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TJ-3ionitow.-Morning, 10h. 40m.—Afternoon, 11h. 18m. • 4 - 1:§ A c) ft tVT4 yO: i ArZ jj LONDON, SA7URDAY, SEPT. 30, 1865. The Scotia brings us news from New York up to the 19th of September, having, as usual, made a rapid passage. Secretary SEWARD appears to have lost none of his acrimony against this country, and has \ found a new method of mortifying the Britishers by publishing the list of some British holders of the Confederate Loan, who, according to his belief, absented themselves from the late meeting in London, so as to avoid " exposing their individual complicity in the rebellious transaction." Mr. SEWARD seems to consider that it is a lasting dis grace to any man to be associated in any manner with the Confederate cause, apparently forgetting that in Great Britain the Southern struggle for independence is viewed in a very different light. Mr. SEWARD is so proud of his achieve ments that he has also published two despatches, which he addressed to Mr. ADAMS in the months of March and of August, in which he desires the American representative emphatically to inform the British Government and people that the Federal Government will never assume the responsibility of the Confederate loan. No one in this country ever supposed that they -would. The only question has been whether the Federals would pay or repudiate their own debts, not those of the Confederates, so that Mr. SEWA RD'S severe threat falls somewhat flat. Washington despatches further state that the Brazilian Government has accepted the ex _ planations made by the Federal Government re specting the Florida as perfectly satisfactory, though this may be questioned. Perhaps the Bra zilians thought it wiser to keep on good terms with the United States now that the North has gained so decided an advantage over its antagonist. The pro gress of reconstruction goes on in the Southern States ; the Alabama Convention has permitted the introduction of resolutions repealing the seces sion ordnance, repudiating the State debt, acknow ledging the abolition of slavery, and postponing the revision of theiState constitution. In the South Ca rolina Convention the secession ordinance was re pealed without debate. Three delegates still clung to their old traditions and voted " nay ;" but the great majority, however unwilling to abandon their independence, felt that the time was past for the effort, and that the wisest, and kindest, and moat patriotic cour.3e to adopt was to admit the supremacy of the Washington Government, and, by restoring peace azd obedience to civil law, to take away all excuse for the maintenance of tary despotism. These pacific intentions of the chief Confederates have been greatly assisted, no doubt, by the conduct of the PRESI DENT, who has had courage and humanity enough to resist the fanatical eagerness of the Radical party. He has taken, according to recent intelligence, a decided Conservative stand, from which there will be no dislodging him. His Conservatism in this instance is of a kind which English Liberals will not be disposed to quarrel with, for it means that he is willing to allow the people.of the Southern States to be governed by Southern rulers. He intends to allow them to worship in their own churches ; he is in favour of State rights and the supremacy of State Govern ments. For some time he has been manifest ing his aversion to the violent Radicalism which, under guise of patriotic fervour and anxiety, for the welfare of the negro seeks to annihilate the Southern people, and to elevate its own party at their expense. Two very conspicuous opportunities of declaring his views on the great question of the Southern States have been afforded to the President, and he has availed himself of both of them to show his feelings with characteristic independence and determination. The affair of the militia corps in Mississippi, which was put down by Gen. SLOCUM, drew forth from Mr. JOHNSON a letter to the General, in which he declared the supremacy of the civil power. The other display of his sentiments was made on receiving the deputation of Southerners, when he emphatically stated that he did not believe the reports of the disaffection in the South, and that he was opposed to the concentration of power at Washington, under whatever name. The Radicals have recently made an effort to pre vent the restoration of the Southern churches now in military possession. They are not without an advocate in the Cabinet, where Mr. STANTON so strongly urged the Radical side of the question that the President was at last provoked into dashing his fist on the table and asking whether the war was for the Union or for destroying the churches, adding, with more energy than politeness, that he would have no more of such nonsense President JOHNSON'S object is not the exaltation of one particular party, but the restoration of the Union and the pacification of the country. He has sense and shrewdness enough to see that the Radical policy will never achieve this, and as this, and, as a Carolinian man by birth, he knows enough of the temper of the people to be certain they will not be made loyal by force of arms. He has, in spite of his detractors, ability and determination enough to carry out his own views in spite of demagogues in the streets, of opposition in the Cabinet, and of the threatened impeachment in Congress. All honour to him if he can and does maintain a system of really national Government, instead of struggling for party ends, and degrading the great principle of freedom and patriotism into mere watchwords for selfish gains. If the suffrage is granted to the ignorant negro before he has learned how to use it, he will naturally be under the guidance of those who have proclaimed themselves his political friends, and by this means the New England party would gain an accession of strength by no means displeasing to them. But the same strength of mind which en abled ANDREW JOHNSON to rise from a low rank to his present proud position will enable him to pre serve his country from the unscrupulous efforts of a party to exalt themselves at the expense of their countrymen. Another Order in Council has been given respect ing the Cattle Plague, testifying to the importance which this subject has now assumed, and the neces sity that exists for active measures being resorted I? to. The purport of this new decree is to the effect that tho said disoraPr has mad e itg aplicaremoo , among sheep and lambs, and therefore the Lords of her MAJESTY'S Privy Council order that it shall not be lawful to remove any lambs, sheep, or the skin of the sheep and lambs from Great Britain to Ire land. No doubt this precautionary measure is a very wise one, as great additional distress would inevitably come if by any means the malady was introduced into that country. Too much care cannot possibly be taken to prevent contagion, and thus this new order will doubtless afford satisfaction to many. A letter to the Times to-day, from " S. G. 0.," contains some very unsatisfactory intel ligence respecting this all-prevailing theme of lis cussion just now. It is stated, and certainly experience seems to bear out the remarks, that some atmospheric action, acting per se or in combination with existing matters, whatever they may be, is at work, " pestilentially affecting animal life." Not only have sheep for some weeks past been afflicted with a " typhoid disease," but a similar malady has in many parts affected the pigs. The writer of this letter does not believe that it is a wise thing to destroy all the animals affected with the disease, for the infection cannot thus be got rid of. The public markets form, he says, and very truly, a most prolific source of propagating the disease. The poor beasts are driven in over-heated and tired, and come into contact with others who have been packed for hours in railway trucks without food or water, and exposed to the sun. S. G. 0. also thinks that new diseases are unlikely to occur, and that often the same principles may apply to animals as to men, with due regard to difference in their economy of life. "In cholera and in malignant typhus we have morbid action, and disorganisation in excess — a destructive excess ; in a less degree the animal economy shows the same morbid tendency under many other complaints." It is very certain that the most simple methods are often the last to be employed, and so in the management of animals ; while over and over again we are informed upon the best authority that the greatest cleanliness is desir able, but seldom is the practice witnessed. While time is spent and arguments are expounded in dis cussing the prons and cons of this or that means of cure, and the desirability of destroying the ani mals affected or not, little or no heed is paid to those sanitary measures concerning which so much depends. It has been said that these matters have not so much to do with the case as some suppose, because in these places where all possible advantages of fresh air and cleanliness are enjoyed the disease breaks out and terminates fatally. But it must be borne in mind that if the disease resembles " typhus," it is increased by the fatal agencies of dirt and bad air, and thus the evil is propagated in healthy places. At any rate nothing can possibly excuse any inattention in this respect in the card of animals, and it is only : before other plague has not animals who are so cruelly neglected and ill-used in various ways. A verneov affected the poor Royal College of Physicians also put his veto upon the " indiscriminate slaughter" which prevails, a n d which is, no doubt, being carried to excess, partly because great ignorance prevails as to the right cause of treatment, and because from inattention at the first outbreak of the disease to separation be tween the healthy and the diseased, the malady spreads until great alarm is excited. Thus mistakes are made as to the loss occasioned by the disease itself, and the difference is great between those who die of it, and those who die after having imbibed it. In the letter of this member of the College of Phy- siciaus it is stated that he vi sited a cowshed where it had been reported that one hundred out of one hun- ffiE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAN EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1865. dred and six head of cattle had died in the short space of ten days. Indeed, as to these gloomy statistics being correct, it was ascertained that at the out break of the disease fifty of the healthy cattle were sent to the butcher. A few of the rest were killed on the spot, and the others sent to the knacker's yard ; thus, as here stated, " not one died of the disease before removal to where recovery is not per mitted. This is only what is going on in other parts of the country, and yet experience is adduced to prove that the disease is incurable." The sugges tions here made are certainly worthy of attention ; and, as the writer truly adds, in conclusion, it is perfectly clear that the plan that has hitherto been pursued is shown to be of no use, and the only mode which it promises to follow is to exterminate completely all herds and flocks. Those who have the charge of animals seem to alternate between great carelessness in permitting communication among the healthy and the diseased at the outset, and indiscriminate slaughter when once the disease has reached a cer tain point. A more moderate course would no doubt be attended with more successful results, and we should remember that the wholesale sacrifice of animal life will in a short time create new evils, for scarcity will supervene to disease, and great disas ters will prevail in many quarters. A little more caution would be the more safeground of the two, but, at any rate, it is not correct to say that a dis ease is incurable if patience and perseverance be not employed to a great extent. It is curious to notice that the cattle plague is supposed to have reached New York. " Many fine cattle have fallen victims to the pestilence, which is similar to that prevalent in England. It is satisfac tory to know, however, that as yet the plague has not spread beyond the borders of the Hudson. Another important reason for preserving all the cattle that we can, is the fact that the Cholera is decidedly menacing us, and one of the predisposing causes for it is want of solid food in sufficient quan tities. It has been truly said that "we cannot afford to lose one pound of animal food we can save," and it is most important that at this critical juncture all should be done that possibly can be done to facilitate the cure of the disease now hanging over cattle in lieu of the wholesale slaughter of them. THE CATTLE DISEASE. ------- (From a Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday.) At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 29th day of September, 1865. By the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Present,— Duke of Somerset and Mr. Secretary Cardwell. " Whereas by an act passed in the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of her presett Majesty's reign, intituled ' An act to prevent until the Ist day of September, 1850, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, the spreading of con tagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals,' and which has since been from time to time continued by divers subsequent acts, it is (amongst other things) enacted that it shall be lawful for the Lords and others of her Majesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them, from time to time, to make such orders and regulations as to them may seem necessary for the purpose of prohibiting or regulating the removal to- or from such parts or places as they may designate in such order or orders, of sheep, cattle, horses, swine, or other animals, or of meat, skins, hides, horns, hoofs, or other parts of any animals ; and to make any other orders or regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the said act, and again to re voke, alter, or vary any such orders or regulations ; and that all provisions for any of the purposes aforesaid, in any such order or orders con tained, shall have the like force and effect as if the same had been inserted in the said act ; and that all persons offending against the said act shall for each and every offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £2O, or such smaller sum as the said Lords Or others or hua Majosty Privy Council may in any case by such order direct :--- " And whereas a contagious or infectious disorder has lately appeared, and now prevails, among cattle within that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, which is generally designated as the ' cattle plague.' " And whereas it was expedient to take measures for preventing such disorder from extending to that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland ; and whereas, for such purpose, orders were duly made in pursuance of the authority of the said acts, by the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, dated 25th August and 7th and 13th Sep tember, 1865 ; and whereas, by such orders, the removal to any port or place, in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, from any port or place in that part of the United called Great Bri tain, of any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, ox, or calf, and, with certain exceptions, of the skins, hides, horns, hoofs, or other parts of any of those animals, was prohibited : " And whereas there is reason to believe that the said disorder has made its appearance among sheep and lambs : "Now, therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council do hereby, in exercise of the powers given by the said recited Act, and by the several acts continuing the same as aforesaid, order as follows : "That it shall not be lawful for any person to remove any sheep or lamb, or the skin, or any other part, of any sheep or lamb, from any port or place within that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, to any port or place within that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland : provided, that this order shall not extend to skins brought into Great Britain from India, South America, or Australia, and afterwards removed from Great Britain to Ireland : "And the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury are to give such directions herein as may be necessary to insure due obedience to this order. " ARTHUR HELPS." STRANGE ENCOUNTER WITH A STAG.—Archibald Kerr, an old man upwards of 50 years of age, but stout and able-bodied, while cutting brackens upon Thurs day on the hill above Loch Ranza, Arran - , was attacked by a red deer, which made at him savagely, ripping up both of his thighs, one of them very severely. Kerr, on being first attacked, threw a stick at his extraordinary antago nist, but it continued to butt at him with its antlers. He managed courageously to seize his opponent by the horns, and, after a severe struggle, the two combatants rolled down the hill to a marshy place, where they stuck in the ground. Kerr, though desperately hurt, succeeded in open ing his knife with his teeth, ono hand still grasping his foe, and cut the throat of his formidable enemy. After lying upon the hill in an exhausted state for some hours, he at last managed to crawl towards his home, and was ultimately assisted by some friends. Dr. Jamieson, of Bro dick, was promptly in attendance, and too much praise cannot be awarded him for his assiduous attention to the wounded but intrepid old man, who, it is hoped, is now in a fair way of recovery.—Greenock Advertiser. THE PRODUCE MARKETS.—The conclusion of the American war, and the generally prosperous state of the people, continue to have a favourable effect on the colonial produce markets. The cattle plague and the potato disease, the only circumstancesthat menace the pros perity of the country, have had a rather favourable effect on several articles, which, it is thought, will be more in do mend if meat and potatoes become dearer. The most noticeable feature during the week has been the continued activity in the sugar market ; the price of raw sugar has advanced Is. per cwt., and that of refined in some cases to an even greater extent. There has been a small sale of Indian tea, which passed off without change in value. With the exception of the continuance of the export de rilfbar al been t n inht d er nb f t o r aeo r rauk t g h enht e l taa S rf k t go a ero t wto e . rb n cd u o otts t n sn h i nd i ie n dsd g esir o shap f bao s lss p eeebdciee quantities oanaflnaantotiotnti lateeee s: h ofv a s oae rates.ffkn e ec e n i place lataahvrc are d from Is. to 2s. dearer ; the sales of currants have been h e avy. Spices are generally in request ; higher prices have been obtained for black pepper, but for the inferior kinds of white lower rates have been in some instances accepted. Cassia Lignea has sold at an advance of 2s. per qr. The rice market is firm, but few transactions have taken place. There has been an improvement of id. to id. per lb. in the price of cotton, and the demand is good.---F porn Tracer's Circular. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) NEW ZEALAND. We (Times) have beenfavoured with the follow ing telegram from the /few Zealand Government Agency . " The Warheo Pah and 57 prisoners have been taken by the colonial forces under Governor Grey, without loss. " An attack on Hau-hsu was met by the colonial forces. The enemy Buffeted severely. " The Weld Ministry tarried the Address in the Lower House without * division ; in the Upper House by 18 to 2. " Five regiments return home immediately. " Successive skirmishta have occurred at Orara regulars against natives ".In the bush more treacherous murders have been committed by fanatics, sear Opoletti." GREECE. ATHENS, SEPT. 29. The King returned to the Capital yesterday evening from Corfu. A reduction of several million drachmas is being prepared in the Budget of Expenditure. it would seem not only unnecessary, but even im proper, to bring the subject to the attention of Earl Russell. If, however, you discover that her Ma jesty's Ministers are labouring under any misap prehension of the views of this Government which should need correction, you will supply such correc tion in a friendly and courteous manner.—l am, sir, &c., &c., " W. H. SEWARD." The Alabama State Convention was at last ac counts still in session. Resolutions were introduced repudiating the State contracted in aid of the re bellion, repealing the State ordinance of secession, acknowledging the abolition of slavery, prohibiting its future restoration, in favour of protecting the liberated slaves, and ratifying all laws, judicial de cisions and decrees of courts of equity not incom patible with the Constitution of the United States, and empowering the Convention to re-assemble whenever the President shall think the welfare of the States requires:it. These resolutions were laid over. It was reported that the resolution repudiating the Confederate State debt would not be adopted, the feeling being strongly in favour of the payment of the entire debt. Some accounts, however, repre sent that the resolutions would be adopted without exception. The members of the Convention were all said to be in favour of adopting such means as would most speedily restore the State to its com plete relations with the National Government. The South Carolina State Convention, in session on the 16th instant at Columbia, repealed the ordi nance of secession without debate. Three delegates voted " nay." There was no applause. It was ex pected that the Convention, having in caucus, de termined upon its course, would conclude the busi ness for which it assembled without any delay. The Wirz Commission re-assembled on the 18th inst. Captain Wirz was brought into court upon a couch. He is still in very feeble condition, but is said to pass much of his time in preparing for his defence. His wife has lately been permitted to visit him. His counsel have succeeded in obtaining a sufficient delay to enable them to summon wit nesses from the South. It is said to be apprehended that the prisoner will go insane before the termina tion of the trial, which must necessarily occupy several weeks yet. A serious disturbance occurred on Rocketts' Grounds, New Orleans, on the 17th inst. between the Creoles and negroes of the city. _Several persons were injured. The outbreak was so serious that the military authorities detailed a force to preserve the peace. It is authentically announced that President Juarez, of Mexico, after having been driven out of Chihuahua by the Imperialists had arrived at El Paso, on the Rio Grande, from whence he would soon take his departure from New York, where his family now reside. It was conceded that, for the present at least, Juarez had abandoned any attempt to resist the Imperial forces. Some friends of the Republican party in Mexico assert that Juarez will make a determined effort to secure assistance from the United States, through private individuals and organizations, if lot through the Government itself. Fenian meetings continue to be held at various points throughout the Northern States, but the re sults are not known to be of much importance. At a meeting of the " Garryowen Circle" a number of speeches were made by prominent members of the order, and the liberation of Ireland was confidently predicted. One speaker stated that bonds of the " New Irish Republic" were actually being now engraved in this city. Summons against the Chief Secretary for Ireland. DUBLIN, Friday. This morning a dispute occurred between Sir R. Peel, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and a retired banker of Dublin. The gentlemen were in a car riage on the Kingstown Railway. The quarrel re sulted in a summons taken out by the ex-banker against the right hon. baronet for abusive language, and calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. Mr. Kincaird, Lord Palmerston's agent, has been summoned as a witness in the case. The case will be heard on Tuesday. FR 4NCE. BOURSE, Sept. 29.—Two o'Clock.—The tone of the market is better to-clay. Threes, for the Ac count, are quoted 68fr. 45c., with an advance of 10c. Italian Fives aredoing at 65f. 45c., an aug mentation of 20c. Transactions in Credit Mobilier Shares take place at 860 f., showing an improve ment of 16fr. 25c. Sptnish Mobilier have also ob tained an advance, the Fesent quotation being 512 fr. 50c. ImMobiliere Shares have risen Bf. 75c. —viz., to 542 fr. 50c. Comptoir d'Escompte are doing at 998 f. 75c. to I,oooofr. and New City Bonds 471 f. 25c. to 472 fr. 20c. Three o'Clock.— The market has been buoyant, and the close has taken place, at the follow, 4} per Cents 96 25 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 6B 04 Do. end month 6B 55 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3595 Credit Foncier 1340 Italian Loan 65 30 Do. end month 65 50 ing quotations:— Ditto Throes — Roman Mexican Loan _s2i Do. Elands 34 0. Russian - Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred VATS. Cash. Amt. 845 Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian • Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman - - ... 1092 50 - - 875 - - ... 566 25 - - ... 547 50 - - 333 75 - - ... 248 75 - - ... 402 50 - - ... 465 25 - ... 216 25 - - ... 310 - - - ... 220 - AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) (Per Scotia.) NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (Morning.) The message of Governor Perry to the South Carolina Convention is this morning published. The Governor calls the attention of the body to the generous and patriotic solicitude manifested by President Johnson for the restoration of the South ern States to all their civil rights. Slavery is pro nounced dead and beyond resuscitation, and the members are admonished that they must recognise this fact and ratify it by constitutional amendment before the State can have Congressional representa tion. The Governor urges kindness towards the freedmen, and predicts that the State will be far more prosperous without slavery. lie, however, strongly opposes negro suffrage, maintaining that this is a whiteman's Government only. He states that thus far his policy has been fully approved by President Johnson. In Alabama a party of national soldiers were atta el:pa hile gathering Government cattle near Gaylesville by a sheriff and posse of men. One soldier was killed and 13 of the sheriff's men made prisoners. The cause of the collision was not stated, but a thorough investigation of the matter had been ordered by Governor Parsons and General Thomas. The following letters from Secretary Seward to Minister Adams concerning the Confederate Loan have been published : " Department of State, Washington, March 13, 1865. " Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c. Sir,—An impression is understood to prevail in Europe, especially among the holders of the insur gent loan, for which cotton was pledged as security, that in the event of the restoration of peace in this country, this Government will assume the public debts of the insurgent, or certainly the particular debt referred to. It is believed, however, that no impression could be erroneous. There is no likeli hood that any of that debt will be assumed or recog nised by the United States Government. It is ad visable, therefore, that by any proper means at your command you should undeceive the public in Eng land on this point. " I am your obedient servant, " WILLIAM H. SEWA RD." " Department of State, Aug. 10, 1865. " Charles Francis Adams, Esq., &c. " Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the re ceipt of your despatch No. 1,022, together with papers which contain an interlocutory decree which has been made by the Vice-Chancellor in the suit of the United States against Proilean and others, which suit was instituted for the recovery of 1,356 bales of cotton. The Vice-Chancellor is understood to have affirmed the title of the United States to the property in question. It is with his judgment, and not with the reasons he assigns for such judgment, that the United States are concerned. In this view of the subject it might seem proper for this Govern ment to leave the subject unnoticed. The frankness, however, which ought to be practised in the proceed ings of States requires an explanation of the views which this Government has taken of the questions which the Vice-Chancellor has discussed in his rea sons before mentioned. The United States do not admit that the combinations of disloyal citizens which have raised the standard of insurrection is now, or at any time has been, a government de facto, or in any sense a political power, capable of taking, giving, holding, or maintaining corporate rights in any form, whether municipal or interna tional. It is true that a different view of the cha racter of the insurgents has seemed to find favour with some portions of the British nation, and even with the British Government. It must be remem bered, however, that as often as that antagonistic opinion has been advanced by her Britannic Ma jesty's Government in its intercourse with the United States, it has been firmly, though, as we trust, cour teously denied. The United States controvert and deny the declaration of the Vice-Chancellor that there are " successors" of the rebellion ; and, on the contrary, they maintain that they are now, and during all the time of the rebellion have been, just what they were before the rebellion began, a sove reign state, absolutely entitled to the regula tion and control of all property and per sons within the United States, subject only to the limitations of their own constitution. It need hardly be said that the United States will hold themselves under no obligation whatever to accept or to so conform their proceedings to the conditions which the Court of Chancery, or any other muni cipal court of Great Britain, may have the presump tion to dictate or prescribe in the present or any other legislation. They claim and insist upon the restoration of the cotton now in question, and while they are content to receive it, through the decree of the municipal tribunals of Great Britain, they in sist upon the absolute right to the same through the action of her Britannic Majesty's Government. You may instruct the counsel who are acting in behalf of the United States the views herein ex pressed. Her Majesty's Government have not in any way made themselves responsible for the posi tion assumed by the Vice-Chancellor, and therefore Naval and Military Intelligence. Major-Gen. Warde, C. 8., Commandant at Wool wich, who commenced his half-yearly inspection of the districtunderhis commandon the 29th inst , yes terday went down to Maidstone, attended by his aide-de-camp, Capt. Williams, Brigade-Major Hay, and Capt. Nangle, Deputy-Assist. Quartermaster- Gen., and made a thorough inspection of the Depot Royal Horse Artillery, in command of Lieut.-Col. Turner, C. 8., together with the detachment of the Guards stationed there. The General and staff re turned to headquarters ,Woolwich, at a late hour after the inspection. After commencing his inspection of the garrison at Purfleet the General mustered the brigades of Royal Artillery in the follow ing order on the review ground on Woolwich common :—The B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery on the 21st, in command of Lieut.-Col. Reilly, C.B. ; the C Brigade on the 22d, in command of Col. Huyshe ; on the 25th, the sth Brigade Garrison Artillery, in command of Col. Gardner; on the 26th the Depot Brigade, in command of Col. Wodehouse, C.B. ; on the 27th the General visited the horse in. firmary, the huts, and stables of the camp, the Royal Artillery cottages, the married men's quarters at the Cambridge-cottages, the hospital and schools, &c., on the Green-hill, and other branches of the establishment. The General's original intention at the commencement of his inspection was announced, that his half-yearly visit to Maidstone would close his half-yearly visitation. The programme has, however, been changed, as the duties of the inspec tion will occupy ten additional days, including the books and barrack quarters, Her Majesty's paddlewheel vessel Monkey, Se cond-Master Smithers, yesterday went down to Sheerness from Woolwich and towed down the hos pital ship Florence Nightingale and the steam launch fitted with machinery by Messrs. John Penn and Son for the flagship Bristol. In virtue of the new warrant for the conduct of Greenwich Hospital, the following appointments were yesterday announced at Woolwich ; Captain Thomas Wilson, R.N. (1853), to be Superinten dent ; Mr. Arthur Jones, R.N., late Steward of Greenwich Hospital, to be agent and steward ; and Mr. John Lethbridge, late solicitor, to be Controller of the Hospital. The following appointments have been made at the Ad miralty :—Capt. Edward P. B. Van Donop, to the Daunt less, vice Capt. Strange, whose period of service is expired ; Lieut. W. H. Childers, Lieut. James D. R. Hewitt, Lieut. Capel Wodehouse, Lieutenant James Frederick Baker, and Lieut. W. B. M'Hardy, to the Excellent; Lieutenant Arthur H. Arlington and Lieut. H. Swinton C. Holland, to the Wivern ; John S. Snell, master, additional, to the Industry; John G. O'Connell, master, additional, to the Indus, for the Amazon; W. C. Bicknell, master, to the Wivern ; Sub-Lieut. R. W. Hope, to the Wivern ; A. R. Woodriff, midshipman, to the Basilisk ; R. L. Grooms, midshipman, to the Wivern ; W. Roche (B), surgeon, to the Racer ; W. T. Billings, surgeon, to the Wivern ; J. Cogan, surgeon to the Cumberland, as additional for Sheerness dockyard ; Dr. L. H. Rayne, surgeon, to the Fisgard, addi tional for Woolwich dockyard; Dr. D. M'Ewan, W. H. Thompson, paymaster, to the Wivern; W. M. Shanks, paymaster, to the Revenge ; S. W. Sadler, paymaster, to the Royal Adelaide ; R. W. Warwick, paymaster, to the Donegal ; C. W. Tuke, paymaster, to the Daedalus ; Dr. G. Monteith, assist-surg, to the Basilisk ; Dr. T. Fulton, assist-surg, to the Greyhound ; M. A. Hart, assist-surg, to Plymouth Hospital: F. H. Browne, assist-surg, to the Spider; E. B. Broster, assist-surg, to the Achilles; J. A. Skene, assist-surg, to the Victoria ; J. F. Fitzgerald, assist surg, additional, to the Victory ; T. Hamilton, assist-surg, to the Canopus ; W. Waterman, master's assistant, to the Octavio ; I'. B Cope, master's assistant, to the Wivern ; H. C. Barnard, clerk, to the Wivern ; R. E. Moore, clerk, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; W. J. Kilroy and R. A. Moore, assist-clerks, additional, to the Fisgard ; C. B. Stewart, assist-clerk, to the Royal Adelaide, as supernume rary ; W. IV. Inch, assist-clerk, additional, to the Indus ; S. U. Strong, assist-clerk, to the St. Vincent ; T. F. Sim mons, chief engineer, to the Wivern ; E. Daniels, promoted to chief engineer, and appointed to the Salamis ; J. T. Paynel engineer, to the Wivern ; .G. T. Elliott, engineer, additional, to the Princess Royal ; J. Hood and E. Comley, first-class assist-engineers, to the Wivern; W. G. M. 11‘Quire, acting second-class assist-engineer, to the Are thusa ; J. A. Atkins, acting second-class assist engineer, to the Wivern ; J. Sharp, acting second-class assist-engi neer, to the the Mega3ra ; and W. Oates, acting second-class assist-engineer, additional, to the Greyhound. STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER, Sept. 29.—This market, which yes terday exhibited a quieter tone in consequence of a rumour that the forthcoming quarterly return of the stock of cotton at Liverpool was likely to show a large excess over the current returns, has fully re covered itself this morning. The excess in stock, it appears, is only 8,000 bales. In consequence of this return and advices from New York that cotton is quoted firm at 45c. perlb., there has been an immense business offering in the yarn-market to-day. In shipping yarns a large business and much excite ment is reported. The market has been probably more excited than at any time since 1860, and an advance of id. per lb. has been given for yarns on the rates of yesterday. The production of spinners is deeply pre-engaged, and business closes very active, with a strong upward tendency in prices. In home trade yarns we have also had a strong and active market, and prices are ld. to 21. per lb. above the rates of Tuesday. The cloth market has hardly gone so well. Manufacturers are perplexed because they find it impossible in many cases to place orders for yarn to cover the immense orders offered them by merchants ; and buyers, besides finding the utmost difficulty in either getting cloth or placing orders for delivery within a reasonable time, are taken aback by the great advance of price which is required. In consequence of the cotton returns having disappointed expectation, not only are Liverpool brokers withdrawing cotton from offer, but our spinners are also withdrawing their yarns, so that manufacturers do not know what terms to offer, and those who do so have been so exorbitant in their demands as to check business. In the mar ket for cloth, therefore, only a very limited business has been done to-day, although it is known that large orders are in the hands of buyers waiting fur execution. LEEDS, 29th.—The trade report of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce for the month of Sept. is as follows :—"ln the woollen trade good business has been done during the month in nearly all descrip tions of winter goods, both for home trade and shipping. The manufacturers generally continue to be busy. The woollen cap trade is brisk. The London wool sales concluded on the 23d inst., when 139,000 bales had passed the hammer. Prices throughout were unusually steady, with a gradual hardening towards the close. The foreign buyers took about 40,000 bales. The home demand is good, and the trade generally in a healthy state. In English long wools a good business has been done, and prices are looking up. There has been a good inquiry for flaxes of all kinds, and stocks being light prices have advanced considerably, especially for Belgian, Dutch, and French flaxes. Better sorts of tows meet with ready sale at full rates. Lower sorts are not so much sought for, hemps dull. There is a decided improvement in the demand for line yarns, and higher prices are asked for and obtained. A fair business is doing in finer tow yarns. Threads as before. The iron manufacturers are very busy, and orders plentiful. The machine makers have not so many orders in hand as for the past two years, but still sufficient to keep them well employed. The engineer tool trade continues brisk. The locomotive and railway plant makers as before. Cut nails in brisk demand. In the seed crushing and oil trades the business transacted during the month has been large, and a further advance has been realized in the prices of both rapeseed and linseed. Rape and linseed oils have become very scarce, and the de mand is active at full rates. There has been a moderate sale for linseed cakes, and prices are steady. Olive oil continues in fair request, at im proved rates. A good business has been done in most descriptions of leather. East India kips have been more in request. A good business has been done in foreign butts. Offal has been in brisk de mand, at very firm prices. The tanners are gene rally well employed. The shoe trade has been very good during the month. There has been a large and steady demand for paper, and material continues to be plentiful. There has been a large supply of cattle, of which a fair proportion have been foreign. For first-class good prices have been obtained, but prices are rather lower for inferior sorts. A fair number of sheep have been shown, and have sold at good prices. No trace of the cattle disease has been met with here. Numbers shown (four mai kctz), beasts 2,452, sheep 10,670. There has been a good demand for wheat. During the earlier part of the month prices declined from 2s. to 4s. per qr., but latterly have been harden ing. There has been more inquiry for barley, and prices arc steady. Oats without change. Beans a shade higher." NOTTINGHAM, 29th.—There was a better attend ance at our Exchange hall to-day, and the inquiry for lace yarns WAS active, at high prices ; on the week an advance of 4d. per lb. has been made. The demand for hosiery yarns was fair, and extreme rates were obtained. All kinds of silk are rather dearer, and prices tend upwards. There was a better demand for brown nets, and prices were in favour of the seller. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit and vegetables at our market to-day is seasonably good. The trade rules firm as follows: FRUIT—Pine apples, 7s to 8s; hot house grapes, 286 d to 6s; foreign do, 9d to is 6d ; filberts, 9d to is 3d per lb ; plums, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; damsons, 2s Gd to 3 s ; app l es, i s 3d to 2s 6d; pears, is 3d to 3s Gd per half sieve; peaches, 5s to lOs per dozen; oranges, 14s to 18s ; wal nuts , 1 s t o 2 s; and lemons, 4s to 8s per 100; VEGETABLES —Cauliflowers, is to 2s ; red cabbages, is 3d to 2s Gd; white do., 9d to is 3d; celery, 8d to is 9d; horseradish, is to 2s per doz heads; greens, 2s 6d to 3s Gd ; turnips, 2s to 3s Od ; carrots, 4s Gd to 5s Gd ; onions, la 6d to 2s per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, 3d to is each ; cos lettuces, is to is 3d per score ; French beans, is 3d to is Gd per half tieve. HAY SMMIPIELD.—Moadow hay, £4 5s to £5 15s; clover, £4 15s to 46 15s ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 16s per load. A fair inquiry. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 5s to £6 Os; cloven £4 158 to £6 15s; and straw, £1 12s to £1 18s per load. Trade steady. WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 15s to £5 158; clover, £4 15s to £6 15s ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 168 per load. An active demand. POULTRY. Geese, Gs Od to 12s Od each ; goslings, 4s Od to lOs Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 4s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Gd ; tame rabbits, is to is Gd; wild do., 9d to is 3d ; pi geons, 5d to 9d each ; leverets, is to 3s 6d ; grouse, 2s 6d to to 4s ; Surrey fowls, 5s to lOs ; do. chickens, 4s 6d to 8s ; Essex fowls, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Yorkshire fowls, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Welsh fowls, 3s 6d to 5s Gd per couple. English eggs, Os Od to lbs Od ; French do., 7s Od to 7s Gd per 100 ; Ostend fresh butter, 1s Id to is 3d ; English, is 3d to is 5d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Eels, 10d to is per lb. ; soles, 6d to 38 Gd per pair ; cod, 2s 6d to 15s ; brill, is Od to 10s Od ; mullets, 6d to 2s 6d ; doreys, is to lOs ; turbot, 2s Od to 20s ; lobsters, 2s to 4s Od ; crabs, is to 38 Od each ; whitings, 4s to 12s ; haddocks, 5s to 15s per dozen ; common oysters, 16s to 40s ; natives, 105 s to 126 s per, bushel ; herrings, 8s ; mac - - kere, 60s per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from ;s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s 6d to 6s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s 4d to 58 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s 6d to Cs Od ; veal, 4s 41 to 5s 4d; and pork, 4s 4d to 5s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d. to lid. ; of household ditto, sid. to 6jd. per 41bs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 2id to 3d. ; 64 to 72 lbs, Bcla to 3id ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 3ict; 80 to 881bs., 3i to 4d; 88 to 91bs., 4d. to 4id. ;96 to 1041b5., 4d. to 4kd. Horse hides, 98 to lOs 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, 6s 6d ; polled sheep, 5s 6cl to 7s Od ; half-breds, 5s 3d to 5s 9d ; downs, 4s Od to 5s Od ; lambs, 3s 6d to 6s 6d. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—The Bishop of London has appointed the following gentlemen to preach in the Cathedral on Sunday mornings in the month of Octo ber, 1865 :—Sunday, Oct. 1, Rev. Robert Collier Packman, 8.A., of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, rector of Langdon Hills, Essex ; Sunday, Oct. 8, the Rev. Wm. Gibson Hum pbry, 8.D., of Trinity College, Cambridge, vicar of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ; Sunday, Oct. 15, the Rev. Richard Burgess, 8.D., of St. John's College, Cambridge, rector of Upper Chelsea; Sunday, Oct. 22, the Rev. Edward Hayes Plumtre, M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford, Professor of Divinity in King's College, London ; Sunday, Oct. 29, Rev. Thomas Granger Hall, M.A., of Magdalen College, Cambridge, Professor of Mathematics in King's College, London. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--This morning Dr. Lankester received information of the death of J ames Stroud, a shunter, at the Camden-station of the London and North-Western Railway. Stroud . succeed e d t h e shunter Swaine, upon whose body an in quest was h e ld on Monday last, he having been killed while in th e perform ance of his duty. Stroud was walking in the six-f oot while the shunting was going forward, an d b y some means stepped into the four-foot and was knocked down by the carriages, some of the w heel s Passing over his . died almost immediately after the occurrence. lie (fnulat HER MAJESTY. - BALMORAL, Sept. 28. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena and Princess Louise, and attended by Lady Ely, drove to the Baynoch yesterday. Prince and Princess Louise of Hesse, with Prin cess Beatrice, Baroness von Schenck, and Baron de Rabenau, drove to the Lynn of Dee. Lord Napier left the Castle in the morning. Foreign Courts. Paris, Sept. 29. The Princess Clotilda has arrived safely at Prangins to rejoin Prince Napoleon. The report of their royal highnesses intending to visit Italy is confirmed. The Countess de Montebello and Madlle. Bouvet have not yet completely recovered from the effects of the accident at Neufchatel, and consequently receive daily visits from Dr. N6laton ever since their return to Paris. Prince de Metternich inhabits at this moment his estate of littnigsworth, in Bohemia. He is expected at Vienna at the beginning of next month, and will not resume his functions in Paris till after the de parture of the Emperor for Compiegne. The Empress of Austria and the little Archduchess Gisela have returned to Vienna, but the Crown Prince Rudolph is still at Ischl, where he is likely to remain for some time, as the air of the place has a most beneficial effect on his health. " The Duchess de Berry," says the Gazelle de France, " is now at Frohsdorff, in order to pass the 29th there en fanzine, that day being the anniversary of the Count de Chambord's birth." The New Sheriffs, -o SILLS JOHN GIBBONS, ESQ., Alderman of the ward of Castle Baynard, and senior sheriff, was born in the year 1809, and is now, therefore, 56 years of age. He is a member of a family long settled in Kent, where his relatives have filled offices of importance. His education was entrusted to the Rev. John Lough, vicar of Sittingbourne, and on leaving school he came to London, and entered the house of Todd, Crookes, and Gibbons. His father having died some years previously Young Gibbons had to push his way for himself, and this he did so effectually that he ultimately became a member of the firm to which he still belongs. He is also connected somewhat largely with the hop trade. Having taken considerable interest in parochial affairs, for which he seems to have evinced a very decided aptitude, Mr. Gibbons was returned as com.uon councilman for Castle Baynard Ward in 1858, and in this position acquitted himself so well that, on the retirement of Sir henry Muggeridge, he was chosen to succeed him as Alderman, to which post he was elected March 13, 1862. The year prior to this, he had been appointed chairman of the City Lands Com mittee. He has lived in the ward which he repre sents between 30 and 40 years, and during that time he won very great respect—a testimony to this being furnished by the remarks of the gen tleman who proposed him as alderman, who said of Mr. Gibbons, that " there were some around him who knew him when he wore his pinafore and frock ; and now they desired to see him robed in the Aldermanic gown." Mr. Gibbons is a member of the Salters' Company, in connexion with which body he occupies a leading position. James Figgins, Esq., is a genuine citizen, having been born in West-street, in a house just taken down for railway improvements. The family to which he belongs is a very old one, and amongst his ancestors were five gentlemen who filled the office of Mayor in the town of Devizes, on different occasions, viz., in 1676, 1690, 1701, 1782, and 1792. On attaining the proper age he was sent to Esher, where he was placed under the care of the Rev. Dr. Brown. On the completion of his education, in May, 1825, he was apprenticed at Stationers' Hall. Eleven years after that he commenced busi lICdB upon his own account. Twenty-five years of close application and hard work then followed, with out a break, except, perhaps, the performance of duties attendant on his being Churchwarden. In June, 1863, he was unanimously chosen a Common Councilman, an office which his father had held for twenty years. The incidents in a purely commer cial life are but few, but it is much to win and re tain, as Mr. Figgins has done, the respect of all who know him. Mr. Figgins, as is generally known, is a member of the type-founding firm of V. and J. Figgins.—City Press. NEW YORK SPECULATION.—WaII-Street is troubled because the general public, who for a time, and in the aggregate to a vast extent, dabbled in stocks and gold, have lately withdrawn almost entirely from financial speculation. This withdrawal is owing, in a measure, to the great revival of legitimate trade and commerce, which has called into the channels of business a large amount of the capital which formerly went into the Street, and which has given larger and surer and more satisfactory returns than are found even by those who are lucky in speculation• The frauds in the Street have frightened away many out siders. The abolition of the Evening Exchange has also had a good effect in the same way. The small fluctuations for some time past in gold (in which article many of the outsiders dabbled) had also discouraged those who were hungry for heavy and quick profits. We are glad that this result has been reached. The speculative mania, which has frequently raged so widely and fiercely during the last three years, has had a most demoralising effect. It has unsettled the minds of thousands, and has led them to look away from the honest rewards of patient industry to the prospects of sudden fortune by a stroke of luck. It has " sharpened their wits" (a phrase which does not signify the same as " enlarged their honour") more than it has developed their conscience. It has produced a mental feverishness most destructive to organic or spiritual health. Let them keep out of the maeltstrom now that they have got out of it. A good, many have gained wisdom through their losses. Let the few who have been fortunate shoo' that they are not fools.—New York Times. A GAMEKEEPER CONVICTED OF POACHING.-0 0 Wednesday last, at the Grimshoe Divisional Petty Sessions at Mundford, near Brandon, before Lord Ashbur ton and the Rev. A. Sutton, James Cook, late gamekeeper in the service of Lieut.-Gen. Angerstein, of Weeting, Wa s charged with poaching, by shooting and killing a hare. The case excites considerable interest in the neighbourhood' The following facts were deposed to :—On the 12th of Sep' tember Gen. Angerstein's head keeper heard the report of guns fired at about 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning, and on going in the direction of the sound saw the defendant, who was then one of the General's keepers, come out of the North-crescent plantation with a gun in his hand ; with him was also a rat destroyer, who also had a gun. Cook excused his conduct on the ground that the birds Wer e breaking loose, and he was firing blank shot to prevent them going on to the neighbouring manor. On searching his pockets a hare, fresh killed and warm, was discovered there, after he had denied having anything. Witness ordered Will up the same morning before General Angerstein, who dis charged both men instantly, and only gave them to 4 o'clock that afternoon to remove their furniture out of the cottages. As they did not do so, not being able to find any houses to remove to, at 4 o'clock the General's steward and four elv f o w r aol t pu hr ol al e e e i:so n fu i g eß b as t y s w . t oa A nr.. : woodmen arrived and bundled the whole of the furniture and the men and their wives on to the heath, where they' the end of this period General Angerstein gave them notice had to remain sleeping in the dt th lteh e aevm def t e h n Me dant, commented severely °A rantthat i a f n t d h a ey pp d r i e d he n n o his surprise " that less a ' an y gentleman, much magistrate, holding her Ma jesty's - • nof the jesty's COMlXll66lo peace, should be guilty of such twhheocoapnpdeuacrteodf t f h ot e . General, expressing a tyrannical act." Lord Ashburton said that bad nothing to do with this case. The evidence was clear, and Cook would bo convicted. Ordered to pay a 35., or be coal" witted for two months. parishor.open n . a s i hr. THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH.—One of th e most unprecedentedly hot and bright Septembers 011 , record is likely t o b e b rought to an end upon the coas t 0' Northumberland with a change of weather, as on W ed ,: nasday ni g ht a ga l e of wind from the northward, w hi°' burst . on the c oas t w ith ou t any warn i ng, cause d a cc'; adorable reduction of temperature, and on Thursday flie d the wind off the Tyne was well round to the eastvirsr.,' and tho se a was ma kin g . B u t still there was no T% marked indication that the weather was breaking• consequence of the beautiful autumn weather the bathiof; places upon the coast have been crowded with visitor s a much later period than is ordinarily experienced, and tga season at all the northern watering-places has been 1 :°'" successful. About one o'clock on Thursday r eortil while the wind was blowing a gale from the north -4 1 i ; the Elizabeth, of Aberdeen, laden with ironstone, °A le derod in the anchorage ground in Hartlepool Bay. crew escaped with their boat. I so fo: th Iss (L 8,( an A aCA to pel fac dui ino: Thu Ex( 104 ri se I