The New York Herald Newspaper, November 9, 1864, Page 2

2 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1864. CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT. ‘Turspar, Nov. 86 P.M. Asuxs.—Reoeipts, 8 bbls. Market quiet. Small eales Texsnar, Noy. §—6 P.M. This bas been a very dull day im Wall street, botb fnan- cially aod atimospberically. Brokers and private opera- tors bave for the most part devoted their attention to Voting instead of bid William street bas been nearly deserted, and pearls, poll to poll, Toe regular gold room has beea empty and. Silont, and the usuel second session of the stock board Was not held A few disconsolate aliens and anxious | citizens wandered up and down Exchange place gand have been made at $12 60 a $12 75 for pots, and $14 for | Ruxanstorr&.—Receipts, 6,175 bbis. flour, 700+bags corn meal, 14,000 bushels wheat, 12,195 do. corn, 16,815 do, oats, 15 do. rye and 8,600 do, barley. market was unusually quiet to-day, but prices wer farly sustained, aod in gone instances rather fuller prices were realized, Sales 6,000 bbls. State and West- ern, 600 Southern and 300 Canadian. ‘The flour Rye flour and | corn meal were inactive, We quote:-— Broad strvet, askiog at intervals, “ How is the market?” | 0 65a 9 85 or ‘Vat ish de price of gold?” And the rain fell and : 110 20 10 35 the dreariness increased till dusk, when the speotacle 10 40 0 10 45 b= | Common to medium extra Weatoro 10 25 a 10 00 R | Extra roand hoop Ohio, 10 00 a 11 25 \ few gathered in Gilpin’s room and made quotations | Western trade brands. 11 30 8 12 00 for guid, which were marked down as usual, but both | FxtraSt, Louis, 13 25 a 16 25 Duyers and sellers were ‘sicklied o'er with the pale cast 11 80 #18 00 of thought,” aod the transactions were as light as the 10 30 a 10 40 soone was heavy. 10 60 a 12 25 ‘The price varied from hour to our as follows:— Taoe 840 10:35 A. M. 45 54 36 00 a 35 60 ee A774 | The wheat market was also very firm, with a moderato 1:15 P.M! ’ inquiry. Sales 45,000 bus! at $2.19 for Chicago The rumored interference of General Butler with the Dusiness of gold brokers originated in his sending for tho leading member of @ certain firm to question hia with regard to some of his supposed customers, of whor General Butler bad information; but the latter would seem to have beep misinformed om the subject, and the interview is said to have terminated satisfactorily to both parties, no restrictions upon the business of the firm hay- tng been threatened or imposed. 1t was ramored that fone or two other brokers were similarly wterrogated with a siwilar result, The stock market at the first board opened weak and uiel, but became more active as the call progressed. ‘The otosing saies, as compared with those at yesterday's second board, showed the following variations:—Erie de- clined ®,, Hudson River 143, Michigan Southern 1'j, lili- nois Coutral 3, Cleveland and Pittsburg 834, Chicago and Northwestern 1, preierred 11%, Chicago and Rock Island 44, Pittsburg and Fort Wayne 1%,, Ohio and Mississippi certificates 4, Mariposa y. New York Central advanced , Quicksilver X%. Reading was steady, Government securities were dull and a fraction lower, except on certilicates of indebtedness, which showed no change. Coupon five twenties sold at 101 a 100%;, new issue 1004s, coupon sixes of 1881 1064¢ a 106%, certif- cates 9545. Siate stocks acd railroad boods were du and bank shares neglected. At the open board, at one o’clock, the market was stronger, nud prices advanced \{ a 1 per cent, case of lilinois Central 24%. On the street, the improvement continued and Erie was quoted, at haif- past four, at 101% a 102, The business in government securities among the Wall street rs was very limited. The and for loans and discounts bas been very Nght. The rate for movey on call remains at seven per cent; tor Oret class commercial paper it varies from nine to twelve, with exceptional transactions at eight. The national banks have called in nearly all their loans to meet Treasury drafts, and an junsettled feeling has been produced in a few speculative circles in consequence, To-day it subsided under the general duiness. ‘The demand for foreign exchange is small, but bankers hold their bills with firmness at 109 a %% in gold for Sterling, at sixty days, and 111 at sbort sight. Mer- chants’ bills are offered at 108 a 3g. Francs range from 58 to 5.18 ‘The future course of the gold and stock markets is a subject of considerable speculation, not only in Wall street, but among the entire mercantile community and a large portion of the general public, ‘There is a strong Gigposition in favor of bigher prices in financial and commercial circles, for the obvious reason that moro money in paper can be made by a rise than a fall, the process of inflation being always easy, while that of contraction is patuful, But higher prices can only result from a maintenance of or advance in the present bigh premium on gold; and as an advance on the latter would be equivalent to little less than a national calamity, bigh prices are inferentially not to be desired. A host of speculators are bolding back from active a 443. 6,976. Portage at 36e., $15 10s., Hep. 29c. a 3 ordinary, 42c. prices wert quotations. Ww 5 Ja a 45c.: Laguayra, Stock ‘of Rio and Santos on the Sih of Nowember, 1564, 93 579, Jawa, 37,127: Rabia, 8,216: Maracaibo, 11,874; guayra, 2,294; Bt, Domingo,’ 2,835; other description: ‘Tptal, 162,801 bags and mats. Corren was in fair demand, with sales of 150,000 Ibs. at 49c, for Baltimore, 49gc. for Detroit, and 48%, for Lake. cash. Corrox.—The demand to-day chiefly speculative, and prices ad: the market closing very strong. quote:— Matam ‘2c . Tampico, 28¢. a se. 9 20c. ; Bahia, Qo. Truxillo, 2c. a 270. INpIGO.—We notice only a jobbing Dnsiness, at $1 70a 1 80 for Manii Speculation till the result of the Presidential election is + 10 for Madras, ascertained, as if a change of Presidents or the re election of La Mr. Lincoin could alter the inevitable course of our na tional fvances unless the existing policy is improved upon by Congress. Like Mr. Belmout, many look fora Prolongation of the war, and persistence in the old financial policy over the next four years, in the event of Mr. Lincoin’s re-election; but this is mere hazard of opinion, and there is no good reason for it. Congress can control the finances, whoever may be the tenant of the White House for the next term. The ques. tion of the Presidency, therefore, resolves itself into a subordinate consideration. If Mr. Lincoln should be re-elected an effort will probably be made by some Of the opposite party to make capital out of it for a rise: but this will be only aspasm, and it will yield again in view of the meeting of Congress on the first Monday in December. If Geveral McClellan should be clected the gold premlum would hardly experience any decfne on dency quiet with 836 3c. 8. —Sales Of 800,000 at $2 a $2 25, three months. Lrap.—Tho market for pig was very firm, the ten- prices bi $1 75 for Lewuxn.—The market for Eastern spruce and pi quite active, the sales reaching nearly 800,000 feet at $23 a $25, usual torms. Laatres hen do. D8 8. spring, $2 27 for amber Milwaukee, $2 38 a $2 41 for win- ver red Western, and $2 4234 a $2 45 for amber Michigan, Rye was very quiet, 9,000 busbels Canada West, at $190. The corn market was lc. better, with a fair demand and a small supply. Sales 35,000 bushels, at $169 for mixed W and in store. Oats were firmer, at 8Sc. a 89c, for Canada, and 9156. for Wostern. Ganpies continued quiet, with small sales of adaman- tine at 290. a 30c. patent at 53 200 do. of the latter. Corrry.— he market was v Sales of importance to report, d6e.; Rio, good, 45c. a 4530,; Rio, fair, 44e. 4445¢.; 4255¢.; Rio, fair to good cargoes, 434¢c. Barley was dull, with sales of only tern, afloat Sperm may be quoted at 450. and ith sales of 50 cases of the former and We quot mats ‘and’ bags, 4c. a 45e. 50c.; Maracaibo, 420, | four months, New sheathing and yelow metal re- mained quiet, prices being without decided change. Cocoa was very quiet. We quote Guayaquil, in bond, rather more active, ed fally 6c. per Ib Sates 900 baies. W Uplan Fiorida, Mobile. N. Od 7. 0 1 112 ns “bB 134 135 1%5 138, 139 140 GS AND Dyes were quiet. Sales of 20 tons soda ash at Sige ; 20 do. caustic soda at 11%Zc. a 112,c.; 700 Ibs. Western ginseng and 80 casks bleaching powders, both on private terms. Dygwoons.—No sales of apy 1mportance have transpired since our last, and prices Fisa.—The market was almost bare of dry cod. and with a fair inquiry prices continue yery firm, at $8 75 8 $9 for St. George’s and $T 75 a$8 for Bank, were quiet, and in rather small supply bbls, , at $15 50 a $16 for No.1 bay, $13 a $13 50 for 2 do. and $12 50 tor No, 3;$20 a $22 for No. 1 shore, fer No. 2 do, :no No, 3's here. In box herring there has been quite a busicess doing, the sales reaching fully 6,500 boxes, at 55c. for scaled and 45c. for No. 1. Fruit continued in fair demand at previous quotations. Faicnts wefe inactive. To Liverpool, per neutral, 250 tons mahogany at 15s. and 140 boxes extract logwood at , 8ud to London, per neutral, 1.000 boxes chees to Baifast7,000 bushels wheat at 4d., in shipper’ entirely nominal, Mackerel sales of about Hors.—The suppiy of old grades is very light: while now are pleuty, with a fair consumptive demand. Sales 15 bales now at d5c. Slc., latter price for choice. ¢ demand for Manila was less active, and together nominal, Hipes.—The improved demand together with the ad- vance in gold !mparted increased firmoess to the market, and prices have somewhat advanced, closing firm at out Sales have been effected of 200 Laguayra at 230., 1,800 dry Buenos Ayres at 33c. a B4c., 5,000 Calie fornia at 32c., 3,600 city slaughter at_10%c.'a Tic..and 400 New Ores Buenos Ayres, 35 B4c. a 350, ; Rio Grande, 32c. California, $2 a B2e., ual sole at 141¢, cash We quote net cash a 36c.; Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, 38c.: Orinoco, Ble. a 32.3 Central American, Vora Cruz noros, 29. a 30 $2 60 a $2 65 for’ Guatemala, $150 a aod Spanish float on private term: cing upward. Line.—Rockiand was in moderate demand, with sales of common at $1 25 and hump at $1 75. Glenn's Fails was jointa and $1 26 for lump. was ‘Hemlock during tbe past three days bas Deen tm active demand, and with a small supply prices baye somewh: ed. increased Ayres, heavy, 38 33350; do. light, s6e. 88c.; do, middie, OTe, a 2746. Orinoce, &e ‘was in moderate demand, We quote: Hem'ock. Buenos : do, middle, 37 se. @ Califorvia, heaty, 37c. a do. light, 354¢0.'a 36c ; WY, 3635. @ 30 24C.; do., middle, 35 4c. light, Sie. a 34440. MoLasens. —Market steady and firm, with sales of 95 Dbis. New Orleans at $1 05 a $125, the tatter price for choice, and 126 hhds. Cuba mugesvado at 930. Navat Stores —Spirits turpentine wai Prices tended upward, the demand being chiefly retail; sales 20 bbis. French very firm and at $225 a $2.30, and 15 do. Ameri- ‘hat tocount: can at $2.35 22240 Rosins were firm, with gales of 30 € . bbls. common strained to No. Lat$20.a $28. Tar dull We therefore look to legislation to establish the future } and unchanged. Coal pitch quict at previous tn price of gold, end the anticipation of this will in any | Natus,—Cut steady, at 10 case impose a salutary check upon the course of indi- oars aye — vidual speculation, Morally sperking, there sbould be no Ont Cakx.—We notice sales of 189 tons Western Bay, at | Specutation in specie, the price of which, in comparison | $*2 504 $28. ve - h | us —( rude sperm and whale were quiet, our Inst with the currency, should be regulated by the |. tgtions, Linecd, was quict, at $1 40; manufactu ted law of supply and demand; but there was tng inasmall way at $1 55 for unbleached winter other way of enforcing this than by that log which will limit the volume of the currency to the wants of the people wud make imposeible excessive issues of paper money, By this means the government and not @Peoulators would control the gold premium, just as Eng- jand did during her long susponsion of specie payments from 1797 to 1821. ‘Tne following ie the official statement of the deposits and coinage of the United States Mint for the mouth of October, 1864:— ales of Sil 6 Devours, at $39, Geld doporits from all sources $383,605 92 Siver deposits, including purchas 2 32,019 and pew 200 Ddbis. extra mess. whale: $1 60 for bleached do, do, winter sperm: and $2 40 for bleached do. do, jot, at $1 5 for winter, and $195 for summer, with bbIe. of the former and 56 t Jank apd Straits quoted at $1 40a $1 4 Provistoxs —Rec The pork market w on the spot of 3,500 bbl a$4l75 for new 4 5, cash; $38 25 a $39 for prune. end $41 25 n $42 rime rep. cut ‘be beef market tive and firm, the sales reaching 2 arrive, at $9 2$14 for country mess, $14 a $20 for old ked mese,and $10 a $24 for old and new $2 35 for unbleached Lard oil 8. of the latter. 8, 264 pkes. Deer. and 172 do. lard. active but firmer, with sales at $39 a $40 forold mess, $41 cash nod regular way, closing at for ;rime mess, aleo for future dettvery: 3,000 bbis. new Mees, for January dolisery, eeller’s option, at $40, and 8. for December, buyer's option, e dedi 0 bl was more ac- part to meats were in fair inquiry. with sales an ee of 400 packages, at 16%/c. @ 18%¢, (or shoulders and tio 173¢c. a 2lc. for bame, Macon was very quiet, but firm, noubte oagleeee The lard market was less active, bat firm, with sales of vine bers 1,850 bbls. at 1c, a 2c. tor N eo fair to prime steam, aod. 23; Total dered, Cheese was in fair req eae for common to prime Fined Se eee and it S3c. a 46e. for Western, and {2c Sde. for a. lo ecee t2, 411 bis, There was almost o log. Tchange wns closed to enab.e the trade to “4 gad ee day to theelection, and so little or n thing lerdconat orm f Hut the market, though quiet, was pre Total firm, owirg to the high qnotations of gold, ' The receipts and co. tinued very light, notwithetanding the marvellous flow of some of thenew wells. Th ales were 760 bbis. criide at 45c ; do. refined ip bon?, 68 a Tic., the latter ett com q price for choice white, and 300 do, free at from 74 to Cope 8,190,000 Rie. Benzine was quiet st 62 cont. Copper * a Rice was without inquiry, bat prices continue very Tota! 8.207 844 $77,011 05 | firm. We quote Rangoon 15}¢c. a 14c., for Rangoon and The aggregate value of the exports, exclusive of specie, from the port of New York to foreign ports daring the week endlug November 8 was $1,374,605. ‘The foreign exports from the port of Baltimore during inst week were valued at $804,561. The Pacific Steamsip Company will pay, 12th inetant, & dividend of five per cent out of the net earnings of the last three montns. ‘The following comparative statement shows the ave- Page Condition of the leading items of the !’biadelphia Danks for tbe past and previous week :— upward. Ronsh Of) inquit This Week. wholly gold. only i do yy Hed Bi ) Heading K. 40... bushels at $3 45 1,000 bage Calon’ quoted at $325, and Bombay $4 20 a $4.30, without much 3K beon quit Tix. 50e. Patna 1dc. Saix.—There has been but little doing during the past three days for this ar notice & land, containing abont 20. Ashton's $4 00, ground $: ominal, price for clarified; refined was quiet, but firm, at our quotations, ‘Tea —ihe market was very quiet, but firm, with sales of 166 half beets oolong and 280 do, youn ‘ull prices, Tonacro.—The demand was light, but the market firm; Salen 200 bhds. Kentucky at 1ée. a 420, (eee was rather more inquiry, however, for tax paid The demand for goat from e active since our last, but stricted by the advanced rates aeked by importers. deer nothing of moment bas travspired, and prices are Pig was very quiet, with sales of 150 apd a small iot of Foglian at 600. Je, bat the tendency of prices is ale of two cargoes of Tarks Is- 000 bushelsyat Sic. We quote sand Jett and Davey 's &4. Sweps.—Clover remains quiet at 19¢.a20e ‘Timothy was in rather better demand, aod firm at $4 50 a $5. was in moderote demand sales of 1.200 $3.50. In linseed we notice sales of 0 Boston at $4 25, American may bo nufactarers has sanctions arc te in Spriter remained very quiet, and may be quoted at 7c. Srices.—The market to-day was very quiet, but prices continue firm; small sales of cassia at wea. 450. a 50c.; African and East India ginger at 40c.; 1 35; , £00. & 42360.; 7 oi rineote, t bond, 7Ke. a 8 ROC. a $2360; nutmegs, raw ‘firm,, but quiet; sales were bhds Cuba moscovado at 10c, ® 22c,—Intter last yeon at In manufactored 22 for 1. ©. qbarcoal, $18 for I. C. coke, and %: $16 9 $16 50 for coke torne, TALLOW was in good demand, with sales of 160,000}ibs. at Te. 8 18350., {WHa.eyoo18.—We have to notice sales of 15,000 bs, at 160. My was quiet at 0c. a $1 for domentic, with sales of 90. ith cheice city at 190% Pid 4 4 Sinop our jas report, In foreiga mothing LJ D oe of imporf&nco has transpired Oe Bin Bt Wrisker.—Receipta, 150 dois, The market was dell, 40 A, MOC AE Tsland BR} | with sales of 400 bbls, at $1 12 for Stare, and $1 12 0 $1 Mariposs Mg Co F ") + 3 | 78 for Weatern. Rue : ee Atesitc dati ihe Ito ty a iB 8 | Rew. Me. Yours, United Presbyterian mipister, to- i APES 0 1) Fite, FWA CRE LOE gieaimond, Scotland, died recently, in his eighty-ninth ANY Gootens Mae ey doves 2% | Youe, and ihe sixty-fifth of bis miowiry. Mr. Young was Boece me V2 | Sraained,to the pastoral charge of Logionlmoud ta 1400, Rrie RR 100 OAK AT Hao hk oy and at the time of his death war the oldest minister of ao 100 oo 100 inistor of ail tao religious 10 Obi & Altou BR. 8s | the United Presbyterian Church, aod the oldent officiating Py ominatioas of Scotiand. EUROPE. The Nerth American at Father Peint with One Day Later News. Legislative Agitation in Italy on the New Convention. v ane The Czar of Russia to Visit Germany. Complaint of an English Subject Against * the United States Governmont. French Opinion of the Canadian Confederation. of Spain in Pern and 8t. Domingo. Positi Napeleon Instructs M. Mercier © His Italian Policy. The Love Fit and Lover of the Princess Mary of Cambridge, The Czar of Russia at a Gaming Table. TRIAL OF A WITCH IN IRELAND. EXPLORATIONS IN AFRICA, Be ae Poy ‘The steamship North American, from Liverpool Oct 27, via Londonderry 28th, paseed Farther Point en route for Quebec at half.past ten o'clovk Monday might. Her ews ié one day later, The political news is unimportant. A meeting of about two hundred deputies took place in Turin October 27, They expressed themselves unani- mously in favor of the convention, The members of the opposition were to meet today. It is believed the bill for the transfer of the capita! to Florence will obtain a large majority. ‘The Czar is expected at Stuteardt on the 31st of October, The Ezoca, of Madrid, of the 25th of October, cays that Generat Gandarre has informed the government that the St, Domingo ingurgeots haye made various proposals for peace. ‘ ‘The Persian Gulf telegraph cable has been repaired. The and line is complete from Bushire to Teheran, and messages have come through to Bombay in twelve hours. The extension from Teheran to Bagdad will be finished next month The American Qurstion. A BRITISH SUBJECT’S COMPLAINS AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, Mr. John Toveil, who eays he bns just arrived in Eog- Jand, an exile under federal proscription from his family and home in Tennessee,” sends tho following statement Of bis case to the Liverpool Mercury:— To the autumn of 1862 a perfect reign of terror prevailed in and around the city of Nashville, where J then resided, The massacre of peaceful citizens by the federal soldiery was then 3 thing of daily occurrence, and for several weeks no effort apparcntly was made bythe military au thorities to restrain the Iawlessvese of these ruffians. Among the victims of their violence was an old man of upwaras of seventy years of age, John Corbitt by name, whom three of them murdered, almost on his own thresh- old, 10 the middie of the night, while defending bis proper- ty against their thievish intentions. At the request of his family I cousented to deliver au oration over the grave at bis interment. The circumstance of the old man’s death, together with bis social position—for he bad been ‘4 justice of the peace for nearly thirty yoars—attracted 8 large concourse of people to witness the obseqnies, among whom were nearly one hundred federal seidiers, including several officers and one of two regimental chap- Jains. | was not at al! careful to repress the sentiment of indignation which such @ spectacle could not fail to kindle in one’s breast, And further, 1 made allusion: the proclamations of the gevcrals ‘and the zronuncia- mirntos of the “military govervor” and other officials, issued by them when taking possession of Nasbviile, in whioh expression was given to Whe most pacific senti- ments, and all kinds of protection promised to the per- sons and property of the citizens if only they shouid re. main peaceful and obedient to the laws; assuming in my simplicity that all this was done in good faith and sin- cerity. For thus endeavoring to restrain the vivienco of these men of blood i was arrested by a band of soldiers before I could reach my house, and, without soy preliminary examivation whatever, sent to the Stato prison, where I was kept io close cguiinement for seven months. 1 immediately applied to Lord Lyons, boping that his lordsbip would, as Ube representative of ber Majesty, ce mand that J be immedistely reloased from imprisonment , or otherwise that 1 be tried and convicted of some offence to justiiy my furtber detention Friends bere in kng Intid made a like appeal on my bebalf to Far! Rarsell, but SLiil | was allowed to remain inconinement. This is the more puzzling, inestauch as in & paper submittet to Parliament during the last session it is distinctly stated that on the ith of Jaouary, 1663, despacches wero eons out to Lord Lyong instructing mim to demand my release or trial. But for five months after tis | con- tinued @ prisoner, and then was neither released nor tried, but banished oto the Confederate States. ‘This banist ment, moreover, I should suppose. must have been with the concurrence and sanction of bis lordsusp, or other: wise the United States government ‘cannot have kept faiuh with the British Minister, for bts lordsb!p distinctly Stutes, in letter J recetved from him some three or four months before this took place, that the goverainent of the United @ates bad promised bim that be should bo duly notified of their decision respecting my c Yet, in giving Lis Sanction to such a measure, Le was clearly runving counter tw the instructions Of her Majesty's government, if a parliamentary paper ta of any autoority on such a question. The order to leave had not been given ine more than twenty minutes before wn esvort of soldiers were on band demanding my attendance to be marched through the lines. I begged perinission of the officer iueommand to be allowed to go lome under guard to take leave of my wife and family, and to pro Cure what was necessary for enabling me to prosecute my jourucy with tome inessure of comfort, But this was sterniy denied me. My long coviinement in a prison rendered pestilential by filth and overcrowding, together with the coarse unwholesome fare on which {I had been forced to subsist, bad so enfeobied my health that 1 was unadle to proceed many yards on (oot without being com pelle to lie dowa in (he road flat on my back to avoid an Aitack of syncope, But, notwithstanding this, I pelled to make nearly the entire journey on foot; stead of being allowed to take the ordinary railway route, and them marched under fing of truce from the outposts of one army to those of the other, 1 was compelled to make a detour of about eighty miles through what is ap- propriately enough called the “Barrens’’ of Tennessee desolate region, in which sometimes neither water nor a homan habitation is to be met with in a distance of fifteen miles. For three nights | had to camp out ip the wood dor a wagon, with only ® sarpauling fer ® covering. Having reached Pulaski, however, my pedestrian toils were at an ond, ‘apd I was soon landed {0 Georgia, where Southern gone- rosity avd hospitaltty more than sutticed to suppiy all my veeds. After spending cigbt or pine months in the Confederate States, 1 succeeded in running the blockade at Wilmington in February last, 1 the good ship Alice, belonging to W. C, Bee & Co., of Charleston, 4 C., who with characteristic liberality gave me a free passage to Nassau, io the Bahamas. After ® month's sojourn among those beautiful isiands, | wis enabied to make my way to Bermuda, and, with only one day's delay, thence to Halifax, N. 8. From Canada I in ventured into the territory of the United States, and proceeded as fer as Washington, order 10 communicate perronally with Lord Lyons, vol withstanding that | had received the pleasant intimation from the federal authorities when | was banished, that if Tappearea within their ‘ ‘lines’ during the continuance of the war I shouid be bung er shot, The Spanish-Peruvian Qu he London sac dard, ¢ A sleep republic hin the unalterable period of fliteen mi- nutes.” Having bial bis Seestenceions, sewerene 0 by any ultimatum or de mn of war— eran aaairal issued a “declarat) himeeif and Senor Mazarredo (‘Specit Extraordinary of Her Catholic Majesty ‘in Port wetting forth the ey {oie une et jing. Acoor 0 this deciaratory Wromelt tae roravian authorities wore te entertain certain evil iotentions towards the government of Spain, in consequence of which the ‘“‘om- Ploy ment of force’’ war pronounced * indiapen: A ‘certain ‘attitude’? was complained of, consisting maioly ‘of tho fact that Peru was contracting an extensive — 4 to wit, $70.000,000—wbich Seuores Pinzon and Ma- zarredo considered to be ‘a sum greatly in excess of the requirements of the Treasury,’’ and mainly intended as @ “moans o! opposing the just exigencies of Spain.” On this flunsy foundation Admiral Pinzon and the **8pecial Commissioner Extraordinary” veutured te lay hands on the Chincbas, thus practically copfiscating the principal source of the Peruvian revenue. In effect, the seizure of the guano was avowediy designed by the admiral ana the commissioner a8 a method of humbling Peru under the power of Spain, aud compelling the former to Submit to sach terms as the Jatter might afterwards ictate, Sul Spain holds the Chineh: vindtoation” and the “truce cle facto"? are thrown over- board; but the Spanish fiag still floats over the cuano islands, apd Pera is still irritated by the pressure of @ Power which is acknowledged to have been informally and irregularly exercised, How does theg'abinet of Madrid justify this anomaly? By a sort of pleasant tiction it is declared of the captured islands, that Spain “retains them as belonging to Peru.’’ ‘The reason for this reten- ton ie stated to be—that Peru may thus be compelled “ administer jostice (0 Spaniards.” Spaviards, how- ever, declare that they have uo complaint to make apainst the Peruvian goverament. Theoflicial docuneat im which Seuor Mazarredo bimseif sots forth the alloged grievances as between Spain and Peru, shows that bis ingenuity was goverely taxed to make out an eflective case, aud when bis allegations are put face to face with’ the explanations that are olfred, there apporrs to be ao en- sence of anything sufficiently serious to justify “an ‘orce,!” in tiself tantamount to a dociaration of war of the Chinchas bas been modiied by a variety of arravgements, which render tne oc-upa tion ag little offensive end inurious as it qgn well be, Still it is not pleasant to have the bailiffs to ono’s house, however polite and acrcoable the uninvited guests may endeavor to make themselves, They may conscientieusly goard our property against positive damage or the inroads of -burglara: still their presence is folt (0 be exceedingly annoying: aad if they are obliged to confess that they bave. acted witbont proper authorization we may feel ourselves perfectly justitied in kicking them out, supposing wo aro physically able to doso, Spain, in fact, bes lodged her bailitls in the Chincha Islands; she owns that they effected their entrance unlawfully; but sho seems to think that, uow they arethere, they may as well stay until things are settled to the satisiaction of the stronger party. In reference to this question,Ahe Court-of Spain has sought to justify its position by a very curious kind of logic, After the seizure of the Chinchas, tho Spacial Commissioner Extraordinary having resigned. bis fune- tions, bad the temerity to return to Callao, siterwards proceeding to Panama and crossing tthe Isthmus, The ex-commissioner bas alleged that in the course of bis journeyings he was grossly insulted aud put in peril of his life, He also complains that in tbe first instance the Peruvian government itself enteivored to put him undor arrest. Tho Spanish authorities are scarcely in a’ posi. tion to judge the Peruvians. very strictly for stretch ,of authority, ita own agents having confes- sedly§ seized ajvaluable territory without being thorized to do so. Still, illogical and out ot keop as it may be, tho argument is held that the tr ment of Senor Mazarredo subsequently to the occupa tion of thaChinchas justifies the retention of that which at first Was improperly seized. We may remark upon this, that according to ail appearances if Senor Mazarredo and Admiral Pinzon had been mon of cooler blood this unhappy imbroglio would never have taken place. Ag it és, aftor an interval of many months, and ater several Indications of good feeling on the part of the Cabinet of Madrid, the quarrel yot continues, and the last intelli. gence from the Pacific is to the. effect that unless Spain abandons the Chinchas Peru will proceed toa declaration of war, There iy no reason to believe that thisis an empty threat, nnd there is every probability that Chilo, and other of the South American republics, will unite with Peru in the endeavor to resist the power of Spain. ‘There can be no doubt that Peru and the neighboring States have improved the interval armaments. Unless Spain by strengthening their divd+ her antagonists—and her complimentary tone towards the republica is, perhaps, partly desigued for this purpose—we may expect that the struggle, when it really comminces, will spread itself over a very exlensive area, aod prove much more formidable than the Spanish government may hayeapticipated, We only regret that Spain, which has made such progress in recent years towards a resumption of her former grandeur, cennot seo her way clear to sutiaty ber dignity without becoming embroiled in a war which begins in a mistake, and can- not by any likelihood redound to her glory or advantage. The aifair, as aifecting herself, is mainly one of puuctiilio, and more resembles an old Castilian duel, with a dash of Quixotism in the pereons of Pinzon and Salazar, than @ caus belli Worthy the notice of an anclent European sove- reignty, now recovering {rom a partial eclipse of her for- mer splendor. The Polish Kevolution. SMOULDERING AND OPKN FIRES AGAINST RUSSIA— LAST KFFORTS OF THR PATKIOTS. Tho Russian governments of Oranbdourg, Simbirsk, Sa- ratow, Samara, Kazan, &o., #te suffering dreadfully. from incendiary fires. These goveraments bave been lately selectod for the residence of a great number of Poles con- demned by the severity of the law in Poland. It appears from an article in the Ho/schafter, of Vienna, that in some towns tbe fires have been attributed to these unfortunate people Many have perished as victims of the exaspera- tion of the masses; and, far from sceking to guppress. this Outbreak of popular pagsion, some Ragsian journals, in- cluding the Jnpalid-, an official journal, and the Moscow Gazeit, the most widely circulated ‘journal in Russia, echo these accusations, and add to them inajunations adapted to excite stili iurther the passions of the multi- tude, Nothing bas transpired thus far to givo the least appearance of foundation to these charges, while, on the other hand, numerous facts seem to dispreve them in a manner most honorable to the Poles. Thus the Northern Post of the 7th of October states that after the fire at Oraubourg, the Poles living ia the government of that name hastened to end to the people deprived of gheiter and means of subsistence two carts filled with bread, gruel and salt. Some days before, the head of the police of Oronbourg, Colonel Michel Fedorow, bore striking testimony in favor of the Poles. ™. Mercier Instructed by Napoleon on the Itailan Questton. The Purope, of Paris, gives, a8 an extract from a despatch of one of tho’ ambassadors accredited at the Court of St. Cloud, the substance of a conversation said to have taken place between tue Emperor Napoleon and M. Mercicr, late French Minister in Washington and the new ambassudor to Spain. ‘The Emperor baving expressed his sentiments t- in Queen Ied@plla and Spain, M. Mercier te sald to bave asked that if he shouid find’ in Spain the epinion which appesred to be generally entertained in France, numely, that Florence would be only the provisionarycapital of Italy pending the acquisition of Rome, what was he to reply? The Emperor, says the Europe, answored, “Say thay, for my own part, Forence 18 the’ definitive capital of italy.’” As tho Fmperor is. not used to exyrees himself quite so explicitly, the public will of course take this report with all reserve. The * communicationa” of the Kurope, Now: ever, seem to be generally very well informed, and that they’sometines give uneasiness in high quarters is sigui- fled in the fact that Iately the paper bas been seized in Paris by order of the Minister of the Interior. English Court Gossip. THE LOV@ FIT AND LOVER OF THE PuINCESS MARY UF CAMBRIDGE. [From the London Star, Oct. 25.3 The pages of #uvch aro among the list from which one would hope t» gleam @ paragraph of gossip But yet tuere is one member of that mystic brotherhood who constitute the No, 84 Fleet street, who. irom his dis; oition and social potion, i geverally thoroughly well informed as to what i#going on. To this gentleman we probably owe tho information covertly-given in last work's nnmber—covertly, we say, because the writer founded his paragraph on @ comparatively unknown, at formation; the result of which is t deligtited to cx Ry-1 pn ago,”? and which no ove will have the least difficulty in detecting as the Princess Mary ‘of Cambridgo, is sought in marriage by & noble viscount, whose army service eatities bit to all sorts of noble aud gallant epitvets, ‘The lady—and the iady in question, besides Vetng a princess, iB a lady; the terms aro not wiways synonymous—is agreeable, and aif that is dis- Agroeabic that wretched piece of legislation, the royal warrtage act, which rejuires tbe consent of the Sovereign to tho union of a member of the royal familys to a person nov of royal blood. This consent her preseny “Most Gracious’ is not gracions enough to give; and thongh Mr. Pench, with an amount of sacchirine matter which shows that he has not studied Mr. Banting’s pam. pblet, expresses a hope that this will bo forthcoming, yet the withholding «f the royal approval is evidently the hitch tn the matter, Let us hope that it will be finally graciously and gracefully yielded, In the whole Guelpber ly there is no o¢ fmore popular thaa the Prin. people uf Kogiand would infinitely an English nobleman for whom toment ina weekly paper atalted thereon his own i twhat Mr. Thack have seen. easily arrived at, Our friond Punch suys, “Ail bappiness to Viscount Cucullus.’” Scrapa of schoo! boy classic lore yet lingering jn odd corners of memory remind ue of ¢ Old proverb, non facit monachum cucullus—the hood do not make tre monk—and then looking into that peerage which every well regulated Briton keeps by him, we find that Viscount Hood served in thetjuarde; and lo, on the ingenious principle ascribed to the first cooper of puttiog two and €wo together, the whole mystery is solved, The Czar Alexander at a Gaming Tabic. BPUL FINANCIAL HINT TO HIS Masesrh qT ya that when the Emperor of Russia was ihis_year be wont into the gambling rooms, nd, being tempted to try his luck at roulette, told his'aid-de.camp to throw down a note of a hundred roubles upon the red, But the ball began to roll when the croupier, with his rake, ronghi: pushed away the Russian paper, observing that the ban! did not take that sort of mousy. The aid-de-camp took it up without remenstrance, and the Gzar, who most as. Suredly Was Dot recognized by the croupler, went away without trying afotber experiment on the board of green clots. A woman, ng Mary Doheny, known as ‘‘the Carrick Witch’ was tried at the iate Clonmel Quarter. Sessions, Ireland, for yond obtaining goods from Joseph and Mary Reéves, at Carriok-on-Suir, on the lst of June, 1866. Mary Reeves deposed that the prisoner had attempted to cure One. of her children with herbs bofied in new milk, and continued attending tbe house for the ne every day during ten months, She said she used io see her dead father and other dead members of the witacss’ im the Moate at Ballydine, and as Prisoner farnil, wala that witness was to get a note from them, which Cap- Witness’ child in Room! Lape big bad pin on was sent for and several purporting to come from the ‘cocnet’s jnoner Wext said She wanted bread, butter and tea for 4 these wore: daly supplied during iso fancted that she saw bor own jo a chair opposite the ite near hone Hay | oD a biuo coat, knee breeches: Ho said times he was going, and that be retarn with plenty; and the prisoner sid he ‘wan going with gentry,” bat would reta e isoner often naked the witness for wine and spirits. ince hor arrest there was no appearance from the other world. ‘The husband of this woman, Joseph a aud cov. stable, now stationed at Kilmatabam. near Dublin, was 5 great @ dupe an * wife. He deposed that he saw and know bie father-iniaw, who wes Quin, twenty yards from him. He believed that the man bad come to life, and thought he had & ghostly appearance. He never saw a dead man standing before. He saw his so also ia an empty house where he was brought by the prisover. He, too, bad a ghostly a ce, and had pot the shape of a living person, tbe prisoner stated that it would take @ considerable time for bim to come to perfeetion. The jury found the prisoner ‘uilty.”” Mr. Serjeant Howley, who presided on the bench, stated that be had a persons bad been personated by the ud the man who led them ons was at dark, and the The prisoner then cried, ‘Oh, my Jord, think of my poor blind man and my poor children!’ ‘The Court: @You ai & dange impostor, You must be conflued in jail for twelve montne, and kept to hafd labor, med hi Confederation, OF ENGLAND'S COLONIAL POLICY. ‘rom the London Mercantile Gazette, Oct, 25 J The fi Belge, in commenting on the proposed plan of a confederation of the British North American colonies, puts upon it a construction amusingly charac- | teristic of the continental view of English politics. It believes that Engiand, enlightened by experience, is dis- posed to give up the domination she bas exercised over her vast colonies. ‘The “emancipation” of these colonies will be moro profitabie to her by virtue of the bonds of affection that will attach them to the mother country and of the ‘moral authority”? she will preserve, than by A government which she cannot maintain except by great Sacrifices. and which will bring her only inpumerable complications avd the disaffection of her protea’. As the Independence believes that our relinquishment of the pro- tectorate of the foninn Islands marked the commence- ment o! a new lino of policy with regard to our colonies, we need hardly be surprised at the interpretation it puts upon the Canadian question, Prize Ring, THR LAST ACTS OF THE COBURN AND MAOR MATCH. {From Retl’s Lite in London, Get. 22.) The final act in this drama has now bean played out. We stated in our last that Coburn hud received his £500, and that we should be prepared on Tnureday to hand over Maoe’s money to himeoif’ and Harry Brunton conjoiutly at our oflice, On. Thursday, at the appointea hour, Muce and his valet, Montague, appeared, aud wero met by Harry Brunton, aud also by several gentlemen who had put down money on Jem’s behalf, We had during the week received numerous letters from well. known sporting gentlemen, requesting us to hand their money over to Brunton, and on our stating this fact to Mace he expressed great surprise, saying the money was his, that it had not been found by Brunton; snd that unless “he was entrosted with ithe would bave no chance of getting anything towards his expenses, He declined signing any joint receipt, and declared unless the money was délivored to bim solely he would leave it in our hands for ever. , It was in vain we ex- plained to him that thore who bad’ put down the money had doue so with the reservation that in the event of no fight it should be returned through Herry Branton; he either could not or would wot see the point, and insisted on baving the money bimseif to distribute. In this, we are bonnd to add, he was mainly led by his philosopor, friend and valet, Montague, and we sincerely believe bad be been loft to his-own devices he would have seen tho justice of the stake being given to Brunton, and would have trusted to him to use his Invluence im ‘obtaining a suilicient aum out of it to repay bim his expenses and to compensate for his disappointment, A runving fire was expended by himself and friends, Montague, Bunn, of Norwich aud others, who declared thore was no precedent.or such a Course, and that thoy protested against it in (ofo. As none of these geutry, how- ever, had found one shilling, their protest was of noavail, and we handed to Harry Brunton the usuat order for the money. A warm discussion ensued between the adhe- rents of either side, which was not put en end to until we requested the company to adjourn to sume other place and settle the mattor betwoen themselves. Shortly after their departure Montague reappeared in our office with a legal notice to us, on behalf of Mace, vot to part with the money. Wowere not unprepared for this, being fully alive to the dodges of the gentleman who brBught it, and, baying shown it to the stakeholders, it was destroyed, and the thoney has beou since handed to Brunton aloue, who, wo have Do doubt, will do what is right with it, and will return cach backer bis own again, subject to certein deductions for expenses aud towards repaying the £100 given to Coburn at the last deposit. ‘As several commonts have been made upon our giving Coburn the £100 for expenses, 3 there was vo fight, we think it right to state that by the articles Coburn was to receive £100 at the last deposit for his expenses, and no word whatever is therein contained as to its being re- turned in cago the fight did not come off, Storing Inflammabie Articiesin France, (From the Publin Freeman's Journal, Oct. 26.) A very interesting operation, which attracted a great number of spectators, was pertormed on Thursday, at St. Ouen, pear Paris, A large floating dock on a new con- Struction—two hundred and ten feot long, thirty six feet wide and eighteen feet bigh—was launched on the canal, This great iron boat or floating dock is intended for a store to hold all descriptions of spirits, oils or otber in- flammabie liquids. These substances, which are 80 fre- quently the cause of disastrous tires on land, are now to be secured on water, where they will be comparatively safe from fire. Each of the ove hundred compartments into which the tron boat is divided is suflicient to contain two hyadred and fifty hectolitres, Ten similar floating warehouses are to be built for the company of the docks of St. Quen, of which five are already on the stocks. The iron boat was launched sideways into the canal of Bt. Ouen. After having glided slong the sides placed under it the.{ron mass once in the water moved forward more thansorty yards by the force of impulsion, The operation was performed with complete success. River Freshets in Australia. SERIOUS LOSS OF PROPERTY AND EXCITING AND FATAL INCIDENTS, The New South Wales papers report another flood—the fourth within eight months. The rivers began to rise on the Sth of August. The damage to property bas been though this flood was much less serious than the A single scene may serve Wo give an idea of the bature of the calamity. ‘The sydney Hmyre says:—Within twenty.four hours every building in the neighborbood of the Macleay river was swamped. Guns were fired on Wednesday morning at tbe Court House for the police boat to go and rescue Mrs, Byrves, who wag in a troe, screaming for assistance, The water broke over the bank of the river, so that Mr, and Mrs. Byrnes could not escape to a gE sce of safety. About twelve o’ciock on Tuesdsy night the houses began to give way, when Mr. Byrnes endeavored to swim at ‘4 but be was either swept away by the cur- rent or sank on thejspot, ‘The house was swept down, and Mrs. Byroes was carried by the stream toa tree, which she climbed to the height of some twelve (cet above water, She then commenced screaming; but, though the screams wero heard, assistance could not be rendered. At daylight on Wednesday guns were fired for the police boat, which went to rescue her, if possible, from ber perilous situation, The crew were some two hours endeavoring to reach the spot whence the screams issued: but without avail, the boat being nearly capsized four times. The screaming was heard all Wodnosday and Wednesday night, and carly on Thursday morning the unfortunate woman was reacued after two unsuccessful attempts, Tne bocy of the husband was found at the butt of a tree, sixteen to eigh:eou feet. from the tree on which the wife was found. ‘The river rose at Kempsoy about thirty feet, and it is Supposed to have risen sixty feet at Yarrawell. 5 Exploracions in Africa. MR. BAEER’S TRAVBLS IN THE INTERIOW: AFTER HE SUCCORRD SPEKE AND GRANT. Sir Roderick Murchison bas received a letter from Mr, Petherick respecting the expedition of Mr. Samuel Bake: who so generously succored Speke and Grant at Gond koro, and then proceeded to make further discoveries in the intorior, Mir. Petherick, writing from Khartout ‘Since my Jast, dated M have had with Hhurehid men from the interior of Gondokoro. They unite in their statements of having accompanied Mr. Baker to Kamrasi’s residence, where they had met with @ good reception; that Mr. Baker was in excellent hoalth, but that he had lost the whole of his cattie, and had been training bullocks for riding. From th& pornt all agree that Mr. Raker and bis ten men, under the guidance of a confideatial pereon of the chef, left to inepect a take, but thencetorth the stories told by the men are coniiicting. Some say ho went to tho Lutu Nzigi, while othera main. tain that he le't for the Lake Nyanza, and that ho did not jutend to return, but to proceed onward to Zanzibar, It is, 1 fear, but little tight that it is in my power to throw upon his movemunts; but of the two Versions Iam more inclined to give credit to the first— Viz: bis journey tothe Lutu Nzigii From what [ have deen able to geno by cross-questioning, 1 am disposed to think Mr, Baker intended to have returned to Kam- rasi, in order to join tho trading party on their return jouruey, or he would have consigned letters to them rospecting his future requirements from Khartoum, as also for poating letters at this place for Europe. Tou men of Hhurshid Aga remained statiovary, while the majori- ty, with the proceeds of their trade, went to Gondokoro, thore to be re-enforced for the purpose of returning to form @ permanent trading establishment at Kanrasi’s residence, | have stated in my last that theee men conveyed a packet of jetters {rom Gondokoro to Mr. » bul pleading want of porters they refused to take chargo of ry provisions | bad sent hence for hia consumption, rom those men Mr. Baker will have learned the de- parture of the boats from Gondokoro, and their absence during the rainy season; therefore, until the next trading campaign. nothing more can be heard of him. Mr. Petherick himself was at Heber on the 11th of Au- gust, on his way home. on the Sth of I Melte ‘Mission to the King of Dahomey.’"} y ot peculiarity in the court was a row of 0 calabashes, ranged on the ground betore and A little to the left of reyaity. They contain the calvarie of the tnree chief among Lead § kings or petty bead Weoyed by Gele! there relics to be treated with mockery, whereas be eens A = case, LA Ring fanypome a laboonzon I ‘un gan cnemy’s cranivm, faia'to Mr. Norrys, “if | guould. fall {ato hostile hapds T should wish to be trated with that, decency of witch { set the example,” The Oret skull was that of Akia’on, chief of Attako (Teosow), near “Porto Novo,” which was destroyed about three years ago, Beautifully white ana Polished, it is mounted in @ ship or galley of thin brass about a loot long, with two masts, and jibboom, rat- tings, anchor, and four portholes on each side, o the raised quarter dotng deck, When King Gero died, his sucosssor received a message from this chief that all men were now tru! , that the sea had dried up, ‘and that the ‘word feen ibe bottom of Dahome. Golele rejoingd by . bs & ning bis akull ing bi nip modantag vest th he kangdom, aad The sgoond cranium, which also was woll bolled, and, which, Mike the roet, wanted tho lower hat ot Bakoko of In! Tk was croased at rij for bare of bright brags; a thin mask of tha same metal, Tadely masked with ayes and unraised (nose, gave monkey like appearance. On the poll, and where tl Dare met, was k brane how! with k tip like ncalabaa® A tai, by which tho uypot “Dall could be rpised, Lor‘onougt “to cher is dead the son that if ‘ing cup; this, when viewed in front, E looked somewhat like a Phrygian cap, or a knightly hel- met. During Gelel’s attack upon Abbeokuta, in 1881, the people of Ist benaved with consummate treach- ery, which eleven ycars afterwards was terribly pua- ished by the present ruler. Bakoko was put to death, and as @ sign that he ougbt to bave given water tow friend io liction, men now drink from bis recreans ‘Tho third calvaria, also washed, was that of Fiado, am Abbeokutan general, sent to the aid of the Ishaggas. Along the ridge crown of the head ran a broad lesf im : brass, to which was attached a thick copper wire and ® chain which can raise it from its base: the latier is am imitation in brass of a country trap: whilst a small white fiag and cloth are wound round the stout wire. This snowed that Flado fell into the pit which he dug for another. scellaneous Foreign Items, The Unita Maliana of Milau has been seized for pub- lisbing Mazzini’s letter to the Italians, ‘The Pope is well, taking his daily drives and walks as usual, Having made the circuit of Monte Pincioon f be descended the long and steep stair of Trinita di M and entered bis carriage in he Piazza di Spagna, Holwess has uot yet given his answer to the notification of the convention, It is understood that the subject is atill under consideration. ‘he Londondorry (Ireland) Sentinel states that there te a rem ees the’ Masonic Hall of that town ‘“Peckwith’s series “of paintings representing the battles ‘and incidents of the Belfast riots, which are viewed with painful interest in consequence of the melancholy Scenes which they represent.’” . The Prussian Moniteur contains a decree instituting @ now military decoration called the Cross of the Assault of Duppel. ‘It is in bronze, and will be given to all the generals, officers, sub officers and soldiers who took an | active part in that feat of arms. \ ‘Some idea of the enormous amount of tobaceo smoking in tho world may be formed from the fact that one of the Brazilian mal! packets recevtly brought to Englaud six millions segars, and that am American mail steamer, which left Southampton lately, landed before her depar- ture two thousand bales of unmanufactured leaf tobacco, She had brought it from New York, took it on to Brew men, and without landing it there ‘brought it to South. j ampion, from whence it was sent to London to be shipped for the peninsula, : Tho President of the Republic of Paraguay bas sent te the Pruesian government five thousand pounds of tea for the Prussiau army, The pregebt will be delivered by an, Officer from Paraguay. A madman has been addressing letters in cypher to the King of Prussia. He could not for some time bo dis- covered, and some consternation was felt, as no man conld find akey to the cypher. He was, however, ae- tally discovered, and gave the required key, which den! of ingenuity in the constructiol the cypbers, and that they were respectful letters rather elegant in thought. ‘The famous swaliow painted by Car! Venct on the cel. ing of the Cafe Foy, Paris, is the cause of a law suit. The landlord opposed at a late bankruptcy sale of the tenant's effects the right the la Hit, Tho tenans founded bis claim on the fact that the swallow was paint- ed after the lease he holds was signed. and the landlord contends that, by being painted on the ceiling, the swal- low has become une propricte immoblisee—t. ¢., @ fixture. The affair bas been provisionally decided in favor of the plaintif’, who, should he gain his suit, will not have much, to boast’ of, for the original swallow bas long since disap- peared under at least twenty different coats of paint, ‘The state of the Paris burial grounds is the subject of a special inquisition at the Hotel de Ville. A commission has boea gent by the municipality to Gentilly and lvry, for the purpose of there selecting a site of two supple mentary cemeteries, which will be fixed before the 28tm , of October. All the existing cemeteries will be shortly swept away, aod to prevent Paris growing up about the new ones these will be placed at such @ distance,as to ne- cessitate the construction of a line of railway to be ex- clusively devoted to the service of funerals. It is alse proposed to abolish the common ditch for the ugo of the poor, as tne frequent opening of it is a fertile source of disorder. . The Epgliéh Board of Trade returns of rail dents (or 1863 ebow that in the year thirty-fi gers were killed and four hun ind one injured in the United Kingdom by accidenteffo tratns or other causes. The London Post of the@éth of Octobér, says it is im. possible not to recognise in the recent operations of the Confederates that auperior strategical skill, as well ea gallantry, which have so long epabled them to thwart every design of the federal government. They have ‘not merely met sheer force success(ully by sbeer force, bu by eagacity and skill have arrested the most formidable of the attacks hitherto directed against their indepen- dence Adviced from Turin assert that the sayy relative te the cession of nationsl domains has been arranged be- tween the Minister of Finance and M. Balduino and the Duke of Gallura, This operation will give tho treasury about 20,000 liras, A letter from Adriavople confirms the news of the formation in that province of a commission which is te occupy itself with the improve! ts to be introduced im ricniture. The principn! points which the Pachs bas recommended to their serions attention are—the cultiva- tion of cotton atid the introduction of the Europeaa ma- chines used in agricultural operations. An American aloe is now in full bloom in Edinburg, Scotland. The exports of coal from the various ports of the United Kingdom during September, 1864, amounted ta the aggregate to-190,547 tons—being an increase Of 82,168 tons over the same month of 1863. The exports from January to September, 1864, inclusive, amounted to 6,053,950—beiog an increase of 409,861 tons over the same period of 1863. Several instances have occurred in which newspapers sent from England addressed to Russia have been ret 1n consequence of the regulation of the Russian post with regard to the transmission of news! not haw ing been complied with, the public are toformed that it te forbidden to introduce into Russia through the post fy Itioal newspapers, and that the only means by wh reons residing in Russia can obtain such newspapert ym the United Kingdom is by subscribing for them af ‘ ‘ f | 4 F ace. one of the Russian post offices. ‘The Austrian papers make light of the recent insurrec- tionary movement on the frontiers of Venetia, and char. acterize it as a hopeless attempt on the part of 8 fow on thusiastic youths to excite revolution. The whieh invaded Friuli is skid to have been received with perfect indifference by the people, and to bave been dispersed immediately upon the appearance of the Austrian troops, ‘The officers of engineers in the garrison of Antwerp, grand dinner lately to General Todtleben, the de Of Sebastopol. Commercial Intelligence. AVERPOOL, Oct. 28, 1866. The Brokers’ Circular reports the sales of cotton fos the week at 76,000 bales, including 25,000 to speculators and 16,500 to exporters. The market opened very dull and prices declined 1d, a 2d., but beceme active at the decline, which was partially recovered. American closed 1d. Jower on the week, aud Surats more than the decline, closing at 1d. a 134d. advance on the week. The authorized quotations are:—Fair Orleans, 854.; mid- dling Orleans, 22d. ; fair Mobile, 34344.; middling Mobue, 81°44. ; fair Uplands, 344.; middling Uplands, No other commercial news received. NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS. Interesting Intelligence from Louisiana, Mobile Bay, Tex: d Mexico, &e. | Cairo, Nov. 7, 1864, ‘ ‘The steamer Magenta, from New Orleans November 1, has arrived. The New Orleans cotton market was ata dead stand, A few balés of middling sold by auction at $1 13. Asteamer had just arrived at New Orleans with twe thousand barrels of flour and other produce. Several more cargoes were to arrive, The flour market was greatly overstocked. Quotations ranged $11 75 a $18. The steamship Asboth, for New York, was taking coyen on freight at 0. per pound. All was quiet in New Orleans on the 31st alt. ‘The latest intelligence from Texas reports that our troops were fortifying Santiago Brazos. The rebel Gene- ral Slaughter had succeeded General Dayton in the com- mand of that section. Only 860 rebels wore there. Cortina did pot accept a general’s commission in the service of Maximilian. He surrendered on the condition that the Erench would not seize hfs treasure, and is now & woaithy private citizen of Matamoros. The French bave paid the greatest attention to the Union officers who have visited Matamnoros, The United Btates Consul has & French guard to protect’ him where- ever ho goes. ‘Therd was a large floet of merchantmen off the mouth of the Rio Grande, and a large trade bad been opened with Now York. Trade between New Orleans atid Mate- j moras is contraband, ' ‘There were 1,500 bales of cotton at Brownsville walt. ing shipment to some place where goods on rebel govera- ment account can be otained for it. Our troops were in good health A party of guerillas made @ raid on the plantation of Mr. Jennings, on Grand Gulf, and burned thirty-seven bales of cotton. { Tmnportans movements against the rebels are expected, to take place shortly. The Era’s correspondence from Mobile says.all ie quict there. Cnr despatch boats are so near the city that the Color of the ladies’ dresses in the streets cam be distin« guished with a giass, Our boate never molested the steamskip Sierra Ne. vada, ‘The ateataship Guiding Star arrived at New Orleans 0a the 20th wt, from New York. one Naw Oniaans, Nov. 1, 1864. Later accounts from Texas aod Mexico conflict with thone received yesterday, which were up to the 25th of October, Cortina, it is now asserted, had boen sent on fn expedition to Camarjo. Mejia was in supreme oom mand of Matamoros. A three days fandango had taken place in honor ot Maximilian, No Moxicaty, oxcept the officers of Mojia'e command, participated, in the festivities, Rebel troops are daserting, ‘The militia are corolling rapidly. ‘The merchants of Vicksburg have ¢ontribated Cour Uhousund dollers to the Tinolg, Sanitary Fair, ‘The wives Gonerals by, Hurtbut, Vana and Jot, Tagpaigson, ra coping don a yuo cigar,