The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-26 00:00:00

~ . 4 . „ 4 „. ttt rk4 - s-v - c - o,o‘ 4.soutto LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1865. The arrival of the Peruvian with intelligence up to the 15th shows us a very troubled picture of American politics. The PRESIDENT, who has long been separating himself gradually from that ex treme Republican party who raised him to power, is now inclining more and more to the views and policy of the Democrats. The Democrats in their turn are, of course, eager to welcome so distin guished and powerful an ally, for although Mr. JOHNSON has not openly declared any alteration in his views, the general tenour of his late policy is certainly more Democratic than Repub lican ; in other words, it tends rather to a cautious endeavour to rebuild the old system than to the introduction of sudden and violent changes and the immediate elevation of the uneducated black man to political power in place of the educated white. President JOHNSON, whatever his faults or shortcomings, is evidently a man of considerable ability and resolution. He sees clearly enough that if he suffers himself to be carried away by the New England fanatics he can never hope to restore and rebuild the rich and fertile South. The Southern provinces, which the N ew E nglanders speak of in terms of derogation and contempt, are far too valuable an d too Pop u l ous to be slighted, while their people have shown • that they have mind and character enough to hold very strong political opinions of their own. Physically they may be subdued by superior force ; but poli tically, Mr. JOHNSON very well knows that the States will never be restored to their old condition, in which they contributed so much to the wealth and prosperity of the Union, by the system of repression and severity which the extreme Radicals would willingly see adopted. It stands to reason that five or six millions of highly educated, intelligent, polite persons, who have been accustomed to look upon themselves as a strong and united people, able to win their own independence, to maintain armies, to determine peace or war, to choose their own legislators and rulers, and to decide upon their own laws, will not tamely submit to political annihila tion, will not suffer the immediate elevation of their own servants above their heads at the time of their own degradation. It is to be hoped that ANDREW JOHNSON is clear-sighted enough to foresee that a Policy like this can only end in another uprising, more resolute and more desperate than the last ; that is must lead to a state of anarchy and con fusion, if it does not result in bloodshed and massacre. - With incomprehensible blindness the Republicans continue to urge upon the Pre sident at the same moment the introduction of negro suffrage and the exclusion of the rebels from political power. Senator SUMNER made a speech on the 14th of September at the Massachusetts Republican Convention, in which he said that neither the rebellion nor slavery was ended, nor would be until the negroes were placed upon a full equality with the whites before the law. The rebels, he added, must be excluded from power, and neither vote nor be voted for Congress, and they must not be admitted into the partner ship of government. Can any one imagine a more preposterous theory to propound in a time of trouble and excitement. Such fanatics are totally inexcusable, for the length of time that has elapsed since the termination of the war has allowed the virulence of party feeling space to expend itself, and the line adopted by the more prominent South erners is one that leaves their enemies no shadow of a plea for persecution. The example set by that true-hearted patriot and honourable man, General LEE, has been followed by many other leaders. Derply mortified as all the chief Confederates must be at the total collapse of their schemes, and the defeat of their armies, they have not shrunk from accepting their destiny, and bowing to the fortunes of war, with a moral courage that reflects higher honour upon them than the most brilliant physical victories. The old Scotch Provost, in AYTOUN'S memorable ballad, praises the sole sur vivor of the band who left him for Flodden that he had dared to bring the fatal news. He exclaims : " I hold it braver done Than hadst thou tarried in thy place And died above my son." And in the same way, we may be sure, no hard fought contest ever cost Generals LEE and JOHN STONE so dear as their public acceptance of the Federal Government. But, like brave men, they will not shrink from their political any more than from their military duty, and both have ac cepted public offices as evidence of their determina tion to support the existing order of things. The Republicans, whose annihilation and confiscation schemes are interfered with by such conduct, openly proclaim their distrust of all Southern professions of loyalty, but the President has seized an oppor tunity of declaring that he holds a contrary opinion. A body of eminent Confederates having waited upon him, he announced that he did not believe those sensation writers who said so much about the disaffection of the South, and that the presence of so many distinguished gentlemen disproved their state ments. This reception must have been gratifying to the Southerners, and if Mr. JOHNSON pursues thisline of policy we may hope to see something like peace and prosperity restored to the troubled States. There is work enough for all to do, and there will be difficulties enough to contend against without any wild theorists or savage fanatics putting need less obstacles in the way. The two great problems of the financial situation and the future of the negro , m are quite sufficient to demand the calm and unprejudiced attention of the ablest statesmen. Much will depend on the course pursued during the next few months. Let us then fervently hope that wise and enlightened counsels will carry the day. We are now certainly proving the truth of the adage that misfortunes never come single. The last intelligence that has reached us is most alarm ing, and it is, indeed, sad to contemplate its effects on the community during the ensuing winter. The letter which Professor SimoNns has addressed to the Clerk of the Council is most unsatisfactory in its details, and it is w calculated to inspire dread into the minds of all far-seeing judges. The Professor has been investigating the matter very carefully, with a view to ascertain the truth of the rumours as to the existence or extent of the cattle plague among sheep and lambs. Unfortunately, it would appear that the ominous reports were not too well sounded, and many will peruse with a melancholy interest the important details set forward in this communi cation. So far back as the middle of last August the disease seems to have been among the sheep, and therefore it has by this time gained ground. A farmer at Blakeney at that period received on his farm one hundred and twenty lambs, which had no sooner arrived than they showed symptoms of disease. These were gradually developed, until many of them died, and a cow which had been put into a shed occupied by some of the sheep was attacked with the cattle plague. Upon Professor SIMONDS examining the lambs he found that they exhibited signs of the plague in a most unmistakeable manner. In almost every particular the symptoms were synony mous with the redoubtable plague, and the post mortem appearances were also identical. Professor SIMONDS goes on to relate that he sent some of the diseased parts to the Royal Veterinary College without " note or comment," and the result was that they at once recognised the special changes of structure that are caused by the cattle plague. The conclusion arrived at by these inquiries is that sheep are liable to the diseases called the acute plaghes, and that when so affected they can communicate the malady to the ox tribe, when it will prove as fatal as if communicated from ox to ox. To make assurance doubly sure, it is mentioned that this case occurred at a place not less than four teen miles from any other where the cattle plague exists, which shows that the disease was propagated among the cattle by the " sheep alone." At this especial juncture worse tidings could hardly be circulated abroad, and yet it is wiser to know the worst than to remain in doubt concerning such a vital matter. This is not a solitary case of sheep being similarly affected as the cattle have been. The Professor re ports that having heard of some lambs being affected near Norwich he proceeded there, and found that out of a flock of two thousand a large number had been set apart and had entirely escaped the evil, but that a great many had died, and the disease was making rapid progress. In this case the malady was brought into the district through the purchase of some cattle, and these were unfortunately " pastured with the sheep at the time the disease manifested itself." It is no in atter of astonishment that the Pro saor sho u ld conclude his letter with the remark, that . whole matter is one of the greatest import ance," and he, therefore, has lost no time in trans mitting it to the clerks for the 44 information of the Lords of the Council." It is a l wa y s of consequence to receive authentic intelligence of such calamities as these at the outset so that needless La rs ma y not b e entertained, and also that due care and caution may b e o b served. Surely the shepherds, and all concerned in the charge of cattle and sheep, must recognise the im mense importance of keeping those recently pur chased from the others until time has shown if they are free from the taint of any disease and fit to mix with the others. Had this due precaution been adopted in both the cases . cited by the Professor much evil would have been avoided ; and it is also worthy of suggestion that more attention be paid to the comfort of the animals when they are bought. The bustle with which they are conveyed from place, to place, and the great neglect which 'hey often ex- A s L perience en route must tend to develope the seeds of the disease, or if it is only hanging about them to bring it to a crisis. If it be impossible to put a stop to this terrible disease, it cannot be impossible to adopt such modes of procedure as in all human pro bability will conduce to mitigate its effects and curtail its progress. An order in Council was issued on the twenty second instant, which is more comprehensive than any of the preceding ones, and will doubtless do much to counteract the evils now abounding in the practice of those engaged in the management of cattle. In order to consolidate and amend " pre vious orders," it is now decreed this " order" shall extend fo all parts of Great Britain, and the word " animal" is intended to mean any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, or calf, sheep, lamb, goat, or swine. This is a very wise determination, and it is evident, from the letter of Pro fessor SIMONDS that no time must be lost in stemming the tide of this disaster if we would at all arrest its progress. The most stringent regula tions are made in the course of the terms of the said order, and if these are implicitly acted upon, without doubt much may be done to check the spread of the evil ; but still it must be borne in mind that the chief part of the work will fall upon private hands. No authorities can prevent danger or disaster unless their orders are met with willing ness and alacrity, and therefore it is earnestly to be trusted that all will sink prejudices, and follow the counsel given by the learned and experienced in such matters. The only way to meet this exigency will be to show courage and to exercise patience, and, as Mr. DISRAELI truly said the other day, it must be regarded as a " national and not a local visitation." The Thames Embankment. -• The quantity of "filling in" supplied respectively from the land and the river,during the last seven weeks, has been from the former 19,711, and from the latter 23,778 cubic yards. The total quantity since the 9th December, from both sources, has been 256,091 cubic yards. These state ments will go some way towards giving an appreciable idea of the progress made in substituting land for water on the north bank of the Thames. Such of the public as have kept themselves acquainted with the subject are aware that these gigantic works are divided into two com tracts—No. 1, extending from Westminster to tho other side of "Waterloo-bridge, where it makes a landing stairs.; and No. 2, embracing the river bank from within a few feet of Waterloo-bridge to the eastern end of the Inner Temple gardens. Perhaps the chief features in both contracts will be the now steamboat piers and landing-stairs for small boats. In every case these will be, alike in extent and convenience of arrangements, incomparably superior to those to which we have been hitherto accustomed. On No. 1, the larger contract, five new piers, averaging 250 ft. each in length, are to be constructed—viz., ono at West minster, two at Hungerford (one at each side of the bridge), and two at Waterloo, in the same way. The quantities of materials used or to be used on these great works are almost fabulous. In No. 1 contract there are 420,000 cubic feet of timber in use ; 30,000 cubic feet of granite have already-been built in, and 67,000 ft.. more are ready for im mediate use. Here also they have at work ten of Murray's chain pumps, varying from 500 to 2,000-horse power each, and 30 steam engines, ranging from 5 to 20 horse power. There is a most ingenious pneumatic apparatus, by which air is forced in by steam to prevent the waters rising from below; the pressure has actually been so great that the water from the bottom has pushed the men at work through the top of the caisson. There are 15 barges con stantly employed in bringing atone, bricks, lime, and cement to the spiy() of this No. 1 contract, and 30 more barges bearing tilling in stuff from the river bed. Upwards of 20 millions of bricks have been already laid, and three quarters of a million are on the spot ready fur use. There are 14,000 bushels of cement on the works, one in every 20 of which is severely tested before used-2,000 bushels a week are required. There are 3,000 tons of iron of all sorts in use, two-thirds of which is in plant, 250,000 yards of excavation have already been made, and 15,000 of concrete used up to the present time. There aro 100 and odd horses and carts daily employed, and there are over 800 men now on the works, exclusive of some 200 masons in quarries in Scotland—whence the greater part of the granite used comes—and also in Ireland and the Channel Islands. Labour is just now scarce and high-priced. The skilled men earn from Gs. to 7s. a day, and the common labourers from 3s. Gd. to 4s. Gd. This is better paying em ployment than Fenianism. From Westminster-bridge there are 600 ft. of the low level sewer completed. It is built into the wall, and aliove it is a subway for gas and water. Vitri fied bricks are used for the sewers. The rest are known as " washed" bricks, some of which were made down the Great Western Railway and others latterly on the Medway, near Maidstone. They are considered by the initiated to be first class bricks. The old York Gate is to be removed from the bottom of Buckingham-street to a site opposite the centre of Whitehall-gardens, where there will be a landing stage for small boats. There will also be another such land ing stage between Waterloo and Hungerford bridges, equi distant from the steamboat piers. 700 ft. of granite wall, founded on concrete 15ft. below the river bed, has already been carried up to high-water mark. Four rows of cast-iron pipes 3ft. in diameter are to be brought from the rear of the Duke of Ncrthmnberland's gardens, near Scotland-yard, to the river, to carry off the storm water of the large sewers now running into the Thames. Under these will bo the pneumatic railway, from this point to Waterloo. Seine of the caissons have been sunk, on this portion of the work, to a depth of 50ft, but the average depth is 35ft. or 36ft. It takes a week, usually, to sink a caisson, but there was one instance in which it took six months. 400 ft of iron and timber dams are now finished on this contract, and the work is being steadily carried on; but it will most probably take take two years to bring the embankment road and railroad to that state in which they can relieve the streets of any portion of their present traffic. On contract No. 2, which is about half the size of No. 1, extending from Waterloo bridge to the east end of the Inner Temple-gardens, the works are being carried on with energy. Along the whole length of the works, with the exception of some 300 ft., the tidal waters are excluded. The means used for this purpose by Mr. Ritson have been coffer dams. There are here 250 feet of the river wall, sewer, and subway brought up to the required level of the roadway in two separate levels of 120 and 130 feet respectively. Between these will be the Temple steamboat pier, which will be a fine piece of work, when completed. . Opposite Somerset house there is a long dam 400 ft. in length. Little more filling matter is now here required from the land, the Thames Conservancy dredges sending sufficient stuff from the bed of the river. On this contract 600 men, 15 horses, and a large amount of steam power are employed, and the work is pushed forward as vigorously as possible. On con tract No. 1 Mr. Furness has had several large photographs, taken by Messrs. Dollamore and Bullock, of Regent-street showing the principle of "timbering" adopted, as likewise the system of " staying," and the application of iron and timber dams, all of which would be most interesting to engineers. The approach from the west to the embank ment will be at Westminster-bridge, part of the parapet wall of which, opposite Palace-yard, will come down for this purpose. The exit, going eastward, will be at Black friar's-bridge, from which there will be a straight street to the Mansion-house. It will be satisfactory to any one who has not been upon the river for some years to find that its water is evidently more pure than it used to be. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—At the last sitting M. Serres communicated a paper on the Glyptodon clavipes, an enormous antediluvian quadruped of the Arma dillo genus, but of the size of an elephant. Hitherto no complete skeleton of this wonderful animal has been found. Owen, Lund, Nodot, Huxley, and Burmeister had only had incomplete fragments at their disposal ; but M. Serres has at length succeeded in reconstructing its skeleton, which will very shortly be exposed to public view at the Museum of Comparative Anatomy at the Garden of Plants. The total length of the creature is 3 30 metres, or nearly 11 feet ; its height from the ground to the top of the crests which support its bony armour is 4 feet. The head, which had only been until now described on the evidence of mere fragments belonging to different individuals, is en tire ; its vertical diameter is equal to its transver sal one, viz., about 154 inches. M. Faye announced that having received a volume published by Dr. Spoerer, containing some further details respecting the rotation of the sun, ho had compared the. observa tions of Dr. Spoerer with Mr. Carrington's, and found that there either must be a mistake in the results obtained by these two distinguished astronomers, or the velocity of the sun's rotation must have abated during the last six years, th e latter alternative being, in his opinion, the most pro bable. M. Jeannel sent in a note on a new way of easily metal to be tested, and boil it in all exce H ss is of ascertaining,_ n whether there exists any lead in the tin used method nitrie con sists i t ? culinary vessels in hospitals. in is —Take about five decigrams of scrapings of the diluted with one-thirdof weight of water. When the solution 1 - 4 comp l ete, filte contains but a ten thousandthiodide of pot ass i um. If ithaendl. then put in a crystal of part o f l ead a 3.1.11. v precipitate will be formed, which will not disappear by the addition of an excess of ammonia. The French Academy of Fine Arts, in its sitting of Saturday last, awarded the Bordin prize to MM. Loui g s and Rene Menard ; the Valroy prize to M . A 1 .,. e Thom. d'Agiout ; the lan:a/tout prize to U. Justittcad3.ux ; and the Chaztior prize to M. Loon Gabtinet. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the past year the National Lifeb3at Institution, by its t ifeboats and o , her means, contributed to the savin: of 608 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti tution also expended .£19,5 0 in the same peri,Al on its lifeboat eitablisbmeats, in addition to granting £1,539 as rewards. The Committee of: the Institution earnestly A i'PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by the' London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Zsg., at the institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. THEATRE ROY NL, DRURY-LANE. — ..it. Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. 'THIS EVENING the verformances will commence with Shaksperc's Tragedy of MiIt:BETH. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. T. bwiubourne, C. Vandenhofl; J. Neville; miss Atk.nson, (to. 'I o conclude with Milton's Mask of COMUS. Messrs. Hen i Drayton, Wil,ye Cooper; Miss Poole, Miss Au„usta Thomsuu, &a. . Co Ilmence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPIII. :Sole Propriutor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENINt;, at 7. GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mrs Allred 31e mad 3tr Felix Rogers. Alter which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip this 20t1c appearance;), Mr. .It ffersou, supported by Messrs. I , lllingtoo, Bedford, It Phillips, t. elix Rogers, Ashley, b burue, u. J. Smith; Mrs. Billingtor, , tic. To c mlude, at halt-pa-t 10. with THE WIDOW'S VIuTIM. 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Observe—Established 1830. No connection with any of the same n HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, sh. 30m.—Afternoon, sb. 48m. Ta-Monitow.-Morning, Gh. sm. Afternoon, Gh. 30m. E,NIING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1865 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTF.R'S TELEGRAMS.) _.. - PRUSSIA AND THE DUCHIES. BERLIN, SEPT. 26. The charge against Dr. May, who was arrested by the Prussian authorities at Altona, is now defini tively stated. He is accused of .having published an article insulting to the King of Prussia. The trial is appointed to take place on the 6th of October next. ITALY. FLORENCE, SEPT. 26. The King left this capital yesterday for Somma. AUSTRIA, - VIENNA, SEPT. 26. It is semi-officially stated that the assertion of some German papers to the effect that Austria had invited Prussia to reply collectively to the Circulars of the Western Powers in reference to the Gastein Convention is without any foundation. It is also announced in official quarters that neither France nor England have sent any direct communication to the Vienna Cabinet in reference to the above Circulars. SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 25, Evening. The cholera has disappeared from Valencia. At Barcelona yesterday there 'were only 14 cases. The epidemic is also decreasing in the neighbour hood of Seville and at Carthagena. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 26. The extra Inman steamer City of Manchester, from New York on the 13th inst., arrived here at 1 a.m. to-day, with 210 passengers and $160,156 dollars in specie. She landed 51 passengers, and proceeded at 1.15 a.m. All well. Her telegraphic advices have been anticipated. PER THE PERUVIAN. NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (Evening). The following order has been issued by General Gilmore : " Headquarters Department of South Carolina, Hilton Head, S.C., Sept. 8, 1865. " General Orders No. n--In order to remove all seeming conflict of jurisdiction between the civil and military authorities throughout the State of South Carolina, promote the preservation of quiet and good order, relieve the people as much as possi ble from all unnecessary restraints of martial law, and reduce the expenses of the military establish ment ; it is hereby ordered— " First—That the Superior and Circuit Provost Courts will continue in operation as heretofore, and shall have, as against any and all civil Courts, ex clusive cognisance to try End adjudicate all cases wherein Freedmeen, and otherpersons of colour, are directly or indirectly concerned. This will not be so interpreted as to restrict the authority of the agents of the ' Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.' " Second—The Civil Conrts may be opened, and all civil and municipal officers who shall have taken the Amnesty Oath last prescribed, and who, if they belong to either of the classes excepted from amnesty, shall have received Executive pardon, will be allowed to resume the exercise of their official duties under such of the laws of South Carolina, in force immediately before the 17th day of November, 1860, as are not inconsistent with the laws of Con gress and the proclamation of the President, which laws and proclamations are in all cases to be re spected. " Third—lt being impracticable to establish and preserve military posts in sufficiently close proximity to maintain a perfect military police in every por tion of the State, the civil magistrates will be al lowed to make arrests in all cases of breach of the public peace ; but the arrest of freedmen and other persons of colour, when rendered necessary by the absence of the military, will in all cases be imme diately reported, and the custody of the person or persons arrested promptly transferred to the nearest military commanders. " The functions of civil officers who disregard this order will be suspended. " By command of Major-Gen. Q. A. Gilimore. " W. L. M. BURGER, Asst-Adj.-Gen. (Official) "T. D. HODGES, Capt., 35th U.S.C.T., Acting Assist.-Adjt.-Gencral." The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune says :—" It has heretofore been stated that Jeff. Davis will be tried before a civil tribunal for treason, probably before the United States Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Nothing ad ditional has transpired on that subject since the an nouncement was made. It is a mistake to suppose that Chief Justice Chase has anything to do with the preliminary arrangements any more than he has with the preparation of cases for adjudication before the Supreme Court of the United States. Nor has he expressed, as has been stated, a desire to try the case of the United States against Jefferson Davis,:but he will try that, as he will all others which may come before him, in the usual course of business. GREECE. ATHENS, SEPT. 25. The King has announced his intention of dis pensing with a third of the civil list, in order to re lieve the embarrassments of the Treasury. A letter from Athens in the Pays says:—" Bri gands are rising on the market here. Their heads, which a month ago were only worth 5,000 or 6,000 drachmas, even for the most famous, are now offi cially demanded at 9,000, 10,000, and even 20,000 dr. The Government has succeeded in contracting a loan of 3,000,000 dr. with the lonian Bank. One of the first purposes to which this influx of cash has been applied is to increase the rewards offered for the capture of brigand chiefs, dead or alive. On this subject a royal decree of the 10th August says : —' The pecuniary reward offered for killing or arresting the brigand Kitzos Nifitzas is fixed at 15,000 dr. Whoever shall give accurate informa tion as to the place of his retreat shall also receive 5,000 dr. A reward of 10,000 dr. is alzo offered to any who may arrest or kill any one of the under mentioned brigands : Evangelis Spanos, George Lyngos, Costas Liarocapis, and Costas Masouras. Any person indicating the hiding-places of any one of them shall receive a reward of 4,000 dr.: total 14,000 dr. for each brigand. A reward of 6,000 dr. will be given to whoever shall kill or capture any one of the following brio-ands : Barbouclis Diplas ° Delis, Coutzoyannis, Cricas, Pelios Mellen, Alexis Batzalexis, Elias Spanos, Elias Crikelas, Demetrios Chouvelos, Niccolas Dedousis, and Athanasius Repas. A reward of 3,000 dr. will be given for a truthful indication of the retreat of each : total 9,000 dr. per each brigand.' These extreme mea sures show the extent of the evil. The brigands plunder villages and farms, and defy the efforts of the Government. The police, and even the soldiers, will rarely venture to attack them unless with a greatly superior force. Many of the peasantry, either to save their own property or to share in the plunder, aid the brigands with all their might, and mislead their pursuers. Kitzos, who has long de solated Attica, has been enabled to brave the Go vernment and to continue his exploits. Whether the high rewards now offered will induce the peasantry to betray them remains to be seen. Public opinion is greatly dissatisfied with the conduct of the army in this matter, and in others besides." Roman municipality. Similar services are to be performed whenever the Pontifical troops hold gar rison. Letters from Biarritz mention that the Emperor reviewed two days back the detachment of Grena diers of the Imperial Guard which has been doing , duty at the Imperial residence, previous to its leav ing for Paris. This does not imply the return of the Court, as the troops had been summoned to Biarritz for the reception of Queen Isabella. Their departure, however, proves that the King and Queen of Portugal will not visit the Emperor and Empress before their Majesties go to Compiegne. The Countess de Montijo has been spending a week at the estate of M. Ferdinand de Lesseps, in the province of Berry. Some large shooting par ties took place on this occasion. A report is current that M. Drouyn de Lhuys has written a second circular on the question of the Duchies, with the object of attenuating the effect of the first, by showing the provisional character of the Convention of Gastein. The necessity for this note arose out of recent communications between Berlin and Biarritz, where the Prussian Ambassador, Count de Goltz, is now staying. A desperate fight occurred two days back at Cherbourg between some American sailors and a number of the inhabitants. The seamen had been first quarreling among themselves in the street and then proceeded to enter a cafe on the Place du Chateau. The landlord, not wishing to have a disturbance in his establishment, refused them ad mittance, whereupon the sailors set upon him. Some civilians and French seamen came up to the rescue, and a general fight ensued, in which the Americans attempted to use their knives. Finally, the original authors of the riot were secured, and next morning taken on board their ship to be punished according to the discipline of the United States' service. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt in the conflict. The Swedish corvette Oradd, 10 guns, has just arrived at Havre to take on board some paintings, statues, and other works of art, for the Museum of Stockholm. " It is announced, says the Nouvellis'e of Rouen, " that the Count de Chambord has written a letter of condolence to Madame de Lamoriciere on the occasion of the death of her husband. Madame de Lamoriciere and her children have just passed through Paris on their way to their property in Anjou." Advices from Havre and Dieppe describe the heat that has prevailed there during the greater part of the present month as excessive. Agriculture had to be suspended on account of the drought ; the supply of water being very deficient. On Thursday last, however, rain fell in torrents, and towards three in the afternoon a waterspout broke over the neigh bourhood of 'port, transforming the roads and streets of the town into real torrents, and inundat ing all the lower storeys. At Vaucotte, a little village near Etretat, several carts with their draft horses were swept into the sea. All communication was impossible during four hours ; when at length the rain ceased, and the waters began to abate. Considerable damage has been done to the standing crops, and even to many of those already gathered into the barns. At Etretat, Les Loges, and other villages on the coast, several houses were flooded, and much damage inflicted. The fishing smack Etre-Supreme, of Trouville, was capsized at about six miles off Dives three days back, and filling weiit down immediately. One man and a hoy were drowned, but the master and another man maintained themselves on the surface of the water by swimming, each with the aid of an oar, until the smack St. Pierre, which had witnessed the disaster a mile off, bore down and rescued them. A large carpenter's yard and workshops at Cha prais, near Besancon (Doubs), belonging to MM. Blondeau, freres, were destroyed by fire the night before last. Two horses, a cow, and a sheep were burnt, and 150 men are thrown out of work by the disaster. Neither the origin of the fire nor the amount of the loss are yet ascertained. The owners are taking steps to provide their hands with work. A tragedy was enacted in the night of the 19th ult. in a cottage situated in a small hamlet of the commune of Monieux (Vaucluse). A violent dispute having arisen out of a feeling of jealousy between a husbandman and his wife, the former ended it by firing a gun point-blank into the mouth of the ;roman, wounding at the same time his little daughter, aged three years, who was in her arms at the moment. The assassin immediately afterwards blew out his own brains with the same weapon. The following order of the day was put forth by Monsignore de Merode on the 16th, to the army of his Holiness : "General Christopher Louis Leo Juchault de Lamori ciere, a captain illustrious among the captains of his age by his valour, virtue, and unstained reputation, was at your head. More anxious to respond to the noble im pulse of his magnanimous heart than to be able to say with Epaminondas I die unconquered,' he hastened at the sum mons of the great voice, which from the Vatican called him to the defence of the rights of the common father of the faithful, the supreme guardian of the liberty and dig nity of the redeemed human raco. Being a most tender son of the nation, which glories in being called the eldest daughter of the Church, the very love of his country in flamed him with the desire of defending his mother with out fearing the enemy's number of arts. You know how he was conquered ! He was now only waiting for a pro pitious opportunity of again offering and even sacrificing his life. It pleased God to call him to himself in the night of the 10th to the 11th September. Struck, but not sur prised by death, Christopher Lamoriciere was found expiring on his knees with the crucifix in his hands. In so deplorable a loss of him who had lived for honour and duty there remain his example and his memory—let there remain in the heart of every one the ambition of being worthy of such a chief. Solemn obsequies will be cele brated on Friday, 22d current, at 10 a.m., in the church of the Araceeli. " The Pro-Minister of Arms, " SATIRE° DE MERODE." BOURSE, Sept. 25.—Two o'Clock.—The market, uncertain at first, is now a little better maintained. Threes, for the Account, are doing at 68f. 40c., and Credit Mobilier Shares at 823 f. 75c. Italian Fives have receded to 65f. 85c., and Immobiliere have advanced to 531 f. 25c. Comptoir d'Escompte Shares remain stationary at 1,005 f. 50c. Three o'Clock.—The last quotations were as follows :- 4} per Cents 96 25 Do. end month 3 per Cents. 6B 30 Do. end month 6B 40 Credit Mobilier Do. end month Bank Shares 3590 Credit Foncier 1325 Italian Loan 65 75 Do. end month 65 85 RAIL Ditto Threes — Roman — Mexican Loan 52 Do. Bonds 337 50 Russian - Austrian Spanish Threes Rome Debt Defored WAYS. Cash. Acot. Orleans — ... 846 25 Northern ' ... 1087 50 Lyons and Mediterranean — ... 872 50 Southern — ... 566 25 Western — ... 550 Eastern — ... 535 Sardinian , — ... 247 50 Austrian — ... 412 50 Lombard — ... 460 North of Spain — ... 212 50 Saragossa — ... 312 50 Ditto to Barcelona — -- •.• Roman lIOW THE MAORIES WERE SUPPLIED WITH AMMU NITION.—We take the following curious story of smug gling war materials to the Maories from the Ifawkes Bay 7 jolts :—" The writer of this was in the employ of a noted trading firm engaged in the native trade, owning a small schooner running from Auckland to the Bay of Plenty, trading with the natives with gunpowder, lead, and rum, arms of all sorts, from a George 11. musket to a minie rifle, tomahawks, and cartouch boxes ; in fact all the imple ments of war coveted by their dusky customers. One of their common tricks to cheat the Customs was to enter the vessel with pork in casks, and to clear out with empty casks and salt, the said casks containing six or ten kegs of sporting powder and bags of salt, containing each about 1001bs. of old lead, boxes of caps, &c., all these shipped in the open day, rolled through Auckland streets, left stand ing on tho wharf, and sold in the Bay of Plenty. The old files of Auckland papers need only to bo consulted to tell tales of cargoes of empty casks and tons of sash weights (lead, of course) for building purposes, in places where the only buildings going up wore raupo whares. The writer of this knew of one whare containing at one time 72 kegs of powder headed up in the way mentioned, and close alongside an old potato hole with about a ton of leaden sash weights in it. And all this carried on by a firm whose principal held office next to the Superintendent, and he went home and with other Auckland merchants who bad made their pile by Tower muskets and other honest mer chandise, went in deputation to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and hoped that the war would be carried on with vigour, and eruiser3 stationed to prevent the exten sive sinuazhng by the Yankees." Naval Intelligence. - o The screw frigate Bristol, 39, 3,027 tons, 600 horse-power, fitting for the flag of Commodore Geoffrey T. P. Hornby, has been floated out of the dock at Sheerness in which she has been fitted, and is now moored near the entrance to Chatham har bour. She is fully rigged and complete aloft, and only a comparatively small amount of work remains to be completed on board, where the greatest expe dition is being used to have her ready for sea by the middle of the ensuing month. Her armament has been put on board from the ordnance-wharf, Chat ham, consisting of 14 8-inch 65cwt. guns and 12 64-pounder rifled guns, each of 64cwt., on her main deck ; and five 110-pounder rifled Armstrong guns, each of 82cwt., on her upper deck. The Bristol relieves the Rattlesnake as flagship on the West Coast of Africa. The Recruit, 6, iron paddlewheel steamer, which recently underwent extensive repair at Chatham Dockyard, since which she has been lying idle in the Medway, is recommended to be sold out of the navy, in consequence of her unfitness for further service. This vessel was selected by the Admiralty a few months since as a test ship, to try the value of the various anti-fouling and anti-corrosive mixtures for the protection of the bottoms of iron vessels submitted from time to time to the Admiralty. Various compositions were at that time applied to the ship's bottom, but the results in every case were pronounced unsatisfactory. Previously to her being sold the Lords of the Admiralty have again directed her bottom to be coated over with an anti-fouling composition, and an opportunity accordingly pre sents itself of testing the value of Gisborne's mer curial anti-corrosive and anti-fouling composition for the bottoms of iron ships, which has already been used largely in the mercantile marine with the most satisfactory results, and is now being applied to the hull of the iron-clad frigate Valiant, 24, 800 horse power, at Portsmouth. Yesterday Mr. G. W. Beardslee, United States' officer. accompanied by Mr. Donald M'Kay, of . Bo ston, America, both of whom are now in this country for the purpose of bringing under the notice of the Government the value of torpedoes, visited Chatham Dockyard to make the preliminary arrangements connected with the experiments about to be made at that port. The Terpsichore, sailing frigate, which has been selected by the Admiralty to be experi mented upon and destroyed, had previously been removed into the deep-water channel, near Gilling ham Creek, and the whole of her internal fittings and gear removed. In the course of yesterday after noon Beardslee and M'Kay, accompanied by Capt. Stewart, C. 8., and other officials connected with the dockyard, went out to the frigate, proceeding on board and inspecting the vessel with the view of deciding on the best spot in which she can be moored with the object of giving full effect to the experi ments about to be undertaken. Yesterday the whole of the apparatus, together with the torpedo shells and other appliances used in the undertaking, arrived at the dockyard, and the work of preparing the torpedoes will be commenced to-day, under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Beardslee, the powder required for the shells being supplied from the Government magazines at Upnor Castle and the Volage powder vessel. Only one of the torpedoes will be used for destroying the Terpsichore, the remainder being placed in various parts of the river and discharged under every variety of ciramstance, to show the value of this agency in destroying small boats. A test torpedo shell will be deposited several feet in the mud and sand, at low water, and allowed to re main in that position 48 hours, after which it will be exploded, this experiment being undertaken with the view of showing that however long a torpedo may be kept submerged its destructive powers are not in the least diminished. The Favourite, 10, screw ironcased corvette, 2,094 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. F. G. Shortt, having been completely fitted, was yesterday taken out of the basin at Sheerness dockyard. Having got up steam, she proceeded on a run of a few miles to test the working of her machinery, prior to the trial of her engines on the measured mile. The ma chinery, which has been erected by Messrs. Hum phrey and Tennant, worked very satisfactorily dur ing the cruise. The vessel afterwards returned to the Little Nore, where she awaits her trial, which will take place to-day. The Basilisk, 6, paddlewheel sloop, 1,031 tons, 400 horse power, recently commissioned at Sheer. ness by Capt. W. N. W. Hewett, V.C., was taken into dock yest er d ay f or th e purpose ofhaving her bottom cleaned and examined prior to sailing for the China station. According to present instruc tions she will proceed to her destination in the beginning of next week. Druids' Circles in Northumberland. o-- Since the examination of the Castle Howard tumuli a few weeks ago, the Rev. William Greenwell, of Durham, has been making most interesting discoveries relating to the British period in Northumberland, at Blawerie, near Eglingham, west of Alnwick. In this district there are many remains of British occupancy —camps, tumuli, Druids' circles, &c. ; and it is in the latter that Mr. Green well's latest researches have been carried on. The results elicited show that instead of the popular, and the often-published, notion of these circles being " courts of justice," " temples for Druid rites," places of assembly," and other extravagancies being correct, they are—most of them, at least—simply places of sepulture. Some years ago, it seems, a cist was discovered in what had hitherto been named a "Druids' circle." The stones forming this circle are large slabs set on edge, sometimes touching, at other times some short distance apart. Tho circle was 36ft. in diameter, and there was no mound within, the interments in the cists, of which there were more than one, being sunk into the natural soil, the lid or cover of each cist being just level with the grassy surface. In the cist which was first opened a cinervy urn was found, of which Mr. Greenwell has a small fragment showing the nature of the pottery (which has been thick and very rude), but there is not enough to show the shape. Mr. Greenwell's explorationS of the remainder of the area within the circle yielded most interesting archaeological results. About 9 feet from the centre a second cist was discovered lying N.W. by S.E. This grave was 3ft. 4in. long by lft. 10in. wide and lft. 10in. deep, and was made of four slabs of stone set edge wise, with a fifth slab as cover. In the north corner was a cinerary urn, lying on its side, the mouth towards the centre of the cist, and almost buried in light sand, which had been strewn over the burial, and was now about 4 in. ' in depth. The urn is perfect, and is of a singular shape, much resembling a common flower pot in form. It is covered externally with lines arranged herringbone fashion which have been made by a sharp pointed instrument when the clay was in a plastic state. The urn is Gin. wide in the mouth, and Gin. high. The bodies had completely gone to decay in this as well as in the other cists from the air gain ing free admission, there being no earth or any covering save the superabundant slab over any of the burials. Three feet to the west was another cist, from which the' cover, being a useful slab of stone, had been carried off by some local Vandal some years since. After careful removal of the accumulated rubbish, it was found that the cist con tained about Gin. in depth of fine sand, and abounded in relics of the pre-historic race. A very pains-taking examination of the sand brought to light at the north corner a flint knife and a necklace of 89 jet beads. There had no doubt originally been 91 beads, but in the search or at disturbance when the cover was removed one or two had been lost. Although the body had decayed beyond recogni tion, there was yet enough arrangement left to showtow the beads had been strung. Ten of the beads were long and cylindrical, the others were flattish—circular, not quite globular. The arrangement was one cylindrical and then nine globular beads, consecutively. Twelve feet from the centre, on the north-west side, was another cist, N.E. by S.W., being 2ft. 4in. long by lft. sin. wide, and Ift. Sin. deep. It was formed of four edgewise stones and a cover, and had 4in. of sand at the bottom. So far as could be found nothing had been interred with this burial, and of the body all trace had disappeared. The cist without a cover, and which contained the beautiful beadS, was rather larger than the last mentioned, being 2ft. Bin. by 2ft. 3in. and lft. 3in. deep. The district in which this encircled graveyard of the Britons stands abounds in camps and barrows, and has one of those remarkable rocks covered with the concentric circles. This rock and the fine camp are half a mile distant from the burials. There are two other circles near which it is proposed to explore on a future occasion. It is almost certain that all small and so-called Druidical circles are places of sepulture, and that the circle is only the fencing off or outer preservation which is found so frequently round the base of barrows, and sometimes within them as well as on the outsides, and sometimes also at a short distance from the circumference. Sir R. C. Hoare, in Wilts, thought those interments with no mound but within a circle of earth or rubble (there being no stone in that district) We re o f Druids, from the rich ornaments found with them. They aro undoubtedly of women. In the Blawerie find the burial with the necklace was of a woman, but nothing can be said as to the sex of the others. The north of Eng landand interments differ from the Wilts, where only one body is found the circle, ours having . several interments, t b h o o th ce o m f l e i t n e b ry ur f n o t r as n u d cc b c t s i s T v t e bo t lie e s s ,. showing FRANCE. On Friday, the 22d, a grand funeral service in honour of the late General de Lamoriciere will be performed at the church of the Aracesli, on the Capitoline Hill, which is the church especially of the Roman Senators and Connrvators, to which august body the general belo nge d i n the quality of Roman Patrician, conferred upon bim by the la 1....1 tin 1 4pit The Prince and Princess of Wales. - - -0- We are authorised to state that circumstances have compelled the Prince of Wales to abandon his intention of visiting Dunrobin Castle this year. — in verness Advertiser. 4- Foreign Courts. BERLIN, Sept. 23. The King returned to Berlin this evening from Merseburg, accompanied by Count von Bismarck. Soon after his Majesty's arrival he appeared at the Opera. On Monday the King will go to Lauen burg by special train, and with his Majesty will be several of the Prussian princes. Count von Bis marck and many court officials and military officers of high rank will attend the King, who will return on Wednesday. The Queen of Prussia was present at the christen ing of the infant daughter of . Prince and Princess William of Baden, at Baden yesterday, and after wards received a visit from the Queen of the Nether lands. BALL BY H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.— On Friday evening a grand private ball took place at Abergeldie Castle, on invitations issued by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Dancing commenced at about 10 o'clock - , and was continued till one o'clock, their Royal Highnesses being present the most of the time. Amongst those present were :—The distin tinguished party from Balmoral Castle—the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, the Princess Helena, the Princess Beatrice, the Princess Hilda of Anhalt, Sir Charles Phipps, General Grey and Mrs. Grey, Lady Churchill, Col. Bruce, Baron Schenck and Baron Ruibea, &c. ; the party from Mar Lodge—the Earl of Fife, the Countess of Fife, Lord Mac Duff, Lady Anne Duff ; Garden Campbell, Esq., of Troup ; Burn Callender, Esq., of Preston Hall, &c. ; the party from Invercauld House—Colonel Farquharson, Mrs. Farquharson, Mr. John Athole Farquharson, Lord Holmes dale, Lady Holmesdale, Sir Edmund Filmer, Lady Filmer, Millie Cochrane, M.P., and Miss Cochrane, Col. Marshall and Mrs. Marshall, London, Hon. Mr. Edgerton and Mrs. Edgerton, &c. ; the party from Aboyne Castle—the Mar quis of Huntly, Lady Mary Gordon, &c.; Capt. Stockwell and party of the officers commanding the garrison batta lion at Ballater, &e.—Dundee Advertiser. PRINCE AMADEUS.—His Royal Highness Prince Amadeus of Italy arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning, from Dublin, accompanied by his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio and the officers attending in his suite. His royal highness was met by the Italian Consul, who accompanied him to his hotel. After visiting "the lions" of the city, his royal highness took his departure for Glasgow, accom panied by the Italian Minister and attendants. We under stand his royal highness will remain about a week in Scot land, and on his return to the Italian Legation will give a series of dinners before he returns to Italy. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has left town on a tour of visits. His royal highness is at present staying at Sir George and Lady Julia Wombwell's seat in Yorkshire. His Serene Highness Prince George of Solms arrived yesterday at the Hanoverian Legation from a tour of visits in Scotland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol are staying for tho present at his lordship's shooting lodge, near Dingwall, North Scotland. The noble marquis and marchioness are expected to return to Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Edmunds, at the latter end of the ensuing month. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are entertaining a select party at Hatfield House, Herts. The Earl of Derby, according to the accounts received in town yesterday from Knowsley, was rather better, but was still suffering from great wea k ness . ___ We are authorised to state that a marriage has been arranged between the Earl of Dudley and Miss Moncrieffe, third daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady Louisa Moncrieffe. The marriage will take place early in No vember. Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Miss Jocelyn are expected to join Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, at Brockott Hall, towards the end of the week, from Ireland. Lord and Lady Clarence Paget have left his lordship's official residence at the Admiralty for their seat in Wales. The Right Hon. William F. Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper, left town on Saturday for Dublin, and will make a tour of visits in Ireland before their return home. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have left Ashridge Castle for Woburn Abbey, on a visit to Mr. 11. Russell, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth Russell. The Marchioness of Londonderry is prolonging her sojourn at Dieppe. The Chinese Giant Chang. Last evening Chang, the giant of Fychow ; his wife, the Lady Chang King Foo ; Ching Mow, the Tartar Rebel Dwarf ; and the members,of their suite, Ah Ying (Amah), Woo Kwan Toon (compradore), and Sing Ah Look (shroff), held their first public levee in the Dudley Gallery, Egyptian Hall, which has been fitted up in the most ap proved Chinese fashion. After a brief introductory lecture by Mr. Siddons, the great man was introduced to the " pale faces of the Western Countries," and the surprise that his appearance excited was intense. Chang stands in height within an inch of eight feet, he of course wears the peculiar costume of his native country, and is really a handsome-looking personage. After saluting the company he takes his seat on a kind of throne, and calmly surveys the animated scene before him, keeping his little fan in constant use. His wife, " The Golden Lily of the East," is next presented, but beyond being a very good-tempered looking young lady, about an inch or so over five feet, there is nothing remarkable about her, save of course her tiny feet, and finger nails on the third and fourth fingers of her right hand, which are fully three inches long, and protected from injury by silver cases. The peculiarity of the finger nails is to prove that the lady never has been guilky of laborious work or menial occupa tion. When the Golden Lily was seated by her lord and master the audience could not, at the contrast presented by the happy pair, refrain from laughter, in which the lady heartily joined, but on her fan being handed to her by her attendant she hid her blushes from the public view. The next introduction was the dwarf Chung Mow, who stands 2 feet 11 inches high, and is 30 years of age. This pigmy specimen of humanity, althongh a comical little personage, is by no means the most interesting of the party, because his height is the effect of deformity; however, he is said to be of a most martial spirit, as he was ono of the most noted Tartar rebels. The rest of the party are ordinal"' Chinese, such as we have seen frequently in London before. After the virtues and amiable qualities of Chang and his wife have been dilated upon by the lec turer, the groat man descends from his chair of state, and, walking amidst the audience, goes through the labour of shaking hands with the company with the greatest affa bility and politeness. The lady also follows the example of her husband, but the long finger nails were very much in the - way, as frequently she had to replace their silver coverings, which had become loosened by the hearty con gratulations of the audience. The dwarf also was very eager to join in the general hand-shaking ; and at the con clusion of the performance the fairer portion of the au dience were invited to inspect the tiny foot of Lady Chang. A speech in Chinese, thanking the public for their kind reception, concluded the proceedings of the levee. The exhibition is a peculiarly novel and interesting one, and, from the crowded state of the Gallery last evening, i t is fair to suppose that Chang's levees will become one of the great attractions of London for many months to come• NARROW ESCAPE.—Professor Ruggles, of Dart mouth College, had a narrow escape at Niagara Falls recently. While walking on Goat Island with party of ladies, one of them dropped her parasol, which slid some 15 or 20 feet down the bank of the river. Mr. Ruggles went down and picked it up, but on attempting to return, the bank being steep and the ground hard, lost his footing and fell down to the very brink of the precipice , which at this point is 80 or 90 feet high ; here he caught hold of the roots of an upturned tree, the trunk of which hangs over the abyss. The shock caused the tree to shake violently, and it appeared on the point of falling over the precipice. The ladies shrieked and called for help, but n e ass i s t a nce was at hand. A movement on th e part of Mr' R ug gles, or a gust of Wind seemed sufficient t o cau se the tree to fall. At this critical moment one of the ladies took o ff her basquine and skirt, cut them into stripes, got shawls and other articles of clothing front the rest of the party, tied them together, fastened a stone to the rope thus formed, and let it down to Mr. Ruggles, who, taking hold of it, walked slowly up the bank. It was a moment of fearful suspense' The rope was held firmly by the ladies above, but it migh t untie or break, an d a f all of a hundred feet upon the rocks below must be the inevble result. When Mr. Ruggles reached terra firma, hisl i rtir rescuer, who had sh own such remarkable presence of mind, fainted, and was taken home in an unconscious state.—New York Tribune. -- L L. THE EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFE AT .Dli r E urreyt Last evening Mr. W. Carter, coroner for i j, on the held an inquest at the Adelaide Inn, 21 and bodies of Louis Hill and William Horscraft, eg ho were el" w 26 years respectively, the two unfortuna te ion in the " press killed on Saturday by the dreadful elm p ic 7 v der manufactory house" of Messrs. Sharp and Co.'sguni'sderable length, but at Ewell. The evidence was of ci3 w how the explosion nothing was elicited tending to sh y ° erdiet of "Accidental was caused. The jury returned a Kingston-reed death." Do. Do Do Do. ieaic Do. P r el l e_ 1 . tip 4 Ate . 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