieContinuation of the Cre- tan Insurrection. ATHENS, Jan. 14, 1969. The Hellenic government continues ite warlike Preparations. A Greek steamer is about to leave for Marseilles with four or five miilion drachmas in specie for the payment for the two iron-clads lately purchased at Bordeaux. ‘The Turkish Admiral ts still cruising before 8: ‘M. Rangabé, the Greek Minister at Paria, reeetved instructions from the government to protest against lators to recover thi Useless—in fact, there wes and said:—It was a company car- Stefanos Xenon, Messrs. Overena & Gut. made considerable wivances to tuat gentie- question—Do “} Pad rr any- man, which resulted in a debt of £144,000; the ships were taken over in security for the debt by Messrs. Overend & Gurney in 1867, and X was from his ind on v' balance, after the value of the shij Gurney & Co. under the name of the Levant and Com , That was in 1863 and 11 were sold from time to time, until last had been disposed of. the 298] there appears an £8,174 on the sale of brought about @ loss of which, with the £144,000, 1 art ot the £4,000, which, W: form We have got nothing from the Millwall POnUPSES. and do not expect to get ; nor ing from Mr. Thomas Howard, who was discharged from his liability. I expect to get £8,000 from the Atiantio Toadon and Bast ind ia Spplag Company. use ini 4 in the course of the atternoon Mr. P. R. Harding, one of the liquidators and a most important witness, who had been examined on the Rrovious Saturday, uring the last four months of the existence of the co! ts to the extent of 33.00.00 a egy an rrighid by prot nine months they e g: end, Gurney & Co, had lost oney. oom more letters written by the defendants were pe One signed by Robert Birbeck, and dated ebruary 23 1806, which was addressed * Wiliam Peek, Esq.,” contained tne following:— Shortly after I saw you last December we the jueation of pul s but we found the Sted eee eee os Se at of the sbarehol: the t1 nth clause of the articles it is directed ‘That general meeting shall be held at such time, not being more than twelve months nor less than ten months from a inonpore, tion of the company—between the 14th of May and Idth of the sole reason for no report and balance July.” This has | sheet baring been published. Saas "1 can enls stanrayae tun enmdnere ere oot leat Orr shd'ihat the business is going as satiavacto could desire. Another letter of Mr. Birkbeck’s, dated April 1866, and addressed ‘‘Wm. Peek, Jr., >” Tap follows:— Tcan assure you there is not the slightest ground for the re- port which you inention, that any of fhe directors or any of tus have been selling & aingle share since I wrote you in Feb, ruary. Except as ni in the Simes of to-day by frauds of Pinto, Perez & Co., the company have not made a ain debt,’ I still believe that when July comes you will be per fectly satiatied with the accounts, A letter dated April 17, 1866, was-written by Mr. H, E. Gurney, but it did not appear to whom it was aa- dressed. init Mr. Gurney said:— ‘Wo have no intention whatever of making call. None of the shares allotted to the Iate firm have been sold since Octo- ber. Avy loss made by the Millwall Company belongs to the Old firm, and till Pinto & Co, let us in we had not mi gle bad debt. Iam sorry to say that they, by fraud, have let us in to aconsiderable extent, but bow much it will be we cannot at present tell, but Ihave no fear of our being pre- vented paying a fair dividend. Astoa “public statement,” we believe that ia better avoided till the right time comes for our In a letter dated May 17, 1866, Mr. H. E. Gurney wrote (it did not appear to whom):— In reply to your favor, of ou will see by the papers that a’ meeting has been convened by toma of, the sharebolders to see what means can be taken to resuscitate this fine business, but ft is clear the best way will be not make a call and continue the old concern, but start on an fresh one, which mi ‘a large business and give thargulders tne ‘opportunity of taking shares. On the 0; wg of the court next day (Saturday, the ex: tion of Mr. Edward Watkin Edwards, an oficial assignee in the Bankruptcy Court, whose examination commenced the previous, was re- sumed. He said in answer to Mr. George Lewis:— In 1864 [ was working with the Atlantic Royal Mail Company up to July, more or less; that company was liquidated that month; I produce an agreement signed by Mr. David Ward Chapman in the name of Overend, Gurney & Co.; limited by which I was to be paid for my advice and assistance at the rate of £5,000 a year; I also produce a book showing my transactions with the firm; and, casually opening it, 1 see in 1864 the entry, ‘Millwall lronworks;’’ by that Ican tell that I was consulted about that com- any by the partnerson a question of an advance; principally spoke to Mr. John Henry Gurney on the suoject;.1 cannot positively recollect my dealings with the defendants in 1863 and 1864; I might give you an idea; | was not appointed an umpire in an arbitration between Overend and Gurney and Mr. J. O. Lever, M. P.; I think I was an umpire in one be- tween Mr. Lever and a man named Lascandi, in which Mr. W. Turguand and Mr. R. P. Harding Peiedinp ne! juidators) were the arbitrators; Messrs. Dverend aud Gurney were interested in the result, Lascaridi and Lever both being debtors to them; I have been @ er of Mr. juand; 1 believe I applied to be an auditor of the Royal Atlantic Mat! Company; in 1863 the following transactions were going on, and I was interested in them on behalf of verend and Gurney:—The Atlantic Royal Mail Com- any, East India and London popes Com, telanoz Xenos, Manuel & Co., Z. C. & Co., Austrian Bank, Thomas Howard, John Scott Russell and C. J. Mare; I advised the partners about the circumstances of all these affairs; whatever was known to me I made them known; I had a difference with Mr. Birkbeck in 1864; Ido not remember what transaction that was in reference to, the Lord Mayor—I had a sum of £2,000 given me by Mr. Pearson as commission on the sale of two ships; Mr, Xenos gave me £500 a year, which lasted only six months; he also gave mea steam yacht of twenty-five tons as a friendly gift. By Mr. Sergeant Batlantine—I was then receiving £5,000 a year from Overend & Gurney. Witness—I don’t remember receiving anything from Lascaridi or Lever as a douceur; I receivea £300 for acting as umpire; Ihad nothing whatever for commission in connection with the Millwall works; I have forgotten if I ever did receive a ing; ept banking accounts with Robarts, Lul & Co. and the London and Westminster Bank; I also had deposits with Overend, Vomiepy & Oo; I never was bribed by hogs Me, received notning from O'#eirne, who were both Millwall Ironworks; the agreement by which I received £500 a year from Xenos was known to Overend and Gurney; 1 appointed a clerk to keep Xenos’ books, and went there occasionally to see how they were going on; that was after four o'clock; I received £2,000 a8 a voluntary act from Mr. Pear- gon; | belicve l told Mr. Henry Edmund Gurney of this gift: Mr. Birkbeck told me if it had not been for ere would not huve been these losses; was a littie word before “losses;"" received a letter on the 20th of December, 1864, b which I left the service; it was & vestimonial; knew eae eee losses at that time; on the 2d of January following I bad £20,000 placed to my credit; previously I had written to them making a deman of £20,000 for services rendered and to be rendered; I did not take the cash until after the formation of the limited company; I never knew anything of the private affairs of Overend, Gurney & Co. By Sir Thomas Gabriel—When | received the £20,000 Thad not taken my salary of £5,000 for ge pre- i nor fl the other £15,000 was im respect of the con- By Sergean; Ballantine—I am still an offictal ag- signee of the Court of Bankruptcy; I have not had a letter this yoy 3 from the cellor; T was & partner in the firm of Edwards & O’ Beirne; I first knew Mr. David Ward Chapman in 1459, in_connec- tion with the old fir1 made advances to Mr. Chap- man; it did not strike me as odd that he, a partner in Overend & Gurney’s, was then having advances; my impression is that he did not want his partners to know; I received. monoy from the firm as salary, and made advances to Mr. Chapman, a partner; I had no transactions with him before; | made the ad- vance of £5,000 to Mr. Chapman in bank notes, and in the same form asI received them from the firm; Mr. Chapman never paid me back again. by Mr. George Lewis—The £20,000 ‘was not, I find, withdrawn from the limited com- Pp but from the old firm; Mr. D. Ward Chapman it the firm before the transfer; I don’t think I ever held shares tn the bs) | By Mr, Se it Baliantine—I deny that I was the Cause of the losses. Dr. Thom, the prosecutor, was recalled, and said betore he took his shares in the limited company, he was not at all aware of the second deed, and that he was induced to take them, believing in tue truth of | the Prospectus and in the veracity and honor of the promoters of the company. |. Mr. Lewis said that was the case for the prosecu- tion, and upon the evidence which had been adduced Tae that 14, as Mr. the defendants might be committed Thal. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine then addressed the bench, poet that there was no foundation for the criminal charge against the defendants, FRANCE. ‘The French Blue Book fer 1868. ‘The Blue Book was communicated to the Deputies bn the 20th ult, ‘The chapter relative to the relations of France with foreign Powers recaila the factg that the Em- ir @: last year his firm confidence in the jaintenance of and that his hopes have not deceived. It is as follows:— N has the of Europe not been tet sea’ out even the has been masifented countries, Ww! to the test the wisdom of B Cabinets, * tunity showing thelr earnest dealre to prevent any serious com oh were naturally preseribed. by its orisiay and the nice is of Ke been in the east Influenced by - acon ‘would have no doubt been The Biue Book contains the following on thi ‘Turco-Greek dimcuity:— . wo Burope, tn ‘con. onstant sulle: the concitt : following paragraph relates to Roumania:— ined oy peietplen aiverent 1 hone which sates an be ry 12 adopt the only line of poliey which a Inctpalities the advantages position, ‘the e Rovernment of the em ‘8 ayn and friendly support to the ‘stray into dangerous paths where Pag Bs H) ATERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. Amesionn goverment tert ete revious offers might become ah embarrassment for the Cab- Tost to which we Ives first and retard the ar- mm i 4 i Sere i H I i F : i i f rmation. The new ni ‘one that constitutes the real empire, counts as com B14 steamers and 10 sailing ves- A table shows:—1. Iron fofthe number. af 0 various classes. 2. Tho unarmored fighting ships. 96 screw steamers. 3. 91 small steamers, despat A gp &e. 4. Transports, 96 of various sizes; and two train- ;and finally, ing achooly, oe for gunners and'the other for naval pups, nf the old fleet there still remain 17 steamers and 99 suiling ships. Abolition of Passports for American Citizens. m the Paris Galignani, Jan. 18.) Americans arriving in the ‘South of France have frequently suffered annoyance from not being pro- vided with pass} ‘The reiterated efforts of General Dix have at last obtained that the regulation requiring such papers shall be hereafter entirely without effect. A circular from M. Pinard when Minister of the Interior, and bearing the date of December 8, 1868, declares that ‘“‘all citizens of the American Union shall be hereafter permitted to enter, travel and sojourn in France on the simple declaration of their nationality. In like manner Frenchmen can proceed to the United States without passports; but the interest, and in order to avoid regrettable errors by the police agents in the ports of France, to provide themselves with some kind of offictal paper estab- lishing their identity, and which would also permit them to claim, if necessary, the assistance of ch diplomatic agents abroad.” CUBA. The Patriot Forces Near Principe—Flags of Truce—Requisitions for Transportation Affairs in Princlpe—Valmaseda’s March— The Cuban Idea Annexation—Hatred Bee tween Natives and Spaniards. NUEVITAS, Jan. 25, 1869. In my last, dated the 14th, 1 informed you that Quesada was concentrating his forces for an attack on Puerto Principe. His plans were changed by the arrival of reinforcements at this point, of which he obtained knowledge through his scouts and spies, and his forces were sent back to this vicinity. From persons who came in through the insurgent lines on the 18th I learn that their forces, collected within a radius of ten miles from this port, number over 6,000 men, well armed and far better organizea than heretofore. The troops here, numbering about 2,000 men, are domg nothing, being stationed at the railroad barracks. This inaction is supposed to be partly the result of prudence, awatt- img further reinforcements, and partly on account of the efforts of the commissioners to hold a conference with the rebels. On the 2ist two of these commissioners, Messrs. Tamayo and Correa, arrived here from the principal camp of the insur- gents. Nothing has transpired as yet of the result of their mission, but it is whispered that they have not made any headway in the direction of peace. Mr. De Armas, the third commissioner, left here the 19th on the gunboat Africa for Gibara, for the purpose of having an interview with Cespedes, who is between that place and Holguin. Flags of truce have been the order of late, On the 16th one came to the edge of the town, accompanied by about sixteen well mounted men and headed by the guerilla chief A, Castillo, It appears that either through ignorance or fear the pickets fired on them—a compliment which they were not slow to return—and for s few moments the balls whistled through the place thick and fast. On the 19th con- siderable excitement was caused by the appearance of another flag, which was carried to the Governor's house, The bearer was a Sefior Vallin, accompanied by a guide. From the Governor's they went, together with his Excellency, to the headquarters of the colonel commanding, where, after being closeted for a while, they returned to dine, to the great disgust of the bigoted Spaniards. At ten o’ciock in the — evenin the Governor in _ person accompanica or Vailin some considera ble distance beyond the picket line. It ts rumored that the was from General Quesada, as who demanded that the property of the farmers and other inoffensive persons should not be destroyed, as had been the case when the troops went out for forage, and threatened retaliation in case suoh destruction did not cease. For some time past the authorities: re have been sending out carts for forage to a small sugar estate about one mile distant on the main road to Puerto Principe, escorted by a juadron of cavalry and from 200 40 300 infantry, on which occasions the depredations referred to have been commitied. The Governor recently made a requisition on the citizens for 100 ox ca with two yoke of oxen at- tached to each, and for 400 horses, This was a severe demand, as the whole town and disirict now under Spanish dominion does not contain the nuin- ber required. The police went through the streets, and the poor charcoal burnera and others who had brought produce to town were quickly relieved of their animals. It is thus the poor people suffer. The insurgents seize on their cattle and everything else they may need, without satisfaction, and the government seizes what ia left. What operations are to be forwarded through the supplies and materials thus obtained does not yet appear. On the 21st the few families living at San Miguel abandoned the piace and came here, asthe insur- gents were continually skirmisni around and making night attacks. With them came three wounded svidiers, hit on the 20th. On the night of the 22d a small party attacked the pickets stanoned outside of the town, and een fire was kept up for about fifteen minutes. One soldier was mortally wounded. None of the ara went out. On exam- ining the place where the 1s had stood the Span- tards ascertained the disagreeable fact that their enemies were suppiied with rifles, as they found @ great quantity of empty capsules \ying around. Another skirmish took place on the nigh of the 2d, but without result. From a gentleman who left Puerto Principe on the 19th I iearn that the condition of affairs there is very bad. The government has now only about 600 troops, and the insurgents pick off the sentinels every night. Mena 1s icading the centre of the city. Over 200 of the colored volunteers had left the place, taking thelr arms with them. Provisions were getting very scarce. A plot had been concocted to blow up the magazine at the Merced Vonvent, where all the powder is stored, and which m also the headquarters of the government. Everything, in- cluding the fuse, was prepared. But the mulatto volunteer who was to fire it informed his haif- brother, who was on duty at the place, and the waee eae was discovered, The mulatt ts to be Tareagh @ young Englishman of much intelli- gence, recently trom the interior, I learn the follow- ing mostly obtained through Cuban sourves, It will be recollected that Valmaseda lefs Saa Miguel on the 22d of December. He started ‘Tafias, Log ye to his right, harassed tinuaily by guerillas. He destroyed isi tation on his route. On ent we leagoes in extent, caliedthe Sa- imaseda hal to pass, Sano, ed river the insurgents ade a espe ‘The troops were conpelled to attack, sometimes with great loss of ife, and finally succeeded in cai the works, wipn a se- vere contest took place, with the tayones and the rebels with machetes, The insurgent loss ‘Was about fifty, that of troops much leavier, Loho, cut down by a farther resistance was Soe tr Mies ce ae pate Hes gpecele down to and the morning of the 16th the boat discovered nal 6 made sall and stood and went toward her, when an extre! fast sailer the give chase for over seven hours, when she was brought to by ashot. It the wind freshened she would have esca| ‘he ny \- Fears of age, ¢ ig abe somewhat. der! two excepting 01 r; two are from. and the balance from other points on the . marine department has been very busy examining ony from all on Looking over the files of the HERALD I see in the lssue of the 26th ult. a letter from Havana dated the 19th, giving the ideas of a leading Cuban in regard to the revolution. As I am situated in the very midst of this present movement and among the ultras of the revolutionary party, and having had a great deal of intercourse with them, I think I am capable or Sontag some opinion on the subject. The great desire of nearly all the leading Cubans is and has been annexation to the United tes. or —_indirectl Annexation is more the! Cag terns arses Foreigners who huve come ti thetr of late represent that their enthusiasm foe stronger every day, and from all I can see and learn if your it concessions are not made and Eprom it will be many a day before the question is |, for 2,000 men can harass, annoy and tire out 10,000 with their guerilla wariare. ings are getting worse here every day and the hatred between native and Spaniard grows more deadly, I fear some sudden outbreak on the part of the soldiers, who ‘talk of sacking the town, in which case I doubt if ne Suastipane | Bere: ee ae any protection, as an ignorant ani soldiery knows very tke of the rights of neutrals, and I tear tly we would all alike. Americans ave called on Mr. Gibbs, the consular agent, and he has announced that he has written a full statement of affairs to the Consul General at Havana. As I close there is a great deal of talk of peace or a cessation of hostilities and strong efforts are being made by the Arangq party for a settlement, ce will come from the United States. battle cry The Amnesty in the East—Withdrawal of the Patriots—Movements of Troops—Returning Refugees. SaNTIAGO DE CusA, Jan. 22, 1869. The steamer of the 19th from Batahano brought official information of the amnesty given by General Dulce to all political prisoners and those engaged in the insurrection, as also the long looked for freedom of the press and jabolition of the office of censor. The former was very badly received, as the Spanish element 1s furious at the notion of-the insurgents being pardoned and allowed back to their old occu- pations and homes. The latter 1s more appreciated, and full advantage is taken of it. A demonstration took place on the afternoon and evening following the reception of the proclamation, but as it was a mere mob of negroes and low Catalans, followed by a rabble and preceded by @ band of music, it had no significance. ‘This vicinity is now entirely held by the govern- ment troops, the strategic points being occupied by sufficient garrisons, in connection with whom fiy- ing columns of troops and volunteers are operating, Small skirmishes occasionally take place, but with . results of little importance. In one of these four chiefs, all Dominicans, were captured and shot. According to official statements large numbers of the insurgents are presenting themselves to tne diferent commanders for pardon, but large forces are still in the fleld, and much injury and devastation may still be feared in this vicinity, Eleven estates are reported to have been burned. A t scandal was created at a late hour on Tuesday night last by the arrest of Constantine Vii- lar, chief of staif, the Mayor de Plaza, a Lieutenant Mariote, of the Second battalion of volunteers, and a sergeant major attached to the staif. There is a great deal of mystery about the affair, but the most generally received version isas follows:—Tho per- sons mentioned, through an abuse of the oiiicial ” position of the first named, took three insurgents, recently captured, from the prison in which they were confined aud aor to take them out of town for the aed ead of ki ing them, all this without authority or the knowledge of one save of the soldiers detailed for the work. Either the officer on guard at the prison or the one stationed at the en- trance of tie town stopped them and the affair came to be tase senuloon Vigne ap Dh fag dg and report says he pi to shoot the perpe- trators, but finally relented, and ull are under close arrost and will be tried. ‘There is much speculation in to the matter and much wonder expressed. why the chief of staff and the others should wish the death of these particular insurgents. Rumor has it that many others have been thus rey A murdered and that fifteen political prisouers have disappeared from their place of confinement. On the 20th the column under Colonel Lopez Cama- Ta, of the engineers, returned, having been ten days absent, without having had a single encounter worta mentioning, and only a few trifling ambuscades, on which ns several insurgents were ca) The troops in Yagui under commander Dalman, had an encounter in Di Arriba, in whicn were taken the four Dominicans hereinbetore mentioned, one of Whom was Manuel Abren, colonel of the Dominican Teserves. On the 20th the French steamer arrived from Jamaica, bringing back seventy passengers who had emigrated Whose resources had become ex- The firemen of this city are repatring the aqueduct the want of water being a great cattmnigy, parties” larly among the poorer classes. The capitanes pedaneos (chiefs of districts) of Cohn, Canry, Justinicu, Euramada, Yaguas and Palma Soriano, who took refuge here after the lusur- gents took possession of those place, have returned to their respective positions. each a column of volunteers has been sent, maintained by the planters. The gt po are ee to be deinoraiized and scattered all through country, and the govern- ment considers the game as won. Judging from this district there is nothing further to fear trom tuem, as they are entirely suppressed. The Press Law—Changes in New Journale— The First Warning. We have tn a former issue given a cursory review of the numerous publications which sprung into ex- istence in Havana on the promulgation of the decree abolishing the censorship. As the decree was pub- lished and took effect before the legal remedies for wrongs which might accrue had been made known, the subsequent announcement of these has acted like & wet blanket upon the aspirations of the nu- Merous thjudicious pubiications that sprung into ox- istence, which, under no condition of affairs, could be other than ephemeral; and the result has been a subsidence in the new publication fever as sudden ag was its access. A large number of worthiess litle sheots have been suspended and their places have been taken by & more formal ‘las of jour. nals—some already issued and others about to ap- pear, Among these we notice La Demovracia, a Spanish repul | Poy h and La Vor del Pr an organ Of one of the Cuban cliques, The pudlica- tion tLe Perdad (a respectable ‘Guba, joursal, and of La Voz de Cuba (a Spanish liberal journal), is con- tinued. With these and one or two others known to be in preparation the city of Havana is likely to be co Waa with new exponents of pubilc "The following circular has been addressed b; Captain General to the fiscal of the press: — er GENERAL VULOR'S WARNING TO THT Press, I have remarked with much dispieasi cl Rare rounewen, Vien, ispleasure the nitacks made the integrity of th ory, tending to detatiorate the yood ‘ame of the spanish nation. Tt ia imy le that such @ mode of pr ng, ae Scandalous in form, aa siguificant in. ite apirity doesnot recognize ® cause which is indispensably nocesanry to 4 stroy, if the liberty of the press, which, In “other eomuteien, the olementof civilization ‘and. pro has no other obyact in the province of Cuba but to act as the tool of bastard pam: ions, and thus render itgelf & inediuu of iusutt, injury wad You wit! bear in mind that without any excitation, and Sheying m sentiment of reparation and jaaiice, the "brow? atonal ment was the firat to procialm the savior pringl- the September revolution. These principles are im er, and it will never allow tant a *hand@il of tradickers in ideas” shail abuse auch @ holy right as that of the (ree Salenon of wees thoaght, sh @ indicated decree of the provia = pia fa that of the ‘code, ‘and, in fault of tine, That of the Every word offensive to the dignity of every. phrase that directly oF {ndireetiy niiacks the lates of tee Overy article or paragraph tending to fa tho cause of the Insurrection, to Many erimnen puniahnc are ble by the lawa, that are xlyject to the decision of the courts, that to the fait ‘prose thet vow a tee Cea ment of your duties, are bound to In the first place, the partion reeponsible for those delin- uincles are the authors or agern paper; second! tie editor; An third, the princes a nevert ve pty Utely charge you, display the utmost zeal im rinance of etlonay Havana, Jan, 41 ae tra to DULOR. OIVORCES IN CHICAGO. A veracions married man, who hails from the Bast, recentiy visited Chicago, and in relating his experience to his country paper =r that “as soon as [reached the city I was attacked by a corps of all boys, Who pressed upon mothe cards of seve- lawyers and assaulted ine with shouts of ‘Wi divorce, mister? ‘Here you are; divorce in minutes,’ aud such like astounding ories,"’