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One certainly, at the time of his death, occupying the gran.dest position any subject of the Crown could occupy —wielding the largest authority—enjoying the widest popularity—holding amongst all his contemporaries the most lengthened and the most fully sustained, if not also the most resplendent political reputation. Lord PALMER STON, when he breathed his last, died most assuredly, in the fullest meaning of the old familiar words, full of years and full of honours. Had he survived until to-morrow he would have attained the 81st anniversary of his birth. And yet, although he had actually passed the allotted age of man, the scrip tural threescore years and ten, by eleven years less only forty-eight hours, he expired not merely still in harness, as the phrase is, but still bearing upon his shoulders the weighty responsibility of Prime Minister of England. And he was not so much the Leade r of the Government, as he was, to all in tents and purposes, in his own person, in his own popularity and reputation, the Government. The in congruous elements of the Cabinet he had formed have only been held together during all these years by his individual influence. Removed from the midst of the Ministry by death, from his central and supreme position in the midst of it, Lord PniziEnsTox is as certain as possible to have his personal importance very signally and quite conclusively indicated by the fact of that Ministry's rapid disintegration now that its great chieftain, its originator, its sustainer ' has disappeared from the scene. Lord PAL MERSTON'S popularity, every one has long felt to be, the one thing essential to its continued existence. During the interval of the long vacation, in other words, until Parliament shall assemble there will be very probably a sort of Ministerial interregnum by which a few months may be tided over. That is, if the jealousies of rival statesmen in the Ministry, will permit of any such temporary arrangement ! By etiquette, almost we had said by right, the only one amongst the surviving members of the present Cabinet who has already been Prime Minister of England, meaning Earl RUSSELL, before he was yet Earl RUSSELL, while he was still known by his historical title of courtesy as Lord JOHN RUSSELL, ought now to have the one rous and in some respects hardly enviable privilege of succeeding the Great Statesman, now lying dead in Brockett Hall, as head of Her MAJESTY'S Go vernment. Other claimants to that lofty position are talked of, it is true, as likely to be selected by Her MAJESTY, in preference to the noble earl at the Head of the Foreign-office. The Earl of CLARENDON is one of these—the chief of the great house of VILLIERS, and himself very eminently distinguished among contemporary administrators. Another is the Earl GRANVILLE, already occupying such high rank in the Ministry, over which it is thought he may be called upon to preside, that, even now, he is at once Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Peers. In many re spects, however, there remains still to be men tioned a yet more formidable competitor for the Premiership (among the Chiefs of the Government side in the two houses) than either of the three eminent men just now mentioned—than Earl RUSSELL, or Earl GRANVILLE, or the Earl of CLARENDON. There is Mr. GLADSTONE—ROW be yond a doubt of it, intellectuallyfaci/eprinceps among the members of the Cabinet in the House of Com mons. But—significantly enough as it seems to us—the organ of what may be called (if any one of the distinct political parties can lay claim to the title) Mr. Gladstone's party—the organ, that is to say, of the extreme radical party, Mr. BRIGHT'S party, the all but revolutionary party—the Morning Star blurts out the acknowledgment that Mr. GLADSTONE'S day has not yet arrived ! While, however, the Lieutenants of ALEXANDER, so to speak, are already naeditatin g, thus, a vigorous struggle amongst themselves for the division of his empire, now thatthe sceptre of authorityhas slipped from the cold and stiffened hand of their chieftian—there lie yet awaiting interment at the hand of his fellow countrymen (an interment of befitting splendour and solemnity) the remains of the ruler of an empire far more vast and powerful than the one which ALEXANDER conquered—vaster and more powerful even than the Empire ALEXANDER wept for, accord ing to the old apocryphal anecdote. It is scarcely on his own account, it is scarcely for his own sake, or in his own interests, that Lord PALMERSTON'S removal from amongst us can reason ably be lamented. His life was rounded to a circle. His career was, in very truth, completed. He had attained the highest position in this Commonwealth. He had enjoyed the occupation of it for fully ten years: For one entire decade he had as Prime Minister wielded or presided over the destinies of the whole British Empire. During more than half a century he had held in various capacities high official rank as a member of various Governments. Twice he had formed and held together a Govern ment of his own. His political career was so pro tracted that it extended over two distinct generations. He was Secretary-at-War during the epoch of the Great NAPOLEON. He was Prime Minister during nearly the whole of the twelve years that have already elapsed of the reign of NAPOLEON 111. He was the greatest Foreign Minister England has ever had at the head of her diplomacy. He was, to all foreign nations, during the chief part of this half century last passed, the greatest, the most formidable, and the most renowned of all representative Englishmen. His popularity and reputation were such among his own country men—that Sir ROBERT PEEL could say in his regard, amidst the cheers of the House of Commons, " We are all proud of him !"—that Sir BULWER LYTTON could define Lord PALMERSTON'S chivalric character thus tersely, nobly, and accurately, in a single verse— " He rode to war no vizor to his helm 1" And what is very remarkable, looking back now at Lord PALMERSTON'S career, his popularity has known no declension or diminution. It has only ripened and expanded. When he died it was at its very highest. The last General Elec tion was of itself a conspicuous and conclusive attestation that it was so. It was so conspicuous and so conclusive an attestation of the fact we are here insisting upon, that it might almost be spoken of as Lord PALMERSTON'S political Eutha nasia ! It was a false issue that went to the country in that General Election, but the result of it was evidence of an exceptionally resplendent kind, that Lord PALMERSTON'S individual repute, that his personal popularity, great though they had been previously for years upon years, were never so great as they were at the very last. His reputation, hispopularity, in fact, outrode all competition. They left him, venerable veteran though he was, still completely Master of the Situation. In defiance of his Foes ! In despite of his own Colleagues ! And it is this Great Man, this Famous Eng lishman, this Patrician - Gentleman, this fore most Statesman amongst his Contemporaries, who has but just now passed from amongst us, and to whose dead body the Nation will have to accord suitable sepulchral honours, under the roof beams, we presume, of Westminster Abbey. He had secured all the honours he could reasonably have aspired to in life. We must bestow upon him that last and crowning honour. now that he is dead. In life —down to the moment of his death—ho was First Minister of the Crown. He had been for many years Foreign Secretary. He had been Home Secretary. He had been twice Prime Minister. He had all the coveted initials that ambitious Englishmen delight in gathering together—K .G., G.C.8., P.C., M.P., D.C.L., and what not. He had the blue riband of the Garter, and the red riband of the Bath. He was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Constable of Dover Castle, and Elder Brother of the Trinity ,Reuse, and Lord Rector of Glasgow University, and all the rest of it. He had ample wealth, a splendid constitution, and lived to:eighty-one years of age. He breathed his last, while yet at the head of affairs, calmly and peacefully, in his bed, surrounded by his family, hon oured, and admired, and respected by all parties, ranks, and classes among hi s f e ll ow _ countrymen. The least we can do, now that he has gone, the least we can do as a last evidence of our appreciation for one so venerable in years, so lofty in character, and so illustrious in position, is—that we should inter his dead body with all appropriate funereal magnificence among the kin dred great ones who already lie buried there in the old Abbey at Westmister. The death of Lord PALMERSTON has caused a sud den shock to the community, and spread a gloom over all circles, social and political. It is, indeed, not more than once in a generation, if so often, that a public man is called away whose death is felt so deeply, and exercises so great au influence far and wide. The noble lord was one of those men whose individual qualities create for them a place in the esteem of men apart from the reputation which attaches to th e i r achievements. The long life of our late limitsPro7 mortality, Premier has beyond the ordinary yet, until v e r y near i ts close, there were no signs of decay or dimi nution of energy. Although the intelligence of his death took many by surprise, it was , THE SUN, LONDON, 'THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1865. well known in many quarters that the end was near, if nof quite so imminent. Surely it is some thing-for a statesman to aspire to thus to command the respect and attract the sympathies of his fellow countrymen. Those who witnessed the sorrow which was expressed yesterday far and wide as the mournful news was circulated might well have realised the truth of the saying, " to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." Such a memory is far more precious than to have ruled cabinets by wisdom, or to have swayed senates by eloquence. It is an epoch in the history of statesmen this long career of Lord PALMFRSTON, and doubtless it was a satisfaction to him to die in harness, and remain Premier until the end. The man who yesterday expired at Brockett Hall, and who was so intimately associated with our every-day existence, was also connected with events that seem to us to belong to the past, and are quite out of the ken of the obser vation of the present day. He was in the midst of the stirring scenes that occurred in the time of the French Revolution, and thus took an active part in events that oceurred before some of his late col leagues were born, before many of them had ever thought of political life. Almost every Cabinet that has been formed since his entrance into public life has comprised Lord PALMERSTON amongst its members ; and no doubt it was owing to this protracted experience that he rendered such valuable services to his country, and was of such inestimable importance at the Councils of State. The prime of the noble lord's career was spent at the Foreign-office, and in that important posi tion he won for himself undying fame, making his' country honoured and respected - far and wide. Earl RUSSELL, when Premier, it may be remembered, gave a noble description of the man who was the chief prop of his Administration, when exclaimed in regard to Lord PALMERSTON the " noble lord is not the Minister of France, of Austria, or of Prussia, but he is the Minister of England." This, in fact, was pre-eminently the characteristic of his foreign policy and by keepingto this principle he gained his world-wide renown, and acquired his universal popularity. This is ohviously no fitting time in which to make invidious re marks, or to dwell upon the drawbacks to success which - must inevitably occur in any public career s:)f however brief a duration. But it is to be regretted that in his later days the noble lord did not altogether carry out his old notions, sufffered himself, on the contrary, to be influenced by those who had neither his prescient skill to discern, nor his public spirit to carry out his designs. Apart from all his mistakes and errors, he stands out a noble specimen of an English statesman, such as no foreign country can show, because nowhere but in England can a subject exercise so much power and gain so great an influence. A career like the grand one which closed yesterday could never have been run in lauds where absolutism holds sway any more than it could have flourished in communities where republicanism fetters the intel lect and inflames the passions of men to a degree which renders it impossible for them to exer cise their independence, which alone creates great ness. After so long a life, passed in eventful scenes, it seems strange that its close should have been so peaceful ; but it is a satisfactory reflec tion that he died tranquilly, surrounded by his kindred. WORDSWORTH, in one of his touching de scriptions of social scenes, has -given us an excel lent portraiture of those who sustain their courage and retain their spirits to the very last. Such an one, he says, is not a melancholy slave to regrets or past recollections—. "But an old age serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, Shall light thee to tho grave." Lord PALMERSTON'S closing years may well remind us of this quotation, for it would have been im possible for any one to have displayed more vigour and determination than did the noble lord. His genial qualities rendered him a general favourite, and his popularity was unbounded. When he was absent from his parliamentary duties for any length of time, his entrance to his seat on the Treasury Bench was always greeted with loud cheers from both sides of the House. He also gave entertain ments at his residence where the leaders of the Opposition and all ranks and shades of public opinion met, so that an agreeable rendezvous was afforded to those whose differences of opinion pre vented them from coming into contact at other times. At the death of no public man could we exclaim with more truth, in the words of Byron— "His mourners are his friends and foes." It is a warning to those who rush into extremes of any kind to notice the great influence which Lord PALMERSTON possessed; and no doubt it mainly depended upon his avoidance of excess in any direc tion. It is never those who are violent in their demeanour, and vehement in their opinions, who attain to any great results. They may rule a clique or direct a sect, but can never win the confidence of the community at large. It has been said by some who were envious of his renown that he was not sufficiently decided in anything, never theless_he contrived to carry on the business of the country with great success, and if he wrought no startling political changes, he prevented any collision of interests, which might have proved inju rious to the public service. He was a general favou rite in his life, he is universally honoured in his death, and by his grave all rival factions will meet to lament the loss of a common friend. To achieve so much is something to say of any de parted statesman ; and surely a wide-spread regard among all classes of the community, and a deep gloom through the length and breadth of the land, are better trophies for the living and tributes for the dead than the stupid starers and the load huzzas which follow the demagogue in his bois terous career, but which fail to lend decorum to his life, or impart dignity to his memory. In many respects Lord PALMERSTON does not come up to the standard of those who are the leading characters of their own day, and bright and particular stars in the firmament of history for all times succeeding. But he possessed qualities which made him their equal in importance and influence, and will asso ciate his name with theirs in the future. Mr. DISRAELI has truly defined the characteristics of a great man as " one who affects the mind of his generation," and, tried by this test, Lord PALMER STON was truly great, for throughout his career he was memorable, and from its meridian to its close he was the statesman par excellence, the Minister most regarded by the English people. He was the life and soul of every Cabinet in which he took a part, and he only assumed his natural place when he became Premier. After having once held that office he could never take a secondary place like Lord RUSSELL. In the House of Commons the noble lord was unequalled for his dexterity in management. He rarely lost his temper, and on the most tlyi • ng occa sions he could smooth away difficulties, and often created amusement when others had irritated and perplexed the House. It was fortunate that the noble lord remained in the Lower House to the last, for it would have been an irreparable loss to the public had he been trans ferred to " the prim benches of the upper school." No one ever possessed a greater readiness at reply, no matter what the subject might have been that called forth his powers, and out of the most awkward pre dicaments that those in official life fell into he could generally extricate them without giving offence to anyone. It is impossible to dwell upon the death of Lord PALMERSTON without feeling that we have lost one whom our generation cannot replace. He held a particular place in the hearts of the people that none among living statesmen can fill, and his loss will be more lamented as time goes on, and we miss the familiar presence and genial influence of one who has been associated with English life and connected with the political world since the earliest date of the memories of even the middle aged. And not only in the arena of politics, the strife of senates, and the con tentions of Cabinets did the noble lord distinguish himself, he was everywhere a favourite, and was always well received by all ranks and classes. Many will feel to-day that they have lost a friend when they peruse the details of the last momentsof the late Premier. Sad as our reflections are at the thoughts of the de parted, it must not be said that all is gloom in the memory of one so widely respected and deeply be loved. When the first shock has passed away it will be felt by those nearest and dearest to him that his work was done, and that the time for rest had arrived. The shadow feared of man never took from his post one more capable of filling it than our departed Premier, and although he had passed be yond the ordinary limits of mortality, we all feel that his loss is premature, perhaps, because it is irreparable. His death will be remembered for a long time to come, and the succession of events and the rapid changes of public life will not efface his memory, from the lively recollection of all who had the privilege of knowing him. His general appreciation ny tne community was ins 13t .it, proof of success, and will be his best monument, for it is written on tablets that will know no decay. Thus living, the name of Lord PALMERSTON has been associated with our most honoured statesmen, and thus dying, his name will be ranked high in the immortal scroll of history among England's illus trious dead. It is said that, in spite of the threatening tone adopted by Mr. SEWARD, the Government of the United States is anxious to preserve pacific rela tions with France, and indeed with all the European Powers, but that it is feared that Congress will in sist upon extreme measures should additional troops be sent to Mexico. There are, of course, still ele ments of disturbance in the body politic, and those persons and parties who were gaining fame and for tune by the war are naturally disinclined to subside into the unprofitable monotony of peace. General GRANT, who appears to find his occupation gone with the suspension of hostilities, is openly declaring that France must be driven out of Mexico, and that before very long the Govern ment will declare war. It is said, whether with truth or not, that this conduct is disapproved by the Government, which means to do all in its power to avoid an open rupture. The financial difficulties of the country alone might make even American statesmen pause before they provoked so powerful a nation as France to direct antagonism. One would suppose that the Congress has had enough of war and of the levying of war taxes, while in commercial circles a rupture with France must naturally excite the very gravest apprehensions. Four years of a war, which was sufficient to desolate any country, seems to have left the people of the Northern States sufficient pugnacity and enter prise to enter upon a contest which, if not more deadly, would certainly- be more unequal. For midable as the Confederate cruisers proved to the Northern commerce, the ironclads of France would produce a very different effect, and would soon make the merchants of New York cry out for peace. The Generals, too, would find the difference in obtain ing their supplies of men, arms, and ammunition, for very certainly the exhausted resources of the Southern States would not supply the place occupied during the last struggle by the English purveyors of the munitions of war. The little back-handed movement which the Americans have been favour ing against this country has not yet altogether subsided. The Central Council of Fenians, at a meeting held at the Astor House on the sth of October, resolved to convoke a special congress of the entire organization in America at Philadelphia on the 16th. The congress will have the agree able office of discussing the trials of its mem bers in this part of the world, and the total collapse of the grand liberation movement in the Emerald Isle. Another large meeting had been already held at Memphis on the 3d, though what was the result of the deliberations is not stated. Perhaps the Yankees themselves may learn a lesson from the total and ignominious failure of the move ment, which may give them a truer insight into the state of affairs in Ireland. Meanwhile the task of reconstruc tion seems to be going on steadily. North Carolina has unanimously declared the ordinance null and void, and the Missouri Courts have determined that practising attorneys must subscribe to the test oath of loyalty. So far there seems to be no oppo sition to the gradual consolidation of the States. Itis only to be hopedthat no rash and hasty measure may precipitate the country into fresh difficulties and dangers. ABOLITION OF TOLLS ON THE SURREY AND SUSSEX ROADS. — Yesterday morning all the gates and bars on these roads were thrown open. The materials of the toll-houses, gates, side bars, &c., were disposed of by auction on Mon day and Tuesday last, and fetched high prices. Within a week not a vestige will remain of the gates so well known to Derbyites—viz., Bennington and Sutton. DETERMINED SUICIDE IN THE P ÜBLIC ROAD.- On Tuesday evening a man named named Edward Bur wood, manager to a fashionable hairdresser, residing at 21, Adam-street West, Bryanstone-squmn- destroyed himself by lying down under the wleels of one of the Great Western Railway Company's vans in the Edgware-road. The wheels passed over his chest, and he was instantly killed. Grief at the recent death of his wife is said to be the cause of the rash act. DANISH COAST . FINDS.—Stone implements of the forms above described are frequently found on the surface of the ground, or are dug up in agricultural or other operations. But those found singly in this manner have comparatively little scientific value; it is only when found in considerable numbers, and especially when as sociated with other remains, that they serve to throw much light on the manners and customs of ancient times. As already mentioned, the tumuli, the lake habitations and the shell mounds, are specially valuable in this respect, but I must also say a few words about the " Coastfinds" of tho Danish antiquaries. " Coastfinds" are discoveries of rude flint implements, which are found lying in large num bers on certain spots along the old line of coast. These discoveries have received from the Danish antiquaries the namelof "Kystfunden," or, as wo may translate it, "Coast finds." Owing probably to the elevation. of the land which has taken place in Jutland since the stone age, some of them are now on dry ground, and as the shore is very fiat the elevation, slight as it is, has in some cases been suffi cient to separate them by a considerable distance from the present water lino. Some, on the other hand, are at lower levels ; one, for instance, close to the railway station at Korsoer, is exposed only at low tide, and others are al ways covered. The " Coastfinds," however, belong pro bably to different classes. Thus, one at Anholt was evi dently a workshop of flint implements, as is shown by the character of the chips, and by the discovery of more than GO flint cores. Those on, the contrary, which even at the present day are under water, must have been so in old times, and as there are no traces of like habitations in Den mark, it seems the most natural supposition that they were the places where the fishermen used to drag their nets. It. is still usual to choose particular spots for this purpose, and it is evident that many of the rude objects used in fish ing, especially of the stones employed as not weights, would there be lost. The objects discovered are just what might have been expected under these circumstances. They con sist of irregular flint chippings, net weights or sling stones, flakes, scrapers, awls, and axes.—Lubbock's Pre-historic Times. DEATH LORD PALMERSTON. After the last report Lord Palmerston's strength continued to fail, and at a quarter before 11 o'clock this morning he expired without suffering. Mos. WATSON, M.D. PROTHEROE SMITH, M.D. CHAS. DRADOE, M.D. Brockett-hall, Oct. 18, 1865. In the City, since the death of the Prince Con sort, no event of the kind has occasioned a more profound impression than the announcement yes terday—first, of the alarming illness, and then of the death of Lord Palmerston. Throughout the morning eager inquiries were made at the Mansion house, at Lloyd's, and at every place of public re sort, as to whether any additional intelligence had been received of the state of the sufferer. The ap pearance of the second editions of the morning papers was anxiously looked for, and when at length they began to be put in circulation they were instantly in extraordinary demand. The intelli- gence they contained that the noble lord was sink ing fast produced a melancholy foreboding in th public mind, and prepared it for the still sadder event which became generally known later in the afternoon. The evening papers carried the sorrow ful news far and wide, and it soon became the theme of every tongue. BIRMINGHAM. The telegram conveying information of the death of Lord Palmerston was received here between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The two or three lines which appeared in the morning papers had to some extent prepared the public mind for this great national calamity and sorrow, but most peu l lo dung to a hope that the life of the illusiiieua statesman might yet be spared, and the span of his service and devotion to his country lengthened out. His death has caused a great sensation here, to be increased the more the knowledge of the sad event is diffused. BRADFORD. The telegram as to the death of Lord Palmerston yesterday afternoon was received with deep sensa tion and profound regret. All felt that the removal of the venerable Premier was a great national calamity. BRISTOL. Probably no message ever conveyed by telegraph to this city was productive of more universal regret than the brief announcement, " Lord Palmerston is dead," which reached this city before 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon, and having been published at the Commercial Rooms and newspaper offices, at once spread with lightning rapidity throughout the city. Politicians of all shades mingled their expressions of sorrow at the death of one who, though past•the ordinary age, was yet removed with comparative suddenness. The telegrams received in the morning and at subsequent parts of the day had convinced the public that the condition of the Premier was precarious, but faith in his sound constitution favoured the hope that he would rally and ultimately recover, and the announcement of his death, there fore, came with an additional shock. Flags have been already half-masted at some of the public buildings and at the Industrial Exhibition, which Lord Palmerston was to have opened last month, but which he was prevented from attending by the illness which has ended in his death. LIVERPOOL. Rumour of the death of Lord Palmerston circu lated throughout Liverpool yesterday, and created a profound sensation and sincere expressions of sorrow among all classes. About four p.m. the flag on the Town Hall was hoisted half-mast. The rumours had a considerable effect on 'Change, the markets being depressed. OXFORD. The excitement in this University on Monday and Tuesday was intense, consequent upon the various telegraphic messages received reepectinz_the serious illness of Lord Palmerston. From the time at which the first intelligence of the recurrence of the malady under the influence of which the noble Premier has so frequently suffered was received the interest here increased in intensity, and each successive telegram was received with an anxiety equalled only upon the occasion of the late Prince Consort's death. We regret to add that the telegrams beyond doubt con firm the fatal termination of his lordship's attack, and instructions have been given by both corporate bodies to give due solemnity to the event by the tolling of " minute bells" from St. Mary's and St. Martin's Churches. Politically speaking, his lord ship was in no way personally identified with this University, if we except the honorary degree of D.C.L. conferred upon him at the commencement of 1862 ; but the mention of his lordship's name at the Encmnia has invariably been the signal for plau dits loud and prolonged in an assembly certainly not distinguished for partisanship in the strictest sense of the term. As evidence of the importance attach ing to the event, we are authorised to state that University, county, and city, as well as district meetings will be forthwith held for the purpose of conveying votes of condolence to the widow. WINDSOR. Yesterday evening intelligence of the de cease of, Viscount Palmerston reached the Royal borough, telegraphic Messages having been de spatched to the Windsor terminus, Kingston- upon- Thames, Twickenham, and all the stations of the London and South-Western Railway station. In the course of the evening a Government messenger was despatched from town to Earl Russell, who is now residing at Pembroke-lodge, Richmond Park. The Cabinet. Under the present painful circumstances it will at once become necessary for the Queen to appoint a successor to the lamented Viscount Palmerston. We need hardly point out that Lord Russell, having been already Prime Minister, will be sent for by her Majesty. If the noble earl accepts the Premiership, it is probable that the Earl of Cla rendon will be entrusted with the duties of the Foreign-office, which he formerly discharged under the Administration of Lord Aberdeen. In the case of Lord Russell electing to retain the Foreign-office, the Premiership might be entrusted to Lord Granville or Lord Clarendon. But we think that, in all probability, Lord Russell will accept the all-important post now vacant. In any case, Mr. Gladstone succeeds to the Leadership of the House of Commons.—Post. DEATH OF SIR THOMAS WHELAN.—The death is announced this morning of Sir Thomas Whelan, who in 1832 was Lord Mayor of Dublin, having been High Sheriff of the county ten years previously. The deceased was the son of Mr. Thomas Whelan, a merchant of Dublin, and was born in 1800. He received a knighthood in 1822 during tho year of his shrievalty. THE GALE.--SHIELDS, Wednesday Noon.—The weather has been very inclement on the north eastern coast all night, and at this hour a north-east gale is blowing and there in a heavy sea on the coast. Ships are running for the shelter of the harbour, and the Pilot steamboat has gone out to sea with a number of pilots on board to assist in bringing ships into the harbour. A little laden brig got on to the Herd Sand an hour ago, but she beat, over with the flood tide and is safe in port. Some steamboats drove on the Herd, but they were got off with out much injury. The barometer is very low, and there is every appearance of renewed bad weather. VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM.—On Tuesday afternoon Nottingham was visited by a violent thunderstorm. About five o'clock a brilliant flash of forked lightning was followed by a terrible crash, which seemed to shako the ground. On the north side of the town the tower of the church of All Saints was struck, and part of the stone both inside and outside was thrown down. It made its way through the roof and tore away the coping of one of the gable ends. A number of men were at work near tho church, and were knocked down and stunned, but not further injured. The vane end of the spire of the Roman Catholic church of St. Barnabas was also struck at the same time, the extreme point of the spire being divided. A girl was struck in St. John-street, and was so much injured as to require medical assistance. No fatal casualty occurred• LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ETNA. QUEENSTOTVN, OCT. 19, The Inman steamship Etna, from New York on the 7th inst., arrived here at 730 a.m. to-day, with the mails, 188 passengers, and $150,000 in specie. She landed 45 passengers, and proceeded for Li verpool at 7 45 a.m. Her telegraphic advices have been anticipated, ARRIVAL OF THE NEW YORK. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 19 The North German Lloyds steamer New York, from New York on the 7th inst., passed the Needles at 9 20 a.m. to-day. MADAGASCAR,. MARSEILLES, OCT. 19. Intelligence received here from Madagascar, dated the 2d September, says : "Yesterday a serious disturbance took place here on account of the payment of the indemnity to the French Government. The populace assembled under the window of the Queen's palace, where they raised loud cries for the expulsion of the French consul and of the Catholic mission. The nobles then interfered and promised the people that they should receive satisfaction. The French con sul declared that he would not leave without an order from his Government." NICE. The following communication is frotn the Mayor of Nice . " NICE, Oct. 12 , " The cholera had but just declared itself at Mar seilles at Toulon, when the report was spread and propagated by several newspapers that it had like wise broken out at Nice. " This was without foundation; but, while the epidemic was so severe at those places, it would have been rash to contradict assertions which might at any moment have become a reality. The municipal authorities thought best to remain silent, and con fine their duties to the employment of the most ener getic and efficacious means to avert the danger. " Now that the cholera is fast disappearing from Toulon and Marseilles, and all fear for Nice is re moved, the municipal authorities do not hesitate solemnly to declare that there is not, and never has been, the least trace of epidemic disease at Nice, and that the few cases which occurred were those of persons arriving already diseased from infected towns ; which cases remained isolated, and did not spread. " The municipal authorities further declare that the sanitary state of the town has been in the most satisfactory condition, mortality having constantly been below the average." FRANCE. During the late fall in the waters of the Seine a number of interesting objects have been brought to light from the bed of the river. Beneath the Pont-Neuf was picked up a double-faced seal en- graved with the arms of Catherine de Medicis ; near the Ile de la Cite was found a knife of eastern origin, damascened in silver on the blade and handle ; also a large hatchet of black polished stone of a singular make. The most curious discovery was, however, a small copper case containing a portrait of Mdlle. de la Valliere, painted in oil on metal. This work of art, which had remained for a century and a half at the bot tom of the river, nevertheless has undergone but little alteration ; the carmine only had turned black. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric situation yester day :—" The gale which approached us on Monday has its centre to-day between England and Ireland, its action extending as far as Spain. It is marching towtxrds tho North-East. The mountains of the South-East of France have thus far prevented it from reaching the Mediterranean. Italy is still tolerably calm, as well as the southern coasts of France, but a gale which is passing over the southwill not be long in producing disturb ance in that part of Europe. The winds in the Baltic are from between S. and W.; they have in general less force than on Monday, but the calm is not likely to last."—ln Paris yesterday the sky was overcast, and partial rain fell in the morning, as well as later in the day. The thermometer at three in the afternoon marked 16 SCent (61 3 5 F.) Mr. John B. Murray of New York, had the honour of a private audience with the Emperor Napoleon, at the Palace of St. Cloud yesterday morning, by special invitation of his Majesty. The different sections of the Council of State as sembled yesterday pro formci. The general meeting for the opening will take place this day. The asylum of the Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, situated in the Rue Picpus, Faubourg St. Antoine, has just received a solemn benediction from the Archbishop of Paris. It contains accommodation for 400 little girls, with a model workshop for 60 young women, and is calculated .to render good service to the working classes. The Moniteur publishes the names of 64 persons on whom medals have been conferred by the Minister of Marine for acts of devotedness in saving lives from drowning. The Union Ille'dicale contains :the statement that the cholera is exceedingly light in Paris. It says The number of admissions to the hospitals diminished sensibly in the course of Sunday. An other reassuring sign is that the patients admitted have a better aspect, and that the cases are becom ing more accessible to the resources of art. The epidemic doubtless makes its influence felt in nearly all the quarters of Paris, but it may be said in ex tending its range to decrease in gravity. On the other hand, if the number of admissions into the hospitals still continues high, that of the departures in consequence of cure augments every day. The general opinion of the doctors is that the malady within the last few days has reached its maximum of intensity, and that it has now entered on a period of decline. The lowering of the temperature cannot but favour that tendency." A considerable quantity of stained glass, chiefly belonging to the end of the 16th century, was dis covered some months back in a store-room at the top of the Louvre. The director of the museums has decided that the pieces shall be framed and placed in the windows of the saloons of Henry 11., Henry IV., and Anne of Austria. BOURSE, Oct. 18.—Two o'Clock.—Moneyed buyers are discounting certain values—North of Spain in particular. No less than 2,175 shares of this company are required for the discount. The disposition of the market is not brilliant, and exhi bits a general decline Threes, for the Account, are quoted 67f. 72ic., with a fall of 10c. Italian Fives have also fallen 10c.—viz., 65f. 15c. The decline in Credit Mobilier Shares is 10f., their present quotation being 858 fr. 75c. Mexican Stock is quoted 48f. North of Spain is 215 f. The market is further influenced by I per cent. fall in Consols. Three o'Clock.—The Bourse has closed without further variation. The last prices are as follows : 4 per Cents 96 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 67 70 Do. end month 67 72} Credit Mobilier Do.' end month Bank Shares 3620 Credit Foncier 1325 Italian Loan 65 10 Do. end month 65 15 RAIL}) Ditto Threes — Roman Mexican Loan 4B 50 Do. Bonds 3lB 75 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred *AYE. Cash. Acct. 818 75 ... 1092 50 860 - ... 560 __ ... 530 Orleans Northern - ... 533 75 - - ... 235 - - 403 75 - ... 437 50 ... 217 50 270 - ••• _ a ,. 197 CO 111..... Tonal CirtzTar. HER MAJESTY. BAL3IORAL, Oct. 16. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Louise, drove out in the morning, and in the afternoon drove to Alt-na-Guithsack. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince John of Gliicksburg, and Princess Hilda of Anhalt, dined with her Majesty. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell left Balmoral Castle for London, and Lady Augusta Stanley ar rived on a visit. The Royal Visit to Floors. On Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Hilda, passed through Edinburgh on their way from Abergeldie to Floors Castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe. As far as Edinburgh the royal party had travelled in carriages attached to the day express for the south, via Aber deen and Perth. At Edinburgh the train was made special for the rest of the journey.. The only stoppage was at the ticket platform in West Princes'-street garden, where the Lord Provost (Mr. Lawson) had the honour of receiving the royal visi tors. The train then passed through Waverley sta tion without eliciting observation, and without stoppage reached Kelso about 20 minutes before 6. At the station there the royal party were waited on by the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, Mr. Sheriff Rutherford, Mr. St M on th D ar li ng, chief magis trate,i:>r and Colon e l i n l oc k , H .M. Inspector of \K\v Police. The pl a tf orm , as kept clear of the general public, and the royal party were conducted from the station to carriages in waiting for them through a neatly decorated covered way. :The station was illuminated with coloured lamps. The local Volun teers and several mounted police were drawn up at the station ; and, on the Prince and Princess mak ing their appearance, the Volunteers gave them a royal salute. The Prince and Princess were conducted by the Duke of Roxburghe to a coach and four, in which they took their seats, and Prince Alfred, Prince John of Glucksburg, Princess Hilda, and the Duke and Duchess followed in other carriages. In consequence of the very un favourable state of the weather the number of people assembled at the railway station was smaller than would doubtless have been the case in other cir cumstances ; but the streets through which the Royal party passed were crowded with an enthu siastic and loyal assemblage. The station is about a mile from the town, to which the party drove slowly, accompanied by a gradually increasing crowd. The leading streets were specially lighted up, and many of the houses were decorated with flags and floral devices. In the large square in front of the Town-hall a brilliant display took place. Two splendid arches of evergreens were erected— one of them in Roxburghe-street and the other in Bridge -street--on each of which was an illuminated " Star of Denmark," and variegated lamps were hung in large numbers amid the foliage. Additional gas lights were put on the road between the rail way station and the town, and the Castle grounds, from the gate to the main entrance, were illuminated with , paraffin lamps. The front windows of the Castle were lit up brilliantly, and the result' was very effective. The dinner party in the evening included, besides the Royal guests and suite and the members of the Roxburghe family, the Duke and Duchess of Athole, the Duke of St. Albans, Lord and Lady Blanche Dupplin, &c. The Royal party were to remain two days at Floors, and the Princes were expected to be present at Kelso races. Count and Countess de Flahault and Hon. Madlle. Elphinstone de Flahault are staying with the Mar quis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, at Bowwood Park, Wilts. The Countess Craven and Lady Emily Craven have arrived at Gorhambury Park, near St. Albans, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Verulam. Lady Annaly and the Hon. Miss White have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Titnoss Park, Sun ninghill. The names of Lady Henrietta Allen and the Misses Allen were accidentally omitted at the marriage of the Marquis Townshend and Lady Anne Duff. The Right Hon. John E. Denison and Lady Charlotte Denison left town yesterday for Ossington Hall, Notts. Commander tie Hon. George and Lady Maria Fitzelarence have left Farranco's Hotel for their town re sidence, in Warwick-square. The Hon. C. and Mrs. North and Captain and Mrs. Walter Williams havo left Brown's Hotel. We have to record the death of the Dowager Viscountess Hardinge, widow of Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge, which took place at Betshanger, near Sandwich, Sir Walter James's seat. The viscountess, who survived her husband nine years, was the seventh daughter of Robert, first Marquis of Londonderry, and when the late Viscount Harding() married her, in December, 1821, was the widow of Mr. John James. By her first marriage she had a son, Sir Walter Charles James, and by her second marriage leaves two sons and two daughters, namely, Charles, present viscount, Colonel the Hon. Arthur Ed ward Hardinge, Mrs. Conyngham, and Hon. Emily Har dinge. A marriage is aout to take place between Miss Blanche Call, youngest daughter of the late Sir William Berkeley Call, of Whiteford, Cornwall, and sister of the present baronet, to Mr. Samuel Ed. Falkiner, only son of Sir Samuel E. Falkiner, Bart., of Annemount, County Cork. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—This magnificent exhibi tion continues to be most extensively patronised by the public ; indeed, we should feel surprised were it otherwise, considering the innumerable historical and other relics which everywhere meet the eye. Life- size models of Eng land's monarchs, from the Conqueror to Queen Victoria, attired in the superb costumes of the respective periods, are completed, and recall to mind the deeds of bygone days. To juveniles especially such an exhibition as may be visited in Baker-street cannot but prove not only interesting but highly beneficial in developing their knowledge of English history. PERILOUS VOYAGE.—Seven of the men who aban doned and quitted the settlement which the Ade laide Government are attempting to form at Adam Bay, North Australia--a project which seems to have been mis managed—left in an open cargo boat, which they pur chased, and in that frail craft ventured upon the long voy age round the continent to Swan River. The boat, which was named the Forlorn Hope, is 23i1t. in length, and 6ft across the beam, with two masts, spritsails, and jib. The party left Adam Bay on the 7th of May, and reached Ger aldton, West Australia, on the Bth of July. The distance sailed was altogether about 2,500 miles ; and thus was ac complished, says the Perth Inquirer, "as perilous a voyage as, with the exception of Bligh's, in the Bounty's boat, we have ever heard or read of ; for they twice grounded on coral reefs in an unknown sea, and for three days were in a violent gale of wind, expecting every moment to be de stroyed. Such an incident was hardly to be expected at this period of the world's age." SHOCKING CASE OF SUICIDE OF A WIFE.—At an early hour yesterday morning a very painful case was brought to light in the vicinity of Whitefriars. It seems that for nearly 20 years a family named Becking ham has resided at 13, Whitefriars-street, Fleet-street, the husband being a carpenter, the wife taking in mangling. Both were very aged, the man being 74, and the woman a few years his junior. On Wednesday last, while at work the husband was taken ill, and his removal home became necessary. The wife, who was at the time an inmate of King's College Hospital, having been ailing for some months, was at once sent 'tor, and she tended on him till Friday, when he died. The funeral of the husband took place on Tuesday at Ilford, and on the return of the mourners several members of the family remained talking till a late hour. The unfortunate woman, who had exhibited no peculiarity in her manners, retired to bed about half-past 12, as did one of her sons, who slept in the same room with her. At half-past 5 yesterday morning the policeman on duty called the son to go to business, and on the latter looking round the room he discovered his mother in a kneeling position near the bed. He endeavoured to raise her, when he was startled to find she had committed suicide. She had twisted the clothes-line round her neck. On medical aid arriving it was found that life was extinct. No cause is assigned as to the reason of the dreadful act. THE WHEAT SOWING IN YORKSHIRE.—Farmers have been set at liberty, and ploughing, pressing, and wheat sowing are being vigorously pushed on, the land being now for the first time this season in workable condition. Much of the turnip land on which the crop died from drought will be sown with wheat along with the clover stubbles ; there fore, if the autumn keeps fine, a more than average breadth of land will be under tho wheat crop. Lyons and Mediterranean. SOuthern Western Eastern Sardinian , Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman Per c tures, As th ere depre owing reactii follow 251 i 29 i Certifi Loan, UniteC 67 i 58 The have r, by the ar e l m ore c iPated , Busi (lull, gener a l l'orksh ; an laud In t] 448 bee tationg Bank t c , e red 01 43 : 1_ ; A : at 15 Xa.tioth Gurn e y Allan's are qw shi p Cc (ES. 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