The Sun. — London, England, 1866-09-29 00:00:00

Military and Naval Intelligence. VALETTA, Sept, 24.—11er Majesty's ship Psyche, Lieut.-Commander Sir F. Blackwood, arrived on the 21st inst. from Augusta, with despatches from the Commander-in-Chief. The Victoria (flag), Royal Oak, and Enterprise were at that port on the 20th inst., and the Prince Consort and Gibraltar were at Syracuse. An order had been issued by the Com mander-in-Chief, prohibiting the officers, except under special circumstances, from making distant excursions into the country during the stay of the squadron in Sicily, in consequence of two officers, an assistant-surgeon and a midshipman, of the Vic toria having been stopped and robbed of their watches and money by highwaymen on the main road between Augusta and Syracuse. The general health of the squadron is very good. They will leave Sicily about the 25th inst., proceeding leisurely for the benefit of exercising in sailing and steam tactics to Port Mahon, whence, should the quarantine at Malta be taken off the French ports, they will even tually cruise along the coasts of Spain and France before returning to Malta for the winter. The Resis tance arrived from Naples, and the Racer from Corfu, both on the 20th inst. The former ship is undergoing a quarantine of 15 days in consequence of her arrival from an infected port, although the health of her crew is excellent. She will, however, put to sea on the 25th, returning to Malta after a 10 days' cruise to obtain pratique and refit. She will then probably join the Commander-in-Chief. The Racer sails about the 25th inst. for Bey rout to relieve the Cos sack, which ship will return to Malta to refit, and her arrival here may therefore be looked for about the third week in October. Her Majesty's ship Cruiser, which had arrived at Gibraltar after a pro tracted and rather stormy passage from England, was to leave for Malta on the 17th inst., and may there be hourly expected. She will probably re main here two or three weeks before joining the squadron. It is not improbable, however, that some modification in the intended movements of the ships may be made, should the insurrection in various parts of the Turkish empire assume, as it threatens to do, a accsierious character. The Hydra, sur veying ship, Capt. Shortland, is expected from Sicily about the end of the month for supplies, but will leave again for her surveying ground, the neigh bourhood of Girgenti, with the least possible delay. The Assurance, despatch vessel, left on tip night of the 22d inst., with mails, &c., for the Commander in-Chief and the squadron. Capt. Chas. Rowley, late commander of the Enterprise, proceeds, on pro motion, to England overland by the packet convey ing the present mail to Marseilles. Paymaster C. W. Eeles, of her Majesty's ship Victoria, arrived by the packet of the 22d inst. from a short leave of absence, and is now in the Lazzaretto undergoing his 15 days' quarantine. Dr. Pickthorue, R.N., surgeon of her Majesty's dockyard, left this island by the last Southampton steamer for England. Dr. Pickthorne was held in great esteem in Malta on account of his valuable and gratuitous services during the epidemic last year, and for his many estimable qualities. An interesting ceremony took place on Thursday afternoon last, when the founda tion-stone of an English Protestant Church was formally laid at. Slima, in the presence of several hundred English residents, by the Acting- Governor, Major-Gen. Ridley. The service was very impressively performed by the Venerable Arch deacon Cleugh, assisted by the Bishop's chaplain, the Rev. Dr. Burbidge, the Rev. C.Green, and the Rev. Mr. Burridge, military chaplains. This church, the architecture of which is to be early English, to gether with an adjacent parsonage, is estimated to cost about £4.000, which is to be raised by public subscription. With his usual liberality, the Bishop of Gibraltar has headed the list with a handsome donation of £l,OOO, and some £BOO more has already been given towards it by persons interested in the object in view. So anxious is the Bishop to see the building completed as early as possible that he has made himself responsible for the whole amount till the required sum is collected, in order that no delay may occur in the progress of the work. His lordship is at present absent from the island, but will return shortly for the winter. The only route from Eng land which remained open to travellers without the infliction of quarantine on arrival at Malta has been closed during the past week—that is to say, a qua rantine of seven days has been imposed on arrivals from Leghorn, and all persons desirous of reaching Malta by that route will have to endure that term of incarceration in the Lazzaretto. The Marseilles, Genoa, and Naples routes are even more objection able, as the quarantine of 15 days is still enforced on arrivals from those places. The ports of Great Britain continue subject to a like term, and although clean bills of health have been issued for some weeks from Southampton, no relaxation of the rule has yet taken place. In these matters we are compelled, from motives of expediency, to do as Sicily does, notwithstanding much manifest inconsistency, if not absurdity. The quarantine of seven days includes all the ports and islands of Italy (except Sicily) not already subjected to quarantine. On the other hand, the 15 days' quarantine on the lonian Islands and the Turkish ports in Europe and in the Archipelago has been taken off. Vessels having had cases of cholera on board, or carrying Hadjees, are not ad - mitted into the harbour, but are compelled to anchor outside, where they are furnished with everything they require. The English steamer'Saida arrived on the 18th inst., with 140 of this suspicious class of pas sengers, coming from Alexandria on their way to Tangier, returning from their pilgrimage to Mecca. After replenishing fuel and provisions she continued her route the following day. Fortunately the weather was favourable, with a calm sea, so that little difficulty was experienced in coaling. It has been found necessary to enforce the quarantine regula tions with much greater severity this year, which has had the effect of calming the minds of the popula tion. The awful scenes of last summer and autumn must still be fresh in the memory of many, and it is therefore not unnatural that they should, with cho lera so near them, view with satisfaction the of rigorous precautionary measures against its re-introduction from infected countries, notwith standing the great inconvenience and suffering such measures entail on a commercial community. N ews has just been received here of Greece having placed a quarantine of 11 days on arrivals from Trieste and Adalia, owing to the manifestations of cholera, and of having also prohibited the importation of cattle, bides, &c., from Tunis. The Right Rev. Monsignor Micallef, ex-general of the order of the Augustinians, appointed administrator of the vacant bishopric of Gozo, arrived at Malta on Saturday last from Rome. Her Majesty's ships in port are tne Hibernia, flag ship of Rear-Admiral H. Kellett, C. 8., Resistance, Racer, and Psyche. P.S.—At the moment of closing my letter I learnt that at a meeting of the Board of Health held this morning it was decided, in conse quence of intelligence having been received of the occurrence of cases of cholera at Alexandria, to put a. quarantine of 30 days on all arrivals from Egypt, with the view of checking an apprehended influx of refugees to this island. Eight fatal cases, four in one family, occurred on the 20th inst., the day of the departure of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera for Malta. At the same meeting the quarantine on arrivals from the island of Sardinia was removed. The damage occasioned to the works for the en largement of the dock at Chatham dockyard in which the turret iron-clad ship Monarch, 6, 5,100 tons, 1,100-horse power, is intended to be constructed has been made good by the workmen employed by the engineering department of the establishment, the operations baying been carried on night and day since the occurrence. The last of the outer row of piles, forming the second cofferdam, to which the was driven y es t er d ay, the inner accident occurred , cofferdam not having .sustained any injury. Throughout the undertaking various difficulties of a more or less serious nature have been encountered, but these have at length been surmounted, an d , after being several months in band, the works may be said to be nearly completed, while the dock, which has been increased in length by some 20 ft., will be ready in the course of the ensuing week to receive the keel of the vessel intended to be con structed in it. Notwithstanding the delay which has occurred in connection with the enlargement of the dock—to which reference will hereafter be made —some progress has been made in building the Monarch, the keel of which is gradually growing up in the temporary workshop formed in the space be tween the third and fourth dock. Already a con siderable portion of the plates intended to form the cellular bottom of the vessel have been fitted in readiness for being taken to pieces and refitted in the dock. Like the Hercules broadside ironclad, now rapidly building in the adjoining dock, the Monarch will be constructed on the double-bottom unsinkable principle, carried out by the present Chief Constructor in all the ironclad ships designed by him, by which there are, in fact, two bottoms to the vessel, the inner bottom being placed four feet apart from the outer one, while carried up far out of the water, and protected by the armour-plating, will be a kind of internal watertight walls, the whole ren dering the vessel, what she is intended to be, a double ship from end to end. Under this system of construc tion it will be apparent that watertight bulkheads will not be required, inasmuch as no ordinary in jury would have the effect of jeopardising the safety of a vessel so built. In order, however, to re duce the chances of accident to a minimum, the Monarch will be built with a few watertight compartments, so that in case any injury should be caused to any part of the vessel from hostile shot, or any other causes, the vital safety of the ship would not be endangered. No turret ship yet con structed for any of the navies of the world is more powerfully plated than will be the Monarch. The thickest plates yet placed in any iron-clad ship have been those of six inches, with which the central battery of the Bellerophon is protected, with a back ing of 12 inches of teak and an inch and a half iron skin. The designs for the Monarch, however, show that her midship battery, for a distance of about 200 feet, will be protected by armour of seven inches in thickness, laid on a backing of timber two inches thicker than in the case of the Bellerophon, with an interior double-iron skin. It is, however, in the turrets that her enormous defensive powers will be developed, and here the armour will be nearly a foot in thickness, composed of solid slabs of iron. Her freeboard, or height out of the water, will be from 12ft. to 14ft., or about twice the height of the Royal Sovereign and Prince Albert turret ships, by which arrangement her broadside, as well as her turret guns, can be brought into requisition simultane ously. Each turret will be sufficiently large to allow two of the 20-ton 600-pounders, which she is in tended to carry in both turrets, being worked in conjunction with those of the broadside. In order to overcome the weakening effect of the apertures for the turrets upon the structure of the hull of the vessel, the upper deck, where the turrets pass through, is to be constructed on an entirely new principle, designed by Mr. Reed, by which, instead of the hull of the ship being weakened, its strength and rigidity will be very considerably increased. Under the system proposed by the Chief Con structor, the double skin plating of the side will be carried over upon the deck in the form of massive stringer plates, and thus add immensely to the strength of the hull. The solid forging for the stem of the Monarch, weighing about 20 tons, will en able her to be used as a ram, while the large chase gun she is designed to carry at her bow will be pro tected by an armour-plated traverse or battery, ex tending to about 8 feet above the upper deck. Un like the Miantonomaii, the Monarch will be fully rigged for ocean service, and the contract with the makers of her engines is that with the whole of her guns, stores, &c., on board she shall steam a mean speed of 14 knots per hour. Although the order for the construction of the Monarch directed that she should be completed by the same period as the Hercules, it is not probable that the two ships will be finished at the same time, the Hercules being already about one-fourth built. Her Majesty's ship Porcupine has left Hull Roads on a surveying expedition. The Reindeer, 7, 200-horse power, was yesterday , inspected in dock at Chatham by the officials con nected with the master-shipwright's staff, in order ascertain the amount of injury she recently sus tained from her grounding when steaming out of Chatham harbour. Beyond the tearing away of a portion of the copper near -her forefoot she has ap parently suffered no other injury. Yesterday the shipwrights were employed in the alteration of her midship hatchways to admit of additional space being obtained for the platforms and carriages for the large 9-ton guns she will mount at the broadside amidships. The alterations now in progress and the other work remaining to be effected on board will detain her in the shipwrights' hands for some short time to come. The armour -plated screw steamship Caledonia, 30, Capt. Hon. Fitzgerald A. C. Foley, flag of Rear- Admiral Hastings R. Yelverton, C. 8., is expected shortly at Keyham steamyard to be docked. The iron-plated screw steam sloop Research, 4, Commander Robert A. E. Scott, left Plymouth on Tuesday evening to join the Channel squadron at Queenstown. It is reported at D evonport that the iron turret ship Prince Albert, 4, Capt. Arthur Wilmshurst, is to be put out of commission. The rumour there is that this has been determined upon in consequence of the recent experiments upon the turrets of the Royal Sovereign. The Prince Albert is to be attached to the gunnery ship Cambridge, in Hamoaze. The paddle-wheel steam vessel Medusa, from Sheerness, with supernumeraries, arrived at Devon port on Tuesday evening. The massive iron forging intended to form the projecting curved stem of the ironclad frigate Her cules, 12, 5,226 tons, 1,200-horse power, having been completed at Chatham, was temporarily fixed in its place yesterday. The form of the stem, which is nearly S-shaped, shows that it is the intention of the designer of the llercules to use that vessel as a ram, the long under-water protruding stem rendering her exceedingly formidable. MISC ELLANEOUS AMERICAN NEWS. A report has been current during the last week that Mr. Adams, the United States Minister, had gone to America on leave, and that he would not, probably, return to this country. This report, we are informed, is an error. Mr. Adams has been granted a leave of absence for a short time, and has gone to the Continent with his family. Mr. Benjamin Moran, the efficient and popular Secre tary of Legation has, we learn, been placed in au thority as Charge d'Affaires d ur i ng th e a b sence o f the Minist er — a proof of confidence in that gentle man on the part of the United States Government to which his long and able services in connection with the Legation eminently entitle him. The receipts for custom s at the five principal ports, from the 20th to the 27th of August inclu sive, were as follows : New York 52,526,115 Boston 264,872 Philadelphia Baltimore 74,002 New Orleans The receipts of gold into the Treasury at Wash ington continue to be very heavy, and, notwith standing the disbursements of over five millions since the statement of the first of September, four and-a-half of which was for interest on the Ten-forty Bonds, the amount now held exceeds that on hand at that time, reaching nearly eighty millions of dol lars. Of this amount sixty-three millions actually belong to the Government, the balance being re presented by gold certificates. The total receipts from customs, internal revenue, &c., are larger than at any previous time, and, notwithstanding the rapid reduction of the National Debt, the balances in favour of the Government are again rapidly ac cumulating at all points. The first National Bank of Fort Dodge, lowa, was authorised on Saturday, September 8, with a capital of fifty thousand dollars. The first number of a new Radical Republican newspaper to be called the Great Republic was ex pected to appear in Washington on Thursday, September 13. It is published under the auspices of the National Union League, and will be the organ of that order. It will be under the editorial super vision of Ron. J. M. Edwards, late Commissioner of the Land Office, and the recently appointed Postmaster to the Senate. The reports received at Washington, at the Re publican head -quarters, from all parts of the country, are of the most encouraging character, and the f u ll es t confidence is felt and expressed by those who are in a position to be well informed on the subject of an overwhelming triumph of the Republican cause in the fall elections. The Union League is being extended in the Southern, States with much success, and is affording a nucleus around which the National Republican party can rally in the South against the terrorism which is exercised against the true Union men. Its power will soon begin to be felt in Southern politics. One thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars have been collected for the relief of the sufferers from the fire at Portland, and handed over to Mr. W. S. Huntingdon, the treasurer of the fund. The Rev. henry Ward Beecher has written a second letter explaining away his first. lle fences with the position as skilfully as Mr. Gladstone under somewhat similar circumstances. his first epistle excited a sensation, causing the greatest annoyance and dismay to the party of which he had been so cherished a member. Mr. Greeley replied to that letter in a long and able document, which ends thus :—" Mr. Beecher has achieved a sudden and wide popularity. In the conception of every black leg, duelist, negro-killer and rowdy, from the St. John to the Rio Grande, he has all at once ceased to be a fanatic, a bigot, a disunionist, and become an enlightened patriot and statesman. His praises are freely mingled with the blasphemies of the Hook, and the ribaldry of the Sunday Mercury. There is not in all the land one who considers niggers very well in their place,' but that place under the feet of the whites, who does not thank him for his letter. The thugs of New Orleans are by this time enjoy ing it ; and General Forrest would gladly preside at a meeting called expressly to ratify it. But there is sadness in many hearts where the eloquent pastor of Plymouth Church has been loved and honoured-- a mournful consciousness that they have trusted too confidingly, and loved unwisely. Little children, keep your hearts from idols.'" We extract the following regarding the fur trade from the letter of the North-West cor respondent of the Springfield Republican : " The fur trade is constantly growing in value and importance, although the bison and beaver are considerably less. The value of the furs brought to St. Paul annually exceeds three hundred thou sand dollars. This does not include the great amount of furs which are transported from the Red river country through other channels. The Hudson's Bay Company still carry on their opera tions, but in time private individuals will have broken the back of their monopoly." He also adds, —" A day or two ago there appeared a little steam boat on Lake Minnetonka. It seemed to have a pleasure party on board, and we noticed also a small boat in tow, in which was a single person. We have since learned that this was the first trip of the boat, and that the engineer becoming frightened lest the boiler would explode deserted his engine and beto3k himself to the small boat, leaving the pleasure party to its fate. The boat happily reached the shore with no disaster, and is now lying high and dry on the sand. Such is the pleasure of pioneer steamboating." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Sept. 15. Gold inclines downwards, under the influence of .the shipments from Europe and the accumulation in the Trea sury. After selling at 1444 to 145*, it closed at 145. lam inclined to think that gold will decline in spite of the efforts of the speculators. However powerful they cannot stand against circumstances, and those circumstances all point towards a fall. Government Stocks are stronger. 5.20's are quoted at 1111 ; new ditto, 1081 ; and 7.30's at 1051 to 106. The downward tendency of gold strengthens these stocks, as well as the influence of the large Treasury balances and the enormous receipts. In State bonds there is a moderate business, at former rates. Railway mort gages were steady, and several transactions took place, small amounts being freely offered. The Miscellaneous Share List was not so strong, indeed barely steady. Among Railways New York Centrals were in special demand, and with a good tendency upwards. Erie was not so good, still active, going from 72 in the morning up to 724. The whole tendency of prices is towards firmness. After the second board nearly all roundadvanced, and closed firm at the following quotations:— New York Central, 1064 to 107 ; Erie, 72* to 721 ; Hud son River, 122 ; Reading, 115 to 1154 ; Michigan S mthern, 83* to 831; Illinois Central, 122 ; Cleveland and Pi `sburg, 86 to 861 ; Rock Island, 1081- to 109 ; North-Western, 35 to 354; do. Preferred, 66 to 661 ; Fort Wayne, 105 to 105} ; Canton, 52 to 524 ; Cumberland Coal, 46 to 461 ; quicksil ver, 524 to 521 ; Mariposa Preferred, 30-1, to 31. Call loans aro 5 per cent., and lower rates are excep tional. 1u commercial bills no change. Prime short dated pass at 5 per cent., and good at 51 to G. Ordinary names of longer date sell at 7 per cent. Exchange is unsettled ; Primo GO-day Sterling is quoted 107 to 1074. The following aro the current rates :—Londot prime bankers', GO days, 1062- to 1074; London prime bankers, sight, 1074 to 1081; London, prime commercial, 1051 to 10G ; Paris, bankers', long, 5.284 to 5.25 ; Paris, bankers', short, 5.264 to 5.221 ; Antwerp, 5.311 to 5.271 ; Swiss, 5.311 to 5.271 ; Hamburg, 351 to 354; Amsterdam, 401 ; Frankfort, 40 to 404 ; Bremen, 771 to 774 ; Berlin, 704 to 71. In Freights the engagements to Liverpool are 21,000 bush. Corn, at 4gd. ; 230 bales Cotton, at 3.16 d.; 500 bbls. Rosin, at ls. 6d. ; 25 hhds. Tobacco, at 225. 6d. ; and per steamer, 50 bales Cotton, 5-16 d. To London, 300 bbls. Flour, at 2s. 6d. For Bremen, 9,000 bush, rye, at 4id. ; and per steamer, 50 bales cotton, at sc. A vessel with 2,900 bbls. petroleum, at ss. 6d., if to Marseilles, or Os. 6d. if to Venice or Trieste. A vessel to a continental port with petroleum, at ss. 9d. A ship with 2,500 bbls. Petro leum, at ss. 3d. if to Hamburg, ss. 9d. if United Kingdom or Continent, or Cs. 3d. if to Cork direct. The Tribune says the payment of the Clearing House certificates will be another step toward a contraction of the currency and a return to specie. With these out of the way there aro nothing but the compound notes, which will be readily met by the current income of the Depart ment. The receipts aro so large that after paying the call loans the balance at the Treasury will accumulate to a degree which will affect the amount of currency in circu lation. The Department is still converting the 7-30's into 5-20's through favoured channels. As it is more to the interest of the country to have the 7-30's all promptly turned into long gold stock, than to have commissions paid to favoured houses, the Secretary should lose no time in getting authority to offer a sufficient commission to any one who will surrender the 7-30's for 5-20's. The short currency debt is now the main obstacle to the resumption of specie payments, which will be an easy matter as soon as the short debt is renewed. The excitement in Erie did not end with the closing of the transfer books, but was greatly stimulated by a statement in the Times, that "The Stock register as it closes to-day will afford no conclusive right to vote at the election, should the Stock itself part ownership in the mean time, and the now or bona file owner or his proxy, or attorney, present the certificate to the Inspectors of Election by way of challenge. The new owner may not be able to vote, but he can kill the vote or proxy of the previous owner." This reads so smoothly that many people bought the stock upon the theory that it would be valuable to vote upon. This idea will vanish upon reading the following extract from the "Revised Statutes," Part 1., Title 4, Chapter X VIII., See 6 :—" And in all cases where the right of voting upon any share or shares of the stock of any incorporated company of this State shall be questioned, it shall be the duty of the in spectors of the election to require the transfer books of said company as evidence of stock held in said company ; and all such shares as may appear standing thereon in the name of any person or persons, shall be voted on by such person or persons, directly by themselves, or by proxy, subject to the provisions of the act of incorpora tion." This section puts at rest the hope of killing stock by presenting the certificates as indicated by the Times. (From L. P. Morton and Co's. Circular.) Per steamer " City of Boston."Nz—TwheYchitil Sept .feat u r i. e 5 of monetary affairs is the continuance of the late prevailing ease, which has not been disturbed by the usual Fall de mand for capital for moving the Western crops. Demand loans are made chiefly at 4 pe r cent. ; the requirements for di s counts are quite limited, the r a t e on_prhne paper being 5 to 6 per cont.—an indication that the general activity of trade is not attended with the ordinary amount of credit. Government Securities have been comparatively weak, under lower quotations for Five-Twenties at London, and a downward tendency in the Gold market. Five-Twen ties of 1882 ha's%) fluctuated between 1111 and 1101, and close at 1111. It is understood to .be the purpose of the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem at an early day the remaining portion of the Temporary Loan, amounting to $45,538,000. Railroad Stocks have been dull. For the time being the course of speculation has favoured lower prices ; but the prevailing tone among operators looks to an ultimate advance movement. Erie has been unusually active, in consequence of purchases made with a view to controlling the approaching election of directors. The price has ranged from 71 to 721, and closes at 721. State Stocks have been fairly active. Tennessee 6's, 1890, have advanced about 3 per cent., and close at 931 to 95. North Carolina 6's close at 83 to 85 ; Virginia 6's at 691 to 70; and Missouri 6's, at 771 to 78. Gold exhibits less firmness. The price has ranged at 1471 to 1441, and closes at 145. Exchange has been firmer, as the result of speculative purchases from the largo surplus of commercial awl other THE SUN, LONDON, SATUROA V EV ENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1866. bills. For to-day's mail, rates for Sterling have ranged about 1 per cent. above our last quotations. Transactions, however, have been checked by the advance. Bankers' 60 days' Sterling closes at 1061 to 107 ; 3 days' sight' do., 1071 to 108 ; Francs, 5.281 to 5.264 for long date, and 5.25 to 5.221 for short. The Cotton Market has shown more firmness, princi pally as the result of increased purchases by domestic spinners. Accounts from the South represent the picking season as progressing favourably ; but estimates as to the amount of the new crop aro as conflicting as ever. The market closes at 331 cents for Middling Uplands. FOREIGN QUOTATIONS. Sept. 14. Sept. 7 London commercial lO5l 106 101 105 Do. bankers' long lO6l 107 1051 106 Do. bankers' short sight lO7l 108 1061 107 Paris sixty days s2B+ 526} 5381 533+ Do. short sight 523 5221 535 531+ Antwerp 5311 528+ 540 536+ llamburr , 351 33+ 351- A msterd'am 4Ol 40 40+ Frankfort Bremen 77+ 771 771 771 Berlin 7Ol 71 70 70+ COTTON QUOTATIONS. Uplands. Mobile. N.O. & Ts. Good Ordinary Low Middling 3ll to 32 32 to 321 33 to 331 Middling Good Middling MOVEMENTS OF SPECIE AT NEW YORK. Impours.—From California, Sept. 10, $1,679,030 ' • re ceived previously, $27,861,313. Since January 1, 1866, $29,540,343. EXPORTS.—For week ending Sept. 8, $157,062 ; pre viously, $53,395,000. Since January 1, $53,552,062 ; same time 1865, $20,760,803. (Front E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s 'Trak& Circular, September 26.) The latest dates of advices from New York, by the " Asia," aro to the 11th inst. There was no diminution in the abundance of money, and lei:viers were readily ac cepting from three to four per cent. on Government se curities, and four to five per cent. on good Railroad Stocks. United States Bonds were scarcely in such active de mand, and there wps a slight decline in price in some descriptions. In Railroad Stocks business was more active, and quotations were generally well sustained. State Bonds and Railroad Mortgages showed but little change, and Gold was steady at former rates. Owing to the damage to the land wires in Newfound land, the latest Telegram received from New York is to the 20th inst., and reports the following quotations:— Gold, 144; ; United States 5-20's, 1111 ; Illinois, 121; ; Erie (Common), 771 ; Exchange, 154. In the London market for American securities there has not been quite so much activity during the past week as we have noticed of late, and quotations exhibit a declining tendency. The settlement, to-day, has developed a largely over-bought account in United States 5-20 Bonds, and the Contango has been to 5-16 ; under these circum stances the price has given way to 71; to I, a decline of one per cent. on the week. For Illinois Shares there has been but little inquiry, and they have declined to 771 tot. Fries on the other hand have continued in demand for shipment to New York, and at one time advanced to 48, but close 474 to 1, The difference in price (approaching 20 per cent.) be tween the Debentures and Consolidated Bonds of the At lantic and Great Western Railway has induced many parties to exchange tho former for the latter, hence De bentures have been more offered, while the Consolidated bonds continue in steady demand. UNITED STATES DEBT..,, The following is a stater:l6ra of the Public De'bt of the United States on the Ist of'Sopt., 1866 : Debt bearing Coin Interest. Five per cent. Bonds 8198,091,350.00 Six per cent bonds of 1867-68 Six per cent. bonds of 1881 Six per cent 5-20 Bonds 776,422,800.00 Navy Pension Fund 11,750,000.00 Total debt bearing coin interest _ Debt bearing Currency Interest. Six per cent. Bonds $ 8,202,000.00 Temporary loan Three-year compound interest notes Three-year 7-30 notes 769,518,900.00 Total Matured debt not presented for payment 19,653,443.82 Debt bearing No Interest. United States notes 5399,603,592.00 Fractional Currency 26,443,998.33 Gold certificates of deposit Total Total Debt 52,728,314,835.95 Amount in Treasury Coin Currency 132,631,667.73 Amount of debt, less cash in Treasury on Sept. 1, 1863 52,595,683,168.22 The foregoing is a correct statement of the Public Debt, as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns in the department on the Ist of September, 1866. M'CuLLocn, Secretary of the Treasury. OFFICIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.—United States 6 per Cent. 5.20 Bonds, 1882: Thursday, 724 4 / i; Friday, 724 1 1 ; Saturday, 724 24; Monday, 724 14 4 4; Tuesday, 714 21/ 4 ; Wednesday, 714 1 4. Virginia 5 per Cent. Sterling Bonds : Thursday, —. Virginia 6 per Cent. Dollar Bonds: Thursday, 454 Friday, —; Tuesday, 444; Wednesday, 441 4. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. (N. Y. Sect.) Ist Mrt. Bonds, 188( Friday, —; Tuesday, —; Wednesday, —. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. 2nd Mrt. Bonds, 1881: Friday, —; Monday, 674. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. (Penns. Sect.) Ist Mrt. Bonds, 1877: Thursday, —; Tuesday, —. Atlan. and Great Western Consolidated Bonds, 1895: Thursday, 50 4 4 ; Friday, 49 4 ; Saturday, 494 84; Monday, 484 91 ; Tuesday, 484 9 ; Wed nesday, 484 71. Erie Shares, $lOO, all paid : Thurs day, 471 7 64 ; Friday, 47 8 ; Saturday, 48 -1 ; Monday, 474 4 ; Tuesday, 474 4 ; Wednesday, 471 4. Erie Shares, 6 per cent. Convertible Bonds : Friday, x.c. ; Tuesday, —; Wednesday, x.c.. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. Bonds of 1875: Thursday, —; Monday, —. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Bonds of 1875: Monday, —. Illinois Central Shares, all paid : Thursday, 78 d ; Friday, ; +Saturday, 78 ; Monday, 774 ; Tues day, 774 8 ; Wednesday, 774. Philadelphia and Erie First Mortgage, 1881: Thursday, 75 ; Saturday, ; Tuesday, —. Philadelphia and Erie First Mortgage, 1881, with option to be paid in Philadelphia : Saturday, —. Pennsylvania Second Mort. Sterling Bonds, 1875 Tuesday, —. ARRIVAL OF PASSENGERS. BY THE ASIA, AT LIVERPOOL, SEPT. '23.—Mr. B. A. Gould, Miss A. W. Weston, Mr. Goltman, Mr. A. Sumner two Misses Sumner, Mr. J. L. Bulkley, Mr. J. C. Mißats, Mr. F. P. Alnieda, Mr. William Booth, Miss Booth, Mrs. and Miss Peake, Miss Hodson, Mr. R. B. Peake, Mr. Herbert Boyd, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Haws and lady, Mr. Lunt, Mr. G. Fleming, Miss Fleming, Mr. M. Vaughan, Mr. Pengelly, lady, two children, and two maids ; Mrs. Holloway and infant, Mrs. Alfred Buckland, Sergt. W. Fosby, Captain Colling, Mr. G. A. Tomson, Mr. Solnier, Mr. J. H. Sturgess, lady, four children, and two maids, Mr. Peter Reid, Mr. A. F. Musman, Mr. L. James, Mrs. E. S. Small, Mr. J. Wirz, Mr. A. Arton and lady, Mr. C. W. Slater, Mr. Weston, Mr. John Brown, Mr. R. Gray, Mr. Richard Wilkins, Mr. Jeffrey Foot, Mr. Hugh Thomas, R.N., and two children, Mr. J. W. Daniel, Mr. M'Donald, Mr. Smith, Mr. J. K. Ryerson, Rev. R. M`Gregor, and three consular passengers. BY TILE CITY OF BOSTON, AT LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 25. Mr. J. P. Formstechor, Mr. E. T. Sawyer, Mr. Galloway and lady, Mr. A. T. Catthar, Mr. Kindineco, Mr. Healey, Mr. W. G. Anderson, Mr. Wilbrecht, Mr. Corballis and lady, Mr. Lester, Mr. Kruse, Mr. Robbelin, Mr. Zachrisson, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Colville, Mr. Darian, lady, and two children, Mr. Reck, Mr. S. G. Crymblo, Mr. Chisholth, Mr. Seldon and daughter, Mr. Lahmann, Mr. Mirales, Mr. Scott, Mr. Paine, Mr. Green, Mr. Witte, Mr. Munn and lady, Mr. and Miss Dunham, Miss Fitton, Miss Guthrie, Miss Howard, Mr. Keenan, Mr. Chater, Rev. A. and Miss Darcy, Rev. J. and Miss M'Carthy ; and 270 steerage passengers. By the 8.8. Wm. PENN, Capt. BINGE, from New York, Sept. 22.—Mr. P. Manser, Rebecca Lear, Eleanor J. Cutts and child, Mary Jane Madge, Mr. Henry Wattersen and wife, Lucie Mermier, Mr. J. J. Mahoney, Elizabeth Mahoney, Mr. H. Cain, Mr. G. H. Crowe, Rev. S. Kay, Martha Whitehead and two children, Harriet Warrington, Maria Emmons, Mr. B. D. Lion, Mr. A. Rippler, Mr. G. W. Wilkes, Mr. J. Biggs, Emily Lincoln, Margaret Chevalier, Mr. E. J. Hewett, Mr. B. Johnston, Mr. J. Johnston, Mr. T. Heath. BY THE BELGIAN, AT LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 25.—Mr. Byron, Mrs. Byron, Mrs. Brenden and daughter, Assistant Surgeon Duncan, Mr. Vinden, Miss Anderson, Mr. R. Anderson, Mr. J. Anderson, Mons. Ravel Favier, Captain Freeman, Mr. Miles, Mr. Royds, and Mr. J. W. Ro'ph. DEPARTURE OF PASSENCIERS. By the Hamburg and United States steamship TEUTONIA, Captain HAAcx, commander, Sept. 22.—First-class Upper Saloon.—B. Timmonit frau, J. Schonfeld, N. Olsen, Mine Bloch, New York ; Jacob Tamm, mit frau und kind, St. Louis ; George Stroh, San Francisco ; Marie and Adolph Botticher, Franstadt ; Hans Lindemann, Saalfeld ; Leopold Hoff, Berlin; Henry Keutsch, Copenhagen George Boneck, Altona ; Elise Frank, Wien; John Entwistle, Hamburg ; Gustav Ostermann, mit frau, New Orleans; Antonio Fehringer, Weimar ; Eduard Ostermann, Crefeld ; S. Diamant, New York ; IL Dubme, Cincinnati ; First-class Lower Saloon.—Ernst Langhoff, mit frau und kind, Spornitz ; W. Iwersen, Riepsdorf ; Magd. Irschik, und Anton, Wien ; Georg Stemmler, Wiesbaden ; Friedke Dessau, Dora Buck, Hamburg ; Bernhard Salomon, Lune nurg ; Gustav Meyer, Hannover; A. Frommelt, Bautzen ; Ludwig Hartmann, Hilter ; T. Eitel, Esslingen; A. Thodo, Gustrow ; Dora Matthias, Krotoschin ; Carl Schmoid, Aron Aller, Baden ; Emma Nathan, Bergedorf ; Betty Warner, Rebut% Maria.Bievers, Butphude ; A. Atpller, Alt. Breizack Anna Simons, Ribnitz ; Pauline Klenz, Philadelphia ; Pau line Fleischmann mit kind, Charleston ; J. Rudolf, Chicago ; Elise Ebener mit 4 kindern, New York; D. Bishop, Wauen ; J. G. Schutz() mit frau, St. Louis ; Ulrike Kurmb, New York ; Georg Fischer mit frau, Newark ; W. Reuscb, mit sohn, Peru ; Hermann Brunner, Giessen ; Elise Hahn, Nurnberg; Peter mid C. Bender, Bretzenheim ; Auguste Kruger mit kind, Memel; Marie Gutmann, mit 3 kindern, Hamburg; Johannis Brandt mit frau, Poln, Lissa ; Rosalie Seelig, Stettin ; Bertha Reinhardt, Virchow ; Maria Panz, Hannover ; Johann Christiansen, Schweden ; E. Fischer, Numburg ; C. Conrad, St. Louis; Helene Westedt, San Francisco ;, M. A. Hauser, Mary Heidig, mit kind, and M. Cobliner, New York ; Rudolph Goebel mit frau und 3 kinder; and Albertine Dyes, St. Louis ; Carl Meyer, America ; Emil Eichhorn, Ebernheim ; Jos. Behn, Santos ; Julie Heinemann, Salzkotten ; Therese Rohe, Obernburg; Lorenz Hofmann, mit frau und 2 kin dern, Obernburg; Adolph Kogler, Wiesbaden; David Fleseh, Frankfurt a. M. ; Ida Ullmann, Roedelheim ; Friedrich Brauer, Richmond; Wilhelm Haas, Homburg; L. Graeffe, mit frau mid 2 kindern, New York ; Anna Feikers, New York ; Auguste Schlater, New York; Dora Rolffs, Hamburg; Julie Ruhmaun, Hamburg; Julie Gart ner, Hamburg; Carl Koppe, Hamburg; Richard Kaps, Hamburg ; Carl Wedderin, Dessau. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—P My poverty, but not my will consents," is the true expression of a feeling which too many have experienced, and all can understand. It is a kind of protest quite painful to think of, but we may as well say at once that it has not the slightest ap plication to the British elector who sells his vote for money. That is the one leading conclusion, the " fact common to all classes" which may be disco vered in the voluminous proceedings of the Commis sions now sitting. The voters of Yarmouth and Totnes who took bribes from candidates and their agents did certainly never take them against their will, nor often by reason of their necessities. As we read the evidence day after day, with its accu mulation of facts and scenes and characters, we almost cease to wonder at the unexpected extent to which bribery has been found to prevail. The bribed electors did no violence to their own feelings or opinions. They did not sell their convictions for the simple reason that they had no convictions to sell. The idea of a discrimating estimate of political questions and a vote based upon that estimate never entered into their heads. One manager after another tells us that politics went for nothing in his opera tions. A witness asked about his politics by the Commissioners conducting the examination could not so much as tell the meaning of the term or un derstand the question put to him. For the most part, indeed, there is no employment of political terms at all, but only, at most, a reference to party colours. Men describe themselves or their votes, not as Liberal or Conservative, but as blue, red, or yellow. To these colours there is a certain amount of fidelity, but that is all. We do learn from the evidence published that in four English boroughs, in four different quarters of the kingdom, hundreds upon hundreds of electors voted for money, but it - is utterly impossible to presume that, if the money had been intercepted, they would have voted from any species of political conviction. Aa to the can didates, it is fair to say that some of them come out of the inquiry better than might have been expected : indeed, the Commissioners them selves are drawing distinctions in this respect. There was always a preliminary demand for money, but it was asked for "legitimate" expenses, only these expenses were put rather high. At Lancaster, we are told, a perfectly pure election would cost £l,OOO, —that is, we presume, £l,OOO each side, or each candidate, the charge being increased according as the purity became less and less perfect. At Totnes Mr. Pender was asked for £1,400, which struck him, he says, as rather a large sum, because, whereas he had understood that " every borough had its price," he fancied Totnes—we suppose from the smallness of the constituency—would be a cheaper bargain. Being asked where he thought this money was going to, he replied, "It seemed to me part of the constitutional custom, legalised by custom," and, certainly, if prescriptive usage could make either Constitution or law, the impression was not alto gether a false one. Mr. Bender's expectations of economy, however, were sadly disappointed, for two elections, with " gifts for public purposes " in the interval between them, cost him £7,461 7s. 4d, — more than twice as much as the average yearly cost of Yarmouth. Of course, any candidate would rather win for nothing than win for money, but some of them seem to have been really anxious to avoid bri bery, and some to have been unaware of it. What the candidate refused to do the "party" unhesitat ingly did—not only in administering money, but in finding it. Generally, however, the funds came sooner or later out of the candidate's pocket, to his disgust or indignation, more or less sincere ; and if his previous ignorance did not partake of willing connivance, it savoured very much of wilful blind ness. It has been suggested that we ought to attack bribery at the fountain head ; but bribery is not always the act of the candidate. Not only does he not administer the bribe, but it may happen that he does not find the means. It seems as if the money required beyond a certain sum— or, in other words, the money employed in corruption was furnished sometimes by independent contribu tions, nor can we doubt, indeed, that political associations would provide the means for poli tical contests, even if no " spirited" candidates were forthcoming. Then, there is always the vaunted remedy of the ballot. Mr. Henry Berkeley and his friends believe that if votes were given in secret, so that no briber could tell whether he actually re ceived value for his money, bribing would cease. Who would purchase goods without any security for their delivery? We should consider this ques tion unanswerable were it not for the identity of interests between the parties concerned. We think the seller would, in the majority of instances, de liver the goods, simply because if he did not he would be spoiling the market, whereas it would be against his interest to have the market spoilt. No doubt there would be greedy men, without even rogues' honour, who would cheat their customers by taking bribes from both sides, but the greater number might be expected to fulfil their pledges if only to preserve their " customs." This, however, is not the most important question suggested by the pending revelations. We must ask again what ordinary course of action is to be expected of such electors as figure in the reports, supposing the mar ket for votes to be effectually closed ? If thousands of honest voters, impressed with sincere convictions, had been led to barter those convictions for money under the pressure of want, we should know what would happen if the temptation were withdrawn. But no such conditions exist. We cannot remem ber a single instance in all the multitudinous cases produced of such feelings and conduct as we have been supposing. To the best of our recollection, no one voter ever came forward to say that he was coerced by his poverty against his will. In fact, to a very great extent there was neither poverty nor will in the case at all. The bribed voters were not poor ; and, even if they had not been bribed, there was no political will or conviction which, in the ab sence of improper influence, could have dictated their votes. On Thursday, at Lancaster, a tenant farmer, paying £4OO a year rent, owned to selling his vote for £B. This was an extreme case, but it is perfectly clear that the receipt of bribes is not by any means confined to the necessitous. The money is taken in accordance with custom, because it is " flying about ;" because one man "may as well get it as another ;" and because, above all, it costs nothing to take. If there were any traces, in all these confessions, of violence felt or necessity de plored, we should know what to anticipate when the tempters were banished, but there is not a vestige of any such sentiments. The men who now sell their votes could sell them no longer if there were nobody to buy them, but we cannot detect a sign of any influence or motive which would replace the desire of gain. How such voters would vote, if they took the trouble to vote at all, is a mystery. They might go according to their colours, blue or red, according as they or their fathers had been red or blues; but if there is any other influence at work with them, we cannot discover it from these disclosures. The evi dence given by election managers is either naturally prejudiced or it comes to what we have said. Libe ral agents declare that a borough, if bribery could be stopped, would - return Liberals ; Conservative agents assert that, under the same conditions, no Liberal would have a chance; but there are some who confess plainly that real political principles have no existence whatever, and that is our de duction from the evidence. What then, in the absence of any such principles to take the place of sordid motives, is to determine the suffrages of a constituency ? ANGLO -A m IICAN TIMES.—The New York corres pondents of the leading London journals give, in our opinion, a very erroneous impression of the bitterness expressed by the Press of the States on the political questions now splitting the Union into factions. The most prominent politicians of both sides certainly dis play great acrimony--with many brilliant exceptions. But the Press, as a whole, discuss the questions with much calmness and dignity. Few in this city read through so large a number of American jour nals as ourselves, and we are often astonished at the statements made on this side of the rabid bit terness displayed in the Union. That such a dis play has unfortunately been made by the Presi dent in his late tour we freely confess, and that these statements have called forth as bitter de nunciations from his opponents is equally true. Nothing could be easier than to disprove such ac cusations against the Press did our space contain volumes instead of a few sheets, by simply extract ing the articles on the question. The sense of the nation is excited against the President mainly on account of his violent language, and it is not likely that what has done him so much injury would be beneficial in a newspaper to adopt. As time progresses it will .be clearly seen that the nation will not tolerate people whose tendency is to drift it into another Civil War. The strong ascendancy of the Republican party will be decisive on the question. Having the undoubted power in their hands, the inclination will be to use it as the nation desires—that is, moderately, and the inclination of the Democratic party will be to accept the best terms they can get, for they will certainly not improve their condition by an appeal to arms. There is no statesman in America, from the President downwards, who does not profess to bow to the distinctly expressed wish of the nation. This is not mere theory ; it is acted on practically, And these very letters contain the best evidence of what the wish of the nation is. A short time ago we were told that the Philadelphia Union Conven tion was to annihilate the opposition of Congress, and place the whole power in the hands of the President to carry out his policy. We are now told that " weak-minded" people are going by thousands into the Radical ranks, which, being interpreted, means that the sense of the nation is against Mr. Johnson's violence, these weak-minded people being the backbone of the United States. This is the great Conservative element which, when it speaks, drowns every opposition, and before whom all must bow. To induce this quiescent element of the nation to move—is the difficulty. It only acts on great emergencies, but when it does act the question is decided. The Press has already felt the influence. The New York Herald has at once bowed to what it declares to be the voice of the people ; and, deter mined as Mr. Johnson is, there is no other course for him but to do likewise or resign. The real opposition rests in the person of Mr. Johnson, backed by the great respect entertained throughout the Union for his office. If he moderates his tone the effect will be instantaneous, and the people, who believe firmly in his honesty of purpose, will be content to forget his indiscretions. The ews paper Press of America will suppress the tendencies of political agitators to keep up the bitterness of the struggle. -Never before did a conquering nation act more leniently to a beaten foe than the North to the South, because the feeling of the people was in favour of measures of extreme conciliation. The journals of the far South do harm by the bad blood they display, but much consideration is allowed for the generated by defeat. Their scolding would excite little attention if not backed by the support of the President and the Democratic party. With the old ascendancy of the Republicans will come more moderation in their counsels. To suppose that the New England States—the stronghold of the party—wish for a re newal of the war is to suppose a monstrous absdr dity. Every sentiment of these people is towards peace, which they believe can be best secured by settling on a firm basis the questions which now excite such animosity. They hold that the Presi dent's policy would renew the ascendancy of the South, undo the result of the war, and necessitate another for the accomplishment of the ends on which they are bent. With such views, it is natu ral they should strain every nerve not to allow the opportunity to pass. At the same time there is a great and growing party in the Union who stand midway between the President and Congress. When prominent men like Henry Ward Beecher express such views they are apt to be denounced by the party whose ranks they appear to be leaving. There is a well-known tendency to exaggera tion -in American sentiment, which leads politicians to speak in much stronger terms than they feel, or are at all prepared to act. We maintain that the true sentiment of the people is expressed,— perhaps with a tinge of this exaggeration by the Press—and, on the whole, these sentiments are distinctly moderate. THE AMERICAN PRESS. Every American citizen is in duty bound to vote, and to vote understandingly, on every issue which is presented for the popular suffrage. It is no excuse for any that he does not understand the merits of public questions. The laud abounds in newspapers, representing every shade of thought and of opinions. There are, at all times of public excitement, speeches and discussions to which men may listen, or they may adopt the quieter mode of reading the reports of these things at their leisure. Everything worth while, and much that is not, is duly reported ; and the cheapness, fullness, and ability of the American press challenge comparison with that of any coun try. " Time's noblest triumph," in the completion of the magnetic telegraph between the Old World and the New, opens our daily field of review to in chide the whole civilised world. lie who is unin formed now of what is passing in the world must be very indolent or very stupid. The knowledge of everything that happens in national matters, every where, goes into the information which is necessary to make an American citizen competent as an elec tor. And competence to perform his duty, and con science to do it, are the essentials to the proper im provement of the principles which a bountiful Pro vidence has conferred upon us. We hear much said of " reconstruction," and of the preserva tion of our liberties, and the defence of the Con stitution and the law. No man who neglects the obvious requirements and prerequisites to intelligent citizenship can understandingly fulfil his mission in this great and free Republic. Error and ignorance caused the late rebellion, and protracted the struggle. Against error and ignorance every person, not only actual voters, should array them selves. And the only guard is to keep posted up in all that is occurring, and especially upon the character and the claims of those who present them selves before the people for their support. Not only the personal character of the men should be canvassed, but the nature of the schools of opinion that they represent. The public journals must be read, but not these ephemeral productions. They, like public men, are fair subjects for criticism, and their utterances must be weighed and carefully ex amined. For this it is ne cessar y th a t their readers should be familiar with history,"and especially with the history of their own country, Spread-eagle epitomes and school compendiums, from which all opinion has been carefully eliminated, will not an swer. We must go into detail ; and from partisan writers who have given us full and particular nar ratives we must draw our own conclusions. A jury listens to the elaborate pleas on both sides. There has been a vast deal too much non-committal writ ing in our country. Ile who looks for a full under standing of any subject in a writer whose study it is to offend nobody, rather than to teach anybody, will look in vain. We repeat, then, it is a sacred duty for Americans, and especially for young Ameri cans, to be diligent students of the national history, and to trace the influence of past occurrences upon contemporary events. Materials are abundant, and to a systematic and intelligent man time is not wanting. Thus only can w e have a nation of men of manly, intellectual stature. Thus only can the great duty which God has placed upon us be ful filled.—Philadelphia Inquirer. A most conspicuous and melancholy example of the abuse of language has been afforded during the late Presidential pilgrimage, in which the intelligence and moral sense of the North has been shocked by the frequent use of language which, if used in the literal sense or general significance, would imply a condition of things in the country more alarming and revolting than prevailed during the worst days of anarchy in France. If the President of the United States, who should never utter a word with out deliberately weighing its significance, really be lieves that all the men who differ with him on a question of great difficulty and delicacy, who com prise more than two-thirds of Congress, who em brace the Governors of nine-tenths of all the loyal States, and three-fourths of the aggregate members of all the Legislatures of those States—if he really believes what he says, that they are " traitors," " trying to destroy the Union," then that conviction should be communicated to the country and the world with a solemnity becoming the momentous ness of the announcement, and not shouted forth with passionate gesticulation in the face of a surging crowd, in' answer to the insults of a drunken boor ! In such case he should remain at his post at the Capital, and thence proclaim the terrible fact in such language as Washington would have used, in sad and earnest appeal, to the patriotism and intelli gence of the country. -But the President does not mean what he says. Ile is using forms of expres sion unhappily too common among writers and speakers in the South, who mistake extravagance and hyperbole for force, and who have lost all just conception a the power and purport of wo r d s . 'Th a t there is a large body of men differing from the Pre sident in his policy, who are vehement in their de nunciation of it, and of lain as, in their belief, a deserter from principles and measures iu which they had supposed him attached, in common with them selves, there can be no doubt. But their dissent does not justify the heavy charge of treason from Presidential lips any morkthan their vituperation deserves notice from the Chief Executive of the nation. We profoundly regret the recent Presi dential trip. Mr. Johnson, as well as 'the American people, must bitterly blame those who planned and advised it. The dignity of the Presidential office has been lowered, and the weakest side of Mr. Johnson's salient character unnecessarily exposed. The men who dragged him away from his post of duty knew better than any other equal number of men what were the faults and perils of the illustrious Tennesseean. They knew how the opposition, the taunts and sneers of the slave aristocracy of his region, had greatly unsettled the equilibrum of a mind which, under other circumstances, might have been eminently judicial, and had given to natural earnestness a tendency to violence in action and ex travagance of speech, which the exciting trials of the last four years had not contributed to diminish. It was their duty as friends and counsellers, and as American citizens, charged in all ways with sustaining the national reputation, to have checked this tendency, and avoided instead of seeking opportunities for its exhibition. Earnest and disinterested friends advised Mr. Johnson to remain in the Capital, and, if re quiring repose and recreation, to seek it somewhere else than among heated crowds, and on rushing and suffocating railways. Could these be real friends who overruled that rational advice ? Is it possible that their purpose was the opposite of that of the sons of Noah, and that, by facilitating political suicide, they should clear the way for personal pre ferment ?—Frauk Leslie's Illustrated. The Philadelphia Inquirer says :—" They are cir culating in New Orleans rumours to the effect that Maximilian had packed up ; that he had abdicated in favour of Prince Napoleon, of France, and other exciting statements. There does not seem to be any foundation for these stories. The agentsof the Asso ciated Press characterises them as rumours which pre cede a fact, and supposes that they indicate the begin ning of the end. That Maximilian is in a doubtful condition is admitted, but that it . is necessary for him to go just yet is not so clear. Until there are vessels at Vera Cruz to carry off the first detach ment of French troops he is tolerably safe, and even after the first withdrawal the two detachments re maining might protect him for a year. We think that he has something of Austrian obstinacy about him, and will not give up as long as there is the least excuse for indulgence in hope. As for the ab dication in favour of Pridee Napoleon, we do not think that Maximilian would venture upon such an act without the consent of the Prince himself. The latter knows very well what a fearful mistake the Franco-Austrian occupation of Mexico has been, and he would not dare to undertake a task in which his predecessor had miserably failed. Nor could he do so without the consent of his cousin, the French Emperor, nor could the latter expect that the change of rulers would be submitted to by the United States. The Mexican question has been a sore trouble to France, which it is her interest to get rid of. It would be much more serious and embarrassing should there be an attempt to replace the German Prince with a French successor. There can, therefore, be no truth in the idea that the Austrian will abdicate in favour of Prince Napoleon, nor can the former find any European Prince willing to take the risks and responsibilities of his position. If he abdicates, he can do so without naming a successor. But if he must select some head to ex perience the uneasiness which attends the possession of power, he would do a wise thing by making a general assignment of all claims to Benito Juarez and the Mexican people, who, if they are not satisfied with the principal assignee, can select another." COUNTRY MARKETS. -• WAKEFIELD.—FnmAY. Fine old wheat meets a fair demand to-day at an ad vance of is to 2s per qr. New dry sorts aisa is dearer, but damp parcels sold slowly. Fine barley fully maintains the rates of 'Friday last, and damp parcels almost unsale able. Beans and oats at rather higher prices. LINCOLN.-FRIDAY. Our market to-day was tolerably supplied with wheat with a pretty fair attendance. Best samples is to 2s over late currencies. Barley was a fair show, and met a firm demand. Oats steady. Beans made more money. New white wheat, 56s to 60s ; new red, 49s to 55s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 38s to 44s per qr ; grinding, 32s to 35s per 30 stone. Oats, 25s to 335. Beans; 47s to 51s per 38 stone. LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. We had a fair attendance at our market to-day, and wheat met a slow demand owing to the high prices asked. Flour was in good demand, and brought is 6d per saek over the rates of Tuesday last. Oats and oatmeal dull and must be quoted at extreme prices. Barley, beans, and peas the turn dearer: Indian corn was wanted-30s por qr for prime mixed. DER33Y-FRIDAr. New white wheat, 51s to 68i3 ; old red, 50s to 57s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 36s to 42s per qr. ; grinding, 37s to 38s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 27s to 29s ; old, ,29s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 50s to 525; new, 46s to 503 per 38 stone. S TAMF ORD-FRIDAY. New white wheat, 53s to 59s ; rod do., '4Bs to 55s per 86 stono. Barley, malting, 36s to 435; grinding, 2/s to 30s pei qr. Oats, new, 24s to 28s; old, 288 to 32s per 21 stone Beans, 48s to 50s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. RIPON-FRIDAY. White, wheat, 7s 3d to 8s Od por bushel ; rod, Gs 6d to 7s; beans, 6s 9d to 7s; oats, 26s to 32s per qr ; barley, 38s to 40$ Od. BRISTOL SUGAR-FRIDAY. The demand for sugar this week has been dull, and little business has been done at 6d decline on both raw and refined descriptions. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Walls End Hetton ... 21 6 Cassop Tees Holywell Main 2O 0 South Hetton Wallsend Haswell '2l 6 Pensher Primrose ... 19 6 Hetton Lyons 2O 0 West Hartley Tunstall South Hartlepool 2O 9 Ships at market, 34—sold, 33. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Botithamptoa oet. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 14. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. ..... oot. 4. Ditto, by .French packet Oct. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Lielena 00. 28. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton—Oct 3. Ditto, via Marseilles. Oc t. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 3 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 3 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Oot. 13. Ditto, via Marseilles ... ...Oct. 7 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 3. Ditto, via Marseille's Oct. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseille 3 Oct. 14. Newfoundland _ , Oct. 10. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Oct. 5. West Coabt of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ....Oct. lu. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) Cuba and Mexico Sept. 21. Bermuda. via Halifax Oct. 24 . Bahamas, via New York. Oct. 18. HAIR DYEING.—The present fashion of dyeing the hair yellow is fraught with unpleasantness. Tho Romans practised this art assiduously. It is said that ladies who wished their hair yellow were made to stand in the sun bareheaded for some time, and were then sprinkled with yellow dust ; but nowadays potash is used, and this has the property of softening up and dissolving the fibres of the hair and the cuticle of the scalp. —The Queen. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills and Ointment.-- Deranged Stomach, Sick Headache.—Our comfort, happi ness, and security depend on the knowledge that most diseases originate from apparently a trifling beginning/ and that the large proportion of them spring from inatten tion to the state of the stomach. Professor Holloway bas turned his knowledge to useful account by discovering medicines which cure, without exception, the attendants on disordered. digestion. They ward off, likewise, the torturing sick headache. The Ointment should be well rubbed, twice daily, over the stomach, liver, and bowels; to them it penetrates, and, aided by the pills, immediately works such a revolution as establishes perfect digestion. Births. A LDRIDGE— On the 27th inst., at Knepp Castle, Sussex, the wife of Major Aldridge, of a son. ABBOTT —On the 28th inst., at 4, Belsize-square, Hanir stead, the wife of T. Abbott, Esq., of a son. BURNAND —On the 28th inst., at Duppa's-hill, Croydon , Mrs. L. B. Burnand, of a daughter. PEREIRA—On the 26th inst., at Wellesley Hall, Stafford, the Hot. Mrs. E. Pereira., of a son. Marriages. ATLEE —M'CALL —On the 27th inst., at the British Ear bassy, Paris, Falconer Atlee, Esq., 11.8.M.'s Consul at Paris and Attache to the Embassy, to Mary Dobree , second daughter of Lieut.:Colonel M'Call, Chateau do Chantilly. CT.EWDSON—L4,NDALL—OU the 27th inst., at St. Mary' 4 Church, Glasgow, Alfred Crewdson, of Alderly Ede] Cheshire, to Catherine, fourth daughter of the late David Landall, St. Mary's, Fife, Esq. Deaths. . BRIDGE—On the 21st Aug., on his passage home from bilv dras, Major L. Bridge, koyal Artillery, aged 38. GROSETT—On the 22d ... inst., at Chew Magna, John Rock Crosott, Esq., aged 83. HULSE—At Addlestono, Chertsey, R. S. Hulse, late Captala and Lieutenant Coldstream Guards, third son of tha late Sir C. Hulse, of Breamore, Hants, aged 54. PLUMMER—On the 2Gth inst., at Canterbury, S. Plummer, Esq., aged 72. VINING—On the 26th inst., at Birnbeck-terrace, Weston' super-Mare, John Vining, Esq., aged 81. WOOD—On the 26th inst., at Woodcot Park, Haddingtop' s shire, Jane, widow of the late Alex. Wood, Esq., 0 ' Woodcot. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM AN DR EVil' of No. 112, Strand, Philter, at Tim SUN Woe, No. IV', Strand, in the Precinct of the Sar3y, in the Coital (/' Bliddleem7/3aturday, September 29, lOW. I