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• HOUSES. —Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, Suburban, aad Country RESIDENQES to LIST or SELL t Part i cu t a rn forwarded for three stamps', upon stating exac ent requirements Pnd rental. Offices, 2, Conduit-street street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. ,Reg SOUTH KENSLN GT ON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham `terraces, Queen's -gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens, Ely iston-place, Cromwell-road, O n slow and Thurloe Squ ares, 'Bolt ns, &c. Messrs TOPLIi and RO BE Las have DEICES to SELL and LET in these and sur rounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and B nth Kensington, facing the Museum. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mariap.;er, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by 3lr. David Fisher, entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. Alter which, ARItAil NA F OGIJE : Dlesrs. Dion Bouci 'suit. J. Brougham, 11. Vandeuheff. D. li.lier, 1). 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A more striking instance has never been afforded of the uncertainty of life, and the insecu rity of earthly happiness, than was given by the premature death of the late Prince Consort. He was in the enjoyment of all that can make life use ful.and happy, pleasant and prosperous, with many dudes to fulfil and many social ties to impart interest to his career. Yet he was not destined to reach even the , meridian of his days, but was suddenly called away from the cares and pleasures, the gran denrs and excitements of this transitory state. It is not for him, however, that mourning need be made, for he was not an unprofitable steward, and though to our comprehension he seemed cut doWn prematurely he could not be said to have left much of his work undone. Ills name will long be associated in the minds of the people of this his adopted country with the spread and cultivation of the arts and sciences among us, and distant genera tions will identify him with the inauguration of refining and elevating entertainments in the mate rial and commercial community of England. It is therefore appropriate that the anniversary of Prince ALBERT'S birth should be duly honoured in this land, and a fitting mode of celebrating it is the throwing open of the gardens of the Royal Horti cultural Society. On Saturday one hundred and thirty thousand persons enjoyed this privilege, and it is satisfactory to find that the greatest order and decorum were preserved. This reflects the greatest credit upon those who made the arrangements and those who profited by them., The classes whom the exertions of the Prince Consort chiefly benefited were specially those who are the most likely to avail themselves of such an opportunity of free admission to these places, and therefore it is an appropriate arrangement that bids them enter. Another record of the career of the Prince was furnished on the same day at the place of his birth, and the immediate members of his family, and his most intimate friends and connections assisted at the ceremony. Her MAJESTY must have felt a mournful pleasure in this tribute to the memory of the loss, and this homage to - the worth, of him who left his native land to occupy a trying position in a foreign sphere. The uncovering of the statue in Coburg is the most ap propriate effort that has yet been made to do honour to the Prince Consort, and it is satisfactory that such an undertaking should be carried out. It is, however, worthy of reflection that, in ail probabi lity, the best recollection of the departed is to be found in the effects of their example, and the in fluence of their lives. It is not too much to hope that, now this crowning act of graceful recognition has been made, the friends of the departed Prince will:consider that such tributes have been offered in abundance, and that to dwell too much on this Melancholy theme is to lose sight of the example so earnestly set by the departed himself, that " life is real, life is earnest, and the grave is not ita goal." The hope of the future should outweigh the effect of even the recollections of the past, and it is only natural to suppose, judging from the bent of his life, that Prince ALBERT himself would have said so. • The notice which was, on Saturday, posted at Lloyd's respecting the Atlantic Cable can scarcely have taken any one by surprise. The lateness of the season and the near a to' approach of th e equ i nox in duced many persons suppose that no further attempt to recover the cable would be made thi s year, although such delay is manifestly very much to be regretted. The Great Eastern will, however, immediately commence her refitment, with the view of taking out a new cable next spring, as well as of endeavouring to recover the present one. No doubt, on this occasion, better mechanical appliances will be provided and everything done that skill and science can do to recover the lost treasure ; but the success of the attempt is, at best, very doubtful. The immense strain of hauling up the cable from such a depth will increase more and more, in pro portion with every turn of the wheel, so that, sup posing the cable to be hauled up within half a mile of the surface, the chances will be very great against the last half mile. Again, there can be no cer tainty of securing the exact end of the line, and supposing it to be hooked at some dis tance from the end, there will be the double strain on the part hooked, the weight on both sides pulling downwards while the grapnel pulls up. The true way to recover the lost line would be to take it up from Valentia, where the end is certain to be forthcoming, and to haul it up 'CaT etully and gradually as far as posaible. By this President JOHNSON'S difficulties appear to somewhat lessened, owing to a coalition of the political parties of the Republicans and Conserva tives, who are both members of the Democratic side. A change has been made in the post of Col lector of Customs for New York, by the substi tution of the Hon. PRESTON KING for Mr. DRAPER. This alteration is said to have been made at the suggestion of Mr. SEWARD and of Mr. THURLOW WEED, and is regarded as a public aknowledgment of the junction of the parties. The PRESIDENT'S position, which had been weakened by the open dissensions in his Cabinet, is now much stronger, and it is to be hoped that he will turn his increased power to good account in promoting the pacification of the country. Fortunately, now that the first fever of excitement is over, President JOHNSON appears to be sensible that there is something more to consider than the mere violent suppression of outward disturbance, and that if he hopes to rule a great and populous country he must exercise some measure of temperance and conciliation. We may judge of the temper of some American politicians when, remembering the famous compensation clause, we find that the objections raised to the PRESIDENT'S policy by some members of his Cabinet are that it is too lenient. The PRESIDENT has, however, probably learned by this time that the excessive vehemence of Northern partisans is ill-calculated to give confidence or sta bility to his Government, or to restore the flagging spirit of commercial enterprise and prosperity. It is unfortunate that the interests of trade should receive a severe shock at a crisis like the present in the discovery of defalcations to an im mense amount committed by a banker in Wall street. The firm was a well-known one ; but so great has been the amount of property abstracted by the missing partner that it has been suspended. The loss is variously estimated at from two and a half to five millions, involving several other bankers and, brokers. The system of fraud must have been going on for some time, since it has been carried out by means of large issues of forged gold certificates, as well as the abstraction of funds and securities. Combined with the recent embezzlements by bank officials, the effect of this discovery on the share market has been serious. 1 The Americans are now reaping the conse quence of the low tone of commercial morality which has for some time prevailed among them. So long as it is thought a fine thing for a man to be heavily involved, and a large bankruptcy is held to be more respectable than a small one, we cannot be surprised if a man passes from a system of credit without foundation to actual embezzlement when the temptation is strong and the opportunity favourable. To become heavily involved without any hope of repayment of creditors is only another form of appropriating other people's property, and the great temptations which the expenses of the war have put in the way of contractors, officials, and others, have been too great to be resisted by men who had not sound principles of commercial honour and honesty -to protect them. Such events as this suspension are very much to be regretted at any time from the vast amount of suffering which they entail, and the injury they inflict on credit, but they are especially lamentable when the heavy expenses of the war have already pressed so heavily on the country, and when the task of rebuilding the com mercial prosperity of the country is sufficiently arduous. We are sorry to find that in spite of the recent changes the Mayor of Mobile has publicly declared the testimony of blacks against whites to be invalid. This is one of the worst features of the old slave law, and it should certainly be forthwith abolished. The Provisional Governor of Florida, in a speech at Jacksonville, remarked that the extinction of slavery by the operations of the war had given the negro every privilege enjoyed by the whites except ing suffrage, and this he said would be a subject for discussion in the convention which he proposed to authorise for the re-organisation of the State, and the revision of its constitution. The question of negro suffrage will be one of the political features of the time in America ; but while the principle is sound enough, its application should be deferred until the negro has emerged from the state of igno rance and subjection to which long oppression and injustice have reduced him. Among the quick, energetic people of the States, every reform must be at once applied and carried out ; but they must learn the wisdom of caution and moderation if they would harmonise conflicting elements. It seems as if we were never to hear the last of the extraordinary affair of CONSTANCE KENT, and whatever is told or elicited upon inquiry still leaves something unsaid, and tho mystery remains un ravelled in its completeness. The unhappy girl has made a further confession, - which will, no doubt, be read with interest, and may serve to throw further light upon the dark and dreadful deed. The most inconsistent part of the affair is that she declares that she was treated with the utmost kindness, and thus whatever motive she might have had to commit the atrocious act seemsto be taken away. It might be comprehensible nsib of thelethat she worked herself up to the commission or a fit of j ea l ousy ;or in a spirit of revenge but why she should have mur dered the inoffensive child without being actuated by these feelings i s , . indeed, most marve ll ous. At the same time, the particul ars w hi ch she gives coin cide strangely with the events at the time of the murder ; And in this last confession she is most minute in her details and decided hi her statements. If she really acted in the manner she described she must have possessed great ingenuity, and the other inmates of the house were very- destitute of pene tration or acuteness. It is impossible to peruse these revelations without thinking that the whole [of the inquiries which took place at the time of the Road murder were conducted in an in complete form, and that greater vigilance from the outset might have set the matter sooner at rest. In many respects it would have been much more satis factory if a "judicial-inquiry" had been instituted at the recent trial of CONSTANCE KENT, for we I should hate been able to gain a more definite idea .... 1 ... -............_.__..,....................- . .....V /11.- - avadi , means 800 or 1,000 miles might very likely be re covered, as instead of the sudden strain of pulling two miles off, the line would be gradually drawn up from shallow to deep water. We have not spoken of the additional difficulty of finding the lost cable, though the lapse of several months will hardly facili tate that. With regard to the manufacture of the new line there are plenty of suggestions, as usual, forthcom ing ; and some very sensible remarks are made in the current number of the Mechanics' Magazine, from which we quoted on Saturday. The writer objects to a spiral cover to a straight copper wire, alleging that the natural extension of the spiral covering would help to break the enclosed wire by subjecting it to an excessive and unnecessary strain. Other persons advise the adoption of a hempen covering, and various plans and improvements are suggested. We can only hope that whichever be the method adopted it may prove in the end successful, and that the directors will not be influenced by any prejudice or partisanship, but will take the best opinions on the matter, and follow the course which offers the most reasonable chances of sue- cess. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1865 of the mysterious affair, but this was precluded by the circumstance of the prisoner pleading " guilty." It must, therefore, for the present remain in its incompleteness this confession of CoNSTANCE KENT. Many will doubtless accept it as full and sufficient, but some will be found who will desire yet further particulars. At any rate, the descriptions which are given in this last version of the affair seem in conclusive in some respects, as in the instance of the night-dress for example. It seems very incompre hensible that she should put it into the drawer, where it would be so readily detected and excite suspicion, and still more strange that it should have been really examined and escaped comment when she herself, upon further observation, deemed it necessary and expedient to destroy it. Putting aside these discrepancies, the story which the pri soner relates is comprehensible enough, and the affair was so wrapped in mystery at the time that it was not likely that it would ever be made per fectly plain. A more painful occurrence has sel dom, if ever, taken place in the annals of crime, and fearful as have been some of the incidents con nected with the recent murders, it is to be ques tioned if the Road House tragedy does not still bear its sad pre-eminence as the most mysterious and distressing event of the kind which the present generation has witnessed. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, AUG. 28. In the negotiations between the Sovereigns of Austria and Prussia for the definitive settlement of the succession question to the Duchies, the fol lowing points have been agreed to by both Powers as the lz.sis for the future organisation of the Government of Schleswig and Holstein :- 1. Austria and Prussia recognise the Vienna treaty of peace .as the only legal basis for the settlement of the question of the sovereignty of the Duchies. Both Powers therefore form the only tribunal which, so soon as they shall come to an understanding on the subject, shall have the authority to decide on the future political organi sation of the Duchies. 2. The duty of defending the Duchies will be undertaken by Prussia, and whatever ultimate settlement of the succession question may be arrived at, the military resources of Schleswig and Holstein will be placed at her disposal. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, AUG. 27. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Tigre arrived here to-day with the India and China mails and 6,080 bales of silk. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG.-28. The Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s steamer Poonah, which sailed hence yesterday with the Bombay mails, when off Lymington, met with a slight accident to her machinery. Engineers have been sent to effect the repairs, and it is expected the Poonah will be able to resume her voyage towards evening. ITALY. RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. FLORENCE, AUG. 28. Signor Lanza, the Minister of the Interior, has given in his resignation, which has been accepted by the King. The name of his successor is not yet known. idleness and crime, and solicited for them the indul gence and aid of the white people. The following despatches concerning the Atlantic cable have been received to-day : " Aspy Bay, Aug. 15. " A large vessel hove in sight at 6 this morning. At this hour, half past 9, she is within four miles of the shore. Flags are seen gaily flying from her." " Heart's Content, N.F., Aug. 11, via Aspy Bay, Aug 15. " The schooner First Fruit, from Cardiff, arrived at Harbour Grace, N.F., this morning. She makes the following report : " On the 6th August, at 4 a.m., saw steamship Great Eastern and British war steamer Terrible. At 6 a.m. saw a beacon buoy with a flag upon it marked " Great Eastern, No. 5." The Great Eastern and Terrible were then about five miles south-east from the beacon buoy. The weather was quite foggy. The Terrible reported that the cable parted on the 2d of August. The First Fruit then laid two sails to the mast and hoisted her ensign. At noon the Terrible came near the First Fruit and received from her information of the bearings of the beacon-buoy. The position of the buoy, by the account of the First Fruit was in lat. 51.40, long. 38. " The weather here this morning is mild, but a thick fog prevails." It is considered probable that the cable, owing to some accident, bad been cut and floated by the buoy, and that it might yet be picked up and suc cessfully landed. Visit of the French Fleet to Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 27. It may be that the reception which is to be given to the French fleet on its arrival here on Tuesday and the entertainments which are to take place dur ing the few days it remains anchored in those waters may turn out to be but a poor reflex of the brightly varied festivities of Cherbourg and Brest. With all our wealth and the great appliances which that wealth can command, we may be about to furnish another illustration of the oft-repeated statement that in the art of dispensing a hospitality at once graceful and magnificent we vainly endeavour to cope with our allies. If this should be so, it will be from no want of strenuous exertion on the part of our naval authorities nor from the lack of hearty co- operation with them on the part of the people of Portsmouth and its vicinity. For days past, as has been already notified in our columns, the work of preparation for the approaching fetes has been going on with the utmost vigour ; and results have been already produced which cannot fail to be highly gratifying to all those who take an interest in their success. Nor is it by any means a light task which those have undertaken upon whom the execution of the necessary arrangements devolves. The pro gramme which has been laid down is most compre- hensive. Balls and banquets and concerts, and re views- and fireworks—and these, too, to be carried out on a scale of unwonted splendour—figure from one end to the other of the list. From Tuesday morning until Saturday there isto be one continued round of sight-seeing and feasting and dancing, and it will be strange, indeed, if by the time it is all over the youngest midshipman on board the united fleets is not ready to admit that he has had, at least for the present—for youth is all but insatiable in such matters—his fill of pleasure. Since the arrival of the Lords of the Admiralty from Brest on Friday morning a fresh impulse has been given to the preparations which are being made in every direction. The Duke of Wellington, on board which a pri vate dinner is to be given on Tuesday evening, by the Duke of Somerset, to the French Minister of Marine, M. de Chausseloup-Laubat, and the Admi ral and chief officers of the French and English fleets, is undergoing from stem to stern a process of lavish decoration. In the quadrangle of the Royal Naial College, the transformation of which into a vast and glittering ball-room is being rapidly effected under the superintendence of Mr. Wood, C.E., of her Majesty's dockyard, a dinner on a more exten sive scale will be given on Wednesday, while on Thursday the civic authorities of Portsmouth will entertain, in an immense circular tent, which has been constructed for the purpose on the square plot of ground, about two acres in extent, known as " Governor's Green," the French and English officers at a banquet, to be followed by a promenade con cert and ball. At the dinner ou Wednesday, the invitations for which will be issued by the Lords of the Admiralty, four toasts are to be proposed— " The Emperor of the French," " The Queen id England," " The French Navy," and " The British Navy." The moment the health of the two Sove reigns is being drunk will be made the occasion of firing a Royal salute from the combined squadrons, and of a simultaneous illumination of the several ships of which they are composed. A review of the troops in garrison here on Friday morning, a dinner at the Royal Naval College in the evening, at which the Lords of the Admiralty and the principal French officers will be the guests of Sir M. Seymour, and a ball, to which the ladies especially seem to be looking forward as the most brilliant event in a week for them of brilliant promise, will, it is thought, bring thefetes to what it is earnestly hoped maybe a successful close. That,however,which is intended to be the chief feature in the whole round of the festivities is precisely that as to the success of which the greatest apprehension prevails. It is feared that the ballroom, ample though its propor tions may seem to be—for it is 165 ft. long by 55ft. in width—may be so inconveniently thronged as to render that which is the main object of a ball im possible. Should these fears be realised the Admi ralty, who have entire control over the arrangements, will have so far at all events followed the model which was set them at Cherbourg as to have copied the only mistake which was there committed, without perhaps having it in their pow& to point to artistic triumphs such as those which rendered the ball at Cherbourg, notwithstanding the inconvenience caused by overcrowding, a scene rarely splendid. Any shortcomings in mere decoration would be more than compensated by the enjoyment which a sufficiently clear space to dance would afford, at least so say the ladies, and they have the great ma jority on their side. It may here be mentioned inci dentally that the bill given on board the Vile de Lyons at Brest on Wednesday last seems to have been unusually brilliant. Of the magical process by which the deck of this vessel was converted into a floating pleasure ground, with shaded walks and scented groves, where, in the intervals of the dance, the cool air and delicious perfume of flowering plants might be inhaled as in some choicely-stocked garden on land, those who witnessed the scene speak in terms of rapturous admiration, mingled with a sigh of regret at feeling themselves obliged to abandon all hope that the approaching fetes can be characterised by anything so fairylike and enchanting. Indeed, nothing of the kind will be attempted here, for the no tion has been completely given up of having a ball of any description on board the Duke of Wellington or any of the vessels in the harbour. The work of de corating the extemporised room at the Royal Naval College is, however, proceeding very satisfactorily, and it is expected that when completed it will form a ballroom not altogether unworthy of the occasion. As to the banquets there is every reason to think they will be very sumptuous, and that as mere culi nary displays they will not be discreditable to us as a nation—a point not undeserving of notice in an age when every man, and particularly every French man, however sceptical he may be in other matters, at least believes in a cook. The hour at which it is anticipated the French squadron will reach Spithead is noon on Tuesday, and the Lords of the Admiralty will come down here to-morrow to be in readiness to receive it. The squadron, which is to consist of nine large men-of-war and four smaller vessels, will be headed by the Reine Hortense, with the French Minister of Marine on board, and will be met at Spithead by the Osborne, bearing the Admiralty flag. Then will there be a rare expenditure of powder, as the Eng lish ships just returned from the shores of France thunder forth a welcome to their late companions on their arrival in English waters, similar to that with which they themselves were received but a few days since in the harbour of Cherbourg. The Reine Hortense, followed by the Osborne, will im mediately afterwards proceed into Portsmouth har- bour, and will be greeted, as she passes the Spit buoy, with a salute from the Victory, displaying the French flag at the fore. A visit will, as soon as the Reine Hortense comes to an anchor in the harbour, be paid by the Lords of the Admiralty to M. de Chasseloup-Laubat, which, with that despatch so laudable in distinguished personages, the French Minister of Marine will probably return within a quarter of an hour, after he sees that their Lord ships have got safely on board the Osborne. In short, visiting, and little else, will be the order of the day on Tuesday afternoon, from the moment the French fleet has taken up its position at Spit head until its principal officers avail themselves of the invitation of the Duke of Somerset in the evening. And now the weather, that most important con tributor to the success or failure of any pageant, great or small, demands a passing word. At Cher bourg it neutralized the effect of an imposing spec tacle, and sadly marred the success of efforts which deserved a better fate. A French traveller once described, on his return home, the year in England as being made up of eight months of winter and four of bad weather ; but let us hope that those French men, if there be any, who are now about to visit our shores for the first time will have reason to carry away with them a more favourable impression of our climate. To-day, at all events, is as beautiful a day as can well be, the rays of a hot sun being pleasantly tempered by a gentle breeze. Should to-morrow and the remaining days of the week be equally bright and cloudless there will be an in gredient of success present at the fetes here which no ingenuity on the part of our versatile allies could supply for their own. LITERATURE. Major Jack Downing. Ore Vol., pp. 256. Frederick Warne and Co. Anyone who relishes orthographic humour will be fit to die of laughing at Major Jack Downing. For ourselves we will acknowledge at once, quite frankly, that the facetiousness of " Pliceman X.," that the oddities of " Artemus Ward," nay, that the whimsicalities even of the renowned " Sam Slick," of Slickville, have ever been all but beyond our endurance—at any rate for anything at all like con tinuous reading. The humorous comes to us al ways the most delightfully when it comes covertly, slyly, dryly, cordially—tickling us into laughter ! It is alien to our fancy, it is beyond our powers of appreciation, when it comes to us—upon the broad grin ! When it comes to us not with a merry twinkle of the eye, but with a blatant guffaw (or horse-laugh, as-we may say) pealed to us through a horse-collar ! A jokemaster of this openly avowed character is, for ourselses at least, pretty nearly as dispiriting as one of those most incor rigible bores occasionally to be met with in society —your persistently Funny Men ! Fellows who are always lying in wait for the concoction of a pun, creatures who are the loudest laughers at their own jests, men who are for ever poking fun at you, with an obtrusive forefinger, just in between the small ribs—farceurs who are everlastingly, in season and out of season, dragging their inane jocularities in by the head and shoulders ! Some people there are who evidently enjoy this sort of thing. We don't. Popular with others the Funny Men may be—not with us. Facetim done to order—in cold blood--with a sort of malice prepense—are, for us, anything rather than exhilirating—are for us, in truth, dispiriting to the very last degree. So it has been always in our regard with reference to that awful product of the late Mr. Thacke ray's dullest and drearest notion of the droll —that detestable ass, Policeman X. Where the drollery of it lay, we never, for the life of us, could conjecture! Cockney solescisms, bad grammar, and execrable spelling, no more conveying to us any sense of the genuinely ludicrous in writing, than the beating out from a cracked piano of a hideous jumble of discords could convey to us a sense of the humorous in music. Of all kinds of make-believe fun in this way, the Yankee is, perhaps, every ! thing considered, about the best. As—all things considered—the vulgar illiterate Cockney lingo (a la Policeman X.) is about the very worst. And Sam Slick, among all the Yankee drolls who have ever breathed and talked and written, stands forth, 1 as we may say—facile princeps—nernine contradi cente. Yet even with regard to Sam Slick a very Ilittle of hini somehow goes a great way'. We can read him enjoyably only in snatches. We take him up I to put him down again. If we read him continuously for any length of time the grin provoked by him must inevitably, by the simple force of re action, relax into a yawn ! Yet Sam is a droll fellow, too, in his way. And so for that matter, likewise, is Mr. Artemus Ward. And so, too, is Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia. Some may go the length of actually delighting in the latter's whimsicalities— as many do in the whimsicalities of Sam Slick and Artemus Ward. For those who really relish Sam Slick and Artemus Ward, Major Downing cannot but be welcome when he comes to them thus bearing in hand these his I latest lucubrations. Convention Between Great Britain and Greece. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) ATHENS, Aug. 19. The following document has just appeared:— " Convention between Great Britain and Greece as to the judgments given by British Courts and Tribunals in lonian Lawsuits prior to the Annexation. "Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and his Majesty the King of the Hellenes, desiring to regulate by a special convention the effects to be produced in Greece by judgments or sentences passed previous to the annexation of the lonian law suits, have appointed as their plenipotentiaries, to wit : Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Hon. Edward Morris Erskine, her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the King of the Hellenes ; and his Majesty the King of the Hellenes, the Sieur Pierre Brailas Armoni, his Minister for Foreign Affairs, Councillor of State, officer of the Royal Order of the Redeemer, Knight Grand Cross of the highly distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, who, having exchanged their full respective powers, and found them to be in good and proper form, have agreed upon the following articles : "Art. 1. All judgments or definitive sentences delivered in Turkey or in countries beyond the pale of Christendom prior to the 21st May. (2d June), 1864, the date of the an nexation of the lonian Islands to Greece, by consular tribu nals or British courts, between lonian subjects or between lonians and the subjects of any other State, provided they had at that time acquired the authority of an adjudged cause, shall be valid as well in Greece as before the Hellenic con sular authorities abroad, without revision of the ground of the lawsuit. They will be clothed with the executory form by the Hellenic judicial authority before whom execution shall be demanded, without any other formality than the production of an authentic copy of the judgment or sen tence, at the end of which the Ambassador or elm* d'Affaires of her Britannic Majesty at Constantinople shall have appended the words, definitive, and passed as a matter adjudged,' with the date and his signature. Their execution shall take place at the suit of the interested party, in the forms and by the ways and means authorised by the Hellenic laws, or, if any mode is specified in the wording of the judgment or sentence, then by that mode, provided it be not contrary to the laws of public order in Greece. "Art. 2. The definitive judgments or sentences delivered by the British courts and tribunals, under the above-men tioned conditions, which should not have acquired the authority of an adjudged cause up to the date of the an nexation of the lonian Islands to Greece, shall be declared provisionally executory by the Hellenic tribunals, and put in execution, notwithstanding all appeal, upon the produc tion in each case of an authentic copy, having the visa of her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador or Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople, and attesting that it is definitive and provisionally executory, but subject to appeal or opposi tion, or to any other duly specified cause. But if they are subsequently assailed by the course open, the Hellenic tri bunals shall decide. "Art. 3. Lawsuits commenced and not concluded before consular tribunals or British courts before May 21 (June 2), 1864, shall continuo their course before the Hellenic tri bunals. " Art. 4. The present convention shall continue in force for five years, reckoning from the exchange of the ratifica tions. When that period has expired, judgments or sen tences emanating from British courts and tribunals, which shall not up to that time have been put in force by the Hel lenic tribunals, shall no longer enjoy the advantages con ferred by the present convention, but will retain all their other effects according to the Hellenic laws. " Art. 5. This present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Athens within the space of six months, or earlier if possible. "In token whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this convention, and appended thereto the seal of their arms. ~ "Done at Athens the 14th (26th) July of the year o: grace 1865. (signed) " PIERRE BRAILAs ARZONI. " E. M. ERSKINE." FRANCE. - - " The Baroness de Budberg," says the Nord, "has left Trouville for Baden, in consequence of news re ceived of the death of her sister, Madame de Knor- ring." A communication from Spa states that Nubar- Pacha has arrived there from Paris with the intention of passing a fortnight. M. Benedetti, Ambassador of France at Berlin, has arrived in Paris. The Grand Duchess of Oldenburg, accompanied by the Princes Nicholai, George, and Constantine, and the Princesses Catherine and Theresa, with a numerous suite, have arrived in Paris from Salz burg. Abd-el-Kader left Paris yesterday for Amboise, as announced. BOURSE, Aug. 26.—Two o'clock.—The market is exceedingly firm to-day. Threes, for the Ac count, have advanced 10c., and attained 68fr. 50c. Italian Fives show a similar advance, being done at 65fr. 80c. Credit Mobilier Shares have advanced sfr., having again conquered the disputed quotation of 800 fr. Sales still continue on Lombard Shares, which have declined 7fr. 50c.—to 472 fr. 50c. Im mobiliere Shares are also offered—they are quoted 507 fr. 50c., with a fall of sfr. With the exception of these two valeurs, the market is very good. Three o'clock.—The Bourse closes on the highest quotations 4I per Cents 9B Do. end month — Ditto Threes — - Mexican Loan 4B - Do. Bonds — - 'R'ussian Austrian - Spanish Threes - Home Debt — - 3 per Cents. 6B 50 Do. end month 6B 521 Credit Mobilfer Do. end month BO5 Bank Shares 3600 Credit Fonder 1275 Italian Loan 65 90 Do. end month 65 87 Deferred - Roman . - 'AWL Cash. Orleans Amt. - - ... 855 - - - ... 1088 75 - - ... 875 - - ... 568 75 - - ... 555 - - ... 530 - Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian , Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona ...........•••• Roman - - 262 - - ... 410 - •.• 475 - ... 217 50 - - 822 50 222 50 AMERICA. REUTER'S EXPRESS. (Per the Asia.) NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (Evening). The news from the South has no special political significance. The Provisional State authorities are exercising their powers without opposition, and generally receive all necessary co-operation from the inhabitants. The freedmen in some sections are reported to be industrious and orderly ; but generally the reverse seems to be the case, numerous disturbances between them and the whites are reported, and there are in dications that a general movement of the blacks northward will soon take place, as they believe that they can by that means secure better wages and easier work. They are said to be leaving Virginia for New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio by thou sands. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald states that in Virginia the freed negroes are perpetrating great outrages, killing cattle, sheep, poultry, and hogs, and devastating corn-fields and orchards ; the inhabitants being afraid to protect their property on account of their dread of having difficulty with the Federal negro troops. Governor Pierrepont and the State officials generally are said to apprehend serious trouble yet between the white and black inhabitants, as a deep feeling of animo sity is said to exist. It is rumoured that the Cabinet meeting at Washington on the 11th instant was a very stormy affair, and that it was fully manifested on that occasion that important changes will be neces sary before harmonious action can be secured• The removal of Secretaries Welles and Stanton is pre dicted by some journals, and also the resignation of Secretary Seward. The number of major-generals retained in service is so great that there is now, since the disbanding of the bulk of the Federal army, a major-general to every five hundred private soldiers. It is said that the President insists upon an immediate cessation of this ridiculous extravagance. Governor Holder, of North Carolina, has issued a proclamation, appointing the 21st day of September for an election throughout the State of one hundred and twenty members to the State Convention to meet at Raleigh on the 22d of October next. All paroled or amnestied officers and men of the late Confederate army who are duly qualified by right of residence, and by having taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, shall be allowed to vote. Governor Marvin, of Florida, addressed his fel low citizens at Jacksonville, on the 2d inst. He officially informed them of the plan adopted by the President for the purpose of recon struction. The Governor defended the $20,000 exception in the amnesty proclamation as being justifiable in consideration of the supposed superior intelligence and great responsibility of the wealthy classes which rendered their offence more deserving of punishment, while at the same time they possessed greater proportionate facilities than the poorer classes for obtaining special pardons. The Governor pro nounced slavery as utterly dead. He urged the people to unite in making every proper exertion to , restore the state to its former prosperity. He exhorted the freedmen to make good use of their newly-acquired privileges, and not to relapse into Confession of Constance Kent, We have been requested to publish the following statement : " Sir,—l am requested by Miss Constance Kent to com municate to you the following details of her crime, which she has confessed to Mr. Rodway, her solicitor, and to my self, and which she now desires to be made public. " Constance Kent first gave an account of the circum stances of her crime to Mr. Rodway, and she afterwards acknowledged to me the correctness of that account when I recapitulated it to her. Tho explanation of her motive she gave to me when, with the permission of the Lord Chancellor, I examined her for the purpose of ascertaining whether there were any grounds for supposing that she was labouring under mental disease. Both Mr. Rodway and I are convinced of the truthfulness and good faith of what she said to us. " Constance Kent says that the manner in which she committed her crime was as follows :—A few days before the murder she obtained possession of a razor from a green case in her father's wardrobe, and secreted it. This was the sole instrument she used. She also secreted a candle with matches, by placing them in the corner of the closet in the garden, whore the murder was committed. On the night of the murder she undressed herself and went to bed, be cause she expected that her sisters would visit her room. She lay awake watching until she thought that the house hold were all asleep, and soon after midnight she left her bedroom and went down stairs and opened the drawing room door and window shutters. She then went up into the nursery, withdrew the blanket from between the sheet and the counterpane, and placed it on the side of the cot. She then took the child from his bed and carried him down stairs through the drawing-room. She had on her night dress, and in the drawing-room she put on her goloshes. Having the child in one arm, she raised the drawing-room window with the other hand, went round the house and into the closet, lighted the candle and placed it on the seat of the closet, the child being wrapped in the blanket and still sleeping, and while the child was in this position she inflicted the wound in the throat. She says that she thought the blood would never come, and that the child was not killed, so she thrust the razor into its left side, and -put the body, with the blanket round it, into the vault. The light burnt out. The piece of flannel which she had with her was torn from an old flannel garment placed in the wade bag, and which she had taken some time before and sewn it to use in washing herself. She went back into heritedroom, examined her dress, and found only two spots of blood on it. These she washed out in the basin, and threw the water, which was but little discoloured, into the footpan in which she had washed her feet overnight. She took another of her nightdresses and got into bed. In the morning her nightdress had become dry where it had been washed. She folded it up and put it into the drawer. Her three nightdresses were examined by Mr. Foley, and she believes also by Mr. Parsons, the medical attendant of the family. She thought the blood stains had been effectually washed out, but on holding the dross up to the light a day or two afterwards she found tho stains were still visible. She secreted the dress, moving it from place to place, and she eventually burnt it in her own bedroom, and put the ashes or tinder into the kitchen grate. It was about five or six days after the child's death that she burnt the night- dress.' On the Saturday morning, having cleaned the razor, she took an opportunity of replacing it unobserved in the case in the wardrobe. She abstracted her nightdress from the clothes basket when the housemaid went to .fetch a glass of water. The stained garment found in the boiler hole had no connexion whatever with the deed. As regards the motive of her crime it seems that, although she entertained at one time a great regard for the present Mrs. Kent, yet if any remark was at any time made which in her opinion was disparaging to any member of the first family she treasured it up, determined to revenge it. She had no against the little boy, except as one of the children of her stepmother. She declared that both her father and her stepmother had always bean kind to her per sonally, and the following is the copy of a letter which she addressed to Mr. Rodway on this point while in prison be fore her trial:— " ' Devizes, May 15. "' Sir,—lt has been stated that my feelings of revenge were excited in consequence of cruel treatment. This is entirely false. I have received the greatest kindness from both the persons accused of subjecting me to it. I have never had any towards either of them on account of their behaviour to me, which has been veil' kind. " ' I shall feel obliged if you will make use of this state ment in order that the public may be undeceived on this point.—" I remain, sir, yours truly, " CONSTANCE E. KENT. " ' To Mr. R. Rodway.' " " She told me. that when the nursemaid was accused she had fully made up her mind to confess if the nurse bad been convicted, and that she had also made up her mind to commit suicide if she was herself convicted. She said that she had felt hersehi under the influence of the devil before she committed the murder, but that she did not believe, and had not believed, that the devil had more to do with her crime than he had with any other wicked action. She had not said her prayers for a year before the murder, and not afterwards, until she came to reside at Brighton. She said that the circumstance which revived religious feelings in her mind was thinking about receiving sacrament when confirmed. "An opinion has been expressed that the peculiarities evinced by Constance Kent between the ages of 12 and 17 may be attributed to the then transition period of her life. Moreover, the fact of her cutting off her hair, dressing her self in her brother's clothes, and leaving her home with the intention of going abroad, which occurred when she was only 13 years of age, indicated a peculiarity of disposition, and great determination of character, which foreboded that, for good or evil, her future life would be remarkable. "This peculiar disposition, which led her to such singular and violent resolves of action, seemed also to colour and in tensify her thoughts and feelings, and magnify into wrongs that were to be revenged any little family incidents or oc currences which provoked her displeasure. " Although it became my duty to advise her counsel that she evinced no symptoms of insanity at the time of my examination, and that so far as it was possible to ascertain the state of her mind at so remote a period, there was no evidence of it at the time of the murder, I am yet of opinion that owing to the peculiarities of her constitution it is pro bable that under prolonged solitary confinement she would become insane. " The validity of this opinion is of importance now that the sentence of death has been commuted to penal servitude for life ; for no one could desire that the punishment of the criminal should be so carried out as to cause danger of a further and greater punishment not contemplated by the law. "I have the honour to remain your very obedient servant, "JOHN CHARLES BITCKNILL, M.D. "Ifillmorton-hall, near Rugby, Aug. 21" DR. PUSEY (according to the Reader) is said to have in the press a formal reply to the letter which Archbishop Manning recently addressed to him on behalf of Anglo-Romanism. From what we learn of its contents, says the Church Times, it will be almost as remarkable a work as the "Apologia" of Dr. Newman. It will contain, we are informed, not only a personal defence of Dr. Pusey's position and policy, but a full and complete vindication of the catholicity of the Church of England. Dr. Pusoy will address the letter formally to Mr. Keble, preferring this to entering into personal controversy with Dr. Manning. MRS. PITZHERBERT BATHING.—The Prince of Wales's " wife," Mrs. Fitzherbert, took the water like a duck at Brighton. She might be seen walking in her stately beauty, like a queen, down to the beach ; trifle pale, perhaps, or a little flushed, from last night's country-dances and late hours, but the salubrious waves rushed up to kiss her feet. Martha Gunn, hailing her us "Mrs. Prince," took her by both hands and buried her, as it were, in Neptune's bosom ; as she turned in the water the flash of her "beauteous alleles" might have been taken for that which shot . all silvery from those of Ilesiod's Amphitrite; and as she rose from the waves and wended towards the shore, Martha Gunn protested that she went in, a perfect lily, and came out " fresh as a peach, Ma'am, if you please."—Athen mum. ,p, ' . •,... it or , Court" ' 4.l.Vt:it /Alio. , ------- '"--- tittnlyit ...... - 4t. -- * o l,t , • The Queen's Visit to Germany. ROSENAU, COBURG, Aug. 24. The Duchess of Holstein Augustenburg, niece to her Majesty, arrived at the Calienberg, on Sunday, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, accompanied by her brother-in-law, Prince Christian. of Holstein. The Duchess and Prince Christian visited the Queen at the Rosenau, on Monday, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, as well as the Duchess of Holstein-Augustenburg and Prince Christian, dined with her Majesty in the evening. Her Majesty continues to drive out every day. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived yesterday from Eng land. The Duke of Hamilton arrived at Hamilton House, Arlington-street, Piccadilly, from France, on his way to Hamilton Palace and Brodick Castle, Scotland, for shooting. The Duchess of Hamilton (née Princess Mary of Baden) has arrived at Baden-Baden from Paris. The Duke and Lady Mary have accompanied the Duchess. The Earl Grosvenor, M.P., and Lady Constance Grosvenor have arrived at Dunrobin Castle, N. 8., on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, from the south. Lord and Lady Farnham have arrived at Claridge's Hotel on their return from the Continent. The Right Hon. William F. Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper have gone on a visit to Viscount and Vis countess Palmerston at Brockett Hall, Herts. Viscount and Viscountess Sudley have arrived at Brockett Hall, on a visit to Lord and Lady Palmerston, from their residence at Kew. Viscount Jocelyn and the Hon. Miss Jocelyn have arrived at Tullymore Park, county Down, the seat of the Earl of Roden. The Hon. Frederick A. Stanley, M.P., and Lady Constance Stanley left Knowsley Park a few days ago for Ballykisteen, Tipperary, which seat, we understand, Lord Stanley, M.P., has given up to his brother. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived in town on Friday. ' DEATH OF SIR G. BROWN.—General Sir George Brown, of Crimean fame, died at Linkwood, near Elgin, _ _ yesterday morning. He had been in poor health for weir:, months. M. FECHTER is preparing a version of " The Bride of Lammermoor" for his coming campaign.. THE ALOE, OR AGAVE AMERICANA.—A very fine specimen of this plant may be seen in great beauty in the gardens of the Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond-hill. The flower spike is already 19ft. in height, and carries upon it 2,000 flowers. It is supposed to be nearly 100 years old. TUPPER'S JOKE ABOUT VITUPPERATION.—In a good-hunioured letter, addressed to the Ath,enxunb and dated Albury House, near Guildford, Aug. 22, 1865, the author of "Proverbial Philosophy" says, "I for one re turn humble thanks to dear old Punch, and his younger brother Fun, for many forms of (here's a new joke for them) vitupperation ; I'm used to it, and take it as good nature, though perhaps not always so intended." CLERICAL PEERS.—The following clergymen have seats in the House of Lords as lay peers :—The Rev. A. E. Hobart, Earl of Buckinghamshire ; Rev. W. G. Howard, Earl of Carlise ; Very Rev. W. J. Brodrick, Viscount Midleton ; Rev. W. Nevill, Earl of Abergavenny ; Rev. F. T. Wykeham Fiennes, Lord Saye and Sele ; Right Rev. J. R. Eden, Lord Auckland ; Rev. H. W. Powlett, Lord Bayning ; Right Rev. T. Plunket, Lord Plunket ; and the Rev. A. Curzon, Lord Scarsdale. In the Scottish peerage there is not one clergyman. In the Irish peerage there are only two clergymen, besides Lord Auckland who is an Irish as well as English baron, viz., the Very Rev-. H. de Montmorency, Viscount Montmorres ; and the Rev. J. Beresford, Marquis of Waterford. The heir pre sumptive to the title of Lord Arundell of Wardour is his brother, a Jesuit priest. The heir presumptive to the Irish barony of Ffrench is also in Roman Catholic orders. The heirs to the titles of Sherard, Stuart de Decies, Buckhurst Barberton, and Hastings, are also clergymen.—Guardian. MONUMENT TO SIR D UNC AN MA CDOUGALL.—The ceremony of unveiling this statue took place on Fri day in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral. Last year many of the friends and admirers of the late Sir Duncan Mac- Dougall, in consideration of his distinguished military achievements, as well as his private character, proposed to raise a monument to his memory. A subscription list was opened, and eventually £300• was collected. Among the subscribers were the Duke of Buccleuch, General Sir De Lacy Evans, General Maunsell, Colonel William Napier, Major Manners, Captain Claxton, R.N., Dr. M'Lachlin, &c. The joint secretaries were Captain W. G. Furnival, Adjutant of the 3d Middlesex Volunteers, and the Rev. G. Mathias, of Chelsea Hospital, London. A considerable number of the friends of the late Colonel were present. The bust and tablet memorial were executed by Mr. George G. Adams, of Sloane-street. A white freestone slab supports a moulded marble base, on the plain part of which a sword and musket are carved in relief, and united in the centre by a wreath of bay. Above this base there is a block of pure white marble. On this is the inscription relating the leading events of the long and varied life of the deceased, and over this, upon a plain plinth, with a cannon in bas relief, is placed the bust of Sir Duncan MacDougall. The work is in every way highly creditable to the sculptor. The friends of the late Sir Duncan pronounce the likeness to be perfect. The subject was a good one. The General had a lofty forehead, well-cut features, and a fine white beard ; he had sat to Mr. Adams in his lifetime. The monument is placed on the right side of the entrance to the Nelson and Wellington tombs. On the left there is a marble tablet, by the same artist, to the memory of Cap tain Langhorn Thompson, one of the defenders of Kars, to which the Emperor of the French had contribbted- We copy the inscription in the "display," as it is tech nically called, of which groat good taste is apparent : "Erected to the memory of Col. Sir Duncan MacDougall, K.C. S.F., of Sorada, Argyleshire, by those friends and comrades to whom his public services and private worth were known. He served with the 83d and 85th Regiments, at the Cape, in the Peninsula, and in France ; at the siege of Badajoz, Burgos, and St. Sebas tian, and at the battle of Salamanca, where, though wounded, he gallantly saved the colours of his regiment. In America, he was at the battles of Bladensburg, Balti more, New Orleans, and at the capture of Washington. Ho finally commanded the 79th Highlanders until he retired from the British army to join the Auxiliary Legion in Spain, under his friend Sir De Lacy Evans, and received the Order of St. Ferdinand from Isabella 11. In his latter years be raised the Lancashire Artillery Militia, and was among th. first to promote the Volunteers. He was a chivalrous sal dier and a warm-hearted friend. He died on the 10th of December, 1862, in the 76th year of his age." Capt. Clax ton, RN., who had served with the gallant officer at Bla densburg and in other American battles, was among those present. THE LADY'S MILE.—You recollect, gentle reader, the first time you saw, in your earliest visit to the great metropolis, that beautiful expanse of land, which is part of the ancient manor of Hide, once belonging to the monastery of St. Peter at Westminster, and which, with most other church lands, became in the eighth Henry's reign the property of the Crown: yes, you recollect, with as much pleasure as you recollect your first visit to the theatre, or your first trip to the - Seaside, your earliest visit to Hya o Park. Truly, a noble place, with its gentle and varied , diversity of surface, and its umbrageous shades ; with those great old trees, not manufactured to order, but dignified even where decay has begun, and proving itself to be a , park of some noble house in the old, old days. Truly& noble place—a place that no other city in the world can show, with its beautiful women, splendid equipages, and fine horses ; and as you saunter along the Serpentine—that fine sheet of water which Queen Caroline made a hundred an d years ago—and feel the heat of the summer's day tem pered by the refreshing breeze from the largest lake many s' Cockney ever saw, you bless the memories of the monks of St. Peter and good Queen Caroline, for their gifts of to Ibra°- park and the Serpentine. You recollect, specially o, that beautiful carriage drive on the northern bank of the Serpentine, called " The Lady's Mile ;" su" ' thinking of its singular beauty, you will be glad to ke° ll : that the accomplished novelist, Miss Braddon, who is ', clever as she is indefatigable, has chosen the name, " 1 : 13-e Lady's Mile," for the name of her new novel, whose s r- pearance thousands upon thousands of readers look for ward to with right pleasurable anxiety. An d wber. e'a ask you, is this now novel to appear ? W ell, 3116 Braddon always selects a good vehicle co mmunication with her readers ; and she now selec ts that excelle°t poriodical, the St. James's Magazine, in the September erou:, bar of which, following her beautifu l and very succ,, 'lt;;a tale, " Only a Clod," appears the first instalment of ca Lady's Mile." Likest thou not this bit of news, g° reader ?—Paisley Herald. art" LABOURERS' STRIKE.—The strike among the 009, skilled workmen employed by Messrs. Trollop ° and _Sil Messrs. Smith and Taylor, and M r. Freake is but a ro _ .cic. one. It is only the men on a few jobs who have s o u l : 0;a It would appear that, emboldened by the success o of skilled workmen, they have asked for a rise in wage bi per hour. The demand will probably be met the a , --400 11 / masters giving the increase to some of the best 1 ov g _,. a and to the rest the option of leaving or remaintenw..is'be lower rate of wages. It is unlikely that the strike ' .11 , c , developed into any serious or general combinatif ___soo. rnneonaosr -;ctizr:eewno goingrks, a l on n t h a e so usual,h el- o ble e rr e r P o t l l t e h p e e Ga