The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-05 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence, We have received the following letter from Malta, dated July 31 :—" The Egyptian steam frigate lorahimia arrived on the evening of the 29th, from Marseilles, bound to Alexandria, but having found a telegram awaiting her, with orders to make the best of her way back to Marseilles, she left on the morning of the 30th, to receive on board, for conveying to Egypt, on his return from Europe, his Excellency Nubar Pasha, who for merly acted as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Viceroy. The Pelican arrived yesterday from Susa, with despatches." The first of the 100-pounder 61 smooth-bore guns has been received from the Royal gun factory for ironclad frigates Research, 4,200 horse power, and the Enterprise, 4, 160 horse power. The armament for the iron frigate Achilles, 1,250 horse power, which is to be furnished exclusively with the same description of gun, is daily expected at Chatham. Notwithstanding the disparaging statements which have been made as to the alleged smallness of the battery in the Research and the Enterprise, both those vessels now carry the largest gun of any ship in her Majesty's service, with, of course, the single exception of the Royal Sovereign, which is four times their size. Were the guns on board the Enter. prise and the Research worked by other than manual labour not the slightest complaint would be raised as to the smallness of the batteries in each of those vessels. In the opinion of all officers whose views on the subject are worthy of consideration, the present mode of working large guns by the old system of tackles and handspikes is a disgrace to the age, and unless some simple and easily work able mechanical arrangement can be adopted for the monster 12-ton and 15 -ton 300-pounder and other guns with which it is intended to arm our future ironclad vessels of war, it is believed that the working of these guns will prove a practical ims possibility. In accordance with instructions to that effect received from the Admiralty, it was yesterday announced in the divisional orders of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines Light Infantry that by command of her Majesty, the names of two officers of the division—viz., First Lieut. William Henry Nantes and First Lieut. Alfred Emanuel Otter, have been removed from the list of the offi cers of the Royal Marines. By direction of the Admiralty the whole of the officers were assembled by Col.-Commandant T. Lemon, C. 8., when the letter announcing the Admiralty orders was read, the letter intimating that her Majesty no longer re quired the services of Lieut. Nantes, and that Lieut. Otter has been allowed to resign his commission. The Recruit, iron paddlevessel, 590 tons, 160 horse power, was taken into No. 2 dock, Sheerness, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of ascertaining the results of experiments with the compositions to pre' vent fouling invented respectively by Mr Crispin, Mr Wilson, and Mr Hay. In November, 1863, the port side of the bottom of the Recruit was covered with Hay's composition, the starboard aft with Crispin's composition, and the starboard forward with Wilson's composition. The vessel was then taken into Sheerness harbour, where she has since been lying at anchor. The following results were disclosed on examination :—lt was found that the port side, which was covered with Hay's patent, and the starboard aft, which was coated with Crispin's composition, are both very foul, a large number of mussels, Sec., closely adhering to the iron work. The forward starboard, which was covered with Wilson's composition, is, so far as fouling is con cerned, comparatively free, and in a far better state than the parts that have had the composition of the other two manufacturers applied to them, though it; was evident that a slight corrosion of the bottom of the vessel had taken place. An official investiga tion will shortly take place, and in the interim the vessel remains as it came from the moorings for the examination of the parties interested. The authorities at Sheerness have been instructed to bring forward the Misletoe gunboat for the first class Sheerness Steam Reserve. The Clio, steam corvette, 1,472 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. N. E. B. Turnout, now lying at the Little Note, was inspected by Vice Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.B. She will leave Sheerness to-day for the Pacific, where it is intended she shal relieve the Charybdis, steam corvette, 1,506 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. E. W. Tumour. The second company of Royal Engineers will be inspected at headquarters, Chatham, to-morrow, prior to their embarcatton for the Mauritius, which is expected to take place on an early date. The command of the company will et the same time be handed over by Capt. W, A. Frankland, to Capt. R. M. F. Sandford. Major-Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, who has assumed the command of the forces in the Chatham district, in succession to MajoreGen. H. Eyre has promulgated an order to the troops of the garrison, in which he expresses a hope that the officers of the various branches of the sere vice will cordially assist him in carrying out the duties of the service with that promptness which has hitherto been exhibited. Prior to relinquishing his command, Major-General Eyre assembled the field-officers and adjutants of the various corps, and expressed to them, collectively and individually, his thanks for the co-operation he had received from them during the period he had held the command of the garrison. The Philomel, screw gun vessel, Commander Wildman, has been ordered to be paid off at Ports- mouth. She came into the harbour yesterday to dismantle. She has been nearly four years in cum- Mission. The Himalaya, troopship, Captain E. Lacy left Portsmouth yesterday evening for DJver, to embark troops for Dublin. Trie screw steam corvette Encounter, 14, C iptain Roderick Dew, C. 8., was paid cif at Devonport on Wednesday, by Admiral Superintendent T. M. C. Symonds, C.B. This ship was put in commission in September, 1839. On receipt of the despatches detailing the Pehio disasttr, she, with several others, was ordered to assist in the intended expedition against Pekin, Captain Dew was selected for the Encounter in consequence of his knowledge cf China. Oa arrival, early in 1860, hav ing convoyed to China the gunboats Snap and Bouncer, the Encounter was at once despatched as pioneer of the expedition. A!,Prer the fall of the Taku Forts, Capt. Dew piloted the Carthage and the Greg nada, which had Lard Elgin and his staff on board, to Tien-tsin. On the subsequent advance of the army on Pekin, be was selected by Sir James Hope to explore the river. In the last fight at Pilakao his gig's crew turned the flank of the Tartar cavalry, who attempted to cross the river. During the re mainder of the campaign Capt. Dew commanded the flotilla of 400 boats on the upper waters of the Peiho. The Encounter was afterwards in Japan. Capt. Dew received the thanks of Earl Russell on the occasion of the English and French Ministers leavin g an d return i ng to Jeddo at the time of the murder of the United States' Secretary of Legation. As senior officer at Shanghai in 1861 he was again thanked by Earl Russell for the energy he displayed in protecting the property of the British merchants, In April, 1862, Capt. Dew was sent in command of an allied squadron to Ningpo, then occupied by 40,000 Taeping t roops, who, e mboldened by unex• pected success, had amused themselves by firing not only . into th e foreign settlement, but on our ships of war itlthe ri ver . In spite of efforts to keep the peace collisiona becam e i nev i table, and on the occasion of an Imperial fleet of war junks coming up the river, our vessels were fired into, and a volley of musketry descended on the decks of the Encounter. The cap , tare of Ningpo against such overwhelming odds was c h ara cterised by Sir James Hop e as " the beat thing ever done in China . " The Encounter was ordered subsequently to clear the 30 mile radius of the Taepings, and Capt. Dew raised and drill e d, w i t h the Encounter's Marines , a disciplined force of Chinese, commanded by Europeans. On the iee Encoun ter'soccupd arrival at Ningpo that great city was solely by the Taepings ; trade was completely a t a standstill, an d t h e w h o l e co untry was given up to plunder. Ord er was reesta blished by the joint • English and French expedition. An urgent re quest was made to Capt. Dew that he should take military command. Captain Dew, Lieut. Davis, and Dr. Irwin are the only ward or gun room officers Who left England in and returned in the ship. Six officers and 34 men died from casu lilies or disease! the Encounter was detained a year by the troubled state of affairs in Japan. Sir Richard Mayne, K.C.8., Chief Commissioner of Police, yesterday made his annual , nspection of the dockyard and arsenal corps of eol:ce at Wool. wich. The two divisions of the force, wearing their new tunics and helmets were mustered on their re spective parades before midday, in anticipation of the Chief Commissioner's arrival, The inspection of the dockyard force occupied about half an hour, after which the Fire Brigade stripped off their clothing and made their appearance in an incredibly short time with the fire - engines equipped and hauled out, and a powerful supply of water ready for an emergency. Sir Richard expressed to Super intendent Thompson his unqualified approbation of the discipline and appearance of the men, The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. Cashman to the Irresistible, for service in the Coastguard ; Sub- Lieut. Philip J. Lucas to the Geyser; and Arthur Neate nominated to a naval cadetship. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, (From the Times Correspondent.) NEW YORK, July 22. To engage public attention, wearied with specu lating on the inactivity of General Grant, the Federal Administration has ordered a renewal of the attacks upon Fort Sumter and the city of Charleston. No one expects, however, that any result will ensue except the expenditure of shot and shell, the loss of a few hundred lives, and the demolition of portions of Sumter, which the Confederates will immediately reconstruct. Gen. Grant, it appears, has been goaded by the late raid of Gen. Early into Maryland to accomplish something of the same kind, and has sent forth an expedition under Gen. Sheri dan to the south and west of Petersburg and Rich mond, charged to do as much mischief as he can to railroads, bridges, stores, and generally to the farms and property of the " rebellious" people on his route. As he will find no troops to oppose his pro gress, he will doubtless afford the Northern Govern ment and press an opportunity to claim a " set off" against the late humiliating raid to the gates of Washington. Statements continue to be made, though generally upon insufficient and sometimes very roundabout authority, that Gen. Hunter whose original retreat from the Shenandoah Valley opened the door to the invaders, has faced round again, and recaptured considerable portions of the Confederate spoils on their way through the moun tains ; but beyond the seizure of one laggard convoy of grain there appears to be no truth in the reports. It is also asserted, though the Administration are said to feel no alarm upon the subject, that Gen. Lee and 50,000 men have left Richmond, and that Wash ington is no safer from capture than it was a fort night ago, when the invading force might have seized it as easily as they could have seized a farmer's house if they had but been aware of their opportu nity. Some believe, however, that Gen. Lee—if he has really left Richmond with so large a force—is bound for Atlanta, and not for Washington, If so, Gen. Sherman has found or will speedily find the great and decisive battlefield which he has traveled so long a journey from Chattanooga to seek. The telegrams this morning report that having ens trenched himself between the Chattahoochie and Atalanta, he was assailed on Wednesday, the 29th, by Gen. Johnston in three several onsets, in each of which the Confederates were repulsed with heavy loss ; ana that, on the following day, Sherman made a movement to the left on the railroad to De catur, and thus cut off Johnston's communications with Richmond. If Gen. Lee be not hastening to his aid, and Johnston's army be as small as reported, not above a third of that of bherman's, the Confe derate position is a critical one; and Johnston must abandon Atalanta to save his legions, and retreat upon Macon, without the possession of which by the Federals their occupation of Atlanta will be but of little value. If the Northern public have not, however, been gratified by this or any other of the long promised victories that were all to become due about this time they have been mystified or amused, according to their capecity or humour, by the publication of a remarkable correspondence between several Confe derate g-ntlemea who had assembled on the free and sate side of Niagara Falls (the Clifton House, Canada), Mr Horace Greeley, and the President of the United States. The Confederate gentlemen, Messrs. Clay of Alabama, Jacob Thomson of Missis sippi, Professor Holcombe of Virginia, and Mr. G. N. Sanders, styling himself of Dixie, desirous to stop the effusion of blood, and having a general but no special mission from the Southern President, laid their plans to engage Mr Lincoln in a correspond ence with them, which, whatever might be his opinion on the great question of war or peace, would, if he expressed it, damage him in the estima tion either of his own party or of the Democratic Opposition, if it did not aid in defeating him at the November election. Casting about for an instru ment, chance threw in their way a Mr. Cornell Jewett, a friend of peace and an acquaintance and correspondent, if not a friend, of Mr Horace Greeley, who was rusticating quietly on the American side of the Cataract, but free to pass to and fro, as the Confederate agents were not. Mr. Jewett, like a good patriot and blessed peacemaker, undertook to open the correspondence with Mr. Greeley, the first result of which was that Mr. Sanders and his col- leagues offered to proceed to Washington to debate on the terms of peace between South and North, if they could have " complete and unqualified protec. tion" from the President and the Secretary of War on the way to and from the capital, and during their stay. Mr, Greeley replied five days afterwards, having consulted the President in the interval, and stated that, " if they were duly accredited from Richmond es the bearers of propositions for peace," he was authorised by the President to tender them safe conduct on the journey, and that he himself would accompany them at the earliest moment tha would be agreeable to them. The Confederate de. legation, having no bpecial mission, replied on the following day—the 18th of July—that they were not accredited as bearers of propositions for peace, but were in the confidential employment of the Confederate Government, were entirely familiar with its wishes and opinions, and that if the corre- spondence that bad already taken pace could be made known at Richmond they would at once be clothed with the full powers which Mr. Lincoln seemed to imagine they already possessed, Mr. Greeley, non piussed at this turn of affairs, tele- graphed to Washington for further instructions. Mr. Lincoln sent them on the 19th by his private secretary, Major Hay, who on arrival at Niagara on the 20th handed to Mr. Greeley for transmission to the Confederate agents the following letter, which will, no doubt, take a conspicuous place in the his tory of the time : "Executive Mansion, Washington, July 18, 1864. "To whom it may concern— " Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and considered by the Executive Govern ment of the United States, and will be met by liberal terms on substantial and collateral points, and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe conduct both ways. "ABRAHAM LT,NcoLx." In other words, 'Arr. Lincoln declined the nego tiation, even if the emissaries were duly accredited to him by Mr. Jefferson Davis, unless upon such terms as he knew it was impossible for the Confede rate Government to accept—terms, moreover, that are not warranted by the Constitution which leaves to the separate States of the Union, in their local self-government, the sole right of abolishing slavery. He has thus declared that while he is President there shall not be peace, except by the utter subjugation or unqualified submission of the South. He has thrown over all his old scruples on the slavery question-- that awful question which in Louisiana has resolved itself into the virtual re.enslavement of the freed negroes as a better alternative for that unhappy race than idleness, pauperism, disease, and death; de clared authoritatively, for the first time, that the Con stitution of the United States was as dead and de funct as George Washington, and that he (Mr. Lin coln) was the sole successor to its authority. The wily Confederates gained their point. They set a trap for the bird and caught it with unexpected celerity. Mr. Lincoln's thoughts and those of the public travel in different ways. Other men's wishes may incline to peace, but not those of the President. The majority of the pe-pte may yearn for the recto• ration of the Union under which they flourished as no nation ever flourished before, but Mr. Lincoln will have no Union that is not accompanied by the compulsory emancipation of an helpless and igno rant people, though he knows full well that eman■ cipation in the North, of which the North is now so proud, was neither sudden nor compulsory, nor due in any shape or degree to the action of the Federal Government, but wholly to the force of public opinion in the several States acting upon the Legislature, which dealt with the subject in the cautions and tentative manner which its vast im portance demanded. But, although Mr. Lincoln has thus taken his stand in favour of a revolution which shall consoli date the Union by force of arms, and by abrogation of the social compact which alone held the States together, and which forms the only legal bond of cohesion between New York, Pennsylvania, and New England, at this moment the indications of the progress of the peace party are so meny, and come from such different and such unconnected quarters, that it is impossible to misinterpret them. The Democrats, who, up to the murderous failures of General Grant's present campaign, were loud in their cries for the vigorous prosecution of the war, but still louder in their denunciation of all the pos• sible means by which their alleged purpose could be carried into effect, have become peaceful and con sistent, They have veered round to the opinions of the other and more logical section of their party, who hold that the war is not only unfortunate in conduct, but wrong in principle, and that it never can restore the Union, which is still the object of so much love and so many hopes. Even the Republicans are divided in sentiment, although Mr. Lincoln's letter " to all whom it may concern," may strengthen the adhesion to his cause of the Abolitionist branch of the party. His call for 500,000 men to carry on the war for another twelvemonth has disabused most people of the idea that the South could be reduced to obedience within the limits which they believed practicable when Grant crossed the Rapidan, and Sherman began hie march to Atlanta. Rather suffer hostilities to drag on for another Presidential term, see the debt accu mulate at the rate of a thousand millions per annum, and the flower of the youth and manhood of 20 once prosperous and happy States driven to the shambles of Virginia, under such adepts at slaughter as General Grant, they are ready to submit at the 11th hour to that constitutional mode of meeting the difficulty which ought to have been adopted at the first—namely, a general convention of the peo ple of North and South to decide whether Union be either practicable or desirable. The Chicago Convention, which is to meet in September, will show what form and magnitude this idea has assumed. Out of 48 delegates already elected to that body only 6 are known to be for the prosecu tion of the war, without a preliminary offer to the South of terms of peace; while the remaining 42 are for an armistice and a general Convention, which shall either make a more perfect Union or consent to a separation without further bloodshed. By the time the delegates meet at Chicago a candidate for the Presidency will be found to stand upon this " platform." In the meanwhile every defeat of the Northern armies in the field, every humiliation of the Government at Washington, every attempt to enforce the conscription, every rise in the premium on gold, and increase i❑ the price of the necessaries of life, will give this growing party new power over the sympathies of the multitude and diminish the chances of Mr Lincoln's election. The manifesto of a large section of the Democratic members of the lower House, drawn up by Mr Buckalew, of Pennsylvania, and signed by him and 42 other representatives of the people, as a bid for peace, which though it does not in terms admit that the rupture between South and North is final, clearly foreshadows .he ultimate acceptance of that issue by the signers, if a general conventio❑ of the people should fail to agree to a reconstruction. A similar, though more forcibly worded, appeal of the Central Committee of the German democracy, promulgated yesterday, points the same way, declares that the war cannot last for ever, that it may go on for years, until both parties are exhausted, when foreign Powers will intervene and compel peace on conditions that might not be so palatable to either as if the peace was of their own seeking; and calls upon the North as the stronger party to make the first movement towards reconciliation. The Roman Catholic hierarchy are all for peace, and it is probable that the Irish peace party (it sounds like a misnomer) will, in view o the draught and the debt, the taxation and the high prices, follow the lead of their spiritual advisers, and declare themselves as the German democracy have dcne in favour of the cessation of bloodshed. Several candidates are spoken of as the nominees o Chicago —among others, Governor Horatio Seymour of Connecticut, whose name would be a to wer of strength, Mr. Vallandigam, Senator Welt of New Jersey, one of the ablest writers, lawyers, and statesman of the party, and General M'Clellan. Were the last-named to adopt the platform, and to declare for " Union," if Union were piesible, without further bloodshed—but with or without Union to insist upon " Liberty "—it is probable that all other candidates would yield to his su• perior popularity, and that the United Democrats, with his name to represent their cause,would achieve an easy victory over the disunited Republicans, scattering their votes between Mr. Lincoln and General Fremont, if not between those two gentle men and Mr. Chase. General M'Clellan is prudent. He makes the first step secure before he takes the second; and has not committed himself so greatly on the question of the vigorous prosecution of the war as not to be able to adopt the policy of a vigorous prosecution of peace, sLould he finally con sent to become the nominee of what promises to be the great majority of the Democratic party. Europe need not, and perhaps will nor, be surprised if the best soldier of the North should ultimately become the champion of peat•, allowing the South the inde pendence which it is suicidal as well as useless to dispute, and drawing his sword, if he have occasio❑ to draw it at all, in defence of those principles of Republican liberty which found their embodiment in Ulu) violated Constitution of the United States. The task may be difficult, but not even a soldier can deny that it will be glorious. The now draught is very unpopular, and would be dangerously so if any largo bodies of the working classes beliuvcd that it would ever be enforced. The philosophic, religious, and (it may be added, ©s far as this war is concerned, the) bloodthirsty State o, Massachusetts, despairing of raising her quota at home, has addressed a mission to the Border and ,uch Southern States as are held by Federal troops to enlist the runaway and freed Legroes to serve instead of such white men of Massachusetts as are willing to pay, but obstinately unwilling to fight. New York is about to imitate her example, though the Governor declines to recommend it, and, as it is generally admitted that the negroes, if well led, make brave soldiers, it is likely, if the funds be forthcoming to pay the bounties, that 30,000 or 40,000 black recruits may be placed at the service of Mr. Lincoln before the winter, even without any positive enforcement of the draught. Whatever may be said or thought in the outer world of the decency or the humanity of Americans who hire negroes to do the work of battle, which they are too busy, too indisposed, or too lukewarm in the cause to do fur themselves, there is one favourable circumstance connected with the new draught which merits and will receive unqualified approval. The Provost- Marshal General (Mr Fry), i❑ his instructions and regulations to all concerned about the measure, ex. pressly declares that "no premiums whatever for :he procuration of recruits will hereafter be paid by ;he United States.' This will put a stop to the crimping system, and ruin the trade of the mer cenary scoundrels who go to Ireland, ostensibly to procure railway labourers, but in reality to enlist soldiers—for whom they wore up to this time paid by the Federal Government at the rate of 20 dole a head. It will also spoil,the business of the enter prising travellers on board of emigrant ships, British or American, who relieve the tedium of the Atlantic passage by inducing their companions to enrol themselves among the brave defenders " of the best Government that ever existed on the flee of the earth," and to fight for a cause of which, for the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1864. most part, they know nothing, except that it offers high bounties and good pay. Perhaps the Federal Government, which treated the remonstrances of Lord Lyons on this subject with such supercilious disregard, has discovered the inconvenience and ira policy, not to say the danger of longer persistence in a systom that has led to so much cruelty and in justice, and to such well-founded complaint cn the part of Great Britain and other foreign Powers. At all events, it has to be congratulated at having seen, though tardily, the errcr of its ways, and at having ceased to be, through ts venal unprincipled agents, the greatest kidnapp3r in the world, the King of Dahomey perhaps excepted. Cotton Supply association. At the usual weekly meeting of the Executive Committee, held on Inesday,August 2, a letter was read from Durban, Natal, enc osing two fine samples of Sea Island cotton, valued at 4s. and ss. per lb, respectively. This description of cotton is said to succeed well, and seems better adapted to the climate than any other. When planted in a choco late sand found there it is ve'y prolific. The writer had some which he expected to begin to pick about the middle of June. The untsually stormy weather which had been experienced had done considerable damage to the crop, but was sot likely to discourage planters from increasing the production of cotton. A letter received from Gibreltar represents the cot ton in Barbary to be looking well, and that picking will commence towards the end of this month. The Moors are beginning to sowcotton in:quantities,and seed had been liberally disxibuted. A letter was read from St. Thomas's, West Indies, stating that the young trees and the cotton crops generally are looking unusually healthy, Ind growing fast. Some Sea Island and Egyptian totton, grown from seed supplied by the association, has been sold in Liver. pool at 42d. and 39d. pet lb. respectively. The writer states that his crop ea far has covered all the expenses incurred in production, and that if the American war continues there will be a large mar gin for profit. A letter was received advising the shipment of two bales of cotton from St. Thomas's to the association for sele, and enclosing a commu nication from Yanko, Port Rico, stating that a quan tity has been forwarded as a specimen of the pro duce of the country. A fine sample of cotton grown in Antigua from New Orleana seed was received through the Board of Trade from the Governor of that island, together with a despatch stating that the cotton was grown under unfavour able circumstances, as from the period of planting, three months back, up to the time it was picked no rain had fallen. The Governor is anxious that the cotton grown in the island shall be fairly tested, in order that if it promise to be remunerative the many estates now lying waste may be placed under cultivation. A letter was read from Upolu, one of the Navigator Islands, enclosing a sample of cotton, and stating that the writer is about to enter into the cultivation, and has obtained land for the purpose, both on the seacoast and inland, which he antici pates will cost from £lO to £l5 per acre to clean and plant the first crop. He expects to obtain adequate labour from the natives, and his request to be supplied with seed and a gin, to be paid for out of the produce, was granted, A report was received from the Colonial-office, which has been forwarded by the Governor of the Gambia, stating the results of Staff Assistant-Surgeon Harvey's mission to the Upper River, and containing valuable information respecting the trade of that district. He remarks that he observed on his route several large enclosures with fair crops of cotton, aid that on approaching Medina, the capital of the kingdom of Woolli, a large town in the centre of an extensive, well cleared plain, he passed soma large patches of cotton. In answer to his inquiries at Medina respecting cotton, the people stated that, if wanted, they could bring plenty to market, and he thinks it could be obtained in large quantities and without difficulty. The ground nut requires a considerable quantity of rain, cotton, on the contrary, but little, and under the circumstances of an insufficient rainfall (as that of last year) might, he thinks, be made to supple ment any deficiency in the former. The difference between the price at present paid by the trader to the native producer and the price of cotton in Bathurst leaves but a small margin for profit, but he has no doubt that an increased and steady demand Would lead to increased cultivation and its production at a much lower rate than that at pre sent paid by the traders, which, of course, would allow a larger profit, even supposing the present low price in Bathurst to be the market price. The treaty which Dr. Harvey has negotiated with the King of Woolii will enable traders, with perfect safety both to their lives and property, to establish depots at Medina, as well as other large towns throughout the whole of the territory under the authority of the King, who has an earnest desire for friendship and trade with English merchants. A despatch forwarded by Ote Foreign-office was re ceived from the Acting Consul-General at Tabreez, reporting that the high prices of cotton in Europe have given a great impuls e to its production in his consular district, and that a considerable quantity has, consequently, been exported to Europe in 1863-64. The total amount may be estimated at from 8,000 to 10,000 bales of 1601 b. each. Nearly double that quantity was exported to Russia via Tiflis and the Caspian Sea. Despatches forwarded by the India-office were received from the Govern ment of Machete, relative to the cultivation of Peru vian cotton in the South &rcot and Kistna districts of that Presidency, together with various samples of the cotton grown. The Peruvian plants stand the sun well, and the result of close observation is that, if they were . properly watered, they would be far more remunerative then the indigenous variety, and that they are admirably adapted for general introduction into Southern India. The staple is fine and long, and the cotton commands a high price, ranking, it is said, next to Sea Island. The yield is represented to have been at the rate of 560113. of clean cotton per cawny, equal to an acre and a quarter. The plants do not seem to require a period of repose, as before one crop has been fully collected blossoms shoot out in every direction. Details are supplied of experiments with Peruvian Egyptian, and Sea Island seed, made by Messrs. Keess and Gibbs, who have incurred considerable expenditure to give fall effect to their efforts and have readily imparted to others the benefi of their experience and knowledge. Reports, also forwarder! by the India-office, were received on the agricultural exhibitions held in the districts of Tinnevelly and Nellore, in the months of March and April last. At the first named the American saw-gin was exhibited at work to the people. It cleans the cotton beautifully, but tears the fibre, and, howev e r well adapted to foreign kinds, will not d o f or th e s h or t staple indigeno us cotton of Tinnev e lly. At th e Nellore Exhibiti on Mr. Smith, of N a b o b pet , came f or ward again wi t h New Orleans cott on , f rom see d raised in the count ry. What he exhibit e d was f ar b e yond anything else on the ground, and won the first prize. The collec tor remarks that it would be well to wait for a year or two before coming to any conclusion as to whether New Orleans and other foreign species degenerate or not. The yield of cotton without irrigation is represented to have been at the rate of fsolb per acre; but where irrigation was employed once in eight days the yield was at the rate of 250 lb per acre. The Dharwar saw-gin was worked and at tracted great attention. The leading merchants in the cotton trade expressed the opinion that the work was good, but that there was considerable waste, and their . conclusion was that the breadth of cotton cultivation in the district did not make it worth the ryot's while to incur the loss for the sake of the economy in time and labour. A letter was read from the President of the Italian Royal Commission, Turin, advising the despatch of a silver medal, in acknowledgment of " the eminent service to the Royal Commission " rendered by the association, " both in furnishing counsel and material assist. an ce." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's rills. —Impaired Con stitutions.—The i n fi rm are un f ortuna t e ly the most prone to become the victi ms t o d angerous maladies unless the purity of the blood and functional regularity of the vital organs be carefully guarded. Holloway's Pills can be re commended with the most truthful earnestness as the best purifiers, alleviativ es , an d aperients when the b o d y i s naturally we a k or acc id en t a lly disordered. They never create disgust, and do n o t ca uso the weakness and oppres sion too often c onsequen t on the frequent repetiti on of the ordinary drastic drags which are sometimes thoughtle ss l y though most disa s t r ou s ly prescribed. These Pill s , i n truth, carefully guard the constituents of the ani ma l fr ame, they enrich the blood when poor in quality, th e y i ncrease that fluid when deficient in quantity, and always strengthen, Lord Stanley on Commercial Affairs. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, The half,yearly meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon. Mr, Grainger presided, and there were present Lord Stanley, Mr T. B. Horsfall, M P., Messrs. Hey worth, Macfie, &c. Letters of apology for non-attendance were read from Mr J. C. Ewart, M.P., Mr Bramley Moore. M,P,, and the Mayor of Liverpool. The report, which detailed operations of the council of the Chamber upon most of the commercial questions which have arisen during the past half-year, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN said that in deference to the Chamber the Council had studiously avoided all party questions, though not avoiding those coming within the range of poli tical economy, drawing the line as nearly as possible be tween where theory was likely to become practice, and where it remained theory only. Mr HORSFALL moved the adoption of the report. He said there were several subjects mentioned therein to which he should feel it his duty to refer. He rejoiced much that the Board of Trade was negotiating a treaty with Peru. If the Board . of Trade communicated more frequently with the mercantile interests, the treaties adopted and sanc tioned by Government would be much more beneficial to the country, and the Board of Trade would be enabled to obtain that practical information which would be invaluable to them in negociating these treaties. With reference to the consolidation of Customs and Inland Revenue establish ments a deputation had waited on Lord Palmerston, and after a long delay he (Mr Horsfall) had learnt from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that Government did not see their way clear to the granting of a commission as sought by this charelser. They were, however, convinced that the consolidation of Customs and Inland Revenue was founded on true principles, and he was sure the time was not far dis tant when it would be accomplished. He then referred to the present inaccuracy of the Customs and Inland Revenue returns made to Parliament, and quoted instances. With reference to the bill for the collection of taxes, he had sup ported it until the introduction of a clause providing that London should be exempted from the restrictions placed on other towns. After that he opposed it strongly before com mittee, but was defeated. When the bill came on for third reading he opposed it again and the house rejected it. With out the objectionable clause he thought the bill was a very beneficial one. With reference to the Railway Companies' Powers Bill he supported the views of the chamber, though opposed to those of Lord Stanley. Mt florsfall proceeded to detail his action in regard to the Partnerships Bill. With respect to the rates of railwaycarriage to and from Liverpool he explained the dif f iculties he had had to encounter in ob• taining returns desired by this chamber of the rates charged by each railway company. He first gave notice two sessions ago, but only four companies furnished the returns. He had repeated the order forthwith with a similar result, and then on the 7th June last gave a final notice that they be fur nished by the Tuesday next following. At the last moment came the draught of a petition against the order by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company. His turn for moving the returns did not come on until half-past 2 o'clock, and while the vice-chairman of the board of directors of the London and North-Western Railway was replying, Mr Brumley Moore and the railway directors had the house counted out. This Chamber simply wanted to be satisfied that in the charges for carriage to and from Liverpool all the companies charged uniform rates and showed no partiality. As their representative, he should still take any one of the courses open before him to obtain the returns that the Chamber might think necessary. Atter some general reference to the prosperity of the country Mr Horgan conclu led by moving the adoption of the report. Mr HEYWORTIL seconded the motion, and drew atten tion to the action of the Chamber in regard to the customs duties in India, upon which the council reported as fol lows :—" The Chamber was informed in the annual report presented in February last that a committee has been ap pointed to consider the question of these duties. The com mittee to which the question was referred were unable at that time to prosecute the inqu ry without authoritative publications of the tariffs of India, which could not be pro cured in any of the andel quartets. The committee hav ing since had before them all the official information ob tainable on the subject, your Council are enabled now to acquaint you that the Customs duties now levied in India appear to be framed for the purpose of revenue only, and do not injuriously affect the commerce of this country, without producing any corresponding benefit to the Indian Exchequer. Your council, observing with pleasure that within the last three years these duties had been largely re duced, and hoping that the growing prosperity of the Indian Exchequer would at no distant time enable the Govern ment to remove them altogether, regret to learn that in May last the scale of valuations on which the duties are calcu lated has been considerably raised, and the pressure of many of these duties thereby increased." Objections were taken to the concluding part of the third paragraph, as pledging the council to a statement of fact, without sufficient grounds thereon. After some discussion the report was adopted with only two dissentients. Lord STANLEY, on rising, was received with cheers—lie said tnat he had not had the honour of being in that room before, but he sincerely hoped this would not be the last time. He had attended with the intention of being a listener only, but if any remarks of his could be of service he thought there would be more presumption in refusing to speak than in offering them. Three or four subjects had been alluded to bearing on certain questions with which he had had offs cially to deal. He meant those which had reference to India• First, with reference to the question of Customs duties, on which the discussion had taken place. Perhaps it might do something to settle the difficulty if he said that to his mind the passage referred to, although the words might appear ambiguous, did not express any opinion that the Cus toms did not affect the commerce of the country. The pro position contained in the report was this, that they did not unjustly affect it; meaning that they did inflict a certain ainount e of injury, but that it was an injury inevitable, and which was inflicted simply because it was necessary for the revenue, and therefore for the good government of India. Mr Heyworth, in advocating the repeal of these Customs dudes, did not go into the more difficult question of what was the tax that could be substituted for these duties with out an accompanying injury to those who paid it. He did not suppose any tax could be a pleasant thing for both high and low. The millennium of no Custom - houses and 20 per cent, off the property tax was, he thought, so distant as not to be within the reach of political prophecy. These Customs duties were not very high, nominally 3 per cent., and much less in reality ; but they were open to this objection, that they gave a certain protection to the native as against ;he English manufacturer, This was, of course, objec tionable on principle; but that, as against our command of capital and skillen labour, had not rendered the native com petition very formidable. However, he apprehended that every English financier would be of opinion that as soon as these duties could be got rid of they ought to be. The question was, how soon could this be done. There was one claim which Indian financiers considered to be a prior claim on our resources, and that was the Indian income tax, because, difficult as the income tax was to collect under schedule D in this country, the difficulty was tenfold in creased when they castle to deal with native merchants and traders. It was feared, when first proposed, that it would meet with great opposition. They did not oppose it, bu he fancied they evaded it to a pretty considerable extent Laughter.) Also because it was imposed in the first instance only for a limited time, and from the strong ex. prest , ions of opinion that it would not require to be renewed, the incoma tax had the first claim upon the Indian Ex- chequer. If the state of finance should allow it, these Customs duties had the next strongest claims for repeal. The question really depended upon whether they remained at peace, and in an Oriental country it was utterly im possible to speak with ordinary safety, but they never had an abler Governor-General, and never had a Calcutta Administration mere thoroughly peaceable in its inten tions, and with a more fixed determination not to carry out that policy of annexation so much discussed 15 years ago. (Hear, and cheers.) They never had more profound tran quillity or better prospects for the future than they had at present. The experience of the last few years had shown that the revenues of India were considerably more elastic than it used to be common to think they were. Another Indian topic, as he understoood the report of the council, was that of Indian currency. It did not go into the per- plexing question of a double currency, but simply proposed to make gold a legal tender to a limited amount as silver was in England. It was not a question upon which he would like to pledge himself, but as at present advised, he failed to see any obje3tion to such a measure as one that might be safely adopted. As to proposed new dues at Singapore, he knew there had been two opinions on that question, but on the whole he was inclined to think that the view which the Chamber took (that of supporting the dues) was correct. Those dues were no departure from the principle of free trade. As to the desirability of reforming the courts of justice at Rangoon, he fully supported the views of the Chamber. It was a country for which he be lieved there was a very great future. He had long looked further to the time when all that large territory lying east of Calcutta should;be constituted into a more independent Government, and separate Lieutenant-Governor. It would he believed remove many causes of complaint. In passing on to the question of the consolidation of Customs, he did not wish to pronounce a positive opinion. Ha thought clearly that Mr Horsfall had so fairly drawn the battle, and he certainly thought it reasonable and requisite that the matter should be tried over again. At the same time he thought they might carry consolidation too tar. He was assured it had not answered as was expected in the case of the War Department. lie now came to the question upon which he had the misfortune to differ with the Chamber, and with Mr Horsfall--that was the question whether rail way companies should be allowed to become owners of steam vessels. He wished to say that at present there was no absolute prohibition, but it was left to the Select Com- raittee to exercise their discretion on the understanding that they stated the reason upon which such privileges were granted. ' This, however, had become a mere matter of form. Ile thought that railway companies should be allowed the privilege—if they could run vessels cheaper than ether parties the public would be the gainers, and if they could not they would not try. (Hear.) With reference to the question of a cheaper local postage, he was inclined to doubt the expediency of the proceeding. They should _ . ._. rattler seek increased facilities of postage, but not interfere with the established rate, which, he thought, was low enough, lie heartily approved of a Liverpool testimonial to Sir Rowland Hill, His lordship next referred to the Lord Chancellor's County Court Bill, which, ho thought, was a subject for` grave deliberation, They had to consider, on the one hand, whether the removal of the punishment of imprisonment for fraudulent debtors was de sirable, and, on the other hand, whether too much power was not left in the hands of the county court judges, With regard to the petty charges of customs he cordially agreed with the chamber. With respect to the adoption of a deci• mal coinage and of a decimal system of weights and mea sures, he thought that while the former was easily enforce able by Government, the second was not, and that it would take a long period and much inconvenience before it could be established. In France it took 50 years. He had sup ported a scheme for decimal coinage, but was afraid that if they brought the question before the house they would find themselves in a woeful minority. He had been requested to say a few words with regard the law of Patents—a very proper question to engage the attention of a Chamber of Commerce. They were possibly aware that a Royal Com mission was issued two years ago. He was chairman of that commission. The report was signed, and would shortly be in print, He would not go into detail on an unpublished document; but what they had done was briefly this. They had proposed modifications in the law with a view to lessen the inconvenience to manufacturers and persons engaged in business. We could do something to diminish the extraor dinary cost and delay incurred by those in fighting patent cases ; but he was bound to state that, having considered the subject most carefully for two years, he was satisfied, so far as he was personally concerned, that the chief objections to the patent law were not remediable by any change in the details of the law. They are the price which the public pays for rewarding inventors. Might not a time be coming when some other mode of rewarding inventors could be substituted for that at present in existence? It only re mained for him to congratulate them upon having tided over the difficulties of the American war, and upon the in creasing trade and prosperity of this town. The noble lord retumed his seat amid applause. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—As some of the London theatres, which used to take as their "season" so many months of the summer or winter, now use the same name to signify any term for which they are continuously open, be it awhole year ruuud or longer, no must we now begin to extend in our imaginations the period during which Parliamentary orators favour the country with their remarks, and keep us in expecta tion of hearing something interesting or protound. The speech-making season is now from the first of January to the last of December. The penalty of reputation must be paid by never-ending display. Happily for the leading men in Parliament, the art of addressing an audience in decent language on general subjects is acquired so thoroughly that they never need be at a loss to fill up half an hour after dinner. They have only to go through the familiar topics of the day till they have exhausted them, and then if it comes to the worst they can begin them again. Were it not so—were these discourses at tended with much effort, it is hardly possible that statesmen and members of Parliament should be ready for them as soon as the Session is over. Yet, as the legislative work of the country becomes harder every year, so there seems an increasing tendency to seek recreation by treating the same subjects over again all through the country, and, as it were, chewing the cud of the Session during the autumn months. First of all, of course, comes Lord Palmerston. The Premier, one would think, de serves a little rest. He has just finished a session of six months. It did not produce any great monu ment of legislation, but the labours of Parliamen tary life are quite independent of the magnitude of the subjects on which they ere employed. There is always an immense mass of business to be transacted, of petty and yet necessary details to be supervised; the First Minister of the country has r o manage men as well as to devise measures, and the House of Com mons is not now the docile assembly that it was in the days when to talk of independence and conscien tious votes was to gain the reputation of a knave and not of a philosopher. With a small majority, doubt. ful a month ago, and a vigorous Opposition in face of him, Lord Palmerston's whole energies must have been tried during the session that is past. He has, moreover, been engaged in conducting one of the meet wearisome and ungrateful negotiations that ever fell to the lot of an English Minister. The policy of his Government has been violently attacked by his op ponents, and coldly defended by his friends. One might presume that the end of July would find him desirous to enjoy his well-earned repose, to fly with alarm from any two or three gentlemen who looked like a deputation, and to be relentless in dis appointing any assembly that expected a speech. A few years since a Minister might have assumed that a part of his time, at least, was his own. But in the present day it seems that a public man is never to lose his publicity. The country is becoming almost American in its exactions from celebrities of all kinds, and most of ail from the political. Inces sant representation must be the lot of the man who has gained such a name as to make people de sirous to see and hear him. The public man now knows that he must be showing himself every. where, and speaking about something or other almost as often as he shows himself. Both Ministers and Opposition are always on the platform, in the City or in the provinces, holding forth, now in some great Town-hall, now in the inn of an obscure vil lage, on art, or agriculture, or politics, or the Church, on shmething which gives them an opportunity of showing themselves in the flesh to their country men, and eeratifying the curiosity of an intelligent pabl;c. On Monday, for instance, her Majesty's Ministers began the post-Parliamentary Session by accepting the Fishmongers' invitation. The weary statesmen who had been disputing with Bismark and Beust for half a year had within two days after the close of the Session to go down to Lon don-bridge and respond to the compliments of the Prime Warden on their character and policy. It was certainly satisfactory to receive his congratue lations, and to know that the Fishmongers still re. tain the liberal opinions for which they have been distinguished. But the hospitaliey of the great City Company is but the beginning of something that will last until it is time for Parliament to meet again. Nor does the banquet fail to give some pre figurement of the style of oratory which will pre. veil from the present time to February next. The Prime Warden was glowing in his praises of the Premier; declared that the House of Commons had pronounced a verdict in his favour which had been unanimously endorsed by the country, and that however great the complications in which the nation might be placed, it reposed the most entire confidence in his consummate statesmanship. Lord Palmerston responded in a similar spirit, and returned the com pliments of the Company in the happiest manner ; but the toast of the " the House of Lords" called up Lord Russell, and then the Fishmongers, of course, heard all about Lord Grey, the Reform Bill, the Test aid Corporation Acts, and civil and religious liberty. We have scarcely time, however, to think that the Ministry must be tired of political speaking west and east of Temple-bar, before Lord P a l me rston is heard of again from another part of England, where he makes a speech on the advantages of steam travel ling, and the contrast of the goods train of to-day with the waggon of the last generation, and the improvement which springs from the constant com munication between the provinces and the capital. In a few days he will be speaking at Bradford, and this strain of oratory will be kept up until the seri ous business of the nation begins once more. The Opposition will not be behind hand. Lord John Manners begins the season by a speech on agricul ture at Market Harborough, Lord Stanley speaks at the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and before long they will be followed by every member of their party of sufficient importance to command an audience. Whatever may be the value of individual addresses, there is no doubt that it does "link classes together " to have the chief men in Parlia. meat thus brought face to face with popular audiences, and giving a share of their attention to those whom the French would call provincials, If the politicians of the country go circuit almost us regularly as the judges, the result cannot but be to diffuse political knowledge and an interest i n t h e welfare of the State, But the pub i c ought ce r t a i n l y to be much obliged to the eminent persons who thus sacrifice time and convenience for their benefit. What a Prime Minister's holyday is in the present day we are not able to make out, and t tvo or th ree of his colleagues are almost equally nurelaxing i n their work. The ordinary work of Parliament is of itself sufficiently exhausting, the incessant attention which the great machine of State requires is known only to those who are concerned in its manage ment, and we are sometimes inclined to think that the human machine is hardly and wastefully dealt with when it is subjected to the addlional strain of provincial oratory, „ HERALD.—Tue Danish Iligsraad has received the announcement that preliminaries of peace have been signed, with a silence which it protests must not be regarded as satisfaction. Conscious that the nation lay at the mercy of its enemies, convinced that only the absolute abandonment of a third of its territory would save the Danish monarchy from total extinction, the members of the Rigsraad must, indeed, forbear front censuring the Ministers who have put their hands to this degradation of their country to the condition of a fifth-rate state ; but they cannot, in their grief and indignation, render full Justice to the difficult position in which those Ministers found themselves, and they will not even seem to approve the transaction which destroys Denmark as a European power. No true-hearted Dane will be able to find any consolation in this peace of Vienna. A people proud ot history, proud of the great part it has played in Europe, conscious that in no degree has it fallen from its ancient virtues, and assured by the whole of Europ e tha its cause was a just one, cannot be consoled for its . ) relegation to a role utterly unimportant in th e g rea t__ European tra g i- comea y by the insulting proausu that its i ns i gni fi c nce will save it from t he nee" sity of paying taxes to keep up an army and osv and . the mocking assurance of the sympathies of the .. nations who are mainly responsible for all the calm . mines it mourns. The King of Denmark may 1 " . ., satisfied—he still has a throne to which he has n no moral and hardly any legal right, and of w . fifteen years ago he would not have ventured in his most sanguine moods to dream. Holstein, Schleswig and Lauenburg are gone; he has signed them away, but he is still a King. instead of a younge brother of a younger branch of a younger ho hse r ; That he should hale h a d t o commence his reig by such a division of his kingdom is indeed hal misfortune and not his f a ult ; but the Danes may well curse the hoar when, in relianca upon ta_ ' engagements of the European Powers, they !ilt ereci o their law of succession. Better far would it ha v been for them if they had refused to believe .In the promises of England—the principal agent . lo negotiation of that treaty of 1852 over the v.iolatiosuo of which Lord Palmerston, its author, nowiok es he pleasantly. They were told that by repealing.t.se Lex .Regia and electing to their throne a prin u re without the slightest claims to it they would In :by the undisputed union of all p ar t s o f the moh a ' v ",.j, after the extinction of the m a le d e scendants of de rick lll_And very much against their will they did so. Their reward is, that th e y are saddled with a Sovereign for whom, however estimable be m a y be, they care little ; lose altogether pr o vinces "' re have formed part of th e Danish monarchy for of than five hundred years; have sacrificed the s° ;: a „ of . their youth, burdened the future with hesvl,i4 l bilities, and are at the mercy of every power of pleases to insult or rob them. That is the res c h i f t wo trusting to the pledges and the sympathy 01 „, a 0 peoples .. who profess to be at the head of EarhY, -- i ii civilisation—who claim to have a decisive Par" fe the settlement of European questions, and wh a . ° emi the one a . coward, except when dealing with nate Asiatics ; and the other a mercenary , w ho ; pretending . to fight for an idea, will only fig d there is a chance of despoiling somebody. t" - i r r; however, as is the fate of the Danes, s evere " - m . the conditions which Herr Von Bismark ht' s posed, they have no reason to regret that 01, - 4 fused the proposals of Earl Russell, and, after struggle, have dealt directly with their salterelfc, Had they accepted Lord Russell's last proposa b , .would have retained only a small portion of Sc at wig—a portion divided by no definite frontier fr 7 the rest of the duchy, and a portion for whinb theyGe many would always have been clamouring. A s r t he could not have the frontier of the Schlei ca d t i o o Dannewerke, they are b e tt er w i t h out a ny P ar ; 3 . of Schleswig. True, E ng l an d p ropose d to gt16.11-at tee them the portion which they might retain. - 5 , all the world knows no w the value of an English rantee. Another Earl Russell—it indeed anothe r 8 7 0 could produce a Minister so va i n , an d so regar3'eia alike of his own and his c oun t r y' s honour--W°.„lo apply to Liberal lawofficere of the Crown, the desirci opinion that some act of Denmark b t s liberated us from our obligation. The goa rav a - id would have been perfectly worthless, and it wc" - ce . have been extremely mischievous. It woo d b ,:st given Earl Russell a pretext for continuing `. B l l impertinent . and ignorant interference in D 3 11 ,1 is affairs to which the dismemberment of Deom ar n - a really due. The Danes must find the cup pr eBe- r te so to . them bitter enough to drain, but they are noted foolish as to allow its bitterness to be atigh lel o by supposing that they would have done bettern, and reeelo have aecepted the last scheme of Earl Russell; f ` a ., Danes can find no compensation for their roll . ;d, tunes in the divisions of their victors, nor, int e d - e . ought Englishmen to join in that absurd and 1/3 A ill cent shout of exultatio n over G erman disc°r"-care which our Liberal contemp orar i es i n dulge.. o f may have little reason to believe that the oh lt l a p. Germany,. if accomplished, would add to the seed ray of . European peace, and we may have le a n n ", r . to despise the so-called constitutional party in ' eo many, but, after all, we cannot desire to see 51 ,, like Herr Von Bismarck in possession of ono ea trolled power, or Hanover and Saxony sw all° , vi n a up by the most aggressive, the most unscrupo'h-T'e the most treacherous of European Powers. T, be c h are but two points in the present situation will., can afford the slightest satisfaction to Englishniel and the satisfaction they would give, small o73", personal as it is, would be shared by honest men 0 1 got.en burg every nation. The fact is that the pretender, who kindled this flame for h is °_,sveicl aggrandisement, and to g a in a throne degrau himself to the revel of the lowest trickster, seem, likely after all to meet tha f a t e d ue t o such ore s ; tures, and in the end miss the prize; the other, I", the Duke . of Saxe-Coburg, hi s great ally, witho r !' whose active interference not ono of the lives stal l : ficed this iniquitous wa r wou ld h ave b een 1°8" has also missed his coup, an d i ns t ea d o f becom ing the leader and the arbiter o f G ermany, has I°,9t ; whatever real influence he posse sse d an d li es at mercy of Herr Von Bismarck, COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER—TIM/8331Y. d e An average att en d ance a t our market to- d ay , .n r business pas s i ng was li m i ted to the requirements of u`iqr sit, us buy ers . E ng li sh wheat must be quoted 115 Per lower, and i n f ore i gn a reduction of 2d per r en t a l took P, ot h Flour declined 6d to is p er sac k. O ats an d oatmeal era more pressingly o ff ere d, an d eas i er i n value. B e ans very firm. Indian corn fully is per qr cheaper. BURTON. ON-TR ENT—TituusuAT. d o . A fair show of wheat at our market, and we quote 8 0 0 cline of is per qr upon former rates. Barley scorc e b e o met with a tolerable active demand. Oats steady. readily found buyers at fully late rates, to 46/ I Old white wheat..42s to 46s Old red wheat, ...° fr 45a New do. 46s t o 50s New d o , .• 4 u 6 f 02 16 Malting barley....32s to 35s I Oats Grinding d0.....26s to 30s I Beans 3O to BIRMINGHAM —THURSDAY. t tO' There was a fair supply o f E ngl i sh wheat at mar - ief day, and last week's prices w ere i s per qr l owe r. 13r oa. steady, and oats show an upward tendency. 13 0138 d 4o# —English wheat w as so ld at 4 4s to .50s for white, L'l oo to to 46s per 36 stone for red, Barley, new malting , 38s per qr; grindi ng , 24 s to 26s Oats, old, 24 8 to r. per 30 ston e; I r i s h , 20 s to 245. Beans, 42s to 44 3 p er Peas, 37s to 40s per 36 stone. MONMOUTH—TUESDAY. bo nd buyers local markets h ave b een we l l attended w. 7 „ ~ o va buyers and sellers du r i ng th e l ast six or seven day 'afe* business has been don e a t a b ou t f ormer rates. I'm') rage quotations are as follows : Wheat, white 5s 3d to 5 s Ild 8ar1ey.,.... 3 s 4d to 61 Ditto Jed.....0s Od to Os Od Oats 2s 3d to 2° EDINBURGH GRAIN—WEDNESDAY. efity To. day there w as a very l arge supply of countr y w which sold slowly at is decline on last week's prices. door ), Wheat on the top Os 6d down .. averae Os BCI IVO . A id Barley on the top is Od down .averageg v 3 nil &Ivo' Oats on the top 2s 6d down ..... average Os `'. 2 7 1 WO" Beans on the top Os 6d down average is 0 " Average Prices. 21s 1 Wheat 4os 7d I Oats 4ls ° Barley 3os 6d I Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...1537 qr 5........ Sold 87 3 ,I rs il 8ar1ey........ 189 qr 5........ Sold 133 `," Oats Beans 177 qrs Sold 115 4" GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. Our market was thinly attended by farmers and dealer!: The show of wheat was moderate, a nd prices for both flapP and wheat receded ab ou t 3d per barrel and boll. Other de' ecriptions of grain and meal without quotable change. THE VALUE OF PROPERTY IN THE CITY,—At th e Grocers' Benevolent Society's meeting on Monday it °II : stated that persons were bidding very large sums of /O i l; for the London Tavern, and that very lately as Much £lOO,OOO had been offered for it,—The Grocer. Births. 1400 1 LEGGE.—On the 3d inst., at Leamington Spa, the Mrs. Geo. Legge, of a son. RoLria.—On the 2d inst., at Croydon, Mrs. T. 0. of a daughter. Cop STOPPORD.—On the 2d inst., at Chatham, the wife °- f C W. J. Stopford, of a daughter, Marriages. d ge LAMn—Cox.—On the 3d inst., at Ch r i s t Church, i to bury, Charles Lamb, Esq.. ,P Highbury New -ar a " of Eliza Esther, only daughter of Benjamin Colt, Bath Lodge, Reading, FLETCHER—KNIGHTS —On the 4th inst , at Kensington, EBq, of i‘ George Rutter, o ß dg u e tt , e son daughter of Samuel S. Knights, MaidenheadoEf sWq itaomD Emma' t e e , • deet e Deaths. FERRIER.—On the 3d inst., Miss M. J. Ferrier, ag ed , 3 2„jet FURNESS.—On th e 3d i nst., Mr. Robert Furne ss, 0 Leonard, Shoreditch, aged 81. Pet GROV sh E.— rForti On Ectissq., he 2d inst , at Ki ncar di ne Castle, *- Grove, Capt. R.N.. aged 6 5 . 001 MisEIRCERON.-0a th e I s t i nst., at B e th na l-green , aged 74. A S II HI TH it .h7Esci., aged 5. Onth e2din 6 st., at Colebrooke, Tunb rid g e ' 'll°6 SMITH. —On „ onw ichl T YLER. —On t h e 3 5 iust„ at Trafalgar Lodge , ' lre Mr. G eorge Tyler, aged 43, r-r 3 ki tt WYOn the 35 in s t.. a t Blackheath, Robert -- ti Wyatt, Esq., late of Gosfield, Essex, aged 3 1 . WYE.—O n tnbeW2ydliein, ,:q. inst. at, agtBe,dB. The s Grove , Clap C m how London: Prtraed and Prblished by WILLIAM AN P , ji n i 11 2 . Of No . Strand, Printer, at TiU Surf °inc e tf Of Strand, Precinct of the :Savoy, n the COW' Apgust 5, . 368!,