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

FHE SUN, LOM)ON, SATURDAY EVEAING, OCTOBER 28, lEEE.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

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TlMES.—Another English worthy has been laid.
to rest in the Minster which has received the dust
of so many good and true Englishmen that it has
become a national Pantheon as well as a noble
Christian monument. A public funeral in West-
minster Abbey is the seal of the nation's gratitude
for a career which has been closed. Nelson looked
forward to a grave there as his appropriate reward,
should Death snatch him away in the moment of
victory. A long line of Sovereigns, including the ,
most illustrious of those who ruled England when
the royal office brought with it an infinity of duties
now happily severed from it, lie buried in the Ab-
bey. Statesmen and warriors, poets and painters,
men of science and men of art,are mingled together.
beneath its pavement, and as the years go by new
tenants take their places among the illustrious dead.
Within a brief interval we have buried there Clyde,
Macaulay, and Stephenson, men sprung from the
people, but happy in winning glory for themselves
and their country, in arms, in letters, and in arts.
The man we buried yesterday differed from them
in having been born to hereditary rank, but the
accident of birth only gave him earlier opportunities
of doing good service to the nation. Throughout
his long career of usefulness nothing was more
remarkable than his entire sympathy with the pur-
suits and interests of the people, and it was, in
truth, this which first endeared him to his country-
men. The work he did in the State was more slowly
appreciated than the kindliness of his disposition,
and was, perhaps, not fully known till he was
taken from us. When we felt his loss we knew
what he had been, and Prince, Peer, and Com-
moner came to lay Lord Palmerston among an
older generation of statesmen as one whose ser-
vices to his country made him worthy to be their
peer. In expressing a desire that Lord Palmer-
ston should be buried in Westminster Abbey, the
Queen spoke as the voice of the nation. It is
nearly sixty years since Lord Palmerston first
entered the service of the Crown, and the years
which he actually gave his country fell little short
of half a century. In the long retrospect of such a
career many acts may be found the expediency of
which may now appear doubtful, but none which
can impeach the singleness of his policy or the purity
of his motives. His one thought was the honour
and glory of England, and in his zeal for his country
he was careful to remember what was due to the
precious legacy of her past renown. Had a subor-
dinate official served the nation so many years with
such unwavering fidelity, his career would deserve
recognition ; but whenwe speak of the First Minister
of the Crown, a national act of respect to his
memory was almost inevitable. It is, in truth,
many years since the memorable declaration was
made by a party opponent that we were all proud.
of Lord Palmerston, and in the unanimity of feeling
manifested when his death was telegraphed through
the country the distinctions of party and differences
of opinion were fairly obliterated. And if the
Queen expressed the wishes of the people in direct-
ing that Lord Palmerston should be honoured with
a public funeral, it may be added that her Majesty
was no less fortunate in choosing the place of his
burial. It was not merely that Lord Palmerston
had won a right to be laid among his great pre-
decessors ; we may go further, and say that
it is only upon such occasions as this funeral
that Westminster Abbey appears to be devoted
to its proper use. To an ordinary visitor
the state of the Abbey is unsatisfactory, if, indeed,
it be not dispiriting. He is shocked by the con-
trast between the noble architecture of its first
builders and the paltry monuments of later genera-
tions. The difference between the Westminster
Abbey of to-day and that which it was intended to
be is excessively jarring. But yesterday the Present
was strong enough to repel the almost overpowering
influence of the Past. The twelve centuries of
piety which consecrate the site of Westminster
might look down upon the ceremonial, and those
who assisted in it might yet be unashamed. They
had come to bury one who had worked long and
faithfully, and the note of solemn triumph which
sounds throughout the Burial Service of the Eng-
lish Church corresponded exactly to the sentiment
of the occasion. There was no sense of premature
loss to check the feeling of thankfulness for the past
and of trust for the future. Death was no longer
the grim tyrant of mediaeval legend, running athwart
all human activity and baffling human hopes ;
rather was he the servant of the Almighty Will,
doing His good pleasure. The Englishmen of all
ranks, from the heir to the Crown downwards, who
clustered about the open grave of Lord Palmerston,
came to lay all that was mortal of him in it, as not
being unworthy of association with the great states-
men whose remains lie around. The statue of the
great Chatham looked down upon the grave ; the
younger Pitt and his rival Fox lie at the side of it ;
close by rest Grattan, Castlereagh, and Canning,
the younger Canning, and Horner, too early lost to
his country. " The mighty chiefs sleep side by
side," their jealousies over, their divisions ended,
and a grateful nation confesses that the ambition of
each one of them was to serve his country. Such is
Lord Palmerston's title to honour. He may not
have had the daring genius of Chatham, the govern-
ing ability of his son, the fervour of Fox, or the
polished eloquence of Canning, but he was as jea-
lous as Chatham of England's greatness. Unlike
the younger Pitt, he was prepared to resign office
rather than sacrifice his independence, and under his
administration the prosperity of the nation advanced
at a rate which none of his predecessors were fortu-
nate enough to witness. He desired for his country
peace and happiness at home, goodwill and respect
abroad, and the country yesterday thankfully ac-
knowledged that in times of no ordinary difficulty
and danger he had been the means of securing these
inestimable blessings. Among the statesmen who
sleep in Westminster Abbey there may be some
whose intellectual power will be estimated by after
generations above that of Lord Palmerston ; none
of whom it can be said that he was more beloved by
his contemporaries.. We may indeed apply to Lord
Palmerston the noble verses, still to be read on a
tombstone in the Abbey, in which Pope lamented
the death of a statesman who was also his friend.
A busy generation may not remember much of the
deeds of that friend, but as long as the English
language remains the generous lines of the great
poet must survive :
" He broke no promise, served no private end ;
He gained no title, but he lost no friend."
The unselfishness, fidelity, and generosity which
appeared to Pope the especial merits of the servant
of Queen Anne were the conspicuous virtues of the
Prime Minister of Queen Victoria. The crowds
which gathered in and about the Abbey Church of
Westminster yesterday show that such virtues are
admired and beloved now as they ever were, and
give the surest warrant that they will not be want-
ing in the history of England in the future. There
may be seasons of doubt and perplexity in store for
us, when authority may be uncertain and counsels
may be darkened, but the experience of the past
justifies hopefulness oven when the prospect is most
unpromising. We unconsciously imitate that what
we most heartily admire, and the sincerity of the
regrets which attended Lord Palmerston's death
gives us assurance that he will not be without suc-
cessors working in his spirit.

POST.—Yesterday we were all compelled to realise
in our hearts the loss we have sustained, and to
" speak what we feel, not what we ought to say."
But, sad as the obligation was, it was one which a
great country might well be proud to fulfil. The
nation that mournfully follows its veteran leader to
his last earthly resting-place can return to its duty
as soldiers who have buried their chief on the
battle-field pursue the retreating foe. England is
able to stand upright under the weight of her grief,
and no weakness will be betrayed in the tears she
sheds over the grave of Palmerston. " He has run
his course and sleeps in blessings." The ends he
aimed at were his country's, and the means he
used were honest, such as might be avowed in the
face of the world, and be sustained with a clear
conscience and a steady hand. High aspirations
and tender emotions are inspired by the name that
was a tower of strength to the oppressed and a
terror to wrongdoers. There were none whose con-
dition was so forlorn and desperate that they might
not cast a look of hope towards the light that
beamed in his policy ; and to those who made their
wills the scope of justice, he never failed to express
the indignation of the country which, under his
administration, was morally formidable. Chatham
and Pitt splendidly demonstrated the power of
England, but Canning and Palmerston " made
war breed peace, and peace stint war." An official
career commencing in 1806, and finally closing in
1865, is in itself remarkable. Of the generation
that saw Lord Palmerston start in the race only
one or two have lived to witness the end, and for
years he has stood alone, the last of a famous
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larity, and the borough for which he was first re-
turned to the House of Commons is politically dead.
The Constitution of this country has been reformed,
and the Governments of other countries have been
overthrown, restored, and overthrown again. Just
before Pitt had rolled up the map of Europe, and
now the Minister of the French Empire places a
garland on his coffin. The treaties of Vienna, that
were made in his manhood, have been torn to pieces
in his old age ; and the public law, which he always
scrupulously obeyed, has fallen into a state of abey-
ance. These are circumstances that suggest them-
selves ; and although the illustrious statesman who
has been called to long peace has gone happy, and

has left us rich and vigorous, with our honour intact
and our power immensely increased, his chief
mourners may well have experienced some anxiety
in looking into the vault that has now closed over
the strong right arm of England. Men of under-
standing and wisdom remain to us, and Palmerston's
" grave-stone will be our oracle ;" but we shall
nevertheless miss the true-hearted national leader.
We do, indeed, miss him as it is, and our particular
bereavement is more or less shared by every country
where freedom and good faith are appreciated, and,
in some instances, it maybe, with feelings of appre-
hension and misgiving which happily we need not
entertain. But such considerations, though they
cannot be eliminated, will hardly be uppermost in
the thoughts of the nation, and other sentiments will
certainly dominate in the minds of those who have,
in one way or another, lost a friend whose social
virtues were not less conspicuous than his political
qualities. It would be superfluous to say one word
on the hospitality which Lord Palmerston ex-
tended to a large and constantly increasing circle
of society, and that with a courtly grace and on a
scale of welcome which were unrivalled ; but it
may not be improper to mention, what is less gene-
rally known, that his benevolence was exceedingly
comprehensive, and was invariably dispensed with
hearty kindness and generosity. He did not pro-
claim his charity on the house-top, but real distress
was substantially relieved, and it is probable that
there were not a few grateful private mourners in
the crowd of yesterday. Lord Palmerston was, no
doubt, in a position to act as he did, and that posi-
tion was, in a sense, peculiarly his own, for it was
not made by wealth, nor by rank alone, but by a
combination of patrician dignity and universal po-
pularity. Belonging to the aristocracy by birth
and education, he was at the same time the tribune
of the people. However, as a matter of fact, this
was his character, and some amongst us who are
eating the bitter bread of exile could also bear wit-
ness to the warmth of the heart that has ceased to
beat. We can all feel that we have lost a great and
good man, but there are many who can say

"He was my friend, faithful and just to me."
The name of Palmerston will be held sacred in the
memory of the country he served without the aid of
" dull cold marble," and monuments do not always
reveal their object. But there is one, at least, which
Englishmen yesterday looked up to with feelings of
admiration and reverence, and the silent homage
which the statue of George Canning commands is
something that it might be well for us to cherish.
The sentiment is sterling andyaluable,and although
when we remember that the word of Palmerston
might have stood against the world, no honour we
can render-will seem adequate, still every memento
of the principles which were the rule of his life, and
which constitute the foundation and the security of
the greatness of England, may serve to explain to
posterity all that now, with our heart in Caesar'scoffin, we find it difficult to express. Lord Palmer-
ston dedicated great talents to a noble purpose ; his
ambition was to advance the interests and to extend
the influence of the country that confided in him,
and while he sleeps in fame we are called upon not
only to administer the trust bequeathed to us, but
to record our sense of duty done. He was pre-
eminently the man of his time, and the personal de-
velopment of patriotism has always been,and always
must be, a beacon to all time. Never, perhaps,
was the ideal conception of the Roman poet more
thoroughly realised—" A calm devotion to reason
and justice, the sanctuary of the heart undefiled,
and a breast glowing with inborn honour."

THE "ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES" ON THE PRE-
SIDENT AND NEGRO SUFFRAGE.—The reconstruc-
tion policy of President Johnson is just now
the all-absorbing political topic in the United
States. The Radicals of the Republican party
are already loud in their denunciations of the
President's course, while the Democrats and the
moderate Republicans unite in praise of a policy
which they believe to be best suited to the present
situation, and calculated sooner than any other to
allay all animosities, and to restore good feeling
throughout the whole country and among all classes.
The New York Tribune and other organs of the
Radicals profess to see in the moderation of Presi-
dent JOHNSON towards the States and people lately
in rebellion, a new source of danger to the Republic.
They insist that the question of negro suffrage shall
be at once and for ever settled, and that the
Southern States shall be denied readmission into the
Union and representation in Congress until they
shall have admitted the freedmen to the exercise of
the elective franchise ; and because President
JOHNSON is not prepared to go to this extreme
length, he is accused in certain quarters of treachery
to the party which elevated him to power, and
faithlessness to the cause of liberty. It is not
our purpose to discuss in these columns the ab-
stract question of the right of negro suffrage.
We have very strong convictions on the point, and
we do not hesitate to express our opinion that intel-
ligence, and not colour, should be the basis of poli-
tical privilege in the United sta.to,4_ But the Pre-
sident has nothing whatever to do with the settle-
ment of the question as to who shall, and who shall
not, be permitted to vote in the several States.
That question belongs to the people themselves,
and unless the Radicals are prepared to advocate
the removal of all power from the people and the
establishment of a Dictatorship, they have no right
to make negro suffrage in the Southern States
dependent upon the action of the President.
The war was waged on the part of the North for
the maintenance of the Union and the putting down
of the rebellion. It was not a war for the black
man, nor for the white man—it was a war against
treason and secession. The institution of Slavery
fell in consequence, and as a result of that war. The
only questions with which the President has a
right to deal are those arising out of secession and
slavery. Slavery is dead ; its corpse can never be
galvanized into life. Secession is dead. South
Carolina, and Alabama, and Georgia, and all the
States which have yet taken action, have solemnly
renounced the false doctrine of secession, have ac-
cepted emancipation, and, submitting unreservedly
to the Federal Government, areknocking at the door
of the Union for readmission. Whether the freed
negroes shall or shall not vote is a question exclu-
sively for the decision of the States. If South
Carolina is refused readmittance into the Union
because she declines to allow her black population
to vote, then Connecticut; which has just pro-
nounced a similar decision, should be turned out
of the Union for the same reason. The fact
is, each State must settle this question for
itself. In Massachusetts all black men who can
read are allowed to vote ; New York only those
who possess a certain property qualification ; while
in Connecticut the blacks are excluded from the
exercise of the franchise. And the principle by
which this matter is regulated in those States
is the only true principle. The Radicals main-
tain that the Southern States and people
should not be represented in Congress until
negroes are allowed to vote ;—the moderate Re-
publicans and the Democrats both deny the right
of Congress to impose any such conditions, and as-
sert for the States, under the Constitution, exclusive
jurisdiction over that subject. President JOHNSON
takes the latter position ; or, to put the matter
more correctly, he simply disclaims for himself any
right to impose any such condition, and refers the
whole matter to the discretion of Congress. So, to
sum up, the President has taken no ground, either
for or against negro suffrage. lle holds that it is
outside of his jurisdiction, and that the people of
each State, whenever they shall exercise control of
their local affairs, must decide the matter for them-
nelves. In taking this position, we think the Preside.nt
has shown wise discretion and en h lig_tcued states-
manship, and we believe he will be supported by
moderate men of all parties.

LARGE ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF COTTON.—
The price of cotton is going up at a rapid rate, in conse-
quence of an active spinning and speculative demand.
During the latter half of last week it advanced six cents
por pound, and on Monday, after the receipt of the China's
news, the price rapidly rose eight cents more, making a
total rise of fourteen cents since Wednesday last. At the
close of business on Monday, good middlings were sold at
58 cents per pound, and some holders were asking 60
cents. Tho market opened strong on Tuesday morning,
when the same quality of cotton was quoted at GO to 65
cents.—Boston Journal, Oct. 12.
[AnyzwrlsEstENT.] -That the fearful annual mortalityo f
60,000 young children and delicate persons of all ages may be
arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines,
which, though apparently relieving the patient, have in
reality no other tendency then that of increasing debility,
and with it the danger of life, we were simply to study how
to increase the vital force by imparting new and pure blood,
upon which the harmonious development of the whole frame
depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's Inva-
lids' and Infit,ts' Food, the Revalenta Arabica, and its
thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as mush
easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, end for
children it 14 the best substitute tor human milt. Dr.
Routh, physician to the S .maritan Hospital for Women and
Children—the best authority on such matters —in his admir-
able publication on Food, says—Amongst the vegetable sub-
stances, th .t which comes closest to milk in its composition
is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, con-
aining both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride of
potassium ; it also includes casein, the same principle which
is found in milk in its constituent parti. No wonder, there-
fore, that under its influence many children affected with
atrophy (wasting away of the body), and marked debt By,
have completely recovered. I have given it with the greatest
advant ige in such cases ; and so far as I may judge from my
own experience, practice fully carries out what theory,
from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate.—
In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 48. 6d ; 51b., lie. ; 121 b., 228. ; 241 b.
408.—Barry Du Barry and Co., N 0.77. Regent-street, London;
also Phillips, tea dealers, S. King William-street ; likewi e
at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside; 49, Bishopsgate-
street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ;
54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court-road ; 96,
Upper-street, Islington, N. ; Harvey, Notting-hill ; Close
Brothers, 6i, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St.
John's-wood, London ; and all respectable grocers and elle-
mists.—Beware of spurious imitations.

American Commercial Intelligence.

NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 1865.
There was an unsettled state of feeling prevalent on
the Stock Exchange this morning, arising from monetary
pressure in weak quarters, and doubts as to how long it
might continue. Forced sales were the result, and stocks
passed into stronger bands at a ternporaay decline. At the
first session of the open board the market was heavy at a
fractional recession from theclosing prices of last evening;
but at the first regular board there was a slight improve-
ment of tone and prices were 1 to 1 higher. The improve-
ment continued at the second regular board, and Erie closed
1 higher than at the first board, Reading t Michigan
Southern 1, Cleveland and! Pittsburg 1, North-western /,
Preferred 1, Rock Island 1, Prairie du Chien 1. Fort
Wayne was unchanged, Hudson River was lower, Can-
ton , Ohio and Missisippi certificates 1. Government
securities were quiet. Coupon sixes of 1881 were flower.
The rest of the list was steady.
After the call there was a very buoyant feeling, and
prices continued in the ascendant, Erie touching 92 and
New York Central 1011. At the open board at half-past
three Erie sold at 911, New York Central 1011, Ohio, and
Mississippi certificates 30, Hudson River 1081, Reading
79-1, Michigan Southern 75/, Cleveland and Pittsburg
65,1, Rock Island 109, North-western 311, Preferred
(b. 8) 651.
The gold market was steady, and loans were made with-
out interest. The opening price was 1441, from which
there was a decline of one-sixth and a subsequent advance
to 1441. Tho steamer Lafayette took out $210,300 in
specie.
Foreign exchange was rather heavy. Bankers' bills at
sixty days sold at 1091 to The large amount of five-
twenties and Erie Railway shares which are being shipped
furnishes a good supply of private bills, which are quoted
at 1081 to 109. About five ;thousand shares of the latter
have been transferred for foreign account since the books
opened, against about one thousand returned, and there is
every prospect of heavy shipments of the stock for some
time to come, should the price continue to advance or even
remain steady abroad. Tho London quotation is already
equivalent to nearly six per cent. above the price at which
the stock sold at to-day's second board.
Petroleum stocks were dull, but steady, at the first board,
United States excepted, which was 30c lower than at the
same time yesterday. At the second board Bonnchoff
Run closed at $ll, Excelsior 75c., Oceanic 52c., Rynd
Farm $l, United States $29,25.