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By the Persia's Mails.
NEw YORK, October %.

The Rrsia's mails were sent South this
morning. ~ "
MessTs. Hewitts's circular reports con
tinuation of last weeks improved feeling in
Cotton with liberal business and an advance G!
1-16MHd,, on all descriptions free from sand.
The better qualities are still most in demand,
and the advance is chiefly upon them. India
Cotton has been taken TO an unusual extent for
export, being free from sand, and it obtains q
decided preference over common American.
The imports of the week amount to l4,OOO
bales; at sea from America 35, 900 bales, against
10, 900 bales last year. New Orleans Middling
Lied; Mobile do. 71Sd; Uplands 1l-l6d.
The same circular says that the Manchester
market is unsatisfactory, having declined
further, with better disposition on the part OF
buyers to make extensive operations, even at
lower prices than at present. ....
Messrs. Wakefield & Nash report more
steadiness, and better descriptions Of American
are 1-l6d. higher. Lower grades are less un-
sailable. The quotations are the same as furn-
ished by Messrs. Hewitts's circular.
Messrs. Glare L Sons report an advance OF
I'D. for desirable American, which closes
healthy with good demand; Middling Orleans
I'D; do. Mobiles ID; Middling Uplands
6Id. f.aJl. ......g q.
Msssrs. Richardson, Spence & Co. report a
good demand for middling and better Orleans
and Mobiles, the prices Of these being I'D,
higher. The lower grades are difficult to sell
at slight reduction. Uplands have scarcely
partaken of the improvement, holders being
willing sellers. The quotations for middlings
are: Uplands 7Ad.; Mobiles ID; Uplands
G l1-l6d. Business at Manchester has incrsasd
under tho hardening Of prices at Liverpool.
Messrs. Klinworth & Cohen say that spec
ulators occasionally venture on cheap Amer
lean grades, but they generally remain in
allegiance, awaiting apparently for the develop
ments of the American crop and European
politics. ir... -......g
The exports Of the week have been 10000
bales, including 4,2OO bales American. The
closing quotations for middlings are: Orleans
7lld; Mobiles ID; Upands 6Nd.
The Russian ambassadors at London, Paris,
Berlin and Vienna had been summoned by tel
sgraph to meet the Emperor Alexander at
Warsaw, on the 18th inst. The Emperor was
expected to arrive at 0dexsoO on tho 18th. 1t
is stated that Notwithstanding the capture ol
Schamyl, the Circassans are far from being
subdued. tr..
The Inpatde Russs says that the mount.
aineers have another chief, not less intrepid
and fanatical, and who may still resist for one
or two winters. at.f. ..s.., .a..r.
The Russian army In the Caucasus consists Of
sixty thousand men. ggr ..g. ...
A variety of rpmors to the effect that Austria
positively declines to sign the treaty Of peace
if it is not in accoradance with the prelimina-
nariss of Villa Franca that Austria desires to
protraet negotiations till the spring, when she
will rscommenee the war; that Austria under
takes to guarantee to the Pope the conserva-
ton of the temporal power in the Legations,
and others Of a like nature were current and
must bs taken for what they are worth.
On the other hand, there are statements that
the signing of the treaty of Zurich was hourly
expected, and that the representatives of the
powers would afterward meet in Congress.
The Paris Constitutionnsl Of the l4th, pub
fishes an article signed by Secretary BoDifacs,
stating that the only question to be settled at
Zurich is the Lombard debt, the contrasting
powers being agreed on all other pointa. The
early signature Of the treaty is expected, and
the questions not settled at the Conference will
be submitted to the Congress, the assembling
of which all the European powers are agreed
upon The London Tisies's Paris correspond
ent eorroborates the statement from Zurich
INIT tu6 CEtuCu uONcInmohS uho usmbuuSu M
indemnity from Piedmont for the expenses Of
the late war; also the payment of the arrears
NJ fansiops In connection with the frat empire
due from the Lombard Venetian Monte fund
Tho correspondent looks upon it that these de-
mands have been made, knowing the limited
finances Of Sardinia, with the object Of obtain
ing the cssson Of the Provinces Of Savoy and
Nice to France.
A pso oh oh- Eon,ood
Amerca-was commenced at Newmarket on
the 18th. Mr.. King. of Indiana, represented
America, and Mr.. Frese, of Hampshire, Eng
land. Mr.. Frero killed thirty-rine birds out
of the first fifty, while thu American represen-
tstive scored forty.two birds out Of his fifty.
1t is remarked Of Mr. King that, although
described as an American, he is an English
man, and has lived in the United States for
only twelve years. The match was resumed
on the 14th, but the result had not reached
Liverpool. .u ''
The Dublin ErOning Post states that the
Cunard steamers are to touch at Cork and
Queenstown, both going out and homeward
bound. r..,
A thrilling narrative is published Of an
attempt made by pirates and convicts, who
were being conveyed by the ship Arrarat from
Penang, to take possession Of the ship. Out of
sixty pirates, who came on deck in the dark,
twenty eight we're killed and Others wounded.
Captain Corriga CALAMITY maintained posses
sion Of his ship.
The Theater Royal, at Hull, had been com
pletely destroyed by fire. No lives lost
Queen Victoria formally opened the Lock
Katrine Water-works, which are to supply
Glasgow, on the 14th inst.
The Great Eastern. .