The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-06 00:00:00

AMERICA.

By the arrival of the Africa we have dates
from New York down to the 24th.

The Herald gives its usual elaborate and ornate
account of the Prince's sayings, doings, and danc-
ings. There is, in particular, a long account of
the ball given. to His Royal Highness at the
Boston Academy of Music, with the names and
description of the various young ladies with whom
the Prince danced ; and a highly graphic account
of the ball and supper rooms, and of the exact
amount of the receipts from the tickets sold. The
same paper recounts the particulars of an inter-
esting interview between the Prince and "the
last survivor of the battle of Bunker's Hill," which
took place on the following morning; which is
followed by full particulars, dressed up in the
same truly American style, of " the grand ball of
the solid men and splendid women of Portland to
the officers of the squadron," " the outburst in
Portland," and " the sailing of the royal squadron
and its final departure for England," on the 21st.
The leave-taking of His Royal Highhess is thus
described :

Passing under a large arch on the hill back of the
harbour, and walking down a long flight of steps to the
point oiembarkation, the Prince, after quickly reviewing
the troops, which were drawn up along the wharf, said,
"I'm very cold—hurry," and moved towards the Hero's
barge. The steps leading to the boat were covered
with crimson cloth. Shaking hands with Lord Lyons,
the British Consul, Governor Banks; Governor Good-
win, Mayor Lincoln, and Mayor Howard, to whom be
said, " I am sorry my visit here has been so brief," he
jumped into the barge.
The following is the paragraph which closes the
concluding report of the Prince's visit. It is cer-
tainly not less characteristic in its way than.
any of the previous efforts of the New York
Reporter :
The English valets said they were glad to go, and I
pronounced this a blasted country. n this case the
proverb, "Like master, like man," does not hold true.
At the Revere House the Prince behaved more boyishly
than usual, made Eliot and Hinchenbrooke perfect
butts, breaking the former's head, laughing at him for
running against his partners at the balls, and adding
" Right Honourable Captain" and " Lieutenant of
Grenadier. Guards," with his own hand, to the card
upon the room door of the latter. The placard is pre-
served as a curiosity. Barnum succeeded in getting the
autographs of the Prince and party.

COTTON.
(From W. P. Wright's Circular.)
NEW YORK, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 1860.
During the past week we have had quite an excite-
ment in all the various cotton markets in the country,
resulting in large sales and an advance in price of about
sc per lb. The origin of the movement was apparently
Ithe frosts which were experienced on the nights of the
13th, 14th, and 15th instant. The movement began in
New Orleans, where purchases for English account were
freely made under orders contingent on a frost prior to
20th October, and a crop of 4,000,000 bales, or less.
All the other markets have acted in sympathy, but
almost exclusively on• local speculation or shipment
coastwise. Nothing of moment has been done on
English account in Mobile, Savannah, or Charleston,
while in this city the apparent business has been largely
magnified by resales, in some cases three or four times
over.

In this market we have had an active demand from
speculators, for holding on the spot and for shipment to
Liverpool; spinners have also bought with confidence.
Prices have advanced fully lc for middling grades ; the
lower qualities of last season's crop show a larger ad-
vance, while on the higher qualities the improvement is
barely
ic per lb. Yesterday, after receipt of the
Southern telegrams, the market became quiet, and only
a moderate business was done, with more disposition on
the part of holders to realise at prices which they
refused the day before. The sales for the week have
amounted to 24,000 bales. The export for the week
has been—to Liverpool, 4,842 bales; Hamburg, 351
total, 5,193 bales.
Transit cotton has been in good demand, and large
sales at gradually advancing pricet, have been made
daily, since our last report. Purchases made a week or
ten days ago have been re-sold at Ic to c. advance,
while numerous other purchases made early last week
have realised -le to lc profit on resale, at the close. As
far as,we can ascertain, the business here is exclusively
on American speculative account, based on the opinion
that the incoming crop will prove insufficient for the
wants of the world, at our present scale of prices. Quo-
tations can scarcely be given correctly. The following
are near the mark : with freight, V, for New Orleans
low middling, 11c ; middling, 1 lac to 11A„c ; strict
middling, Hie to 12c. Mobile ic to -lc below these.
No Uplands on the market.
By telegraph we have particulars of a large
movement in the various southern markets, at advanced
prices. The New Orleans market has been most active,
and the greatest improvement has taken place there ;
the other port markets have also advanced, but in the
absence of foreign orders there is less excitement. On
Monday, 22nd instant, the excitement seems to have
passed in New Orleans, and in Mobile the market was
dull, with small sales.

LIST OF PASSENGERS PER ROYAL MAIL S.S. AFRICA.
—Rev. B. Condit, Messrs. D. C. Peacock, George W.
Salter, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tootal and servant, Miss
Earle, Messrs. H. N. Bailey, C. B. Trish, Mrs. H. Mary
Smith, Messrs. It. A. Many, G. r. Archer, Miss H. G.
Hosrair, Mrs. A. Smith, Messrs. J. Gibb, J. Morris,
Mr. and Mrs. James Harrison, five children, and servant,
Messrs. Chas. W. Harrison, C. Shipley, Mr. Grosset, two
children, and man servant, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Doughty,
Messrs. E. Pouttier, J. Miranda, Master John Lepretier,
Messrs. M. Rolson, Andrews, John Trish, Colonel
Gadolin (Russian army), Messrs. A. Hott Montrose, E.
King, Miss Smith, Mr. George A. Wicks, Mr. and Mrs.
James A. Grahame, Messrs., H. Sillers, L. Egerton,
maid and man servant, Marquis and Marchioness of
Chandos and servant, Messrs. C. H. Waterbury, R. W.
Eddisou, J. B. Raymond, G. Dunn, W. Billing, Gibson,
Ramsden, George Mitchell, Pourice, W. Lockwood,
eawnuealll, on,
m ‘Lell
Rev. L. W. Smith, Messrs. Adolph Goffer, Arthur
Goffer, Thomas Tugby, H. Bertram, Mr. and Mrs.
Messrs. Thom sSaSamuelle Mr.
Street,
Samueland Manuel Yewdall,

ACCIDENTAL DEATH. --Yesterday, a man named
Michael Heady, died in the Northern Hospital in con-
sequence of injuries received by being crushed between
two lorries on Waterloo-road, on. the 29th ult.
DEATH FROM BURNING.—On the 30th October, a
woman named Mary Morris, 67 years of age, who resided
in Spitalfields, was burnt so severely by her clothes
catching fire, that she died yesterday from the effects of
the injuries.
ALIAMING ACCIDENT AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH, Ox.-
PC/RD.—Oxford, Saturday.—The new warming apparatus
lately erected in this church was for the last time tried
this afternoon, previously to being used at the services
to-morrow. After the flues had been heated for a short
time an explosion of a most alarming kind occurred,
doing most extensive damage to the interior of the sacred
edifice, and some of the workmen were much hurt. The
seats and other woodwork were thoroughly smashed, the
windows broken to shivers, and it is' feared that the
organ is materially injured. The cause of this disastrous
accident, which but for the merciful interference of
Providence might have occurred during Divine service
on the morning •of to-morrow, has not been correctly
ascertained. The apparatus had been successfully
worked during the week.
IRISH WHISE.Y.---We have heard from a source on
which we can rely that it is the intention of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, next session, to make 'a consi-
derable reduction in the price of Irish whisky. This
was only to be expected. Every tyro in finance knows
that the higher the duty
imposed on any article, so
is the--lowering of consumption. The revenue suffers
a dead loss, instead of being increased, by the fallacy
of exorbitant duties. This is particularly shown
in the case of Ireland, after the latest experiment made
on our principal manufacture. There was a loss of
£30,000 on the last quarter's revenue in Dublin alone.
Many distilleries in all parts of the country have been
shut up, and thus remunerative employment taken from
hundreds of families. The traders in towns feel their
business gradually getting " small by degrees and beau-
tifully less." To add to the complication, illicit distilla-
tion was never carried on to such a pitch, north, south,
and west. We are credibly informed that oats have
been used for this purpose even before ripe in the fields,
for a contraband trade. These are facts and considera-
tions which should induce the government, if they have
not as yet arrived at any foregone conclusion, to change
their fiscal tactics as regards the trade aild morals
this country.—Galway Vindicator. of

THE DAILY TIME TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1860.