The Sun. — London, England, 1867-09-14 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, Sept. 13. At the dinner of the Lisnaskea Agricultural Society, which was held on Wednesday evening, Lord Erne, who presided, gave some sound advice to the farmers, mingled with unpalatable truths of which it is necessary to remind them. No one ad ministers a lecture with better grace, or has a stronger claim to be listened to with respect. He has founded societies for the improvement of the farmers on his extensive estates in Donegal and Fermanagh, and is a liberal contributor to every institution which is calculated to promote their interests, i'nd he Pos sesses a practical experience which entitles him to speak with authority upon agricultural subjects. After expressing regret that the farming of Ireland was so inferior to that of England and Scotland, which are not solely dependent upon agriculture, as Ireland is, he alluded to the important topic of the Irish butter trade. He was sorry that it did not hold the same command of the English markets which it used to do. He attributed this to the fault of the farmers themselves. He reminded them that they have now to compete with the butter from Holland and from France. The Dutch farmers have large dairies, and can make up a tub from one milking, which is then of one colour, and is pre ferred to the Irish, which is too often made up piecemal. The French are superior in cleanliness. He read a letter he had received from Mr. Fowler, of Manchester, an extensive buyer, who confirmed the statement of others as to the causes of the dis favour with which Irish butter is now regarded. He says ;—" The foreign butters are preferred to the Irish butter, because they are so fresh. All the foreign butter brought to England is sold within 10 days of being churned. Foreign butters are scrupu lously clean, while Irish butter containshair and dirt of various kinds, as well as too much salt and brine, particularly that from the south of Ireland, and much too frequently that from the north. The chief fault of the Irish farmer is the practice of ' holding' which prevails. They hold' their butter for two or three months at a time, and I have actually known it held' for a year for the purpose of getting the highest prices of the season. The butter thus dete riorates and becomes stale and rancid. English coa sumers are not fond of stale and rancid butter, and prefer French, which is quite fresh." Mr. Fowler, it may be observed, cannot be sus pected of entertaining any prejudice against Irish produce, for he is a native of the north of Ireland. Lord Erne enforced the necessity of improvement if the Irish farmers did not wish to see their butter used only for greasing axles. Oa the subject of flax he offered some remarks to the same effect. There wat not sufficient care taken in the cultivation of it, and therefore the Belgian flax commands a better price. He attributed the decrease in the number of acres under the crop this year to the reaction caused by over-cultivation in former years, and he coun selled the farmers not to put it in too often. Another evidence of neglect which he animadverted on was the quantity of weeds in the country. On this sub ject he observed:—" I saw more weeds in one day here than during an entire journey from Holyhead to London. It is extraordinary to see the weeds in this country. I have frequently brought the sub ject before my tenants, and told them that the weeds take up as much suction from the ground as the crop itself. I have heard that the seeds from one thistle will grow 30,000 or 40,000 more, and by not destroying them you do incalculable harm. In Scot land there is a law by which you can serve a notice upon your neighbour, and compel him, under a penalty of £5, to remove the weeds from his land. We have no law of the kind, but we ought to have, for it would be very beneficial. The weeds, being indigenous, take more nourishment out of the ground than the crops, and thus effect a serious loss." With such proofs of gross negligence as are thus pointed out by one of their best friends it is not to be wondered at that the condition of Irish farmers is not better than it is. Lord Erne next adverted to the scarcity of Irish labourers, advised that they should be better taken care of, and declared his in- I tention of offering a premium for the best house specially constructed for that class. The necessity of improving the dwellings of the small farmers and the labouring poor is beginning i to be felt more keenly, but the efforts to supply the admitted want have been as yet upon a limited scale. It is due to one of the London companies, however, to observe that they have taken the matter up in a practical and liberal spirit. A deputation from the Drapers' Company have been visiting their estates in the county of Derry for the last fortnight, in quiring into the grievances of the tenants, and re dressing them so far as possible. This company have lately erected rows of houses at Moneymore, at a cost of £3,000, and are letting them off at a rent which gives them only 3 per cent. The Banbridge investigation, at which Mr. Rea is on the other side, defending the Orangemen who are charged with breaking the law at Scawa on the 13th of July, was postponed to the 20th inst. Mr. Rea's defence is likely to present some original fea tures. His material witness, without whom he can not proceed, is, it may be remembered, Mr. Bernard Hughes, a wealthy Roman Catholic baker of Belfast, who will be produced to prove that orange and purple are not party colours. This he is expected to do upon the most unexceptionable authority, having seen the Pope himself wearing purple robes, and his bodyguard dressed in orange. If he succeed in im pressing the magistrates with this view, he will be regarded as a liberator. He suggests an ingenious expedient for blending the hues of party in an "arch of peace," or at least for lessening the attachment of the Orangemen to their darling colours. Meanwhile the prosecutions are being turned to account for political purposes, and ad vantage is taker. of them to open a breach between the Government and the Orange party. Mr. Johnstone, of Ballykilbeg, who is the embodiment of the discontented feeling of the north, has entered upon his canvass in Belfast, and the favourable re ception which he has met with so far as he has yet gone is regarded with evident satisfaction by those whose game it is to fan the flame of irritation. There is, however, a growing conviction in the minds of reflecting people in the north that, however repug nant to its sympathisers, the Government had no other course open than to enforce the law impar tially so long as it remains on the statute-book. The policy of retaining it is another question upon which different opinions are held. By way of inducement to the Lords of the Admi ralty to increase the number of hands at the new dock, the labourers, porters, and watermen of Queenstown have struck for higher wages. The rate had been raised from 3s. to 4s. a day, but even that is considered insufficient and they demand more. This is a practical commentary upon the complaints of the local press respecting the slow progress of the Government works. The election for the county of Galaway, in place of the late Lord Dunkellin, was held yesterday, the High Sheriff presiding. Mr. Bodkin proposed, and Capt. Blakeney seconded the nomination of Lord Hubert Canning Burke, who was returned without opposition. Sir Thos. Burke returned thanks on be half of Lord Burke, who was absent. The meeting was afterwards converted into one for the purpose of doing honour to the memory of Lord Dunkellin. It was addressed by Mr. Gregory, M.P., Mr. P. Joyce, D.L., Mr. Justice Morris, Mr. G. Morris, M.P., and other gentlemen, who spoke of the virtues and talents of the deceased in the warmest terms. It was resolved that a statue should be erected to his memory. A subscription list was opened to carry out the project, and some handsome contributions were handed in by the gentlemen present. PAYMENTS FOR WHEAT.—The value of the wheat imported into England the first six months of this year amounted to £10,039,389, as compared with £5 ,227,794 in the corresponding period of 1866, and £3,281,547 in the corresponding period of 1865. Tho largest slice of these payments went to Russia, the value of the Russian wheat imported to June 30 this year being £3,387,343, as com pared with £1,772,271 to the corresponding date of 1866, and £1,086,037 to the corresponding date of 1865. The value of the Prussian wheat imported in the first halves of the last three years was £2,706,743 (1867), £996,862 (1866), and £1,113,353 (1865) respectively. The United States sent us . to J une 3 0 this year wheat to the value of £714,632, as compared with £162,977 to the corresponding date of 1866, and £95,119 to the corresponding date of 1865. Miscellaneous Foreign News. (From Correspondent of the Anglo-American Times.) PARIS, Sept. 12. Je me le demande, the humorous question of the French comedian, finds its echo at present in most of the French journals in reference to the probable fate destined for the Universal Exposition, with, at the same time, a plea more or less valid against its approaching demolition. There are (says one elo quent writer) at present in the Champ de Mars fountains, fish-ponds, churches, schools, magazines, a theatre, a railway-station, a landing-place for Frankfort by water, gardens, &c., without reckon ing the buildings in solid masonry, which architects would have only to retouch a little to transform into an immense city. It would be easy to establish there different manufactories, since motive force is already on the spot. To which may be added that one would be spared the singular spectacle afforded by the destruction in the twink ling of an eye of that which formerly required the labour of a demi-cyci e to produce. Another journalist, after eloquently dilating upon the pleasures which have been afforded, especially to Parisians by the Exposition, concludes his exordium by a more reasonable proposition, viz.—to preserve at least such portions of the Exposition as relate to the past, and reproduce the history of vanished ages, whilst, however, there are many grave practical objections to the preservation of the Ex position even in an altered and improved shape. These gentlemen would do well to remember that if it be true, as asserted, that the Exposition has been purchased in block by the Russian Government to appear at St. Petersburg, possibly in the year 1868, or not much later, all the advantages resulting from it will be preserved, whilst new ones will result from its transfer to another nation. It will be hard if, with the advantage of the present experience and the possession of the complete pre sent material, Russia will not develope farther pro gress. It would be unjust that one nation should reap those advantages exclusively. Like conversa tion, and its humorous simile of the plate of peas, every one should have its share. Moreover, it is to be reflected that although not perhaps concentrated in its present form all the various component advantages afforded by the Exposition are still within the reach of the Parisians in their various public institutions, and in those reproduced mementoes of bygone ages, which exist in books, sculpture, painting, &c. Previous, however, to its disappearance, I hope to point out on several occa sions to the reader the beauties and peculiarities of the Palace of 1867. It is true that it will be de molished, which, according to the Constitutionnel, is a thing decided ; and had we not that authority, the signs of decadence, even in the case of ancient Rome, are too unmistakeable to admit of a doubt on the subject. As in the case of the mighty city, when the pursuits of luxury and pleasure broke in upon the stern virtue and severe simplicity of its inhabitants, so in the case of the Exposition, whilst men of talent are dispersing and exhibitors are no longer to be found at their stalls, the pursuit of pleasure has received an ad ditional impetus, and in its latter days the Exposition seems changing from a gigantic repre sentation of utility and progress, past, present, and to come, into a gigantic fair, wherein caf6s, con certs, theatres, and breweries, as the drinking saloons are generally termed, form the principal at traction. The comparison between the latter days of the Exposition, and those of Rome too, is singu larly induced and assisted by the scene going on around one, the kiosks and temples, the varied and picturesque costumes of Eastern nations, the Nubians selling ther fruits and confitures, or offer ing to the visitor their sherbets, in the amphora shaped jars of antiquity, forcibly call to mind, if not a Roman ayma, at least that of a Roman province. But my moralising is exceeding its limits, and as I trust yet to have many an opportunity of pointing out to my readers, especially those to whom want of time or opportunity preclude a personal visit, the beauties of the Exposition, pass we on to the news of the day. The political horizon of France is apparently without a cloud, nowithstanding, however, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has deemed it necessary to address a circular to the representatives of France abroad deny ing that the visit of Napoleon to Salzbourg possessed any other character than that of condo lence, and quoting the circular issued by M. de Vallette, the speech made by the Emperor of France on the occasion of the opening of the Legislative Assemblies, as well the language held equally by the Minister of State in support of his assertion. This proceeding has been rendered necessary by the attacks of the German press, who appear to see in the visit to Salzbourg an attempt on the part of France to draw the Austrian monarch into an alliance prejudicial to German interests, and espe cially to those of Prussia. The example of France has been followed by Austria, as a telegraphic despatch has been addressed from Berlin, expressing the per fect satisfaction of the Prussian Government with the explanations of France and Austria, so that the year which commenced so threateningly still preserves its peaceful and festive character. As a sign of the times, a letter has been published by General Turr, advocating at the same time the establishment of an autonomy for Hungary, Gallicia, Bohemia, and a European association for the assuring a lasting peace. The writer, who defends his subject in a very able manner, calls upon England and France to take the lead in this movement. There is very little Court news at present. The Emperor, Empress, and Prince Imperial have left for Biarritz, whither the Prince de Metternich and M. de Galtz will follow, the former remaining at Biarritz, whilst the latter takes up his lodging at Bayonne. The hunting establishment of the Em peror has been transferred from Rambouillet to Compiegne, whither the Court will speedily adjourn. Since the Ist of September the chase is in full acti vity, and some amusing anecdotes have occurred. One is related of two chasseurs who had taken the field together, but of whom one only was furnished with a port d'armes or certificate at a most exciting period ; when two splendid birds had fallen right and left before the double barrel of one of our en thusiasts, there suddenly appeared in a side path of thewood the uniform of a Garde de Chasse. The one in possession of a certificate, whom we will call X., at once took to his heels, whilst his companion, stu pefied with astonishment, remained perfectly still, leaning upon his piece. The Garde de Chasse, a Dogberry of the first water, of course made up his mind that the fugitive was the guilty person, and at once followed him at top speed. X. led manfully over brake and over briar, followed with equal pluck by the gendarme. At length, however, after a steeplechase of some half or three quarters of an hour in length, the Garde de Chasse succeeded in collaring our hero, who had just thrown himself down upon a bank in a state of extreme exhaustion. " Votre Port d'Armes," thundered the Garde, equally exhausted, but radiant at the thought of his capture. "Le Voila," said the sup posed poacher, taking it from his pocket. " Why, then," said the incensed functionary, "this extra ordinary flight and run ?" " The doctor has ordered me exercise," wa3 the calm reply. The keeper sloped. It is hardly necessary to say that the other sportsman had long previously set him the example. In another a gendarme leaving his beat early, and resting for a few moments in the neighbourhood of a farm-house, has been taken fur a wild boar, and treated accordingly. A remarkable phenomenon has been produced lately in several of the public promenades and gar dens of Paris. The foliage of the trees, which had been burnt up by the excessive heat, has reblos somed, and in the grand avenue of the Champs Elysees one may remark a bright green foliage mingling with and succeeding, as it were, the yellow leaves which the breath of September is already commencing to strew thickly around, and from which the blossoms are bursting as in a 'veritable spring time. In the Boulevard Poissonniere one can see a chesnut tree entirely bare of leaves, and nevertheless covered with flowers ; whilst in the garden of the Palais Royale the acacias present an almost similar appearance. Mons. Filon, Professor of Rhetoric at the Lycee Grenoble, has been appointed preceptor to the Prince Imperial, vice N. Meunier, M. Filen is THE SUN, LONDON. SATUROAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1867. son of the distinguished histOrian who fills the office of Inspector to the Academy of Paris, and who is at the same time an intimate friend of M. Duruy, Minister of Public Instruction. I cannot close my letter this week without point ing out to the Paris visitor one of the greatest curios ities I have as yet seen. I have passed through the El :position, and have marked with the greatest pleasu re and delight the various improvements in mechanical and otherwise musical science. I have listene d entranced to the melody drawn from the unequalled pianos of Chickering and Steinway, by the magic touch of M. Alfred Quidant, pupil of Lizst, but 1 have never been so pleased as I was this week in passing before of the Gallery Vaucanson, Boulevard des Capucines, where is exhibited a little bird, I think a levriot, somewhat smaller than a canary ; the plumage entirely black save a scarlet crest, which, perched upon a magni ficent bouquet of exotics, and turning from side to side, the little beak opening with the most perfect natural action, trills forth a melody which the real songster might envy. Gentle reader, that little bird is a musical automaton; it is placed outside the Exhibition as a specimen for the passer-by. Do not, then, leave Paris without passing along the Boulevard des Capucines, and judging for yourself of an exhibition which, for fidelity to nature and exquisiteness of construction, cannot be surpassed even in the great Exposition of 1867. On Wednesday, the Standard alluded in a lead ing article to a document now circulating relating to the violent death of a British subject at the hands of a United States soldier. Captain Wilfred Speer, of West-end Lodge, Thames Ditton, Surrey, was on the 7th of June, 1867, shot dead on board a Missouri passenger packet by the sentinel on duty. Captain Speer was travelling on board the steamer Octavia on the Missouri in company with a detachment of the 13th United States Regiment. He occupied a state room as a first-class passenger, and was walking from his berth to the upper plat form, followed by Lieutenant Terry, when he was shot, the ball entering the back of his neck and passing through his head. The detachment was under the command of Lieutenant Harrigan, a de serter from her Majesty's service ; the sentry was private Barry—both reputed Fenians. The vessel was a private steamer, unconnected with the Go vernment, and the orders of the sentry were to call a halt from any one approaching the boat from the shore, to fire on any party who advanced in defiance of a challenge, and to leave m th i e gh p t as b s e en t g r e a rs vers u i n n m g. oles L te i d eu , te w n h a a n t t ev T er err d y ec d k ep t o h s e e y s that there was no challenge given, and that his friend was shot by the sentry, who was about 12 yards distant, without any warning. When he fol lowed he was loudly challenged, but at the time Captain Speer lay dead on the planks. Mr. Terry adds that the general opinion of all classes in St. Louis with whom he came in contact was that Mr. Speer was murdered by Lieu tenant Harrigan and Private Barry, solely because he was a British officer. The captain of the steamer deposes—" I saw the sentinel, William Barry, who shot Capt. Speer. I asked him whether he was in his right mind when he did it. He replied that he was, and that he had done his duty, and obeyed orders ; his reply was in a most insolent tone." The Standard asks " Why did he (Harrigan) con trive this man's escape from trial ? Why have not Ihis superiors persisted with the charges he calendared against the man Barry of murder,' of ' disobe dience of orders,' and of ' conduct while on board the steamer unbecoming a soldier ?' Why did Lieut. Harrigan file off with his own hands the irons from the murderer's wrists and ankles, and take him ashore out of custody in his own boat? We should be glad to have these things explained. They are extraordinary, but they happened in a time of exceptional confusion—in a time of civil war, when authority was delegated right and left to strong and rough hands, and when men were easy of obedience to a discipline which had a habit occasionally of being brutal. Making all these allowances, how ever, .we are still inclined to say that this is a subject for very serious inquiry." The remainder of the body guard of the late Emperor Maximilian left New York on the 31st of August for London on board the William Penn. Both the British and French Ministers had left Vera Cruz on the 18th ult. Two hundred military officers had been thrown into prison in Mexico for plotting against Juarez. According to advices from Vera Cruz of the 13th inst. Lopez was still alive, and Marquez at the head of a small force in the State of Vera Cruz. As Lopez has published an address to his fellow-citizens and the world, accounting for the circumstances under which Maximilian fell into the hands of the Republi cans, and repudiating with scorn and indig nation the imputations of treachery, there is no doubt that he is alive. He maintains that ,he was captured by the enemy, and his sole effort after was to warn Maximilian of his danger. The most hopeful part of his story—in which there is probably little truth—is that it shows strong feeling, which leads us to believe that the vile mongrel breed have been made to smart under the scorn and disgust of Christendom. Advices from Mexico to the 21st ult. report that a banquet had been given to Juarez, on his arrival at the capital, at which he expressed a hope that the nation would imitate the clemency and moderation in victory of the United States. The populace were tired of bloodshed, and would unite with the press in de manding a general amnesty. A positive denial was given to the massacre of Imperialists at Queretaro. The army was to be reduced to 18,000 men, and many prisoners were to be released. The Mobile Times says the cotton crop of this year will exceed any yet realised. The bakers of Buffalo are required to stamp their bread with their initials. Bread short in weight is confis cated. The ironwork of the Exhibition building, at Paris, is said to be already sold for exportation to America. David Henry and Co.'s wholesale liquor store, No. 20, State-street, Chicago, was destroyed by fire on the 30th August. The loss is $60,000 ; the insurance is $45,000. The stock of 0. Turner, Bristol, and Co., whole sale leather dealers, in the adjoining building, was damaged by water to the extent of $12,000. West's stock of carpets was also damaged. The total loss will probably reach $lOO,OOO. About one-half of Reynold's City, Montana Ter ritory, was destroyed by fire on the 10th August. The Hamilton Times of Ontario publishes a letter from Captain Turner of the schooner Algerine, giving an account of a splendid meteor that fell into Lake Ontario the 4th instant. The skipper first beheld an illumination in the north-west; then he saw what seemed to be a large body of fire approaching with terrific speed. The light thrown out by this blazing ball was so intense that two of the crew of the Algerine fell to the deck, overcome by ter ror. The meteor struck the water at a point about 300 yards from the bow of the schooner. Immense quantities of steam and spray ascended, and the captain's ears were stunned by the terrible sound that announced the instant of contact of the aerolite and the water. The skipper says that a long trail of flame streamed after the meteor. The Times correspondent says—" The purchase by the United States of the Bay of Samana, in the coloured Republic of St. Domingo, for the sum of £1,000,000, now alleged to have been finally arranged, is in harmony with steps taken by some active New York adventurers 15 years ago. At that date it was proposed to place 4,000 or 5,000 American settlers in the country, the population of which is estimated at only about 200,000, and the obvious intent was to acquire this bay with its valuable coal mines, which, owing to the development to be given to steam navigation in the Pacific by tho then newly-discovered treasures of California, was regarded as one of the most valuable pro perties that could be opened up. At that period, in order perhaps to stimulate the national feeling on the question, it was represented that Franco had designs upon the Republic, and about the same time also a futile attempt was made to raise in London a Dominican loan of £750,000. Subsequently the temporary re-occupation of San Domingo by Spain, and the exigencies of the civil war in America, seem to have diverted attention from the subject. Its resumption at the present moment may in its commer cial bearings be regarded with satisfaction. The Bay of Samana is among the finest harbours in the world, and the supply of coal for steam purposes has been alleged to be virtually inexhaustible, and to be so situated that ves sels may even load alongside of the mines. If the general account of its capabilities be correct the station will, of course, prove of incalculable importance to the United States in a naval sense, but even if the assumption were to be entertained that considerations of that kind rather than of commercial utility have operated as incen tives to the acquisition, we may safely rely that the com mercial principle will triumph in th© end, and that out of the facilities to be gained by an ample supply of coal for the steam traffic with Australia , , calif9rnia, China, and Japan, advantages will be realised for the world by the side of which any results of narrow antagonism would sink into insignificance." The following story is told by the Watchman and Reflector:—" A Mean Nobleman.---The hoad of an illus trious house, whom I shall call Lord Skinflint, had given one of his cast-off hats to a certain lacquey in his service. Recognising this hat a few days afterwards on the hall table, where it had been loft for the moment, my lord in quired to whom it belonged, and was at once reminded of his gift. ' What ! ' cried his lordship, did I give you such a good hat as this ?' The man exclaimed that he had bad it re-lined and ' done up.' Umph ! ' says my lord, I never thought of that. Pray, what did you pay for it ?" Arf-a-crown, my lord,' answered Mr. Jeames. The nobleman mused for an instant, and looked at the hat again. I'll tell you what,' said ho at length, ' I'll give you five shillings for it as it is." If your lordship pleases,' answered the footman. (In fact there was nothing else for him to say.) The bargain was struck at once. Lord Skinflint put on the hat, and, for aught I know, he may wear it still. The Pall-Mall Gazette observes :—" It is remark able how differently Americans regard the function of railways from ourselves. The inter-oceanic or trans continental railway, from Omaha, on the Missouri, to San Francisco, of which perhaps half our readers have never heard, is already one-third completed. In less than four years it will be open throughout. Its length will be about 2,000 miles, through a region containing at present for hundreds of miles together not an inhabitant except the wild Indian. The cost will be about £30,000,000, one third of which was provided by the Government. Wherever a district is rich and populous we judge that it deserves a railway. So do the Americans : but then they also hold that a railway is urgently wanted wherever a district which might be prosperous and populous is not so. And they make it." The New York Times of the 22nd of August gives an account of a new patent railway car called " the Lyman refrigerator," constructed for the purpose of tran sporting slaughtered meat long distances by rail in warm weather. The first of these cars arrived on the 21st of August at Hoboken from Ohio, with the carcases of 16 steers and 123 sheep, all as pure and fresh as on the day on which they were killed. They came by way of Pitts burgh, Harrisburgb, and the Morris and Essex Railroad, and had been four days and nights on the road. The ice in the car, of which about one ton is required, had to be renewed but once during the trip, the temperature remain ing at 45 degrees Fahrenheit. The construction of the car is such that a current of air passes through the ice into the body of the car containing the meat. The New York Tribune says :--" The President has adopted a new policy. Ho will not publish private letters. No ! so greatly does he respect the seal of pri vacy that he will not print Gen. Grant's letter concerning Stanton. But the time has been when Mr. Johnson printed the private letters of Mr. Forney. What explains the con tradiction? Gen. Grant wants his private letter printed, and Mr. Forney didn't. Our amiable Andrew is always ready to oblige." In the steamer City of Paris, which sailed from New York on Saturday, the 31st August last, for Liver pool, there were two American bulls an 4 seven heifers for England as breeding stock. The bulls are said to be valued at 56,500. This is believed to be the first time that stock has been shipped from the United States to England for breeding purposes. Soon after New Orleans fell into Gen. Butler's hands the Government sent there by vessel $lO,OOO worth of postage stamps, The vessel was seized by the Rebel steamer Florida, and the stamps sent in the original packages to England via Nassau, where they were sold to a broker for about $6OO, and the purchaser sent them, still in the original package, to Canada. Our consul there, ascertaining the facts, applied to the Canad i an courts for an injunction to p revent the possessor from parting with thorn, on the ground that they wore stolen, never con demned in any prize court, and therefore still the property of the United States. The Hon. Caleb Cushing has been retained for the Government, and Joseph A. Ware, the solicitor of the Treasury Department, has sailed for Europe to obtain the necessary evidence. New York Tribune. COMIERCIA.L. NEW YORit, Aug. 31. Money still continues abundant, the rates ruling as low as ever. On the best securities advances are made from 4 to 5 par cent., but it is not unusual for them to be done at 3. The best commercial paper sells at 6t07,8 to 9 being the rates for secondary. Gold has risen, closing yesterday at 1411, after selling as high as 1421. At the gold ex change bank the clearings were $45,290,000, and the balance $1,124,968. With the rise of gold there has been a rise in Government Stocks 5-20's, selling as high as 1141. Exchange is quoted as follows :—London, 60 days, 1091 to 1091; London, sight, 1101 to 1101; commercial, 109/ to 1091; Paris, long, 5.161 to 5.15 ; short, 5.131 to 5.121; Antwerp, 5.181 to 5.171; Swiss, 5.181 to 5.171; Hamburg (bankers), 361 to 361; Amsterdam, 411; Frankfort, 41 to 411; Bremen, 781 to 781 ; Berlin, 72 to 721. The transactions at the Sub-Treasury to-day were : Receipts for Customs, $422,000; for gold notes, $54,000; total receipts, $4,175,941 0; ; total payments, $8,799,699 51 ; balance, $116,619,660 98. The demand for money in the West, according to the Cincinnati Gazelle is not very active considering the season. Last Wednesday, however, there was more demand, as small sums were being distributed over the country. Rates were firm, and at from 8 to 10 per cent. for the best names between bankers and their depositors, and 10 to 12 per cent. for good paper in the open market. The wheat harvest of 1867, both as regards yield and quality, was neve r bettor—the crop is nearly secured. Th e oa t s , rye , and barley crop a re all ex cellent. In some sections the but the Chicago T r ib une observes that report of that sort reac h ed them, there were y of o o pposite character. Th e rolling stock is ha stwdcuworhyrffienencrte one i ecnrtp an toimsbackward, and h as been injured by weather,ove the immense amount of wheat accumu lating over the cou ntr y , an d the warehouses i n Chi cago andother 10 slipping ports are bein g rap i dly filled up. The k rate per cent., and i n th e open market outside namesnegotiated at 1 t o 1} per cent. per month. Exchange n was heavY• The mis ce ll aneous stock market in this city is neglected, t hough railway sha res h ave s li g htly advanced. There has been a rise in Cl eve l an d an d Toledo on reports o f a p ro posed consolidation w ith th e baworn is Cleveland, Painsville, and Ashtabula Road. A similar report regarding the Michi gan Southern ha s s t reng th ene d its shares, which w ore done a t 83 ; Erie sold at 701 ; Cleve land and Pittsburg h at 94. The market closed st rong , an d 0 all stocks were in demand at quotations. The c l os i ng prices were : _N ew York C en t ral 1051 to 1051, Erie 701 to 701, Reading 101 1 to 104 } , Michigan S ou th ern 821 t o 83, Cleveland and P ittsbur gh 93 1 to 94, Rock Island 1031 to The amount of gold in the Treasury on A ugus t 27 was $93,639,000 00; am ount in gold certificates, $19,106,000 00 ; to 461, No r th-W es t ern Pre ferred lO3, North-Western 01 to7ol, Fort Wayne 105. 000 00 $51,332,. currency, The receipts for the six days up to the 26th of August vrere—From internal revenue, $2,879,000, and from customs $ 3 ,343,000. The receipts from the Ist of July were —From internal revenue $38,007,000, from customs $ 26 ,353,000 ; total from both sources $65,260,000. Subjoined is the total amount of gold certificates issued and redeemed by the Sub-Treasury, together with the outstanding balance on Bth May and at subsequent intervals: — Issued. Redeemed. Outstanding. 20s $ 334,900 $206,600 $127,300 100 s 5,321,000 3,758,400 1,562,600 500 s 1,164,500 541,000 623,500 I,ooos 26,065,000 2 1,859,000 4,206,000 5,000 s 159,675,000 1 40,130,000 19,545,000 10,000 s 5 ,000,000 5,000,000 Total. -------- May 18 $197,559,000 $ 1 71,495,000 $26,064,400 May 27 198,688,200 17 3,389,000 25,290,260 June 1 200,012,000 174,475,000 25,617,100 June 22 205,713,720 1 78,185,000 27,558,720 June 29 207,613,980 179,540,000 28,073,980 July 6 209,639,360 180,156,000 29,483,360 July 20 212,213,220 182,490,000 29,723,220 n July 27 213, -87,720 183,892,000 29,695,720 Aug. 3 214,104,220 185,866,000 28,638,220 Aug. 10 214,47;220 186,518,000 27,955,220 Aug. 17 214,867,660 187,731,000 27,136,660 American silver is in limited request at 51 to 6} cents below the price of gold. Mexican dollars are worth 105 to 1031. The Government have determined, to the general satis faction, to prosecute the defaulters in the Tradesmen's Bank. On the Prod uce E xchange to-day Flour was 15 c . t o 25 c. lower, and rath er more steady at the decl i ne. Wh ea t was also more st ea d y. Corn one or two cents better. Oats quite firm. P or k i rregular and quiet. Beef qu i e t. Lard steady. Whisky quiet. disposition great t re to gu t l o a u ri c t h any The. Tall-Street Journal of the'3lst of August, says:— , says:— "Mining stocks continue very heavy, and there is little Securities are especially neglected, the only exception being Sensenderfer, which pays its monthly dividends various mining districts of that State, Y. Nevada Silver Stocks are much but Nevada Stocks. Colorado in fluenced by the excellent accounts received from the showing by the actual product of bullion that the mines are being faith fully worked. We note that the 10 per Cent. First Mort gage Bonds (interest payable in gold) of the Hamilton Gold and Silver Mining Company of Nevada have been introduced on the board, and that several purchases have bean made at E 3 and 86 per cent. Mid as sliver continues in good dem an d , and has advanced to $2 . 35. The Zacatecas Sil ver Mines h ave produced, since they were first op ene d , 5796,043,855 worth of bu llion. The Hamilt on G old and Silver Mi n i n g Company of Nevada will pay th e i r Septem b er cou pons on bonds sub scribed in Now York, at the office of Tho mas Barcla y , 4 , Wall-street, N ew York ; and on a ll o th er bonds a t 430, Walnut-street, Philadelphia. The Atlantic Mail Steamship Company have declared a dividend of 21 per cent. (out of the net earnings of the guar ter ending August 19th), payable at the office, 5, Bowling green, New York, on September 10th next. The Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railway Company have declared a dividend of 5 per cent., payable on September 10th next. Ihe jaWrogt warrants a the clayolaud and Rittgburgh Railroad Company, due on September 1, will bo paid at the Ocean National Bank of New York, and the coupons of the Peninsular Railroad Company will ba paid at the office of the Chicago and North Western Railroad Company, on September 1. Old and experienced cotton factors at Augusta, Georgia, who are in correspondence with most of the cotton States, put down the cotton crop of the present year at from two and a half to two and three quarter million bales. The following is an official record of the Exports of Cotton during the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1867, as compiled at the Bureau of Statistics :—Upland and sea island exported from all the ports of the United States, 667,137,870 pounds; value in currency, as declared by the exporters on their clearances, $202,870,910. The admix ture of sea island with the uplands explains the seemingly high valuation. Official comparison with the foreign statistics reveals the fact that the cotton on arrival abroad fully realised in the market the values sworn to here, although the price of cotton has declined since October last. The exports of cotton fur the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1866, wore, including sea island cotton, 650,572,829 pounds, valued at $281,385,223. (From E. F. Satterawaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, Sept.ll: Per Java we have advises from New York to the 27th ult. By a telegram, dated New York, September 10th, per the Atlantic Telegraph, the following prices have been received :--Gold, 114 ; United States Five-Twenties, 1141; Illinois, 1301; Erie (common), 69i ; Exchange (60 days), 158. The following is the return of the New York banks : Aug. 17, 1867—Discounts, $253,232,411; specie, $5,920,557 ; circulation, $33,669,757 ; deposits, $194,046,591. Aug. 24, 1867—Discount, $250, 6 97,679; specie, $6,028,535 ; circulation, $33,736,249; deposits, $188,744,101. The Great Western of Canada traffic is, for week end ing Aug. 2?, 1867, £12,955 19s. Bd. sterling, on 350 miles, or £37 Os. 10d. per mile per week ; Aug. 22, 1866, £11,611 12s. sd. sterling, on 350 miles, or £33 14s. 10d. per mile per week. The Grand Trunk of Canada traffic is, for week ending Aug. 24, 1867, £25,413 sterling, on 1,377 miles, or £lB 9s per mile per week ; Aug. 25, 1866, £26,786 sterling, on 1,377 miles, or £l9 9s. per mile per week. The Detroit and Milwaukee traffic is, for week ending Aug. 22, 1867, £7,709 15s. 3d. sterling, at 189 miles, or £4O 15s. 10d. per mile per week; Aug. 22, 1866, £6,771 13s. 3d. sterling, at 189 miles, or £35 16s. 7d. per mile per week. Since our last of this day week the market in London for American securities has been mainly affected by the steady advance, amounting to 2i per cent., in gold at New York, the premium last quoted being 44. The decline, however, in 5-20 Bonds has not been more than to 1 per cent., consequent on the large steady absorbing demand from the Continent; partly, however, to supply sales pre viously made. At the close 1862's are 721 to 73, and 1865's 701 to 71. From the same cause Illinois Shares are about one per cent. lower, and Erie have experienced a similar decline. Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds have given way one per cent., but Debentures remain steady. (Front Messrs. Bowles, Drevet, and Co.'s Circular.) Paris, Sept. 13, 1867. Via Queenstown we have but trifling change to report iu the general market since date of our last circular; but Americans have been adversely affected by tho advance in gold in Now York, quoted in a despatch just received at 1481 on the 11th inst. _ _ The above advance, occasioned by somewhat disquieting political rumours, has had a very depressing effect upon the bonds of the United States, which close on the 12th inst. At 821 for the issue of 1862 At 894 to I „ „ 1865 The Bente closes at 7O Tho Italian closes at Exchange on London 25 21 IHE JEWS IN MOROCCO. The Anglo-American Times, in reviewing " The Arab's Pledge," says : This little tale is founded on incidents which oc curred in Morocco in 1830, and is intended to illus trate the oppression suffered by the Jews in that country. The story opens with a description of the city which lies at the foot of the Atlas, the moun tains rising in grand imposing masses eastward, while around spread groves of dates, palms, planta tions of olives, gardens, and orchards. Beyond, to the west, are plains, barren for the greater part of the year, but after the periodical rains carpeted with grass and wild flowers, dotted with evergreen woods, and marked in strips of cultivation nearly to the sea coast. When the author wrote (which he did after a residence in the country of six years) the Jews lived among the Moors in a state of abject degradation. They had to wear a distinguishing dress, with a black cap and shoes. They had to pass mosques bare-footed, as well as official resi dences, gates of towns, and persons in authority. For striking a Moslem the penalty was amputation of the hand, but the greatest danger arose from the terms of the Mahommedan law, by which if two witnesses swear that a Jew has repeated the Moslem confession of faith his denial is worthless, and he is invested with the Moorish dress, and compelled to conform to Moslem rites, under peril, in case of re fusal or recantation, of being burnt alive. On this law the plot is grounded. A young soldier of the Sultan's Guard, named Hassan, became enamoured of a beautiful Jewess, Azora. As the only means of obtaining her, at the instigation of another sol dier, Abdslem Ibn Hadj, he conspired to swear that she had made the confession of faith. Next morn ing the two visited Azora, whom they arrested and carried before the Cadi, making the necessary oath. The judge desired to hand her over to Hassan, after praising God for her conversion. The girl, however, resists, declares the oath of the Moslem soldiers to be utterly false, and an nounces her intention never to apostatise from the faith of her fathers. The Cadi's failing to overcome her resolution orders her to prison, when she appeals to the Sultan, which appeal, when publicly made, cannot be passed over. She is accordingly removed to the presence of Mulai Abd Errahman, Sultan of Marocco, about 40 years of age, swarthy in complexion, regular in features, handsome black beard and moustache, eyes mild in expression, though blazing out with terrific energy when excited by passion, broad forehead, with an ample turban of fine muslin. The beauty of the Jewess captivates the monarch, who desires to transfer her to his own harem, which he dare not do in the face of Moslem fanaticism, unless he can in duce her to make a confession of the Moslem faith. The story proceeds to describe the attempts of the Sultan to obtain his object and Azora's resistance, who elects death in preference to apostasy. The author takes the opportunity of drawing some ad mirable pictures of Moorish life in Marocco. One of the best is his description of a hunting party. "Once on the plain, the usual mad riding began, parties of ten, fifteen, or twenty horsemen charging at full speed, and on reaching the Sultan fired their guns at his feet, and wheeling off to the right and left, while others came up in successive charges. This complimentary custom is never omitted. The Moors are enthusiastically fond of this ' powder play,' as they call it, the Sultan himself often joining in it. On such occasions he takes the centre of the line, and is always allowed to be a neck ahead of the rest." It is necessary that a story of Marocco should bring in both races who rule in Barbary— the Moors, who occupy the towns and cultivate the fertile country, and the Arabs of the desert. This the author accomplishes by making the Sheik of the Lion tribes the rescuer of Azora. Azora's father had been the means of liberating the Arab chief many years before when a prisoner in Morocco, who gave him a pledge which he swore to redeem in case of danger to the Jew. Azora's betrothed Yusuf was despatched by her mother with the pledge to the Arab, and the cafila lie joins is captured in the desert by the tribe of the chief. Named Ibn Ishem recognises and prepares at once to redeem his pledge. The tribes are put in motion, and 6,000 horsemen penetrating through the chain of moun tains sweep down on the plains and scour over the whole open country. The Arab, while himself ad vancing in force, despatches a trusty messenger to the city to watch over the safety of Azora. The incidents of the story are tragical, and are told by one intimately acquainted with Moorish life. l'ho Sultan, failing in every effort to terrify the girl into compliance with his wishes, at last orders the execution according to Mahommedan law. A pyre is erected half a mile from the city, and Azora is about to become a martyr to her faith. The procession has arrived—the green flag of Islam is planted near a tree, when the Arab's messenger, who is intently watching for the advent of his chief, sees a jackal break from the wood, looking back as he runs, then out from the forest emerge in a long line the Arab horse. For a moment they pause to re-form, then the rush of a thousand chargers is heard as they thunder over the plain, sweeping down the funeral pyre and ficattering the More in the wildest flight till they are arrested by the mud walls of Morocco. This story of oppression is happy in its illustration of the benefits conferred on his race by Sir Moses Montefiore. That great Hebrew philanthropist, after successfully achieving the amelioration of the laws against the Jews in Marocco, carried his labours into a new field, and has just accomplished in Roumania results similar to those obtained in West Barbary. It was in his eightieth year that Sir Moses undertook the task of employing the wealth and influence which had re warded a long life of successful industry in personally carrying into effect the designs he had for many years entertained. The name of Moses Montefiore will be long remembered with veneration by the tribes of Judah, and although he has attained to the dignity of a baronet of this realm he will hereafter be better known by the children of Israel as the great philanthropist of their race. PEACE 'I HE NORMAL CONDITION 01 HE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Anglo-American Times Sir,—The constitution of the United States was framed by men whose highest purpose was to lay the foundation and erect the superstructure of a peaceful republic. Hence peace is its normal state. During a great part of the period, from 1783 to 1812, Europe was one vast war camp; but America was neutral and enjoyed peace. By the meshes of the slave party, and by departing from the prin ciples of its founders, the nation was drawn in 1812, into a war with England. After three years it returned to its normal state, and no war took place till 1846 ; when, by the plottings of the slave party, it was blindly led into the war with Mexico. Peace was soon restored and continued till the breaking out of the slaveholders' rebellion. The principles and working of the Federal and States Government never caused a war. Each war arose from the slavebolders, who were jealous for their system. Hence their attempt to protect it led them early in the history of the Government to de stroy harmony between the Federal and States Government ; subsequently to cause two wars with foreign nations ; and finally to attempt to destroy and overthrow the Government. In 1859 the nation had been so completely moulded by the peace-loving character of its insti tutions, and neither seeking nor expecting war, that its army, all told, numbered but 15,000 men. These had to protect the interstate relations of thirty-two States, whose inhabitants numbered thirty-two millions of people ; to guard on the North 3,000 miles of frontier, bordered by British territory ; to protect the Southern frontier, bordered by Mexican territory ; and to defend the country from all and sundry who might attempt to invade it. By the surrender of Mason and Slidell, the United States prevented a war on a disputed point of inter national law ; at least the law officers of the British Crown required several days to search into the question, and ascertain whether it was right or wrong in law to take Mason and Slidell from the Trent. But the most striking fact illustrative of the American determination for peace was the dis banding of more than half a million of Federal soldiers when the Southern Generals laid down the weapons of rebellion. This was not done for effect. It was the natural working of the institutions of the people. These men were speedily absorbed in the usual daily tasks of industry in the workshops or the fields. In character they were much like the soldiers of Cromwell, of whom Macaulay observes that the facility with which they returned from the conflicts of war to their usual labour at home seemed to be a pecular feature in their character. People believe deeds in preference to words. The speeches of the Emperor of France fail to quiet the fears which have been aroused by his measures to enlarge the army. Now though there are several strong securities for peace between England and America, the peace able foundation on which the Republic rests is the strongest of all. When Tyler was President of the United States some long cannon were cast to over come Mexico, and compel it to give up Texas to the United States. One of these was called the "peace maker." It was being tried on board a steamship and exploded, killing two slaveholders, Mr. Upsher, Secretary of State, and Mr. Gilmer, Secretary of War. Mr. Elihu Burritt, the American Consul at Birmingham, considers a sack of flour a very good " peacemaker." He observed that people who ob tain their meal from the same bag are not apt to quarrel. This is true. The first effect of any diffi culty with America would be to cut off its supply of breadstuffs, and increase the price of bread, a very unpopular thing to do. The national debt of England has not operated as a peacemaker —a debt which it is not considered practicablq to pay— and hence there is no popular feeling in favour of doing so. The case is different, however, in the United States. The payment of its national debt is regarded as required alike by duty and honour, and hence there is a popular feeling in its favour. As war would prevent this payment, the debt is virtu ally a peacemaker. There have been several points of controversy between England and America, which have been amicably adjusted by the good sense and good feel ing of the Governments and the Ambassadors—as the Maine boundary, the Oregon territory, the sur render of refugee slaves, and the right of search, the last being settled by President Lincoln. We have, then, as arguments for lasting and un broken peace between England and America, the institutions of America expressly designed to secure peace ; the extinction of slavery the only real ele ment of discord ; the precedents established by the amicable settlement of various questions owing to the good feeling and good sense of the Govern ments, Ambassadors, and people of both nations ; the cheap bread question in England ; the desire of the Americans to pay their national debt ; to which may be added many others, including the com mercial, literary, and religious connections of both countries, their family relationships, and their in creased sympathy secured by the passage of the recent Reform Bill. These all unite to assure us that if difficulties should in future arise between the two Govern ments they will be peaceably removed, either by arbitration or by some mode in harmony with the friendly feeling of the two nations, and the moral power they are exerting on the civilised world. LONDON GAZETTE.-LAST EVENING. WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, SEPT. 13. Ist Regiment of Life G uar d s —Ed war d M as hit er — Dansey, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James Graham, Marquis of Graham, promoted. 4th Hussars—Captain Alexander George Montgomery Moore to be Major, without purchase; Lieutenant F. Hodgkins= to be Captain, without purchase, vice Moore; Cornet John Lambert Swale to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hodgkinson ; Cornet Henry Askew Cherry, from 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet vice Swale. Bth Hussars—Charles Henry Gregg, Gent., to be Comet, by purchase, vice W. T. T. L. Fleetwood, whose ap pointment, on the 16th October, 1866, has been can celled. 15th Hussars—Cornet Rochfort Hamilton Rochfort-Boyd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Archibald Campbell Douglas, who retires. 20th Hussars—The promotion of Veterinary Surgeon Wil liam Johnson, as First Class Veterinary Surgeon, to be antedated to the Ist July. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. William Patrick Oliphant Boulderson, from the 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vi ce Mudge, who exchanges. 6th Foot —Lieutenant Charles William Henry Wilson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Richard Bolton, who re tires; Ensign Augustus William Whitworth to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Wilson; Edward Arthur Ball, Goat., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Whitworth. 10th Foot—Ensign Henry Cbarres Hinxman to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Carr, promoted ; John Jaques Wedge, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Edward Austin, who retires. 12th Foot—Ensign Edward Turner to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Alfred Woodward, deceased ; Ensign James Smith Gibb to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Turner, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 31st July, 1867 has been cancelled. 14th Foot—Ensign Powell William Symonds to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Cecil Thomas M'Mahon, wh o retires; Arthur Parry Thornton, Gent,• to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Symonds. 16th Foot—Lieut. Reginald Laurence Herbert Curteis to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Baret Stokes, who retires; Ensign William Samuel Whittuck to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Curteis ; William Henry Buchan Hepburn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Whittuck. 19th Foot—Ensign Alfred Jas. Paterson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Horace Arthur Wells, deceased. 20th loot—Cuthbert Gorge 0 911 :ulgwood, Gent., tp be 4.---• ...........—._„........ .--- , Ensign, by purchas e , v i ce W. F. N u th a ll , transferred to the 63d Foot. 26th Foot—John de Witt Jobb, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice W. C. Hemphill, promoted. 28th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Lyon Emerson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward O'Neill w ho retires; Ensign Henry Wallick Maclear to be Lieutenant, 11 purchase, vice Emerson ; John Mead Sherrard, Gent. , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Maclear. 29th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Richard William Meade, to IA Surgeon, vice Surgeon-M a j or Ed war d Moorhead, 30'1 appointed to the Staff. 31st Foot—Edward Morant, Gent., to be Ensign, by Or chase, vice Yates, promoted. 34th Foot—Ensign Henry Richard Noel-Hill, from th e 21st Foot, to be Ensign, vice G. C. D. Bat»pfield, sr pointed Deputy Assistant-Superintendent of Stores. 75th Foot—Lieutenant J lin Ormsby Moore Vandeleur be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward Cliffe, who tires ; Ensign Thom as Ch ar l es Watson, from the s ° t Foot, to bo Lieut enan t, w ith ou t purchase, vice V 3ll _ deleur. 77th Foot—Lieutenant John Wordsworth to be CaOl in :, without purchase, vice Willi am G a i n deceased ; Ensigl William Alexander Spen ce t o b e Lieutenant, w itbou purchase, vice George Cook, deceased ; Ensign ll ol3r / Wemyss Magee t o b e Lieutenant, without purcio,s,' „ ,,' vice Wordsworth ; Lieutenant George Augustus WIT" to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant George Cook, u e ' ceased. • 83d Foot—Major William George Drummond Stevit, 4 from half-p a y, U na tt ac h e d , to b e Major, vice .1.01-!: Sprot, who retire s u p on t emporary h a l f-pay ; C a ptain Edward Meur a nt t o b e M a j or, b y purchase, v i c e 11- G. D. Stewart, wh o re ti res; Li eutenant James G e orge Scott, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Meurant ; sign Booth Haye Metcalfe, to bo Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Scott. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL.—FRIDAY. by There was a fair att en d ance a t to-day's market, 0 wheat met with on ly a mo d era t e busipess closing a t tyi rates of Tuesd a y l as t. Fl our was scarce,, and no cbang r e i in prizes. Oats an d oa t mea l d u ll , and slightly l ov rer value. Beans, barley, and peas st ea dy, a t f u ll ra tes. lii` u inactive. Indian corn firm, closing at 37s 9d. LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. A limited supply of wheat. Trade inactive, and pric eg at an advance of 2s to 3s per qr. There was a middling show of barley. For oats late prices fully supported• Beans were not plentiful, and unaltered in price. New white wheat, 66s to 71s ; new red, 60s to 65s per 3 , 6 stone. Barley for malting, 40s to 45s per qr ; 36s to 40s per 30 stone. Oats, 26s to 30s. Beans, 0 6 50s per 38 stone. S T AMF ORD—FRIDAY. We hal a very scarce show of wheat to-day, and th e quotations were 2s to 3 s p er qr i n f avour o f sellers. Pt; ley in small show, and p r i ces i rregular. Oats scares, ` t late rates. Beans in tolerable request, and prices 01 4 be quoted as before. Great progress has been made the harvest since last week. r 6 8 New white wheat, 65s to 70s ; r e d d o ., 60 s t o 66s per 56 stone. Barley, malting, 40s to 50s ; gr i n di ng, 27s to ' O, per qr. Oats, new, 25s to 31s ; old, 32s to 36s per 24 SW I3 Beans, 46s to 54s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. DERBY—FRIDAY. There was a seasonable supply of wheat on offer to -(131 1 ; but a slow trade, at 2 s over th e ra t es o f l as t wee k. r,3 were steady. Beans a quiet trade. r 26 New white wheat, 66 s . t o 72 s ; d o . re d , 60 s to ~e stone. Barley for m a lti ng , 39 s t o 46 s per qr. ; grit `ic, 34s to 38s per 30 stone. O a t s , new, 28 s to 32 s ; old, 453 36s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 45s to 525; _new, 38 s ic) per 38 stone. WAKEFIELD.—FumAY. At our market to-day English wheat met a slo' dero 3ni c j i ; and tho business done w as a t an a d vance o f 2s P er e d on now sorts and is o n o ld, Oth er ar ti c l es wore v little changed. Weather fine. BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. ibi t3 The demand for all kinds of su gar h as b een active to week, and a large business has been done at full price 6d advance. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closoof the market. . a o s. d. 1 lit*Sft Holywell Main l7 0 I East Hartlepool ...... 1 3 Walls End If etton 20 Hotton Lyons Brancepoth C. Gas ... 19 0 Framwollgato 19 3 Hello° ..... Hartlepool ... Caradoc 2O 6 N ew B e l mon t ........•• 19 Ships at marke ,t, 46--sold, 45. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. 0 9 ' Andralia and New Zealand, via Southamptoa.....SeP i . . Ditto, via Marseilles Ditto, via Panama Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Oa , 4 ' 2/ Ditto, by French packet . Cape Verde. by Brazil packet ... _ . Oc t. l ' 0. Cape of Good Rope. Asoonsion. and St. Helena.. • • RP" - p, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Soathampton.•SeP" 2 1 Ditto, via Marseilles .. .. SeP t ' Falkland Islands Oct' 'lig. Gibraltar, via Southampton SeP t India, Via Southampton . Sept' lg t. 21 , Ditto, via Marseil es SeP 44 Malta, Egypt, Jzc. SePt. :i . Ditto, Marst.illes Sept. '-. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via . Southampton. SePt•" Ditt ), via Marseilles Oct. l ' . t 25 Newfoundland . Portugal Oct. 4' Ditto, by private ship to Oporto Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, &c., by British Ig . packet . SoP t Ditto, by United States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet S e p t West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and T ene riffe West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha- 4 13, ma s) Cuba and Mexico et Bahamas, via New York Bermuda, via Halifax The special services in connection with the La st. both Synod, which are to take ',lace in the c hurch ° ,Gop Lawrence Jewry, will ibe commenced by the ol tbol London this day. The other preachers, as far as s of have been arranged, are : September 15, the Bis b°P zo- Derry and Dunedin (the Church in Ireland and Ne w ,. b op land) ; September 16, the Bishop of Q ue bec and the ni6bst Coadjutor of Newfouudland (North A mer i ca ) ; SeP tst9 s aa 17, the Bishop of Barbadoes, the Bishop of Labila°'. o - Archdeacon Hunter (Asia and the West Indies); SOW bor 18, the Bishop of the Orange River TerritorY , t i Bishop Tozer (scattered missions) ; September I %d Bishop of Arkansas, tho Bishop of Vermont, oh ); the Bishop of New York (United States Ch tit i lye, September 20, the Rev. W. F. Erskine 1(1/° of M.A., yr ha chaplain to the Bishop of London ; the , -' ls (so utli Graham's Town, and the Bishop of Capo Town po ol Africa) ; September 21, the Very Rev. J. Pownall, W e vi bot of Perth, and the Bishop of Perth (Australia); S e P t e 22, the Bishop of New Zealand and the Bishop of Andrews (New Zealand and Scotland). 16 y lea [ADVERTISEMENT.]—IIenceforth no one will doubt the j: r sik,,,, properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenishiessiato Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of had has already received from Invalids whose positionr; deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness t , c or_ whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thiliiyetil of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the ' he al° ° ll du Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21 , 1866.—" The oniSg r I .0 the Holy F a th er i s excellentespecially s i nc e, aban„- - garm i l other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to viipiolt."l Revalenta Arabica Food,' of which he consumes 9 ',,,,Fnef1,,,e30 at every meal. It has ploduced a surprising''' . effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot, „,P .- out 00 excellent food too highly." We extract a I „, e "„ r cbi° -e ff. more than 68,000 cures:—Cure No. 58,216, of the ''S - n g av io a de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasr o - v er, „ e r debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation s" hla ' o rct digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intoler%,, vous agitation. Cure No. 1,771: Lord Stuart de r 1 0.4 9 ,70, Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. ~,,r 0 10,04 Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia , t',; 100 80,,,, , asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, si'„, vomiting.—Maria Joly." Cure No. 46,270: Mr. Ja i .°!„i g of blo of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, sP,, - , Cailt'"va° liver derangement, and partial deafness I m ports.. , ra itat i l iciar Beware of the many unsavoury and more than slOPPIost to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name i s 1 0 ' ; ciously attached. A Injo In tins at Is. lid.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. 2 lbs., 45. 6-1 co ., J O" 12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 405.— BARRY Du BARRY an d pica!, g 6 9, itegent-street, London also Fortnam and Mason, Ic.i o , and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside; 63, Oxford-street 330 Strand ; and all grocers and env"- Births. 7 ,7° ttir i g - EVERS -On the 12th inst., at 52, Cornwall-roa d, hill, the wife of Arthur Evers, Esq., of a oon• ~I d gel" Lzwis—On the 12th inst., at Trinilsaton Souse/ rim+, county Dublin, the wife of H. Owen 14°W. of a son and heir. SHEPPARD On the 11th inst , at Fromefield 1-10115.fLdoel'- the wife of Major T. W. Sheppard, 25th (K. 0.8.), of a son. Marriages. if 10b °13° ARNOLD—HooD--On the 12th inst , at qi ii rce i t i o - Church, Thomas J. Arnold, Esq., ono of the -.., et 0 0d, -, tan Magistrates, of 1, Crovillo-placo, St. John ', 6 7 0 Th ci : J. Hood, Esq., of tho Middle Temle Prudentia Sarah Jefferson, only child of the i 3. -.. t-i lL .i. of Norton, near Stockton-o ' and Clifton -1° n-loes, St• John's-wood. , at , FITZGERALD—CODRINGTON— On the 13th i lls ` "" 1 1 cc •,. --", •P. Fitzg era gilt iqt , barrister tto, Peter's Church, Eaton-square, R o bert P. t -3 ' of Cork Bugg, Ireland, to Jane Emily, eldos of Gen. Sir W. Codrington, G.C.B. Deaths. IScr i DRUMMOND— On the 12th inst. at Blair Drlito rn°n S'A Home Drummond, Esq., of Blair Drummon d ' DAVIN lERE —On the 10th i t at 18, Blotefie In s . Maida-hill, T. Dwini n er s e, , Esq., late a the offiee, aged 67. a re, J' GoaodhllAiatTrt, Esq., —O J.P., aged uth el2thinst 7 , o. at 22, Bedfor d-S(l'l3A l'or ooi n MILLER —On the 11th inst., at Babbicornbe Mr. P. Miller, of 23, D u k e - s t re et, PieC near adillY, aged 43. sre llBlll' SHIPPARD—On the 11th inst., at The Frio* Dorset, Thomas Shippard, aged 76. London : Printed and Published by VnLLIA 2I No of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tait SUN oraoe, , to ty Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tho 4441Qinz..504turtlith PePter&OX 14, 1567.