The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-28 00:00:00

fiSE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1865.

LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 28, 1865.

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Ihe grave has closed over Lord PALMERSTON !
and to-day we must all feel that we have taken a
long farewell of our great Minister and popular
Statesman. pret, sorrowful as the reflections are
which attend such a parting, they are not all en-
veloped in gloom, for has he not departed full of
Years and honours, and has he not been laid to rest
in a noble spot, amid the grateful recollections of the
people he served, and the honoured tribute of the
gifted contemporaries so long associated with him ?
A better epitaph could not be engraven on a monu-
ment than the signs and tokens which yesterday
testified to the manner in which Lord PALMERSTON
was appreciated among us. The fine old Statesman
had, indeed, a noble passage to the tomb; sal what
can be more touching than the evidence w abun-
dantly afforded of the universality and extent of the
sorrow which pervaded all hearts. While we know
that the paths of glory lead but to the grave, we
feel assured that they may be trod in such a
manner that, even as concerns the thoughts of this
world, the grave may be robbed of its sting and
victory. There is something consolatory in the re-
collection that the gift of life has been well employed,
and the talents that gain applause and excite won-
der have been entrusted to the faithful steward, who
has made the most of them. The career of Lord
PALMERSTON has been an encouraging one in many
respects, but perhaps more especially in proving to
us that old age need not be a useless period, aor I

length of services a reason for slackening Tigour and
abating zeal. Although the stern sum MODS to
which all humanity must bow was long delayed in
his case it found him still firm at his post, s till in-
tent on his task, and still enjoying that con: tdence
in his labours which it had so long been his honour
and his privilege to attain. Not twice in the life of
any one is it given to witness such a scene as that
of yesterday. As our great statesman was the uni-
versal object of regard in life, so was he unanimously
regretted yesterday. Within the cloistered -walls
the sad ceremony was attended by men of all shades
of political opinions, and of various offices the
public service ; but, perhaps, without the Abbey
was the more impressive of the two, for there -was
observable a more positive and direct demonstration
of sympathy. The fair young Princess stood at her
window, dressed in deep mourning, to witness the
last sad pageant that attended the remains of
one whom she had often met in social scenes
of mirth and gaiety, and whose loss she must
have personally regretted as well as mourned for
in a public sense as regarded the country of her
adoption. While the sad procession moved slowly
on no possible tribute of respect and regard was
wanting. Appropriate and fitting as were the
tokens observable at the Reform Club by the
efforts of the members who mourned their mighty
chief laid low, it was a more significant token of
respect which the cortege received as it passed the
Carlton, and all hats were removed in honour of
the illustrious departed. Most touching also
was the proof of the popularity which was
shown by the eagerness exhibited among
the lower classes to purchase " biographies"
and " memorial cards," so that they might take
home some recollection of their departed favourite.
The small sums therein expended were more to
these humble admirers.than large sums to those in
the better classes, but what better proof or surer
sign could be given of the popularity of the late
Premier.

All ranks met in unison to testify their esteem
and evince their eagerness to honour the memory of
the departed. The QUEEN fulfilled her duty, and
was an able exponent of the wishes of her people,
when she expressed her desire that her great Minister
should be interred in Westminster Abbey, and the
proposal was hailed by the great body of the nation.
A people's homage waited on the ceremonial, and a
people's honour was paid to the last human pageant
of which Lord PALMERSTON formed a part. He now
lies among our most glorious dead in the consecrated
walls of that time-honoured edifice which has wit-
nessed so many changes, and welcomed so many
wanderers to repose when weary with the strifes of
the senate, the court, and the country, but never
has one entered its sacred precincts more honoured
and regretted by his fellow-men, or leaving a better
name to his survivors. To live in hearts we leave
behind is not to die, must have been recalled to the
minds of many yesterday, and it will be a soothing
reflection to those of his family who survive him,
and the hosts of friends of which he had such a
goodly array. Passing away is written on the world
and all the world contains, but never does the sad
reality impress itself upon us more painfully and
forcibly than when our great men are taken from
us, and our popular heroes are consigned to dark-
ness and decay. Fain would we linger by their
graves and dwell on their cherished memories ; but
the world calls us back to its strife, and our dead are
for ever divided from us in the very sphere of living
men, and the engrossing occupations of this exciting
scene. As an historic recollection only can we now
think of Lord PALMERSTON ; but in taking our last
look at his grave we may think that he has
not lived in vain for us and for himself.
The path of the just is as a shining light,
which shineth more and more unto the perfect day,
and as we leave our great Minister in the shadow
of that glorious day, we may point out his
career to the young who will follow on his
track, and bidding them mark his zeal for
his duty, and his constancy in his task, exhort
them to " go and do likewise," secure that thus they
may so pass through their time of trial with success,
and account for it with satisfaction to their country
here and to their GOD hereafter.

The Fenians appear to be no ways inclined to
abandon their dream of conquest and empire,
though what the result of their visions would be if
they were even partially realised may be very much
questioned. Having disposed of the hated Saxon,
we presume that the next step would be to turn their
energies against themselves, and to illustrate their
ideas of liberty by carrying out the old charge of
" fighting like devils for conciliation." However
rapidly the awkward transition from the sublime to
the ridiculous has been made in the Green Isle itself,
in the United States some attempt at the dignity of a
national movement is still kept up. Perhaps it is as
well—like letting children play out their favourite
plays--to allow those wild Hibernians to give vent
to their peculiar mania in their own way. Such
laxity could not of course be permitted actually in
Ireland, but America may be a good ground for a
safety-valve to all this sublime patriotism and pyro-
technic enthusiasm. Accordingly we find the Fenian
Congress assembling in due state at Philadelphia.
A gentleman, bearing the impressive and warlike
name of Colonel O'MAIIONY presided over the
council of war, and stated that the primary object
of the congress was to create financial and military
bureaux adequate to the increased development of
the brotherhood and the political crisis in which it
was placed. This inaugurative meeting was
held on the 16th instant, and on the
day following the organisation was com-
pleted and addresses delivered by the chiefs of
several of the State Centres. Part of these wise
proceedings are conducted in secret, and armed
sentinels are placed nt the doors, though whether
it is worth any one's while to force an entrance may
reasonably be doubted. The Fenians themselves
are kind enough to give us all the information
that it is proper we should receive. They tell us
that the increase in the Society's branches in eight
months has been 50 per cent., the increase in its
numbers fourfold, and the increase in its weekly
receipts fiftyfold. We can hardly apply the old
adage, " A fool and his money soon parted," as in
this case the fools and their money seem to have
gone together ! At all events an Irish American
patriotic assembly would not be genuine without a
little bombast, and accordingly we are told that
" England is satisfied that the movement is real.
Their advanced scouts have fallen, but the line of
battle is unbroken, and the progress of the course
unchecked." It is to be hoped that enough of the
" advanced scouts" will be able to return to Ame-
rica to assure their enthusiastic coadjutors that
their reception has been lukewarm in the extreme,
and that the real friends and well-wishers of the
Irish cannot conceal their regret and annoyance
at a movement which is only likely to do real mis-
chief by misleading unstable youngsters, and by
unsettling the pacific members of the community.

The Republicans are making themselves disagree-
ably conspicuous by their antipathy to the PRESI-
DENT and his conciliatory policy, even though events
have pioved that policy to be eminently successful.
Their conduct in this matter shows how insincere
are their professions of humanity and patriotism,
since, if they are anxious to spare men's Um

and to save suffering, it is surely a matter
of rejoicing that it has been found pos-
sible to bring rather than a cause for frenzied
opposition, that it has been found possible
to bring the Southern States into the
Union without further bloodshed or private
misery. Mr. WENDELL PHILLIPS, one of the fore-
most men of the party, has made a speech, in which
he declared that the PRESIDENT, in his address to
the South Carolina delegation, ranged himself
among the repentant rebels, making himself three-
quarters rebel, in order that the fourth might be
one quarter Union. Even, according to Mr.
PHILLIPS'S own showing, the rebels, as he calls
them are " repentant," and, therefore, he has no
excuse for his implacability. Mr. STEPHENS, one of
the principal Confederates, who recently received
a pardon, has been entertained at a dinner
at Boston, where he announced that he
would support President JOHNSON'S reconstruc-
tion policy to the best of his ability. General LEE
has subscribed to the amnesty oath, so that the
primary leaders of the Confederacy are doing their
best to reconcile the people to the restoration of
Northern supremacy. The Mississippi Legislature
assembled on the 16th, when Governor HUMPHREYS
was inaugurated, so that we may hope that this im-
portant State will be speedily restored to internal
tranquillity and prosperity. It is impossible to re-
move the traces of so tremendous a struggle in a
short time, but, considering the conflicting interests
and the opposing agencies at work, the great task is
getting on as fast as could reasonably be hoped.

The peculiarities of the seasons have extended
themselves into the autumn. After an unusually
long winter we have had two summers in one, and
some of our October days have corresponded with
the August temperature of other years. Then,
after we had almost forgotten what a. wet
day was, we have had a week or ten days,
reminding us of those countries where they get
their six months' supply in a fortnight. We are
now on the same principle of extremes experiencing
an unusually heavy gale, and the southern coast
has, during the last day or two, been visited by a
terrific storm. The damage done was, of course,
very great, but the chief event was the
narrow escape of a large mail steamer
with the India, China, and Australian mails on
board. One of the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway's mail steamers was chartered to convey
the mails across the Channel, and the ordinary
night mail took the boxes, passengers, &c., which
she could not accommodate. This steamer, the
Breeze, soon lost sight of the large steamer Frederick
William, but after a terrible passage reached Calais
safely. The Frederick William did not arrive, and
when nothing was heard of her on either side of the
Channel great alarm was naturally felt. A steamer
was sent in search of her, and at six o'clock the next
morning she assisted the Frederick William into
Calais. Owing to the violence of the waves, the
shaft one of her engines had broken, which disabled
one of her paddles, and hence she had experienced
no slight risk. Happily no serious result followed
the accident, but from the state of the weather the
escape was a narrow one. From all parts of the
coast comes the same story of wreck and disaster.
Such a tempest as we have just experienced proves
the immense importance of those precautionary
measures which wise and humane men are con-
stantly advocating. The perils of the sea are great
in any case, but let us at least do all in our power
to lessen them.

Leigh Hunt's Grave.
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Thanks to the generous thought of Mr. S. C.
Hall,. the editor of the Art Journal, and thanks
also to the strenuous efforts of that gentleman to-
wards the collecting of a fund for the purpose of
carrying out the proposal he was the first to sug-
gest, there is every reasonable probability now that
the grave of our dear departedfriend Leigh Hunt will
be speedily marked with some suitable monumental
stone, instead of being left, as it is actually left,
up to this present moment without anything whatever to
indicate to the passer-by where repose the remains of one
of the most charming writers, whether of prose or poetry,
in the English language. Writing of Leigh Hunt, Mr.
Hall has said :—" He was buried at Kensal-green, but, un-
happily, there is, as yet, no monument to record his name
and preserve his memory ; that is a reproach to all who
knew him, and to all who have read, admired, and loved
his many works—a generation that reaps the harvest of
his labours. His works will not, indeed, do both—they
will be his monument—more enduring than any of piled
up stones'—and they will preserve his name for ever among
the foremost men of his age and country. But it is not
right that the crowded graveyard' which contains sculp-
tured tablets of so many illustrious authors, artists, and
men of science, should be without one to this groat writer,
and I appeal to 'the thousands by whom he estmated
to remove from England the reproach. It will gratify
me much if I can obtain contributions for that purpose, in
addition to my own. A large sum is by no means requi-
site. Such a monument as Leigh Hunt would desire should
be unassuming and unpretending as was his career in let-
ters; and if I am so happy as to receive responses to this
invitation I will set about the work." To enable Mr. S.
C. Hall to realise this kindly and beautiful memorial design,
we would here earnestly commend all the true admirers
of Leigh Hunt's genius to send in their guinea or half-
guinea subscriptions to S. C. Hall, Esq., at The Art Journal
office, 13, Burleigh-street, Strand.

ERRATA.—Two obvious misprints occurred in our
report last evening of the funeral obsequies of Lord Pal-
merston. David Garrick, in the first place, should have
been spoken of as "an accomplished mime" not mimic—
while the name with which the first paragraph of our re-
port closed should clearly have been not Lord Normanby
but Lord Macaulay,

MR. GEORGE GROVE, the indefatigable Secretary
to the scheme for the systematic Exploration of Palestine,
has already, we are delighted to learn, collected about
£3,000 towards the expenses of the enterprise ; and we
are gratified to announce that, in consequence of this, the
expedition will shortly start to the scene of its interesting
and important labours.

A NEW VOLUME OF POEMS, by S. H. Bradbury
(" Quallon'), entitled "Lyrical Fancies," is, we under-
stand, in the press, and will be published by E. Moxon
and Co., Piccadilly. The work will contain a poem on
the late R. Cobden, M.P., and will be dedicated, by per-
mission, to the well known novelist, Shirley Brookes.

MEHEMET, THE KURD, AND OTHER TALES, from
Eastern Sources, is the title of an entirely net celfection
of Orientul stories and poems of the same nature as those in
the "Arabian Nights," which will be published in a fort-
night by Messrs. Bell and Daldy. They are taken from the
Arabic, Tnrkish, and Persian languages, by Mr. Charles
Wells (member of the Royal Asiatic Society), who, some
years ago, wrote a treatise on political economy which
was highly spoken of by Orientalists, and for which the
council of King's College awarded a special prize.

LEGAL CHANGES.—(From the Law Times of to-
day.)—The resignation of Mr. Justice Crompton
has been formally announced. His illness has been very
serious, but his many friends will rejoice to hear that he is
now recovering from it, and, relieved from the labours of
the Bench, we may hope that he will enjoy life and health
for many years to come. Speculation is busy, as usual, in
pointing out his successor, and it will probably be the first
important gift of the Lord Chancellor of the new or recon-
structed Ministry. Many names are mentioned, but they
are mere guesses. Should Lord Cranworth continue on
the woolsack, he will probably maintain his prero-
gative of choice, not merely unfettered, but with-
out permitting a hint even from the Premier to indi-
cate a desired man. He is a mild partisan, and prefers
lawyers to politicians for the Bench, and he is more likely
to look for ono at the Bar than in the House of Commons
Should he exercise his patronage on tho present occasion,
his choice will probably fall on Mr. Lush, and none would
give more satisfaction to the profession and to the public.
If, however, under the special circumstances of the mo-
ment, he should place his patronage at the disposal of the
Government, there can be little doubt that it will be offered
to Sir H. P. Collier, the Solicitor-General. But the ques-
tion is if ho will accept it. If he is wise, he will do so.
No man can say what changes the next two years may
witness, and proverb reminds us of the danger of specu-
lating upon dead men's shoos.

WHY THE ATLANTIC CABLE FAILED.—Major
Mahan, in a speech at the Fenian mooting in Worcester,
ou the' 3d inst., intimated that a Fenian on board the Great
Eastern purposely damaged the cable, because he was de-
termined that informers should not have the use of the
cable until Irish independence is achieved.

LATEST INTELLIGLENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

to borrow fifteen locomotives from the Western
and Orleans Company. The Northern line has
above 12,000 trucks exclusively employed in carry-
ing coals, but is nevertheless compelled to increase
the number.

A letter from Rochefort says :—" The American
despatch-boat Frolic, having on board Admiral
Goldsborough, coming from St. Nazaire, Lorient,
and Nantes, has entered this harbour. The officers
on board put up at one of the hotels and visited the
city. The admiral has served 50 years under the
flag of the American Union. He is to leave imme-
diately for Bordeaux, and will thence proceed to
Lisbon, where he will join his own vessel the
Kearsarge, so celebrated for its combat with the
Alabama."

" The health of Lyons," says the Courrier of that
city, " has never been better than during the pre-
valence of the cholera in the South of France
elsewhere."

The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
following as the atmospheric situation yesterday :
—" A new gale succeeds that of Wednesday, which
has turned towards the east, andprobably now rages
on the shores of the Baltic, whence we have only re-
ceived a despatch from Riga. The winds are fresh
at the Helder, Boulogne, Havre, Cherbourg, Roche-
fort, and Antibes ; they are violent at Lorient and
Toulon. They are still generally mild in Italy, but
it is probable that the new gale which assails the
coasts of Europe rather more to the south than the
preceding one will extend its action to those quar-
ters." In Paris yesterday the sky was overcast, and
rain fell throughout the afternoon. At three the
thermometer marked 14 5 Cent. (58 Fahr.)

The latest cholera returns from Italy motion, on
the 22d :—At Barletta, 45 cases with 16 deaths ; at
Bitritto, 24 cases and 12 deaths; Naples, 6 cases
and 5 deaths, exclusively of San Giovanni a Ted-
duccio, where there were 8 cases and 6 deaths ; at
Brindisi, 13 cases and 11 deaths ; and at Vieste
(Foggia), 7 cases and 7 deaths. There were, besides,
4 solitary cases and 7 deaths in other places.

A telegraphic despatch from Madrid states that
the cholera is stationary in that city, but that at
Seville numerous persons are falling victims to it.

BOURSE, Oct. 27.—Two o'Clock.—The market
is again much depressed. Austrian Shares have
declined 10fr. Lombard Bfr. The. Saragossa 6fr.
25c. Lyons sfr. North of Spain 2fr. 75c. Im -
mobiliere lfr. 25c. Spanish Mobilier have fallen
6fr. 25c., and Credit Mobilier Shares 3fr. The.
Three per Cents. are quoted at 67fr. 90c., and
Italian Fives at 65fr. 30c. Three o'clock.—Nume-
rous purchases during the last hour have given fresh
buoyancy to the market, which has closed at the
following improved quotations:—

41 per Cents 96 75 Ditto Threes —
Do. end month — Roman
3 per Cents. 6B Mexican Loan 4B 25
Do. end month 67 95 Do. Bonds 320
Credit Mobilier ... 875 Russian —
Do. end month ... 882 50 Austrian
Bank Shares 3700 Spanish Threes ...
Credit Fonder — Home Debt
Italian Loan 65 27 Deferred
Do. end month 65 40

VAYS.
Cash. ANA:
812 50
... 1092 50
848 75

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean..
Southern
Western
---
Eastern — ... 533 75
Sardinian, — ... 213 75
Austrian — ... 395
Lombard — ... 412 50
North of Spain — ... 195
Saragossa — ... 242 50
Ditto to Barcelona..
Roman

AMERICA.

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ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA.
QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 28.

The Royal mail steamer Persia, Captain Scott,
from New York on the 18th inst., arrived here at
12.40 a.m. to-day with 210 cabin passengers and
$130,000 in specie. She landed 77 sacks of mails
and 13 passengers, and proceeded at 1 a.m. All
well.

The Persia experienced very severe weather.
NEW YORK, OCT. 18, 2 p.m.
Mr. Wendell Phillips has made a speech, in which
he said that President Johnson, in his address to
the South Carolina delegation, ranged himself
among the repentant rebels, making himself three-
quarters rebel in order that the South might be one
quarter union. Mr. Phillips denounced the endorse-
ment of the present policy by the Republican Con-
ventions.

The North Carolina Convention has tabled a
resolution in reference to the assumption of the
Confederate State debt, thus declining to take
any action on the question this session.
Mr. Stephens has been entertained at a private
dinner at Boston, where he announced that he
would support President Johnson's reconstruction
policy to the best of his ability.

Collisions between the whites and freedmen con-
tinue along the coast of South Carolina. The
freedmen are said to be well armed. A military
council has assembled to take measures to prevent
further trouble.
A serious riot has occurred at Baltimore between
white and coloured troops,resulting in the death of
one man. The disturbance has been quelled.

The Government have determined to withdraw
the coloured troops from Kentucky-.
The Mississippi Legislature assembled on Mon-

day.
The Fenian Convention assembled at Philadelphia
on Monday last. About 600 delegates were present.
The Head Centre announced that a special envoy
from the Irish Republican authorities would com-
municate encouraging intelligence to the convention.
The increase in the society's branches in eight
months was declared to be 50 per cent., the in-
crease in the number of members four-fold, and the
increase in the weekly receipts fifty-fold. England,
said the speaker, was satisfied that the movement
was real. The advanced scouts had fallen, but the
line of battle was unbroken, and the progress of the
cause unchecked. The present meeting would form
finance and military bureaus, and enlarge the
powers of the central council. Bonds were ready,
and would be submitted to the convention, which
would promulgate them. The American members
of the society would be organised into a military
body, ready to co-operate with the brethren in
Ireland. A secret session of the convention was
held on Tuesday, when armed sentinels were placed
at the doors. Mass meetings were held nightly.
8,000 bales of Government cotton were sold yes-
terday. First quality (Sea Island) fetched $1 16ic. ;
third quality, 57c ; and middling fair Savannah,
44,1 c., all in gold.

The steamers City of London, City of Manches-
ter, and Nova Scotia have arrived out.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2 p.m.

Money tight—gold, 146. Exchange on London,
159 ; on Paris, 3 561. Stocks dull—New York
Centrals, 981 Illinois, 137 f ; Erie, 911 ; 5-20
Bonds, 1041. Cotton steady—Middling Upland,
60. Flour declining. Wheat dull. Corn heavy.
Provisions steady. Cdffee very firm. Sugar good
inquiry. Molasses very firm. Petroleum very dull
—crude, 36 ; refined, 60 to 61.