The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-10 00:00:00

THE -TEXPRESg, MONDAY -)EVENING,tI NOVEMBER 10, 1862.

final paragraph was slightly superfluous tWrire do
not require to be told what a multitude mi 7 do
when they are in • sufficiently wnsoulia-Trame
of mind to set fire to their own houses and
other property. The grand assurance which
the British Consul at Charleston impresses
upon our home interest is, that there are at
this moment in the South close upon four mil-
lions of &du of cotton " available to foreign corn-
" merce as soon as the blockade is removed."
Now if this be • fact, it is • very weighty one.
Invested with official authority, the assurance

produced considerable sensation in many parts
of the country, and the more so because our
merchants and manufacturers had arrived at the
conclusion that the quantity of available cotton in
the South was not by any means so large as repre-
sented by Mr. Bum'''. The information fur-
nished by that gentleman thus not only contributed
to occasion a significant pause in the cotton market,
but has been transmitted, with accompanying cau-
tions, to India and other countries where cotton
production is being spurred on, and from which,
if from any quarter, relief must come to our suf-
fering population.

Within ten days after the publication of these
very explicit statements, however, the mercantile
public have been equally astonished and per-
plexed by the issue of some totally contradictory
" information" from the Foreign-office, addressed,
like that already referred to, to the Cotton Supply
Association. It is given in the form of a letter
from Mr. G. lIA.MMON D, and was published in our
impression of the ith inst. Mr. HAMMOND is
" directed by Earl Ennui. to state, for the infor-
" motion of the Manchester Cotton Supply Asia-
" elation, that his lordship has received a report
" from the United States to the following effect,
" viz. :—That at the commencement of the civil
" war the whole amount of cotton in the South
" was about 4,200,000 bales ; that about
" 1,000,000 bales are supposed to have been
" destroyed, and that another million will have
" been irreparablyinjured from nothaving been pro-
" perly ginned, baled, and stored ; and that cone-
" quently, when allowance is made for the small
" portion which, by one means or other, has
" found its way into the market, the quantity
" that wonld be forthcoming if the ports were to be
" opened immediately would not exceed 2,000,000
" bales." Here, at one fell swoop, is lopped off a
clear half of the supply which ten days
previously was affirmed, on the autho-
rity of her MAJFAIT'S Consul at Charleston,
to be available on the removal of the blockade.
Mr. Ilammorm, as directed, goes on to say
that "as regards the crop of 1862, which is not
" yet picked, it is not estimated at more than
" 1,000,000 bales, and even this small amount
" will probably be so reduced, from the difficulty
" of obtaining labour for picking and hemp, and
" other necessary materials for baling and storing,
" that the supply fur the market will be trifling.
" It is stated that, if the war should continue, the
" land in 1863 will be cultivated for corn and not
" for cotton, and that under any circumstances
"it would take the cultivators of cotton some
" time to recover from the state of disorganize,-
" tion into which that cultivation has been
" thrown." The prospects for the future are thus
depicted as increasingly gloomy.
Now, which of these statements are our cotton
interest to receive and act upon f The one which
says that there are close upon four millions of
bales available, or that which cats the total down
to two millions, and points to the virtual with-
drawal of the South as a cotton-growing country t
One of the statements must be egregiously wrong.
As to which of them is so, the public must form
their own conclusions. It would appear that the
impression entertained amongst the most intelli-
gent members of the cotton trade accords much
more nearly with the second and reduced than
with the first and larger estimate. Mr.
BUNCHN information was calculated to have
the effect of checking the cultivation of
cotton elsewhere than in America, while
the later communication from the Foreign-
office tends to reassure the minds of those who
have thrown themselves into the gap, and are
working with might and main to limit the duration
of the existing crisis. The mere difference be-
tween the two statements to which we have called
attention probably represents at present prices a
money value of little less than forty millions
sterling, and this is certainly no unimportant
element in the great question of the cotton supply.
Passing from this conflicting official testimony
to that furnished in the mercantile reports and
circulars, we are glad to find some reason to be-
lieve that the worst of the cotton crisis is now
being reached, and that gleams of hope are be-
coming observable in the future. Referring, for
example, to the circular of Means. GEORGE Fuser's,
Son, and Co., of Manchester—en intelligent au-
thority—we find that whereas in October the
anticipations expressed were all of a gloomy cha-
racter, the tone now is more hopefuL In October
this firm gave a sketch of the probable supply of
cotton for the four months ending Feb. 1, 1863,
sad remarked :
Giving the most favourable state of the case, it will appear
therefrom that it will not be passible to keep all our mills
at work for more than taco days per west at their usual
average up to that period, even if every bale of cotton in
Liverpool, and that comes, allowing for what will be pur-
chased for export, be worked up. And we may now predict
this as an actual and unassailable fact, even should the next
month see an end of the war and the release of the cotton
in America. Attempts have been mule in various quarters,
and from rations motives, to impugn such statements as
these. It has been urged that because temporarily the
imports of cotton into Liverpool are larger than the consump-
tion, the cotton crisis is being tided over, and that our
way can now dimly be seen through the existing
difficulty. What may be in store for us after the next four
months have passed, we will not venture to prophesy ; but
if the statement made by Mr. Laing is worthy of attention—
and we know of no authority whose dictum is entitled to
greater, or to so great respect as to the present capabilities
of India—that we must not look for a larger export thence
during the next season than Ii million of bales, the hope
for the succeeding spring is little better than the certainty
for the present winter. The only way out of the present
crisis is through the American crop.

This view was gloomy enough, but although we
cannot but agree with Messrs. FRASER and Co.'s
remark, as expressed in their circular for the pre-
sent month, that " the operatives are suffering
" more severely each succeeding week, and the
" heaviest pressure upon them seems likely to
" come from October to February," it is impossible
to overlook the element of hope involved in the
recent recovery in the stock of cotton at Liver-
pool. The fact is, speculation in cotton has been
rather too impetuous, and has pushed up the
price to a point which, as the Man-
cheater authority referred to admits, has precluded
the trade from buying for the purpose of spinning.
"It has for some time been evident," it is re-
marked, "that cotton must decline to a price at
" which mills would cease to be closed, such as to
" induce spinners to purchase and work up what
" the actual supply would admit of." Now, the
present supply is adequate to an average consump-
tion up to the end of January of about two days
per week, whereas the actual consumption during
the last few weeks is stated to have little exceeded
that of one day per week, by reason of the exces-

ve ilisproportiom: which the price of tic raw
material bears to tile price of goods. No aronder
tVe my of distress amongst the opera es tj loud.
The English of the matter is, that the mills might
be at work now two days in each week, but
that, on the average, they are actually at work
only one day, simply on account of the impetuo-
sity with which the speculator has flung himself
upon the stock of cotton. It is highly probable'
that he will be forced to quit the position he has
taken, as he sees the pile of unused cotton grow-
ing higher and higher through fresh arrivals from
India and elsewhere. Moreover, looking farther
a-head, the circular from which we have quoted
concludes with the encouraging remark : "After
" January we trust matters will look a little
" brighter for the operatives, and that sufficient
" cotton will be obtained from other quer-
" term, America excluded, to admit of an
" average of three days' work per week."
Pending the arrival of this welcome time every
town and village in the country ought to put its
shoulder to the wheel and co-operate to assist those
who so sadly need relief. The magistrates, rectors,
and other leading men in each locality ought to
call public meetings and organize an effective ma-
chinery in aid, and the reponse of the general
public will not be doubtful. Meanwhile the specu-
lator in cotton may be counselled not to be too
greedy, or he may miss his game entirely.

be (Faun.

OSBORNE. Nov. 8.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Alexandra
of Denmark and Primer Louise, drove out yesterday after-
noon.

The Hon. Mn. Bruce and Lord Charles Fitzroy were in
itendarice.

The Counter of Crushorough has succeeded lady
Churchill as lady in waiting.

Nov. 9.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Alexandra, Princess
Louise and Prinowe Beatrice, drove out yesterday morning.
Lord C. Fitzroy was in attendance.
Her Majesty, Princess Alexandra, Princess Helena,
Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, attended Divine
service this morning at Osborne.
The Rev. O. Prothro officiated.

The adjourned meeting of the council of the Duchy of
Cornwall was continued on Saturday at the Duchy. office,
Buckingham-gate, St. James's-park.
Despatches were sent on Saturday front the Colonial-office
to the Governors of Canada and the Falkland lalstuds, and

to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands.
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain G. H. Sey-
mour, C. 8., sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday for
Antwerp, to embark her Royal Highness the Princess Louis
of Hew, for conveyance to Lod. The yawl is ex-
pected to arrive at Woolwich oa

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During the meeting of the Papal bishops at
Rome in June a series of 61 propositions, treating
of variout. kinds of heterodoxy, were considered by
them, and were subsequently sent to the prelates
who remained in their dioceses. A correspondent
of the Temps of to-day says that the replies have
now nearly all readied the Pope. One proposition
upon which the opinion of the bishops was asked
was as follows :—"The evangelical doctrine of
mutual aid between brethren concerns only
private individuals, and does nut apply to
political relations in favour of legitimate sove-
reigns unjustly assailed by external or internal
enemies." Upon this proposition, supposed to be
heterodox, the opinion of the whole catholic epis-
copacy was asked. The replies are said to be,
unanimously, such as Rome desires. All the bishops
write that in the opinion of their beat authorised
theologians non-intervention is a pure abomina-
tion. Several of the propositions treat of
the separation of the temporal, and spiritual,
the toleration of different religions, kc. The whole
of this theological consultation is intended to re-
suit in a declaration of general hostility to all
modern institutions and theories. It is especially
declared to be heterodox to believe that govern-
ments, in their legislation and administration, can
hold themeelves indifferent between catholicism,
which is the truth, and other creeds, which are
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W.N.W. to N.N.L. E. MLR. N.N.W. to E.N.E.,
a gals, strong, squally.
N.B. Drum on Saturday and Cone on Tuesday.

A new English church was opened on Wednes-
day last at St. Pierre, Calais, by authority of the Bishop of
London. Sermons were preached on the occasion by the
Rev. R. Burgess, prebendary of St. Paul's, and the Rev. F.
Forbes, chaplain to the English church, Rue d'Aguesseau,
Paris. The church stands in the midst of a manufacturing
population of about 1,500 English.
A letter from Naples states that the Padre
Pantsleo, General Garibaldi's chaplain, has been engaged
by an English speculator, and was to leave Naples for Lon-
don on Monday last. He is to recount the life and cam-
paigns of General Garibaldi to an English audience. The
padre accompanied General Garibaldi from Genoa to Mar-
sala, from Marsala to Palermo, Malawi, Messina, Reggio,
throughout the Calabria', and to the siege of Capua. He
never quitted General Garibaldi during his first campaign,
' and he followed his fortunes until after the affair of Aspro-
monte.
A letter from Jerusalem states that, at length,
the grand cupola of the Holy Sepulchre, which had all the
appearance of falling to pieces, is about to be repaired.
M. Eppinger, the Russian architect, has received orders to
that effect.
The River Plate ad vices state that the National
Club of Montevideo are making extraordinary exertions to
introduce into European consumption the preserved beef, of
which the supplies in that region are immense. A commis-
sion has been named to receive and dispose of experimental
cargoes about to be shipped.
There is every appearance that the French intend
occupying Mexico for some time to come. Locomotives,
carriages, and trucks have been ordered for a railroad be-
tween Vera Cruz and Orizaba, and it is said these carriages
will be ready for delivery in the course of January next.
The average cost of sendins an adult emigrant
to Australia is 161. ; to Canada it is only 2/.
The first municipal election at Victoria, Vancou •
vets Island, purled off quietly. A Mr. Harris was elected
mayor. A coloured man named Gibbs last his election for
a common councilman by fear votes only.
In 1860 the amount of wheat raised in 17pCanada was 24,620,425 bushels ; in 1852 12,682,650
only were raised. The population has lammed 46 per
coot, and the production of wheat 100 per act. The
wheat product in Lower Canada in 1960 was 2,563,114
lambi& In 1861 it was 3,046,600 bushels. The population
has inereued 25 per cent. and the growth of wheat has
decreased 15 per cent.

FRANCE.

PROM OUR owl

PARIS, SATURDAY Eviwnra.

There has been less uneasiness at the Bourse to-
day about the affairs of Greece than there was yes-
terday, owing to the rumours which are embodied
in the following paragraph published by the Paine
this evening :

It is positively skated that Prance, packed, and Russia
have definitely agreed to hold to the peuthple of non-inter-
vention in Greece, subject to 'removes in the following
C
tingencies :—I. If the national assembly of Athens shall
elect a prince excluded by the London protoool of 1830.
2. If anarchy should appear likely to take the place of a
regular government. 3. If Greece should be so far carried
filmy m to attack the bordering prminces belonging to the
Turidelt empire.

Letters from Athens, which do not come down to
a later date than November 1, say that General
Grivas, who, it was feared yesterday at the Bourse,
was beading a republican party on his own
responsibility, has been appointed by the
Provisional Government Commander-in-Chief
of the Greek army. So far it might
be hoped that the leading men of all parties were
pulling together, more especially as the veteran
Admiral Canaris who at first stood aloof, has con-
sented to form part of the ProvisionallGovernment.
But it is to be observed that a telegram from
Trieste, of yesterday's date—consequently a week
later than the letters alluded to—speak of
Grivaa as having rallied most of the
leaders of the insurrection of Nauplia, and
of meditating the proclamation of a republic.
His son who was at the head of the Nauplia affair,
was expected from Paris to join him. It was no
doubt the news embodied in this telegram which
scared the Bonne yesterday ; and I repeat, without
expressing any personal opinion, that the impres-
sion to-day is better. The OpetiOn Nationale and
Tempi both say that exaggerated statements have
been made as to the disposition of Orivas to oppose
the government presided over by Bulgaria.
Colonel Botsaris, who was the Greek Minister at
War at the time of the insurrection of Nauplia, has
just arrived in Paris.
A story is told of Otho having received a full
wanting of what was to happen to him, and that he
disregarded it with true Cassar-like disdain. On the
eve of his leaving Athens for the tour which pre-
ceded his downfall, the President of the Council,
M. Colocotroni, brought him a letter (as is said),
in which the whole plan of the insurrection was
betrayed. The minister beseeched the King to
give up his journey, and to take measures against
the conspirators ; but his Majesty thought the
fears of his adviser chimerical, and started for his
projected trip. What follows is now history.
The Court of Caseation to-day gave judgment in
one of M. Mires' many lawsuits. It will be remem-
bered that after his condemnation to five years' im-
prisonment as a swindler by the Assize Court of
Paris, the conviction was quashed for a vice of form
by the Court of Cessation, which sent him to be
tried de novo before the Court of Douai. That court
acquitted him. The acquittal was irreversible, but the
government, thinking it wrong, preferred an appeal
in a special form known to French jurisprudence
"in the interest of the law ;" and the Court of
Cessation declared the judgment of acquittal bad
in law for reasons which went to show that Mirbs
ought to have been convicted. In this state of
things Mires made a very special and, under
the circumstances, unprecedented application to
the Court of Douai, praying it to " interpret
its judgment," his object being to provoke that
court to refute the reasons prejudicial to him
which had been put on record by the Court of
Caseation. At Dowd the public prosecutor de-
murred to Mires' application. The Court of Douai
overruled the demurrer. But before any hearing
upon the merits, the present appeal of the public
prosecutor against the overruling of the demurrer
came before the Court of Cessation. This court
has now quashed the interlocutory judgment of
the Court of Douai, and, without referring the
question to any other imperial court, has decided
finally that Mires was not entitled to call upon the
Court of Douai for any interpretation of its judg-
ment of acquittal, it not being possible under any
circumstances that the executory part of the judg-
ment of which he has accepted the benefit can be
altered. _ _ .

The Bourse was firm, but the amount of
business done was very restricted, owing in
great measure to the recent interference with the
supplementary agents called " assessors," whose
business is for the present almost entirely broken
up. Rente rose 150. both for cash and account,
closing at 71 and 7LIO. Mobilier rose 3.75. The
Italian loan fell 15c. The Lyons Railway rose sf. ;
most of the other lines were a shade higher.

ITALY.

(TROY OUB OWN

TURIN, Nov. 5.

A failure to a very large amount which has taken
place at Parma, and a suspension of payment by
the house of Prosperini, of Bologna, have caused
great consternation among the speculators. The
Parma house is that of the rich banker Laurent,who
amassed great wealth in the time of the Duchess
Maria Lomas, and continued afterwards to carry on
a very prosperous business until he made one great
mistake, and became connected with a person
named larattelli at Ferrara, who failed last sum-
mer. Laurent's liabilities amount to a very
Ilarge sum : the national bank is a creditor to the
extent of 300,000 francs (about 12,0001.), but it
expects not to be a serious loser, as it holds some
securities which it considers very good.
The weather for two days past has been very fine,
and no further mischief has been caused by the
rains. Large districts were in great danger from
the Po and the Ticino, and considerable damage
was actually done ; but we hope we may now pro-
mise ourselves a permanent change for the better.
Political life is reviving: diplomatists, senators,
and deputies have returned, and are meeting
together to make preparations for the coining strug-
gle. Some deputies belonging to the minis-
terial party assemble this evening at the Cari-
gnano Palace, to consult about the plan to be
adopted for defending the ministry before parlia-
ment. Attempts continue to be made to induce
certain influential persons to join the ministry ;
but those who, in the morning, seem disposed to
take office, make some excuse or other in the
afternoon. They apprehend trouble from M. de
Sartiges, who is expected to-day, and take time to
consider whether they will accept a portfolio or not.
Some of the medical men are anxious to
perform the operation suggested by Dr. /idle-
ton, with the view of examining Garibaldi's
wound, and Extracting the ball if there be one ;
but others are of opinion that it should be
poned for some time longer. In the meanwhile,
the accounts given of his health became more and
more encouraging.
It is mentioned to-day, as a great secret, that
Count Persano is in a few days to leave the Ministry
of Marine, for the purpose of taking the command
of a squadron of eight ships of war, which are to
be sent to Greece. But my opinion is that nothing
is yet decided on the point, and that nothing will
be done until M. de Sartiges makes his appearance.
Probably Signor Rattazzi would wish to assume an
appearance of resolution before the opening of
parliament.

OFFICIAL Arroncrrazzas.—Tbe Solicitor-General I
of Scotland, Mr. Edward Francis Maitland, has been op-
pointed to the vacant seat on the bench, in sumessiom to
Lord Ivory. Mr. George Young (Advocate, IMO), sheriff
and commissary of Haddiugton and Berwickshire, has been
appointed Solkitor-General in the room of Mr. Maitland.
Antonio Matbf, Eel, has been appointed a member of the
Executive Council of the colony of British Honduras.
D. W. Gibbs, Fag., and the Bev. C. A. Newsom have beam
appointed members of the Council of the Island of Grenada.
Thomas Berkeley Hardtman, the Venerable Archdeacon
George Made Gibbs, M.A., sad Joseph Henry Boom, Fag..
M.D., have been appointed members of the Executive
Council of the Island of St. Christopher. J. A. Iles, FA.,
and G. W. Daniell, req., have been appointed inembres
the Executive Council of the bland of Nene. R. J. Corbet,
Eaq., has been appointed a member of the Legislative
Connell of the Island of Ceylon.
QI7IIII2IffrOWN, SUNDAY, Nov. 9.—The Royal
Mail Steamship Persia arrived here at 3.90 p.m. embarked
imam, passengers, and the latest telegrams, and proceeded
at 4.30 p.m., for New York. All well

GREECE.

(nor • onamiroinw.)
ATHENS, Ocr. 31.

Since I wrote to you last M. Rados, one of the
members of the Provisions,: Government, has arrived
from Patras ; the veteran Kanaris, too, who at first
would not accept the high office to which his
countrymen had raised him, bas now accepted his
nomination. It is M. Roufoa who has succeeded
in overcoming the old sailor's reluctance. They
have now both taken the oath of fidelity to the
country and to the established laws, and they have,
in concert with the President, M. Bulgaria, assumed
the supreme government of Greece.

The first measures of the Provisional Government
thus constituted have been to appoint new gover-
norstosome of the provinces, and to make such other
changes in the personnel of the civil and military
services as were deemed necessary for ensuring
the tranquillity of the country under the present
state of things ; this has been done sparingly
and judiciously. In fact, the Provisional Government
have proved themselves up to the moment to be
equal to the emergency. They are strong in the en.
thnsiasm of the population generally, and in the
serious support of the higher classes. Adhesions
from the provinces come in every day ; the govern-
ment invite them from all parts of the kingdom, in
order to convoke the National Assembly. Some
people are a little impatient at this slowness of pro-
ceeding with the elections ; but, under the existing
difficulties, I believe they are right in wishing first
to allay the general excitement.
In the capital the excitement has abated, and the
random firing of muskets in the air has ceased.
The first night or two a few robberies were com-
mitted, but perfect order has prevailed since,
thanks in a great degree to the students of the
University and to a body of citizens who have or-
ganised themselves as a civic guard, with the sanc-
tion of the government, for the protection of public
order. By day and by night their devoted and
patriotic services have been almost indispen-
sable until military discipline regains a firm
hold on the soldiers, who, having from the
first fraternised with the people, have not yet
wholly recovered from the effects of the first days'
relaxation of military duty. Now, thanks to the
incessant endeavours of the officers, the barracks
are filled again. In order to do away with a feeling
of uneasiness, and with the constant difficulties;
occasioned to the government by their presence, the
late ministers of the king have been prevailed upon
to leave the country temporarily, and they have
already gone away. The foreign ministers have as
yet received no instructions, and they hold no official
intercourse with the government. Some of them
express their satisfaction at the present course of
events ; others, of course, do not participate in such
feelings of satisfaction ; the ministers of France
and of England have, however, taken a measure
which is neither justified nor very judicious. A
French and an English marine are posted as sentries
at the doors of the French and of the English em-
bassies respectively. People stop at these doors
a:iccirrie on the foreign uniforms with surprise, and
r them as a sign of unmerited distrust in the
really efficient means taken for public safety.
On the whole, we have every reason to be satis-
fied for the present. The revolution is accomplished;
Otho is all but forgotten ; the Provisional
Government and the ministry are unanimous
in the measures they have adopted ; the people are
satisfied and orderly, both in the capital and in the
provinces, and everybody is full of hope for the
future, although this general hope is not wholly free
from anxiety.
There is, however, a little cloud which darkens
this fair and pleasant prospect : General Grives
has not yet sent his adhesion to the government.
It is suspected that he is dissatisfied at not being
one of the members of the government, after having
been the first to raise in Vonitra the standard of
the revolution andto organise the means of powerful
resistance to the late King. M. Roufos, as soon as he
assumed power, sent to him conciliatory proposals,
with the offer to appoint him general-in-chief of the
laud forces of the kingdom, and it is expected that
he will accept. His adhesion will be the only thing
wanting now to disperse any sinister apprehensions
as to the strength of this Provisional Government
The next difficulty is the election of the King.
Who is to be elected ? Should the Great Powers
agree on this head, and propose to the Greeks a
prince having no connexion of any kind with Bava-
ria, and affording the guarantees of a constitutional
government, the Greeks would be most happy to
elect him at once, and have done with this diffi-
culty; but if every Power begins to foster, either
secretly or openly, the pretensions of a separate cau-
-1 didate of its own, we may see interminable intrigues
having the most pernicious effects on the welfare
of the country.
The conclusion of my letter is, that this is a most
critical period in the history of Greece. Up to the
present, everything has been as well as could be
desired; but on the turn which events will take in
the following three orfonr weeks depends the future
of the country ; and the Powers who are interested
in the happiness of Greece should take care out to
exercise any but a kindly and encouraging influence
on the action of our Provisional Government, and on
the forthcoming deliberations of our National
Assembly.

A thoroughly anti-slavery paper, in the French
language, has just been started in New Orleans. It iscalled
L' Union. and addresses itself, in particular, to the French
people of colour, to whom it appeal. in stining articles to
join the Union troops and aid them in the establishment of
a " Republican system without stain, of a democracy with-
out fetters." The first number reproduces a letter, ad-
deemed two years ago by Victor Hugo to a Haytien poet.
A Washington letter of the 27tli ult. nays "
Mrs. Eliza Gurney, widow of the late John Jos. Gurney,
the eminent English Friend, and herself an eloquent preacher,
had an interesting interview with the President to-day.
She assured him at some length of the sympathy which
Friends on both sides of the Atlantic felt in him, and of
the prayers which they offered up on his behalf, and
closed her remarks with an earnest appeal to bin to
trust in Divine power. The President was sensibly
affected, and replied in few bar fit words, to the effect that
in the unhappy events amid which his lot was cast, be
acknowledged the Divine hand. as controlling all things,
and considered himself only as an humble instrument to
work out the designs of Providence, being sure that what•
ever might happen He who made the world still governed it.'
Edwin James has " pronounced " iu favour 0!
Mr. Seymour, the demeeratic candidate at New York, and
speaks for that gentleman at electoral meetings. Mr.
James is very severe upon the abolitionists.
bfali.tere ANNA 1118110 P BVIINT TO DEATH.—TiIe
St. Louis Ikp ul.l icon of October 25 states that 31ademe
Anna Bishop, the well-known vocalist, was burnt to death
at St. Paul, an October 15, through her clothing icon*.
Madame Bishop was born in London in 1814, and in 141
became the ascend wife of Sir Henry Bishop, the compact.
In 1858 she re-married M. Sobel*, a gentlemen residing is
New York. She was in England during the season of lfikt
Nosertranow or Suunineu.—The nomination of
sheriffs for the year 1883 will take place on Wedlitkis,
next, the 12th November, in the Court of Exchequer,
upon which occasion Mr. Gladstone will sit in the colut
wearing his gold embroidered robe of office, as Chancellor.
Tag SLIMY/01D Mamas.--On Friday morning
the Governor of the Glasgow Primo received the following
communication retarding Mn.. ]`Lachlan :—"Crowooffeer
Edinburgh, Nov. 6, 1862.—Sir,—I beg to inform you that
I have received her Majesty's conditional pardon in faroar
of Jessie Whited, or IPLachlan, who was, at Circuit Court
of Justiciary, holden at Glasgow in September, 1862, ece"
vieted of murder and sentenced to death for the we,
pardoning the said Jessie 31•Intosh or fil•Lachhin of the said
crime and sentence passed upon her for the same, upon con-
dition of her being kept in penal servitude for the term other
natural life. I have, therefore, to request that you intimate
such conditional pardon to the said Jessie fil'lntosb or
IrLschlao, and acknowledge receipt of this letter. —I
am, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) And. Murray,
Crows Agent." Upon receiving the above oommonicston,
the Governor at once proceeded to the convict's cell, where,
in premium of Baillie• Gray and Brown, and Mr. .A 1 °wig,
Clerk to the Prison Board, he reed to her her final senteuee
The cooviet received the intelligence with great composure,
but seemed somewhat disappointed at the decision. The
latter part of the letter was read to her twice before eh,
seemed properly to comprehend its fall meaning. The °el,
remark she made was, " Then am 1 tee be kept in
my days ?" The convict will probably be removed to
Penh
Penitentiary in the course of a few days, that being the,
prison whined for all flootob convicts sentenced to fa"
servitude for life.

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

Ti:' fact that this is the day on which the ma-
of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is
publicly celebrated, has greatly contributed to enhance the
festive character of the Lord Mayor's inauguration.
rh,. stock Exchange has loyally kept a complete
tiaulgy, and at most of the government establishments
their has been a suspension of the ordinary course of burl.
nest In London, as well as at all the principal ports and
Large towns of the kingdom, the shipping and public
oldiess have entered into the spirit of the day ; and
the singing of bells and royal salutes have reminded
• that the heir to the crown has attained the period of
caohood. It must be acknowledged, therefore, that the
Mayor, although his elevation to the civic bench is
.seidedly popular, has on this occasion to encounter a
j‘iled 00111 of allegiance even in his own special domain.
esterdsy held out but a gloomy prospect for the
.et.loor spectacle. More than twelve hours'alcuoet incessant
min foreboded 11l for the state of the streets along which the
procession was to pass. The night was fine, and early
this morning the air was comparatively dry, and such
a= to justify sanguine expectations ; but shortly after
:levee the sky became overclouded, and rain began to fall.
Ile traditional November day in London—dark, minty,
;loomy, and very dirty—seemed about to be realised, and
:be procession was formed amid those moistening influences
which give such • doleful aspect to the meet brilliant of
mndard beaten; and the most gorgeous of civic equipages.
-t so or three loud claps of thunder startled the lieges,
who scarcely knew what phenomena they might not expect
after such sound' on the 10th of November ; but happily
after the storm the sun began to shine, and before noon the
anxieties of the Butchers' Company and the standard
beaterof the Tallow Chandlers' were allayed.
The appearance of the chief City thoroughfares was fully
a animated as usual, the " boisterous" classes being
decidedly in the ascendant. For an hour or two before
me arrival of the procession, Fleet-street and the
locality of its boundary on the side of Ludgate.
Lull were occupied by crowds of persons, ostensibly waiting
for the view, but really bent on practical jokes which they
inagined were in harmony with the character of the day.
Street music was in great force, and no lees than three sets
f Ethiopian', one of them having for its leader a
regular Punch, who was recently " doing " with his cam.
Farina the southern watering-places, were encircled by a
4301,3 of admirers. For about half an hour a number of
rough, about the middle of Fleet-street indulged in
the awasement of throwing about all sorts of missiles—
boys care, the remains of bandboxes, pieces of rope, and,
as appeared in the distance, • deed cat I This "sport"
eau still in full vigour, when, about 1 o'clock, it was
=topped by the appearance of the heraldic mounted
police. followed by the long line of the mayoral
procession. Of the latter the two most remark-
able features were perhaps the display of volun-
teers, in honour of the military character of the Lord
Mayor, as major of the leading City regiment, and the men
in armour. The latter were in unusual strength and show.
Rumour had previously announced that the Tower
was to lend some of its rarest treasures ; and in point of fact
upwards of twenty knights with their "esquires," armed
esp-Upie, quite revived the days of chivalry, looking, when
sot scrutinised too narrowly, all that imagination
had pictured of their ancient prototypes, in whose
brazen and well-polished habiliments they were
presented to public view. The attendance of the members
of the corporation included the late Lord Mayor. The new
Lord Mayor, a very much younger man, met with a good re-
ception ; and passed towards Westminster amid the merry
toned of bells and booming of cannon.
As the crowd closed up after the procession, the police
had abundance of work on their hands in preventing the
from being made an opportunity for theft.
The following was the order of the procession
Police constables to clear the way.
The Band of the London Rifle Volunteer Brigade.
hie Hundred Men from the Naval Reserve Force.

Three Trumpeters.
he Band of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life
from Fire.
Banners of the Livery Companies.
COOPERS' COMPANY.
Banner of the Arms of Alderman Salomon.
Banner of the Company's Arms.
PAINTERS' STALVERB' COMPANY.
Banner of the Company's Arms.
BUTCHERS' COMPANY.
The Union Jack.
Banner of the Arms of Alderman Challis.
Banner of the Company's Arms.
TALLOW CHANDLERS' COMPANY.
Danner of the Arms of Alderman Hale.
Banner of the Arms of Alderman Humphery.
Banner of the Company's Arms.
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY.
The Bargemasters' Mate.
Watermee bearing the following Banners :
The Union Jack. The Royal Standard.
James Hulbert, Esq., Prime Warder 1718.
Sir Thomas Knesworth, Lord Mayor 1506.
Harvey Christian Combo, Esq., Lord Mayor 1799.
Sir William Leighton, herd Mayor 1806.
Si, Matthew Wood, Bart., Lord Mayor 1815 and 1816.
The Union Jack. The late Prince Consort's.
The Prince of Wales. The Union Jack.
The Right Hon. the late Lord Mayor's.
The Fishmongers' Company.
The City of London.
The Bargemasters' Assistant.
The Winners of Doggett's Coat and Badge between the
Years 1812 and 1862.
The Band of the Royal Artillery.
The Bargentaster supported by his Assistant.
The Staffnien. The Beadle.
The Clerk of the Company in his Chariot.
The Court and the Livery in their
The Prime Warden with the Chaplain Fn atiler Chariot
LORINERS' COMPANY.
The Beadle of the Lorinene Company.
Banner of the Arms of Frederick Keats, Esq.
Banner of the Arms of Alderman Medd.
Banner of the Arne of Sir Francis Graham Moon, Bart.
Banner of the Company's Arms.
CARPENTERS' COMPANY.
The Beadle of the Carpenters' Company bearing the Com-
pany's Mace.
Banners of the late Sir William Staines, Knight.
Balmer of Robert William Kennard, Fey.
Banner of the late Alderman Lawrence.
Banner of Alderman William Lawrence.
The Union Jack.
Arms of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters.
The Royal Standard.
Banner of Mr. Sheriff Lawrence.
Chariot—The Clerk, E. B. Jupp, Esq.
First Carriage—Members of the Court of Assistants.
Second Carriege—Members of the Court of Assistants.
Third Carriage—Wardeus, James Calais Smith, Esq.,
Lobed Warta, Esq., and Robert James Stuckey, Esq.
Chariot—The Master, Thomas Arthur Brew, &q.
The Chaplain, the Rev. Charles Lacy.
SPECTACLE MAKERS' COMPANY.
The Beadle of the Spectacle Makers' Company.
Second Band of the Leedom Rifle Volunteer Brigade.
Banner of the Arms of the late Alderman Banner.
Banner of the Arms of the late R. B. Bate, Esq.
Banner of the Arms of the late Alderman Sir G. Carroll.
Banner of the Arms of the late John Sivenight, Esq.
Banner of the Arms of the late Alderman Lamson.
Banner of the Arms of the late Alderman J. Johnson.
Banner of the Arms of the late John Hill, Esq.
Banner of the Arms of the late William Clarkson, Esq.
Banner of the Arms of Alexander Roger*, Eel.
Banner of the Arms of Charles Hill, Eaq.
Banner of the Arms of William Palmer' Esq.
Banner of the Arms of Donald Nicoll, Esq.
Banner of the Arms of Sir Walter B. Riddell, Bari.
Banner of the Arms of Sir George Hodgkinson.
Banner of the Area of Richard Swift, Eaq.
Banner of the Arms of A. Angus Croll, Eeq.
Banner the Arms of the Marion of Downshire.
Banner of the Arms of Frederick Salmon, Esq.
Banner of the Arms of Alderman Sir JIVING Duke, Bart.
Banner of the Anna of the Rev. John Jennings.
Chaplain of the Company.
Banner of the Company's Banner of the City of
.Irms. London.
The l'uien Jack. The Royal Standard.
Parolee of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.
The Clerk of the Company in his Carnage.
The Members of the Court of Assistants in their Carriages.
The Wardens of the Company in their Carriages.
The Muter of the Company in his Carriage attended by the
Chaplain.
Watermen bearing the following Banners :
l ard.
Tanner of Englanßoyad.Stand Union Jack.
'Limner of Scotland. Banner of Ireland.
Six Streamers of the Banner of the City of
City Arms. London.
Ihe Band of the Coldstream Guards.
Ancient Kniht,
linear(' on a Charger, in Full Steel Armour, with Lance,
attended by Two Esquires mounted, and bearing the
13attle-axe and Mace of the Knight. I
Ancient Knight,
Mounted nn a Charger, in Full Steel Armour, with Lanes, attended by Two Esquires mounted, and bearing the
Battle-axe and Shloo of the Knight.
Ancient Knight,
llonntal on a Charger, in Full Steel Armour, with Lance,
attended by Two squires mounted, and bearing the
Battle-axe and Mace of the Knight.

Ancient Knight,
Mounted on a Charger, in full Steel Armour, with Lance,
attended by Two Esquire; mounted, and bearing the
Radio-axe and Mao. of the Knight.
Ancient Knight,
Mounted on a Charger, in fall Steel Armour, with Lance,
attended by Two Requires mounted, and bearing the
Battle-axe and Mace of the Knight.
Ancient Knight,
Mounted on a Charger, in full Steel Armour, with Lace,
attended by Two Esquires mounted, and bearing the
Battle-axe and Mace of the Knight.
The Band of the Irish Rifle Volunteers.
The First City of London Engineer Volunteers.
Pioneers.
Bran Band.
Captain John Fonter Pickering.
Lieutenant John Schwartz.
One Company of the First City of London Engineer
Volunteers.
A Detachment of the Third City of London Rifle Volunteers.
The Two Under-Sheriffs.
The Officers of the Corporation of London.
Three Trumpeters.
Mr. Sheriff Jones, in his State Chariot, drawn by four
bones, attended by his Chaplain.
'Three Trumpeters.
Mr. Sheriff Lawrence, in his State Chariot, drawn by four
hones, attended by his Chaplain.
The Bend of the Royal Artillery.
The Aldermen who have not paned the Chair.
The Recorder.
The Aldermen who have paned the Chair.
The late Lord Mayor.
THE LADY MAYORESS,
in her State Carriage, joined the procession on its return
from Westminster.
The Lord Mayor's Servants, in State Liveries.
The Band of the Life Guards, mounted.
The Upper City Marshal, on horseback.
Gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's Household.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR,
in his State Carriage, drawn by six horses,
attended by the Chaplain, Sword Bearer, and Common Crier.
Guard of Honour, on horseback.
The procession moved from Guildhall at half-past 11
o'clock precisely, and paned through Gresham.street, St.
Ann's-lane, St. Martin's-le-Grand, Cheapaide, Poultry, King
William-street, Cannon-street, Queen-street, Upper Thames-
street, Bridge-street, Blackfriani, Fleet-street, Strand to
Westminster. Returning from Westminster by way of the
Stand, Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's-churchyard,
Cheapsids, King-street, to Guildhall.
The London Rifle Brigade met the procession on its
return to Temple-bar, and preceded the Lord Mayor to
Guildhall, where they formed a guard of honour in Guild-
hall-yard and King-street, to receive the Lord Mayor on his
return from Westminster.
The procession, on its return, was joined by the
ambassadors, her Majesty's ministers of state, the nobility,
judges, members of parliament, and other persona of dis-
tinction, invited to the banquet at Guildhall.
This evening the streets will doubtless be thronged with
spectators desirous of beholding the illuminations in cele-
bration of the Prince of Wales's birthday and majority.