The New York herald., 1863-10-27
MISCELLANEOUS NSws.

fore the 5th Of January is one hundred and eigh
thousand and eighty-fve.
NIsCELLANE0US NEWS.
The steamship Etna, Captain McGugan, from
Liverpool I4th and Queenstown 10Th inst. arrivet
at Quarantine last night. Her advices. receives
from Cape Race, have already been published.
The Canada, from Liverpool l7th and Queens
town 18th inst, arrived of Cape Race yesterday
afternoon. Her advices are three days later thar
those brought by the Etns; but owing to an inter
ruption of telegraphic communication east o.
Sackville, we have received but meagre synopsis
of the news. The political intelligence is, how
| ever. unimportant. Henry Ward Beecher had
made his debut in Liverpool In London, on the
10th, consols closed at 93 931$ for money. The
bullion in the Bank Of England had decreased
f2s5o o00 At Liverpool the cotton market was
greatly excited, and prices had advanced I11sd. a
I'd. for American descriptions. Breadstufs and
provisions were dull, with downward tendency in
prices.
The steamship North Star, Captain Jones, from
Aspinwall l7th inst, with passengers from San
Francisco, tho Pacific mails and $298 ,705 in trea-
sure, arrived yesterday. The smallpox was prevail.
ing at Panama with considerable virulence but few
foreigners. however, had been attacked. -,
The Board of Aldermen met yesterday at one
o'clock, President William Walsh in the chair.
and transacted vast quantity Of routine business,
none of which calls for special notice.
The Councilmen met at one O'Clock yesterday,
being three hours earlier than their usual time of
meeting, for the purpose Of clearing or all un.
finished business, that . recess might be taken,
and the members devote their undivided attention
to the approaching elections. The preamble and
resolutions from the Aldermen In reference to the
late Brigadier General James e. Mallon were
concurred in. A resolution Of concurrence was
adopted directing the Counsel to the Corporation
to commence legal proceedings against all parties
who have laid railroad tracks in any Of the
streets Of the city without sufficient autho-
rty for doing 30. The Board sat nearly four hours,
during which time large amount Of business was
transacted; but, the calendar not having been
cleared, the Board adjourned until Thursday even
ing next at four O'Clock.
The Board of Supervisors met yesterday, and
adopted the report Of the committee on the pro.
viding Of substitutes for drafted men, in favor of
appropriating two millions Of dollars to pay boun-
ties to all men who enlist and are credited to the
county under the new call for troops. OF the ap.
preparation previously made for the procurement
the Communication money, 81 400 900 have been ex-
pended. The Board appointed inspectors of the
coming election, and then adjourned.
verdict Of $4,S22 was rendered in the Su-
preme Court yesterday against the executors Of
the Burton estate, for breach of contract on the
part of the deceased manager with the Eacott
opera troupe.
In the Surrogate's Court yesterday the &C.
Evans, Thomas A. Talmage, William W. Yardley,
Elizabeth Badgley, Sgismund Fellner and Francis
Waas were finally settled and DEGREES Of distribu-
ton made in each case. The Christy will case
was resumed and continued. Testimony was also
taken in respect to the two disputed wills of Fran
els Callan, deceased. In the estate of Nathaniel
Gilman the Surrogate gave permission to compro-
mise debts. The number of letters of administra-
tion issued in the Surrogate's Court last week was
nineteen, and twenty letters of guardianship.
Money was in active demand yesterday at seven per
cont for call loans Gold excited higher At the
opening, mainly owing TO the large oversaes Of the
bears opened at ISL l6lX but declined gradually,
and closed al 14sX There large business done at
the Stock Exchange and every description Of property
showed advance the quotations OF Saturday
There was rather business activity yesterday than
on Saturday, though, excepting -four and grain, bust.
ness generally ID dull. The upward movement 10 gold
had the effect to unsets the calculations and embarass
the plans Of merchants, especially those who have large
stocks Of foreign merchandise, fos which they have
elected to provide payment while exchange lower
range The violent fluctuations In gold also materially
affect the standard OF commercial values rendering bus
extra hazardous and thus keeping buyers and sellers
apart Prices for the part nominal. The most
important feature Of yesterdays market the material
advance In breadstu the rise In four being from 10c
. 25c per bbi, caused by light receipts and the ad.
vance In gold. Wheat and also went up SC. &c.
under the innusnces aided by strong speculative
demand, with unusually large transactions 1t the i'm
provenens. Ali kinds Of provisions in better
quest, and sellers had The advantage In establishing
values.
The Approach OF the winter Seasons
Our Military Prospects.
The season for active military operations In
Northern Virginia is rapidly stealing away.
The winter is close upon US, and with every
passing day the prospect of our occupation Of
the rebel capital during the present year be-
comes "small by degrees and beautifully less." {"
General Meade Is no nearer Richmond to-day
than was General Mcclellan year ago; and II
the Army of the Potomac is TO do anything be-
fore the return Of spring the contemplated
work must be done in the interval to the 18th
of December, or the rains, SHOWS, thaws and
muddy roads of Virginia winter will re-estab-
lish their overland blockade till April or May.
Since the battle Of Gettysburg the Army of
the Potomac has lost several opportunities for
decisive movement against the army Of Lee
or against the rebel capital. When the
rebel army, last July, was arrested at
the flooded Potomac, and hemmed in
there by General Meade's victorious columns,
the war would probably have been ended with
that campaign had General Meade closed in