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up the insane and injudicious course on which
ho entered, knowing that; in a few months, he
will be restored to a private sphere, for which he
is much better calculated. But it is, therefore
even more essential that the House of Representa-
tives should maintain their ground. There will
speedily be a new election ; the voice of public
opinion will make itself heard at Washington, and
one whose views are more in accordance with
those of the People will occupy "The White
House." Let that event be patiently awaited,
and the would-be despot taught, by a painful, but
salutary process, that the representatives of the
People are true to their Anglo-Saxon origin, and
that they will never abandon a cause in which
truth, and justice, and the sympathies of the
civilised world are on their side.

States have their idiosyncracy like individuals ;
and as we often find the extreme of baseness asso-
ciated with the extreme of ruffianism, so in Aus-
tria we have the extreme of ruffianism associated
with the extreme of baseness. The butcher of
Hungary, and the ruffian of the Principalities
—the cowardly woman-beater, and the
murderer of inoffensive youth the gaoler
and hangman of Lombardy and the Lega-
tions—is the apologist of King BOICIA and the
traducer of England We don't quarrel with
the fact, but say, with Philosopher Square, it is
in accordance with the natural fitness of things.
She would not be Austria if she was not either at
bloody or dirty work. It may be urged on her
behalf, that, though the apologist of tyranny like
that at Naples is presumptively the basest of man-
kind, there is this peculiarity in her case, that her
own tyranny exceeds that of King BOACZA, and
that in defending him she but obeys the natural
law of self-defence. The plea must be taken for
what it is worth ; for our part it seems to lay open
a deeper depth, and, if valid, to demonstrate that
of all execrable tyrannies that of Austria is the
worst.

LATEST NEWS.

THE RISING IN SWITZERLAND.

CARLSRUHE, SEPT. 4.

Intelligence from Neufchatel states that the
federal troops have retaken the town, and the in-
surgent leader, Count Pourtalis, has been ar-

rested.

PARIS, FRIDAY MORNING.
A despatch has just arrived from Neufchatel,
which says the canton is again tranquil.

ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 1.

The Minister of Finance has been authorised to

issue three new series of paper-money, amounting
to nine millions of silver roubles.

MADRID, SEPT. 3.
The Gazette publishes a decree dissolving the
Constituent Cortes.
Another royal decree accepts the resignation of
M. Corradi, Minister of Spain at Lisbon.

The press of Austria, i.e., the Government of
Austria—for where you have a government at all
approximating to the government of that coun-
try, we say it to the honour of letters, you never
find a free press—is greatly annoyed by the sym-
pathy expressed in this country for the oppressed
Neapolitans, and sons of Italy under Aus-
trian sway. What have we to do with the alleged
grievances of people who don't belong to us ? We
had better look at home—at Ireland, for instance.
Haven't we kept that country in subjugation
by force ? Haven't we perpetrated cruelties
on its inhabitants, and withheld from them
what we choose to call the just rights
of a people ? Why then should we be
the first to meddle with those who but imitate
our example ? Silence and self-reform would best
become us. Such may be said to be the gist of
the Austrian defence. What have we to say in
reply ? Simply this : Whatever truth there may
have been in these allegation,, they don't apply
at the present time. Ireland, doubtless, was in
past times misgoverned, though never as Austria
misgoverns at the present day. Those times are
past, and the responsibility for them rests with
the rulers of those times who but too close!y re-
flected their spirit, and not with us, who have
never been actuated by that spirit, but have
marched in the van of civilisation. The reproach
does not attach to us, and Austria knows it. We
don't keep Ireland in sultj igation by brute force.
We don't practise cruelties upon her. We don't
deny her her just rights. We hold her by a
surer bond, and govern her on more righteous
rincip:es, and, insto td of dreaming of repression,
have only been too glad to hail her advance to
perfect equality with ourselves. In all Austria,
in all Italy, in all Europe, excluding the British
Lies, where is there a country so free ? With
an unshackled press, the rights of conscience pro-
tected, the franchise open to all, a voice in the
Imperial Legislature, and a fair share of Admini-
strative responsibility and ()flied distinction
allotted to her sons, she has no more reason to
o )mplain of her Government than Englislinim of
theirs. We do look at Ireland, and, looking at
Ireland, we smile at the audacity that asks as to
do so, and revert our gaze to oppressed Italy.
We don't recall the olden perjuries, treacheries,
oppressive cruelties, and wanton blood-spilling of
the House of Hapsburg or of the Bourbons—
the horrors of their histories are enough to appal
the stoutest. The sympathy of Englishmen is
with the oppressed Italians of the present day—
their indignation against the Hapsburg and the
Bourbon now on the throne. The people of Naples,
Sicily, Lombardy, and the Legations " 6roen,
being burdened," with the most heartless and op-
pressive tyranny. What is the response of
FRANCIS Joszrm and King Memel ? A yet
heavier yok-e—a yet more bitter and inhuman
oppression. When Ireland murmured, Pith not
half the right, she was met by concession. Why
are not the groans of Italy responded to in
like fashion ? Look at Ireland. Well, look
at her ; and if the blush of shame can rise to the
cheek of a Hapsburg, of which we have grave
doubts, FRANCIS Josersr may well blush at the
comparison. It is not in Ireland the bes':, and
noblest aro to be found in prison. It is not
there the spy is to be met with, at every step,
and secret accusations are followed by mock
trials, and confessions enforced by torture lead to
the scaffold.

AMERICA,

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 4.

By the United States' mail steam-ship Arago,
Captain Lines, which arrived off Cowes this morn-
ing with the French and English mails, en route to
Havre, we have dates from New York to the 23d
ult. The Arago brings 123 passengers, and on
freight 363,000 dols. in specie, 500 barrels of flour,
and 6,000 bushels of wheat.
The Arago, on the 24th ult., in lat. 40.38, long.
68.45, exchanged signals with the Bremen ship
Scheller, bound west. On the 31st, in lat. 48.30,
long. 25.25, spoke the English bark Caroline, from
Sheppy island, bound west. On the Ist inst., in
lat. 48'53, long. 21.05, fell in with the ship Amoy,
of Glocester, with her hatches off, full of water,
and abandoned.

The Royal mail steamer Africa, from Liverpool,
arrived at New York on the afternoon of the 20th
ult.

From Washington we learn that the extra session
of Congress had commenced, in accordance with the
proclamation of the President. After the prelimi-
nary business a message from the President was re-
ceived and read. The House was unusually bare,
182 members only beingpresent out of 230 of which
the House consists. Of the 48 absentees 19 are
Republicans, four North Americans of anti-Re-
publican tendencies, six Northern Democrats in
the service of the Administration, and 20 Southern
Democrats. Those, therefore, who were in favour
of the suppression of ruffian violence in Kansas had
an advantage of 11 members in consequence of ab-
senteeism. The Committee. of Ways and Means
brought in the Army Bill lost at the late session,
with the proviso for securing the right of freedom
in Kansas, and it was understood that no other
business would be brought before the present meet-
ing of Congress. The first test vote gave the Re-
publicans 16 majority, which was a good margin
for a long contest. The following is a copy of the
President's message :
" Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives,—ln consequence •f the failure of Congress
at its recent session to make provision for the support of
the army, it became imperatively incumbent upon me to
exercise the power which the Constitution confers on the
Executive for extraordinary occasions, and promptly to
convene the two houses, in order to afford them an op-
portunity of reconsidering a subject of such vital inte-
rest to the peace and welfare of the Union. With the
exception of a partial authority vested by law in the
Secretary of War to contract for a supply of clothing
and subsistence, the army is wholly dependent on the ap-
propriations annually made by Congress. The omission
of Congress to act in this respect before the termination
of the fiscal year had already caused embarrassments
to the service, which were overcome only in expecta-
tion of appropriations before the close of the present
month. If the requisite funds be not speedily provided,
the Executive will no longer be able to furnish for trans-
portation the equipments and munitions which are
essential to the effectiveness of a military force in the
field. With no provision for the pay of the troops, the
contracts of enlistment would be broken, and the army
must in effect be disbanded, the consequences of which
would be so disastrous as to demand all possible efforts
to avert the calamity. It is not merely that the officers
and enlisted men of the army are to be thus deprived of
the pay and emoluments to which they are entitled by
standing laws, but that the construction of arms at the
public armouries, the repair and construction of ordnance
at the arsenals, and the manufacture of military clothing
and camp equipage must be discontinued, and the persons
connected with this branch of the public service thus be
deprived suddenly of the employment essential to their
subsistence. Nor is it merely the waste c-msequent on the
forced abandonment of the seaboard fortifications and of

the interior military posts and other establishments, and
the enormous expense of recruiting and reorganising the
army and again distributing it over the vast regions %e hich
it now occupies. These are evils which may, it is true, be
repaired by taxes imposed on the country, but ether
evils are involved, which no exp.nditure, however lavish,
could remedy, in comparison wilt which local and per-
sonal injuriis or interests sink into insignificance. A
great part of the army is sitinte on the remote frontier
or in the deserts and mountains of the interior. To dis-
charge large bodies of men in such places, without the
means of regaining their homes, and where few, if any
could obtain subsistence by honest industry, would be to
' sulject them to suffering an,l temptation, with di,regard
of justice and right most derogatory to the Government.
In the territories of Washington and Oregon numerous
bands of Indians are in arms, and are waging a war of
extermination against the white inhabitants ; and, al-

though our troops are actively carrying on the campaign,
we have no intelligence as yet of a successful result. Oo
the western plains, notwithstanding the impoAng display
of military force recently made there, and the chastise-
ment icflicted on the rebellious tribes, others, far from
being dismayed, have manifested hostile intentions, and
been guilty of outrages which, if not designed to provoke
a conflict, serve to show that the apprehension of it is
insufficient wholly to restrain the vicious propensities.
A. strong force in the State of Texas has produced the
temporary suspension of hostilities there; but in New
Mexico incessant exertions on the part of the troops are

required to keep in check the infirauding tribe 3 which

in(cst that territory. Thu hostile Indians have not been
removed from the Sate of Florida, and the withdrawal
of the troops therefrom, leaving that object unaccom-
pli:h:d, wont.' be most injurious t,) the inhabitants and
a breach of the positive engagement of the general Go-
vernment.

" Tu refuse supplies to the army, therefore, is to com-
pel the complete cessation of all its operations, and past
tieal disbandment, and thus to invite hordes of preda'ory
eavages from the western p!ains and h,cky Mountains
to spread devastation along a frontier of more than 4,000
miles in extent, and to deliver up the sparse ppulation
of a vast tract of country to rapine and murder. Such,
in substance, would he the direct and immediate effects
of the refusal of Congress, for the first time in the hi,tory
of the Government, to grant supplies—the inevitable
waste of millions of public treasure—the infliction of ex-
treme wrong upon all persons connected with the mili-
tary establishment by service, employment-, or contracts
—the rt call of our forces from the field—the fearful sacri-
fice of life, and incalculable destruction of property on
the remote frontiers—the striking of cur national flag
on the battlements of the fortresses which defend our
maritime cities against foreign invasion—the violation
of the public honour and good faith, and the discredit of
the United States in the eyes of the civilised world.

"I confidently trust that these considerations, and
others appertaining to the domestic peace of the country,
which cannot fail to suggest themselves to every patriotic
mind, will, on reflection, be fully appreciated by both
Houses of Congress, and induce the enactment of the
requisite provisions of law for the support of the army
of the United States. " FRANKLIN PIERCE.
" Washington, Aug. 21."
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald, under date Aug. 22, says :
" The prospect for the passage of the Army Appro-
priation Bill is now regarded as hopeless, the Republi-
cans having exhibited to-day z stubborn determination
to defeat it at all hazards. There was no discussion in
the house, but the debate in the Senate was highly in•
structive and impressive. While Senators Bell, Hun-
ter, Cass, and others deplored the consequences, but
thought it better to lose the appropriation and disband
the army than to permit the House of Representatives
to assume all the legislative powers of the Government,
by forcing upon the Senate independent legislation con-
trary to their judgment and constitutional rights, sena-
tors on the other side of the Chamber applauded the
House and urged them to persist in their action, whe-
ther it were revolution )ry or not. It now remains with
the Senate to determine what shall be done. If they
suspend Hunter's motion to adhere, both Houses will
adjourn ; if not, then the Senate will not agree to ad-
journ, and thereupon tie House will be compelled to go
on with tt• regular order of business, as there is a strong
disposition to do on all sides.
" Gen. Cass gave it as his deliberate opinion that the
days of the Republic were numbered. Mr. Wade, of Ohio,
defended the action of the House, and was very abusive
of the Executive. The Senate was much divided on a
proposition to adjourn again sine die. The House re-
fused to entertain the proposition."
The amount of the appropriations made at the
last session of Congress is estimated. at $68,604,000.
If to this sum is added the $14,000,000 deferred ap-
propriation for the support of the army, an autho-
rised total expenditure is exhibited during the ses-
sion of $82,604,000. Of this aggregate $4,200,000
was to meet deficiencies in the appropriation for the
fiscal year ending with June last. The estimates of
Secretary Guthrie for this fiscal year submitted last
December were as follows : Receipts, $71,500,000 ;
expenditure, $57,451,365 ; excess of receipts over
expenditure, $14,048,635• But according to ap-
propriations already made there will be expended
at least $80,000,000. Excess of expenditure over
estimates, $22,548,635.
The news from Kansas is exciting. There were
reports that half a dozen sanguinary conflicts had
taken place, in which the Free-state men appear
to have gained some advantage. The town of Le-
compton was captured on the 20th ult., and Go-
vernor Robinson and the other State prisoners
rescued. The following telegraphic correspondence
in reference to the affair is published in the New
York journals :--
"On the 21st ult., about 400 Free-state men, includ-
ing 100 from Lane's party, attacked the ruffians' camp
at Washington Creek, but they ran away. They were
strongly fortified. They left their provisions, and we
Lurnt their fort. We took two prisoners near by, who
say they had about 60 men at two o'clock this mornii.g.
Our men marched towards Lecompcon, and at this mo-
ment I can distinctly hear the booming of cannon. A
large company of Missourians are there, but victory is
sure.
" Governor Robinson and the other Free•state pri-
soners have been rescued. Shannon and the citizens of
Lecompton have fled. Shannon refuses to call out the
troops. Nothing has been heard of Smith's movements.
" It is reported that at the fight near 03eawatomie
the Free•state men were repulsed, with 14 killed and 16
wounded. Lecompton will be destroyed.
"From St, Louis we learn ti at a party of Southern-
ers, who left two weeks ago for Kansas, were attacked
while on their way from Kansas city to Lecompton, by
a large body of Tree•soilere, when a desperate conflict
ensued. Many were killed and wounded on both sides.
The Southerners were finally compelled to yield, and
were driven from the field.
"The Leavenworth City (Kansas) Journal, of the 17th
nit., contains an account of another outbreak which cc-

Lord and Lady Palmerston left town yesterday, for
St. Leonard's, Hastings, where the noble Premier will
remain some days.
The Minister for War, Lord Panmure, has arrived in
London, for the purpose of making the necessary arrange•
nients in retard to the ultimate destination of Pied-
mentos° troops under the command of British officers.
FIRE AT LIVERPOOL—A little before five o'clock
yesterday (Thursday) morning the premises of Mr. Bacon,
a paint, colour, and oil manufacturer, Dublin-street, not
far from the Liverpool Docks, were discovered to be on
fire. The fire brigade, the West of England engine, and
other means for subduing the flames were very soon on the
spot, and the fire was got under in l•ttle more than half an
hour. The damage sustained by Mr. Bacon is estimated
at 4,0001., of which 3,0001. is covered by insurance in
the Leeds and Yorkshire office. Mr. Jack, engineer,
whose premises adjoin, has suffered to the extent of 601.
—bat he is also insured fur a largo sum in the Royal.
FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday Mr. Wm. Baker held
an inquest at the Crown Tavern, Upper East Smith-
field, respeoting the death of John Jeavee, a carman,
aged 31 years. It appeared from the evidence that the de-
ceased was in the service of the Groat Northern
Railway Company, and on Friday afternoon he proosed-
ed with a lad in a van to the "F" warehouse of St. Ka-
therine's Dock, to procure goods which were to be
sent into the country. The deceased placed the
vehicle under the loop-holes in front of the building,
for the purpose of receiving some bags of sugar, each
about three cwt. There were several men standing on
the fourth floor who had anspended two bags by the
tackle, and while in the act of lowering them the rope
suddenly became liberated, whereby the bags and their
contents fell upon the deceased, who was crushed and
mutilated in a shocking manner. The deceased, when
extricated, raised Lis right hand and exclaimed to the
boy who was with him, "Good bye," when he imme-
diately expired. Verdict—". Accidental death."
A SINGULAR EPISCOPAL DECREE.--The Exeter
papers state that the Rev. J. Corle,e!ector of St. Petrock,
has resigned his living in consequence of the Bishop of
Exeter having prohibited his curate, ho being a lite-
rate, from preaching. The decision of the Bishop of
Exeter is somewhat remarkable, as it has been for
many years past the practice for the bishops to admit
literates (that is, persons without a university dogri e)
into holy orders, and to grant them the usual
privilege of preaching. Some very eminent living
clergymen were literates when they were ordained.
Among them mey be mentioned the present Bishop of
Slerre. Leone, Dr. Bowers Dean of Manchester, the Rev.
T. Hartwell Horne, the author of the Introduction to
1 the Scriptures ; the Rev. Dr. Worthington, Mr. Bayley,
the Rector of Bloomsbury, and Professor Nioolay, of
King's College.

THE SUN, .LOW DON; FRIDAY ET EREN et; SEPTEMBER 5, 1855,

curred in Kansas. Mr. Brown, at the head of 300 Free-
Boilers, attacked and drove into Missouri a colony of
Georgians, who were near Ossawatomie, burying houses
and destroying property.
"On the 15th the Treadwell settlement in Douglas
county, numbering 30 men, was attacked by 400 Free-
soilers, armed and mounted, under Messrs. Brown and
Walker. The Treadwell party were on foot, and they
sent to Governor Shannon for aid. He called on the
United States' troops to go to their assistance, but they
refused to do so. The anti-slavery men are driving, as
fast as they can, all the pro-slavery men out of Douglas
co city.
"A. fight occurred on the 14th, near 03sawatomie,
between 200 Free-soilers and 12 pro slavery men. The
latter were in the fort. Fourteen Free-soilers were
killed and six wounded.

" On the morning of the 16th Lecompton was attacked
and taken by 800 of General Lane's men. The United
States' troops, having in charge Messrs. Robinson, Brown,
and others, surrendered without firing a gun. Colonel
Titus was absent at the time, having gone to the assist-
ance of the pro-slavery party in Treadwell. His house,
about a mile from Lecompton, was burnt. Mr. Clowes,
the editor of the Southern Advocate, and Mr. Systaore
were killed.

"A large body of men were organising in the border
counties of Missouri, for the purpose of entering Kansas.
" It is reported that it is the purpose of the pro•slavery
party to burn Lawrence on the 30th, for which place a
large force had left Leavenworth.
"The St. Louis Democrat of the 20th ult. contains a
letter, dated Kansas, the 14th, concerning the affair at
Franklin. It appears that a large company of Missourians
and Carolinians, encamped at Washington Creek, had
been committing depredations upon the farms of the Free
state settlers in the vicinity, when they sent for assist-
ance to Lawrence. The people from there sent Mr. Hoyt,
formerly of Massachusetts, to the camp of the Missou-
rians and Carolinians, to ascertain the reason of their de-
predations. Mr. Hoyt went to their camp unarmed, and
on the next day (the 12th) was taken prisoner by them
and shot. The Lawrence men, immediately on hearing
of this horrible and murderous outrage upon a peaceable
and unarmed man, proceeded to attack the fortification
of Franklin, for the purpose of securing arms to drive the
encamped force out of the territory, but, sustaining con-
siderable loss in killed and wounded in the attack on the
fort, they were obliged to return to Lawrence without at-
tacking the camp of the Missourians and Carolinians."

A letter to the I?epublican, dated the 19th ult.,
states as follows :

"Governor Shannon and nearly all the citizens of Le-
compton have left town. Secretary Woodson has been
taken prisoner and his house burned. Sheriff Jones bas
also been taken prisoner. The house of General Clark,
Indian agent, was burned. He and his family had escaped
to Leavenworth. Couriers are riding through the river
and border counties enlisting forces and raising supplies.
Everywhere preparations are making for war, and a
moat bloody conflict is anticipated. General Richardson
has gone to Fort Leavenworth to ascertain if General
Smith acts by authority, and if not, he (Richardson) in-
teads calling his militia into the field. The steamer Polar
Star came down last night with six companies of volun-
teers rea ly for the field. Three companies of cavalry and
one of artillery intended leaving Leavenworth city on
the 196 h."

The New York journals continuo to publish ad-
ditional accounts of the disasters by the late severe
storm in the south, together with an account of a
terrible catastrophe at Last Island, whereby 116
lives were sacrificed. One account says that the
number of the victims are estimated at over 200
at least, 182 having been already counted. Horses,
cattle' and even fish lay strewn dead about the
island. It was believed that many bodies were
washed out into the Gulf. The following is cx-

traeted from a letter, dated the 4th ult., and
written by one of the survivors :
"At about 4 o'cicck the bay and Gulf currents met and
the sea waved over the island. Those who ware so fortu-
nate as to find some object to cling to were seen floating in
all directions. Many of them, however, were separated
from thu straw to which they clung for life, and launched
into eternity ; the others were washed away by the rapid
current, and drowned before they could reach their point
of destination. Many were drowned from being stunned
by scattered fragments of the buildings, which had been
blown asunder by the storm; others were crushed by the
floating timbers and logs, which were removed from the
beach and met them ou their journey. To attempt a de-
scription of this sad event would be useless. No words can
depict the awful scene which occurred on the nights of the
11th and 12th inst. It Wite not until the next morning, the
12th,_ that we could ascertain the extent of the disaster.
Upon my return, after having drifted for about 20 hours,
I found th, steamer Star, which had arrived the day be-
fore, and was lying at anchor, a perfect wreck, nothing but
her hull and boilers, and a portion of her machinery remain-
ing. Udon this wreck the lives of a large number were saved.
Towards her each one directed his path as he was recovered
from the deep, and was weleomsd with tears by his fellow-
suffsrers who had been so fortunate as to escape. The scene
was heart-rending ; the good fortune of many a poor indi-

victual, in being saved, was blighted by the news...of the loss
of a father, brother, sister, wife, or sonic near relative. Not
P. single building withstood the storm. The loss of property
is immense, amounting to at least $lOO,OOO. The loss of
b.tg,g ige belonging to the visitors on the island at the time,
which is complete, amounts to at least $5,000, besides about
310,000 iu money on those who were drowned, which was
nearly ail recovered by a sot of pirates who inhabit the
island; the bodies of those who were recovered had been
invariably robbed by these men. It was an awful scene to
533 the avidity of these heartless beings to pillage the
dead."

Many railroads had been much injured by the

heavy rains.
A joint resolution had been introduced in the
Texas !House of Assembly, which requires the
Governor to convene a special Legislature on or
before the Ist of January, 1857, should the anti-
slavery candidate for the Presidency be elected ;
and further, that the Governor forward a copy of
these resolutions to the Governor of each slave-
holding State. The resolution was referred to the
Committee on State Affairs.
It was said that Governor Wise, of Virginia, in-
tended to declare any one who permitted his name
to go ou a Fremont electoral ticket guilty of con-
templated treason to the Sate.
The famous "-Charter Oak" at Flirtford, Con-
necticut, fell on the 21st ult., with a tremendous
crash, leaving only about six feet of the stump.
This, tree was far past its prime when the charter
was concealed in it on the 9th of May, 1689, and
was probably an old tree when Columbus disco-
vered the New World.
The Legislature of Texas, in order to do its part
towards extending slavery in Kansas, has appropri-
ated $50,000 from the State treasury to carry emi-
grants thither and support them there for three
mouths.

The New York money-market exhibited more
favourable symptoms. Foreign exchanges ruled
heavy, and, in cow equence, no large shipments of
coin to Europe were made. Foreign bills met with
a slow sale at the following rates for bankers' signa-
tures—viz., London, 109 to 1031 ; Paris, 5 ITh
to 5•161 ; Antwerp, 5.161 ; Amsterdam, 41 to 411;
Hamburg, 361 to 36!,-, Bremen, 79 ; Frankfort,
41t to 41$ ; Berlin, Leipsic, and Cologne, 72 to
72f. The demand for money was not increasing,
and. the supply was rather larger than at the opening
of the week. Leading brokers quoted 7 par cent, for
call loans, 8 to 9 per cent. for first-class and 10 to
12 per cent. for second-class paperfor 60 to 90 days.
The stock-market was firm and buoyant and trans-
actions in State stocks extensive. The importations
of foreign dry goo.is wore still very heavy,, and the
result was that the balance of foreign trade was de-
cidedly against the market, although the enlarged
exports of cotton to Europe furnished ample re-
turns for the silk and cotton goods which were re-
quired for the market. During the week there was
a much larger quantity than usual warehoused,
thereby indicating a scarcity of money which did
not prevail earlier in the season. Woollen goods
formed one-third of the total on the market. The
sales of cotton on the 22d ult. embraced about 500
to 600 bales. The market closed steady and with-
out change of moment in prices. Owing to a break
in the canal, produced by the late rain storm, com-
mon to good and medium extra brands of State and
Western flour improved about 5 cents per barrel.
Prime to choice new white Southern and Western
wheat again advanced, and sales were made at
$1 65 to $1 66, and red ditto sold at $1 50 to $1 55.
Old wheat continued dull, and Canadian white
sold at $1 40. Western red, as in quality, sold at
$1 20 to $145. Corn was firmer, with sales of sound
Western mixed at 621 c. to 64c. Pork was dull, with
sales of mess at $l9 311 c. to 19 371 c. Sugars
were active, but the market closed at about -ie. de-
cline from the previous highest rates, with sales of
about 1,800 hhds. An auction sale of Rio coffee
drew together a good company, and the whole
cargo of 9,226 bags was sold at 100. to 11c.,
making an average of 10.69 c. The sale was con-
sidered satisfactory. Freights were steady, and
about 50,000 bushels of wheat were engaged for
Liverpool at 7d. in ships' bags, with flour at ls. 6d.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
NEW ORLEASS, AUG. 22.

Cotton unchanged. Sales today, 350 bales ;
sales for the week 2,300. Receipts, new cotton,
209 bales, against 4, 750 last year. Freights dull.
Sterling exchange, 9a. •

PROPOSED ORATORIO AT YORK.—Arrangements are
being made for a grand oratorial performance in the
Festival Cincert-room, York. The entertainment is to
take place i❑ the fir,t or second week in October, and
to continue for not less than three days. A powerful
organ is to he immediately erected for the occasion.

Rov.tt, FREE HOSPITAL.—The Managing Board of
Governors of the Royal Free Hospital have elected Dr.
O'Connor, of Upper Montague-street, Montague-square,
one of the medical staff of this Hospital, as a mark of
their appreciation of his professional services whilst per-
forming the duties of physician to the hospital during
the absence of one of the medical officcra at the seat of
war.

THE LATE EARL OF SHREWSBURY.—Yesterday, in
accordance with a public notification in all the Roman
Catholic chapel:3 and churches throughout the rantropo-
lis laAt Sunday, a solemn dirge and requiem service was
performed in the Church of the Immaculate Conception
Farra•etreet, May-fair, for th,3 repose of the soul of Ber-
tram, late Earl of t4tivewsbury,