The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-02 00:00:00

THE LISBON IJIASS FOR COUNT

CATOCP.

On the 22d of October, at half-past nine a.m.,
the mass and solemn office for the repose of the
soul of the late Count Cavour took place in the
Church of Santo Antonio da Se.

On the facade of the temple, that is, above the
principal portal, was the legend in Portuguese,
"Pray for the soul of Count Cavour;" and on either
side were displayed the Portuguese and Italian
banners. All the other doors were hung with
black. Above the side of the high altar were sus-
pended the French, English, Brazilian and Swedish
flags, and in the middle the Portuguese and Italian.
The doors of the church were literally besieged by
the public. There was a crowd as early as 7 a.m. ;
and when the doors were opened many ladies were
obliged to retire, not finding seats. All the Ministers,
the Municipal Chamber, 53 deputations from public
associations, the President of the Chamber of
Peers, the civil governor of Lisbon, many officers
of the army and navy, a large number of the
higher public servants, and other persons of dis-
tinction, completely filled that part of the church
destined for their accommodation. More than
half of the church was crowded to overflowing by
tile public. The orchestra, directed By Senhor
Cossul, jun., was composed of more than forty
instrumentalists ; the music of the mass was by
Jomelli, and was brilliantly executed,
The artists who took part were Faschini, Guic-
ciardi, Della Costa, and Baragli, from the Royal
Opera-house of San Carlos, and they offered their
services gratuitously. The music of the Dies ilia
Benedtcutus, and other pieces was composed ex-
pressly for the occasion by Senhor Cossoul, jun. A
funeral sermon was preached by Dr. Jose Castello-
Branco. This gave satisfaction to all the auditors.
The question of the mass for Count Cavour has
roused all the old animosities of the Miguelites and
Constitutionalists ; the ceremony was entirely pro-
hibited by the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, yet
the popular party moved heaven and earth to carry
out their views. Finding that there was no parish
church at their orders, the committee prevailed
upon the Municipal Chamber of Lisbon to place
at their disposal the church of Santo Antonio,
which is private property, and there the long vexed
question of the mass for Cavour found a solution.

THE LONDON FREIGHT MARKET.

(From the Circular of Messrs Seymour, Peacock, and Co.)

The position of the freight market has not varied
much since the issue of our last report, the improve-
ment in the demand for tonnage not having been
realised to the extent anticipated. The advices from
India are by no means encouraging, freights at
Bombay and Calcutta being reported as " dull and
declining," owing to a scarcity of produce, in the
face of a rapid accumulation of tonnage. Too much
faith has been reposed in increased shipments of
cotton from India to supply the deficiency occasioned
by the American civil war. Shipowners appear to
have anticipated an enormous increase in the demand
for tonnage, forgetting that increased production in
India and elsewhere will be a work of time, and
affecting to a trifling extent only the ensuing ship.
ping season.
Cotton will doubtless be exported from India to
this country, as the best market, in larger quanti-
ties than heretofore; but the additional supply
will be withheld from other markets, and the
employment of tonnage remain pretty much the
same. Looking beyond the present season
there can be no question that the production of
cotton in India, Africa, and probably the West In-
dies and other places will enormously increase, the
pressure of the American crisis stimulating pro-
duction elsewhere to a large extent. The vessels
recently despatched by our firm to Africa have
taken out hydraulic cotton presses, steam engines,
machinery, &c., accompanied by experienced en-
gineers, and we look for the development of the
cotton trade on the West Coast of Africa taking
place with a rapidity which nothing would have
promoted like the present interruption of the sup-
ply from the Southern States of America.
Our export business suffers severely from the
high price of cotton, but with a permanently in-.
creased importation, and consequent decline in
value, we may anticipate a reaction at no distant
period that will revive our trade and give an im-
petus to exports, which will soon restore fair ave-
rage rates of freight. Stocks of manufactured
goods have been excessive in almost every market;
they must now be rapidly running off, and when
the present difficulties aro surmounted, we may
look forward to a healthy, extensive, and long-
continued export trade.