The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-27 00:00:00

SPIRiT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. All the members of Lord Derby's Administration, with smlrcely an exception, have, according to the Times, ex pressed their readiness to enlist under the new chief, and Mr. Disraeli has been spared the necessity of filling any posts except that of the Lord Chancellor and the office vacated by himself. It would have been manifestly con vexilent could Mr. Disraeli have continued to discharge the duties of the Chancellor of the Exchequer along with those of the First Lord of the Treasury. Historic precedents of great authority sanction the arrangement. But with a reformed House of Commons, shortly about to be again reformed, the increase of parliamentary and departmental work has made impossible what was once practicable, if not easy. Sir Robert Peel himself, with all his appetite for work, did not ven ture in his second Administration to conjoin the offices he held during the short Ministry of 1535. The special care of the finances must necessarily pass from Mr. Disraeli's hands. Popular opinion would pro- bahly suggest Sir Stafford Northcote as his successor. Sir Stafford began his political career at the Treasury ; he has paid considerable attention to financial subjects, and has published an intelligent critical survey of the great change in our financial policy inseparably associated with the name of Sir Robert Peel. Sir Stafford Northcote holds, 6~ ~• -- removed to the House of Lords as Baron Stanley, it being • impossible to leave their lordships to the gtidance of any of the dukes, or of the Earl of Malmesbury. The Lord Chancellor has resigned. He would not serve under Mr. Disraeli. Lord Cairns accepts the Lord Chancellorship, and the Lord Justiceship vacated by him is given by rumour to Sir W. P. Wood, who is to be succeeded in the Vice -Chancellorship, according to common report, by Mr. Baggallay. The name of Mr. Grove is also men tioned for the Vice-Chancellorship. The Earl of Malmes bury, it believes, will not hold office in the new Ministry, and there will be some diffictilty in filling his place. It is understood that advances have been made to Lord Oran ' borne, Lord Carnarvon, and General Peel. The two former are said to decline altogether to join the new Ministry, and even Mr. Gathorne Hardy's allegiance is not secure. It is not believed that the arrangements will be completed by Friday night. A further adjournment to Tuesday is expected. One thing the Advertiser declares to be certain. Lord Chelmsford has resigned the Great Seal, and Lord Cairns has m appointed his, successor. Lord Derby has said that Lord Cairns's advice in the Cabinet is exceedingly de sirable. It is equally certain that Lord Derby yesterday telegraphed to Lord Malmesbury to go down to Knows ley, which his lordship did by the first train after receiv ing the telegram. It is understood that Lord Derby is exceedingly desirous that Lord Malmesbury should be a member of the Disraeli Cabinet, because, from his having been always a member of his own Ministry, he is better acquainted with certain matters than any other peer. It was confidently stated at the Carlton Club last night that Lord Cranborne had been offered a peerage and the leadership of the Lords, with the India Office, I which he formerly held ; but doubts are expressed as to whether he will accept the proposals of Mr. Disraeli. In the event of his not joining the new Cabinet, it was stated last night, and believed in well-informed circles, that Mr. Hardy will be raised to the peerage, which it is understood is an honour he has long coveted, and that he will be the new Secretary for India, and leader in the Lords. In the latter case, it is said that the Earl of Mayo will succeed him as Home Secretary, and that Mr. Gregory will be Chief Secretary for Ireland, in the room of the Earl of Mayo. Mr. Graves, the member for Liver , pool, had assigned him, by the general belief in Conser , vative circles last night, some office connected with the ! Board of Trade or the Admiralty. Vice-Chancellor , Wood will, it is said, succeed Lord Cairns, and Mr. Karslake Vice-Chancellor Wood—in which case Mr. Giffard will at once become a candidate for Colchester, rendered vacant by the judicial elevation of its present member, Mr. Karslake. however, a pest of equal importance, and of possibly greater independence, than that of Finance Minister, and the public service would experience a loss were he to be removed from the India Office immediately after he had made himself master of the work there, and at a critical stage of the Abyssinian expedition. It is probable that the new Chancellor of the Exchequer will be found at the Treasury itself, and it is certain that the ability with which Mr. Hunt, during Mr. Disraeli's enforced absence from the House, introduced the [supplementary statement conse quent on the Abyssinian vote last November, will recom mend him to the judgment of Parliament should he be selected. The return of Lord Cairns to political life will add a most important member to Mr. Disraeli's Cabinet. Lord Chelmsford intimated in the Court of Chancery yesterday morning that he was probably sitting there for the last time, and Lord Cairns has, in fact, suc ceeded to the office of Lord Chancellor. Lord Chelms ford will carry with him into private life universal respect and esteem for the frank cordiality of his kindness, the shrewdness and honesty of his judgment, and the consis ,,tency of his political career ; and it will be remembered to his honour that almost his last act as Lord Chancellor was to pace on the bench a judge chosen simply for his fitness to be a judge, in spite of unusual pressure upon him to make a less worthy choice. The elevation of Lord Cairns creates for the fourth time in eighteen months a vacancy in a court where there had been no previous vacancy for nearly fourteen years. It is most desirable that the high character of the Lords Justices' Court should remain unimpeached, and we are glad to believe that reports which have been freely circulated detrimental to its future reputation are at least premature. We trust Sir W. Page Wood will be induced to accept a post of the highest judicial importance, yet affording, in its com parative freedom from the drudgery of routine, somewhat of that relief from active labour which he is understood to desire. Mr. Walpole, we understand, desires to be relea el from his anomalous position as a member of the Cabinet without office, and will become an independent supporter of the Ministry. The public will be glad to learn that our foreign policy will continue to be repre sented in the Commons, and that the vigorous intellect of Lord Stanley will not prematurely rust by disuse in the House of Lords. It cannot, however, be disguised that the new Ministry will be thus left deplorably weak as regards debating power in the Upper House. It is understood, says the Post, that the new Premier is very anxious to draw towards him those valuable adherents who seceded on a late memorable occasion, and that he has invited Viscount Cranborne and General Peel to join his Administration. Should they accede to such a proposal, Viscount Cranborne Will go to the India Office, Sir Staf ford Northcote will become Chancellor of the Exchequer, and General Peel will be offered the post of Secretary of State for War ; Sir John Pakington being raised to the Upper House. There is little scope, the Daily News observes, for Ministerial reconstruction. It is possible that the official changes may be confined, for the present at least, to the transfer of the Lord Chancellorship from Lord Chelms• ford to Lord Cairns. Lord Stanley may elect to remain in the Comm Ons. Mr. Disraeli may choose to follow older rather than more recent precedents, and to unite in his own person the offices of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. If he should come to a different decision, Sir Stafford Northcote is his natural successor. But if we are to judge from a celebrated speech of Sir Stafford Northcote's— marked, as Mr. Gladstone pointed out, by an almost unconstitutional use of the first person singular—that right honourable baronet deems his continuance at the India Office essential to the success of the Abyssinian expedition, and to the prestige of England in the East. Indian questions arc in a great degree questions of revenue, and his special aptitude will find abundant scope in the preparation of Indian Budgets. Mr. Ward Hunt, who has been most useful as Mr. Disraeli's financial fag, has been suggested as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Hunt is a very efficient and popular Secretary of the Treasury. He is a man of business and details. But he scarcely possesses the politi cal standing for a first-class office, and has never yet addressed himself in debate to those larger questions of policy which a Minister of Finance should be at least capable of entertaining. Mr. Disraeli's range of choice is, however, very limited, and good service in a subordinate office is a better pledge of fitness for a higher one than ambitious theories or high-flown oratory. DRAMATIC, EQUESTRIAN, AND MUSICAL SICK FUND ASSOCIA7ION. The changes in the personnel of the new Administration are, the Herald and the Standard announces, not likely to be numerous. It was known yesterday at an early hour, that Lord Chelmsford would no longer retain the Lord Chancellorship, and rumour was not very far out in the nomination of his successor—Lord Cairns, who has, we believe, accepted the appointment. Of the other posts in the Cal vinet, only one will be vacant, that occupied by Mr. D:sra, li, as C ha cellor of the Exchequer, who, as Premier and leader of the House of Commons, would have found it difficult to undertake the arduous duties of Chancellor of the Exchequer. Various names have been mentioned, but nothing at a late hour last night was decided as to the actual successor of Mr. Disraeli. There can be no doubt that at this moment the public interest would suffer by the withdrawal of Sir Stafford Northcote from the India Office ; and as no such inconvenience would be felt by the elevation of Mr. Ward Hunt, it is generally believed that this gentleman will fill the vacant post. It is, however, rumoured in good quarters that the post has been offered to Lord Cranborne, and the noble lord's acceptance of the offer would undoubtedly be regarded with satisfaction within and without the House of Com mons. In other respects the Cabinet is not likely to undergo any change. We have reason to believe that the Lord Justiceship vacated by Lord Cairns has been offered to and accepted by Sir William Page Wood. By the resignation of Lord Chelmsford, Mr. Disraeli is, says the Telegraph, enabled to strengthen his Government in a decided manner. Lord Chelmsford can look upon his career with a complacency permitted to a very few, even in the fortunate profession of the law ; but debate has never been his strong point. He had a smooth, placid style, which, beneath the majestic wig of the Chancel lari ata, was occasionally constitut:onal ani w ell-nigh digni fed ; but he was never strong in a party fight, and, to use a metaphor with which his early life would familiarise him, " sailed best on a wind." As a leader of the I - Tome Cir cuit, and then as Solicitor and Attorney-General, his clear statements won a good many causes ; but in Parliament we doubt whether Sir Frederick Thesiger, after wards Lord High Chancellor of England, ever in fluenced a vote. Few speakers can, perhaps ; but, now that Lord Derby is absent, it is certainly important to Mr. Disraeli to reinforce himself in the Upper House; and the retirement of Lord Chelmsford gives him the op portunity of elevating to the seals the hardest and ablest lawyer in the Tory camp. Lord Cairns is a gladiator of the parliamentary arena ; throughout the battle of Reform no speaker did better service to his party ; and, even after his advancement to the Upper Chamber, he performed valuable work for his own side, and gained one of the few victories of the Cabinet. The Lord Chancellor, it is true, sits somewhat apart from the full brunt of senatorial com bat ; but, as the rules of the peers allow him to slide down f ro m his cushion and share the debate, the new appoint ment will secure for Mr. Disraeli a considerable advan• Lige ; and while a most able man succeeds to be "Keeper of the Queen's Conscience," the first change in the Cabinet is undoubtedy one which fortifies the Ministry, and to a certain extent supplies even the heavy loss of Lord Derby. CONGRESS. -- SENATE. --o- .. The members of the theatrical profession, as well as the supporters of the drama generally, assembled in consider able numbers on Wednesday evening at Willis's Rooms, to celebrate the 12th anniversary festival of this association. Mr. B. Webster occupied the chair. Several ladies were present. Few festivals in the metropolis indeed are more numerously attended, and few are merrier. Among the company were Mr. 0. Stock, M.P., Mr. J. L. O'Beirne, M.P., Colonel Addison, Mr. A. Swanborough, Mr. B. Webster, jun., Mr. H. G. Neville, Mr. W. Robert son, Mr. Billington, Mr. J. T. Burnand, Mr. J. W. Anson, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. A. Swanborough, Miss Nellie Burton, Miss Oliver. and Miss Laidlaw. The healths of the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the other members of the Royal Family, together with the toast of the Army, Navy, and Volunteers, were given in succession immediately after dinner, and were cordially received. Then followed the toast of "Prosperity to the Association," in proposing which the chairman observed that he had three cases to plead, and that he must therefore take as his motto the well-known words Tria juncta in uno. Dwelling, in the first place, on the claims of those who pursued the dramatic art as a profession, he pointed out that, while many attained to eminence in the calling, there were a greater number still who lived to discover that penury and misery were their doom. The case of the poor comedian, who caused his audience to roar with laughter, and then suddenly failed to amuse the m, and was hissed because he had just received the intelli6enee that the child whom he had left ill at home was dead, was but of too frequent occurrence. So it was also with the members of the musical profession. They, as well as actors, were liable to great vicissitudes. Their continued success de pended on the strength of organs which were of the most delicate construction, while in the case of equestrians it was but too often found that " vaulting ambition o'erleaped itself." They who succumbed in the struggle to gain a livelihood in those several callings but too uften had others to depend upon their exertions, and, as Joey Ladle said, the institution of men and women was a very serious thing. He hoped, therefore, that those whom he addressed would liberally respond to the appeal which he made to them on behalf of the three institutions whose claims upon public attention he had the honour to advocate. The toast having been responded to by Mr. Anson, Mr. Stock pro posed " The health of the Ladies," remarking that he had advocated the insertion of the word "person" instead of " man " in the Reform Bill of last session, so as to include members of the female sex within its provisions. Mrs. Stirling, in returning thanks for the toast, said she did not mean to quarrel with the chairman for having been tempted by him to occupy her present position, for their quarrels were quite numerous enough in their relationship as actress and manager. She hoped as one of those " persons " whose cause the great West minster Mill advocated, that the ladies would be enabled to take before long as prominent a place in the House of Commons as they were permitted to do on the present occasion, and that they would be entitled to sit side by side with the lords, or as perhaps they might then be more properly termed the ex-lords, of creation. If that happy state of things should come to pass, she could pro mise the gentlemen that their influence would survive only in the character of partners, she meant sleeping partners, whom it would he the duty of the ladies to wake up as usefully and effectually in the House as they had hitherto been accustomed to do in their homes. She would further observe that one of the first bills which the ladies would introduce into Parliament, if they had power, would be one for the abolition of all public dinners to which they were not admitted. Mrs. Stirling concluded a speech which was received with cheers and frequent laughter, by advocating very earnestly the cause of the Dramatic Fund Association. " The health of the Chair man" was afterwards proposed by Mr. O'Beirne, and was very cordially drunk. Selections from music were given in the cours of the evening, under the direction of Mr. F. Kingsbury, by Miss R. Isaacs, Miss Poole, Mrs. Howard Paul, Miss Kate Gordon, and other artistes. The festival terminated with dancing. The Hon. Seymour Egerton is composing an opera for which Mr. White Melville has consented to write the libretto, and in which Madame Titiens and Mdlle. Nilsson will appear. One of Lord Derby's last official acts as First Lord of the Treasury was to direct that a recommenda tion of the late Sir David Brewster in favour of Fraessnr M`Gaveley's widow and children should receive practical effect by a grant of £6O from the Royal Bounty Fund. An inquest has been held in the City of London respecting the death of an old woman named Eleanor Bird. The deceased was the wife of an old soldier, now blind, and they resided at St. Mary-at-Hill. Whilst she was sitting by the fire the flames caught her clothes, and spread so rapidly that before assistance could be obtained she was so burned that she died :n great agony a short time afterwards. A verdict of accidental death was returned. The Crown has consented to grant a renewal of the lease of the premises and site now held by the National Society, in the Sanctuary, Westminster, and arrange ments are being made for removing the present two-storey building and erecting commodious premises, with board room, chapel, &c., for joint occupation and separate offices for the National Society and the Society for the Propaga tion of the Gospel. Upwards of 2,000 persons were present at a town's meeting held in Blackburn, called for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature to stop the Sunday traffic in intoxicating drinks. The Mayor presided, supported by many of the local clergy. The speaking was confined to ratepayers of the borough. There was a strong opposition, but the promoters of the meeting carried their resolutions by a large majority. The Poor-law Board have just issued a general order with respect to the qualification of guardians. The Poor-law Amendment Act of the last session enacts that " the qualification of a guardian described by the Poor law Amendment Act of 18J4 shall be determined with reference to the annual rateable value of the property in respect of which his qualification is claimed, instead of annual rental or annual value." The Act has annexed to it schedules for the instruction of the parish officers of the requisite forms of " notice of election" for unions and for parishes and townships. COMMITTAL OF PRIZEFIGHTERS. —At the Barnsley w the ere : s e t charged hiding with assaultingConstabulary, Court-ho use , B en j am i n Chappell an d Thomas Ibbetson police -tomffinc, e o r f s , in S a u n p d e r o i n t l t i e e p nr dent o li execution of their duty, on the 11th of February. On the day named a pri ze fi g h t f or £ 5O took place on the moc r near llolmfirth, whi c h the officers bad order s t o prevent and to take the principals into cust o dy. While they lvere going towards a vehicle in which one of th e pugilists was supposed to be, they were assaulted with a shower of stones, and had to beat a retreat, several of them being seriously injured. The d efend ants having been seen throwing stones, they were committed to the sessions for trial, as was also a third man named Marsden, their own bail being accepted for their appearance, It was at first supposed, remarks the Star, that Mr. Disraeli would remain Chance llor of the Exch equer while assuming the headship of the Government. For such a course there were precedents. But it is believed that the duties of the Finance Minister are now too heavy to allow of the two offices being combined. Naturally, under such 3, report laid hold of Sir Stafford Northcote's name as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. But the .Abyssinian war, it is understood, puts difficulties in the way of this arrangement. Just at this time it would be inconvenient to put a new man into the India Office. Therefore Sir Stafford, it is believed, will retain the post ho now holds. Failing him, the name of Mr. Ward Hunt, the Financial secretary of the Treasury, is put forward as the probable Finance Minister. He Las shewn great self-possession in the House, and his friends assert that he is a most capable man in deal ing with finance questions. It may be, therefore, that Mr. Ward Hunt will be the new Chancellor of s!•10 Exchequer. It is asserted that Lord Stai:ley will be circumstance - Feb. 4.—After some business, Mr. Buckalew moved to amend a resolution calling for informa tion relative to instructions given to Generals Pope and Meade of the 4th Military Division, and for copies, votes, and opinions in Cabinet meetings relative to the Reconstruction Acts, by striking out the part calling for the proceedings in the Cabinet, which Mr. Sherman considered was unprecedented to call for. The amendment was agreed to, and the resolution passed. The bill, in addition to the Act regulating the Tenure of Civil Offices, the question being an amendment limiting the number of Secret Service Agents of the State Department to five, Mr. Sumner asked for the reading of a letter from Mr. Seward, urging the importance of that service to the Department. lie called the attention of the Senate to the trials occurring of persons denomi nated as Fenians, and he understood the State Department had employed agents to be paid out of the Secret Service Fund to defend these parties, and the expenses of some of these cares were very great. In addition to all this, special agents were often required in the trans mission of important despatches. There is a United Stated despatch agent in Loudon to whom all the despatches are first addressed, and whose duty it is to distribute them. In addition to this, there is a despatch agent, at Boston and one or more at New York. He (Mr. S.) hoped this branch of the State Department would not be interfered with. Mr. Hendricks opposed Mr. Seward's amendment continuing the Secret Service, as also Mr. Came ron, who did not see the necessity of continuing such service —The amendment was rejected. Mr. States. He was opposed to prying into the conver- sation of any gentleman, still less a Judge of the Supreme Court, and would therefore vote against the resolution. Mr. Scofield said he would now yield to Mr. Johnson for his amendment. Mr. Johnson declined to offer such an amendment, and Mr. Scofield demanded the previous question. Mr. Robinson, of New York, moved to lay the resolu tion on the table. Not agreed to. The bill was then passed by a vote of 97 yeas to 57 nays. Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported back the Executive, Legis lative, and Judicial Appropriation Bill for the year ending June 30th, 1869, and it was ordered to be printed and recommitted. The committee have cut down the estimates about $6,000,000, leaving the total amount $17,119,478.32, distributed as fol lows : Legislative, expenses... . 52,253,3G4.67 Public Printing 1 271 5 721.79 _ _ Library of Congress Court of Claims 33,616.00 139,800.00 Botanical Gardens 7,874.96 189,700.00 71,500.00 State Department Surveyor General and clerks Mints, with their branches, and the Assay Office of New York 522,907.69 Independent Treasury .. 290,200.00 Territorial Governments 258,500.00 Judiciary 196,600.00 Treasury .... 2,760,146.00 Internal Revenue 6,100,000.00 Interior Department.. Department of Agriculture Navy Department _ _ 700,000.00 151,993.00 156,098.0) Ramsay moved to amend by increasing the number of Special agents of the Post-office Department to 25. The effect of the bill, he stated, will be to turn the mail agents out of office in ten days.— In the appropriation for the Court of Claims a pro viso is inserted that no judgment for a sum over $5,000 should hereafter be paid until approved by Congress and an appropriation made therefor. The Senate amendments to the bill in relation to whisky metres were taken up and agreel to, and the bill passed. The House resumed the consideration of the bill reported yesterday from the Committee on Foreign Affairs in relation to the rights of American citizens abroad. Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts, amended the bill by adding to the clauses excepted from the privileges of the bill, such as had fled from any military or naval conscription actually ordered by a foreign State ; or of any naturalized citizen who shall have removed from the United States and shall have failed to make return of his property for taxation. Mr. Banks then entered a motion to re commit the bill. Mr. Donnelly, of Minnesota, addressed the House in favour of the bill. Mr. Woodward, of Pennsylvania, took the ground that this country cannot question other Governments regarding relief from citizenship without first defining its own position, and he would therefore suggest an amendment, that when any citizen of the United States should remove and become natura lized in a foreign country, he shall have been con sidered denationalized in this country. Mr. Wilson, of lowa, said that those persons who came to our jurisdiction from foreign States, and complying with our laws, acquire citizenship, should find the shield of the Republic as firmly held for their defence as it is for those who are born upon our soil. At the conclusion of Mr. Wilson's remarks, the further consideration of the question was postponed until Tuesday next. The House resumed the considera tion of the bill in relation to forfeiture of public lauds South, and speeches were made by Messrs. Kelley, of Pennsylvannia ; Lawrence, of Ohio; and Burr, of Illinois. Mr. Julian gave notice that he would call the previous question to-morrow, at four o'clock, and the house then, at 3.55 p.m., adjourned. Jan. 31.—After some business, Mr. Eggleston, of Ohio, said he had an unpleasant duty to perform in presenting the resolutions adopted by the Legis lature of the State of Ohio, withdrawing its assent to the proposed 14th amendment to the Constitu tion of the United States, and requesting the Pre sident of the United States to transmit to the State of Ohio all records in possession of the Government relative to the ratification of the amendment. The resolutions were reported in full, after which Mr. Eggleston moved their reference to the Committee on the Judiciary, which was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, the House pro ceeded to the consideration of the contested election case from the second district of Kentucky. The re solutions were to the effect that John Y. Brown having aided armed hostility to the United States cannot hold a seat as Representative from Kentucky. That S. E. Smith, not having received a majority of votes, is not entitled to the seat, and that the Governor of Kentucky be notified that the vacancy still exists for the second Congressional district of Kentucky. A long discussion followed, when the resolution was laid over, and the bill to repeal the internal tax on cotton was taken up, and Mr. Allison, of lowa, reported the results of the Conference Committee agreeing to the amendment exempting from duty cotton imported after Nov. 1, 1868. This the House agreed to by a majority of 104 ayes to 43 nays, and the bill goes to the President. Feb. I.—The Kentucky contested election case was resumed. Mr. Beck spoke at length in advo cacy of Mr. Brown's rig ht to the seat. Mr. Cook , of Illinois, replied in favour of th e r eport of the committee. Mr. Knott, of Kentucky, supported his colleague in opposition to the report, and its further consideration was laid over till Monday, to give Mr. Kerr, of Indiana, an opportunity of sup porting the resolution of the majority. Feb. 3.—Among the bills offered was one by Mr. Poland, of Vermont, to provide for the payment of contracts made payable in gold and silver coins. (It provides that in any suit for the recovery of an amount of money contracted to be paid in gold and silver, when judgment is rendered for the complain ant, the judgment shall be paid in gold and silver coin, and the court shall direct the collection of the same specifically in coin.) By Mr. Robinson. of New York, joint resolution upon the subject of the naturalization laws. Foreign Affairs. (It pro vides that any alien may become a citizen of the United States upon application to any common law court of record in the United States, on giving proof of good character and of his intention to re main in the United States, and upon taking an oath to support the Constitution of the United States.) By Mr. Williams, of Indiana, bill to pro vide for an additional issue of 150,000,000 of Legal- Tender notes, to supply the place of notes hereto fore withdrawn. Ways and Means. By Mr. New comb, of Missouri, bill to provide for the removal of the national capital to St. Louis county, Mis souri. Ways and Means. By Mr. Loughridge, of lowa, bill in relation to the taxation of United States notes, Treasury notes, and fractional cur rency notes, for State and Municipal purposes. Bank ing and Currency. The following resolution, offered on Dec. 16, by Mr. Pile, of Missouri, was then taken up :—Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report to the House whether, since the Ist day of July last, any national banks have changed their securities held in the Treasury to secure their circulation and Government deposits ; and if so, what banks have so changed their secu rities, what changes have been made, the date, amount, and kind of such changes specifically ; and that he be required to make no further changes in the funded securities of the United States by payment or otherwise, except interest, until further orders or legislation of Congress thereon. Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, said this resolution did not seem to be perfectly understood, and he wanted to have it passed, and would, therefore, explain its purport. It was for the purpose of preventing the funding of Seven-Thirty .Notes into Five'Twenty Bonds, by which process the Government of the United States was losing a large sum in interest. 'Fen-Forty Bonds were also being changed by banks to Five-Twenties, simply for the purpose of getting as much of the gold loan as possible out before this House can take action, and it was also for the pur pose of taking from the Secretary the discretionary power of converting these bonds. Mr. Blaine, of Maine, said the 7-20 bonds bore their terms upon their face, and they say they may be converted into 5-20 bonds, and this resolution was simply for the purpose of annulling that contract under the ope ration of the thumb screw of the previous question. Mr. Butler said it was not so, but the resolution was intended to get the public funds out of the hands of sharpers. It does not change the funded debt of the United States. The Secretary is play ing into the interests of sharpers in this matter. Mr. Blaine replied that he was acting in the inte• rest of common honesty and simply allowing to be done what the contract requires shall be done. Mr. Butler demanded the previous question, and Agreed to. Mr:Edmunds offered an amendment excepting from the provisions of the Act the regu lar route agents of the Post-office Department, and such agents as are temporarily employed by the Comptroller of the Currency to examine into the condition of the national banks, which gave rise to considerable discussion.—The bill was then recommitted, and the Senate adjourned. Feb. s.—Mr. Howard introduced a joint resolu tion authorising the Secretary of War to employ counsel to defend the Generals of the Army, Major- General George G. Meade and Brigadier-General Roger, Provisional Governor of Georgia, in any suits which may be brought against them in the pursuance of their official duty. Mr. Hendricks wished to know the necessity for the resolution. He thought the Secretary of War had already the power to appoint special counsel. Mr. Howard asked that a letter from Secretary Stanton should be read from the desk. The Secretary states that Governor Jenkins, of Georgia, is, as he is informed, about to bring a suit in the Supreme Court against the officers named, and he asks the passage of a resolution giving him the power to employ special counsel to defend them. Mr. Howard said that it was notorious that the Attorney-General had already declined to appear for the Govern ment in a case involving the Reconstruc tion laws of Congress. It was the duty of this officer to defend the Government, but that officer had declared these Acts null and void, thus placing himself in such an extraordinary attitude that the Government was compelled to seek else- I where for counsel to defend it. It seemed strange to him (Mr. H.) that the highest law officer of the Government should, in advance of the decision of the Supreme Court, express the opinion he did. He (Mr. H.) condemned these partisan decisions. Mr. Sherman expressed the opinion that the Attorney- General had been conscientious in his action. Mr. Johnson thought the Senator (Mr. Howard) did the Attorney General injustice. The President, in pursuance of his undoubted authority, had called upon the Attorney General for an opinion on the Reconstruction Acts, and that officer, in accordance with his duty, had furnished the opinion asked for. He (Mr.J.) had no doubt the Attorney-General had given the opinion that he did conscientiously, and it would be a singular spectacle for him to appear in the Supreme Court, where his own opinion might be cited against him. Mr. Howard had no desire to impugn the conscience or the sincerity of the At torney-General, but there was a simple and easy method to get rid of the whole difficulty. If the Attorney-General was unable to appear in the de fence of the law-making power of the Government, let him resign and allow his place to be filled by some one who has no conscientious scruples on the subject. The joint resolution was then passed. (It authorizes the Secretary of War to employed coun sel to defend the above-named officers, and all other officers of the Government in any suits aris ing out of the Reconstruction Acts. On the mo tion of Mr. Fessenden, the Committee on the Judiciary was instructed to inquire into the pro priety of repealing or modifying the Act of Feb. 20, 1865, " to temporarily supply vacancies in the Exe cutive Department in certain cases." The Supple mentary Reconstruction Bill being taken up, Mr. Morrill, of Maine, said Congress was arraigned upon this floor in precisely the same strain as it was arraigned by rebel sympathizer's during the war. It was now charged with disrobing the white race and clothing the black race with all power. What was this white race that they were charged with dis robing ? It was the same people whose hands were imbrued in the blood of our children ; the same people who had usurped exclusive control of the States in which they lived ; who had for 200 years revelled in lust and dominion. Congress was slan. derously charged with establishing a military des potism in ten States of the Union. Congress, in the exercise of the great police power conferred on it by the Constitution, had gone into those commu ❑ications, and established law and order in the place of despotism. It had created equality in the place of despotism. It had created.equality in the place of oppression. If the theories of those who opposed the legislation of Congress were correct, then all that had been done was a nullity; the Government, after four years of bloody war, had come out of the contest with nothing settled—all the sacrifices that we had made went for naught. THE SUN, LONDON 1 HURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1868, pending he question on seconding it the morn ing hour • expired, and the resolution _went over. Mr. Rot Anson, of New York; offered a preamble and res 3lution reciting, that Stephen J. Meany, John Ivirarren, and other American citizens, were c o nfi n eGl in British prisons without having been permitted a proper trial, and without having com mitted any offences in Great Britain, &c. ; and directing the President of the United States to in stitute an examination of the facts of the arrests of such pc mesons, and if it is ascertained that they were arrested -for offences committed outside of Great Britain, to demand the immediate release of all persons at rested and committed for words spoken or acts done in the United States; and if not re leased upon. demand, that the President be autho rised to arrest and hold in custody any subject of Great Britain in this country, and to with draw all intercourse between the Government of Great Britain and the United States. Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, said the resolution was a very important one, as it in its terms involved a declaration of war. Besides he was opposed to authorizing the arrest of any subject of Great Bri tain, for by that language Ambassadors could be arrested, while in all civilized nations the persons of Ambassadors were held secure from arrest. Mr. Robinson modified his resolution to meet the views of Mr. Bingham in the respect referred to. His only desire was to have some action on the part of the House. Mr. Maynard objected to the recep- tion of the resolution. Mr. Robinson moved to suspend the rules, which motion was agreed to. Mr. Banks said there was no official information in posses sion of the House upon which to predicate the reso lution or to justify its passage by this House. The Secretary of State has informed the Committee on Foreign Relations that the papers in these cases are very voluminous, but it was expected that they would be sent to the House within a week, and he thought it would be most advisable to delay action until that time. Mr. Robinson said the reason he asked action now was that something might be done as soon as possible to relieve those who were now suf fering in British dungeons, and who are now incar cerated for no known crime except the utterance of sentiments in a country distant from tLeir own. The resolution simply authorized the President to take measures if he found the facts as stated to be true. He wanted this House to so express itself on this subject that the British nation should under stand that the time has passed when these outrages can be perpetrated upon American citizens ; and hat the British lion should no more be permitted to trample upon the rights of American citizens. Mr. Bingham viewed this question as one of the greatest importance, and which should be approached with great care. It touches the dignity of the na tion, and as Representatives it is due to the people of the American Republic that hasty action should not be taken ; and he would, therefore, advocate the reference of the resolution to the Committee on Foreign Affairs for full examination and investiga tion. After some further discussion the resolution was referred by a vote of 80 yeas to 37 nays, and the House then, at five minutes past five o'clock, ad journed. Thebillintroduced to-day by Mr. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, in relation to the public debt, and to provide for the payment thereof, was the same that he endeavoured to introduce last week, and which was then published in full. It provides for two loans, one of $600,000,000 at six per cent., payable in coin, to be issued to citizens of the United States only, payable in sums of fifty millions of dollars annually, commencing on the Ist day of January, 1878. The other loan is for $400,000,000, at 4rper cent., and payable in coin, in sums of $50,000,000 annually, commencing on the Ist day of January, 1900, to be subject to the State or United States taxation, and made exchangeable for 5-20 bonds. In the House to-day Mr. Williams introduced the following joint resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Cur rency :—Be it resolved, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be and is hereby authorized and re quired to issue $1.40,000,000 of Legal-tender notes to supply in part the deficiency in currency, caused by the cancellation of Legal-tender and compound interest notes taken up by the Secretary of the Treasury. Feb. 4.—The House resumed the consideration of the bill heretofore reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs in relation to the rights of Ame rican citizens in foreign countries. Mr. Bailey, of New York, addressed the House in favour of some stringent measure upon the subject, but he opposed the pending bill as not going far enough, and being sufficiently explicit. Mr. Butler, of Mas sachusetts, bad read what he proposed to offer at the proper time as a substitute for the pending bill. The substitute declares the right of a citizen of any country to expatriate himself, and that any foreigner may become a citizen of the United States, and have all the protection at home and abroad which the Government gives to any native born citizen—and when any citizen of the United States is deprived of his liberty or despoiled of his property by any foreign Government, and is held for trial for a crime not committed in such foreign country, his release shall be demanded by the President of the United States, and in case of a failure to release him, all diplomatic and com- mercial intercourse between the United States compelled to yield without concluding his remarks. On the motion of Mr. Koontz, of Pennsylvania, the Senate Bill for the temporary relief of the destitute people in the District of Columbia was taken from the Speaker's desk and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. The House then resumed the consideration of the bill reported from the Committee on Public Lands, declaring forfeited certain lands hereto fore granted to the Southern States for railroad purposes. Mr. Eldridge, of - Wisconsin, opposed the bill. Mr. Mungen, of Ohio, opposed the bill as not being what it purported to be upon its face. He denied that it was intended as a measure to give land to the landless and homes to the home less. Mr. Niblack, of Indiana, spoke in opposition to the bill. Mr. Hopkins made a speech in favour of the land grant bill; and was followed by Mr. Arnell, of Tennessee, who advocated an amend ment to exempt the Tennessee and Alabama, and Nashville and Decature roads from the operation of the bill. Mr. Shanks, of Indiana, spoke in favour of the bill. Pending further consideration, the Speaker laid before the house the following commu nications :—From the Secretary of War, trans mitting copies of correspondence between the President and General Grant, in relation to the suspension of Secretary Stanton and the course pursued by General Grant in surrendering the portfolio of the office. Mr. Wilson, of lowa, moved the reference of the papers of the Committee on Reconstruction, and that they be printed. So ordered. Feb. s.—General John Beatty, from Ohio, took his seat. The bill declaring forfeited lands granted to the Southern State 3 for railroad purposes was discussed, amended, and finally laid on the table, when the House resumed the consideration of the bill in relation to the rights of American citizens abroad ; and Mr. Judd, of Illinois, continued his remarks commenced yesterday. He opposed some of the features of the bill as reported by Mr. Banks. Ile contended that the remedy proposed, that of arresting and holding a citizen of another State for no crime, except because his Government had arrested an American citizen, was barbarous, as it neither punished the offending party nor asserted a principle, but simply pu n i s h e d an innocent man, who may have come to the United States for the most innocent purposes. The Senate Bill authorising the Secretary of War to employ counsel to defend Generals Grant, Meade, and Luger, in suits pending against them in the State of Georgia for their enforcement of the Reconstruction Acts, was then taken up. Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, moved to put the joint resolution on its passage, and he urged the necessity of passing the bill, so as to confer this authorityupon the Sec retary of War. Mr. Scofield, of Pennsylvania, thought we had an Attorney-General who was paid a high salary, and he wanted to knew why he did not attend to the defence of these Generals. Mr. Garfield thought the question a pertinent one. We had an Attorney-General, but his time was mostly employed in writing veto messages and making speeches at Democratic dinners. Ge n . Meade has removed the Governor of Georgia, who was an obstruction to Reconstruction, and the Secretary of War bad been asked to defend him in a suit against the General for effecting such removal. Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, opposed the bill only because this employment of special counsel was one of the greatest sources of fraud and expense to the Government. It was the duty of the Attorney-General to attend to this matter, and he should do so. Mr. Upson asked if the Attorney- General had not refused to attend to these cases ? Mr. Washburne—Yes, he has. Mr. Randall had no reference to this special case, but he thought there should be some limit to those expenditures, and he suggested that an amount of compensation be stated. The joint resolution was passed by a vote of 115 yeas to 37 nays. and such foreign country shall cease, and the President shall at once communicate the facts to 'Congress, together with the detailed rea sons for such cessation of intercourse. ➢Zr. Jenckes, of Rhode Island, also gave notice of a substitute, which he proposed to offer at the proper time. This substitute provides, in the first section, that the right of expatriation, and the right of naturaliza tion under the conditions imposed by law, shall be declared a part of the public law of the United States, and the Executive Department of the Go vernment shall insist upon the recognition of these principles by all foreign Powers. If the rights of American citizens are infringed, it shall be the duty of the President to report the facts to Congress without delay. Any citizen of the United States may lose his rights as an American citizen : First — By becoming a naturalized citizen of a foreign Go vernment. Second—By entering into a foreign service without the permission of the Govern ment of the United States ; and, Third — By making a domicile in a foreign county with out intention to return to the United States. Any citizen of the United States, when engaged in a lawful business abroad, shall be entitled to the full protection of the Government, whether such citizen be naturalized or native born. The pro visions and protection accorded by the bill shall not apply to the following classes of cases : First_ Those who have renounced citizenship by any of the modes named above. Second—Those who have been guilty of crime against the laws of a foreign State in such foreign State. Third—Those who have been convicted of treason, and have thus for feited their right to the protection of the Govern ment. Fourth—Those who have absented them selves from the United States for five years con tinuously, and have not in that time made returns of property for taxation, as required by law. Fifth —Those who have engaged in the service of a foreign belligerent in contravention of the military laws of the United States. Sixth—Those who have connected themselves with organizations in foreign Governments, the terms of membership to which require a nativity of the country in which such organization may be located. Seventh—Those who, having become naturalized citizens of the United States, afterwards return to their native country with the intent and purpose of being domiciled there. Eighth—Such as have procured naturalization in this country by fraud. Ninth—Those who have de serted theactual service of a foreign country, or have left to avoid an actual military order already given. It is provided further that any citizen of the United States who may lose his citizenship by any of the modes above named, may regain it by again de claring his intention to become a citizen of the United States. Mr. Rigby proceeded to address the House, and argued the necessity of adopting some measure at once. Mr. Judd said he had not opposed the motion for a night session because he wanted to cut off debate, but because these evening sessions were very little advanced above debating societies, and he thought the question of sufficient importance to demand the attention of a full House. '.Che morning hour haying expired, Mr, Judd was HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Jan. 30.—Mr. Scofield, of !Pennsylvania, offered a resolution, reciting that it was editorially stated in the Evening Express, a paper published in Wash ington, yesterday, that at a social gathering, at which one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States was present, the said Justice ex pressed himself as against the Reconstruction Acts of Congress ; declaring further that several cases are now pending before the said Supreme Court bear ing upon the Reconstruction Acts, and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the facts as set forth in the editorial referred to, and if found to be correct to report whether such a state ment by the Justice constitutes a misdemeanor in office sufficient to amount to a cause for impeach ment. No member objecting, Mr. Scofield re plied to a question of Mr. Johnson, of California, why the name of the Justice was not mentioned. He had no knowledge of the facts save what he saw in the newspapers. One from Baltimore this morn ing gave the name, but he preferred not to mention it. He thought all gentlemen in the House, espe cially those on the other side, would wish to see the characters of the Judges of the Supreme Court vin dicated. Mr. Blaine said the name mentioned in the Baltimore Gazette was that of Justice Stephen J. Field. Mr. Johnson considered that if the re solution was intended as a blow at Judge Field, the Judge's name should be mentioned in it. He did not wish to see the Judiciary Committee of the House turned into a pandora box of spies to smell out what they could about the Judiciary. Mr. Scofield would give Mr. Johnson an opportunity, if he desired it, to amend the resolution by inserting the name of Judge Field, and it would then remain for the house to say whether it should pass in that form. Mr. Phelps, of Maryland, said the system of espionage into private affairs, and eavesdropping on the conversation of gentlemen, had been carried far enough. The whole country was now swarming with informers, and this House had belittled one of its most important committees by making it the receptacle of personal gossip and slanders, to blacken the private character of the President of the United CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) It is rumoured that the PRESIDENT has selected the person to be nominated as Mr. Adams' successor. Among others two are mentioned, the present Secre tary of State and Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON, whose Sena torial term will expire next year. It is stated that Mr. SE\VARD vainly endeavoured to induce Mr. ADAMS to recall his resignation ; and it is also hinted that the PRESIDENT desires to supply the Minister's place with one who will take a strong and decided stand both on the questions of naturalization and of claims for compensation to American citizens who during the war bad sustained losses from cruisers fitted out in England. Charles Francis Adams was born at Boston on the 10th of August, 1807. lle was taken by his father to Russia in 1809, and returned to the United States in 1817. In 1821 he entered Harvard College, where he graduated, and in 1829 he married a young lady of his native State. He was elected for the House of Representatives of Massachusetts in 1811-2-3, and for the Senate in 1844 and 1845. He was coupled with Mr. Martin Van Buren on the Free-soil Ticket as candidate for the Vice-Presidency in 1848, but defeated. In December, 1859, he took his seat for his native State in Congress ; but in March, 1861, on Presi dent Lincoln's assuming the reins of Government he was nominated Minister to Great Britain. I❑ April of that year he sailed from Boston, arriving in London in May. Almost immediately after his departure those difficulties commenced which have made his diplomatic duties in Great Britain a series of arduous and delicate attempts—hitherto success ful—to prevent a collision between the nations. The United States were astonished at the unfriendly attitude of the ruling classes in England, forgetful that abuse of them had always been the note on which so many of their stump orators and politi cians had dwelt. such a sound cannot continually be heard without familiarising the ear, and impressing the brain. Those thus abused are not aware that socially, no such feeling of enmity exists in America, as the politicians and stump orators repre sent. The speeches are reported, reproduced in English newspapers, and being circulated exten sively through the country, are accepted, as re flecting the public sentiment of the United States. Believing then in American enmity to England, it is not surprising that these classes rejoiced to see the Union rent, and openly expressed their satisfac tion. It was among such a community that Mr. ADAMS was thrown—he who had been educated in a State that more than any other, represented the principles for which the United States contended. While undergoing the annoyance of an enforced association in a society with whom on this vital point there was the reverse of sympathy, he had diplomatically to bear up in a capital little less than hostile, against a series of great mili tary disasters, which tried his country to the utmost. But the real difficulty of his mis sion consisted in foiling the machinations of those who on the one side hated the United States, and those who on the other, hated Great Britain. This has been, and we fear will long con tinue to be, the whirlpool into which the Ministers of both countries, as well as their statesmen, must ever strive against being sucked. America teems with men who detest England, and whose earnest wish is to embroil her in war with the United States. Throughout the civil conflict, the Confederacy had willing and able agents in England, in Canada, and_the West India Islands, whose grand design it was to force England into the strife. On the 23d November, 1864, his Ex cellency wrote to Earl RUSSELL—" It has become once more my painful duty to make representations respecting the manner in which the territories in America under the authority of Great Britain, both continental and insular, are systematically used by the insurgents against the United States as bases for hostile proceedings of every description. The motives for such proceedings seem to have been two fold. The first and the most obvious is to do as much injury to the people of the United States as possible, but the second and far more inciting one has been to stimulate the Government and people of the United States to so great a degree of irrita tion as to prompt hasty acts of retaliation which might ultimately affect a permanent breach of the friendly relations between the two countries. By this racsug it is hoped that the natural result of a struggle perceived from the first to be unequal might be changed by the intervention of a powerful ally to the failing side The attention of my Government has been constantly fixed upon the necessity of averting the dangers springing out of this nefarious policy." This despatch closes with a curious prediction. His Excellency says— " Political agitation, terminating at times in civil strife, is shown by experience to be incident to the lot of mankind, however combined in society. Neither is it au evil confined to any particular region or race. It has happened heretofore in Canada, and what is now a scourge afflicting the United States may be likely at some time to revisit her. In view of these very obvious possibilities I am instructed respectfully to submit to her MA JESTY'S Government the question whether it would not be the part of wisdom to establish such a system of repression now as might prove a rock of safety for the rapidly multiplying population of both countries for all future time." Mr. Adams had not to wait long to see this realised. Terror had been carried into the United States towns and villages bordering on the frontier of Canada by the nefari ous designs of men who hated the United States and cared not for England. But two or three years elapsed, when far greater terror was carried into the cities—to the very seat of Government in Canada, by men in the United States who hated England and cared not for the Union. England looked on with so much indifference that she did not even in form herself of the feeling prevailing among the American borderers at the time of the St. Alban raids. She was somewhat aroused by an order of Major-General Dix instructing all military com manders on the frontier to cross the boundary if necessary, in pursuit of marauders, to capture them wherever found, and to send them to headquarters for trial and punishment by martial law. The General concluded his order by earnestly desiring the inhabitants of the frontier districts to abstain from all acts of retaliation on account of the out rages committed by rebel marauders, leaving mea sures of redress to the public authorities. That order was disapproved by the PRESIDENT, although it gave general satisfaction to the people. Mr. CHANDLER, speaking on the subject in the Senate, Dec. 14, 1864, observed, "I have no expectation of making the Senate understand the intense ex - citement that exists on the Canadian border. In my own city, which is within musket range of the Canadian shore, thousands of the citizens have been under arms for a long time in a continuous state of alarm for fear of incendiaries, murderers, burglars, and robbers from the Canadian frontier." He quoted from the letter of a gentleman :—" The anxiety growing out of the mist and doubt encircling every rumour that reaches us.is not to be endured. Will you give it your attention, for I think it involves sooner or later, if not properly heeded, war with Eng land." Precisely the same "little game" was played by the Confederates and their well-wishers, as is now played by the Irish-Americans and theirs ; the difference being, in the one case, that the United States was the scene of action ; and in the other, first Canada, then Ireland, and, lastly, Great Britain. It was not till England became the theatre of the incendiarism, murders, burglaries, &c., that the people fully realized what it was that excited in America the intense and overpowering irritation ; and we most fervently hope that the small taste which the Fenians have given them may smooth the path of future diplomatists when dealing with the questions r2ised by these firebrands. Mr. ADAMS has now had seven years of this work, and if he pines for the retirement of QUINCY, it is no wonder. The folly of the two nations which per mits a set of desperadoes to keep them perpetually in hot water, which allows some threatening question to be for ever looming in the horizon, which makes laws—one would suppose expressly to accommodate these ruffians—will, we fear, always keep the Bri tish Ambassador at Washington and the American at St. James's fully employed. Like most of these international evils it springs from mutual ignorance of each other, for could both countries see the ques tion from a neutral and clear stand-point, as little aid and sympathy would be tendered by England to American rebels as by the United States to British rebels. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, it is said, will return to America in April next, and if the cry of that blind bird the Owl is to be relied on, a section of advanced Liberals will unite to do him honour before his departure. GENERAL MARKETS. (From Messrs. Belding, The receipts of the princi port siuce our last have been Ashes, bbls. 6 Flour, bbls. Flour, bags Cornmeal, bbla. Cornmeal, bags Wheat, bshls. Corn, bshls. Rye, bshls. Oats, bshls. Ceith, and Co.'s Circular.) NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 1868. pal kinds of Produce at this of Barley, bshls. Malt, bshls. Peas, bshls. Pork, bbls. Cut meat, pkgs. Lard, pkgs. 139ef, tcs. and bbls. Whisky, bbls. 111 Petroleum, bbls. Ashes have been in limited demand to-day, at $8.25 to 8.50 for old Pots, and $10.25 to $10.50 for old Pearls par 100 lb. Coffee has been moderately active at full prices, includ ing Java at 24c. to 25ic. ; Maracaibo, 16c. to 140. ; La" guaym, 16c. to 171 e. ; Rio, 12c. to 17-}e.; Native Ceylon, 18c. to 20c.; St. Domingo, 144 c. to 154 e., in gold, per lb. Stock, 146,654 bags. Cotton has been freely purchased to-day at a further fractional advance in prices, on a very moderato offering of all grades, the market closing very firmly, with an up ward tendency. The aggregate sales since our last havo been 6,600 bales, including 2,276 bales to shipp3rs, 1,935 bales to spinners, and 2,369 bales to speculators. CLOSING PRICES OP COTTON. Upland. Mobile. N. 0. and Te l' Ordinary, por lb. l6l 161 17 to 17 1 Good Ordinary l7 171 171 to 17 Low Middling Middling Good Middling l9; 20 201 to 20/ MOVEMENTS IN COTTON AT ALL THE SHIPPING FORTS. Receipts at all the shipping ports of the ULited States from the close of the war, May 1, 1865, to Sept. 1, 1866 SALT.—Tho market for English is unchanged. There is a good stock here, but it is in the hands of the dealers who aro disposing of it to the jobbing trade at about ford mer rates. To move large lots sellers would be oblige o to accept lower prices. We quote as jobbing prices $ 3 , 9 " to $4 for Ashton's ; $2,20 to $3 for Marshall's and Ivor thington's ; $3 to $3,10 for Higgins's, and $2 to $2,10 ia Liverpool ground. Prussian salt is quoted at $3,25. I n bulk salt there is a small business doing at 50 to 55c. for Turks'lsland. The demand for domestic salt is confined to such parcels as the home trade want for immediate use' We quote solar find at 50c. ; ditto coarso at 50c. ; cora' mon fine at 45c. ; Syracuse ground at $l,BO, and factory filled at $2,65. 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