The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-20 00:00:00

Visit of the Volunteers to Belgium, (From the Times Special Correspondent.) BRUSSELS, Friday Morning. 'The difficulty of conveying to the reader in Eng land a correct idea of the proceedings here becomes greater day by day. The use of superlatives is always suspicious, because men are accustomed to 'discard j udicious comparison under the excitement of scenes which come under their observation sud denly and in a vivid form, and because there is i nothing terrestrial which, however good in its ap pearance, may not be excelled. It would be difficult to imagine anythingmore picturesque than the entry of the Volunteers into Brusse's. The crowded streets, the torch lights, the illuminated Hotel de Ville, the battalions of the Garde Civique, the hun dreds of torches, the vivas , t he music, the general enthusiasm made up a spectacle inexpressibly grand. Then the reviews, the gala night at the Opera house, the proceedings on the occasion of the King's visit to the Tir, all wore such as to delight and asto nish the Volunteers and all other foreign visitors to the Belgian capital; but the scene in Antwerp yester day proved that Belgian resources in this way were not yet exhausted, and that even in a provincial town of this kingdom something still new and mar vellous could be done in the distribution of interna tional hospitalities. The people of Antwerp having invited the foreign riflemen to spend a day in " the city of Rubens," preparations were made here for an' acceptance of the invitation yesterday: The Belgian Tir and the long range were well attended in the forenoon ; but there was a general muster of the English, French, and Dutch riflemen at their respective quarters by half-past 1 o'clock, in order that they might march to the Station du Nord by 2, and thence set out for Antwerp. The Volunteers assembled for parade in the Place du Musee, all the field officers being on horseback and the men being drawn up in companies. When they were ready to be put into marching order Colonel Loyd Lindsay addressed them, stat ing that he felt much pleasure in communicating to them his own approbation and that of the authori ties of Brussels as to the way in which they had con ducted themselves since their arrival in the capital. lie thought it unnecessary to comment on the mag nificent manner in which they had been received and entertained by the people ; but he felt much pleasure in informing them that at a meeting of the Volunteer officers held that morning the following resolutions had been come to :-- "That a committee, consisting of representatives of every corps actually present in Brussels, shall be appointed for the purpose of carrying out a suitable reception of the Belgians at Wimbledon in the year 1867, and also . for arrangements connected with the visit of Volunteers to Belgium. " That the committee shall consist of the senior officers of every corps present this year at Rrussels, or such other members of the corps as may be appointed. The commit tee to have power to add to their number. " That the chairman be requested to inform the Belgian authorities that such a committee is in the process of for- " That Lieut. Gould be requested to bold the money subscribed until the formation of a committee, when it be handed over to them." The resolutions were received with several rounds of cheering, and at once received the ratification of the whole of the Volunteers. Headed by the band of the Ist Surrey, between 700 and 800 Volunteers then proceeded to the railway station, crowds of the citizens accompanying them on their way through the Place Royale, the Rue Royale, and the Boule vard Botanique. They reached the Place des Na tions at 10 minutes past 2 o'clock. Some of the GardeNationale of France and riflemen fromllolland had left for Antwerp 10 minutes before. The others and theVolunteets were placed in two trains and de spatched on their journey in five minutes after their arrival at the station, every carriage in both trains being a first-class. It was understood that they were not to stop at Malines, but there a great num ber of people had assembled, and cheered the rifle men lustily as the trains ran past. It was a quarter past 3 when the first of the trains carrying the Vo lunteers arrived at Antwerp. As it drew up by the platform the demonstration on the part of the people was something which the foreigners, even accustomed as they had been to B2lgian feting, were not prepared for. The Garde Civique were drawn up in double line and carried arms ; a vast concourse of people sur rounded them. All the houses from which a view of the station could be obtained were crowded at every window, and even on the roof, and a cheer that re verberated again and again through the long glass shed covering the platform was raised in honour of the visitors. Before the riflemen had begun to de scend the fine band of the Garde Civique of Ant werp, one of the best in Belgium, struck up the brabanc;oune. This the foreign linemen and the Vo lunteers received with hearty cheers; next came "Partant pour la Syrie;" and then, just as the Vo lunteers had formed, " God Save the Queen." The commandapt superieur of the Garde Civique wel comed the visitors in a spirited address, which was replied to in French by M. Deherpe, Chef de Batail lon of the French National Guards, Col. Loyd Lindsay, and the commanding officer of the Dutch riflemen. While the speaking was going on the second of the trains with Volunteers arrived, amid a flou rish of trumpets, the beati ng o f drums, and a per formance of our National Anthem, which completely drowned the voice.s of the speakers. When the Vo lunteers had been got into marching order, such was the enthusiasm of the Garde Civique that the officers pulled off their shakoes and held them up on the points of their swords, the rank and file followed suit by hoisting theirs upon their bayonets, and a scene of deafening hurrahs resounded throughout the station. A procession healed by the Garde Civique then set out out, the Frenchmen took the lead of the foreigners, the Dutchmen following, an d the Volunteers, who formed the great body of t h e procession, coining last. The band of the Ist Surrey played alternately with the band of the Garde Civique. On emerging from the railway pre- wises the scene before and around the troops was as remarkable. as any that our Volunteers have seen in Belgium, extraordinary as many of these scenes have been. Not only was every foot of ground covered with a dense mass of people, but every win dow and roof-top commanding a view of the rifle men was filled with spectators. On their way to the Zoological Gardens, the first of the places in which they were to be entertained, the rifle:ncn passed along a suburban road, the trees on either sie.e of which are yet in full leaf and formed a lovely green arch over their heads. Admiring crowds stood on the road, and cheered the marching men. The Zoo logical Garden of Antwerp is one of the finest in Europe ; it is said to have the finest collection of birds, and there are spacious pathways all round it. Through these the riflemen were marched, and the elite of the citizens were assembled there to see them. Their reception was of the most flattering descrip tion, though here the first sounds of discontent were uttered against the invasion of the foreigners. In the principal avenue of the gardens 'a number of parrots are placed on suspended perches. It was evident that these birds disapproved the whole pro ceeding, for as the Volunteers walked by them they gave utterance to sounds not at all genial, an d looked stilt more k fierce. There is a spacious sward gazelles, for th e , Inch form a portion of th e collec tion in th e gardens. The riflemen having surrounded this, one of the gazelles became much frightened and bounded a b out the enclosed space with amazing speed, every moment making springs the length of which drew forth exprez z ti n: of wonder and admi leltncplorlident to draw ration. At length it was t off the riflemen from about th u e g made the eircait. of the gard ,, whole fore'. .ure. Having were marche4,lhto the town:llBAnteern always .. , n ie gul . ar com bination picturesque city. It presents a s• is bination of the characteristics of of the INliddle Ages with those of a thrivingllll town port .of the 19th century. It has wide and modern_ looking streets and spacious stone mansions which h a ve been erected within - the memory of the present generation ; but in many parts, particularly those about itsglorions cathedral,it is so old -fashioned and quaint that one could imagine it had stood still for the last 500 years. Last evening the marching of so many hundred men in uniform through all the principal thoroughfares, with the windows full of citizens who viewed them all the way, and the masses of Flemingswho covered the pavement and gazed or the procession with a pleasure largely intermingled with astonishment, made the old city more interest ing looking than ever. It was a few minutes after 5 o'clock, and the sun was setting with glorious au tumnal tints, when the riflemen, marching round by the square in which stands the statue of Rubens, came full upon the grand cathedral. Involuntarily they stopped, and looking up at its glorious spire gave utterance to their admiration in a subdued buzz. Just then its bells chimed forth the vesper hymn, and all the other bells in the city tolled in melodious chorus. The effect on riflemen and spec tators was marvellous. The voices of thousands were raised in one wild hurrah, and amid the music of church bells and cheering of men, women, and chil dren, the Volunteers arrived at the steps of the mag nificent Hotel de Ville. The Pompiers of the city, with their brass helmets, made still more fierce-look ing by crests of black horsehair, formed a guard of honour at the entrance. Passing up a noble stair case, the• riflemen entered a very an:...ient-look ing apartment, with chimney-piece of colossal pro portions and fine pictures covering the walls. Here, under an antique wooden ceiling and a'iid the mel low light of numerous oil lamps, stood the I3ourg mestre and the municipal council waiting to receive their visitors. Amid shouts which awakened the echoes of the ancient building from the base to the summit the chief magistrate, in speeches deli vered in the French, the English, and the Flemish languages, bid welcome to the riflemen, M. De herpe, Colonel Loyd Lindsay, and the commandant of the Dutch officers returned thanks. The yin d'honneur was then plentifully distributed. The officers of the Garde Civique subsequently enter tained the officers of the foreign riflc corps at a din ner in the Hotel St. Antoine. A more magnificent feast than this, both as regards the decorations of the table and the viands, has rarely been given even in any capital city. Afterwards there were recep tions and balls at the Reunion Lyrique, the Grande Harmonic., and the Theatre des Varictes, each of these places being still grander than the other. All are concert and dancing rooms, yet such is the diver sity in their elegance that each possesses a charm and brilliancy peculiarly its own. In London we have nothir.g at all of the kind to compare with the Salle of the Grande ilarmonie or the Theatre des Varietcs. The Volunteers were delighted with their visit to Antwerp, and only regretted that they had not set out earlier in the day. They were escorted back to the railway by a torchlight procession of the citizens, and amid the loudest acclamations took their de parture for Brussels in trains which brought them here in the small hours of the morning. The following is a return of the long-range scoring as far as it had been ascertained up to yesterday : Hooper, Queen's Westminster, 35 ; Dawson, 4th West York, 33 ; Starkie, Queen's Westminster, 35 ; Peake, Gth Lancashire, 33; Gibbs, Ist Glocester, 31; Gould, 37th Mid dlesex, 33 ; Marriner, West Middlesex, 33 ; Syme, Ist Lanark, 33 ; Black, Queen's Westminster, 33; Sprott, sth Lancashire, 32 ; Cooper, sth Lancashire, 31; Montgomery, 30th Middlesex, 31; Colette, Liege, 31 ; Arrowstnith, Bristol, 31; Harms, 29th Kent, 31; Sharman, 4th West York, 31; Hopkins, 41st Middlesex, 31; Hewett, 22d Essex, 30; Hodgkinson, 32d Suffolk, 30; Russell, 24th Kent, 30; Saw, Ist London, 30. Naval and Military Intelligence. Letters received yesterday by a Chatham cor- i respondent bring down the proceedings of the vari ous vessels composing the Channel squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral 11. It. Yelverton, i C. 8., to the 13th inst. The chief interest appears 1 to be centred in the Bellerophon. Although no su periority over other ships, when under canvas alone, was claimed for her by her designer, or the Admi ralty, scarcely one of the ships of the squadron, with the exception of the Pallas and the Research, both of which are also from Mr. Reed's design, can keep pace with her under sail, especially against a head sea. From some cause or other connected with her rudder, for which no adequate reason can be as signed, the Bellerophon has not stayed in tacking so well as the other ships. This, however, is considered by the officers ou board to be a matter of very little moment in a vessel of the tremendous offensive powers of the Bellerophon, inasmuch as all future naval actions will of necessity be fought under steam only, when the surprising handiness cf the ship would be relied on. It is, however, remarked on board the Bellerophon that as the head sea increases so her superiority under sail is brought out, while the experience gained during the cruise in the Chan nel has shown that she dips and pitches to a head sea much less than ordinary wooden frigates without a pound of iron armour-plating about them—a fact which can only be attributable to the form of the U-shaped bow introduced both in the Bellerophon and the Pallas. This fact is one of very consider able importance, as proving that even in ships of comparatively short length there is no necessity for leaving the ends unprotected with armour, pro vided the bows are properly formed. Consequently, all the exposure and danger to the steering gear and steam machinery resulting frem the unpro tected ends of ships like the Warrior, Black Prince, Defence, Hector, and others of the earlier built ironclads may be avoided without in the slightest degree impairing the seagoing qualities of our armour-plated ships. Another highly important point brought out during the cruise of the squadron has been that heavy guns can be safely and effec tually worked at the broadside ports even in mode rately rough weather. The Bellerophon was sent to sea with only a small portion of her armament on board, the remainder being represented by some tons of the ordinary dockyard iron ballast (" Seely's pig," as they are now ordinary termed in the dock yards.) The few guns she has on board are, how ever, of the largest class, bJing of the same size and weight as those fitted in the turret ship, Royal Sove reign, and weighing 12 tons each. Her guns are, in tact, just double the weight of any guns ever before taken to sea in a British ship of war, while the ac counts received by the correspondent show that they have been worked with perfect safety, even when the entire squadron was rolling from 20 deg. to 30 de g. in a heavily rolling sea. An experienced officer, who has seen much of the working of guns in largo class wooden frigates, writes to the effect that there can no longer b e any question respecting the perfect practicabilitythe broadside °off working n ir g on o c r i d a n d a s n a e s e the ea x ri p ßy e ' i. iw i l e e n eri e °g e Ph ht h °a a n even during th e worst weather. has shown many minor defects existing among the slides and carriages, which are of the Elswick pat ctehrinne, ryai:dfitpteudrealyt Chatham m en d t o al The training ma hand, answers ex cee di ngly weik , on the other well, enabling enabling the gun to be put under complet e control. The Achill es i s de scribed as having behaved well during the cruise, but the fact that she has been beatenby the Bellerophon altogether negatives the hitherto received axiom that great length is esssential tog high rate of speed in a heavily armoured plated ship. In this respect the Pallas,which is even shorter than the Belleropho n , i s even a more marked instance of the successof a short ship, fos, with a moderate spread of canvas —and not a very large amountof sail, as is sometimes represented --and with her hull heavily burdened with armour, she almost invariably beats the entire squadron of armour clads. During the cruise, - then stationed in the rear position, in the leeward line of the squad ron, and under canvas only, signal was made by the Commander-in-Chief to the Pallas.to proceed to the front and look out for the mail despatch steamer Helicon. Immediately on receiving the order the Pallas hauled up to the wind and drew ahead of the other vessels of the fleet, a manoeuvre witnessed with admiration from on board all the other ships of the squadron In about three hours she had forereached every other vessel by several miles, and intercepting the helicon accomplished the task she was ordered to undertake. On the 11th inst., against a head swell, and with h er ro y a l s se t , th e B e ll erop h on hauled to the:wind. She was soon ahead of the other vessels of the squadron, in this instance beating the Pallas. ‘ii, seah aliead sea it is in v a r i a bly noticed that the Bel lerophon it rai ed n s s er o i n he:l e' cr as being y oth p e: remarkably a , and her r kab l ye dip asy t o a easy. The segnidlaclorfotnh,a pitirsessetnatted, will continue at sea till the t heymesotsetrsdeayvereo f autumn g tlline"th' in order ale to fall in with s. morninge-, li V or-Gen. Lord F. P an l e t, C. 8., mad e hi s half inspection of the 2d bat talion Scots Fusilier Guards, now quartered a t Wind sor. The battalio n paraded at 10.45 a m in the bar rack square, und er t h e command of 601 " . Aitchison, the following officers being present at their pestsn —Col. Shelley, Col. Derestord, Cap;,, - ' 4Gasceigne IHE SON, LO I, ON, • SATUROAY L v ENING, OCTOBER 20, 1866. (Adjutant), C apts. Ford, Harford, Dugmore, Bagot, and Gosling; Lieuts. Palk, M. W. Willson, Moray, Buller, and Hall; Quartermaster Smith, Surg. El kington, &c. The troops, who were in column, received the inspecting officer with a general salute. Capt. Seymour was in attendance as aide-de-camp to Lord Paulet. After inspecting the battaliOn by companies, the left wing went through the bayonet exercise, while the right executed the manual and platoon, under Col. Beresford. At the close of the movements Gen. Lord Paulet examined the barrack rules, mens' kits, books, &c., and complimented the battalion on its good conduct. The 2.1 battalion Scots Fusilier Guards consists of 31 sergeants, 21 corporals, 19 drummers and pipers, and 459 pri vates. Col. de Bathe, and Major Peel, barrack master, were present at the inspection. The following appointments have been made at the Ad iiralt; :—Walter H. Worsfold, master, to the Cumberland, for the Charybdis ; Sub-Lieut. John A. Challice to the Stier ; Peter Wood, master's assist., to the Vixen ; William Coombs, midship man, -to the Endytnion ; John D'O. Harris, Percy Hockin, and William P. Draffer, naval cadets, to the Endymion ; and Edward M. Archdall and Arthur C. Newland nominated naval cadets. The following appointment has been made in the Royal Naval Reserve : —To be Sub-Lieut., John Thomas Lewis. ' AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 20. The royal mail steamship Cuba, from Boston and Halifax, arrived here at 11.50 p.m. last night with 166 passengers and $6,493 in specie. She landed 14 passengers and all the snails except those for Liverpool and Scotland, and proceeded immediately. All well. NEW YORK, OCt. 9 (Evening). The Oregon Legislature have annulled their for mer ratification of the Constitutional Amendment. Several riots:occurred at Philadelphia between the Radicals and Democrats during the late election canvass, and several persons . were wounded. General Butler has made a speech urging the im peachment of President Johnson, and stating that if the latter called upon the army and navy to assist him against Congress he would be disobeyed. In South Carolina the Provosts' courts have been abolished, and all cases have been transferred to the Civil courts. It is reported that the Governor of South Caro ina will recommend the adoption of the Constitu ional amendment and the election of represeuta ives who can take the oath. Commodore Stockton is dead. A Fenian delegation has visited President John son, and again urged the withdrawal of Mr. Adams and the American Consuls in Ireland. The de:e gation retired dissatisfied with the results of the in terview. Canadian despatches say it is reported that the United States' Government has demanded an apo logy for the search of the Federal steamer Cqngress by the British gunboat Rescue. The British Con sul at Buffalo had informed the Canadian authori ties that the Congress was a Fenian vessel. The steamer Daniel Webster, from New York for Mobile, and the British steamer Queen Victoria have foundered. The crews and passengers of both ves sels were saved. Oct. 11, Evening. The Republicans carried the Pennsylvania elec tion by a reduced majority. lowa, Ohio, and Indiana have also voted the Republican ticket. Marine disasters during the late gale off the Georgian coast continue to be reported. The steamer Evening Star, from New York for New Orleans, foundered at sea on the 3d inst. Out of 300 per sons on board only 24 were saved. The steamer Andrew Johnson, from New York for Charleston, went ashore off Cuttrituck Beach. The passengers and crew were saved. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, Oct. 18, Evening. Gold, 1181. - Exchange on London, 161 k. Five rwehty United States Bonds, 115 ; Illinois, 124 ; Erie, 33.1-. Cotton—middling Upland, 411. of telegraphic communication between Brazil and the United States has found an ardent champion in the Chamber of Commerce of Rio de Janeiro, which has expressed the hope to see the enterprise com pleted within two years. Theßrazilian Government is reported to have concluded the contract with Mr. Collins. Advices received here from Havannah announce that the export duties in the island of Cuba have been suspended for six months. The Philadelphia correspondent of the Round Table gives an account of an institution which has been in operation with great success in Philadelphia during the last two years, based on the system of mutual assurance. As yet this society is limited to Freemasons, and is not much known even to them, being chiefly confined to Germans and their friends. The plan is to insure a certain sum to widows on their husbands' death without a heavy tax on the husband while alive. There are now 600 members ; and hn entrance each newly-elected member pays $5. This is allowed to accumulate, at interest, on safe investment. There is no further annual sub scription, but on the death of a member each sur viving associate has to pay a contribution of $1 05. This fraction of a dollar is to pay for expense of notice through the Post-office, a printed circular, and postage. The dollar contribution goes to the widow, who gets as many dollars as there are mem bers. The age of a candidate is not considered be fore admission, but it is expected that his proposer and seconder will affirm that he is in good hearth. At present the ages vary from 25 to 65. During the two years the society has been in existence only three members have died ; one between 25 and 35, one between 35 and 45, and the third at the age of 50. Thus each member has had to pay $3 15 on account of these deaths in twenty months, and three widows have received $l,BOO among them. Of course, there may occasionally be heavier mor tality, but it is calculated that teR deaths per annum ought to be very much above the average. A small loan for the State of Massachusetts has been announced by Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. The amount required is £413,300 1 in Bonds of £lOO each, bearing interest from Nov. 1, 1866, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, payable by half yearly dividend warrants on May 1 and Nov. 1 of each year. The principal is redeemable on May 1, 1894, and both principal and interest are domi ciliated at the counting-house of Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., and are also payable free of charge at the current rate of exchange in Am sterdam at the office of Messrs. Hope and Co. This amount of £413,300 constitutes the remainder issued to the present time of the loan called the Bounty Fund, created in conformity with the acts of the State of Massachusetts of 1864 and 1865 10 mil lions of dollars, except a sum of $1,420,000, or about £293,300 still reserved by the State authorities. The State of Massachusetts applies from resources in its possession an accumulating sinking fund of 3 per cent. per annum on the amount of the Bounty Fund for the extinction of the $10,000,000 loan on May 1, 1891. The payments for the above men tioned bonds are to be made as follows : —l5 per cent. on Nov. 1, 1866, 15 per cent. on January 8, Feb. 5, and March 12, 1867 ; and 17 per cent. on April 16 : total 77 per cent. Subscribers may pay up the remaining instalments under discount at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. A letter from Cairo states that in Egypt, as in France, many disasters had been produced by the inundations. The Nile had risen to au unprece dented extent, but the Egyptian Government had beforehand adopted great precautions. In spite of these, however, it was feared that great loss of life and property would ensue. In Upper Egypt ter rille disasters .and destruction of property had already been made known. Miss H. Upton, Mr. and Mrs. White and child, Mrs. Lynn, Mr. H. T. Oyeas, Mr. E. Clark, Mr. J. H. Kloos, Mr. W. F. Read, Mr. J. J. Erdman, Mr. H. C. Oakley, Mr. E. H. Willhans, jun., Mr. F. J. Hollop, Mr. W. Sprague, Mr. J. A. Gardiner, Mr. R. A. Curd, Mr. G. Wedeles, Mr. T. B. Lee, Mr. James Carter, Mr. T. Homer, Mr. H. Morgan, Mr. E. Bull, Mr. T. M'Connell, Mr. L. G. Young, Mr. J Still, Mr. R. L. Cummings, Mr. L. Rosenheim, Mr. F. F. Miloes, Mr. L. A. Jacobus, Mr. D. Littlejohn, Mr. T. F. Smith, Mr. J. W. Strickland, Mr. R. Cassels, Mr. D. S. Jackson, Mr. W. Gledhill, Mr. F. C. Street, Mr. T. C. M. Paton, Mr. J. Newall and son, Mr. E. Wedgwood, Mr. W. Wiseman, Mr. S. Suizheimer, Mr. W. G. Hitchcock - , Mr. C. J. Hayes, Mr. A. C. Stanton, Mr. J. C. Dalton, Mr. A. Lindsay, Mr. C. F. Strangeways, Mr. T. Smith, Mr. J. C. Kent, Mr. W. O'Davy, Mr. C. C. Wilkins, Mr. G. Whitney, Mr. G. Robbin, Mr. Ifolmes, Mr. J. F. Slade, Mr. G. P. Slade, Mr. J. Slade, Miss A. P. Slade, Mr. A. M. Slade, Mr. T. Galt. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Major-General Wagner Swayne, Assistant Com missioner for the Freedmen's Bureau, at Mont gomery, Alabama, reports that, upon investigation, no foundation could be ascertained for a report which has been circulated that two freedmen had been sold as slaves. The Commissioner of the General Land Office has received returns from the Land Office at Marysville, California, showing that during August 3,061. acres of the public lands were disposed of, 2,900 acres being sold for cash, and the remainder being taken up under the Homestead Act. The returns from other States show that the entries of land have everywhere increased in extent during the last three months. Major-General William W. Averill, United States Army, has been appointed Consul-General to the British North American Provinces, to reside at Montreal, vice J. B. Potter, resigned. Major- General Morgan L. Smith, of Missouri, has been appointed Consul at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, vice Caldwell, recalled; and Brigadier-General W. L. Duff, of Illinois, who was Chief of Artillery on General Grant's staff, has been appointed Consul to Glasgow, vice Bailey, recalled. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. I.—The Louisiana cotton crop prospects continue to improve, except in the alluvial regions, and in places heretofore free from the army worm, which arc invaded by it. The crop of sugar cane will be large, but all who can will keep the cane to save themselves, or sell for plant cane. The crop of sugar will consequently be small. The Louisiana rice crop will be larger than ever heretofore known. A motion was made in the Criminal Court of Alabama, Oct. Ist, to admit to practice Jonathan J. Wright, a coloured man of Pennsylvania, who had been engaged in his profession at the bar of the Freedmen's Courts iu South Carolina. The Court appointed three lawyers to examine into his qualifications. This is the first application of a coloured man to be admitted to the bar of ear Pistrict Courts. We noticed last week the formation of a race conrse near New York city. We now give the first day's running. New York, Oet‘ 1%-.The races atJerome Park ) today, were largely attended. The nursery race, a dash of one mile for two year olds, to carry ninety pounds, was won by "Eclipse." Time, 149. " Maid of Honour" came in getnnd, and " Cotton " third. The second race, two mile heats, for all ages, was won by " Aricola." Time, 3.50+. " Delaware " came in second, " Julius " third, and " Knightho3l" fourth. The third race, one mile and a half dash, was won by " Richmond" easily. Time, 2.54. The Richmond Inquirer says that the undeveloped wealth of the Great Kanawha region "is wonderful." Its deposits of cannel coal, or splint coal and of bituminous coal, surpasses all others now known for quality as well as quantity. Its salt mines, its iron ore, its fire clay, its timber, and withal its rich and fertile soil, make this region particularly attractive Gtl Kanawha n C a. to capitalist s . N ew r i ver and Gauley river, Elk rhe era't a river, and are t hteh seefive chief v eriverstributariesd ra drain nf theth e greater portion of trans-Alleghany Virginia. By dates front the city of Mexico, Sept. 19, we learn that the anniversAry of Mexican independence had been celebrated with great magnificence. The Emperor Maximilian made a speech, in which he declared that he was still firm in the position he occupied by the people's votes, and that it was not in adverse moments that a true Hapsburg aban doned his post. It is reported that 'Maximilian will place himself at the head of the army. Active measures will be taken against Tampico. The death of General Diaz is denied. An important undertaking the connection of the large cities of South America by telegraph with the United States—nears completion. The Dicta tor of Peru, Col. Prado, has made a contract for the construction of a telegraph between the capital of Peru and Ecuador, and he has at the same time asked the President of the Pacific States of South America to hasten the construction of a line from Panama to the southern coast of Chili. On the Atlantic side of South America, the e§t4blishulent COMMERCIAL. (From E. F. Satterawaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, October 17.) By the " China". the latest advices from New York boar date 2nd inst. The abundance of money (which only commanded from three to four per cent. interest on call) was inducing a larger demand for all kinds of good Se curities; The oldest issue of Government Bonds exhibited a marked improvement, and the 5-20's and 10-40's were very firm at former quotations. In It:air:m(l Stocks the entire Est was strong, and an advance of from $2 to $6 was noticeable. Border State Stocki were in request, but Railroad Mortgages was in active. Gold had advanced about 3 per cent. UNITED STATES DEBT. We extract the following from the .2Velo York Tribune of the 28th ult. ; it serves to show the persistency with which Mr. M'Culloch is carrying out his views with the intention of as early a return 48 possible to specie pay-. meats It is understood from the annexed letter, that after the current week a new issue of 5-20 Bonds will be made in exchange for August 7-30 Notes. Treasury. Department, Washington, Sept 26th, 1866. Sir,—Yours of the 25th is at hand, and contents noted. The June and July 7-30 s are not at present convertible. Those of August, 1864, are convertible on the terms de scribed by you,* except that the 5-20 Bonds to be issued herearter ' will bear interest from July Ist, and not from May Ist, 1866.-1 ant, Sir, very respectfully, To J. Thomson, Esq., VV. HARTLEY, Ntßank, Assistant Secretary. No This will make the now 5-20 's, with interest payable in tti .2 a , l wCruaririe_snteryout,New York. January and duly, cost the holder of 7-30's bought at 106 —lO7l paying as be will on each $l,OOO, $5.80 difference of interestoe against 1081 for 1865'sto-day. By this issue the department equalises its interest account, and instead of hoarding gold for six months, will be able to restore to commerce, through frequent payment of interest, the gold absorbed by customs duties. The new issue can also be conveniently used to fund the 7-30's of the second and third issues, and so prepare the way for a speedy and permanent resumption of specie payments. No resump tion can be permanent which loaves the department iu danger of being called upon to pay in currency the later issues of 7-30 notes. The market in London for American Securities has been characterised by some fluctuations of importance, settlement E 8 to 1 ex coupon. bi-u just con c l u d e d h as d eve l o p e d 5-20 bonds having been done at varying prices from 70 t o :2 1 1 closing h fl i y n a l I a great scarcity of Erie Shares for delivery, and as much as $1 to $ll back has been paid for the loan of them for the next fortnight, This scarcity has been caused by the litre abatitint df dertifldatdei fdectilly shifted td #e* York, where they have been wanted for the purpose of influencing the election of directors. They have advanced during the week $3 per Share, closing in demand at 501 to 61, o.llt.tita lilady; itli hut doing in them. A considerable business has been done in Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds; persistent efforts were made to force down quot i tions; Ti they gave way from 46 to Id diini &lily* hut haveLdzaay, at 40/ to 411 ox coupon. It is satisfactory to note the regularity with which the - couPens of this Company have always been mot; those due 15th November next on the Certike.tes df 11 ,, Pontlire tire i"--'fidt 4 4 OPPiCIAL TRANSACTi ONB FOIL THE WEEK.—United States 6 per Cent. 5.20 Bonds, 1882: Thursday, 714 1 1 a ; Friday, 72 1141; Saturday, 701 4 ; Monday, 70117 C 11 y ; Tuesday, 681 1 8 / x.c.l Wednesday, 684 41 x,c. Virginia 5 per Cent. Sterling liCtltie t ThurSday, Virginia 6 per Cent. Dollar Bonds: Thursday, Friday, ; Tuesday, 44; Wednesday, 45. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. (N. Y. Sect.) Ist Mrt. Bonds, 1880 Friday, —; Tuesday, —; Wednesday, —, Atkin. and Gt. Westn. 2nd Mrt, Bonds, 18811 Friday, Monday, —. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. (Penns. 'Sect.) 2nd Mrt. Bonds, 1882: Thursday, —; Friday, Atlan. and Great Western Consolidated Bonds, 18951 Thursday, 45 41; Friday, 49 I ; Saturday, 414 2 404 Monday, 42i 40 ; Tuesday, 3941 x.c. Wednesday, 404 1 1 401 x.e. Erie Shares, $lOO, all paid ; Thursday, 48 Friday, 47 8 ; Saturday, 491 501; Monday, 52 494 9 ; Tuesday, 484 4 94 ; Wednesday, 504 1. Erie Shares, 6 per cent. Convertible Bonds : Friday, —; Tuesday, ; Wednesday, —. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. Bonds of 1875: Thursday, —; Monday, Illinois Central 7 par Cent. Bonds of 1875: Tuesday, —; Illinois Central Shares, all paid : Thursday, 784; Friday, —; Saturday, 781 ; Monday, 78 1 ; Tues day, 79 8} ; Wednesday, 784 41. Philadelphia and Erie First Mortgage, 1881: Thursday, —; Saturday, ; Tuesday, —. Philadelphia and Erie First Mortgage, 1881, with option to be p Lid in Philadelphia : Saturday, —. Pennsylvania Second Mort. Sterling Bonds, 1875: Tuesday, —. Pennsylvania Second Mortgage Sterling Builds, 1875.: Thursday, 82 ; Saturday, 82, * That is, allowing all accrued interest on the 7-30 s, and charging accrued interest on the 5-20's from July Ist, to day of conversion, both in currency. ARRIVAL OF PASSENGERS• Br THE JAVA, AT LIVERPOOL, OCT. 14.—Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Small, Miss E. Stubbins, 51r. and Mrs. J. S. Loyd, Miss R. Lloyd, Rev. William Brown, Miss M. S. Sedgwick, Sir Henry Holland, Miss J. Seligman, Mr. and Mrs. T. Cooke, four children, infant, and servant ; Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Matthews, Captain Fearon, Miss J. C. Connell, Mrs. Strachan, Colonel Moffatt and servant, Mr. and Mrs. T. Conklin, Mr. and Mrs. Robton, infant, and servant, Mr. and Mrs. J. Tracey ? jun., Aar. Charles Tracey, Bliss L. Death DEPARTURE OF PASSENGERS. By the s.s. ATALANTA, W. H. PinotAm, commander, (London, Havre, and Now York Steamship Line), to New York, from London, October 14: Mr. and Mrs. B. Thorp, Mr. James R. Sharpley, Mrs. C. F. Waldo, Miss Waldo, Mr. F. Dalton, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. R. H. Lean, Mr. Samuel Whitt, Mr. Arthur Moriart, Mr. and Mrs. Devereux and five children, Mrs. Collins and infant, Mr. Walter Sawyer, Mr. H. L. Cass, Mrs. Eliza J. Back, Mr. Flan J. Keary, Miss Fanny Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. Calmer, Mrs. Sarah Seymour, Klara and Mr. Daniel Woof, and Mr. F. A. Freeman. _ _ By the ALLEMANNIA, Capt. TILAUTMANN, from South ampton for Nbw York, Oct. 17.—First-class Upper Saloon. —Charles Weigand, Russia ; Dr. Pitzipios, Greece ; Elise Fowler, D. L. Cohen und fr., Jos. A. Fessler, mit f►:au, Herrmaon Funke, mit frau, Albert Hammacher, mit frau, Louise Muller, mit sohn, New York ; J. Olshausen, mit frau und 4 kindern, Davenport; M. Schulz, mit 2 kin dern, Margarethe Warner, Philadelphia ; Wm. Dings, Caroline Seansberg, Henriette Kurtzeburg, mit sohn, St. Lo - as ; Titus und Emma Schmidt, Dubuguo ; Th. H. Ruedinger, Armond; Robert Gschwindt, New York; Geo. H. Adams, mit frau, Isodora Adams, Boston ; Wm. 11. Allyn, Washington ; George und Hermine Marckmann, Galveston; Paul Holder, mit kind, Colimo ; Ad. Kauffman, Mexico; Anna Stock, mit 3 kindern, and Marie Wiebling, Hano ver ; Johannis Schiller, Rosalie Behrens, and M. Gold schmidt, Hamburg; Leonhardt Rothgerbor, mit frau u. 2 kindern, Now York; Fraulein Pollack, Chicago; Emma Konigsberg, Gnosen. First-class Lower Saloon.—Minna Guhl, Lutkenwesch ; Friederike Frei& ick, Braunschweig; Babette, Schweikert, mit 3 kindern, Louise und Emilie Reichardt, Stuttgart; Susanne Gundlach, mit 2 kindern, Klein Schwalbach ; M. Deschere, Hamburg ; August Blanch, mit frau und 2 kindarn, Stade ; Catherine Rhom berm mit 4 kindern, Dornbirn ; Franz J. Rosch, Gotzis ; Philomeno Bruit, Dornbirn ; Dora Levisohn, und 6 kindern, Berlin; F.Spethmann,Schleswig; Roman Prinz,S teinenthal ; Hermann Gerlach, Frankfurt a M. ; E. 0. May, mit frau und kind, Zittau ; Emilie Meyer, Berlin ; R. Baumann, Friberg ; Anna Kammert, mit 2 kindern, Friberg ; Rep. Schamberg, mit 4 kindern, Heckolzhausen ; Aron Konigs berg(); Diez ; Clara and Henrietta Rumple; Leipzig ; Selig Braun, Miloslaw ; Sophie Blumenberg, Hanover ; Jos. J. Waltz, Gotzis ; Lorenz Harms, Morburg ; Louis Moritz, Eger ; Pauline Appel, Chicago ; Gustav Murmann, Philippsburg ; Louis Woltersdorf, mit frau, Chicago; Louise Oberhofen, New York; A. Guntrath, Nashville ; A. H. Achenbach, Pittsburg; JOS. Joseph, mit frau, Indiana; Gus ta,vernicht, mit frau, St. Louis ; H. Hofheinz, Heidelberg; Leopold Lautmolk, Carl Durr, Carlsruhe ; Jos. und Johanna Rosenstock, Helene Renard mit kind, Berlin ; Dora Laage, Ploen ; Wilhelm Kohn, Elmshorn ; Moses Rohrneimer, Lorch; Fridoline Kuhn, Obrigheim ; Adam und Catharine Schwab, Darmstadt ; Theodor Hirsch, Ober-Ingelheim ; J. Lautenschlager, Darmstadt; Elise Niebuhr, Hedebeck ; Chs. Tenhaeff, mit frau and 3 kindern, Illinois; J. W. Durr, mit frau und 2 kindern, Philadelphia ; Heinrich Niebuhr, America ; Gustav Thun, New York : Jacob and I'cuu'k Schloss, Pottsville ; Julia White, America; Chs. Wimpfhamer, Gratfalls ; Caroline Hansen, Wilhelm Kjellerup, Amander Linder, Copenhagen; Eugen Sauvain, Schweiz; Anette Michalsky, Curla.uv ; Theodor Schwabe, Glasgow ; John Stier, Chicago ; Wil -1 helm Pohl, Nauheim ; Carl Lochmuller, Chicago; Carl j Behle, mit frau und sohn, Richmond ; Kunigunde Hauss ler, Washington ; Elise Weinberg, Naudnitz ; Adolph Werner, Cierstein ; Eva Levy, Basel ; Joh. und Louise Castelhau, Nordheim ; Grassart, Gebhard Egger, Marie Manhard ; and D. Rosenthal, New York. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ___,.... ----- TlMES.—Death has been rather busy of late among the friends and servants of the Emperor Napoleon ; and the Aloniteur of 'yesterday conveyed the announcement of the decease of M. de Thouve nel. M. de Thouvenel was not at the time of his death, and had not been since the 12th of October, 1862, a member of the Imperial Cabinet. His place at the head of the Foreign-office was at that epoch filed up by M. Drouyn de Lhuys, and when at the lost change—Ministerial crises are unknown in France under the Napoleonic regime—the latter received his dismissal we are not aware that his Majesty expressed any wish to recall his former Minister ; possibly because his failing health unfitted him for further services. But for this circumstance, M. de Thouvenel was only 48 years old, and no statesman who has ever been honoured with Napo leon's confidence needs look upon himself as irre vocably put on the shelf, or past all hope of being again " sent for" at a moment's notice. The pro motion or removal of a member of the Cabinet, his illness, or death, can hardly be set dawn among political events in France, notwithstanding the amount of idle talk such events invariably. give rise to. The Ministers of the Emperor are only responsible to him, who,•for his own part, is only responsible to himself. The Imperial rule belongs to the category of what are called personal or autocratic Governments,— a system which may equally exist under an absolute master, under specious constitutional forms, and even in some republican communities ; but in no State that we can call to mind has there ever been a Sovereign to all appearance less dependent on his Ministers, less disposed to acknowledge their influence, and even less willing to allow them to look upon them selves as fixtures in his Council than the Emperor Napoleon. Nothing is more common in Eastern countries than to see a Vizier usurping all the in fluence and popularity of a Sultan. Mayors of the Palace in remote ages wielded all the sway of faine ant Kings. Louis XI. put his faith in a barber; Charles 11. and Charles 111. of Lucca and Parma transacted all home and foreign business through their Yorkshire groom ; Pope Gregory XVI. aban doned himself and his State to the care of his valet ; and there are instances of Monarchs who took for their Premier a ballet-girl or a fiddler. Francis 1. of Austria we s only the shadow of Metternich, and William of Prussia is not much more than a lay figure in the hands of Dismark, P.Ttiy . , more, even at Washington, neither Lincoln nor Jolionon ever counted half as much as Seward. But of Napoleon 111. no man has ever yet been able to name a malty': Of the many great measures initiated Mktg ails Atispiteg i Vihittever opinion history may form of them bereaftof, tid [thine have to bear all the praise or the blame. Behind thOSC scenes we are not privileged to see ; not many, sve sliould think, are so privileged ; but most assuredly, if the Hifie:tdf take tiny Important hint from his advisers, he also takes gded ego Vint the world should know nothing about it. The long exp& rience of a checkered life, or mere natural insight, ertal4e Nt,' , 2 to choose the best instruments of his 'Fact id Melt R releetin as we all well know, constitutes the first element df fi grtlitt man's greatness. He- may know how to find out the beat man, how to put him to the best use. He may ikittr 1110 fto 4 d Flume him out; and turn him inside out,'' anu then ar6 c 1 e Irfith him. Of what takes place between master andeniati We know nothing; we mey suppose that the Statesman who tottt.tereigne his Sovereign's decree has given it his aElleot 1 shat when One Minister goes out and another edified its there has been some clash of opinion in the one case, and there Wag perfect harmony in the latter; that a faithful servant is sometimes committed to a venturous course in it play afterwards suit his imperial patron to disavow him 1 but all this is Mere matter of conjec ture. One Minister is called in and sends forth no programme ; another is put away and gives no sign. Let history at any time weigh all the names that fill tip the roll of the second empire, and it will be found that one statesman alone has from beginning to end been the state. The moil who have served the Em peror since he came into power belotig to three dis. tinot categories. The first consists of the old per= sonar friends of Louis Napoleon, the sharer of the ups and downs in his struggling life, the Persignys, De Morays, Alocquards, Fleurys, whose fidelity has been requited by a stanch gratitude, of which it must be said in sober truth the annals of the world 'offer few examples. The second is made up of those who knew how to turn towards the rising sun at the right moment—the Billaults, Baroches, Rouhers, and other men, who favoured the exile's election to the Constituent Assembly, who canvassed for his Presidency, who joined hitn at, or soon after, the 2sl December. The third and last category compre hends those who are rather the servants of France than of the French Emperor, whom the Monarch at his accession found already in office, and whom lie may be presumed to have chosen, not out of per sonal obligation or partiality, but more probably from a fair estimate of their abilities, no less than of their discretion, of their aptitude to fall in with his views, to second his plans, and, perhaps, to claim little of the merit of their doings, and work altoge ther on the sic vos non vobis principle. To thl@ ter class of public men, together with Drouyn t i n e Lhuys, •Moustier, and others, belonged also M, sle Thouvenel. He had already gone through import ant steps in the dipoMatic career in 1851 v when, after the coup d'etat, he was trusted with the direc tion of the political department at the Foreign-office, and was only placed at its head in 1860, when he had filled for several years the embassy of Constan tinople. In the discharge of his duty M. de Thou venel advocated a policy of opposition to this Country. The Italians looked upon him as a firm partisan of their cause, and it is supposed that the Emperor's consent to the annexations of 1860, the recognition of the new kingdom by France and by other Powers was mainly due to Thouvenel's exer tions. The same official journal which spread the news of his death gives him credit for the annexa tion of Savoy and Nice to the French territory--an act, of course, which was only a sequel to the trans actions by which Italy was made one. It is equally asserted that his retirement in 1862 was caused by lukewarmness in the cause of the Temporal Power, as the late resignation of M. Drouyn de Lhuys has been attributed to his excess of zeal in thesame cause; but it is permitted to doubt whether the Emperor himself at any time had any settled policy about that unfortunate Roman question except to humble the Pope, and whether, indeed, he has even yet made up his mind as to its forthcoming solution. The Roman question, so far as France exercised any influence over it, has gone through three distinct phases. The Pope hasbeen deprived of the Legations by the express act of the Emperor Napoleon, who compelled the Austrians to evacuate those provinces, and suffered their inhabitants to rise in rebellion ; that was in 1859. The Pope had been deprived of the Marches and Umbria with the positive consent of the same Emperor who bade Cialdini Frapper vice, et frapper fort." That was in 1860. That move of Cialdini broke up the Pope's military power and placed him in utter dependence upon the French garrison. Finally, the Pope was, or will soon be, deprived of the support of the French bayonets by the September Convention of 1864, in which M. de Thouvenel had no band. What may really be understood by the terms of the September Conven tion we have as yet no means of knowing ; we are by no means sure that the Emperor himself knows, and we have, at any rate, no hesitation in believing that those who know least about the matter arc M. Drouyn de Lhuys, the Minister who is said to have thrown up his portfolio because he thought the French protection should uphold the Pope even after the removal of French bayonets ; or 111..1110us- tier, the Minister who caught up that portfolio as it fell; because, it is asserted, he is ready to withdraw the French garrison and let therope take his chance. ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES.—The English sup pose themselves to be, and are often spoken of by others, as a staid, phlegmatic, sober minded, sensible people ; not given to ardent excitement, sudden impulse, or warm feelings of any kind. That an opinion such ae this should become general over the world shows that manners, speech, and deportment more strongly impress the minds of others than acts. 'lo look at an Englishman—to hear him talk —to receive his cold salutation--would convey the impression that you are in contact with a man who, if he had any impulses, had learned to subdue them. A judge solemnly seated on the bench, with his grave manner and overawing wig, would not convey tke idea of a jovial dinner com panion. Yet the chances are he would be the most genial guest of a jolly party. Is an Englishman what his manner proclaims lihn to be ? To judge by acts, we should emphatically say " No." In 1863 there were established in London five great financial companies. When first introduced they filled a void required by our monetary system. Quickly they paid enormous dividends, and carried to a rest large reserves. The favour of the public raised their shares to a high premium, and a host of imitators appeared in the field. " Every dog " is said "to have its day," and all pups before attaining to sound strong health have a very disagreeable day of distemper, and sickness unto death. These puppies of financial institutions promised to grow into splendid animals, and were gamboling in the exuberance of health and strength, when suddenly all were smitten with distemper, and from promising young things became a mangy ' 'set of curs. Now, how came this to pass? Mainly through the wild and reckless impulses of the Eng lish people. This time last year the chief buying and sellin g on the Stock Exchange was in the shares of these five great companies, all of which stood at a handsome premium, and could be disposed of to almost any extent without influencing the market. To-day these shares sell at less than the premium given for them last year, and a few shares thrown on the Exchange sends them down till they become wholly unsaleable. Are these companies now in trinsically worse than they were then ? We believe the contrary to be the case. Last year they were inflated by the public favour and the credit they enjoyed, so that money seemed to have lost its full significance. A hundred thousand _pounds was a mere unit with five " naughts " after it; and the sum a single item in a long list. The first shock was received by the London Financial Association, a company then standing very high. It was believed to be managed prudently by skilful financiers and directors of undoubted integrity. It transpired that a sum—over £400,000, just two-thirds of their " paid-up" capital—had been advanced to a contracting firm, which had failed. The shares, in Stock Exchange parlance, grew "heavy," which we suppose means that the till of the company being in one scale, and the shares in the other, as the former lightened the latter wei g hed :lowa the balance. There are always about the Stock Exchange a gang of needy men ready to take advantage of damaging reports. They sold the shares freely, which depressed them still more, and the bona fide holders took alarm and threw their shares also on the market. The fall of the com pany became rapid and continuous, bringing a new danger into the field. The financial companies traded not on their own capital, but chiefly on money lent on debenture, a large portion of which, unfortunately for them, was at short dates. The fall of the shares alarmed these creditors, who withdrew their money as it became due. The radical error of the business done by financial institutions now became painfully apparent to the directors. The money they had borrowed at short dates had been lent on long terms, or " locked up" in securities, not readily saleable. The only resource was to throw the burden on the proprietors, and a call was made. This aided the operations of the needy and greedy gang outside, whose schemes were further advanced by another fact, which became . painfully apparent to the share holders. Hitherto " liability" had been pleasingly associated in their minds with the word " Now they looked the limit in the face, and a little calculation showed that the " limit " would make bankrupts of most of them. This increased the fright, and on that fright the speculators traded. Having reduced the London Financial to the lowest ebb, and having obtained an inkling of their own power, they turned deliberately on the other insti-. tutions. The Imperial Mercantile was going along like a balloon when it was arrested in its airy flight by these kennel-scrapers. It had none of the inherent strength of the London Financial. It traded on a gigantic capital, all of which, with the exception of a paltry half million, was borrowed money, and borrowed, alas ! for it, on terms which no financial company ought for a moment to have entertained. Not one word could be said against the manner in which the money was employed, but the mistake of borrowing at short dates and lending at long instantly brought it to the ground. We can scarcely imagine a more painful position than that at the time held by the directors of most of these companies. The shareholders were in an agony of fright, ready to believe any rumour, however wild and improbable. The speculators were rampant with sueees3, had become organised bodies, and were masters of the position. At first the other financial companies had coldly 16oked on the troubles of the London Financial Association. They did not then Pea their own danger ; they only saw a rival institution " coming to grief." When the tide of public opinion set strongly against finance, the banks smiled grimly at the epidemic which had broken out among the puppies. It was soon to be shown that their own financing had been worse far than that of these establishmen ts, and their own dan c er consequently greater but their fate does not enter into the scope of our article. With the exception of the Imperial Mercantile, the five great institutions fairly stood the fearful strain. The tide set with the greatest strength against the Credit Fonder of England, but under the ablemana.gcment of ALBERT GRANT the operators against this company burnt their fingers. In vain they spread the most sinister rumours ; in vain they sold by tens of thousands the shares of the company_ which at one. time people were actually paid to put in their names --the company IY/16 too strong, and could not be broken. T International Financial suffered least from the epidemic. It on the true principles of fint.- -flial transactions, and had always been conducted e k o e un ti t p . in the worst days of the panic it 0i1.._ to all its acceptances at the Bank rate of u l t.." Now let us glance at the action of the British pub- , lic. One of two things is clear. They must have bought these shares last year without the slightest idea what they were buying, or they must be selling these shares this year without the slightest idea what they are selling. Indeed, we believe that both pro positions are true, and in both cases the mass are acting on the most wild and unreasoning impulse. If the sober-minded and sensible English are sen sible in anything it ought to be in their manner of investing their money. Yet their action is the very reverse of what their appearance would indicate. We have little hesitation in saying that these four companies are better now than they were then, though, judging by the Stock Exchange prices, their shares now arc worthless, which were then quoted at an extravagant premium. In spite of the reck less inflation which the public encouraged, and in spite of the fearful collapse which has fvllowed, in ~ r spite also of the frightful dishonesty and mismanage• ment exposed, these young institutions have had their day of distemper, and being founded on sound business principles are likely to grow into profitable and well-managed concerns. It is improbable that the London Financial will again lend half a million to one firm, or, like the Imperial Mercantile, take money at call and place it beyond reach for years. Nor will share holders condemn directors who only propose to paY a dividend of 10 per cent. Sensible John Bull stands convicted of an amazing want of sense. He has hounded on those he employed into a bad busi ness to gratify his own greed, and then acting on an impulse of panic done his best to destroy his own property. On the whole it is creditable to the Finance Companies to have stood so well the strain he has allowed himself to be the means of putting on them, and happily for them we believe that they are beyond all danger arising from public discredit at the very moment that they are at their lowest ebb. COUZITRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD.—FnmAr. Wheat 2s to 3s dearer, with a fair sale. Barley fully as dear. Other articles unaltered. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. Our market to-day was fairly supplied with wheat, which changed hands at 2s per qr. advance. With a firm demand for barley (the supply of which was fair), prices for supe rior lots were is per qr. over those of last week. Oats found buyers steadily at rather better rates. New white wheat, 57s to 63s ; new red, 45s to 55s per 3 6 stone. Barley for malting, 38s to 44s per qr ; grinding, 32s to 35s per 30 stone. Oats. 25s to 335. Beans, fis to 51s per 38 stone. LIVERP 0 OL.—FitiDAY. We bad a moderate attendance at our market to-dal, and wheat was not in quite so active a demand as on Tues day last, owing to holders demanding 2d to .3d per cents' advance. Flour has advanced fully 6d per sack. Indian corn in good demand at is over 'Tuesday's rates. Oats steady. Oatmeal in fair request. DERBY—FRIDAY. The supply of wheat on offer to-day was tolerable, and the trade healthy, business being done in flue samples a 2s to 3s per qr. more money. A fair inquiry for barley, and choice lots realised a trifling advance. Oats in steady re' quest at late terms. New white wheat, 55s to 60s ; old red, 56s to 60s per 3 6 stone. Barley for malting, 37s to 45s per qr. ; grinding , 37s to 38s per 30 stone. Oats, new, '27s to 298; old, 29$ to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 50s to 525; new, 46s to 5 0,3 per 38 stone. STAMFORD—FRIDAY. Wheat was about an average show to-day, and sales were steadily effected, prices being 2s to 3s per qr. higher than heretofore. Barley of fine quality moved off to a fair extent, at improved terms. The show of oats was small, and prices were rather in sellers' favour. For beans the demand was firm. New white wheat, 50s to 565; red do., 48s to 528 per 86 stone. Barley, malting, 388 to 465; grinding, 2ls to 803 per qr. Oats, new, 22s to 265; old, 28s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, 52s to 54s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. RIPON—FRIDAY. White wheat, 8s Od to 8s 3d per bushel ; red, Gs 3d to 7.0 9d; beans, 6s Ocl to 7s 3d ; oats, 27s to 32s per qr ; barley' 35s to 41s Od. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FnmAY. The demand for all descriptions of sugar continues ver3_: quiet, and prices are rather easier. Rum in fair demand at full prices. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. cl• Holywell Main l7 6 East Hartlepool Wylam - 17 6 Riddell Lambert's W.Hartley 17 9 Hetton Lyons l9 - Walls End Hetton ... 21 9 Ships at market, 30—sold, 20. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton 00t. 2 0 . Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. is• Brazil and Cap.!. Verde. by British packet...... Nov. 5 . Ditto, by French packet . Oct. 2 2 . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.... Oct. 28. China, Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton.. Oct 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 3 13 ' Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 20. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 20 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Oct. 2 9 • Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 2 3 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 23. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Illarseillei. Nov. 13 Newfoundland , Oct. 21. Portugal Nov. 5 Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packct, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, oy Canadian packet, via Londonderry Oct. lg. We,st Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerlire ....Nov. 10. West Indies and Pullin (except Bahamas and Honduras) Oct. 29 Cuba and Mexico ... Bermuda, vla Halifax Oct. 24 Bahamas, via New York. Nov: 15' The rinde;pest entered upon its second year in Great Britain in the third week of June, and since then tile weekly returns compare as follows with those for the col' responding weeks of 1865: 1866. 1865. Increase. Decrease. Week ending Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. June 23 500 ... 30 470 ... 30 ... 282 147 135 ... July 7 ... 327 575 m .lB 1) 11 322 ... 321 1 ... 7 ~ 21 ... 234 490 ~ 20 28 ... 210 757 54 Aug. 4 231 ... 1,145 .. . 91! 1, 11 ... 163 1,231 1,06; II 18 ... 129 1,175 1,00 ~ 25 ... 160 ...1,270 1,112 Sept. 1 ... 113 ... 922 80 7 , 7, 8 71 ... 817 77 „ 77 15 ••• 58 ...1,354 1,2"`; ~ 22 67 ... 1,333 1,2 6 u „ 29 40 1,666 1,62 6 1 7 4 Oct. 6 ... 32 1,436 ,1 0 The figures for the last three or f our w e e ks are subject slight modifications for back cases, but they are substao" tinily correct. The general result of the 16 weeks' revi nit h is a decrease of 11,760 cases of rinderpest as compared W it .: the corresponding period of 1865. The rinderpest has IP" entered upon its 70th week in Great Britain. FIRE IN THE ROYAL PALACE AT BRUSSELS — King's All! palace at Brussels has narrowly escaped bell ) ! burnt to the ground. A fire which had been smo ulderiob for several hours during the night was perceived on S at°. day morning about seven, when it had burned away Ur. flooring of one of the rooms and destroyed several valtlel2l" pictures, amongst them one representing our Saviour, 11 Ilubens, and various objects of art brought by the presents King from Egypt. The firemen being called in were e c)° t able to extinguish the flames. The loss is estimated at o n less than 400,000 f. The disaster is attributed to the cem. lessness of a workman who the evening before lit a fir s ,70 an adjoining room, and on going away omitted to see 41 it was extinguished. • TIIE RUMOURED ITALIAN CONSPIRACY AGA IN - TILE LIFE OF NAPOLEON.— The semi-oXcial North Ger un d . r $ Gazette designates as a complete invention the report till' the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar had communicated to tb° Emperor Napoleon intelligence, which he had received frlll Berlin, of an Italian conspiracy against the life of the x Emperor. LADVERTISEMENT. j—Holloway's Ointment and Pi1L, 33 5 " .. Biliousness, Dyspepsia.—There is no organ in the bun, body so liable to derangement as the livor ; food, fatiOA climate, and anxiety, all disorder its action and render _Pt; secretion—the bile—more or less depraved, superabuticin, or scanty. The first symptoms should receive atteu tl° A pain in the side or the top of the shoulder, a harsh 0,13,4 and difficulty of breathing, are signs of liver disease , are quickly removed by friction with Holloway's mable ointment. The pills should also be taken For all diseases of this vital organ the action of these OK joined remedies is a specific, by checking the over OPP; of bile, regulating its secretion, and giving nervous too BAYLIFF—On the 18 th inst ßir ~ a t t Doward House, Iler 3 — f 4 . ar o & f s hire, the wife of Capt. IL L. Bayliff, 100th Regime n " a son. • 0 .1)8't D IO BY—On the 19th inst., the wife of Mr. A. W. ' 33, Bloomsbury-square, of a son. the NISBET—On the 19th inst., at 28, Priory-road, Kilburn' wife of Harry C. Nisbet, Esq., of a daughter. TOWNSFIEND On the 17th inst., at 39, D over -sttev—, tho Marchioness Townshend, of a son and heir. Marriages. nt/c DOUGLAS —CLARKE— /W - 1 O n the 18th inst. at a t Kingsi* near Dover, R)bert G. Douglas, Captain. R.N., to a Elizabeth &arab, eldest daughter of T. S. Clarke, ro`r i Kingsdowne House. WALKER JEAL —On the 18th inst. at at St. Luke's Old-street, George, youngest son . of J. Walker, Wakefield, Yorkshire to Caroline Emma, eldest did ter of John Jeal, isq., of Old-street, St. Luke n, Vann House, Ockloy, Surrey. Deaths. vAtattr e y EAsrw'doi; —On the 16th inst., at 25, St. Peter's--, HammersmitL, George Eastwood, Esq., aged 46. a. i. F WRUNG —On the 18th inst. , at Great Yarmouth, Frn Fickling, Esq., formerly of Norwich. nord °lll Gonnori—At Paradise-fields, Hackney, Miss E. aged 88. nacle ld HILL—On the 18th inst., at Addiscombe Villa, • Weymouth, Wm. J. Hill, Esq., aged 33. REAY—On the 19th inst., at 20 , Gloucester-gardons, a 1 3, park, J. Reay, Esq., of The Gill , Cumberland, ogesool SMITH—On the 17th inst., at Brighton, Wm. A. Esq., of 9, Michael's-grove, Brompton. WolteA WALTER—On the 16th inst., at Bayswater, James Esq., architect, aged 72. London : Printed and Published by WILLIASI AN'" it" ni of No. 112, Strand, Painter, at T lIZ SUN OWO° , nn tly Strand, in the Precinct of the Savly, the nn Octeber 20,1830. 6 0111( by Who to 7 ec G _`