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HOUSES. —Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, buburban, and Country RESIDENCES to LET or SELL. ParLiCUlard forwarded for three stamps, upon stating exact requirements and rent.il. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. SOUTH KENSIN GTON, HYDE-PARK, Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen's -gate and Peters ham Terraces, Queen's-gate, Cornwall, and Princes Gardens, Elvaston-place, Cromwell-road On slow and Thurloe Squitres, Bolt, ns. &c. Me.srs TOPLIS 'and ROBE itTS have Ith IJENCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and So in b Kensington, lacing the Museum. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, by Mr. David Fisher, entitled HEART-STRINGS AND FIDDLE-STRINGS. After which, Alt RA TT NA 1•OG trIE iNiemrs. Dion Bond 'suit. J. Brougham, 11. Vandenhoff, Fieher, D. Murray ; is.Boucicault and ,Miss Oliver. To conclude with AN AMPLI 4 .; APOLOGY. Commnee at 7. NEW TH EATRE -PUPAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. 1 his popular theatre will RE-OPEN en MONDAY, Sept. 4, next, entirely re-painted and re-embellieled, and the seats throughout re-stuffed and re-covered . in costly material, i n order to increase tha comfort and accommailation of the numerous patrons of this establishment. 'the season will open with the engagement of Mr. JOSEPH JEFFERSON who will make his first appearance in this co un t ry i n a new and original., D a•na, written expressly for him by Dio n 13 oue icault, Esq. Further particulars will be published in a few days. LAST EDITION OF TIIE SUN,' Containing the Latest SPOUTING INTELLWEIsiC ism be had Every Evening of G. R. GLICNIE, News AGENT, tiro. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. 11IIE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" 11 supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. 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Operations of every kind teing unnecessary, the most nervous patient can be supplied wi hoot fear of pain or inconvenience. Con sultation tree. Teeth from ss. Sets, 5,7, le, and :5 Suineas, warranted. For the efficaly, utility, and success of this system, vide " Lancet.' Daily attendance at 15, Whitefriargate, Hull ; 10, Norfolk street, Sheffield ; 4, East-paraue, Leeds ; and 11, St. Nicholas street, Scarbro'. W * * i,o connection with any one of the same nume. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 20m.---Afternoon, 3h. 38m. To-Moiutow.-Morning, 3h. 54m.—Afternoon, 4h. 10m, . F , , fd, .-, ~,, M . llIii• I LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1865. The cessation of outward hostilities in America does not appear to have restored internal tran quillity. It is one of the evils of civil war that it leaves so much bitterness and contention behind it. Not only is there the lingering feud between the two great antagonistic parties, but there arc a thousand different feelings called into action— rival ends to gain, rival policies to forward, and rival methods of subduing the vanquished into total submission. All these agencies seem now to be at work in America, where circumstances render the task of re-organisation especially difficult. The very nature of the constitution of the State fosters division, while the great problem of slavery in the background adds tenfold to the natural difficulties of pacification. To add to these obstables—the sudden change in the leadership of the Government, the transfer of power from tried to untried hands, and the uncertainty felt by all parties as to the exact views and intentions of President JOHNSON and his friends, are serious elements of discord. It is no great wonder that Mr. JOHNSON himself finds the cares of State somewhat burdensome, or that his physical health should show traces of their effects. In his own Cabinet even there are dissen sions, and a great difference of opinion is said to exist respecting his reconstruction schemes. He is apparently determined at present to ad here to his own policy, though whether time and reflection will induce him to modify the obnoxious $20,000 clause remains to be seen. If he is really in earnest in his wish to tranquillise the Southern States, and to restore order and prosperity to their industrial and commercial classes, he must certainly alter that exception to the amnesty most completely. As it stands it bears the appearance of loyalty to the Union, being a mere cloak for aggression, and the love of country being made to serve the purposes of private greed or malice. Allowing the clause to be intended to exclude all who were in any way disaffected, it is strange that the mere limit of $20,000 should be such a marvel lous test ! The poet tells us that— " Success is virtue, and misfortune blame ;" but the Transatlantic doctrine reverses the order, and, like the patriotic " citizens" of the Reign of Terror, its advocates are disposed to see treason in any one by whose possessions they may profit. The excessive stringency of these conditions appears rather to be producing recklessness than caution. After the fashion of all arbitrary severity it drives the people to the opposite extreme ; and, accord ingly, in North Carolina, we are told that "wealthy leaders of the late rebellion" have been feting re turned rebel soldiers, and that a public dinner was proposed to be given to the latter, but it was pre vented by the authorities. This was certainly an interference which might have been reasonably expected, but we find another paragraph showing that official interference in the States sometimes passes the prescribed limits. In Kentucky it seems the military authorities have controlled the election, and the opposition voters have been " driven from the polls by the military officials." Is this Mr. BRIGHT'S idea of a new Reform Bill ? His poli tical model has taken an energetic mode of securing purity of election , • I, per aps he will suggest its adoption in this country as the newest American pos iti on I Notwithstanding thi s new mo d e of em ploying the superfluous militaryenergies of the idl e c troops, the taxpayers of America, may rejoice to o sees forces. the reduction which has taken place i n the f 700,000 men have be howeve r , Since the first of May been taus tered out of the Federal service, leaving so vast was the army, still more than 300,000 on the pay rolls ! Certainly when the Americans take up any new line they sooner eclipse the older and more cautious nations, and with such figures at the War-office we need not wonder that their na tional debt has grown like the beanstalk of famous memory, even without the frauds and defalcations which in too many quarters have crippled the national resources. Frauds in the States are, like everything else, gigantic, and a defalcation which has just been discovered at New York is quietly estimated at a quarter of a million. Acci dents, too, are on the same scale, and a steamer collision on Lake Huron has just resulted in the loss of one hundred lives. Among ourselves the death of eight o; ten persons on a railway, or the misappropriation of forty or fifty thousand pounds, are considered to be startling events, but in the country of the Mississippi and Niagara the scale of proportion seems to be different. Happily, the energies of the people and the resources of the country are on the same scale as ice draw backs and disasters. Just now, however, these superabundant energies seem to be turning in a very undesirable direction, and for want of some mo re pressing interest the old complaints against England are being raked up. A considerable party in the North employ themselves in soothing the general feeling of irritation by every means in their power, and some of the more reckless and unscru pulous organs of the Northern press do not hesitate • openly to advocate a rupture with this country. The wiser and more enlightened portion of the com munity, indeed, shrink from such a course, while they do not recognise the wrongs of which the ' Americans have to complain, and the Government is naturally adxious not to be forced into a gigantic and suicidal strife. But the turbulent spirits who seek to gratify their interest, their ambition, or their restlessness, by a fresh war, are sufficiently numerous to be troublesome, and no pru dent man will watch their proceedings without regret. The Americans have always mani fested a tendency to quarrel with us, to misrepresent our actions, to malign our policy, and to suspect us very unjustly of envying or depreciating their greatness. They seem to forget that a considerable school of British politicians accept America as the model constitution of the day, while the grandeur and prosperity of the nation, the energy and skill of the people, and the rapid growth of their mate rial wealth, are rather sources of gratification than of envy to the general body. Englishmen are too ' much attached to their own forms and institutions to wish to exchange them for others ; but at the same time the American constitution is, in many respects, so kindred to our own that we cannot but watch it with the deepest interest. The course of the momentous struggle bas been followed by us with an anxiety and eagerness only second to that felt in the States themselves, while our con duct, which the South has certainly some reason to complain of, has been only too favourable to be just towards the North. It seems, however, that the lack of sympathy generally shown to the Federal cause is the grand cause, the fact being that Englishmen had so thoroughly learned the American doctrine of State Rights and self - government that they could not un learn the lesson all in a moment. They were slow to understand that, instead of a partnership, the compact between the States was a mutual despotism, that the Federation of the West bad in reality all the fetters of an amalgamated kingdom, without the advantages of one compact body. Many of the Federals themselves refuse to acknowledge the right of one state to make war upon another for purposes of government. Such a doctrine is, indeed, contrary to the whole spirit of American history, but it is distinctly opposed to the constitution of the Union itself. The Americans, after boasting that they tolerate all opinions, seem just now very unwilling to listen to any that do not accord with their own. It must be hoped, however, that there is a large body of calmer and less prejudiced thinkers, who have not yet found a spokesman. Now that the terms of the Convention that Austria and Prussia have made are fully known their iniquity becomes more and more apparent, and we may well be indignant at the manner in which the Prussians have been allowed to have their own way, and monopolise so much of the spoils to themselves. Really this affair of Schleswig llolstein, from beginning to end, is one of the most disgraceful episodes that have ever darkened the annals of a nation and dimmed the lustre of its fame. It stands out per se in the records of this generation for shameless effrontery and remorseless extortion. The English people are now thoroughly undeceived as to the character of the Prussians, about whom at one time so much was said, and from whom so many expectations were entertained. They may now see that all was a mere subterfuge about their progress in constitutional rights and ,heir love of freedom. It has turned out on trial that they reverence none of the rights of others, and do not care for any advantages for themselves in comparison with the love of conquest and the acquisition of territory, by fair means or foul, as the case may be. Such selfishness and want of prin ciple will for ever alienate from them the respect, the confidence, and the sympathies of high and noble natures of whatever creed and clime they may be ; and it is not too much to say that, by her per sistence in plunder, and her scorn of the opinions of other nations, Prussia has set herself apart from the goodwill and cordial sentiments of her allies, and given great cause to her enemies to gainsay her actions. By the terms of this treaty, which are skilfully worded, it is evident that Prussia has appropriated an immense share of power and profit; and what a contradiction is this to the assertions of those who recently declared, and of those who really believed, that all would come right at last, and that the inhabitants of the Duchies would be sure to reap great permanent advantages by the timely interference and salutary arrangements of the two great German Powers. Prussia has shown that she emulates the renown of those who eat the oyster and divide the shells, and all the fine-sound ing phraseology of national rights and inherent privileges resolves itself into the ultimatum of " He shall take who has tho power, And he shall keep who can." A greater mockery was never witnessed than the manner in which the Duchies have been bandied about during the last year, the Princes and Dukes have been put up as puppets at a show, and taken down when it suited the purpose of the exhibitor to displace them, and try his conjuring feats in another direction, and with other materials to work upon. Austria has so far played into the hands of Prussia, for the spoil is not so equally divided as may appear at first sight to be the case by the igno rant and the uninitiated. We may notice that Her VON BISMARCK has at any rate secured half the coveted prize to his master in getting hold of Schleswig ; and they are more sanguine than sapient who put much faith in any professions of a different arrangement to be made hereafter. It is an easier thing to keep out the invader than to turn him out, and the next news will be the stringent rules and arbitrary measures which the Berlin Government, in the plenitude of thei r p ower an d h e i g h t of their wisdom, will impose on those provinces committed to their care. The people of Schleswig may take a long farewell of all rights and privileges, and pre pare to encounter many a bitter struggle and un pleasant occurrence. It would seem as if Prussia had staked everything upon the possession of Kiel, and made the acquisition of that place an attain ment which must be accomplished, no matter how daring the venture, or how difficult the task. Time may yet show that the result of such perfidy i 5 not so prosperous as some suppose, and that the trea sure so coveted may one clay turn out a dear bar gain. It is difficult to estimate the feelings of dis appointment and the sentiments of indignation which fill the minds of many in the minor States of Germany ; it is next to impossible to make manifest the irritation that prevails among the inhabitants of Schleswig in being handed over as a conquered State, and not deemed worthy to raise a voice in its own behalf on the occasion of a settlezient which so vitally concerns their interests and privileges, ,Austria has likewise many causes of dissatisfaction at the impertinent manner in which she has been treated throughout this trans action. It cannot be but that all these unfa vourable signs and tokens will one day or other show themselves more explicitly, and spoil the grace and glory of this satisfactory solution of Herr BISMARCK. Again, we find, upon examina tion of the text of the treaty, that Prussia will not only discharge alone the " military occupation and civil administration of Schleswig," which will give her immense power, but that Rendsburg is to become a federal fortress, with a Prusssian garrison. The significance of this arrangement needs no comment, and it seems difficult to comprehend how the rest of Germany can have submitted to this extortion and monopoly. This is not yet enough, however, and, accordingly, it is settled that the Duchy of Lauenberg is " definitely ceded to Prussia, Austria receiving a pecuniary indemnity for the cession of her rights in the possession of that duchy." It may well be asked why Prussia did not take everything while she was about it, and of what avail it was to stick at trifles, and stop for shadows, when there was anything more left to ask or to take, as the case might be. It has been a very ingenious dodge on the part of these Germanic Powers to put off in this indefinite manner the fulfilment of their plans. Of course people could not go on for ever making the affair of the wrongs of Denmark and the rights of the Duchies the paramount subject of thought and the chief topic of conversation ; hence it was fondly hoped that the scandalous termination of the matter might pass comparatively unnoticed, and proportion ately disregarded as newer claims and fresh intelli gence supervened. It will not be likely, however, that total indifference will prevail on this point, and it is evident that our present Government has been mistaken, and was led from the commencement of this Schleswig-Holstein question until the last affair of the new convention between the allied Powers. Denmark has been sacrificed through the unwilling ness of our Ministers to offend Prussia, but they have thus assisted in a great violation of the rights of nations, and made themselves tacit accomplices of ruthless depredators. The vaunted foreign po licy of the PALMERSTON Ministry has indeed been an illustration of the saying vox et preterea nihil, for we have merged upon a great change in Euro pean affairs, the dismemberment of nations and the spoliation of monarchs; and yet all that this country can do is to utter protests that are treated with scorn, and to make proposals that are rejected with contumely, and then to stand tamely by as lookers on while the work of destruction progresses and the course of injustice is consummated. The Schleswig- Holstein question has long been the difficulty of European statesmen, but it has been reserved for these latter days to see it transformed into their disgrace ; and so long as history records its eventful episodes and striking characteristics, so long will the impartial student regard its chronicles as a dark epoch in the career of all actively engaged in the affair, and a shame to those more remotely con cerned in it. Death of Major de Vere. CHATHAM, Tuesday Night. Major de Vero became rapidly worse this evening, and died at Brompton Barracks at ten o'clock to night. The Cholera• VALETTA, Aug. 18. The cholera does not yet show any disposition to decline, nor, indeed, to extend itself to any great degree ; but business is almost paralysed, and much distress prevails in consequence. The poor continue to be almost the sole victims. A system of relief has been organised by charitably disposed persons, who visit and assist the sick and the bereaved, and point out to the police such localities as call for in tervention on behalf of cleanliness. The following are the returns for the week : Attacks. Deaths. Friday 4O Saturday 43 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday GI Thursday 46 There have been also 57 cases and 32 deaths in Gozo during the week. Among the military it has almost ontirely ceased within the last few days. A Government notice issued on the 16th inst. intimates that, cases of cholera having occurred at Marseilles, arrivals from that port with foul bills of health would be subjected here to ten days' quaran tine, and in case of sickness on board to 12 days'. THE Bnoucaum DINING HALLS.--The extensive premises Nos. 154 and 155, Fleet-street, until lately known as the Portugal Hotel, having been taken by the "Dining Halls Company (Limited)," a private inspec tion of the establishment was yesterday afternoon afforded by the directors to a number of gentlemen who take an in terest in the improvement of the condition of the working classes. The company have had two establishments in full work for some time in different parts of the metropolis, and from the success that has attended them, the directors ap pear to have proved to their own satisfaction that it is pos sible to retail food at the wholesale price with profit to the shareholders and advantage to the working class. The " Brougham" has been fitted up for the use of three classes, with special regard to the requirements of each, thus the working man will be enabled to enjoy a good and substan tial dinner for sixpence, while the more aristocratic portion of the public will find that in the more elegantly furnished apartments they can dine at an equally cheap tariff. The three establishments of the company are capable of dining 1,400 persons at a time, or 7,000 to 8,000 daily. The average number of customers . (who are all respectable working men), at the New-cut Dining Hall, is about 1,500 and in the Market-street, Edgware road, about 2,000. The Brougham Dining Halls are cal culated to accommodate 450 persons at once, or upwards of 4,000 daily. Situated in the midst of the great printing establishments of the metropolis, where men and boys are at work often throughout the night, The Brougham will be a welcome addition to their comfort. The halls will be open for the supply of hot soups, tea, and coffee all night, so that the compositor, the mechanic, and the engineer will find, at all hours, a substantial and wholesome meal at the very lowest market price. At the invitation of the directors the company sat down to a very excellent dinner, which was served in capital city style—Mr. Bauwens, the managing director, presiding. The customary loyal toasts were warmly responded to, and all present immediately joined in the toast, "Success to the Brougham Dining Halls," with the greatest enthusiasm. The establishment will be thrown open to the public on Monday next. RESCUED AT SEA.—In the steamship Bellona, Captain Dixon, just arrived at this port, were two steerage passengers, concerning whom a most remarkable incident is related. Franz Meyer, aged 23, and his wife, Anna, aged 19, from Canton Soleuro, Switzerland, were passengers in the ill-fated ship William Nelson, recently destroyed by fire at sea. In the confusion incident to the efforts to save life, the husband and wife were separated. The husband was picked up by one of the ship's boats, which was soon fallen in with by the brig Mercury. The wife, young and enciente, was not discouraged at the uncertainty of her husband's fate, but prepared for her own safety. Self-preservation could not sup press her womanly instincts so far as to ignore the feeble cries for help from an infant only 14 days old, loft to perish by its distracted parents, but, regardless of her own state, she plunged, with her self-imposed charge, into the sea. For two whole days did this brave young girl support her self and the infant on the remnant of a ship's spar without food or water, sustaining the infant's life by the moisture from her own mouth. Late on the second day tho same vessel in which her husband was saved, having ceased cruising, without hope of rescuing more life, fell in with this heroine, and s ave d h er an d her l i ttle charge. This brave woman, who h as arr i ved with her infant child, born on board the Bellona, is worthy of some aid from the ladies of New York in her search of a Western home. Dr.Blewitt, the surgeon of the Bellona, has ascertained the truth of the statement above given. —New York Times. THE NEW HOUSE OF Commorts.—ln the new edition of Mr. Hardwi c k e ' s " Shilling House of Commons," just published, besid es t h e usual biographical onfo each tlCeo m f the em b p e a r r o e parentage, ta the ge, new birth, Parliament, we noti ce , as a marriage, a n d appointments novel feature, the number of votes polled by the respective candidates at the late general election, which adds greatly to the value of thie alroacly Tory mild publication. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TURKEY. CONVERSION OF THE TURKISH DEBTS. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 21 The conversion of the internal debts of the empire is proceeding favourably through the Societe Generale. Upwards of one million pounds of all descriptions of stock have been converted since the 15th inst., the date on which the conversion com menced. The cholera is decreasing. The deaths to-day numbered 141. In Smyrna the disease has nearly disappeared. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. MALTA, AUG. 22. The Myanza left here at 4 p.m. to-day for Mar. seilles, where she may be expected on Friday. :3"~ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1865 , OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Delta, from Southampton August 12, arrived here to-day at 1 p.m., and leaves at 7 p.m. for Alexandria. The Massilia, from Marseilles August 20, arrived at 6 p.m., to-day, and will leave to-morrow morn ing for Alexandria. CANADA. OPENING OF THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT, SPEECH OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. QUEBEC, AUG. 8. This day, at 3 o'clock p.m., his Excellency the Governor-General proceeded in State to the Cham ber of the Legislative Council in the Parliament Building. The members of the Legislative Council being assembled, his Excellency commanded the attendance of the Legislative Assembly, and that house being present, his Excellency opened the fourth session of the eighth Parliament of the Pro vince of Canada, with the following speech from the Throne : " Hon. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council— Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly, " In conformity with the announcement which I made to you at the end of the last session of Par liament, a deputation from the Canadian Ministry proceeded to London to confer with her Majesty's Government on questions of importance to the pro vince. I have now called you together at the ear liest convenient time after the return of the deputa tion, in order that you may receive the report of their mission, and complete the important business which, at the conclusion of the last session, was left unfinished. I have directed that the correspondence referring to the mission to England shall be com municated to you for your consideration. " The happy termination of the civil war, which has for the last four years prevailed in the United States of America, cannot fail to exercise a benefi cial influence in the commercial and industrial inte rests of this province, and we may trust that the re-establishment of peace will lead to a constantly increasing development of friendly relations between our people and the citizens of the great republic. " The circumstances which rendered it necessary to place a portion of the volunteer militia of the province on permanent duty having ceased to exist, the force has been recalled, and I have to express my feeling of satisfaction at the readiness with which the men responded to the call of duty, and the general good conduct which they exhibited during the period of their services. Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly—l have directed that the estimates for the current year, and the statement of expenditure which has been in curred chargeable against the vote of credit of last session, shall be laid before you. You will find, with reference to both, that economy has been com bined with due regard to efficiency. " llon. Gentlemen and Gentlemen,—l have not failed to transmit to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, for presentation to her Majesty, the ad dresses to which you agreed during the last session in favour of the Federal Union of the Colonies of British North America. I have desired that the reply of the Secretary of State shall be communi cated to you, and I trust that mature examination of the project will ere long induce the Legislatures of the other Provinces to concur with you in giving their sanction to a measure which has been adopted as a great feature of Imperial policy, and has been twice noticed vith approbation in her Majesty's Speeches from the Throne." SPAIN. MADRID, Aua. 19. It now appears certain that an interview will take place between Queen Isabella and the Emperor Napoleon. The Correvondencia and the Epoca both announce that his Majesty and the Empress Eugenie will visit the Queen of Spain at Zaranzon on the 25th inst., remaining there a few hours, and returning the same evening to Biarritz. The Spanish Court being now in mourning for the death of the King Consort's father, there will be no pies, and the meeting of the Sovereigns will be strictly a private one. The Ministerial organs strongly deprecate any political significance being attached to this inter view, which they represent as a mere act of courtesy, naturally tending to strengthen the friendly relations between the two countries. According to the Epoca, the Emperor Napoleon would have visited Madrid upon his return from Algeria had it not been for the political agitation then prevalent in Spain, and an idea that to this event might have been attri buted the turn subsequently taken by the Italian question. Queen Christina will leave Zaraus before the arrival of the Duke of Tetuan, who is expected on the 25th, in order to meet the Emperor and Empress of the French. The Duke will be accom panied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and both ministers will afterwards accompany the Queen to Bilbao. Qceen Christina is said to disguise from none her opinion upon the fatal result of a retro grade or reactionary policy. Her Majesty desires, on the contrary, to use all the influence she pos sesses with Espartero and Prim, in order that the Progressist party may come into power without pro - ducing serious disturbances in Spain. Speculation upon the question whether the Duke of Tetuan will carry his point with regard to Senor Tenorie, the Queen's Private Secretary, is still rife in political circles. It is now stated that that offi cial has asked leave of her Majesty to travel abroad. The Novedades positively contradicts the current rumours relative to the probabilities of the accession of the Progressist party to power at no distant period. The Iberia, however, another organ of the same party, seriously discusses the hypothesis, and dwells upon the popular ovation which would be rendered to the Crown in such a case. Within the last few days the Papal Nuncio at this Court is stated to have paid a visit of courtesy to the Marquis of Tagliacarne, the Italian envoy to Spain. Spain's connection with Santo Domingo has at length terminated definitively. An official despatch received here announces that on the 22d July the exchange of all the prisoners at Puerto Plata was effected by the naval commander at Santo Domingo. The prisoners immediately went on board the Spanish vessels for conveyance to Cuba and Porto Rico. The Spanish garrison at Cayoo, in the Bay of Samaria, had also embarked for Cuba. The troops from Santo Domingo are to be incorporated in the army of Cuba—arrangements being made, however, that the latter shall not exceed its normal strength, FRANCE. The Session of the Councils-General opened yesterday throughout France. Abd-el-Kadcr has left Paris for Brat, to be present at the maritime fetes there. The Emir alighted at the house of M. Gusson, Receiver- General of th e d epar t men t an d son-in-law of Marshal B ugeau d . " The dep ar t ure of Prince Napo l eon f or his se a t at Fran on the Lake of Geneva," mays the Nord, "is fixed for the 30th inst.; the Prince will be accompanied by the Princess Clotilde and the two children. Their stay will last until the middle of October." The Countess de Montijo and her nephews, the Counts de Nava del Tajo, have returned to Paris from Fontainebleau. The Countess, it is said, will shortly return to Spain to pass the rest of the sum mer on her property of Garabauchel. The Emperor and Empress, on arriving at Con stance, took for themselves and suite six close car riages to proceed to Arenenberg. In spite of the rain, which fell heavily, the population assembled on the road in great numbers. The village of Ermaningen received the Emperor under a triumphal arch, hastily constructed, and bearing the inscription, " Reconnaissance." The village of Salenstein saluted him with a salvo of artillery. At the entrance of the park, where the crowd was most compact, the august travellers alighted to proceed to the chateau on foot. The Emperor shook hands with some of the persons present, whom he recognised, and addressed to them a friendly greeting. Their Majesties went first of all to the chapel, where is the white marble statue of Queen Hortense. After a time, they entered the chateau. The following are some statistics concerning the manufacture of pianofortes in France :—ln 1863, that country received from foreign countries only 113 pianos, worth about 113,000 f., all of which, with one single exception, were re-exported. In the same year France exportedinstruments to an amcunt l of 3,796,696 f. This superiority, according to M. Cottenet, secretary of the Statistical Commission of Paris, is due above all to successive improve ments in the instrument itself, to the attention paid to the most minute details of construction, to the excellent quality of the woods and materials used, amongst which must be specially noticed a particular sort of felt only made in France, and ex ported to all foreign countries. It appears that the square metre of that substance costs 340 francs. Three principal houses execute all the labours of that manufacture ; from the sawing and planing up to the varnishing and last finishing operations. Tools of a special kind and an excellent subdivision of labour enable them to contend, both as to price and quality, with the great manufacturers of foreign countries. The number of houses which, in Paris only, are engaged in the construction of pianos is 179, employing more than 2,100 workmen and four steam-engines of the force of 42 horses. The amount of business in 1863 was 11 1-3 millions, of which 9 millions represented the sale in France ; the remainder is for the sale in England, America, Bel- glum, Prussia, &c. An invention for the extinction of fires, the pro perty of MM. Courtines and Monnet, was tried two days back in the Rue d'Abbeyrille. A pile of faggots saturated with tar and petroleum was erected in a large courtyard, and set fire to. When the whole was thoroughly in flames the inventor ayproached with a small metal cylinder, and from an issue effected by means of a spring in it a stream of liquid was pro jected on the burning pile; in less than two minutes the fire was completely extinguished. The effect is produced by water charged with chemicals haying the property of producing carbonic acid gas. The cylinders may be prepared beforehand, and the liquid preserves its quality for more than two years. As the apparatus occupies but little space it may be always kept ready on board ship or in a corner of a theatre or apartment. When required for use all that has to be done is to open the tap ; the liquid then rushes out with a force sufficient, it is said, to project it to the height of the second floor of a house; The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the following as the atmospheric situation yesterday:— "In the afternoon of Sunday, storms broke out at Berne and at Lessina, in the Adriatic. The for mer ought to be attributed to a depression on the Channel ; whilst the latter is connected with the barometrical depression the centre of which was found on Sunday in the environs of Trieste. This morning the winds are strong from the west on the eastern side of the Channel, but the sea is calm at Brest ; the sky is getting cloudy on the coasts of the Bay of Biscay, and storms seem probable in the South of France. The barometer remains stationary in the north of Russia, but is falling in the Crimea, and a strong west wind was blowing this morning at Nicolaieff."—ln Paris yesterday the thermometer at three in the afternoon marked 27 Centigrade (80 3-5 Fahrenheit). A singular accident occurred the night before last to a woman residing in the Rue des Troia- Couronnes. Returning home late, after the porter had gone to bed, she endeavoured to reach her key through a small window in the lodge without dis turbing him. Not perceiving that the casement was shut, she thrust her head through the glass, the points of which entered so far into her neck that she was unable to move either way until the porter had carefully withdrawn the glass by detaching it from the window-frame. The woman's wounds bled so profusely that it was found necessary to take her to the Hospital St. Louis. The Brussels journals announce the departure of the Count de Flandre to join the King and Royal family at Ostend. BOURSE, Aug. 22.—Two o'clock.—The market is weak. The excitement even of the continued dis- counting operations is wanting as regards the Credit Mobilier, hardly any shares of this company having been announced to-day, though there are still a certain amount of Threes discounted. Threes, for the Accounli, are sc. lower—at 68fr. 10c. Crddit Mobilier Shares are at 777 fr. 50c. North of Spain are quoted 218 fr. 75c. The shares most dealt in are those of the Austrian Railway Company, which have advanced 6fr. 25c. on the strength of the im proved relations between the two great German Powers. Three o'clock.—The market has continued in the same feeble state to the end, with the excep tion of Austrian Railway Shares and New City Bonds, which latter have been quoted 468 f. 75c. The closing quotations are as follows :- 4i per Cents 97 N Do. end month 3 per Cents. 6B 7i Do. end month 6B 10 ___ Credit Mobilier 778 75 Do. end month 776 25 Bank Shares 3600 Credit Fonder 1257 50 Italian Loan 65 35 Do. end month 65 35 TtAILII Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman Ditto Threes — Mexican Loan 471 Do. Bonds — -- Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred Roman — PAYS. Cash. Acct. ... ... 8.58 25 - 1087 50 - ... 878 75 ..• ... 567 50 -.-- es • 528 75 - - ... 270 - - -- ... 415 -- - - ... 488 75 --- -- ... 215 - - -- ... 320 -- 223 75 THE - HOLBORN AND RAMSGATE MURDERS.—A correspondent of the Times writes :—There is not the slightest doubt that Forward and Southey are one and the same individual. I enclose a letter which he addressed to me in the early part of July, and in which you will read that "circumstances have occurred to precipitate the ca tastrophe," which has since been carried into execution. This unmitigated villain stopped me in the High-street, Putney, inJune last, to request half, an hour's conversation. He was a perfect stranger to me, but had got hold of my name. It was impossible to shako him off, and having ad mitted him into my garden, he occupied more than one hour in recounting his views of social obligations. After he had left 1 went immediately to the clergyman of the parish, who informed me that Southey had been residing in Putney some nine months, making a very profitable trade by threatening to poison several children, to shoot a noble man, and to commit suicide.•Up to the 12th of July the fel low frequently waylaid me on the road to and from home, bent upon my giving at least four hours to the study of his case. This I positively declined, but thinking that he might at the end of so many months have exhausted all sources of gain by his infamous threats, and willing to test his professed anxiety for legitimate employment, I wrote to him on the 10th of July, offering him some work, during the East Surrey election, intending, if he performed it well and conducted himself pro perly to procure him permanent employment in Lon don, that he might have a chance of extricating himself from his position. This offer he rejected, on the plea of urgent business at Brighton, and thdre he was seen by members of my family waking up and down the parads with a female the following week. My object in address ing these few lines to you is to show that Southey cannot plead want of work as an excuse for his villany, and I only hope that he will not on the ground of insanity escape the punishment due to him, for, in my humble judg ment, he is quite sane enough to be held responsible for his acts British Archaeological Association. DURHAM, Monday. The 22d annual congress of the members of this asso ciation commenced here this morning, and the proceedings will be continued until the end of the week. The pro gramme comprises a variety of interesting excursions and places to be visited in Durham and neighbourhood. To-day will bo occupied by the preliminary proceed ings, the introduction at the castle of the Duke of Cleveland, the president for the ensuing year, by Lord Houghton, and the addresses and speeches usual on such occasions ; and a paper will be read by the Rev. Mr. Ornsby "On the Castle." In the evening there will be a public dinner, at which the Duke of Cleveland will preside. Moreover, the excursions will include Lum ley Castle and Lanchester. On Wednesday part of the morning is to be devoted to the cathedral and monastic buildings of Durham, to be described by Mr. Gordon Hills —afterwards Finchall Abbey, distant about three miles, will be visited under the guidance of Mr. Edward Roberts. On Thursday Barnard Castle and S tain drop Church will occupy the attention of the members in the morning, and in the afternoon they will be received by the Duke of Cleveland at Raby Castle. Tynemouth priory, tho castle and museum at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and other antiquities of that neighbourhood, will be examined ; and on the last day, Saturday, Brancepeth Castle, Bishop Auckland, and Dar lington Church will be visited, and there will be a con cluding soirée in the new Town-hall. It is arranged that after each day's excursion there are to be either meetings for the reading of papers or soirees in the castle. DURHAM, Tuesday. In this city, so rich in historical associations and anti quarian remains, the Archeological Association have begun their 22nd annual congress. The opening meeting was fixed for 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and soon after that hour Bishop eosin's Library, on the Palace-green, was filled by a large gathering of associates and visitors, who had come through the driving rain to witness the formal opening of the Congress. The Venerable Bishop of Exeter, now in residence here as Canon of Durham, was among the company, but left before the proceedings commenced. The Duke of Cleveland, the Bishop of Durham, Lord Houghton, Mr. Mowbray, M.P., Mr. Henderson, M.P., Archdeacon Bland, Archdeacon Prest, the Mayor of Durham and the members of the corporation, Col. Johnson, Col. White, Mr. Petti grew, Mr. J. R. Plancho, Mr. T. Wright, Mr. G. R. Wight, the Curator and Librarian of the association, Mr. R. N. Phillips, Mr. E. Robarts, one of the honorary general sec retaries, the Rev. J. C. Bruce, Mr. H. Fowler, one of the local secretaries, and many other officers and members were also present. It was nearly 5 o'clock before Lord Houghton, an ex-pre sident of the association, took the chair and opened the proceedings. Mr. Tomline, M.P. for Shrewsbury, who pre sided at the meeting of last year, was unable to attend, and his place was therefore taken by Lord Houghton. In a few appropriate words his lordship referred to the peculiar studies which the association was designed to encourage, and introduced the president elect, his grace the Duke of Cleveland. "Every man," said Lord Houghton, "who has sat long in the House of Commons gets to feel that the great object of that assembly is, as Mr. Gladstone lately expressed it, to bring Oxford into accord with Lancashire, to reconcile the past and the future." Among the members of the House of Commons there was a respect for ancient traditions such as was to be found in no other assembly in the world ; and this feeling, coupled with the wish to asso ciate ancient traditions with the more ardent and vivacious tendencies of the present and the future, was one of the chief causes of our national wellbeing. Trained in this school of the past and the future, the Duke of Cleveland would, no doubt, enter upon the perfcrmance of his duties with a full perception of that which was the true object and meaning of archeology —not a mere grubbing into the past, but a study which enlarged our knowledge of the past and brought it into harmony with the present and the future. The chair was then taken by the Duke of Cleveland, who delivered an interesting inaugural address. The pic turesque situation of the city, almost surrounded by the windings of the Wear, the quaint streets along the river banks, the magnificent cathedral and old castle, made famous by its connection with a long line of Bishops Palatine, must, he said, both satisfy the eye and furnish ample materials for antiquarian researches and disquisitions. Regard being had to its size, few counties offered a more ample field for the antiquary. True, the development of industry, which was due to the mineral wealth of the county, might have tended in some degree to dim the recollections of the past ; but though this was a prosperous, a commercial, and an in dustrial age, the records of past times were searched into more carefully than at any former period. In the county of Durham there were few remains of British origin ; nor was there any such magnificent memorial of the Roman occu pation as that furnished by the great Roman wall in a neigh bouring county. But there were traces of the great road which the Romans drove with such perfect straightness through the kingdom ; and the period of our history suc ceeding to the Roman occupation was illustrated by some remarkable architectural monuments. There were remains of churches of the Saxon period. Still more imperishable memorials were to be found of the Danish settlement, especially in the neighbourhood of Raby and Barnardcastle, in names and places bespeaking a Scandinavian origin. Sir Walter Scott alluded to this in " Rokeby :" " Beneath the shade the Northmen came, "Fixed on each vale a Runic name." In medieval remains the district was even richer. Neville's Cross, although mutilated, still remained to show where in 1346 an English army led by Lord Neville and Earl Percy, by the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Dur- ham, overthrew in desperate conflict the Scotch under David Bruce. In the hall of Raby Castle was held the as sembly of the Barons of the North, when, in Queen Eliza beth's reign, that great Catholic rebellion was resolved on which ended so disastrously to those engaged in it. These and other objects of interest would be pointed out during the Congress. People who took a prosaic view of life asked " What is the use of archa3ology ? Are we not superior to our ancestors ? Have we not made immense strides in material progress ? Have we not appliances which they never dreamt of—steam, gas, electric telegraphs, and inventions which diminish the necessity of labour, and add to the comforts and enjoyments of life? " To such arguments he would reply, " All honour to the age in which we have the good fortune to live, and to which, under the blessing of Providence, so much good has been done for mankind. But our ancestors, too, were wise in their generation. Accumulated knowledge is a good foundation upon which to build, and upon which to base our progress. Moreover, as the grown-up man—still more the man advanced in life—looks with fond interest on the scenes of his childhood, so our own generation gaze with an affectionate inquisitiveness on remains which illustrate the early history of this island and its people." Having thus defended the study of archaeology, both on the ground of its utility and of its interest, his Grace alluded to the efforts of the local historians to rescue from oblivion the antiquarian memorials 4f the county, and referred also with feeling to the deaths during the past year of the Duke of Northumberland, who took a deep interest in archae ology, and was a munificent patron of it, and of the Rev. Mr. Hartshorne, a distinguished working member of the association, who had undertaken to read at this meeting a paper on the history of Raby Castle and of Barnardcastle. Some formal business was then transacted, and the Bishop of Durham moved, and Archdeacon Bland seconded , a vote of thanks to the President for his address. After wards the Mayor of Durham, on behalf of the citizens, and the Rev. Temple Chevallier, on behalf of the University, welcomed the association to Durham, and assured the members of a hospitable reception. Under the guarantee of the Rev. G. Ornsby, the visitors then explored the ancient castle, portions of which are ascribed to the reign of William the Conqueror. The whole structure is now in excellent preservation, and the union of " the past" with the " present " is well maintained, for the old keep, which commands beautiful views of the Wear and the outlying country, is parcelled out into rooms, which are occupied by the students of the University. In the evening there was a dinner in the great hall of the Castle, at which 200 guests were present. The walls aro hung with old paintings, chiefly the portraits of bishops and ecclesiastics connected with the see. At the lower end of the hall, about half-way between the roof and the ground, are two curious niches, at opposite sides, built for the min strels of the period, and from which they regaled the guests. Altogether, from its size and proportions, though not rich in ornament, it would be difficult to find a more noble mediaeval hall, or one more suitable for a banquet to archaeo logists. The toasts were numerous, and the speeches long, but the guests, of whom nearly one-half were ladies, lis tened patiently. In replying to the toast of " The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," the Bishop of Durham supported the objects of the association, and praised the study of archaeology, but good-humouredly warned his hearers not to overrate old things simply because they were old, and not to ride their hobby too far. When he was at Oxford he once attended a dinner given by Dr. Buckland, who in his enthusiasm for geology and fossil bones, had a jolly made from the fossil bones of the megathe rium, or some " old-world mammoth." This jelly was duly handed round, and Dr. Buckland evidently thought it was the finest jelly that could be made. Now, this was riding a hobby rather too hard, a'nd some archteologists might, perhaps, do the same. Later in the evening, Mr. Gordon M. Hills and Mr. E. Roberts, two of tho officers of the association, replied to the remarks of the Bishop, and made a very good defence of the study of archaeology and of the efforts of the association to encourage and ex tend it, to rescue old monuments from being defaced or destroyed, and to teach a just estimate of the value of the old and the new. - Lord Houghton's health was drunk as ex-President, but in replying he said an " ex- President" was not one of the things which could h ave much value among archaeologists. If, now, they could but exhume him from a Roman tumulus along w ith some Roman potter, or light upon his remains in some old tomb as an ex-bishop of whom nothing could be found except his episcopal ring and one thigh-bone, then no doubt the ar chreologists present would go into raptures. But the guests, though they laughed, seemed to think that they preferredhmorningL o lf e o t u g e h it to n early h t he ou r fi e t s h h. e country excursions began. It rained indefatigably all night, but a gleam or two of sunshine brought out a strong party o both sexes, who hoped for fine, b u t wisely prepared t t h e e s of m- them selves for rough, weather. 113- - ------ - - - Critnbr _egLar---- The Queen's Visit to Germany. Her Majesty is in excellent health, and is sur rounded by the youthful Princesses of the Royal family at Rosenau, in the vicinity of Coburg. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred is at Coburg ; and his Royal Highness Prince Arthur' is expected to join the Royal circle to-morrow. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge will arrive at Coburg on Friday. ----~- Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess Sehwarzenberg have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Vienna. His Highness Prince Raspigliosi and family have returned to Claridge's Hotel from Dublin. His Excellency Count de Lavradio, Portuguese Minister at this Court, has left town for Portugal on leave of absence. The Chevalier dos Santos will act as charge d'affaires during his absence. The Duke of Newcastle has arrived at his house in Piccadilly, in order to be present at the marriage of his brother, Lord E. P. Clinton, and Miss Hartopp. The Duchess de Gramont and family arrived from Boulogne yesterday, on a visit to her father, at Acriso Park, Canterbury, having left Vienna two days before. The Marchioness of Salisbury and family are expected to pass through town on Monday next, on their way to Hatfield House, Herts, from Bournemouth. The marquis, who is at Hatfield, intends to be present to morrow at the wedding of Miss Hope, eldest daughter of Mr. Alexander Beresford and Lady Mildred Hope, with the Hon. Hallyburton Campbell, son of the late Lord Campbell. The Earl and Countess Percy are staying at Silder Castle, N. 8., for the shooting season. The Earl of Bective, M.P., and family have left Grafton-street, for the Lodge, Virginia, Ireland. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have gone to Brockett Hall, Herts, to pass a few days. Lord and Lady Edward Cavendish have arrived at Chatsworth from passing a few weeks at Chiswick. The Emperor Napoleon's Visit to Switzer- land. BERNE, Aug. 21. The following are the details of the Emperor's visit : "The Emperorreached the Castle of Arenenberg between 5 and 6 o'clock on Friday evening, accompanied by the Empress and a suite of some 30 persons. A special train, accompanied by the Baden Grand Marshal, brought the travellers from Kehl to Constance, whence they drove, in six or seven hired carriages, to Arenenberg. N otwithstanding the rain the inhabitants, who still entertain a friendly re collection of the Emperor's residence in these parts, had assembled in numbers along the road. At Ermalingen the Emperor was received with a hastily-erected triumphal arch, bearing the inscription ' From gratiiude,' and Salon stein greeted her old schoolmaster, who has risen so high, with a salute of cannon. His Majesty, on the other hand, was compelled to dispense with the accustomed cries of Viva l'Empereur,' and to content himself with the mute but re spectful greeting proper to Republicans. At the entrance of the park, where a still greater number of people had assembled, the travellers quitted their carriages to traverse the remainder of the distance to the Castle on foot, and the Emperor greeted several of the bystanders whom he re cognised with a hearty shake of the hands. The first visit paid by his Majesty with the Empress was to the castle chapel, which contains the statue of his mother, Queen ' Hortense, in white marble. " In the evening the singing club of Salenstein waited upon the Emperor, who thanked them for their attention, remarking that he was delighted to revisit the spot where he had been so happy many years ago. In reply to a question whether there were any among the citizens who could re collect his departure, the answer was given, ' Yes, your Majesty. You then said, I leave with regret, but when I come again it shall be in joy.' " Members of the secret police were stationed in Con stance, Ermalingen, Salenstein, and Mannenbach, to watch over the Emperor's safety, but their service is carried on in a very quiet and unobtrusive way. The Emperor soon revisited old walks in the vicinity of the castle, and was especially gracious to all in Salenstein whom he had for merly known. " A deputation from the Government of Thurgau waited upon his Majesty in the forenoon of the 19th, and it is reported here that Dr. Dubs and Councillor Neff hare been despatched to Arenberg to salute the Imperial guests in the name of the Federal Council." ROYAL HORTICULTURAL GARDENS. —At the floral meeting held yesterday, in their council room at South Kensington, a very fine specimen of the Agalmyla staminea was exhibited by Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of . St. John's-wood; there were also fine collections of the Odontoglossum grande from Mr. James Veitch, of Chelsea and Exeter ; and of dahlias from Mr. Keynes, of Salisbury Several new fellows were elected. ANOTHER ATLANTIC CABLE.—" The failure of the Great Eastern," says the Nord, " has not dis couraged either the shareholders of the Transatlantic Cable Company or the new French company which has ' obtained permission to lay down a cable between France and the United States. M. Alberto Bilestrini has under taken this enterprise at his own risk. But this time the company does not intend to submerge a cable for any enor mous distance, as there will be intermediate stations. The following is the track at present contemplated :—Prom Paris to Lisbon, and thence to Cape St. Vincent, by land; from this last place to the Canary Islands along the coast of Morocco ; from the Canary Islands to Cape Verd, along the African coast, with stations at St. Louis (Senegal), and at Gorse ; from Cape Verd to Cape St_ Roque, on the coast of Brazil, a distance of less than' one half that of the cable intended to be laid by the Great Eastern, from Cape St. Roque to Cayenne, along the Ame rican coast, and from Cayenne to New Orleans by the coast, or probably by cables connecting the principal West India Islands. The enterprise is more easily practicable than that conceived in England. The only difficulty will be to secure the preservation of the line on the African coast, and that security may be obtained by means of guard sta tions. The company will have a concession for 100 years, and the French Government will abandon the right of making any other concession during that time. A subven tion of four millions of francs, payable by instalments, will be granted when the company shall have obtained the authorisations from all the governments over whose terri tory the electric cable is to pass. The electric communi cation between Paris and the Canary Islands is to be com pleted within three years, and the whole line within five.'• THE CASE OF CONSTANCE KENT.- Yesterday morning, Mr. Dowding, the Governor of the Wilts County Gaol, received an official communication from Mr. Chitty, Clerk of Assize for the Western Circuit, announcing that the sentence of death recently passed on Constance Emilio Kent, for the murder of her half-brother, Francis Saville Kent, at Road-hill-house in June, 1860, had been commuted by her Majesty into one of penal servitude for life. In the course of the day, the result was made known to the pri soner, who received the announcement with the same calm ness which has characterised her throughout. The state ment that she has written a history of her life while in pri son is without the slightest foundation. WIFE MURDER AT ALNWICK. —On Monday Charles Ashburn, a pensioner, was brought up, on remand, before a special session of the county magistrates at Alnwiek, charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Elizabeth Ashburn, by burning, on Sunday, the 6th of August. Ashburn and his wife were a drunken couple, and on the day in question they had both been intoxi cated. They had quarrelled, as was their wont. He had knocked her off a stool upon which she had been sitting, and from the evidence he appears to have put burning ashes under her petticoats and within her clothes and set fire to her. He was subsequently seen to drag his wife out of the house into the yard, and place her under the tap and turn the water on her. The neighbours rescued her from her husband, and she took shelter in the coalhouse, from whence they took her to her room and put her to bed. She was very badly burnt on the hips and thighs, and she died on the 15th from exhaustion. The burns, the medical witnesses stated, had been the cause of death. The clothes found upon her showed that they had been burnt from the inside. The prisoner was committed to the Northumberland assizes to take his trial upon a charge of wilful murder. A VOICE FROM THE SEA.—On Sunday afternoon a small bottle was picked up on the sands at Scarborough by a boy who saw it thrown on the beach by the waves• On being opened it was found to contain a slip of pink coloured note paper, slightly stained, on which was written in lead pencil, perfectly distinct and legible, the following sad report :—" Ship Sir George Seymore, foundered off Cape Cod, U.S.A., October 22d, 1864, bound from Bristol to New York. Cargo, iron and cloth. Lost 18, saved 22, in two boats. We are balf-starved. John Thomson, 2d mate. October 26th, 1864." A WOMAN KILLED BY A BULL.—On Sunday morning last the wife of a respectable farmer named ll'Causland, living on the main road to Omagh, near Si% Mile Cross, county Tyrone, went to a field adjoining the house to look after some cattle. Unfortunately for the poor woman, she wrapped herself up in some sort of covering .which she was not in the habit of doing. Amongst the cattle was a bull, who, not knowing the woman in the strange dress, ran after and attacked her with fearful violence, killing her before any one could render assist ance. She has left behind her a husband and nine young Children.—Newry Telegraph.