The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-28 00:00:00

STATE OP TRADE. MANCHESTER, Oct. 27T— The American cotton markets, which received an impulse from Liverpool, are reacting upon the markets here, and cotton (which had given way 2d. to 3d. per lb.) is again a dvancing in price. The consequence has been a much better feeling here to-day in shipping yarns, and orders to a very fair amount have been given out at about I.d. per lb. above the rates spinners would have accepted yesterday. This branch of the market closes better, with a decided upward ten dency. For home trade yarns there has been a steady market, with a fair amount of business, and prices have recovered slightly from the depression of yesterday. In cloths we have been quiet since Tuesday, and the market has been characterised by inactivity. Buyers have shown no disposition to operate, even on a moderate scale. There was a slight improvement at the close of yesterday's mar ket, and the advance in cotton to-day has, perhaps, to some extent, imparted a more cheerful feeling, but it has failed to stimulate buyers to operate. Prices of cloth cannot in any way be reported as improved thereby. Manufacturers are still unable to obtain even an approach to the cost prices of their cloth, and consequently there are no contracts given out to make except for small quantities urgently re quired. The actual business of the dayin cloth has been on the most limited scale. BRADFORD, 26th.—The wool-market was exceed ingly quiet to-day. Various circumstances have con tributed to this result, but the principal is perhaps this :—For a long time past there has been unusual activity in wool, and most spinners have no doubt pretty large supplies in hand. There was a marked absence of transactions, sellers greatly pre ponderating over buyers. Still, holders of wool generally refused to make any concession in price, though wherever sales were effected a decline to a very slight extent had to be yielded. The worsted yarn trade was also exceedingly sluggish. Spinners who were still busy refused to make any abatement, but those who were inclined to sell had to do so at a sacrifice. There was an improved demand for lustre yarns, and this was an exception to the general flatness. There was no appreciable improvement in pieces. Manufacturers were generally busy on old contracts. The fresh business done was very limited. LEEDS, 27.—The following is the trade report of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce for the month of October :—" In the woollen trade a very good busi ness has been done during the month, both in the warehouses and the halls. The increasing coldness in the weather has caused a brisk demand for heavy winter goods. The manufacturers are now turning their attention to the production of goods suitable for the next spring trade. The shipping houses have been operating freely, especially for America. The cap trade has been and continues very brisk. The making up of men's garments is largely increas ing, and promises to be a considerable branch of business here. . Since the conclusion of the last series of public wool sales there has been no very notice- ' able feature in the trade, beyond a dulness and disinclination to buy, except for immediate wants, which is, no doubt, mainly owing to the unsettled state of the money market. During the early part of the month English long wools had an upward tendency. Prices are still on the whole firm, though in some instances rather lower rates have been accepted. There has been a brisk demand for the better class of flaxen, and prices have ad vanced from £2 to £3 per ton. Common sorts have not been much sought for, and prices are without material change. The same remarks apply to tows, the finer sorts of which are higher, but the lower neglected. Little has been done here in hemps. The spinners have received large orders for linen yarns, and advanced lists have been issued. There has been a good demand for better sorts of tow yarns. The spinners are generally engaged for ward for some months. Threads are without change. The iron manufacturers continue to be busy. The machine-makers are still well employed, as are the makers of engineers' tools. Seed crushers have been well employed, and all sorts of oleaginous seeds have advanced in value. The liberal arrivals of linseed into London and Hull caused a slight decline at the beginning of the month, but the market closed firm at the recent advance. Rapeseed is in good demand, and a large business has been done. Olive oils are without change, at the recent advance of about £4 per tun, and the trade demand is good. ;.There has been, on the whole, a good business done in leather during the month. Both heavy andlight sole leathers have experienced an increased demand, at prices showing a decidedly improved tendency. Dressing leather has also sold freely, and some descriptions, such as kips and calf-skins, have been in short sup ply, realising advanced rates. All kinds of offal con tinues scarce, and prices keep gradually creeping up. The shoe trade continues good, and all hands em ployed. The papermakers continue well employed, and the demand good. Materials continue plentiful. There has been a good supply of cattle, and prices are on the whole unchanged. Number shown (four markets), beasts, 2,177; sheep, 13,520. The cattle disease has broken out in the district, especially among milk cows. There has been a good demand for wheat, and prices have advanced Is. to 2s. per qr. Barley has been in demand, ani prices have risen 4s. to ss. per qr. Oats and beans without change. NorrlNGilAm, 27.—At our Exchange-hall to-day there was a limited attendance, and business in lace yarns was quiet, at no material change in prices. In some instances, however, rates were rather lower. The value of hosiery yarns remains about the same. Silks firm and without alteration. For brown nets demand continues very dull, recent rates being for the most part maintained. Cotton Supply Association. At the meeting of the Executive Committee on Tuesday a letter was read from Naples, describing the remarkable success which has attended the sow ing of a small quantity of Sea Island cotton seed in that neighbourhood. About a handful of seed planted in 1863 produced 831 b. of uncleaned cotton and with the seed of this small quantity 2i acres were sown last year, which yielded a bale of 7501 b. of clean cotton, which was sold in Manchester at 29d. per lb., New Orleans cotton being worth at that time 17d. and fair broach 14d. per lb. This is adduced as a proof that Sea Island seed can be cul tivated to advantage in some parts of the kingdom of Italy. The same cultivator has this year planted about 35 acres with the last year's seed, and is now picking the first crop, having already secured about B,ooolb. of uncleaned cotton ; and should he suc ceed in obtaining a fair picking during the pre sen t month and in November, he has confident hopes of realising about 40,0001 b. of seed cotton, equivalent to ayield of at leastlo,ooolb. of clean cotton, which will afford a profitable return, The accidental recep tion of a handful of seed in the beginning of 18G3 has been followed by gratifying results, and the example thus presented is likely to encourage others to grow this description of cotton. Further supplies of seed are earnestly desired, and will be forwarded by the association. A letter was received from Jamaica, describing the writer's crop as pre senting a beautiful appearance, and expressing the hope that his expectations will be realised. An as sociation of some settlers and others has been formed for the cultivation of cotton and other products.—A letter from a member of her Majesty's Privy Coun cil in Tobago, and the present acting Colonial Secre tary, was read, describing the various experiments which he has made to encourage and establish the growth of cotton in that island. The staple is repre sented. to be long, very fine, and white ; though for merly cultivated, it has recently been growing wild. It is intended to consign a quantity to the associa tion in January. A letter was read from her Ma jesty's Consul at Apia Upolu, Samos, stating that, with a view to encourage the Samoans to grow cot ton, he had planted 70 acres with different descrip_ tions of seed, and that he has forwarded to the asso ciation samples of the produce. It is calculated that this year there will be 400 acres under cultivation. The islands are described as highly suitable to the growth of cotton. None but the rudest implements exist. In about four days after sowing the plant makes it appearance, and from four to six months after planting the cotton is ready for picking. There is a fine field for cotton growing, but the natives are lazy. A consular report, forwarded by the Foreign-office, was received from Paraiba, Brazils, dated Sept. 6, stating that the first gatherings of the new crop are now coming forward, and that ac cording to the report made by the president of the province at the opening of the Provincial Chamber of Deputies, on the Ist August, the product of cotton in the province for the year 1864 was was more than double that of any previous year, having in creased from 32,651 bags in 1861 to 74,828 bags in 1864. The export this year up to the end of August has been less than during the same period of 1864, owing partly to the want of means of trans port, and partly to the fall in price, which induced many to keep their cotton from market in expecta tion of another rise. The reports of the new crop are highly favourable, both as to quantity and quality ; and if the rains cease, which have lasted longer and been more copious than for many years, there is little doubt that the crop will be the largest ever grown in the provinces, and, it is to be ex pected, will reach 100,000 bags.—Papers were re ceived from the India-office, containing a report from the Secretary to the Chief Commissioners of British Burmah on the extent of cotton cultivation and the probable out-turn of the crop for the sea son 1865-6, as compared with 1864-5, which, in con sequence of the price of cotton having fallen, is esti mated at 15 per cent. less than the previous year. The total out-turn for 1864-5 of British Burmah is stated at 29,283 maunds of 821 b each.—A letter was read from the honorary agents of the Associa tion at Bombay, stating that they have applied to Government for information from the various col lectorates of the Presidency as to the breadth of land planted with cotton during the present year, the state of the drops, and the probable out-turn of the staple ; and that they have been informed in reply that Government will not be in a position to furnish the particulars required before the end of February. A letter was read from Messrs. Binny and Co., Madras, consenting to become honorary agents of the As sociation in that Presidency, and stating that four bales of cotton had been shipped by them on behalf of the Madras Agri-Horticultural Society.—A com munication was received from the South Kensing ton Museum, stating that the 28th February had been fixed as the last day for receiving demands for space by intending exhibitors at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867.—1 t was resolved to forward a quantity of New Orleans seed to her Majesty's Consols at Shanghai and Japan to promote the growth of a better description of cotton ; and also to offer medals for the best samples of Italian grown cotton both from native and exotic seeds in the Neapolitan Exhibition, which is to be opened in the month of December. There was no other business. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE: HIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, lEEE. has left us rich and vigorous, with our honour intact and our power immensely increased, his chief mourners may well have experienced some anxiety in looking into the vault that has now closed over the strong right arm of England. Men of under standing and wisdom remain to us, and Palmerston's " grave-stone will, be our oracle ;" but we shall nevertheless miss the true-hearted national leader. We do, indeed, miss him as it is, and our particular bereavement is more or less shared by every country where freedom and good faith are appreciated, and, in some instances, it maybe, with feelings of appre hension and misgiving which happily we need not entertain. But such considerations, though they cannot be eliminated, will hardly be uppermost in the thoughts of the nation, and other sentiments will certainly dominate in the minds of those who have, in one way or another, lost a friend whose social virtues were not less conspicuous than his political qualities. It would be superfluous to say one word on the hospitality which Lord Palmerston ex tended to a large and constantly increasing circle of society, and that with a courtly grace and on a scale of welcome which were unrivalled ; but it may not be improper to mention, what is less gene rally known, that his benevolence was exceedingly comprehensive, and was invariably dispensed with hearty kindness and generosity. He did not pro claim his charity on the house-top, but real distress was substantially relieved, and it is probable that there were not a few grateful private mourners in the crowd of yesterday. Lord Palmerston was, no doubt, in a position to act as he did, and that posi tion was, in a sense, peculiarly his own, for it was not made by wealth, nor by rank alone, but by a combination of patrician dignity and universal po pularity. Belonging to the aristocracy by birth and education, he was at the same time the tribune of the people. However, as a matter of fact, this was his character, and some amongst us who are eating the bitter bread of exile could also bear wit ness to the warmth of the heart that has ceased to beat. We can all feel that we have lost a great and good man, but there are many who can say "He was my friend, faithful and just to me." The name of Palmerston will be held sacred in the memory of the country he served without the aid of " dull cold marble," and monuments do not always reveal their object. But there is one, at least, which Englishmen yesterday looked up to with feelings of admiration and reverence, and the silent homage which the statue of George Canning commands is something that it might be well for us to cherish. The sentiment is sterling andvaluable,and although when we remember that the word of Palmerston might have stood against the world, no honour we can render will seem adequate, still every memento of the principles which were the rule of his life, and which constitute the foundation and the security of the greatness of England, may serve to explain to posterity all that now, with our heart in Caesar's coffin, we find it difficult to express. Lord Palmer ston dedicated great talents to a noble purpose ; his ambition was to advance the interests and to extend the influence of the country that confided in him, and while he sleeps in fame we are called upon not only to administer the trust bequeathed to us, but to record our sense of duty done. He was pre eminently the man of his time, and the personal de velopment of patriotism has always been, and always must be, a beacon to all time. Never, perhaps, was the ideal conception of the Roman poet more thoroughly realised—" A calm devotion to reason and justice, the sanctuary of the heart undefiled, and a breast glowing with inborn honour." THE " ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES" ON THE PRE SIDENT AND NEGRO' SUFFRAGE.—The reconstruc tion policy of President Johnson is just now the all-absorbing political topic in the United States. The Radicals of the Republican party are already loud in their denunciations of the President's course, while the Democrats and the moderate Republicans unite in praise of a policy which they believe to be best suited to the present situation, and calculated sooner than any other to allay all animosities, and to restore good feeling throughout the whole country and among all classes. The New York Tribune and other organs of the Radicals profess to see in the moderation of Presi dent JOHNSON towards the States and people lately in rebellion, a new source of danger to the Republic. They insist that the question of negro suffrage shall be at once and for ever settled, and that the Southern States shall be denied readmission into the Union and representation in Congress until they shall have admitted the freedmen to the exercise of the elective franchise ; and because President JOHNSON is not prepared to go to this extreme length, he is accused in certain quarters of treachery to the party which elevated him to power, and faithlessness to the cause of liberty. It is not our purpose to discuss in these columns the ab stract question of the right of negro suffrage. We have very strong convictions on the point, and we do not hesitate to express our opinion that intel ligence, and not colour, should be the basis of poli tical privilege in the United States. But the Pre sident has nothing whatever to do with the settle ment of the question as to who shall, and who shall not, be permitted to vote in the several States. That question belongs to the people themselves, and unless the Radicals are prepared to advocate the removal of all power from the people and the establishment of a Dictatorship, they have no right to make negro suffrage in the Southern States dependent upon the action of the President. The war was waged on the part of the North for the maintenance of the Union and the putting down of the rebellion. It was not a war for the black man, nor for the white man—it was a war against treason and secession. The institution of Slavery fell in consequence, and as a result of that war. The only questions with which the President has a right to deal are those arising out of secession and slavery. Slavery is dead ; its corpse can never be galvanized into life. Secession is dead. South Carolina, and Alabama, and Georgia, and all the States which have yet taken action, have solemnly renounced the false doctrine of secession, have ac cepted emancipation, and, submitting unreservedly to the Federal Government, areknocking at the door of the Union for readmission. Whether the freed negroes shall or shall not vote is a question exclu sively for the decision of the States. If South Carolina is refused readmittance into the Union because she declines to allow her black population to vote, then Connecticut, which has just pro nounced a similar decision, should be turned out of the Union for the same reason. The fact is, each State must settle this question for itself. In Massachusetts all black men who can read are allowed to vote ; in New York only those who possess a certain property qualification ; while in Connecticut the blacks are excluded from the exercise of the franchise. And the principle by which this matter is regulated in those States is the only true principle. The Radicals main tain that the Southern States and people should not be represented in Congress until negroes are allowed to vote ;—the moderate Re publicans and the Democrats both deny the right of Congress to impose any such conditions, and as sert for the States, under the Constitution, exclusive jurisdiction over that subject. President JOHNSON takes the latter position ; or, to put the matter more correctly, he simply disclaims for himself any right to impose any such condition, and refers the whole matter to the discretion of Congress. So, to sum up, the President has taken no ground, either for or against negro suffrage. He holds that it is outside of his jurisdiction, and that the people of each State, whenever they shall exercise control of their local affairs, must decide the matter for them selves. In taking this position, we think the President has shown wise discretion and enlightened states manship, and we believe he will be supported by moderate men' of all parties. LARGE ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF COTTON. — The price of cotton is going up at a rapid rate, in conse quence of an active spinning and speculative demand. During the latter half of last week it advanced six cents per pound, and on Monday,. after the receipt of the China's news, the price rapidly rose eight cents more, making a total rise of fourteen cents since Wednesday last. At the close of business on Monday, good middlings were sold at 58 cents per pound, and some holders were asking 60 cents. The market opened strong on Tuesday morning, when the same quality of cotton was quoted at 60 to 65 cents.—Boston Journal, Oct. 12. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —That the fearful annual mortality° f 60,000 young children and delicate persons of all ages may be arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines, which, though apparently relieving the patient, have in reality no o.her tendency than that of increasing debility, and with it the danger of life, we were simply to study how to increase the vital force by imparting new and pure blood, upon which the harmonious development of the whole frame depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's Inva lids' and Infants' Food, the Revalenta Arabica, and its thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as mull easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, told for children ft is the best substitute for human milk. Dr. Routs., uhysici4n to the S imaritan Hospital for Women and Children—the best authority on such matters —in his admir able publication on Food, says—Amongst the vegetable sub stances, th it which comes closest to milk in its composition is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, con aining both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride of potassium ;it also includes casein, the SAMC princfple hich is found in milk in its constituent parts. No wonder, there fore, that under its influence mAny children affected with atrophy (wasting away of the body), and marked deli ity, have completely recovered. I have given it with the greatest advent .ge in such cases; and so far as I may judge from my own, experience, practice fully carries out what theory, from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate. — In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 6d ; 51b., lis.; 121 b., 225.; 241 b. 408.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, Bing William-street; likewi , e at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside; 49, Bishopagate street Within ; 63,150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court -road ; 99, Upper-street, Islington, N. ; Harvey, Notting-hill ; Close Brothers, 6';, High-street ; and Stu,bbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wcod, London ; and all respectable grocers and die mists.—Beware of spurious imitations. DEESIDE. The traffic receipts of this company for the year ending the 31st of August amounted on 17 miles of railway to £19,907, including a balance of £ll4, and the expenditure to £9,214, including £1,385 for rent to Scottish North-Eastern Com pany, leaving £10,693. From this was deducted £1,706 for debenture interest, and £436 for divi dend on 41 per cent. preference shares, and £7,436 for the dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum declared on the original shares, leaving a balance of £1,116. The Deeside extension revenue on 151 miles of railway amounted for the year end ing the 31st of August, including a balance of £770, to £6,081, and the expenditure to £,3,390, leaving a balance of £2,691. From this was de ducted £954 for debenture interest, and £1,600 for dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the original shares, leaving a balance of £137. The capital expended on the original line amounted to £104,134. SPALDING AND BOURN. The permanent way has been laid on a great portion of this line, which is expected to be opened for traffic in the spring. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN, The traffic receipts on this line for the month of September. amounted to $677,625, against $446,044 in September, 1864, showing an increase of $231,581. The total receipts from theist ofJanuary to the 30th of September amounted, on 490 miles open, to $4,591,393, against $2,573,757 on 322 miles open, showing an increase of $2,017,636. The total receipts for passengers, mails, &c., amounted to $1,338,777, and for goods and minerals to $3,252,616, making together $4,591,393. ILLINOIS CENTRAL. The financial statement of this company for the month of September states that 12,877 acres of land were sold during the month for $161,858. The cash collected in the land department in September amounted to $219,312. The total receipts on the railway amounted for the month of September to $706,740, and for the month of 1864 to $799,236, showing a decrease of $92,496. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ~._........-‘,...----....--., 186.5. 1864. 1865 1864 £ £ Belfast and N. Counties 993 991 2,029 1.912 Belfast and County Down 441 4)1 630 579 myth and Tyne 2B 28 2,357 1,976 Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter 1214 1211 7,003 6,391 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB 408 27,862 26,872 Cambrian 139 121 2.561 2,138 Cockermouth K & Penrith - 304 - Cockermouth and Workin Cork and Bandon 2O 20 448 362 Cork, Blackrock. & Passage 64 l'4 385 155 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 654 654 1,717 1.612 Deeside l7 17 389 365 Do Extension Dublin & Ile it as t J unction.... 63 63 1,883 1.455 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,998 1.715 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 913 3,141 2,43 J Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, 82c 5O 5 i 3,535 2.9 4 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eaatern,Nrik.,&E.Dnion Great Northern 4Ol 365 40,220 37,531 Great North ot Scotland 5B 53 1,155 1.n19 Do Branches 42 41 1,233 1,128 Gt. Northn. 212 Westn.(lrel.) 7ll 711 574 611 r it.SOuthn. & Westn.( l rlnd.) 3 8 74 38%1 11,0:3 9 639 Great Western l2BO 1255 73,369 72,u70 Hull & Hornsea Highland • Irish North-Western 145 115 1,831 4,5,2 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 39.170 31 592 Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes . 261 261 148 150 Llanelly 461 461 721 683 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Illackwall 5l 61 1,8J9 1,829 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2911 2671 21,615 2 .231 London, ,/ Chatham, I Dover; i 134 127 1 9,; 16 8,330 all Metropolitan Extension l2 114 j 2,030 1,180 Do. Kent toast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheineld,&Lincolnsh Manch. S.J un.& A ltrincham 9l 91 1,323 1,216 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.- Western) 6774 6514 48,142 47,756 Midland Gt. West's. of Irlnd 2lOl 2604 5,802 5.415 S iN I , o eo. t i a rnnt m bh r ou k t el Londoni a a h . Rail. &Can a 1 . North British, Edin., Perth d Dundee o 7021 656/ 25,445 23,950 N-Eaatertr and Stock. & Dart 12061 11601 69,887 63 784 North Statiod a s T li e ir n e by 8 258 7,965 8011 R: l 3'mlaeY ... •. • ... . 1 1 9 1 / 4 1 1 9 1 1 4 1,189 140 Scottish Nort h-Eastern. 138 138 6,434 5,917 Somerset and Dorset .. 66 1,1 , 52 958 South Devon South-Eastern Tall Yale 306 25,497 24.002 61 61 6,180 5,713 Ulster Vale of Clwyd 10 14/ 165 Waterford dd and dd LimerickKilkenn 386 306 Kilkenny 11 ,n 1 1,159 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt lO 10 1 699 679 Whitehaven Junction l3 13 9q 1,145 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. aven & FurnesaJun 35 33 9 88 1,004 Austrian B2B 828 43,16 42,1;126 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern Junction 266 26 5 415 398 Bombay, Baroda,& Cen. India 306 1851 3 ,427 1,511 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189 a.,,- 3 5,6 x Dutch Rhenish Eastern 01 France Eastern Bengal ......... East Indian Grand Trunk ot Canada lq7 1335 31 781 27,661 Great Central ot Belgium 285 261 7,401 6,.85 Great Indian Peninsula 590 553 ;0,106 9,714 Great Luxembourg 1 3 .1 131 5,556 4.922 Great Southern of India Great Western ot Canada 345 3 5 18,786 12, 85 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &A licant (8) 650 15,975 19 , 177 Northern of Canaria Northern 01 France...., 728 728 69,214 6?,594 Norwegian intuit Ottoman Varis, Lyons, & hlediterrn 1967 178* 148,934 143,874 Paris and Orleans 1616 1611 8t,476 75 3:;0 Recife and San Francisco. &c 774 774 72-) 555 Sc tide ll5 105 1,269 1511 Do. Vuujab, Scc 253 45 10;06 :41 South Austrian, &c 1651 1527 64.082 62,0;5 Bouthern of France t23 770 30,811 28,665 Victoria Welland West & N-Wn. of France Captain Mayne Reid's new novel of the " Head less Horseman "1.3 spoken of as about to be dramatised for representation at Astley's. The prairie hunter capering about without his head will, it is thought, prove the greatest theatrical sensation at present announced. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Another English worthy has been laid to rest in the Minster which has received the dust of so many good and true Englishmen that it has become a national Pantheon as well as a noble Christian monument. A public funeral in West minster Abbey is the seal of the nation's gratitude for a career which has been closed. Nelson looked forward to a grave there as his appropriate reward, should Death snatch him away in the moment of victory. A long line of Sovereigns, i n cl u di ng the most illustrious of those who ruled England when the royal office brought with it an infinity of duties now happily severed from it, lie buried in the Ab bey. Statesmen and warriors, poets and painters, men of science and men of art,are mingled together beneath its pavement, and as the years go by new tenants take their places among th e illustrious dead. Within a brief interval we have buried there Clyde, Macaulay, and Stephenson, men sprung from the people, but happy in winning glory for themselves and their country, in arms, in letters, and in arts. The man we buried yesterday differed from them in having been born to hereditary rank, but the accident of birth only gave him earlier opportunities of doing good service to the nation. Throughout his long career of usefulness nothing was more remarkable than his entire sympathy with the pur suits and interests of the people, and it was, in truth, this which first endeared him to his country men. The work he did in the State was more slowly appreciated than the kindliness of his disposition, and was, perhaps, not fully known till he was taken from us. When we felt his loss we knew what he had been, and Prince, Peer, and Com moner came to lay Lord Palmerston among an older generation of statesmen as one whose ser vices to his country made him worthy to be their peer. In expressing a desire that Lord Palmer ston should be buried in Westminster Abbey, the Queen spoke as the voice of the nation. It is nearly sixty years since Lord Palmerston first entered the service of the Crown, and the years which he actually gave his country fell little short of half a century. In the long retrospect of such a career many acts may be found the expediency of which may now appear doubtful, but none which can impeach the singleness of his policy or the purity of his motives. His one thought was the honour and glory of England, and in his zeal for his country he was careful to remember what was due to the precious legacy of her past renown. Had a subor dinate official served the nation so many years with such unwavering fidelity, his career would deserve recognition ; but whenwe speak of the First Minister of the Crown, a national act of respect to his memory was almost inevitable. It is, in truth, many years since the memorable declaration was made by a party opponent that we were all proud of Lord Palmerston, and in the unanimity of feeling manifested when his death was telegraphed through the country the distinctions of party and differences of opinion were fairly obliterated. And if the Queen expressed the wishes of the people in direct ing that Lord Palmerston should be honoured with a public funeral, it may be added that her Majesty was no less fortunate in choosing the place of his burial. It was not merely that Lord Palmerston had won a right to be laid among his great pre decessors ; we may go further, and say that it is only upon such occasions as this funeral that Westminster Abbey appears to be devoted to its proper use. To an ordinary visitor the state of the Abbey is unsatisfactory, if, indeed, it be not dispiriting. He is shocked by the con trast between the noble architecture of its first builders and the.paltry monuments of later genera tions. The difference between the Westminster Abbey of to-day and that which it was intended to be is excessively jarring. But yesterday the Present was strong enough to repel the almost overpowering influence of the Past. The twelve centuries of piety which consecrate the site of Westminster might look down upon the ceremonial, and those who assisted in it might yet be unashamed. They had come to bury one who had worked long and faithfully, and the note of solemn triumph which sounds throughout the Burial Service of the Eng lish Church corresponded exactly to the sentiment of the occasion. There was no sense of premature loss to check the feeling of thankfulness for the past and of trust for the future. Death was no longer the grim tyrant of mediaeval legend, running athwart all human activity and baffling human hopes ; rather was he the servant of the Almighty Will, doing His good pleasure. The Englishmen of all ranks, from the heir to the Crown downwards, who clustered about the open grave of Lord Palmerston, came to lay all that was mortal of him in it, as not being unworthy of association with the great states men whose remains lie around. The statue of the great Chatham looked down upon the grave ; the younger Pitt and his rival Fox lie at the side of it ; close by rest Grattan, Castlereagh, and Canning, the younger Canning, and Horner, too early lost to his country. " The mighty chiefs sleep side by side," their jealousies over, their divisions ended, and a grateful nation confesses that the ambition of each one of them was to serve his country. Such 12 Lord Palmerston's title to honour. He may not have had the daring genius of Chatham, the govern ing ability of his son, the fervour of Fox, or the polished eloquence of Canning, but lie was as jea lous as Chatham of England's greatness. Unlike the younger Pitt, he was prepared to resign office rather than sacrifice his independence, and under his administration the prosperity of the nation advanced at a rate which none of his predecessors were fortu nate enough to witness. He desired for his country peace and happiness at home, goodwill and respect abroad, and the country yesterday thankfully ac knowledged that in times of no ordinary difficulty and danger he had been the means of securing these inestimable blessings. Among the statesmen who sleep in. Westminster Abbey there may be some whose intellectual power will be estimated by after generations above that of Lord Palmerston ; none of whom it can be said that he was more beloved by his contemporaries. We may indeed apply to Lord Palmerston the noble verses, still to be read on a tombstone in the Abbey, in which Pope lamented the death of a statesman who was also his friend. A busy generation may not remember much of the deeds of that friend, but as long as the English language remains the generous lines of the great poet must survive : "He broke no promise, served no private end; He gained no title, but he lost no friend." The unselfishness, fidelity, and generosity which appeared to Pope the especial merits of the servant of Queen Anne were the conspicuous virtues of the Prime Minister of Queen Victoria. The crowds which gathered in and about the Abbey Church of Westminster yesterday show that such virtues are admired and beloved now as they ever were, and give the surest warrant that they will not be want ing in the history of England in the future. There may be seasons of doubt and perplexity in store for us, when authority may be uncertain and counsels may be darkened, but the experience of the past justifies hopefulness even when the prospect is most unpromising. We unconsciously imitate that what we most heartily admire, and the sincerity of the regrets which attended Lord Palmerston's death gives us assurance that he will not be without suc cessors working in his spirit. POST.—Yesterday we were all compelled to realise in our hearts the loss we have sustained, and to " speak what we feel, not what we ought to say." But, sad as the obligation was, it was one which a great country might well be proud to fulfil. The nation that mournfully follows its veteran leader to his last earthly resting-place can return to its duty as soldiers who have buried their chief on the battle-field pursue the retreating foe. England is able to stand upright under the weight of her grief, and no weakness will be betrayed in the tears she sheds over the grave of Palmerston. "He has run his course and sleeps in blessings." The ends he aimed at were his country's, and the means he used were honest, such as might be avowed in the face of the world, and be sustained with a clear conscience and a steady hand. High aspirations and tender emotions are inspired by the name that was a tower of strength to the oppressed and a terror to wrongdoers. There were none whose con dition was so forlorn and desperate that they might not cast a look of hope towards the light that beamed in his policy ; and to those who made their wills the scope of justice, he never failed to express the indignation of the country which, under his administration, was morally formidable. Chatham and Pitt splendidly demonstrated the power of England, but Canning and Palmerston " made war breed peace, and peace stint war." An official career commencing in 1806, and finally closing in 1865, is in itself remarkable. Of the generation that saw Lord Palmerston start in the race only one or two have lived to witness the end, and for years he has stood alone, the last of a famous school, the connecting link between the stirring events of the past and the tranquil progress of the present, the one star to which there was no fellow in the firmament. Wellington and Peel, and Lyndhurst and Lansdowne had passed away even before he arrived at the zenith of his popu larity, and the borough for which he was first re turned to the House of Commons is politically dead. The Constitution of this country has been reformed, and the Governments, of other countries have been overthrown, restored, and overthrown again. Just before Pitt had rolled up the map of Europe, and now the Minister of the French Empire places a garland on his coffin. The treaties of Vienna, that were made in his manhood, have been torn to pieces in his old age ; and the public law, which he always scrupulously obeyed, has fallen into a state of abey ance. These are circumstances that suggest them selves ; and although the illustrious statesman who has been called to long peace has gone happy, and American Commercial Intelligence. NEW Yonx, Oct. 18, 1865. There was an unsettled state of feeling prevalent on the Stock Exchange this morning, arising from monetary pressure in weak quarters, and doubts as to how long it might continue. Forced sales were the result, and stocks passed into stronger hands at a temporaay decline. At the first session of the open board the market was heavy at a fractional recession from the closing prices of last evening ; but at the first regular board there was a slight improve ment of tone and prices were 4 to I higher. The improve ment continued at the second regular board, and Erie closed Shigher than at the first board, Reading f, Michigan outhern 1, Cleveland and! Pittsburg 1, North-western I Preferred 1, Rock Island *, Prairie du Chien 1. Fort Wayne was unchanged. Hudson River was I lower, Can ton 1, Ohio and Missisippi certificates 1. Government securities were quiet. Coupon sixes of 1881 were *lower. The rest of the list was steady. After the call there was a very buoyant feeling, and prices continued in the ascendant, Erie touching 92 and New York Central 101 k. At the open board at half-past three Erie sold at 911 New York Central 101*, Ohio, and Mississippi certificates 30, Hudson River 1081 ' Reading 794, Michigan Southern 7 51, Cleveland and Pittsburg 651, Rock Island 109, North-western 31k, Preferred (b. 3) 651 The gold market was steady, and loans were made with out interest. The opening price was 141, from which there was a decline of one-sixth and a subsequent advance to 144 k. The steamer Lafayette took out $210,300 in specie. Foreign exchange was rather heavy. Bankers' bills at sixty days sold at 109* to I. The large amount of five twenties and Erie Railway shares which are being shipped furnishes a good supply of private bills, which are quoted at 1081 to 109. About five Lthousand shares of the latter have been transferred for foreign account since the books opened, against about one thousand returned, and there is every prospect of heavy shipments of the stock for some time to come, should the price continue to advance or even remain steady abroad. The London quotation is already equivalent to nearly six per cent. above the price at which the stock sold at to-day's second board. Petroleum stocks were dull, but steady, at the first board, United States excepted, which was 30c lower than at the same time yesterday. At the second board Bennchoff Run closed at $ll, Excelsior 75c., Oceanic 52c., Rynd Farm $l, United States $29,25. THE COTTON MARKET. Receipts, 2,974 bales. The market was very much excited, and so irregular that accurate quotations can scarcely be given. The demand was very active ; but the sales were not extra large, owing to the advanced views of holders. The market closed with considerable anima tion at the advance shown in our annexed quotations. The sales comprise 8,800 bales ; also by auction, 759 bales New Orleans, 260 do. Georgia, 205 do. Sea Island, and 152 bags pickings and loose cotton. At the auction sale the bidding was spirited, and full prices were realised for all descriptions; but the classification was so irregular that the prices obtained were no criterion for the market. Some Sea Island sold as high as $1 65c. per lb. We quote : Upland. Florida. Mobile. N.O. &T. Ordinary Middling Good middling 63 64 64 65 About 1,200 bales of Sea Island, Georgia, and New Orleans cotton were sold at auction yesterday. The at tendance was limited, but prices ranged higher than at the last sale. The following were the rates received for the respective qualities of the staple : SEA ISLAND COTTON. 104 bales, first quality $1 65 86 bales, sscond quality 15 bales, third quality 77 GEORGIA COTTON. 9 bales good middling 22 bales strictly middling 26 bales low middling 69* 28 bales good ordinary 24 bales low ordinary 54 38 bales pickings 25 113 bales rebaled NEW ORLEANS COTTON. 15 bales good middling „ 70 bales strictly middling 123 bales low middling sot 93 bales good ordinary 37 bales ordinary 55 11 bales low ordinary 544 153 bales pickings 24 261 c 254 bales rebaled DRY GOODS MARKET. Great activity in the dry goods market is confidently expected, and this confidence is shown in a marked degree by the heavy orders which have gone out to the old coun try—to England and France—for goods. From France wo learn that already a considerable export of woollens, cot tons, and lace, &c., for ladies' dresses, is going forward. In view of the active demand for cotton goods, the price of cotton, instead of falling, as everybody believed it would at the termination of the war, has actually advanced. Meanwhile manufacturing is curtailed in this country by the protracted drought, and those manufacturers who are dependent upon water power are obliged to either stop altogether or work only a day or two in a week. Of course this involves a heavy loss, as they cannot turn away their operatives, owing to the difficulty and expense of procur ing a now set of green bands. Of course the dry goods dealers are cognizant of these facts, and so, foreseeing the probability of readily realising full prices in the future, refuse to make any concession to secure immediate sale. And though the marked advance in cotton has not met with an immediate response from the dry goods market, there are no indications of any reduction ; on the contrary, the probabilities all favour an advance when prices change either way. Woollen goods remain quiet for the same general reasons. ' The market for raw material is quiet but firm, and holders in all cases demand full prices •, in some cases an advance is asked, but during the prevailing quietude no general ad vance will be possible. But a 24 hours' steady rain would start the mills and beget an active inquiry for wool, which would react on the market for fabrics. A fair degree of activity prevails in both cotton and woollen goods, and sales are at full prices quoted below. Imported goods are also active, and command very full prices, particularly ladies' dress and fancy goods, and very full prices are readily obtained for all reasonable fabrics. Standard brown sheetings are at 35c. a 36}c., and firm. The whole market at the close was firm, with an upward tendency, the market sympathising with cotton. Printing cloths in ,Providence are decidedly higher. Goods for immediate delivery, 64 by 64, are selling at 24}c. a 25c., and those to be made from January to May and July are firm at 20c. Some to be made are sold higher than that price. The following are the sales last week :- 15,000 pieces, 56 by 60, at 151 c. cash, very light weight, up to July ; 50,000 do., 64 by 64, 19, up to July ; 50,000 do., 64 by 64, 191, up to May; 125,000 do., 64 by 64, 20, up to May ; 15,000 do., 64 by 64, 20k, up to May ; 10,000 do., 64 by 64, 21, up to April—together 265,000 pieces. Sheetings, brown, Amoskeag and Atlantic, per yard 35 36} -;} Sheetings, Pacific 34 36 Sheeting; Pepperell, Laconia, &c. Sheetings, brown, others Sheetings and shirtings, bleached— Wamsutta and New York mills Lonsdale, White Rock, &c. Other makes 35 45 Drills, brown, standards 3B Drills; others . 32f 38 Stripes, Amoskeag Stripes, others Ticks, Amoskeags Ticks, York 65 75 Ticks, others 25 55 Denims, Amoskeag 621 67f Denims, York Denims, others 3O 55 Prints, American 3l Prints, Amoskeag 2B _ . Print; Merrimac Prints, Sprague's Print; Dunnell's Prints, others Cottonades Ginghams, others Challies American delaines _ _ .... 34 - .... 31 32 ~,.30 - .... 25 26 .... 671 86 ..... 31 35 ~... - 35 ~... - 35 Cotton jeans, Pepperell black 42 Cotton jeans, others 32 431 Cotton checks Cambrics 24 25 Jaconets, Slater's 15 21 Cotton flannels, brown and bleached Cotton, all wool 350 450 Beaver, Esquimaux 350 450 Beaver, castor Doeskins 175 3 Cassimeres 235 3 Satinets Flannels 374 65 Shirting flannel 4O • 55 Printing cloth, 44x48 Printing cloth, 48x52 Printing cloth, 52x 56 Printing, cloth, 56x56 Printing cloth, 56x60 Printing cloth, 6ox6o , 71 . 2 Printing cloth, 60x64 The importance of dry goods at this port during the week ending October 12 compare as follows with those of tho previous week : ,—Oct. s—, ,---Oct. 12:—, Consumption. Pkgs. Value. Pkgs. Value. Manufactures of wool 1,864 $797,223 2,722 $1,161,056 Manufacts. of cotton 1,037 291,542 1,788 535,258 Manufactures of silk 530 533,128 632 690,935 Manufactures of flax 762 19:5,635 1,501 361,206 Miscellaneous 214 126,203 259 136,230 Total 4,407 $2,043,231 6,902 $2,884,685 Withdrawals. Manufactures of wool 240 $67,510 263 $84,827 Manufacts. of cotton 33 9,514 57 15,789 Manufactures of silk 2B 42,988 26 37,679 Manufactures of flax 293 67,645 177 49,433 Miscellaneous 7 2,063 201 12,417 Total 6Ol $189,670 724 $199,845 Warehoused. Manufactures of wool 141 $55,626 516 $236,138 Manufacts. of cotton 99 30,250 127 40,572 Manufactures of silk 53 127,654 63 83,959 Manufactures of flax B6 14,187 379 115,750 Miscellaneous 25 8,288 21 5,414 Total 404 $236,005 1,106 $481,833 BREADSTUFFS. Receipts, 12,224 bls. flour, 120 do. and 1,176 bags corn meal, 768 bushels wheat, 120,479 do. corn, 61,645 do. oats, and 82,645 barley. State and Western flour continued in good demand, and prices again advanced 10c. and 15c. per bl. The sales comprised 16,500 bls., including about 3,000 bbls. extra State at our revised quotations below. Southern flour was fairly active, and prices ruled firmer. The sales were about 650 bls. Canada flour was 10c. to 15c. higher under a steady demand. The sales embraced 400 bls. Rye flour was rather quiet, but prices were well maintained. Corn meal was steady, with sales of 150 bls. caloric, part, if not all, a t £5 15 . W e quote : Superfine tate and Western flour $7 95 $8 40 Extra State 8 55 8 70 Choice State Common to medium extra Western m E 8 60 9 00 Extra round hoop Ohio Western trade brands Common Southern Fancy and extra do Common Canadian Good to choice and extra Rye flour (superfine) Corn meal, Jersey 4 90 4 95 Corn meal, Brandywine ' 5 10 5 25 Corn meal, Brandywine, puncheons 26 25 26 50 —The wheat market was quiet, but prices ruled lo a 2c. in sellers' favor. The sales were about 60,000 bushels, at $1 76 asl 86 for Milwaukee club, $1 81+ a $lB2 for amber Milwaukee, $1 76 a $1 a $1 80 for Chicago spring, $2 50 for new white Western, and $2 38 as 2 40 for ne w am b er State; also a small lot mixed Western on private terms. The corn market was fairly active, but considerably de pressed by heavy arrivals, and prices further declined lc a 2c per bushel. The sales consisted of 90,000 bushels, at 77c a 88c for unsound and 90c a 91c for sound. Oats were rather quiet, and prices were drooping, though we noticed no material change ; sound were selling at 60c a 62c, and unsound at 46c a 55c. Rye was steady, with further sales of 7,000 bushels Canada at $1 16. Barley was active, but at rather lower prices. The sales were 14,000 bushels State at $1 10 a $1 12, 7,000 bushels Canad a W es t a t $1 25, and 4,500 bushels Canada East at $1 10. Malt was dull and heavy. PRICES OF FLOUR AND GRAIN. The following were the prices of flour, wheat, grain, and oats, at the several points named, at the latest dates received : Flour. Wheat. Corn. Oats. New York Buffalo ' 7 50 1 60 81 37 Cleveland Wilmington Cincinnatti 7 50 2 10 66 42 St. Louis 8 50 2 10 75 42 Baltimore 8 50 2 25 90 44 Albany 750 225 91 57 Boston 7 50 98 60 New Orleans Pittsburg lO 00 1 90 40 55 Louisville Chicago Toledo 6 00 1 82 66 46 Milwaukie MISCELLANEOUS. COFFEE.—The market was firm under a fairly active inquiry. We note sale of a cargo ex Contest, consisting of 5,000 bags, on private terms. We quote:—Rio, prime, 22c. ; do., good, 21c. a 211 e. ; do., fair, 191 c. a 20c. • do., ordinary, 18c. a 181 c. ; do., fairto good cagoes, 18i-c. a 20- I c. ; Java, mats and bags, 30c. a 32c. ; Maraca bo. 22c. a 24c.; Laguayra, 22c. a 231 c. ; St. Domingo, 18c. a 19c., gold, net cash, duty paid. COCOA was quiet but firm at 30c. a 35c., currency, for Curaccas, 174 c a 18c for Guayaquil, and 50c for Maracaibo, in hand, gold. DYE WOODS.—The demand was fairly active for the in ferior qualities of logwood, but the transactions were rather light, owing to the scarcity of this description. The sales were mostly at $25 a $27 per ton. Lima wood was firm at $95, without much business, owing to the scarcity. Fustic was quiet and heavy. FREIGHTS were extremely dull, and lower rates were accepted. The engagements were—To Liverpool, 7,000 bush. corn, in bags, at 51d. for 60 lbs. ; 300 bales cotton, Id. a 7-16 d. ; per steamer, 900 bales cotton, Id. To Lon don, 500 bbls petroleum, 6s. ; per steamer, 500 boxes cheese, 40s. The charters were—a bark to alveston, private, back to New York, cotton, at 14c, or to Liverpool at ld. ; a brig to Cork, for orders, petroleum, 65.; a bark to New Orleans, private. Fisx.—The demand for dry cod continued fairly active, and, with a moderate supply, prices remained very firm with the tendency to change in sellers' favor. We note sales of 700 quintals St George's at $8 75, and 650 do. Grand Bank at $7 75. New mackerel were steady, with a good demand. The sales cover 2,200 bbls. at $24 a $24 50 for shore No. 1, $1650 a $l7 for do. No. 2, $l2 50 a $l3 for large No. 3, $l7 25 for bay No. 1, and $l5 25 for do. No, 2. Box herring ruled more active and very firm under rather limited receipts. The sales embrace 3,000 boxes, at 60c for scaled, and 45c a 500 for No. 1. GUNNY BAGS.—The market was firm, but without sales. Holders in Boston were asking 291 c. currency. Hops.—The market was steady, with a fair demand for consumption. The sales were 140 bales at 15c a 40c for old crop, and 30c a 60c for new crop, the outside rate an extreme and only obtained for extra fancy Western in small lots. HEMP.—The market was very quiet for late foreign and domestic, but holders were firm. A moderate jobbing trade was done in the latter at previous prices. IRON.—Both kinds pig were very inactive, and prices were almost nominal. Small sales of Scotch were making from the yards. We noticed sales of 200 tons No. 1 Glen garnock in lots at $53. The transactions in American comprise a resale in Troy of 100 tons No. 1 extra at about $4B, and 300 tons ditto in Elizabethport at $5O. Manu factured iron was active and prices ruled firmer. We quote (store prices) common $llO a $ll5 per ton. Re fined $l2O a $125. Rods $122 50 a $l9O. Horse shoe mitre, &c., $145. Band $l5O. Swedish ordinary sizes $l6O, and scroll iron $l5O a $2OO, as to size. Spring steel was firra at 11c. Tire do. 11fc., and the cork do. at 11/c. INDIGO.—The market was steady for the fine grades, but weaker for the lower descriptions. We noticed no mate rial change. LEAD.—Pig was quiet. 200 tons German, on the spot, at $6 62i as 6 65, and 200 tons English, to arrive, at $6 62i, in gold. Prices for parcels to arrive continue un settled, and rather weaker if anything. Pipe and sheet lead were firm at 15c, and bar at 11c, cash. LINSEED was quiet, but firm, at $2 55 on the spot, and $2 50, to arrive, gold. MOLASSES.—The demand was fair, but holders were offering sparingly, and the business was only moderate. The sales include 105 hhds. Porto Rico at 90c $1 15— the latter rate an extreme. NAVAL STortEs.--Spirits turpentine was rather firmer. The sales were at $1 029 a $1 079 for large and small lots. Crude was steady,-with sales of 400 bbls for manufacturing purposes at $5 25 as 6 50. Rosins were not so active, but fully as firm, with sales of 600 bbls common at $7 50 a $7 621 480 do. strained at $8 50 a $9, 340 do., No. 2, at $ll a $l3 ; 400 do., No. 1, at $l4 a $lB, and 190 do. prime pale at $2l a $23. Tar was firm at $7 asB 9 50, and pitch $7 a $8 50, as to quality. NAILS.—Cut continued firm at Bc. Clinch were not to be had at any price. Forged horse was selling at 30c for Bd, copper at Sec, yellow metal at 35c and zinc at 20c, cash. 'rho stock of ship and beat spikes was all used up, and manufacturers were only filling orders at rates cur rent at time of delivery. OIL CAKE was quiet at last quotations, with no sales whatever except in retail parcels ; full prices were de manded. OLL.—The demand for lard oil was fair, but the limited stock and consequent high pretensions of holders restricted trade to a great extent. We note sales of 350 bbls., in lots, at $1.40 a $2 fur No. 2 and $2 35 a $2 50 f or pr i me winter, the latter an outside rate. Linseed oil was dull and declining ; outside lots were sold as low as $1 45 in casks and $1 56 in bbls. Crushers were generally hold ing $1 49 and 50, at which only occasional small sales were made. Bleached winter whale oil was steady at $1 85 asl 90, and crude do. at $1 70. Winter whale oil was in fair jobbing demand, with sales of 200 bbls. at $2 50 for natural and $2 55 for bleached. We note sales in New Bedford of 1,150 bbls. crude sperm at $2 30. Holders there are now generally holding at $2 33. Bank oil was firm with sales of 120 bbls. at $1 30, 150 bbls. Straits sold in lots at $135 a $1 38, mostly at the inside figure. City distilled oil was moderately active and firm, with sales of 175 bbls. to the retail trade at $1 30 a sl'3s. PRovisioNs.—The pork market was very much unsettled and decidedly lower, new mess closing heavy at $35. The sales were 8,000 bbls., at $34 75 a $3O fo r n ew mess, $3O for prime, and $3O a $3O 50 for prime mess. The beef market was steady, with a fair demand. The sales were 1,400 bbls., at $lO 50 a $l3 50 for plain mess, and $l3 50 a $l6 50 for extra mess. Beef hams were quiet and unchanged. Bacon was dull and nominal. Cut meats were unchanged in every respect ; 200 pkgs. sold at 16ic a 171 c for shoulders, and 20c a 23ic for hams. Butter was more quiet but very firm, at 30c a 42c for Western, and 42c. a 55c. for State. Cheese was without noticeable change ; 15c a 18c for common to prime factory. The lard market was quiet, but prices ruled firmer and closed a shade higher. The sales were 350 pkgs, at 24c a 29c. PETROLEUM.—Receipts, 5,758 bbls. The market was dull and prices were lower. The sales were only about 2,700 bbls, at 384 c for crude, and 611 c a 62c for refined, in bond, with small sales of prime at 63c, and 81c. a 82c. for free. Also 3,000 bbls. for forward delivery, at 39c a 40c for crude. QuINLNE was rather weaker. 2,000 ounces sold at $2 80 a $2 85, mainly at the inside price. RICE.—The market was firm, but quiet, at previous prices. SUGAR.—The market was fairly active, at full rates. The sales embrace 482 hhds. Cuba Muscovado at 14c a 14fc, and 500 boxes Havana at 14c. In Porto Rico there was no transactions, owing to the extreme pretensions of holders. Refined was firm, with a fair demand. SALTPETRE was dull and heavy, without sales. SPELTER was quiet at 101 c for Silesian, without sales. SPICES.—Since our last the market has been in the same condition as previously noticed, the limited stock and high views of holders restricting trade. We nomi nally quote cassia cases, 90c; bags, $1; Calcutta ginger, 20c ; African do„ 25c ; mace, $1 50 currency, and nut megs, $1 a $1 05; pepper, $23 50 a 25; pimento, 20c, and cloves, 29c, gold. SALT.—The market was firm, under a good inquiry from the retail trado, at $4 75 for Ashton' s , $4 75 for Marshall's, $2 65 for Liverpool ground, and 60c for Turk's Island. We learn of no further cargo sales. STEARINE GREASE was firmer, with sales of 20,0001b5, at 16c a 19c, cash. TOBACCO was firm and more active. We notes sales of 280 hhds, Kentucky at 7c a 28c, and 19 cases seed leaf at 14c a 32ic. TrN.—The market was rather more active, 1,100 tons Straits, on the spot, exchanged hands at 29-e, and 20 do. English, to arrive, at 24c ; also 200 tons Straits at 271 c. Plates were firm, with a fair inquiry from the trade. TEAS.—The demand continued active and prices ruled firmer. The sales since our last comprise 25,000 half-chests Oolongs, 1,500 Souchongs, and 1,500 Japans ; all from second kands—and 7,000 Oolongs and 3,000 uncolored Japans, from first hands, all on private terms. In other descriptions a steady, good line business was transacted at somewhat improved prices. TALLOW.—The market ruled firmer, with sales of 55,0001b5, mostly at 141-c. Holders, at the close, were firm at 141 c. WHALEBONE.—The market was quiet but firm at $2 25 for Arctic and Davis Straits. Other descriptions were nominal, without sales. BOSTON MARKETS. For the week ending October 12. WooL.—There has been quite an active demand for do mestic wool, notwithstanding the short supply of water keeps many of the small manufacturers from operating. The sales have been at full prices and comprise 700,000 lbs fleece and pulled at from 60 to 82ic for fleece, up to 85c for choice extra pulled. Included in the sales were 70,000 lbs choice Ohio and Pennsylvania fleece at 80 to 821 c per lb. In California wool the sales have been 23,000 lbs at 42c per lb. Canada wool has been in demand with sales of 20,000 lbs. Combing at 71c, and 50,000 lbs at some advance on that price. In the foreign wool the transactions com prise 124 bales. Cape at 38 to 45e ; 70 bales do. at 291-e, gold.; 10 bales Mestiza at 421 c ; 50 bales do. at 36c ; 20,000 lbs ordinary do. at 30c ; and 300 bales Cape, Medi terranean and South American at various prices, as to quality. FRElGHTS.—California freights remain without improve ment. A moderate amount of merchandise offering, a n d we quote 30 to 50c in clippers and lic per lb for weight. To Australia we quote 37 to 45c per foot for measure ment goods and $25 per M for lumber. To Liverpool tho rates are 20s to 22s 6d per ton for heavy and measurement goods, and is to is Gd per bbl for flour and shoe pegs. To London 20 to 25 for heavy and measurement goods. Coal freights from Philadelphia in this city rule at $3 25 to $3 30c per ton. To Now Orleans and other Southern ports very little change. We quote to New Orleans 10 to 12c per foot, 50 at 75c bbl, and 84 to 6 per ton ; and to Charleston and Sa vannah 10 to 12c per foot, and 75c per bbl. By steamer to New Orleans the rates are 25c per foot, 1 del to 1-50 per bbl, and a to lc per lb. A ship and a barque has been chartered to load for New Orleans, a barque to Habana, a barque to Buenos Ayres, a barque and a brig to St. Thomas, all on private terms ; a brig to Havannah with ice, at $4 per ton ; a brig out to Havanna at $l,BOO, gold ; a brig from Cape Breton to Boston at $4 per ton for coal two brigs from Baltimore to Boston at $4 per ton for coal a sch from St. John, N. 8., to Baltimore at $5 50 per 7if for deals and port charges ; a sch from St. John, N. 8., to Philadelphia at $5 50 per M for lumber; a sch from Georgetown to Cambridge at $4 75 per ton for coal ; a sch from Greenpoint, L. 1., to Boston at $ll per M for oak timber ; a schr from Nauticote river to Bangor at $B5O per M for oak timber ; and a brig from Baltimore to Boston at $4 per ton for coal ; a schooner to Savannah, with ice, a t $3 per ton ; two schs to Washington, with ice, at 50c per ton ; a sch from Jacksonville to Boston at $ll per M for lumber ; two schs from Georgetown to New Bedford at $4 per ton ; three ache from Georgetown, D.C., to Provi dence at $5 per ton for coal ; a sch to Newbern, N. 0.1 at $1,400 ; and a sch same voyage at $BOO. FLouu.—There has been considerable excitement in the flour market the past week, and all kinds have rapidly ad vanced and are still tending upward. High grades parts" cularly very scarce and firm, and have now touched a higher point than we have ever had occasion to notice. The sales have been at $8 25 a 8 75 for Western super fine ; $9 a 9 75 for common extras, the latter price for choice brands ; $lO 25 a 11 30 for medium do. ; and $l2 a $l3 50 for good and choice, in c ludi ng Genesee, Cauada , lOhio, and Michigan, and favorite brands are scarce at the latter rate. Illinois and Southern Ohio brand hoop ranges from $l2 50 a 15 per barrel for good and choice extr?Ji• St. Louis flour is scarce and firm, and leading faind7 brands of this description have touched very high figures. The sales have ranged from $l5 to 17 per barrel, favonte brands selling from $l6 50 a 17 per barrel. Southern flour is firm but has been quiet. We quote Brandywine at $ll 25 ; and choice family brands Baltimore at $l5 $53 a $l6 50 per bol. Corn Meal has been selling at $5 ^ 25 for good shipping brands. In Rye Flour there in very little doing and prices are nominally the same. The following is the latest New York quotation for Southern bank bills and securities : Rate. gate. Bank of the Com'wealth 5 Bk. Howardsville-ctrsnd 2 5 Bank of Philippi...ctrsnd 25 Bk. of the Old Dominion 33 Bank of Richmond 18 Bank of Rockbridge „° Bank of Rockingham at," Bk. of Scetsville...ctrsnd 2 5 Bank of the Valley of Va. V., Bank of Virginia Bank of Wheeling Bank of Winchester 3O Cent. Bk. of Va.,...ctrsnd 2 Danville Bank Exchange ehan ge B Bk. k. of Virginia w Vir e g s i t n o i n a Ex 9O Exchange Bk. Alexandria Fairmount Bank 9u Farmers' Bk. of Tincastle BO Farmers' Bk. of Virginia 23 Merchants' Bank...ctrsnd 3 0 5 Merchts'& Mechanics'Bk. 95 Monticello Bank North-western Bank 75 South-western Bank ..... Traders' Bank NORTH CAROLINA. Bank of Cape Fear 40 Bank of Charlotte ........ u'? Bank of Clarendon Bank of Commerce Bank of Fayetteville Bank of Lexington Bank of North Carolina n Bank of Wadesborough i 4 Bank of Washington Bank of Wilmington 2O Bank of Yanceyville Bank of Roxboro Bank of Thomasville 20 ‘ , 0 Com'cialßk.of Wilmington :3 Farmers' Bank of N. 0 Merchants' Bk., Newberu Miners' & Planters Bank on TENNESSEE. Bank of Tennesse 22 Bank of Chattanooga 20 Bank of Commerce Bank of Knoxville Bank of Memphis 5O Bank of Middle Tenn 75 Bank of Paris 5O Bank of the Union Bank of West Tennessee 28 Bank of Shelbyville 7O Bucks Bank City Bank Commercial Bank 95 Merchants' Bank Northern Bank Planters' Bank Ocoee Bank 3B Southern Bank Traders' Bank Union Bank Life and General Ins. Co lO ALABAMA. Bank of Mobile 75 Bank of Montgomery Bank of Selma Central Bank 32 Commercial Bank 3O Eastern Bank 5l Northern Bank Southern Bank LOUISIANA. Bank of America l3O Bank of Louisiana 35 Bank of New Orleans Canal Bank 9B Citizens' Bank Crescent City Bank Louisiana State Bank Mechanics' & Tradars'Bk 9B Merchants' Bank ,Southern Bank 130 17nion Bank 75 GEORGIA. Augusta Ins. and Bkg.Co. 12 Bank of Augusta Bank of Athens 2B Bank of Columbus l5 Bank of Commerce Bank of Empire State 12 Bank of Fulton 25 Bank of Middle Georgia 6O Bank of Savannah 45 Bank of State of Georgia 25 Central R.R. and Bkg. Co BB City Bank, Augusta 24 Farmers'&Mechanics' Bk l7 Georgia R.R. and Bkg. Co BB Marine Bank 5B Mechanics' Bank Merchants' &Planters' Bk l2 Planter's Bank Timber Cutter's Bank Union Bank VIRGINIA. Bank of Berkeley B5 Bank of Commerce Bank of Charleston SOUTH CAROLINA. Bank of Camden ......... 25 Bank of Charleston ...... 22 Bank of Che5ter............ Bank of Georgetown ....• 1 4 : Bank of Hamburg .......•• Bank of Newberry ....•••• Bank of South Carolina Bk. of the State of S. C. ` a " Com. Bank of Columbia 1/4, Exch. Bank of Columbia 1: Farmers' &E xc h an geßk. n Merchants'Bk. of Cheraw' 2% People's Bank .. . ... ... . . 6 : Planters' Bk. of Fairfield 1: Planters'OLEechanics'Bk• South-western R.R.Bank 2 State Bank ......... . ....... Union Bank ................ o°' Tennessee Coupons ...... 60 Nashville & Chattanooga nA R.R. Bonds, endorsed Memphis City, endorsed c%v . _ RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. ill TENNESSEE RAILWAY.—The Governor of Tennesse ,a _ , his recent Message, made the following favourable state ment regarding the railroads of that State Most of t he railroads in the State have been turned over to the COr a i panies respectively owning them, and are being repair e r and run by said companies. They have been turned wire by the Government on terms liberal and advantageo uo• The road from this city to Chattanooga, and from that pi t y to the Virginia line—a distance of four hundred mil e , owned by three companies—is, as a general in splendid order. Much of the track has b e t; re-laid, the embankments well d resse d, and cuts well ditched and drained. The bridge near til e Virginia line is nearly finished, and the connection the East complete. U pon the roads in Middle and We s Tennessee repairs are progressing rapidly, and the indi cations are that the companies have a profitable busin ea4 p before them, as there i s a large amount of travel and 0 : large demand for f re i g ht as th e coun try becomes quiet Lula business is resumed. As a general thing, I may . s ay these companies have been reorganised upon a loyal basis a nd ore controlled by Union men. Especially is this true of East Tennessee. The Edgefield and Kentucky, and the Lo di? " vine, Clarksville, and Memphis roads have been placedl the hands of receivers, as the law directs. They are io . hands of reliable and energetic men, and I have all c oo ' deuce that they will be manaued to advantage. COUNTRY MARKETS RIPON—FRIDAY. tr The weather being very wet there was only a small s tendance of farmers, so that the quantity of grain for w t. was less than usual. There was a fair demand, and wises and barley is per qr. higher. LIVERPOOL.—FRIDAY. At to-day's market there was a good attendance, tal c1 „1 considerable business was done in wheat at an advance i g 2d to 3d per cental. Flour also very saleable at 6d to r , per sack more money. Oats a nd oatmeal rather dea re e : with an improved demand. Beaus and peas without chang Indian corn met a very free sale. DERBY—FRIDAY. Our market to-day was sparingly supplied with whe a t, which sold at 2s per qr. more money. Barley is Pe that advance Oats rather on the advance. Beans made ra. more money. r 96 New white wheat, 42s to 45s ; old red, 46s to 50s per stone. Barley for malting 32s to 33s - -er qr. : Oats, . 27s to 28s per y 3O stone. Oats, new, 24s to per 26s qr ; g old, 27 0 ," 29s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 483 to 50s; new, 40s to av per 38 stone. WAREFIELD.—FRIDAY 0 1,1 New wheat in short supply; fine parcels is. higher; held for extreme prices. Fine barley is. dearer. j old; Averages, October 23—Wheat, 3,012 qrs, at 48s barley, 1,043, at 32s 6d ; oats, —, at Os Od. 13 T Alta' ORD.—FREDAY. r 36 Old white wheat, 46 s t o 50 s ; new do., 448 to 480 P e- c,s4 stone. Barley, malting, 32s to 345; grinding, 270 to l ie per qr. Oats, new, 19s to 24s ; old, 25s to 27s per 24 SO Beans, 40s to 48s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. e re For barley the demand was healthy at remune p r e rates. Oats a fair trade at former currencies. Beano 11" a fair trade at advancing prices. rs 6 New white wheat, 42s to 48s ; new red, 40s to 4 30 ,4, stone. Barley for malting, 33s to 36s per qr ; to 29s to 32s per 30 stone. Oats, 20s to 28s. Beans, ov 48s per 38 stone. BRISTOL SUGAR.—FRIDAY. ri ot There has been rather less doing this week in the se market, but there is no alteration to notice in value• f°1 1 fined sugars are in good demand, and sell readily a t prices. Rum continues quiet. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s a, s. d. South ReHoe Carway and Duffryn Hartley•• l 6 Bates' West Hartley— , 9 _ Malting 22 9 Russell's Hetton ....•• ...21 6 9 24 0 Lambert's W. Hartley !, 6 South Hetton East Hartlepool 23 3 Hartlepool ........... , a Hetton 26 6 W.Wylam .............• n 9_ Heugh Hall 22 9 Acorn Close ..........•• -„.`; 6 Eden Main Braddyell's Hetton 23' 0 Eden Ships at market, 83 ; sold, 61. ADAMS.—On the 26th inst ßirths ~ at St. Clement's, Ipswieb, 08 wife of Webster Adams, jun., Esq., of a son. f P i" DENT.—On the 26th inst., at Liverpool, the wife 0 - Dent Dent, of a daughtr. f CO . EDENOn the 24th i ns t., a t Sheerness, the wife 0 - Morton Eden, R.A., of a son. C. MANN.—On the 27th i ns t., a t Elth am , Kent, ldr o . Mann, of a son. Marriages. Ede BARLEE—VERBERE.—On the 26th inst., at BarPsore o liel' ward Hobart Barlee, of Old Broad-street, London , 6 00 5 ' tor, to Emily Anne, youngest daughter of the lat e , Henry Verbeko, Esq of The Grange, Ilford, Bye '',1:1111 '7 IS 59 ELIOT—GUEST.—On the 26th inst., at Canford „ t, Dorset, Captain the Hon. George Cornwallis B" ° Af tlic! youngest son of the Earl of St. Germans, to Cc' e a t iO" Rhiannon, fourth daughter of the late Sir J. J.., s oort Bart., of Dowlais, Glamorgan, and Canford Dorset. Deaths. , r r tile r BECKFORD. —On the 26th inst. at his residence, 1-'- n e -c buildings, Lambeth. Mr. Win. Beekford, aged 7 ..tviltOli 1 ITJCHAN.--011 the 26th inst., Henry Buchan, ° f House, Southampton, a ge d 71. Fleet' CLEMOW.—On the 26th inst at Anderton's Iloteli street, Mr. Fred. Clernow, 'aged 35. o f GREGORY.—On the 26th inst., Mary, wife of J. a re g °ll' Leverington, Wisbeach, aged 64. O r IRVING.—On the 26th inst., at 8, Hinde-street, 3111,011 square, Allan Irving, Esq., aged 41. -.....e".2 -------- ~ -0 S . v iol , London : Printed and Pubiiahed by SUL Lida . 6, --- 00. ' o f of No. 112, Strand, Pi later, at Tnn Surf Olne e koiti Strand, in the Precinct of the Ssvoy. in th e ''" ktialeaex.—Saturday, October 28, 1866. LUND( v \ !t, ( a ) i YIE C s h e of 10 be r lv e wi I co The issue allotted t. b e allutte Thb Subec I;,:ap,res tTh'e Th e i')ivicte, T o JA" RiZht Ar 4 1, rnR- Yar 4 J A\ 41 NI Ames Chili Ak i_er, ey m (h a nder I Ad " Elli te '44l J 'in% p ~,,,rine In o::iontra s t , r en ,„-% J u , rOW J( Ma, P,l ° ' l, Old J i wa rd w: Alpert Gra] Thelt:tlBN;art., e lr e l and 'c t raitc a ti t t ' liesors. C esare. 1 1 0 0 2 10 0 2 1 0 0 10 ° 1 th e th Qs ( 414 4. 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