The Sun. — London, England, 1868-09-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, It is not unlikely, says the Saturday Review, that several new candidates may propose themselves within the next two months, but the future House of Commons will cer tainly not contain more than a small revolutionary element. At Manchester, and in some of the metropolitan boroughs, extreme democrats may possibly find seats ; and Mr. Mill has displayed his characteristic love of perverse crotchets by subscribing to assist the return of Mr. Brad laugh for any constituency which may be anxious to secure his services. In the midst of an overwhelming majority of moderate or timid politicians, Mr. Beales, Mr. ?rad laugh, and Mr. Ernest Jones would be as powerless as Robespierre and his associates in the National Assembly of 1789. The cant of avoiding divisions of the Liberal party apparently reconciles politicians of the school of Lord Palmerston to allies who already announce their intention of confiscating the land. Mr. Bright complains that Serjeant Simon disputes the prior claim of a Mr. Cossh am to the suffrages of Dewsbury, and Serjeant Simon replies that Mr. Cossham had previously interfered with rights which Mr. Ernest Jones had acquired as first comer. It would be slightly interesting to know whether Serjeant Simon and Mr. Ernest Jones really hold the same political opinions. It is hard upon those who think that the Irish Church ought to be abolished, and that Mr. Gladstone would be a better Minister and a sounder financier than Mr. Disraeli, to find themselves coalescing with the advocates of theories which may be considerably in advance of Jacohinism. The Liberal party seems at pre sent quite strong enough to bear many local divisions. The Conservatives are embarrassed by the knowledge that their chief regards with indifference many of the institutions which it is their special mission to defend. If the many honest and intelligent candidates of their party were at liberty to express their deeper political con victions, they would avow their acquiescence in household suffrage, whether it is to be considered prudent or rash, imposes upon them the special duty of guarding against further organic changes, while it has become more than ever their interest to abandon the championship of abuses. The Conservatives might divide the Liberal party to some purpose if they would recognise the distinction between institutions which are worth preserving, and mere occa sions of resistance ; but to redeem their inconsistency in following Mr. Disraeli into household suffrage, they in sisted on his making an impracticable stand in defence of the Irish Church. The Spectator concludes that the real meaning of Mr. Roebuck's speech requires study to be understood. Mr. Roebuck himself interprets the drift of his remarks at Sheffield on America to mean that, in spite of having trusted the destinies of the Republic to electors whom he mildly terms political buccaneers, there is reason to con gratulate her on her wonderful exemption from the most natural results of such awful experiments. With "wild Irishmen, fiery Frenchmen, assassinating Italians, and dumbfounded Spaniards holding the balance of political pow er, somehow things don't go exactly as badly as you would expect from the votes of these wild Irishmen, fiery Frenchmen, assassinating Italians, and dumbfounded Spaniards. Hence he was prepared to argue that in England, where we have little to fear from wild Irishmen, nothing from fiery Frenchmen, nothing from assassinating Italians, and nothing from dumbfounded Spaniards, we shall get on a great deal better than we deserve, at least if we—i. e., persons in Mr. Roebuck's position, and with something of Mr. Roebuck's mature wisdom—don't copy the mistaken example set ns by the non-buccaneering class in America, by abstaining from endeavouring to influence the elections. It was a lesson, partly of warning, partly of encouragement, for England, from the happy and unex pected elasticity of American destinies, that Mr. Roebuck was striving to enforce. His drift was expressly, that in spite of such horrible electoral classes, in spite of electoral classes flooded with the scum of Euro pean nations, in spite of buccaneering electors, America manages to get along pretty well. He was trying with as much delicacy of language as possible to compli ment and extol the actual administrators of American affairs, at the expense of the dominant party in the con stituencies, who ought by all rules of political probability to have put other and far worse men—men like Mr. Lincoln and General Grant and Mr. Sumner, and such politicians as those—into power. He expected, no doubt, an executive " base, cowardly, corrupt, cruel "—that is, steadily anti-slavery, and steadily in favour of an indivi sible Union. He finds one only temporising, more than disposed to play into the hands of the old fire-eaters if it can, and caring far less for either freedom or union than for the ascendancy of the white race. Can he help being gratified at this instance of American elasticity ? Can he fail to rejoice when Mr. Andrew Johnson rules the nation which he bad feared to see governed by Mr. Lincoln? Such is, doubtless, the true character of Mr. Roebuck's covert compliment to American institutious—that they ought to yield so much worse results than they do. We understand him to hope precisely as much for English institutions. If he and his friends only take enough pains, they may have a very good chance of keeping in, by strategy, a Government like the present Governments in England and America, which may be fortunate enough to stem the tide of popular feeling. Discussing the chances of war, the Saturday Review observes that, dear as military prestige is to the French people, they like a war to bring material gains also ; and if the Emperor does nothing more than prove, at the cost of two millions a week, that the Chassepot rifle is better than the needle-gun, he may not find that war brings him any substantial increase of popularity. But the difficulty of effecting a change of frontier is greatly increased, in the case of France, by the want of allies. The Imperial statecraft has been of that over-clever sort which has left the nation without a friend in Europe. So far are we from being in a similar position with regard to France, that with the history of the last fifteen years open before us it is impossible to give any intelligible explanation of much that the Emperor has dune. Pro bably, if all were known, some sufficient personal reason would be found for most of the inconsistencies that puzzle us ; probably, too, some are only to be acc,unted for on the principle that the man who most exercises other people's wits is oftenest at the end of his own. But what ever be the theory of interpretation adopted, the fact remains ; and the consequence is, that there is hardly a Power on the Continent which would not rather negotiate directly with its worst enemy than have the Emperor of the French as a common friend. The relations between Prussia and 'France, says the ,:mperial Review, are so extraordinary that with any other two men at the head of their respective affairs peace could not possibly last another week. They are of the most definite kind that can be conceived, and they are equally perilous. France resents the power and influence the events of two years ago have given to the country that it is quite sufficient offence to be obliged even to think of as a rival ; whilst the most trivial action that could be construed to imply present or destined superiority would make any further suppression of the resentment abso lutely impossible. In spite of the amazing circumspec tion of Count Bismarck, any moment may give birth to an incident that would make France perfectly unmanage able ; and the Emperor, who is keenly alive to that fact, is devoting all his energies to finding allies against an emergency which he is not gamester enough to meet single-handed, if he can possibly help it. THE BISHOPRIC OF DURHAM.—III consequence of a severe domestic affliction, Dr. Baring, Bishop of Durham, has gone abroad. It is a curious fact that four of the English prelates who take the highest rank—the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Bishops of London and Durham—are all away from England. The case of Enoch Arden has been equalled in llolyoake, Mass., William E. Marsh, of that town, has been missing and unheard of since 1862. He suddenly appeared, without warning, last week, to find that his brother Albert, having been divorced from his former wife, had married William's supposed widow a year or more ago. In answer to a correspondent, who wished to be informed whether the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer at tended church, the Rock says: —" We believe that Mr. Gladstone has always made it a rule to attend his parish church, when in town, as in the country. It was told us on excellent authority that Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Martin Tupper were about the only uncergractuates at- Christ Church, Oxford, who in their term of residence at tended the Holy Communion regularly in their College Chapel. THE LATE FIRE-ESCAPE ACCIDENT IN THE CITY.—The accident which occurred on the 4th inst. to two fire-escape men, while practising on their machines in Doctors'-commons, has resulted in the death of one of the sufferers. The men in question, John Taylor and J. Cheese, while on the top ladder of a fire-escape, through some unexplained cause fell backwards, and came to the ground, sixty feet beneath. They were both taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and there Taylor died on Friday afternoon. The man Cheese was stated on Friday evening to be somewhat better, and hopes are entertained of his recovery. The following suggestion is made by a corr( spon clout of the Builder on the subject of locking the doors of railway carriages :—This practice generally conduces to the safety of passengers, that is, if ono door only of each compartment is locked, the door on the " six foot" (or middle of the line) side. But of course there are occasions, and the Abergele catas trophe was one of them, when the power immediately to open the locked door is all-important. Allow me to sug gest that in each compartment of all passenger carriages, a door-key should be hung up in a glass locked case. 04. an extreme emergency the glass could be broken, end the key taken out and used. But it should be a criminal offence to break this glass without sufficient excuse:: .SHOCKING 310 - ii_DZR LY ,SCOTLIND, William Cargill, fisherman, Auchmithie, has been apprehended, charged with terpetrating an atrocious murder. During the herring-fishing mason Cargill had been living in Arbroath, and he lodged in a room in Lady. bridge-street, adjoining a small public-house occupied by Mrs. Vannet. He had been drinking for some days ; but it is stated that when taken into custody, although he was in an excited state, he was not drunk. The victim is a girl named Ann Swankie, 9 years of age, daughter of David Swankie, fisherman, Union-street East, and it is supposed that Cargill bad decoyed the gir] into the house in which he lodged, and in which there was nobody but himself at the time. About four o'clock some persons passing along the street were alarmed by hearing an unusual noise, and looking in at the open street door of Cargill's room, it is stated that they saw him in the passage smashing the head of the child with a poker. They at once rushed in upon him, and laid hold of him. The child was lying on the floor quite dead, and its blood and brains bespattered the wall. Cargill was taken to the police office. The police remain in possession of the body and the premises till the arrival of the Fiscal from Dundee. It is many years since a case of murder or homicide oc curred at Arbroath, and the affair on Thursday has created a great sensation in the community. No motive for the murder is known.—Scotsman. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE SUPPOSED FENIAN. Augustine Byrne, 32, New Union-street, Little Moor. fields, was yesterday placed at the bar at Guildhall, on remand, before Alderman Hale, charged with being in possession of a quantity of firearms, supposed to be for an unlawful purpose, and also with having in his possession three spirit measures, supposed to have been stolen. Mr. Raven appeared for Byrne. The evidence previously taken was read over to the wit ness Fawke. - Cross-examined by Mr. Raven : I ordered him to be taken into custody because I believed that he had them for an unlawful purpose. Mr. Raven: Well, I submit that he is unlawfully In custody, and has no right to he here. Alderman Hale : Well, I think otherwise. Cross-examination continued : I found no money at his lodgings. I took all his papers that I thought were necessary. I have the key of his room. Mr. Frederick Williamson said : I haN e been instructed to attend here by the authorities at Scotland-yard to watch this case. I am chief inspector of the detective police of Scotland-yard. I have examined the seven rifle barrels found by Fawke at the prisoner's lodgings, and they bear the marks of the 28th Middlesex Rifles ; they are the London Irish Volunteers, and are therefore Government arms. I have known prisoner from repu• tation and by name as a prominent member of the Fenian conspiracy. I have known him since October. I wish for a remand that I may make further inquiries. There is no mark on the pike-head. Cross-examined by Mr. Raven : I know that he is a member of the Fenian conspiracy by reputation, and from the fact that he resorts to places where Fenians frequent. I have no positive proof of it. Martin Lynch, the landlord of the public-house, 414, Oxford street, said he knew the prisoner from coming to his bar. The three measures produced had evidently come from his house, but before he took possession of it. He had examined his stock with his inventory, and it was quite correct. Inspector Williamson : I wish for a remand, sir, to make inquiries. The prisoner was then remanded. LAW AND POLICE. THE ALLEGED MURDER BY A LIFE GUARDSMAN. -- At Northampton Police-court Richard Robins, the Life Guardsman suspected to be the murderer of Elizabeth Shields, was again brought up. Evidence similar to that produced before the coroner was given ; and in addition a woman was called to show that the prisoner had said a . week before that he should be the death of Shields before he left the town. Upon cross-examination, however, this woman gave three different versions of the words the prisoner used, although she said she was positive as to the exact expression. The counsel for the prisoner said that, as the inquiry proceeded, it would appear that no murder had been committed at all, and, further, that even if there had been, the prisoner was innocent of it. After a length ened sitting the case was again adjourned. A BANKING INCIDENT.—At the Bow•street Police court a Mr. Sharpe was brought up on remand, charged with having by false pretences obtained £445 by cheque on Messrs. Drummond's bank. The prosecution was, how ever, withdrawn, as it bad been ascertained that the defendant had on several occasions drawn cheques on the bank, although he had no funds there to meet them. He seemed to possess " some unknown influence," which induced the cashier to receive the cheques, and although there were no funds when they were presented, the money was always provided within a short time. Under such circumstances, it was of course impossible to maintain the charge. AN OLD CASE OF DIBEZZLEMENT.—At Manchester, Joseph Taylor has been charged with embezzling various sums, amounting to nearly £l5O, the money of Messrs. M`Naughton, Thom, and Co., merchants. The prisoner was a collector and invoice clerk in the employ of that firm in 1865, and absconded, after signing receipts for three amounts, which he failed to account for. Inspector Shandley said he remembered hearing of the robbery at the time, and went in pursuit of the prisoner, who took a cab to Oldham, and thence went by train to London, where he embarked for Melbourne. He returned a short time since, and was arrested in Liverpool. He was com mitted for trial. THE GREAT WATCH ROBBERY AT MANCIIESTER.—At the City Police-court, Manchester, the four men and three women were again brought up on a charge of being concerned in the robbery of £1,500 worth of gold watches from a luggage-van at the Victoria Railway Station. It was stated in the opening of the case that on the evening of the 26th of August the detectives engaged in the case saw William Keat and James Renshaw in a cab at the" end of Great Ancoats-street. The officers stopped the cab and took the occupants into custody. Renshaw had forty-seven of the stolen watches in his possession, and Kent also had a considerable number. As to Elizabeth Renshaw, the evidence connecting her with the robbery or the receiving was equally simple. The officers visited her husband's house, Jones's-terrace, Salford, and, finding her at home, asked if she had any watches on the premises. They searched the rooms, and found in the pocket of a woman's dress one of the gold watches since identified ; and in a drawer in the bedroom they found a silver one. As to Benjamin Keat and his wife, the officers, on visiting William Keat's house, found two gold watches in a portmanteau. Elizabeth Keat said that Benjamin Keat had brought them to the house and given them to her husband. As to Yates and Dakin, the officers found in a tea-caddy in the house they lived in a silver watch-case, numbered 12,149, and identified as part of the stolen property. After several witnesses had been examined, the case was sent for trial. ALLEGED MURDER IN THE BOROUGH.-At the South wark Police-court, Robert Hall was charged with causing the death of William Johnson by stabbing. The dying depositions of the deceased were put in as evidence, and they stated that the prisoner and Johnson met and had a scuffle, during which the accused stabbed him in the side. The prisoner, who declined to put any questions to the witnesses, was remanded. THE NEW LAW COURTS.—The designs for the New Law Courts, which were deposited at the old Insolvent Debtors' Court, have been removed by order of the Government to South Kensington Museum, for exhibi tion and for the pui pose of study. THE PERILS OF THE DISSECTING -ROOM.—A medi cal student of the Hospital Lariboisi2Te, named Curtois, 23 years of age, has just met an untimely death. He was engaged in dissecting a corpse when he incautiously touched his lip, on which there was a small pimple. On his return home he suddenly remembered what he bad done, but too late, as he died the next day in great suffering, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN ITALY. Co operative societies for furnishing articles of consumption to their members are HOW becoming general all over Italy. Such associations have lately been established at Bologna, Ferrara, Verona, and Legnano, and have produced the most satisfactory results, and among others that of com pelling the bakers to reduce their prices and improve the quality of their bread. FATAL CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.—Mr. W. Burden, coachman to the Earl of Abingdon, whilst driving from St. Giles's Fair, Oxford, to Wytham Abbey, the seat of his lordship, met with a serious accident, from the effects of which he died on Thursday. It appears that Burden was driving, accompanied by the earl's butler and keeper, and when near Botley the horse bolted and ran into the last gate in the fields leading from Botley into Sparrow-lane, and within a short distance of the village of Wytham. The unfortunate deceased was pitched out on his head, and lingered in an insensible state till Thursday, when he died. His companions escaped with a few slight bruises. Burden had been in the service of the Abingdon . family upwards . of thirty years, and was highly - esteemed by his lordship and household, who sincerely sympathise with his wife and children in their great bereavement. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, StPTEMI3ER 12, 1868. THE COMING ELECTIONS. I is curious and instructive to observe the character of the electioneering addresses which are now beginning to inundate the country. In the vast majority of these appeals to the new constituencies, the religious question comes uppermost. The principle of establishments, the Irish Church, Protestant ascendancy, "no Popery," and justice to Ireland, are the sub jects discussed. No one pretends that party spirit has not much to do with the question at issue between the two parties. The dis establishment of the Irish Church is a party , question, and mere politicians, whether Catho lic or Protestant, will vote with their party; the Tories, following Mr. Disraeli, uphold the Irish Church; the Liberals under Mr. Gladstone's lead, are for disestablishment. The political defenders of the Irish Church make use of the "No Popery " cry as a weapon of defence, and endeavour to make it appear that Mr. Gladstone, in disestablishing the Irish Church, is seeking to set up the Supremacy of the Pope against the Supremacy of the Queen. But putting aside mere politicians, whether Catholic or Protestant, for every one can esti mate their conduct at its value, there are many men who act on principle, and whose votes, when the question comes to be decided, will be influenced by religious motives, or reasons of high policy. These motives and reasons are worthy of examination and discussion. We fully concur in principle with those who defend Church Establishments both on religious and political grounds. It is a benefit to the Church and to religion to receive the public recognition and homage of a nation, and it is of immense service to the State to act in conjunction with and in obedience to the Church in all matters appertaining to the moral and spiritual interests of the nation. But the Irish Church answers neither of these purposes. Besides being a heresy founded by violence and injustice, it is at war with the religion of the nation ; and as it receives no homage from the people, its establishment is of no service but quite the contrary to the State. To uphold it is to uphold Protestant ascendancy in a Catholic country. Many, however, conscientiously uphold it because they believe that to impose by force Protestant ascendancy in a Catholic country is not an act of injustice, but a religious duty; but they are equally prepared, if they had their will and the power, to suppress Catholicism by the sword. Of men such as these, is the non-poli tical section of the Orange and Protestant ascendancy party composed, but they form a small minority ; honest it may be, but blind and deaf as bats and adders. Others again support the Irish Establish ment because it exists. They NI ould not have established it by violence ; they would not wish to establish it now if it were not in existence ; but they do not like to destroy it because it is an institution, although an unsatisfactory one. To root it out now, seems to them to partake of the nature of a revolu tion. They overlook the fact that to perpe tuate an injustice is the sure way to produce, first alienation, and then a revolution. Others give their aid to the Irish Church because it is the Church of the rich and influential, and of those well aflected to England. But what policy can be more short-sighted than to favour the rich few at the expense of the vast masses of the people ? What more likely to create disaffection to England than such an immoral policy ? Others lay great stress on the argu ment that to disestablish the Irish Church is to endanger the English Establishment, and to call in question the principle of Church Establishments altogether. We confess that there is some weight in this argument, for to disestablish the Irish Church will undoubtedly direct such critical.attention to the English, as may sooner or later lead to its disestablishment also. But whose fault is that but the original wrongdoer's ? It is one of the penalties of Ole crime of injustice that it often entails its own punishment. But to perpetuate the injustice in the hope of escaping the punishment is a still graver fault. That the principle of Esta ' blishments should suffer in public estimation cannot be wondered at, for the public now see that the grossest injustice has been inflicted in Ireland ill the name of a great and sacred principle. But, again, whose fault is that ? Not the fault of those who seek to repair a long-standing injustice, but of those who inflicted it. If, however, there is a great variety in the motives and reasons of those who support the Irish Establishment, we rejoice to see, as we expected, the perfect unanimity, in the addresses of the Catholic candidates, in declaring their determination to vote for the abolition of the Irish Church. There is no attempt even at a subterfuge, no pretence that Mr. Disraeli is just as ready as Mr. Gladstone to do justice to Ireland in the matter of the Irish Establishment. Not one of the numer ous Catholic candidates has even so much as hinted that Mr. Disraeli would prove to be as great an opponent as Mr. Gladstone to Pro testant ascendancy, or that Catholics might fairly and justly support Mr. Disraeli. The issue put has been clear and distinct as day light: Mr. Disraeli and Protestant ascendancy, or Mr. Gladstone and disestablishment of the Irish Church ? The notion had been industriously put about that the priests of Meath were indifferent about the disestablishment, and would prefer a land bill, such as Mr. Disraeli promised, to the return of Mr. Gladstone to power and the thorough emancipation of Ireland from Pro testant ascendancy. Some expressions which had been used by the clergy of Meath some years ago had been exaggerated and perverted into a meaning which the priests of Meath, without an exception, assembled in formal meeting, now repudiate as a calumny on their Catholic principles. We rejoice at this decla ration of the Meath clergy ; not that we ever doubted of their abhorrence of Protestant ascendancy, but because it shows the unani mity of the Catholic people and priests of Ireland, and because their names have too often been made use of in England as the names of men whose sympathies were in favour of the supporters of the Irish Establishment. — Westminster Gazette. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) His Excellency Reverdy Johnson is to present his credentials to her Majesty at Windsor on Mon day. He will be introduced by Lord Stanley, with whom Mr. Johnson had his first interview on Thursday. Mr. Johnson has received from his Go vernment the fullest powers for the settlement of outstanding questions between the United States and Great Britain. His own knowledge of Inter national and Constitutional law commands entire confidence at Washington, and the Minister lately announced at Sheffield that he desires to secure for his country nothing but what is fair to receive and honourable for Great Britain to grant. As he knows he will be met with the same open, frank desire on the part of the English Foreign Office for the final settlement of all claims, we believe that he will prove to be right in predicting that the whole will be satisfactorily arranged in a couple of months. The E:nhassy has removed from Fenton's Hotel to No. 4, Portland-place. The Chinese Ambassadors, with Mr. Burlingame at their head, have left Boston for England. A public dinner was given them in Boston, at which speeches were made by Charles Sumner, Ralph Waldo Eme:son, and Caleb Cushing, to which Mr. Burlingame replied, declaring that the treaty with the United. States had struck down the injurious practice of concessions of territory to foreigners within the empire of China where Chinese were taxed, expelled, or protected as if the place did not belong to the Chinese Government. The Treaty puts her. subjects on terms of equa lity—standing with those of the most favoured nations, •French, Russian, and Prussian, and by the cons+gelause they are given a diplo matic status, by which those privileges can be de fended. Mr. Burlingame anticipates hostility from the old indigo planter of India and the opium smoker of China, and the men who opposed emancipa- 1 tion in the West Indies, but he looks for eventual triumph, as it is founded in right and justice. An English paper says that the extension of Chinese law over Europeans in China may create some cu rious positions. For instance, they may be sum moned to sit on a jury, and if unable to agree, the law provides that the jurors are to be flogged with bamboos all round till they decide on a verdict. How Mr. Burlingame would like this, we have yet to be informed ; but perhaps he thinks such a case could not occur among so enlightened a people, whose principal encyclopiia, he tells us, em braces over 5,0.00 volumes, and who have more books, encyclopaedias, pamphlets, magazines, &c., than any other people. Before the Embassy left America they were cheered by a despatch announc ing the total defeat of the rebels who had menaced Peking, in a great battle wherein the Government troops were assisted by European officers and engi neers. Mr. Burlingame's celestials are followers of Confucius, and not having a Buddhist or a Taouist among them, there are no idolaters in the Embassy. Confucius taught only man's duty to man, not to God. One of the interpreters was taught English by the Rev. Dr. Martin, an American missionary, last year created by Imperial decree a Professor of the new Peking University. There is a strong movement in favour of a Sep tember session of Congress, and the opinion begins to prevail that a quorum will assemble on the 21st. The first pressure is from Mississippi politicians who want to be installed ; second, from those in Virginia who want all who are ineligible for office under the 14th Amendment turned out to make room for them ; and, third, from the lobby at Washington, which has schemes it is anxious to start, and arrangements for offices which need confirmation. The last class are of the three the most active. The Militia and State Police Bills passed by the Southern Legislatures are of no avail without arms, which Secretary Schofield declines to furnish. The example of the President is also catch ing, and the position at Washington is being re enacted in some Southern States, where the Legis latures are at variance with the Governors. Secretary Seward, in accordance with an in formal vote of Congress, has entered into negatia tions with Mr. Thornton, the English Minister, for a new Reciprocity Treaty with Canada. It will be based on the old Treaty, will soon be transmitted to the British and Canadian authorities, and will be ready for Congress to ratify in December. It is, however, uncertain whether events in Nova Scotia may influence the result. Nova Scotia's real grievance is the abrogation of this Ireaty. If the United States refuse to renew it, the colony will go for annexation to the Republic. The special corre spondent of the New York World has been travel ling through the province, and declares that the feeling of the people is not alone against the Con federation, but for annexation to the United States. No doubt those he met had a pleasant way of being agreeable to strangers, and shaped their conversa tion to suit the views of the World. But the fact is that the port of Halifax would be a valuable ad dition to the Union—indeed, so valuable in the hands of the Republic as to damage the trade of New York. Although important to the Confedera tion Nova Scotia is worth little to England, and as inhabited by colonists loyal to their fatherland it would perhaps be of more benefit to this empire as a State of the Union than as a province of Eng land. The joint opinion of Sir Roundell Palmer and Mr. Vernon Harcourt has been laid before the Pro vincial Assembly, to the effect that the Union Act might be repealed, but was legally valid ; the Im perial Legislature evidently decided on the sup posed consent of the colony, and if that consent could be disproved, it would be a valid argument for repeal. English emigration has assumed a delightful form to America. First, there was an inroad of pick pockets, and New York and the watering places were deluged with these highly-trained gentry. Latterly, a class even more scientific in their way has been landed in considerable numbers in New York. Their appearance excited the greatest surprise, as they were lusty, low-browed, short-cropped, broken nosed individuals. At first Americans mistook them for " dumbfoundered Spaniards," but inquiry proved that they were English prize-fighters who find that is their own " effete" country even the manly sport of boxing is going down before the law. Prize fighting is now erected into an American institu tion. The Spirit has a weekly column devoted to it. No hero is received with such an ovation as a winner and, e el e b j r u a d t g e judging s by the success in matrimony pugilists, none are more favoured by the fair sex. of t h ofe belt, two d They have their representative in Congress, and the man now greeted with a flourish of trumpets is Billy Edwards, who, after a desperate fight, defeated Sam Collyer on Travers Island, Virginia, winning the light weight championship. The Democrats of Delaware, at Wilmington, re affirmed a resolution, that " the elective franchise is a political privilege, and not a natural right," and therefore to be conferred and withheld by States as they shall desire. The Democratic Convention of Boston was about to meet there, but it was not yet known who was to be the leader, young John Quincy Adams having subsided since the return of the late Minister, Charles Francis. Dr. Loring is working vigorously to secure the Republican nomi nation as Governor of Massachusetts, backed by Butler, whose canvas for the Essex District for Congress Loring in return supports ; and though Butler is likely to be successful, the other has little chance. There is a strong opposition on the part of Moderate Republicans to General Butler. Colonel William Brown has made a speech at Cincinnati, wherein he describes how Chief Justice Chase, whose confidential adviser he asserts himself to be, was thrown out by the Tammany Conven tion. Brown says that the Chief Justice was the candidate of the Progressionists, who offered to ac cept him on his own platform in opposition to the Reactionists. Senator Hendricks was the man they feared, and after disposing of him it was settled that Mr. Chase was to be nominated, with the full sup port of the New York Delegation, beaded by Go vernor Seymour. The Reactionists, represented by Mr. Pendleton, seeing their defeat, quickly decided, and skilfully manoeuvred to bring in the least ob noxious of the other wing, and to secure a thorough Reactionist for Vice-President. Brown asserts that Mr. Seymour was false to the Progressionist sec tion, and enabled the other to successfully play their game. He divides the Democrats into Pro gressionists, who accept the results of the war, and Reactionists who desire_ to revert to the state of things before the war. Had the Progressionists succeeded in their design of nominating Mr. Chase, there would have been a split not only in the Demo cratic, but in the Republican party, the result being impossible to predict. All Colonel Brown states has long since been said in our columns, but on one point we know that he is wrong. Horatio Seymour was in earnest in declining a nomination, and he was as much carried away by the coup of the Ohio delegation as was the Convention itself. Any one may picture his position as chairman, when the whole Ohio delegation threw their votes for him on seeing the impossibility of electing Pendleton, and the meeting, consisting of 5,000 Representative men, rose en masse, shaking the solid hall with their shout of sanction. It was one of those moments of inspiration, when an electric fluid strikes simultaneously on a multitude, and no man has an individual will within its influence. We would like to know the person who could have resisted it, and Horatio Seymour was simply borne away in the torrent. The Fenian Congress continues i u session, and although scares in Canada have been frequent of late the brotherhood is in a very poor way. What chance Fenianism has of revival we cAnnot tell, but just now we consider the cause hopeless. Ire land pacified, the alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom becoming more intimate as the passions engendered by the War die Jut, and the idiotic notion that the Emerald Isle can in any way be affected by cutting the throats of C inadians being exploded, all whic h injuri ously affects the organization. It costs money ; and as it does nothing but talky those who furnish that money inquire what has become of it. J. R. O'Beirne denied at the last meeting that the Savage wing had squandered on their own pleasures the contributions of the servant girls and labourers. " Many Americans," he said, " who sympathize with the objects of the organization are impressed with the belief that the men who manage and control it are men who obtai❑ a living from it, and, under the plea of patriotic purposes, serve their own ends." A notion which, he hoped, might be dispellel The main object was to reconcile the factions headed by O'Neil and Savage, but little towards this was ac complished, except Savage's resignation on the 29th ult. of his office. W. J. Nagle hopes to be nomi nated from the Fourth New York City District for Congress, and L. J. Meanv also aspires to a seat. The Secretary of the Treasury, on the 7th Sep tember, published his usual monthly statement of the public debt and the cash in the Treasury of the United States. The former amounted en the Ist ins'ant to $2,643,250,000, being an increase of $9,750,000 as compared with last month, and the latter to 107,500,000 dollars, being a decrease of 2,500,000 dollars. Some interesting figures have lately been given of United States taxes and brads. Mr. A. Delmar, of the Bureau of Statistics, asserts that the amount of American securities held abroad is under $700,000,000. In 1866 it was shown that the amount was—United States Bonds, $350,000,000 ; State Bonds, $150,000,000 ; and $100,000,000 i❑ railway stocks and mortgages. He considers that the stock has but little increased in foreign hands within the last year and a half, but in this he is evidently wrong. New York papers notice a movement which is believed to have its origin in Germany, to substitute 5-20 Bonds of a late date for those of 1862, hitherto bearing the highest quotation, and most generally held in Europe. Its effect has tended towards equalizing the prices, and, if a genuine movement, it shows some alarm that the Government may be compelled to redeem those at their option in greenbacks. The estimate of inter nal taxes paid in the United States since June 1, 1863, is $1,139,000,000; of which the Income Tax supplied $226,083,194. The internal tax paid by the inhabitants of New York city for the year end ing June 30th last was $22,397,163, against $31,550,532 for the preceding year. Juarez has denied the rumour that he had pro posed to cede Mexican territory to the American Government, either for money or for military aid, but this assertion is taken in a diplomatic sense, with the evident intention of throwing dust into Mexican eyes, as he was known to be in treaty with Wash ington for the provinces of Sonora and Chihuahua, - which the United States are determined to have. Their possession will allow of a railroad from Brunswick Bay, on the coast of Georgia, to Guaymas, on the Gulf of California, eight hundred miles shorter than any other, over the snow less region through North Mexico. Mexico is in a more peaceful condition than anticipated. Romero has arrived at the capital from Washing- and resumed his duties as Minister of Finance, till promoted, as now intended, Prime Minister. It is asserted that Mr. Seward instructed the Ame rican Minister at B.2rlin to advise the Prussian Go vernment to recognize Juarez as President, and re ceiving a favourable answer he signified to Juarez the fact. That President's reply was that he could not receive a Minister from Prussia until a new treaty had been entered into with that Power, nor from any other which had recognised Maximilian as Emperor of Mexico, all whose representatives he had dismissed. A way has been discovered to adjust the diffi culties which have hitherto prevented the appoint ment of the twenty-five supervisors whose offices were created during the last session. Mr. M'Cul loch desires to appoint Detnocrats; Mr. Rollins, Radicals; and the latter has rejected the nomina tions of the former, while the former rejects the recommendations of the latter. E Lch is to have the appointment of twelve, and they are to toss up for the odd one—a way, however admirable to settle the personal difficulty, can scarcely be re garded as becoming in public officers when dealing with the public service. It is asserted that even this does not satisfy Mr. Rollins, who insists on all or none, and has driven both his chief and the Pre sident wild. Rumour says they are hatching a plot against Rollins to get rid of him by charges of personal dishonesty. Besides he has taken a step which has been pronounced unwarrantable — he has instructed some of the detectives employed by the Internal Revenue Bureau to perform the duty of supervisors, in cases where such services are required, until supervisors under the new tax law shall be appointed by the proper authority. The Somerset county (Maine) Republicans have nominated S. D. Lindsey, of Norridgewock, and Luther 11. Webb, of Hartland, for State Senators, and the Republicans of the Fourth Congressional District, at Bangor, on Thursday, nominated John A. Peters for a second term. General Hunter, who is a member of the military commission which condemned Mrs. Surma, now says he was one of those who recommended her to mercy, and that ho has " always looked with contempt upon the execution of that poor woman," adding that there " were thousands of rebel men who more richly deserved hanging." We commend the following to Artemus Ward's executors :—A. Head, of the New Orleans Crescent, has had an interview with Artemns Ward, through the me dium of " Plancliette," and the spirit of the humorist said—" I'm tryin to figger up how I could give away 525,000 at my death, when, according to reports since, I didn't hey but five." It was expected that the governors of all the New England States, with their respective staffs, would be present at the New England fairat New Haven, and would address the people during the exhibition. Yet another new planet—but this time disco vered by Dr. C. H. Peters, of the Lichfield Observatory at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. It is stated that before leaving for the Piratus on board the Franklin, Admiral Farragut made several hydro graphic surveys at both entries of the Bosphorus. Judge Underwood and four other members of the late Constitutional Convention of Virginia, consti tuting a committee at whose call it was to assemble, are in Washington. The question of calling the Convention together is urged upon them. The principal object seems to be to secure the ordering of an election. The President seems determined at all hazards to reward those who tendered him active support during the Impeachment Trial. Following the legal opinion given by the Attorney-General, he has appointed Perry Fuller, Collector at New Orleans, thus placing that gen tleman in the class known as " carpet-baggers." At the written request of the bar of Atlanta Georgia, Hiram Warner, late Chief Associate of Georgia, has accepted the place of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State, to which he was recently appointed by Governor Bullock. Two American clergymen took part in the ser vice last Sunday night at the Chapel Royal, Savoy ; the second lesson was real by the Rev. Dr. Corbyn, rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, St. Louis ; and the ser mon preached by the Rev. Dr. Spenser M. Rice, rector of New Jersey, U.S., from Isaiah Ist chap. v. 16 and 17— " Cease to do evil : learn to do well." About the Ist of November, 1867, Mr. lla,bney, United States Consul at Fayal, Azores Islands, wrote to the Department of State that there was a large number of American seamen on those Islands, principally deserters frcm whaling vessels, and that in order to get them home ho had chartered the Portuguese brig &arida to bring them to America. He shipped on board of that brig 87 seamen for the port of Boston. The brig has not since been heard from, and it is supposed that she, with all on board, has been lost. Z. Eastman, Esq., United Slates Consul at Bristol, who has lately been on leave, is still claimed in Chicago as a citizen of that city. His street-rail invention has been taken up warmly there, as his presence in Chicago has given the people the opportunity of having its merits explained. Chief Justice Chase is on a visit to Senator Sprague, Providence, Rhode Island, and as the Senator has just re ceived two Shetland ponies from Scotland, we suppose these great ►nen are galloping like boys over the country. We are sorry to see citizens proceed from the summary executive of offenders, who are known to have committed theft and outrage, to the barbarous practice now exploded in all civilized countries, of enforcing confession by torture. George Dighton, who was arrested at Pe trolls, Canada, on Wednesday night, August 26, on sus pi&ou of stealing $•.500 from the landlord of the Putnam Hotel, was forcibly taken froai gaol by the citizens and conveyed to a der►ick, where, after suspending hint three times, once by the wrists and twice by the neck, until life was sin►ost extiud, they extracted frotn him a confession of the theft. At the request of Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister in Germany, the Government of Wurtemburg intends to present a bill for the abolition of the law requir ing that the marriage of Wurtetuburg subjects contracted abroad should receive the Royal sanction in order to be The Harnburgh American Company have given orders to Messrs. Caird and Co., Greenock, to build another ship similar to the Holsatia and the Westphalia, recently added to this line. She will be called the Slesia, and will run from Hamburg and Southampton to New York. There were already 200 entries for the New Eng land fair, which was t 3 be held at Now Haven last week. B. Sumner, H. M. Ames, and Winslow of Vermont will exhibit short-horns; Welles of Wethersfield, Ct., Collins of Collinsville, Ct., and Mr Birnie full herds of Avrshires. W. W. Chenery of Belmont has 25 head of Dutch cattle, and T. Fitch of New London, Ct., and John Brooks of Province town, herds of Jerseys, G. C. Hitchcock of Now Preston, Ct., 27 of his celebrated Ashland horses, among them two colts, valued respectively at $25,000 and $lO,OOO. Another valuable animal is the $25,000 merino ram of Hr. Stowell of Vermont. A telegram from Constantinople, dated Sept. 7, is to the following effect:—The French Lyceum has just been opened. Amongst the boarders, numbering 280, are the grandson of Fua l Pacha and the two sons of Ethem Pacha. It is rumoured that the Prussian Minister has been applied to by his Government for a report upon the situatio❑ in Crete. That document would be the basis of a note which the Prussian Government intended to for ward to the Porte. It was added that such a note would show an identical Eastern policy between Russia, Prussia, and the United States of America. By the recent postal treaty on books, pamphlets, &c., the postage on books is 6 cents for four ounces, and on patterns 8 cents for the same weight from the United States to England, end 6 cents per four ounces on both books and patterns from England to the United States. A single volutro imported by mail is not subject to duty. Some annoyance has been excited in New York by a message announcing the intention of the British Govern ment not to forward letters by any steamers which do not touch at Queenstown. Postmaster Randall denies that the British Government has any such intention. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Springfield Republican, Aug. 29.) Money continues plenty, and though it is now moving very freely from East to West, and from city to country, in obedience to the usual demands of the season, it is no where reported scarce, and in many quarters remains in positive excess. Why will not some of our more scholarly financiers ga out a currency for the country, like the hydro graphic and geographic charts, which display the vary ing depth of water, the ocean currents, the paths of the ships upon the sea, the course of isothermal lines, the accumulation of magnetic force, the comparative eleva tions of the land, the arrangement of the different orders of animals, and the periodical migrations of birds ? Why should we not have charts which should show the distribution of the currency at the several seasons of the year, the height at which it stands in different sections, the attractions and impulses which it obeys, and the channels and courses by which it accomplishes its great office of transferring the values of the country? W,uch charts would be of the highest interest and value, both for present use and for the instruction of the historian. At Boston, the call for money is moderately active; but there are no indications of pressure in the demands. A t some of the banks the deposits are increasing, and the re quirements of customers aro met without difficulty. For discounts from 6 to 7 per cent. is charged, chiefly at the higher figure. For " minute money" there is little or no demand. New York funds aro in active request, as the banks generally do not care to draw on their funds there. At New York call loans on first-class collaterals are made at 3to 4 per cent. The rates on Prime mercantile paper are 6to 7. The banks are making no remittance of consequence to the interior just at present, and are dis posed to ask employment for their furds at home. At Chicago in the early part of the week the Market was re ported as rather close, but the extensive Westward move ment of currency had before the close resulted in a large accumulation, and the demand was sluggish. Repoits in dicate that the crops have pretty generally been drawn upon, and that the next thing will be for the money to come back. It is worth observing that the real work of " moving the crops," that is, the getting them off the farms, has already been very generally p'-xformed, with out the faintest indication of a scarcity, nay, with a posi tive excess all over the country. This shows how much sense there was in the Western demands for an increase of currency. At Cincinnati and St. Louis money is only moderatively active. Abroad the great accumulations of specie remain substantially intact, with a flow of two or three million pounds from England to France in connec tion with the new French loan. Governments have been pulled down sharply during the week, making an average loss of two per cent., a little more on the Sixes of 1881 and Five-Twenties of 1862 and '65 (old), and a little less on the others. Is is true they have had to take a tremendous hammering, but no more certainly than gold. How, then, will those journals who declare that the values of gold and Governments work in opposite directions--that as the former goes up the latter should go down—please explain the general coin cidence in their movements from the middle of July to the present time ? Among other causes, however, it must be said there are indications that the export of Bonds has been overdone of late. Only a part of those taken for abroad have yet found purchasers for invest ment; prices consequently have declined in speculative boards. It was inevitable that this should be the result of the movement. In no article of merchandise is an ex cessive supply so certain to follow a quickened demand. The check probably is only temporary. Tha actual de mand for our bonds abroad is large and increasing. The amount as yet returned is very small ; and we need not expect more unless the English mind becomes alarmed about the prospect of the Presidential election. Just at the close of the week the market for Governments took a firmer tone, and at the lowest prices the whole offering was promptly taken, the banks havng been large buyers ' in the dullness of discounts. The preference at the quo tations was very decidedly for the latter issues. Gold has had a busy week. On Thursday it opened at 1444, fell to 1431, and closed 1431 to 141. On Pd day it opened at 1431, advanced to 1441, and closed 1431 to 1431. On Saturday it stood at 1441 to 1. On Monday, it opened at 1441 and closed 1451 to 4. On Tuesday it opened at 145*, advanced to 1461, fell to 1141, and closed at 1441. On Wednesday it was again irregu lar, opening at 1441, declining to 144, advancing to 145, and closing at 1411. On Thursday it opened 1441, and closed plump 145. It will be seen that gold has, three times, during the week, gone up above 145, but has ranged generally a little below. The decline has been due to a severe hammering, and the bearish feeling is still very strong. The operators for a fall are at work with a zeal worthy of a better cause. On Tuesday there were rumours of a return of specie from Europe, which had a depressing effect upon the premium. On Wednesday the rumours became a cer tainty. The amount shipped is reported at several mil lions, but may have been exaggerated for speculative purposes. Something like a million has also been received from California. Three steamers from New York on Thursday took out only $65,000 between them. The shipment of gold to the United States at the present time looks, it must be confessed, a little oddly; and just for a rarity will do. We cannot see how it is to last, though the rapid drain of the early summer had manifestly been checked two '6r'lleree weeks ago. The greatest signi ficance of the movement is that a little gold coming back is likely to bring a good many Governments with it. The railway and miscellaneous stock market has been unusually tedious this week. The most marked feature has been the appreciation of Milwaukee and St. Paul, which has advanced from 691 for common and 781 to 78/ for pre ferred, to 761 761 for common, and 831 to 831 for preferred. Of course this could not be allowed to go on, and ac cordingly an injunction was granted on Monday against the Milwaukee and St. Paul, in favour of the Milwaukee and Minnesota company, and the bondholders of the old La Crosse Company. The St. Paul Company are restrained from paying dividends, or consolidating with any other company, or doing anything else. James 31-S weeney has been appointed receiver; but as the company's books and assets are mainly in the State of Wisconsin his honours are likely to be barren. Nobody believes that the injunction will remain, as the points involved have already been settled by the United States Supreme Court in favour of the St. Paul Company. Judge Barnard, it will be recollected, is the scandalous magistrate who was so prominent in tho Erie and Central quarrel, al though himself largely interested in the' latter stock. An advance of 21 per cent. has been made by the agents, iu the selling price of the 6 per cent. gold bonds of the Pacific Railroad of Missouri ; $3,000,000 of these securities have already been disposed of in New York alone. These bonds constitute the first mortgage on the two hundred and eighty-three miles of road from St. Louis to Kansas City, and have twenty years to run. The exhibit of the Chi cago, Rock Island, and Pacific Company for the year ending March 31, 1838, is published, and represents the affairs of the company as in a gratifying condition. The surplus earnings are $609,086, out of $1,541,974 of gross receipts. The officers of the road promise to have it open to the Missouri River by next year. - Erie Railroad Stock is now an object of considerable attention; and any one who wants to get his fingers squeezed had better operate in it. At Now York the imports for the week have been $6,644,290, against $1,270,591 for the same week last year ; the export clearances of domestic produce amount to $2,772,663 against $2,962,501 ; the export of specie has been $618,923 against $595,533. Since the Ist of January the gol 1 values of import entries at New York have been $165,112,622 against $172,953,818 for the same period last year, a decrease of $7,811,186. The currency value of the exports of domestic pro duce and miscellaneous goods for the same term has been $102,287,198 against $120,790,233, a de crease of $18,518,735. The exports of specie of all de scriptions in that timo have been $63,917,079 against $11,059,2 7 5, an increase of $22,857,801. The deliveries of Californian gold and silver have been $28,300,048 against $19,939,520, an increase of $8,360,528. We see nothing yet that looks particularly like the beginning of the fall trade. It is true, however, that trade habit , -ally opens later now than it did ten or five years ago. The ex tension and perfection of our system of transportation and communication,- and the increasing value of time in com mercial transactions, both enable and induce dealers to supply themselves with goods more as they need them. Tele graphic orders and parcels by express make a wonderful difference in the time and manner of laying in stock?• Merchants can now wait till they find out just what they want, and send for it as they want it. In aldition to this the practice, so fortunately prevailing, of buying for cash, puts a premium upon buying closely ; and goes a great way to pay the expenses of telegraphing and ex pressing. Yet, for all that, the season opens slow and dull—as much so as did the spring. That there can fai l to be a heavy trade is hardly possible with the extraordi nary crop of cereals now being harvested ; but it does not seem inclined to begin just at present. There has been a little excitement in cotton goods this week, owing to strong efforts to break down the market, but prices have yielded very little. There is nothing else worth alluding to. The papers are all cheering the public on, telling buyers to go in, and predicting that those who wait longest will fare hardest. We are inclined to think it will bo very much so, particularly in the matter of cottons. The crops are now coming in splendidly. The re ceipts at the ports of Chi6ago, Milwaukee, Toledo, and Cleveland, since January 1, aggregate 42,755,453 bushels of all kinds, against 35,167,677 in 1867 ; 48,480,9 36 in 1866 ; and 37,424,754 in 1865. NV 112 at is yielding even above expectation. Barley now proves to be little more than au average. Oats and coin are doing much better even than was expected. With such a crop, the probabili ties of export make an important question. Advices from England indicate that, with the exception of wheat, her principal crops will quite generally fall short of the ave rage; and that she will make a heavy demand on other countries. Whether we shall bo any the better for it is quite another question. Meanwhile breadstuffs are lower and likely to be. Flour is about 70 cents off, and still larger concessions will have to be made during the season. The export of hay is increasing, and old hay rules strong. The cable reports that the American hay ar riving in England is fully as good as the English, and can be offerded at little more than half the price. We have already advised our readers of a strong move ment in that direction. The market for hops has been considerably strengthened by unfavourable adviceS from Europe and some portions of Germany. In England the prospects of the crop are very poor, and an advance of 10 to 12 shillings per hundredweigh t has already taken place. In the United States the crop rnnises well—better, however, in New York than in Wis consin. Tobacco is firm and active for all grades, and the crop throughout the country is coming forward satisfacto rily. From the Southern ports we have accounts of as man,' "first bales" of cotton as ever there were "last survivors " of the revolution. Notwithstanding the crop will soon be coming in cotton is rising, having improved a cent pound during the week. The fact is, the crop has been overrated, and those who have sold for delivery in Octo ber, November, and December, at diminishing prices, 101 wish they had not. The yield will be nothing more than fair, and the amount realized will not justify the recent decline—of this we are convinced. The quality of the bales brought to port has been very good. Unusual exer tions are being made to bring it in early. (Front the Wall-street Journal.) NEW YoRK, Friday Evening, Aug 28. Money continues plentiful, and on call is readily ob tained at 4 per cent., with small exceptions at 3 and 5 P er , cent. For Discounts, short prime paper passes readily I"' 6 per cent., but there ie no demand for long dated paP er : which is difficult to place at 7to 8 per cent. Government Stocks are steady, with an advance in prices to-day, esPe cially in the 5-20 Bonds of 1862, which are, for the moment, scarce. Gold has shown considerable va ri3- tion during the week, but is, to-day, quiet, bal iris opened at 1151, and after touching 1141 closed at 14 0 . 1' American silver is taken for ship:nent across the fro ntOr at 7to 71- cents below the price of gold. Mexican dollarS are quoted at 103 to 1031 in gold. For the Border State Bonds there is a better feeling, with a slight improvensePV in quotations. Railroad Stocks have not showu much tie tivity, with the exception of Erie and Milwaukee and St' Paul, both of which have been heavily manipulated, 01°S° ink; to-day, however, at lower figures. In Miscellaneous Stocks the leading business has W ell in Pacific Mail, which has touched 104 but has to-d 4 sold at 1011. Bankers and Brokers' Association has s4d. vanced to 103. Mining stocks are heavy, and the business continB 0 limited. Consolidated Gregory had declined to $ 3 New York to $1 25, Quartz Hill to 93 cents, and Snwr and Parmelee to $3 85, but prices have somewhat s h e vanced, more especially the lattor, which, in view of th° election, has suddenly taken an upward turn. Petroleum stocks are steady, and a good business is do ing. United States is firm at $2 50, and Buchanan Farill, at 50 cents. For Rynd Farm there is a good inquirY, tP° prospects for the restoration of the property to the CO pany being favourable. NEW YORK RATES OF EXCIIA.NGE, Aug. 28, 1868. Sixty London Bankers London, Prime Commercial 8 1 00 8 97 - - - D 11 a 0O Y 991: T1h0r9431621 15i Paris, Bankers Bremen, Bankers ifamburgh, Bankers 3s' -361 ...... Frankfort, 0.3,1 4o , i-41 .• ••• Berlin and Cologne - ...... Antwerp 5.221-5. l6i ..... Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss The followin. , were the closing quotations this overall° for the Railroad and Miscellaneous Stocks : N. Y. Central l24k Fort Wayne ............ 1° R: 11. Erie Hudson - Atlantic Mail ............ ‘,o_l Reading Rich. South. &N. I. Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg B6l Ohio and Mississippi... 1e North-West North-West Preferred 821 Cumberland ............. 10 Canton..: 45 Bankers and Brokers... ,61 Rock Island Cleveland and Toledo 1001.- I St. Paul Preferred ••• t he The following were the closing quotations . o f.o r u.: -.. various Public Funds of the United States in Ne w I °I. Sixes, 1868, registered _ to --- Sixes, 1868, coupon - to 1 1 Sixes, 1881, coupon ll4i to 11 3 U.S. 6s. Pacific Railroad , — to il4 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon Ten-forties, coupon lOBl to 1,,. Seven-thirties, 2d series Seven-thirties, 3d series , --- Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 ..nt U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 llO to 10 1 . „; 1801 By telegram from San Francisco, dated '"' o ots: we have the following quotations of Silver Mining ,O Ol Gould and Curry ••• ..• ..• ••• $9 5 per Savage 3 , 18618 it Chollar-Potosi ... ... ... • " 22 I' Ophir •.• ••• ••• ••• • Hale and Narcross ... ... . „ Crown Point 2 090 " Yellow Jacket ... ... ~. Belcher 160 0 Alpha ... ... ... . 5 6 " '.. -. Kentucky ... ... ~. ..1 435 ,+ 15 0 Bullion 82 Overman ... ... ... ... ••• „; " Empire Mill ... ... ... ... ... -"Z pr 111 , '" Imperial ... ... ... ... • ."'" 35 0 Confidence ... Amader •.• Exchequer ... Quartz Hill ... Lady Byron ... ... ... ••• ••• „ f „, Sierra Nevada... ... ... ••• ••• ." ",' r v Express Stocks are quiet, with small transaction' quote : 47 1 t° 4 41; 1 Adams ... ... ..• ... ... ••• to American ... ... ... ... 41 to 221 Merchants' Union, 35 per cent....... ... ... 211 tu 42 United States .•. - ''' 42 4 , - 2 6 Wells, Farago, aw.I . Co. ....: ..' ''' ::: 2n - •.. ... ••• ,1 ••• ••• / 7 ••• *O. fl (From Messrs. Satterthwaite's Circular.) t. 9, L o ndon, S e P O The business in the London market for Araerie%veelcr curities has been on a limited scale daring the P 3st e be e t but prices of United States Government Bonds Ls 1 ,865'; sustained; 5-20's of 1862 closing 714 to 7 2 , 3 , 11 „, 0 s° l3 / 9 701 to i; for the former description there has ve - 10-' demand to send to New York to exchange Woe Bonds, which appear to be growing in favour ber iela do the fact that the repayment of the principal W e bOO, O specially guaranteed by Act of Congress ; those close firm at 66} to l l. Illinois Central Shares L a de clWit 91t, and Eries at 30; to 1, both show a slight.iose ° , Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds, I , A; 38} to 391, or one per cent. better than this 00 '04 g o there has been a good demand for them the is ftou two, but Certificates of Debenture and Prov isiolia are neglected. Births. al 4 ider' NALDER—On the 10th inst , the wife of Fielding Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, of . a daughter. VAUGHAN—On the 10th inst., at Bromley, , n : O a' : 111111°' gen, oe of Thomas Vaughan, jun ,of Bromley, and '' ' f g street, E.C., of a daughter.. nualf rje-' WALKER—On the 9th inst , at Crawfordton: "—liter. shire, the wife of Major Walker, M.P., of ,a a tillg Marriages. t , Oa' CAMPBELL—ARCHER—On the Bth i St., at 11ag 3 P„,, -° fiea licrg dlcsex, Commander H. Campbell,nß.N.,_to Lil e. cJ ia " . ~,r eldest daughter of C. Archer, Esq., of B-an l P` ° ," Trial o - t: BORDEN—VINCENT—On the 10th inst , at 11°eY .22d I , l tt Pa, ldington Herbert G. Bowden, late. Major "viace" to Caroline ' Maria, daughter of the late Georg° . oll° ter• Esq., of Putney, and Dartmouth-street, West a r Deaths. e 13° 10 GOLDIE —On the 7th inst., a t Claremont 1 1 °qi'r cl• u So o l l i d tt i l e a , nlp . t e o . n ri , 0 1 6 K. 0.8 . Goldie, widow o f the WO P DOR HER —On the 9th inst., a t Grove Park , Warsvic lr sop lion. Mrs. Dormer, aged 30. s et, iref MURRAY—On the 6th inst , at Churchill, So lner 0 04 E. Murray, Esq., of Newton,. Avondale,6l._ s 0 N. 8., and late of Ottershaw Park, Surrey, b ed be Ve PAUL —On the 7th inst., at St. Alban' s, Sir J ° Ote fc Paul, Bart., aged 66. oft PEARSON —0 n the 9th inst. , at The Marina , T O . Isle of Wight, Capt. Wm.. Pearson, it•N•t age'. A SO - London : Printed and Published by W.11.1.1A,u °3' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t Tan Sun 01004 Strand, in the Precinct of the So voY, in ills Dliddlesex.—Saturday, September 12, WA This Prise Iti S6ld the Age Ohser van's L It lt ~'~ t I ADVA . 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