The Sun. — London, England, 1868-11-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC) JOURNALS. The Times says :—Mr. Bright may paint the Tory, Conservative, or Constitutional party in the darkest colours, but the more he depreciates them the more is he obliged to confess that there is one quality in which they abound. They have to a wonderful degree the virtue of courage. Always beaten, always overborne both by the number and weight of their antagonists, they come up again to the conflict as if they had never known defeat. At this very moment, when their prospects are as unpromising as can be imagined, they are cheerful and even boastful. The often predicted hour is at last, they declare, arrived, or on the point of arriving. The reaction for which they have waited so long is, they maintain, setting in. The signs of it are not, indeed, apparent to an ordinary observer. It is necessary to have the eyes of faith to see the symptoms of the turning tide ; but Con servative devotion is, as a rule, equal to the effort. A few weak brethren there may be who have doubts and feel hesitation about the result; but even these timid and wavering ones flatter themselves that, though the battle may be lost, there will be some brilliant charges, and one or two important positions won from the enemy. The Times then discusses the grounds of this confidenca, and finds that the Liberal majority of uncontested seats is more than ninety, according to a computation made, but that in this computation there are about thirty four uncontested Liberal seats overlooked, against only five or six Conservative uncontested seats. A balance of some 23 is thus added to the pre viotts balance of and the corrected majority of the Liberal party in uncontested seats (making up more than 340 of the whole House) is 120. It is unnecessary to add a word to this statement. Those who believe that the Conservative party will win two-thirds of the contested seats—and it is necessary they should win so many to be on an equality with the OppositiOn—are not amenable to the arguments which weigh with ordinary men. The pro bability is that the contested seats will be about equally divided, but it is obvious that under the most cautious computation the Ministry must be in a hopeless minority. The Standard cannot but think that the working men's candidates are receiving very hard treatment at the hands of the Liberal party. Indeed, what with scanty subscrip tions, with positive rebuffs, with sarcasms at their quality, with injunctions "not to divide the Liberal party," it will be a wonder if a single real working man is returned to the Parliament which they pretend is of his creation. Sic yes non robia mell4Licatis apes Beales, and Odger, and Bradlaugh gather the sweets, and Hoare, and Dilke, and Vernon Harcourt consume them. We trust that the working men are satisfied with this division of labour. They may be tempted to grumble, possibly, at a dispensation which gives them all the work, and their aristocratic friends of the Whig connection all the wages, but they should be careful lest by their murmurs they " divide the Liberal party." They may plead that it was they who, upon the sheaving of the Liberal organs themselves, won all"this proud privilege of household suffrage ; and that it is hard to be excluded from the Eden of their own making. They may ask, where were the Mares and the Mikes and those fashionable Liberals when Beales was nobly leading his battalions to the assault of the palings—when Odger con fronted the minions of Sir Richard Mayne, and Howell staggered under a big banner past the trembling windows of a bloated aristocracy? Where were our delicate Liberals —our Vernon Harcourts, Brodricks, and the rest —on that great day when :Elden bearded the Home Secretary in his den—Mr. Hardy in his office. The Star holds that in parting with Mr. Odger, under circumstances thus honourable to him, the Chelsea electors may and do entertain for him a high degree of respect ; and those who have heard him speak and scrutinised his conduct—amongst whom those who have thoughtlessly satirised him in the press are not to be found—will share our own anticipation that he will one day be in Parliament, and refute by his career there the unhandsome and gratuitous censures which some have cast upon him. Sir Henry Hoare pledges himself to Mr. Glad stone, and has entirely discarded the timorousness of his-pre-Reform-Bill days. He may, therefore, be re garded as a sufficiently satisfactory candidate to win an easy victory over the two Conservatives. As lovers of purity, ,s haters of unnecessary expense, we heartily applaud 'these working men, who are as sincere as they are stur y, and as enlightened as they are sincere. But they ar simply carried away by their feelings, when, in trying t , secure the return of a purity Liberal, they take a cours which may let in an insignificant but inveterate Tory. They have been led by generous sympathies into an unt nable position, from which we trust they will, as they r ay with honour, immediately retire. Th Herald thinks it is generally understood that Mr. Brit tisto be a leading member of the next Liberal. Cabinet. It i well that he should be so for many reasons. In the first ph a he will in any case greatly influence—we believe that he does, and will, practically control—the policy of the r rtY ; and it would be unconstitutional and iniquitous, a f slid upon Parliament, an outrage on the public, and an asult to the Queen, if her - Majesty were to receive from her Ministers advice really dictated by one who was not in her service, and if legislation and administration were to be directed by an irresponsible and back-stairs mu:s caler. Next, wild and dangerous as Mr. Bright's views are, they are those which the leader of the party is con tent to adopt. And this being the case, it is right that their original and ablest advocate should have a scat in the Government which carries them out. Nevertheless, the mere' fact that Mr. Bright must be a Minister proves the unfitness of his party to hold office. The country does not trust him, and he is not loyal to the country, He is one of those teachers of poltical atheism who deny that England has any duties towards foreign Powers; who would have us sit still, the patient spectators and virtual accomplices of the foulest international crimes. In a word, he is what in the old days of patriotic feeling and plain language, would have been called a traitor ; he avows it and glories in it. He hates the upper classes of English society; he hates the landowners; he hates the Church ; and a man who indulges in such feelings towards large classes of his countrymen.is utterly unfit to govern. The Daily News still discusses the claims of the various ecclesiastics to the vacant throne of Canterbury. The Archbishop of York is a man of distinguished presence, of moral and literary merit, and varied social accomplish. ments. The Archbishop of Dublin's reputation rests upon a broad foundation. He is a man of refined and scholarly tastes, whose best years have been given to sacred studies, and the numerous works in which he has brought the stores of patristic and modern learning to the elucidation of the Scriptures are known wherever our language is spoken. His orthodoxy being unimpeached and unimpeachable, it is an advantage to him that in his youth he was a member of the John Sterling Club, and that the develop ment of his creed was at one time watched with appre hension. In energy of will he is probably much inferior to Dr. Thomson ; although, if the strength of his character were equal to its depth, there would be no doubt of his fitness for the office. Of all the suffragan bishops, it is usual to assign the palm of ability —or, at least, of that kind of ability which it takes least thought to appreciate—to the Bishop of Oxford ; but his name is not mentioned now except to observe that his elevation is impossible. Even if he had not done more than any other bishop to foster the ultra-sacerdotal spirit which is destroying the influence of the Church of England, the public cannot trust the prelate who posed three years ago for the well-known Oxford photograph, any more than the House of Lords could respect as Archbishop of Canter bury the speaker who last session condescended to amuse its members by mimicking the supposed tones and gestures of another Christian minister. The appointment of the Bishop of London would be more popular with the general public than any other. The only objection against the Bishop of Lichfield is that he is too high a Churchman, but the Daily News believes that there is no prelate in the Church from whom any of his clergy differing from him might confidently expect to receive fairer treatment than from him. The Put remarks that, notwithstanding the man improvements lately effected in the law generally, and in procedure, much still remains to b e d one . Law reform is still, in fact, in its infancy. With an increased staff of judges the question will probably arise whether it is abso lutely necessary that individuals accused of crimes, hut in the eye of the law presumed to be innocent, should be detained for many months in prison awaiti ng th e i r trial. The intervals which elapse between gaol deliveries are intolerably great. It is simply monstrous that a man committed to goal in the month of March should be compelled to remain there till July or August before being put upon his trial, or, if committed in the latter month, remain in confinement, even though with the - means of establishing his innocence, until the following spring. A winter assize on some circuits has done some thing to remedy this evil, but, even as matters stand, they are discreditable to any nation priding itself on its adminis tration of justice. With a more numerous judicial bench it is to be hoped that some means will be found of enabling accused persons to obtain a speedy trial. TII E ABYSSINIAN j rTa.—Witll reference to tile mirncr ,,, u3 applications which have been rec:ive'i at the India Office fur payment of the Abyssinian donation .I , aLta, a military contemporary says • " llaor•General Pears has issued a request to the various army agents that they will forward any certificates they may have received from officers of her Majesty's Indian 2tafi Corps, shelving that their shares have not been paid in India, with a view to the question being taken into consideration whether it will be practicable to pay their claims in this country prior to the receipt of the roils, which have been called for from India, of those who have not been paid in that Fountry,", SUPPOSED COOLIE MUTINY. What is thought to be a coolie mutiny is reported rrom Tapan. The following are the particulars supplied by the Italian Consul at Macao :—" On the 19th August last, a ship, with topgallant and topmast gone, without any Europeans on board, and with no flag or papers, and with the name taken away, entered the harbour of Hakodadi. The Japanese authorities took charge of her, and then referred the • matter to the consuls. Forty-seven Chinese who were found on board were arrested, and they declared the Europeans had, under stress of weather, deserted the ship in two boats. Some contracts were found on their persons, which bore the name of the Italian ship Providenza. On this Mr. Butzow, the acting Italian consular agent, took charge of the vessel, and on closer examination found a bell with the name of Bertha, 1836,' engraved upon it, and marks of blood on the saloon and some doors. No boats 'or cannons were to be found.' These are the particulars I have for the present received. The Italian ship Providenza, Captain Nattini, cleared from this port with 28 Europeans as crew, all told, and 32 Chinese coolies for Callao. The captain, who was here when the Theresa put back, said he would take all necessary precautions to guard himself against a similar tragedy to that enacted on board the Theresa. His wife and children were not on board ; they are in Lima. It remains to be seen what has really happened. From the fact of no boats having been found, the captain and his crew may yet turn up. The former practice of allowing a coolie ship to lay in the roads for two or three months with those wretches on board, in sight of land, and yet closely confined on board, allowed them doubtless much time to form their plans to regain, on the high seas, their lost liberty." THE JVAB IN NEW ZEALAND. The Australian mail brings intelligence of the outbreak in New Zealand. Most of it has been anticipated, but some few particulars referring to the earlier details of the rising are interesting. On the 20th July a party of volun teers were defeated by the Maories at Turanga, where they lost two men and about eighty horses, with baggage, pro visions, &c. A Maori chieftain, who attacked the Tuniturumokai redoubt, and afterwards sorely mangled the bodies of those who fell there, left the follow ing memorandum on the road :—" I have tasted the white man we have killed ;. my wife and children have also tasted of the white man, and it is good. Now all white men will be but food for the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air. We have tasted of the white man ; his throat is open and red." The chief continues : " And who knows where we will stop ? You know not when the winds die ! Death is row my friend. Every white man who crosses here death will claim. Even as the heavens, so are my words. Will the next meteor come from the east or from the west, from the north or from the the south ? You know not. Even so you know not where we will gather the next palms of the white man. I have said." On the 28th July the escort going from Turuturumo kai to Waild was attacked by the natives in ambuscade. Two of the escort were wounded—one mortally, and the other dangerously. The escort returned the fire, and the rebels, being then attacked In the rear by Captain Page and fifty men who happened to be wood-cutting close by, they retired in good order, taking their wounded with them. Paora, son- in-law to Mattu Kaubuka, of Ngatikurupakiaka, concealed himself in the fern, and as one of the Hauhau scouts came along, mounted on Lieutenant Wilson's cap tured horse, he sprang upon, seized him by the hair. and, tearing him from the saddle, made him prisoner. THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO ASSASSI NATE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH; The Sydney Morning Herald of September 9 gives some explanation respecting the supposed conspiracy to assassi nate the Duke of Edinburgh. A speech delivered by Mr. Parkes to his constituents at Kiama had made great sensation in the colony. Noticing the strictures of the English press on the excessive precautions taken by the Australian Government, and especially an article in the Spectator, entitled "Royalty Run Mad," Mr. Parkes made some strange statements respecting the reasons which induced the Government to take these extraordinary measures. He said : "I do not hesitate to say here, that I have in my possession evidence, which I can produce at any moment, that will satisfy every unbiassed indepen dent mind in the country that we had just and large grounds for every step of precaution which we, as a Government, took. And though, perhaps, we, as a Government, might have been content to allow this damning evidence to remain unknown, still, if we are to be taunted, misrepresented, and vilified by a complete storm of lies, we may, in justification of ourselves, yet see fit to lay this before the world. I can produce evidence attested by affidavits, which leaves no doubt on my mind that not only was the murder of the Prince planned, but that some person who was in the secret, and whose fidelity was suspected, was foully mur dered before the attack was finally made upon the Prince. I state this, now that I stand before my consti tuents, though up to this moment I have borne all these misrepresentations and vilifications in silence ; but the time will come when, I venture to say, every person in the country will be perfectly satisfied 'that the precau tions taken by the Government of the day were amply justified." Upon this speech the Sydney Morning Herald remarks, that some are incredulous and some believing, but almost everybody is of opinion, that after such a statement it is incumbent on the Hon. the Chief Secretary to produce the evidence and affidavits to which he referred. At present the information is vague in that respect which will enable the public to judge of its value, and opinions are as various as the numerous construc tions which may be put upon the statement. . Was the man murdered in-the colony or elsewhere? If in the colony, where is the body? and what steps have been taken by the police? These are questions frequently asked. Some have even suggested that the murdered man referred to might have been M`Gee, whose untimely fate evoked so much public sympathy and inflicted so vio lent a blow on the Fenian cause. In some quarters ex traordinary expectations are entertained in regard to the nature of the affidavits. The probable character of the persons attesting is a subject of surmise. But all these speculations are premature, inasmuch as it is not yet known whether the principal facts are within the personal kno ,v -ledge of those who have made affidavit, or whether the affidavits go only to shew that certain allegations were made by others in whom equal confidence would not be placed. Soon after the capture of O'Farrell his effects were taken possession of by the police. It is said that among them were a diary and some other papers. It seems not improbable that from these writings information of impor tance may have been obtained, and that the affidavits may have reference to these matters, and to certain disclosures referred to some time ago by the hon. and learned Attorney-General as having been made by O'Farrell. The general impression is, hoer;ver, that the information in the possession of the C overnment is suffi cient to justify the precautions they took, if it should not fully satisfy the expectations raised by the speech of Mr. Parkes, which most people think would have teen better deferred until such time as the evidence (what ever it may be) could have been laid before Parliament, and published for the edification of the colony. On the Monday following the speech of Mr. Parkes at Kiama a public meeting was called to take into considera- tion the statement above referred to. It was invited by anonymous advertisement, and said to have been inserted by a rejected candidate for legislative honours. It was foreseen that such a meeting could only result in disorder, and steps were taken to prevent it — perhaps to the chagrin of its originators. On the preceding Sunday, the Most Rev. Archbishop Polding urgently requested the members of the Roman Catholic Church not to attend. The chairman of the Protestant Political Association, however, took a different view. On the night of the meeting several hundred persons assembled, but the proprietors of the Masonic Hall declined to open the doors for their reception. Three cheers were given for the Queen and three for Mr. Parkes, and the people quietly dispersed. We are not likely to hear much more concerning this matter until the meeting of Parliament. The Melbourne Argus says it is generally believed that Mr. Parkes is endeavouring to influence the passions of the Orangemen for political purposes. DEPUTATION TO THE RIGHT TION. THE EARL OF AIAYo.—A deputation from the Christian Vernacular Education Society for India has had an interview with the Right Hon. the Earl of Mayo, the new Viceroy of India. The deputation brought before his lordship the great importance of the Government taking advantage of the desire upon the part of the natives of India to receive Christian instruction in their own native languages. They explained what the society and other Chris tian educationists had' aready done to promote Christian vernacular education in the foul e:n principal lan guages of India. They urged upon his lordship the importance of the Government carrying out fully the pro visions for extending vernacular education, contained in the despatch of 1554, Particularly those provisions for creating a vernacular educational literature. Tlwy stated that their society bad expended upon publications nearly £20,000 during the ten years of its existence ; and that no aid in this vitally important department of their work had hitherto been granted to them by the Government. His lordship received the deputation in the most gracious .manner, and promised to give the important subject they had brought before him his nao4 earnest Attention THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2,186 S. THE DEAN OF CANTERBURY ON THE LATE ARCHBISHOP, The Dean of Canterbury on Sunday prefaced his dis course by a reference to the lamented archbishop just deceased. His text was, " Though he slay me yet will I trust him." The very rev. preacher said, of refined Christian gentleness he knew of no more beautiful example than the late archbishop. He won all hearts by his fatherly kindness, and certainly in his high station, if ever any man did what he could to adorn the Word of God our Saviourin all things, it was th e late archbishop. His lot being cast in troublous times, it did not change his temper, or cause him to abridge the ample allowance he always made for those who differ. Though promoted to the Primacy at an age when most men desire rest rather than work, he did not spare himself, but threw his whole energies into the duties of his high office. As lately as last spring he addressed the workingmen in Northgate, and they did not know the great labour it must have cost him. It was not the physical exer tion, though that must have been great, and certainly not the utterance of words which came warm from the heart, and which it must have rejoiced him as much to speak as it did them to hear. But that which deserved especial honour was his breaking through the iron fetters of conventional precedent, end doing that which was not expected of an archbishop in fashionable society, but which was the duty of a chief pastor in the eyes of the Shepherd of souls. Speaking of a successor, it was for them, he said, to suppli cate Almighty Cod, who orders all events, to give them at this great crisis in the history of the Church of England one really wise to discern and firm to avert the dancers that threaten her. I'HE BRIGHTON RITUALISTS. The Telegraph contains a description—graphic, we sup pose, it is thought by the writer to be—of the service on Sunday in Mr. Purchas's church, St. James's, Brighton. Here is an extract :—" Precisely at eleven o'clock the ser vice commenced by a procession, which passed from the vestry across the transept and round the chapel Acolytes, priests, and choristers took part in this. The first boy, who looked remarkably picturesque in his white and scarlet dress and scarlet cap, scattered incense pro fuSely, much to the irritation of the bronchial tubes of the congregation; a more stalwart follower bore aloft a huge gilt cross, with a figure of the Saviour on it ; and another tripped lightly under a white silk banner, on which the cross was embroidered. The procession was closed by the ministering priest and Mr. Purchas, both in vestments of striking colour and wonderful work manship, resembling forcibly the handiwork of Mr. S. May, the costumier, of Bow-street, and utterly unlike any surplice or cassock. After perambulating the church a hymn was sung, and the ordinary service of the Church of England was commenced by a gorgeously. clad gentleman, with a vigorous determination to get over the ground as quickly as possible. From this period until the commencement of the Communion Service no deviation was made from the ordinary services of the English Church, save that once or twice the officiating priest incensed the altar, and was himself incensed by the acolyte, who afterwards wafted the censer towarda the congregation. In receiving his incense the priest bowed his head and folded his palms together, after the most approved pre- Raphaelite style. The lessons were read from the lectern by one of two priests, who had been sitting facing the altar enveloped in huge coverings like Indian-worked blankets or eider-down quilts. This the priest removed before going to the lectern. Appearing in a thin, short, cambric shirt, trimmed with lace at the arms, the bell having given announcement of the approach of the Communion Service, Mr. Purchas and his officiating priest adjourned to the vestry, and reappeared in different vestments, less gorgeous but more picturesque. During their absence all the candles on the altar, and two enormous pairs standing in front of it, were lighted, and on their return the incensing of altar, priests, and con gregation took place on an increased scale. Then the ordinary Communion Service was proceeded with, except that during the reading of the Gospel a group was formed round the officiating priest, in front of whom the huge gilt cross was elevated. A sermon, preached from the altar steps, had nothing remarkable in it save a passing allusion savouring strongly of Mariolatry. Mr. Purchas took but little actual part in the service beyond announcing future celebrations of the Eucharist.' His personal appearance is by this time known throughout Britain, through the marvel lous likeness of him in Punch And the photographs in costume,' both of which, however, lack the moustache which he has since grown. He seemed weak and ill, and, as it were, to deprecate any outbreak of hostility. He need not have been alarmed. At the conclusion of the service he was provided with a cab, in the presence of a score of people, only one of whom indulged in a solitary hiss." • AN EARTHQUAKE IN ENGLAND. Shortly after half-past ten on Friday night a distinct shock of earthquake was felt in many places in the West of England and in South Wales. The unusual sensation lasted for about a couple of seconds, and is presumed to have been occasioned by what is termed an earth wave. Five years ago (in October, 1863) a similar shock occurred, which was felt throughout a considerable part of the West of England. The shock on Friday last was felt in Worcester and numerous towns and villages on the western bank of the Severn, up to the boundaries of the county on that side. The incidents appear to have varied considerably. In some situations it was so slight as hardly to be perceptible, while in others the witnesses described it as even more severe than that which was experienced in 1863. It appears pretty certain that persons who happened to be in the upper chambers of their houses did not experience the effects of the shock so acutely as those who were at the time in the basement. Many persons who had retired to rest, and were undisturbed by it, were incredulous when informed of the fact by their neighbours until corroborative evidence was accumulated from all quarters. The time when the shock was perceived was, as near as can be ascertained, 20 minutes to 11. The night was cloudy, but light, the moon being nearly at the full. The indications of the earthquake were various. Some persons describe it as a trembling of the earth as if a laden waggon was passing along the street, others imagined some animal had got into their bedroom and was scampering about the floor. The motion of articles of furniture, the jingling of glasses, and the oscillation of beds were very common. Most of the reports agreed that these indications were accompanied by a noise like that of a high wind, or of a vehicle or train passing. Reports were brought into Worcester in the course of Saturday from different towns and villages westward, describing the shock in very similar terms. It is a fact, though it may have nothing to do with these phenomena, that up to the time of the shock the weather was cold, but the thermo meter rose 15 deg. on Saturday. Three shocks were felt in Leamington. They followed each other in rapid succession, but none of them were either violent or prolonged. The first occurred at about a quarter to eleven o'clock, and was felt in different streets, but more particularly in the west and north-west portion of what is termed the New Town, which is on the north side of the River Leam. At the time the night was quit. calm, but somewhat close for the season. The shocks were noticed by Dr. O'Callaghan, LL.D., the president of the local Philosophical Society, who during a residence in the West Indies had on more than one occasion felt the shod: of earthquakes. On Friday night Dr. Callaghan called attention to the occurrence, and found that the shocks had been observed by some of his domestics. In York terrace and the Kenilworth-road the shocks were distinctly felt. A lady on the l'arade was startled by an unusual noise, and the shocks were noticed by other persons, but do not appear to have attracted general attention. In November 1863 the earthquake was felt in Leamington with considerable violence. On that occasion things were moved about in cupboards, and small articles of furniture were displaced, while many persons were aroused in terror from their sleep. The shocks on Friday night were much lighter. At Exeter many persons noticed the earthquake. Threz distinct shocks were felt by the inmates of a house in York-buildings. The occupant of a house, who has long resided in the West Indies, recognised the shaking as that of an earthquake. The inmates of the Eye Infirmary felt the building shake, and experienced a peculiar sensa tion at the time. - At Merthyr the shook was rather severe, and occurred on Friday night about 10.30. The movement appeared to be from south to north, and continued for three or four seconds. The sky was covered with light, but there were no thunder-clouds. A few minutes before the occurrence there was that strange calm prevalent which has been notices during the time of a complete eclipse. Great alarm was felt by the inhabitants. At Twynrodyn and other high quartery the people rushed out of t'ie houses, some attributing the shock to explosions underneath in some of the coal or mine pits ; but as Merthyr is not undermined, and no mine or coal stratum exists there, this fact was conclusive that the disturbances proceeded from a greater and more mysterious cause. At the time of the occurrence there was a grand procession by torchlight in honour of one of the candidates for representing the borough, and the great swell of the earth and shaking of doors and windows contrasted strangely with the merry-making going on in the galley. The workshops at Stoke-upon-Trent railway sta tion were completely destroyed by tiro on Friday night. Several carriages, a number of waggon sheets, &c., were consumed. Tho damago is estimated at some thousands of Pound PROGRAMME OF LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. TUESDAY, Nov. 3. The Trial Snakes of 5 sous each, with 40 toys added ; two year olds ist 101 b, three 9st 51b, four 9st 121 b, five and upwards lOst 21b ; mares and geldings allowed Mb ; maiden two year olds allowed 71b, three 101 b, four and upwardsl4lb ; the winner to be sold for 100 Boys; if for 50 allowed 71b. Five furlongs. _ _ _ The All-ages Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added two year olds Est, three 9st 81b, four lOst 21b, five and upwards lOst 6lb ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; winners this year 51b extra ; maidens and two and three olds allowed 61b, four and upwards 101 b ; the winner to be sold for 120 sous ; if for 100 allowed 41b, 80 81b, 50 121 b, and 20 181 b. T.Y.O The Wittorloo Plate (Handicap) of 60 sovs, for three year olds and upwards; 3 sovs entrance; five subs or no race ; winners this day 71b extra. A mile and a quart .r. The Trial StecTlechase Handicy of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 50 added ; winners of any hurdle race or steeplechase handicap after October 29 (at eloven a.m.) Gib extra. Once round,• starting oppo site the stables (rather more than two miles). 14 subs. Thu Croxteth Hurdle Handicap of 5 sovs each 2 ft (to tho fund), with 50 added; winners of any handicap hurdle rue.) or steeplecha.so after Oct. 29 (at eleven a.m.) 10lb extra. T wo miles, ova- six hurdles. Thy Welter Cup of 100 sovs (in specie), by subscription of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; winners of any handicap after Oct. 29 (al eleven a.m.; 81b extra ; professionals 51b extra; one mile and a quarter. 18 subs. The Flying Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 100 added; winners of any handicap after Oct. 29 (at eleven a.m.) 81b extra. T.Y.C. Tho Knowsley Nursery Stakes (Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 100 added ; winners of any handi cap after Oct. 29 (at eleven a.m.) 81b extra. T.Y.C. WEDNESDAY. A Maiden Plato of 50 sous, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b; the winner to bo sold for 100 soya; if for 50 allowed 71b. T.Y.C. The Aintree Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ages ; winners of any race this day 71b extra ; entrance 3 sovs. T.Y.O. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; two year olds - ibt 101 b, three 9st Sib, four lOst 31b, five and upwards 10st 71b; m and g allowed 31b, maidens 61b; winners this year 51b extra ; the winner to be sold by auction for 80 sovs ; if for 60 allowed 41b, 40 91b, 20 181 b Six fur. _ _ _ The Liverpool Nursery Handicap of 100 sovs ; winners of any handicap after Oct. 29 (at 11 a.m.) once 71b, twice, or of the Knowsley Nursery, 101 b extra ; horses not placed for the Knowsley Nursery allowed 51b. Canal Point in (nearly 6 fur.) The Corinthian Hurdle Handicap of 5 sovs each 2ft (to the fund), with 50 added; winners of any hurdle race or steeplechase after Oct. 29 (at 11 a.m.) 101 b extra ; those beaten for the Croxteth Hurdle Handicap and not placed second or third allowed 51b. One mile and a half over four hurdles. The Grand Sefton Steeplechase Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 fr, 3 if declared, with 150 added ; winners of any steeplechase after October 21 (at eleven am.) once 71b, twice 101 b extra; about three miles, starting at the Ca nal Point ; 42 subs, 25 of whom declared. Age st lb a 12 7 ... 5 11 10 ... 5 11 7 ... a 11 4 ... a 11 2 ... a 11. 2 ... a 11 0 ... a 10 12 .. a 10 12 ~ a 10 10 Age st lb King Arthur ... 6 10 9 Black Prince ... 610 8 Barbarian (h b) ... 5 10 4 Colenso ... 410 0 Gay Girl (late Wis dom) ... a 10 0 Sky Blue (late Waterwitch (lib) alO 0 Susan ... 410 0 The Doctor The Lamb.., Fortunatus Globule .. Hornet .. The Nun ... Goldfinder... Fairy Mount Reporter ... Pensioner THURSDAY. Tho Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; two year olds Bst, three 93t 81b, four lOst 11b, five and up wards lOst 51b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; win ners this year 51b extra; maiden two and three year olds allowed 61b, four and upwards 101 b ; the winner to be sold for 120 sovs ; if for 100 soya allowed 41b, 80 81b, 50 121 b, 20 181 b; five furlongs. A Hurdle Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap), for three year olds and upwards five subs or no race ; mile and a quarter, over four hurdles. The Palatine Nursery Handicap Plate of 50 sovs, for two year olds; winners of any handicap this day 101 b extra; five furlongs. A Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap), for three yoar olds and up wards ; winners of any race this day 81b extra ; en trance 2 soya ; six furlongs. _ _ _ The Grand Stand Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 30 added two year olds 7st 21b, three Bst 101 b; fillies and geld ings allowed 31b, maidens 51b ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. T.Y.C. The Westmorland Cup of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 60 added; winners of any handicap value 50 sovs after Oct. 29 (at eleven a.m. 51b, twice or 100 sovs 101 b extra; if not placed second or third for the Welter Cup, Flying, or Sefton Handicaps allowed 51b. One mile. 28 subs. The Stewards' Plate of 100 sovs, aided to a Handicap of 50 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund): second to rec)ive 20 sovs out of the stakes ; winners of any hand cap after Oct. 29 (at eleven a.m.) value 50 sovs 51h: twice or one of 100 sovs 101 b extra. Canal Point in (about six f urlongs.) A Steeplechase Plate of 100 soya (Handicap); about three miles starting at the Canal Point. A Handicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 60 added ; winners of any handicap after Oet. 29 (at eleven a.m.)7lb extra. T.Y.C. 29 subs. FRIDAY. The Hurdle Bandies') of 5 cove each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 40 added ; any winner this day 71b extra. One mile and a half, over four hurdles. The Selling Stakes of 3 sous each, with 40 added, for all ages ; two year olds 7st 91b, three 9st 31b, four 9st 81b, live and upwards 9st 101 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; winners at the present meeting 51b extra; starters thrice this year without winning allowed 51b; maiden four year olds and upwards allowed 81b in addition to any other allowance which may be claimed ; the winner to be sold for 70 sovs; if for 50 sous allowed 51b ; 30 101 b, 20 161 b. T.Y.C• The Whitefield N ursery Handicap of 5 sovs each, 3 ft (to the fund), with 50 added. T.Y.C. A Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap), for three year olds and up wards ; winners this day 81b extra. T.Y.C. A Steeplechase Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap), for four year olds and upwards; about two miles and three-quarters , starting at the T.Y.C. post, once round (not over the water jump). The Altcar Plate of 40 sovs ; two year olds 7st 71b, three 9st 11b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; winners 51b, of two or more races at the Frosent meeting 9lb extra ; maidens having started allowed—two year olds 51b, three 101 b; winner to be sold for 80 sovs ; if for 40 sovs allowed 51b; Canal Point in. Liverpool Autumn Cup (Acceptances) of 200 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft; the winner of a handicap after the weights are declared of 100 sovs 51b, of two, or of 200 sovs, 81b extra. One mile and a half. 116 subs. _ . Age at lb Friponnier... ... 4 9 2 Knt. of the Garter 4 8 12 Vauban 4 8 5 See-Saw 3 • 8 4 Palmer 4 8 2 Tynedalo 4 8 2 Goodwood... 4 8 2 Taraban 4 7 12 Van Amburgh 4 7 12 Dalby a 7 10 Knight Errant ... 4 7 9 Grimston 3 7 9 A bergeldie 5 7 7 Christmas Carol 6 7 7 Friday ... 6 7 5 Irish Queen filly 4 7 5 Tormentor ... 4 7 5 Special ... 5 7 5 Fairwind ... 4 7 5 Tabouret 3 7 5 Ackworth a 7 3 Tribune 5 7 3 Bertha ... 3 7 0 Orion 3 7 , 0 The Scurry Welter Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 50 added ; winners of any handicap after the publication of the weights 61b, twice 91b extra; horses beaten for the Sefton handicap allowed 31b, if notplaced second or third allowed 51b; professionals 51b extra; 5 furlongs; 26 subs. Age st Lady Elizabeth 3 7 Paul Jones 3 7 Lady Coventry 3 6 The Dean 4 6 The Spy 3 6 Naivete ... ... 3 6 Deceit ... 4 6 Viscount St.Albaus 4 6 Aggravator ...4 6 Sister to Vedette... 4 6 Foresight ... 4 6 Bandmaster ... 4 6 John Leech ... 3 6 New Guinea 4 6 Minster Bell ... 4 6 Lady Henrietta ... 3 6 Vortigern ... 3 6 Equerry ...3 6 Vixen gelding 4 6 Alicia ... ...4 6 Makeshift colt ... 3 5 Ajax ... ... 3 5 Electricity... ... 3 5 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1869. FEBRUARY. Nottingham Spring...... 23 1 Derby Spring MARCH. Liverpool Spring 2 I Northampton Shrewsbury Spring 5 1 APRIL. Newmarket Craven l2 I Newmarket First Spring Chester Bath .. A scot • • 8 Liverpool Summer Windsor lb Newmarket July 6 Nottingham Huntingdon ' AUG Brighton Brighton Club Egt►nin FOREIGN NOTES. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. The following announcement appears in the Standard : "-Statements have appeared lately in the columns of some of our contemporaries to the effect that the Alabama question was virtually settled, and that there remained nothing to obtain but a formal sanction from Washington of the terms agreed to by Lord Stanley and the Hon. Reverdy Johnson. All these statements are at least pre. mature. There is good reason to believe that the end of the difficulty is not far off ; but there is certainly no pre• sent ground for the assertion that a settlement has been arrived at." This statement is a confirmation of the announcement first made in these columns. It was never mentioned that a final settlement had been arrived at, but that the difficulty was substantially disposed of. In affirming that " there is good reason to believe the end of the difficulty is not far off," the Standard merely repeats what we announced in more precise terms. SPAIN. The Saturday Perim thinks recent events in Spain nom point to a republic as the most likely form of government. Prim has declared for a monarchy, and so have all his colleagues in the general manifesto ; but the provincial juntas have not responded to his expression of opinion. As the manifesto admits, they have kept a significant silence, and there is a greater disposition to favour a republic than was at first imagined. " The feeling with the mass of those few Spaniards who have any political wishes or opinions at all seems to be that they would like a republic if they could get it. They would probably not oppose a monarchy if it were forced upon them by the leaders of the revolution, but they express no assent that a monarchy is the right thing. The great difficulty of finding a king is of course very discouraging to them, and the very notion of going about asking foreigners as a favour to come and keep them in order and live on their taxes is repulsive to the Spanish mind." The Spectator thinks the struggle between the Monarchists and Republicans will be sharp, if not bloody. The former have put off the meeting of the Cortes until December, in order that the Ministry may manipulate the elections. The Democratic party, to meet that danger, is organising juntas in every commune. The Times correspondent testifies to the peaceful results of the revolution. The people most decidedly exhibit no anarchical tendencies. Everything about Madrid, and the other towns as well, has long resumed its wonted aspect. The people have had their holiday, and it is over. This writer, too, begins to look upon a republic as some thing more than a possibility. The Debats has received a letter from Lisbon in which the claims of the various candidates for the L; —wen vo All discussed and all rejected as untenable. The Duke of hiehti).l..ez still continues to be regaraea not as a probable successor to Queen Isabella, but as the least improbable. There can be little doubt that he once had the chance of becoming King of Spain. When he was ordered out of the country and sent on board the Villa de Madrid he had an excellent opportunity of requiting his relative for her severity. But the moment passed, and whether it will ever return no one can say at present. The Daily News says that several Spanish monarchists refuse to regard the refusal of Don Fernando of Portugal as definitive, and predict that he will have a majority in the Cortes. ITALY. A rather strange story comes from Florence. A night or two ago, whilst the editor and manager of the journal Asino were about to leave business, they were surrounded by a crowd of disguised police agents and conducted to prison. The two individuals thus arrested demanded the warrant of the police, but they were not able to furnish any. On the following day an advocate, named Luigi Onetti, was arrested. These arbitrary proceedings have caused much sensation in the Italian capital. GERMANY. The Elberfeld Gazette is kind enough to admit that the North German Confederation possesses two elements which make a State in the common acceptation of the term—an army and a budget. But, unfortunately, it has not a tax. The Gazette therefore delicately hints that the deficit shewn by the Prussian Budget will be balanced by an income tax to be levied on the whole of the Confedera tion. It is hardly likely that the smaller States will be content to employ their money in clearing off Prussia's deficits. If this proposition be made, we may expect stormy doings when the North German deputies meet. DEFEAT OF IIIE DEMOCRATIC TICKET (From the Anglo American 1 Imes.) The Democratic defeat in the elections on the 13th inst. was at once felt in all the Government offices, where the swinging round process was car ried on to a lively tune in the Post-offices, in the Cus tom-houses, in the Treasuries, and in all the great departments at 'Washington. The gushing delight of those who were erroneously supposed'to hold Copperhead opinions was quite affecting ; indeed the poor clerks were demonstrative in inverse ratio to the strength of their former declarations, and GRANT Stock is rising on a market of remarkable buoyancy. Men may be called " time-servers" who are simply trying to earn their bread, but it is the fault of the employers, not of the employed, that they are obliged to feign party feelings. The Johnson Departmental Club of Washington met on the night of the 15th and broke : up in disorder, as the clear tendency of the JOHNSON men was to fling themselves into the Republican ranks. Among them were some sturdy ones, committed, perhaps, beyond return, but even they, desired to get rid of their present candidates and substitute CHASE, M'CLELLAN, H.A.NCOCK, or any other pilot who offered them a chance of carrying their foundering bark into port. The first idea seized on, and led off by the IVorld, was to throw over and re place SEYMOUR with a more likely candidate, and all open-mouthed came down upon FRANK BLAIR as the JoNAH. Immediately this idea was grasped by the party, as man in olden days when in a position of desperation grasped a victim to immolate for the good of the rest, and everywhere the proposal was deliberated on throughout the country. That de liberation was, however, decisive of the subject, for although both BLAIR and SEYMOUR at once came for ward, like honourable gentlemen as they are, with their resignations, it was quickly per ceived that things could not than be mended, for though generally acknowledged that the party had blundered from the beginning—to change at so in auspicious a moment would but make matters worse. Now all see what the most far-sighted men saw long ago, that Chief Justice CIIASE for President, and JOHN QUINCY ADAMS for Vice- President, would have made a much stronger ticket. But, unfortunately for them, as so often happens without a powerful and clear-headed leader, the opinions of extremists prevailed, and Tammany forgot, in the enthusiasm of the Convention where the same views were bell, if, in varying degrees of strength, that the decision lay with the outside public, andnot with them. A man who could with the one hand have grasped the position, and with the other have controlled the Convention, might have safely carried the Democrats into power— whereas their own stupidity and pigheadedness have launched them into disastrous defeat. But what must the public, naturally conclude from the Democratic failure in appreciating the posi tion? Surely, that they were unfit to rule, for men that cannot wisely govern a Convention are certainly not those into whose hands should be en trusted the Government of the nation. Many Demo cratic papers unreservedly declare " stupidity" to be the cause of the party failure—overlooking the fact that they could not give a more satisfactdry reason why the citizens of the Republic ought not to have elected them to power. We may, however, be thankful that if a section can act so 'unwisely, the nation is quick to detect it, and openly to announce that they want men as leaders, whose average abi lity is superior, instead of inferior to their own. The Round Table discusses what it calls the " De - mocratic Seicide ;" and accepting what this Con servative journal says, that GRANT is not a popular man, and has no hold on the hearts of the people— that the Republican platform evoked no enthu siasm, that ()Ingress was daily becoming unpo pular—the conclusion must be arrived at that the Democratic Chiefs were stupid and pigheaded in no ordinary degree to have reached such a position, which, indee I, that journal virtually acknowledges. It has hopes, however, for the future. To-day Democratic violence and stupi dity have ruined the party and saved the Re publicans fro.n the shipwreck which otherwise would certainly have ensued on Radical violence and stupidity. Like two ill-steered and reckless balks racing along in unknown waters, the Repub lican craft leading steers straight for a shoal, the Democratic, cracking on every stitch of canvas, re gardless of squalls, pushes ahead of its rival, and rushes on the rocks, where everything goes by the board. With this example before it the Republi can bark hauls on a wind, reduces sail, and navi gates with greater circumspection. But how long will this last with men like WENDELL PHILLIPS on board ? The prediction is that he will cause a split, that he 'has many followers desirous of rivalling his eccentricity, and that his persistent abuse of GRANT, his habits, manners, and policy will lead to a bitter opposition to his administration as President. Here, however, we think the Round gable is wrong. If there is one occurrence in the elections which has given pleasure to the nation its general it is the check received by the War-horse fac tions. BUTLER'S chances daily grow worse; ASHLEY was defeated, and GEORGE W. JULIAN was almost thrown out ; if so decided a Conservative as VOORHEES has been elected, the failure of VALLANDIGIIAM in a Democratic District shows that neither party de sired to encourage extremists. Some leading Re publican papers express satisfaction not only at the defeat of such men as ASHLEY, but also at the Demo cratic Congressional gain ,takingthe vie w w e expressed last week. The Springfield Republican says —"The Republican cause has suffere 1 for two years pa 4 from too great a preponderance in the House of Representatives. It became wanton and arrogant, until sharply checked by the fair prospect of losing the country at this election ; and had it not bet tered its course the country would have been lost. A three-fourths majority is too much for the dig nity or integrity of any party. We have no tears to shed, therefore, for the loss of any Republican candidate, irrespective of his personal worthiness as a representative." The Republicans openly state that the Democrats are in alliance wish the War horses of their party to return such a man as BUTLER to aid in the split predicted by Conservatives who feel convinced that he will do more harm to the Republican cause than any Democrat they could return, and this in a modified degree was held to be true of ASHLEY. On the same principle the Re publicans ought to have returned VALLANDIGHAM, and perhaps they would if the extremists had had the sway. But the men who weigh down War horses, Colorists, Repeaters, and fraudulently natu ralization, are those who cast their votes influenced by patriotic motives, and the attempt has failed now, as formerly, to swamp the genuine opinion of the country by unfair means. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Springfield Republican, Oct. 17.) Money is easier than at last weekly statement, but has not returned to the state of a fortnight ago, and is not likely to do so for some time. It is quite late enough to have that advance in rates which regularly belongs to the greater activity of trade and the movements of the crops. It was to be expected that money would stand in New York at legal rates (7 per cent.) by this time, and it may be said now to be at that point—all exceptions, 'however, being below—and 6 to 7 would be a more accurate quotation. Al though the outflow of currency has been rather greater than anticipated during the past week, it will take the drain of another week to bring money fairly and firmly up to 7 percent. The exceptions now are so numerous that this can hardly yet be said to be the rule. Primo discounts are generally done at 7 per cent. A comparison of the con dition of the banks with that of five weeks ago shows that the total effect of the quickened demand for that time has been to produce a decrease in loans and discounts of $6,200,000, iu specie $7,500,009, in net deposits of $18,800,000, and in legal tenders of $5,900,000. Westward remittances of currency have almost entirely ceased-in deed, exchange at Cincinnati and Chicago rules in favour of New York, and a slight movement is taking place this way. Thera is, however, a steady remittance to the South, and cotton, coming forward as it is with great alacrity, will require a considerable outlay of currency in that direction for some weeks to come. The demand from the pork-packing ;regions will also begin soon. The Western cities report money scarce, owing chiefly to a disposition to "carry" the grain rather than submit to a decline. At Cincinnati good customers aro still supplied at 8 to 9 per cent, while in open market prime mercantile paper is freely offered at 12 per cent. Eastern exchange is in better supply, with liberal receipts. At Chicago the money market is working closer, and the d ;mend is in creasing rapidly, from the great accumulation of produce. Gold has declined still further during the week, and shows no strength at any price. It is able to offer no vigorous resistance to the sharp assaults that are being made upon it ; and there is a great deal of loose talk about bringing it down to 125 to 130. The elections have little influence upon the premium. It is believed that the Government will be compelled to continue its sales in order to keep up the currency balance in the Treasury, and that. the disbursements for November interest will mostly be retained in the country. The plan of adver tised sales has been inaugurated daring the week by the Secretary, in deference to the general demand of the business community, and works well thus far. Govern ments have improved, responding promptly to the news of the Republican victories. From Monday to Wed nesday the advance was from one to two per cent., with a largely increased demand beth in investment and ex port. The market abroad is even stronger than at home, and is gradually leading prices upward. Fully $700,000,000 of our debt is now held in England and on the continent, yet the demand continues active. The prospects of war and the derangement of industry are giving additional merit to Melted States securities iu the eyes of Europe. Six weeks ago it appeared that the exportation of Five twenties bad been overdone, and largo amounts were re ported as remaining on the hands of the bankers. It will be remarked that there was actually a slight return of bonds, and prices declined in consequence. But the denial has now absorbed the entire supply and the ex port is going on smartly, with a prospect of continuing so long as the credit of the country receives no shock. Evan the recent panic on the Frankfort Bourse was not able to affect the price of Five-twenties. The Five-twenties of 1867 are still improving relatively to the others at home and abroad. The stock market has shown a great deal of strength from first to last ; and the forces which are pushing up railways and miscellaneous shares have encountered no resistance which threatens to check them. It is a great movement, and the end is not yet. Nothing is quite so likely as that it will be carried to suehan extent as to make a tumble necessary; but for the present the bulls have it all their own way, and for the present it can be said that the advance effected in many of the stocks is fully justified by an improvement in their condition. Hartford and Erie has made the most noticeable advance, and closes at 271. Having failed to get the money of Massachusetts by fraudulent combinations, the directors have really sot about doing so ..ethiug for their road in an honest way and by hard work ; and have pushed the work forward with such vigour as to justify the application of the State aid. Cleveland and Pittsburg has gone up to 91. This stock has thus far been kept down by false reports that the bonds recently offered were to bo sold to raise money for a dividend. Parties acquainted with the condition of the road have taken occasion of the depression to buy it in freely. The suspicious bonds have now boon withdrawn from the market. Milwau kee and St. Paul, bath common and preferred, have con tinued their astonishing ascent, awl now stand respec tively at 101 and 106. Chicago wed North Western is following rapidly on after Milwaukee and St. Paul, selling at the close at 961 for the common, awl 97 for the preferred. The leading capitalists of these two roads have just en tered into a combination which promises groat results to the transportation of that section. They have bought up the entire property of the Chicago and St. Paul Company, and propose to resume the censtruetion of the road this fall and push it to completion within two years. One hundred miles, between Winona and St. Paul, is all that is necessary to give direct communication - between St. Paul and Chicago. Now York Central and Erie are active and higher ; Rnck Island is firm at 108/ ; Fort Wayne at 1121; Reading at 97; and Ohio and Mississippi cer tificates at 31i. Altogether the railway market is in a condition quite remarkable, and nothing has as yet ap peared to check the upward tendency. Miscellaneous shares are generally active and higher. Western Union Telegraph sells freely at 37j. Pacific Mail has gone up to 126, in the hope of a speedy resumption of divi dends now that the opposition is finally withdrawn. Mariposa Preferred has reached 23i ; $2,000,000 of the New Certificates of the company have been issued, and as much More is to come. The trustees promise to put up the necessary machinery, and commence working on the mines at once. All this may bo ge nuine or it may not. It will, at the best, be an ex periment to work the property at a profit. Quick silver Mining Company steady at 26. Express Shares are steady. The Merchants' Union and the American are still quoted separately, th o ugh the companies are consoli dated. The stockholders of the Boston and Albany Com pany, at their special meeting in Boston on Wednesday, voted adversely to the proposition to take stock in the steamships Erie and Oaterio. This decision was as good as a dividend to the shareholders, and the stock promptly advanced in consequence. Now let the c )maany apply the money they have saved by not going into this hopeless enterprise to developing their own proper field, and fur nishing increased facilities for freight and travel. In the election of Erie directors, on Tuesthy, the Fiske and Gould party triemphol, and have bug since divided the spoils. The general trade of the country is getting into a more encouraging condition, although hindered and hampered still by the irregularity and uncertainty attending bread stuffs and cotton. The movement of grain eastward has been checked by the decline, and dealers are making a gigantic effort to hold up prices. As a consequence the money market feels distress, and all classes of business suffer. The attempt to avert a further decline in grain is hopeless, but may result in breaking "the fall and dis tributing the loss. Meanwhile it is disturbing exchanges and postponing the natural demand of the season for eastern goods. The receipts of flour and grain at the lake ports has at last fairly exceeded those of 1866, on which they have been gaining every week since the harvest began. The yield is incontestably larger than for years, and immense quantities are waiting in store for lower prices to go abroad. In flour the decline for the week has averaged 25 cents per barrel. The dry goods market has shown very great activity during the week, and buyers and sellers have seemed to get together better than be fore. The trade in cottons has improved in a marked de gree, and the work of the season has at last begun. Wool and woollens are in fair demand, without change of prices. The manufacturers are doing a satisfactory business. The whole lino of imported goods has been deranged by the fall in gold. lu foreign dry goods, particularly, where importation has been considerably overdone, there has been a considerable decline in prices, with a restricted demand. -Cotton is coming forward with increasing rapidity, and in still larger quantities. Already the receipts at New York since the opening of the cotton year (Sept. 1) have bxm 90 per cent. greater than for the same period la 4 year; while the shipments direct to European ports from Mobile, (Marl eston, and New Orleans aro on the inareve• Much of this g kin is undoubtedly owing to the desire of the planters to realize the highest prices for their product before the amoun' of the crop should be fully ascertained awl the consequent decline should take place in values. Much, also, to their desire to buy early at New York, which they have not b.,on able to do this season without the cash iu hand These causes have combined to hurry, forward the crop with unusual promptituch ; but there is still something due to the success which has attended the planting of the crop this year and the fortunate circum stances under which it has been gathered. The banks aro letting out their money freely again, and the last weekly statements show a decided increase of loans. The condition of trade over the country is better: The Western movements in grain continue upon a large scale, and indicate that the highest estimates have not' exaggerated the yield of the crops. Barley and oats are higher, the former 20 to 25c better than last week, and still much excited; the latter easy, at an advance of 5 to 6 cents. Wool is active and higher, and the demand from the manufacturers continues to increase. Cotton is again weaker and declining. The irregularity and uncertainty of this staple does more than anything else to hold off the fall trade, unsettling prices, and postponing the normal demand. The boot and shoe tra le is more active than any other branch of busi ness. ,The Boston papers report the shipments for the last week to be larger than ever before in a single week at this season in the whole history of the trade. The assistant-treasurer at New York began his first public sales of gold on Wednesday ; $300,000 was offered; and bids were received to the amount of $3,300,000, being . from 19 different parties and within a range of 136 to 1363. Fiske and Hatch were awarded $lOO,OOO at 1361, and $200,000 was sold to A. Rodewald at 136 8-10. The saws amount will be sold, as per advertisement, for each of ten days, making three millions in all. What then ? This making up a programme for ten days does not amount to much. It will make a great deal of difference with the value of gold, whether the Treasurer goes on sellingat this rate, or at a larger rate, after the ten days are up, or stops then.',This is what operators and importers want to !mow. The Treasurer should act on a system by which.the busi ness community could calculate on what isto be done with the Government surplus. The bankers at New Yolk are generally expecting a renewal of specie exports. Now York, Thursday Evaning.—Money was fairly ac tive, but easy at 6 to 7 per cent. on call ; sterling exchange firm at 109} to 1094. Gold opened firm at 1371, advanced to 138}, and closed at 1371. The bids at the sub-treasury aggregated $4,260,000 at 136} to 137 88-100, and $300,000 was sold at the latter figure. Governments were active and higher. State bonds were active; but irregular, and closed Weak. Railways opened excited, with large trans actions and an advance of 1. to 2 per cant., which was lost in the afternoon under the unauthenticated rumour of an issue of 20,000 new shares of Erie, carrying the price of that stock from 51 to 48, and causing the market to fall throughout the list. The market closed steady, with s partial recovery from the lowest point. Miscellaneous shares were strong. (From the Wall-street Journal.) .NEW YORK, Friday Evening, Oct. 16. In Border State Bonds a large business is doing at higher prices, .with the exception of North Carolinagt which have taken the back track. American silver sells at 6to ii cents below the price of gold. Mexican dollars are quoted at 1021 to 103 in gold. Mariposa Securities and Pacific Mail are higher. Mining stocks show more activity, mostly confined to Consolidated Gregory, Smith , and Parmelee and Mariposa, all of which have consider ably advanced. In Grass Valley a good business is doing at 42 to 43 cents. Petroleum stocks active, especially Buchanan Farm, National, and United States; also a cod inquiry for Itynd Farm, Sherman and Barnsdall, end Union. NEW YORE RITES OF EXOLIA.NGE, _ Sixty Days. Three Da Y g * London Bankers London, Primo Commercial IOJ-1091 ...... , Paris, Bankers Bremen, Bankers Hamburgh, Bankers 351 —36 ...... Frankfort, O.M 4Ol-41 ...... Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.10-5.151 ...... Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss CLO 3ING PRICES. PUBLIC FUNDS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sixes, 1868, registered — to -- Sixes, 1868, coupon Sixes, 1881, coupon ll5l to 1151 U.S. 65. Pacific Railroad — to Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1861, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon, new • Five-twenties, 1867, coupon Ten-forties, coupon lO5 -1 to 1051, Seven-thirties, 2d series — to —* Seven-thirties, 3d series — to --- Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 llO to 1111 CLOSING QUOTATIONS FOR RAILROAD MORTGAGES. N.Y. Central 6s, 1883... 95 Chi. &N. W. Ist M...... 91 ,1 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887._ 92 Tol. & Wab. Ist M Ex. 91 N. Y. Central 6s, R Est.. 91 Gt. Western 2d M '93... 84 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n.. 92 Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist M.. 100 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876_1021 Gal. & Chic. Ext .......... 101 N. Y. Con. 7s, con. 76 ...121 Gal. & Chic. 2d M......... 95 N. Y. Cen. 7s, '65-'76 ...124 Chi. &R. I. Ist M ......... 101 Erie Ist Mort, Ex 104 Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7'5... 941 Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 100 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund...lol Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 95 N. J. Central Ist M ...... 101 Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 87 N J. Central 2d M ..... 1 01 Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 86 Pitts. Ft.W., & Ch. 15t.31.106 Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. 15t31;77 9ll Pitts. Ft. W. &Ch.3dlll. 9; Hud. R. 7s, Ist M, '69 1001 Cleve. & Pitts. 2d M...... Hud. It. 7s, 3d M, '75 101 Chic. & Alton, S. F. Inc. 91 t Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 103 Chic. & Alton, 5.F.15t3 1 . 1 ,,: Mich. C. Ist M, 'B2 1141 Mil. & St. Paul Ist M... Mich. new Ist M Bs, 'B2 1141 Mil. & St. Paul 2d M... „",/ Mich. So., 7p. c 2d M 931 Marietta & Cin. Ist M.... N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B 98 Morris & Essex Ist M... 100 M.ich.S.&N.l.S.F'd.7p.c.lool Morris & Essex 2d M... 87 111. Ceri. 7p. c„ '7o. 1161 Joilet & Chic. Ist M... 10 31 Alton &T. IL Ist M 91 Chi. & Gt. East'n lstM... 76 , 1 Alton &T.H. 2d pfd 81 N. Y. &N. H. 9 65........• Alton &T.IL2d M. Inc. 84 Dubuque &S.City,lst ... „` Han.& S t.J . Land War ts.loB PeninSula Ist M.......•. 9"1 Han. & St. J. Con 95 Ohio & Miss. let M...... 9563 Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 1101 Ohio & Miss. C0n......... Chi. &N. West, S. F 97 Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. D... 84 Chi. &N. W. Con Cony 95 Atlantic &G. W. Ist M. 80 Chi. & N. W. Ex'n B B3 Business in Express Stocks moderate. Adams ... to 51 5 3 American 2 46i to 4 3 Merchants' Union ••• ... 221 to 0/. United States ... 471. to 1? Wells, Fargo, and Co. ... „,, 30 to 811 RAILROAD AND MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS. Fort Wayne ............ 1 1 2 1 4 Pacific Mail Atlantic Mail . Quicksilver W. U. Telegraph Mariposa Preferred Ohio and Mississippi of Boston Water Power of Cumberland Bankers and Brokers li M & St. Paul .......... I„us M & St. Paul Preferred lu N. Y. Central l2Bl Erie Hudson .. 1351 Reading Mich. South. &N. I B9l Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg 9Ol North-West North-West Preferred 97* Canton... 49i Rock Island Cleveland and Toledo 105 Addison Gage, one of the fathers of the Ma s l; chusetts ico trade, died at Arlington on Tuesday, Oct• at the age of 60. Births. NT D, ABINGER—On the 28th Oct., at Inverlochy Castle, Lady' Abinger, of a daughter. FARUER— On the 2rith Oct., at 2, Bushey Ifill-terOc°l Camberwell, the wife of Francis Farrar, of a son. WEBB —On the 29th Oct., at Tenby, the wife o f Webb, Esq., R.N , o f a son. Marriages. DAVENPORT—CURTIS—On the 27th Oct , at Cayn.,--,,,0rt Ludlow, Salop, Harry T. Davenport, Esq., of 1,491f1 i of Hall, Staffordshire. to Georgina Henrietta, (taught' Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart., of Caynham Court. LUd l°W. , e 'fit ST. AUDYN —JOHNSTONE —On the 29th Oct., at St• G e T'soa Hanover-square, the Rev. Wm. St. Aubyn, of Sir Edward St. Aubyn, Bart., of St. Michaels levit,rd Cornwall, to Edith Emily, fourth daughter of t-l u d 5i1.- .Telin,tone, Esq., of Eastern-terrace, Brighton, an wood Lolge, Berks. Deaths. COURTNEY —On the 30th Oct., at Tunbridge-we ns t Henry Courtney, Esq., of Fitzwilliam-plao , aged -68. 6, f„ N o. DAVIS—Oa the 29th Oct., at Paris, Lewis Dav is, 0 ho. Gloucester-gardens, Hyde-park, and Plumsteacit "- Esq., aged 6 n- A terr3,C2 LANGFORD—On the 28th Oct., at 33, Queen's ltO r wife of Captaiu T. Netherton Langf .) ' Navy. T,outb• LOUTH -On the 27th Oct., at Dieppe, the La d y -`" I'olo ROSE —Ou the 20th Oct., at Palermo, James 1 03 e aged 59. v o, London : Printed and Published by WILLU g A ' l-491° of No. lial2, ins Prn Strand, inot t o ot the the Ss voY. t'2l'l° at Ta& SUN o''-2111 g° Strand, ti laiddleftlx,—MotidaY l November 2, 1,308 MAY. 4 Epsom Summer Hampton iiibury Club Stockbridge LAY. Southampton I Goodwood UST. IWindsor August Derby Suunner..,- .... SEPTEMBER. Doncaster OCTOBER. Bedford I Leicester MUSICAL ITESIS.-11Id1le. Carlotta Patti is now in Paris. Rossini, who is at las villa at Passy, is in a Very unsatisfactory state el he3lth.—Nusical Stan4ord, kg° I( Thi Prlzo S.)l Le A Obs 11 ALL bold abl e ro„ hilt,