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VENETIA. (From the Times Military Correspondent.) PADUA, Sept. 12. Verona is a place of many beauties, and its loss will be almost as painful to Austria as that of Venice, for, while the latter is the fairest seaport in Europe, the former has charms of the land that cannot easily be matched. Seated at the junction of the mountains and the plains it combines the beauties of both, while one finds there some of the most perfect Roman remains in Europe, excellent mediaeval architecture, with frescoes and pictures worthy of being placed in such a situation. Before leaving this morning I walked up the spur of the mountain that hangs over it to see how the forts on that side are built, and what they command. The way lies over an iron bridge that spans the river in one of its windings, and is de fended against the rush of the stream by wooden breakwaters. The Adige is a good obstacle, not only on account of its consi derable breadth, but also because of its rapidity of movement, which would render swimming impossi ble, and oppose great difficulties to the construction of a military bridge. If late summer showers cause its waters to hurry along as they do to-day, during the melting of the snows or in time of storms it must become a torrent. Like most continental rivers, the force of the stream is utilised by placing watermills along its edges, where the movement, checked by the friction of the banks, is slower than in the centre ; but they are completely detached from the shore, and never cease working. The houses on each side take possession of as much of the river as they can, creep ing over it upon arches, and peering down upon it from balconies, whence are scattered the dying flowers that hang over every balustrade. We are justly proud of our English green lanes, but Verona has lanes also, and green enough to please the most jaded eye. Passing over the bridge and crossing the Trent road the way lies immediately through one of these, paved under foot, unfortu nately for the picturesque, but fortunately for the pedestrian who has to toil up the steep ascent. Rough stones, like the pavement of a country inn yard, line the greater part of the road; but in the centre runs a narrow strip of smooth flags easy to walk on. At first there are walls on each side fencing off the • gardens that lie beside it, but soon the built-up stones give place to solid rock of a delicate sand colour, out of which burst with a vitality that nothing can resist rock plants, such as ferns and capers, while from above creepers and trailing vines hang over to clothe the rudeness of the almost perpendicular scarpe. Italy is so rich in vegetation, and so l i temperate in climate in the north, that every chink in the rock sends out its contribution of leaves, and these remain green during the whole summer. Fig trees, acacias, myrtles, oleanders, even honey suckles, hang over the edge, rooted in the gardens above, and cool with their grateful shade the path below. If tired of mounting you throw yourself on a little pitch of green sward at the corner of crossing paths, the air is filled with fragrance from the plants that you have crushed. Dragon flies and butterflies flit round you, and bright-eyed lizards rustle through the leaves or glide up the perpendicular wall of rock. The whole scene seems a paradise till you are awakened by seeing clean, smooth, lately-built walls blocking up the path, and black-muzzled can non grinning at you from embrasures just across the way. As you ascend higher, forts meet you again, everywhere the road either passes between batteries on each side, or is turned out of its way to sneak round a fort that bars the passage. The guns mounted in these batteries look downwards towards the town, and could shell the whole of the enceinte if it had fallen into the hands of the enemy. They overawe Verona, and would"afford protection to a garrison or an army driven to retreat by this road. The Italians have long complained of Austria's mili tary preparations in Venetia : they have now, or soon will have, possession of Verona, and again the qustion arises, what will they do with it ? The for tress, strong against Italy, is weak to resist an army descending upon it from the hills, and if Italy does not acquire the Tyrol she will have to make new dispositions of the fortified places. The warklike spirit has been kept alive by the constant presence of the hereditary foe, but Italy has again and again been charmed into repose by her own beauty and riches. The barbarians who first took possession of her fertile plains soon sank into indolence and were unable to resist the fresh hordes from the north. At a later period the armies of the republics fled before the French, because the latter gave no quar ter, killing the cavaliers they had unhorsed, instead of holding them to ransom, and, though the Piedmoutese have shown themselves brave and skilful soldiers, .it is difficult to believe that the whole Italian people can become what they crave above all things to be—a really warlike people. At present antagonism to Austria is preached by the public press, and called for by the people, but wiser counsels may perhaps sway them hereafter, and they may learn not to despise the alliance offered them by their warlike neighbour. From the heights above the forts Verona and the whole plain are seen spread out like a map. The windings of the Adige, the fortress itself, the de tached works, the low range that includes Somma Campagna and Custozza are very distinct, and, if you mount high enough, Peschiera becomes visible at the south-east corner of the glittering Lago di Garda, and in the blue distance the heights of Sol ferino. The whole plain, covered with mulberry trees and vines, dividing the fields of tobacco and maize, looks like a garden, and there is no difficulty in comprehending either the lust of the barbarians to possess the fertile soil, or the reluctance of the Austrians to resign their hold on " Schone Venezia." Free communication is not yet established be tween the Quadrilateral and Venice ; the railway is not broken up, but trains do not run between St. Bonifacio and Vicenza, and many English people were disappointed to-day in their wish to go from Verona to Venice. The whole distance is only about 70 miles, but what with changes from rail to road and the non-agreement of trains, it is always a chance if it can be got over in one day ; but is is no grea t hardship to be detained on a road rich with the buildings of Sanmicheli backed by the Al ps, and which passes near the famous bridge of Arcole, the scene of one of Napoleon's fiercest struggles with the Austrians. It is curious enough, too, to travel through a country which really does not belong to anybody at present, for the Austrians have resigned it, the French have not a man in it, and the Italian army is retiring to its very borders, nominally for health's sake, but really, it is said, to leave the people free to vote without constraint. At Padua a farewell dinner was given to-day to some of the officers who leave to-morrow. The newspapers are still full of complaints at having so much delay thrown in their way. The Giornale di Padua asks plaintively, " Who is to keep the peace and look after the elections ?" blam ing the unfortunate Government for not relieving them of their suspense. No doubt Victor Emmanuel would like very much to take all the control and re- Hyonsibility into his own hands, but the fact is that hehas no more ri g ht to make arran g em e nt s than the Queen of England, unless he chooses to defy the French a n d their Emperor. He is said to have been indispeaed, but to be recovering. A letter from SEPT. 13. Venice to the Corriere della Venezia asserts that the plAiscite willbe a mock er y, b ecause One in the first place n o under r 21 years of a ge i s t o vote. This will, as the Write says,cut off that p ar t of the population most vivacious and ready to re ceive new ideas. Secondly, the lists s are be com piled by parish priests, who will avoid the to h' ouses of those not in the pale of the Roman h Catholic Church. Does liberal and progressive Franceo whomcount nen- C a tholics as excommunicated dog s ; to civil rights are to be denied?" The Corriere itself is lively enough, with its articles headed, " Revela tions," " Austrian Lies," " Austrian Violence." Those who complain so bitterly that there is no one to keep order at the elections might, perhaps, be wiser not to acid fuel to the excitement already pre vailing. The King Victor Emmanuel is still here, but it is supposed that he will leave this morning for his castle near Alessandria. A NEW COPYRIGHT BILL, under distinguished patrouag.o_ms provincial managers tell us of a new play — will be produced next session. IRELAND, DUBLIN, ('( pt. 17. The death of Mr. J. B. Dillon, member for the county of Tippera s ry, which occurred on Saturday evening at half-past 7 o'clock, has given a great shock to the public mind. The hon. gentleman was in his usual health on Monday last. It is stated that the disease to which he has fallen a victim was Asiatic cholera. He felt indisposed on Tuesday, but paid no attention to the symptoms till Thursday, when he became alarmingly ill, and gradually grew worse till he succumbed to the terrible malady. He died at Druid-lodge, Killiney, where he had been staying for some time. Mr. Dillon, though he had extreme views on Irish politics, was respected by all parties as an honourable, upright, truthful, and earnest man. Every one who knew him felt that he acted from conviction and from a sincere love of country. Mr. Dillon graduated in Trinity College, where he ob tained a moderatorship, was called to the Irish bar in 1841, and soon after distinguished himself in the agitation for the repeal of the Union, joining the Young Ireland party, who repudiated O'Connell's doctrine that no political gain was worth the shed ding of one drop of Christian blood, and that moral force could accomplish all that the Irish people de manded. When the two parties separated in 1846 the Young Irelanders established " the Irish Confe deration," which held its meetings in the Music-hall, Abbey-street, where the platform was generally occu pied by Dillon, Doheny, O'Gorman, and Martin. The object of the Confederation was not war, but, if possible, to render war unnecessary " by the force of opinion, by the combination of all classes of Irish men," &c. They were especially anxious that Pro testants should be united with Roman Catholics in the movement. Resolutions to this effect were adopted at a great meeting in the Rotunda, when John Mitchel moved a revolutionary amend ment. This was rejected after a stormy de bate, which lasted three days. This led to Mitchel's secession from the Nation newspaper, and the establishment of the United Irishman, in which he openly advocated rebellion, and de nounced Lord Clarendon as " her Majesty's Execu tioner-General and Butcher-General of Ireland," inviting ladies to throw vitriol on the troops and fling bottles from their windows under the horses' feet. This state of things went on for months. Meantime the Irish Confederation sent Messrs. Smith O'Brien, Meagher, and O'Gorman on a de putation to the President of the French Republic to ask aid on behalf of "the oppressed nationalityof Ire land." Lamartine returned their high-flown com pliments in. kind. " The children of that glorious Isle of Erin" would always find sympathy in France. " Our diplomatists," he said, " are nations, our treaties are sympathies." The sympathies, however, were barren in this case. At last the patience of the Government wa3 exhausted, and when the necessary measures were adopted for the suppression of the rebellion, rewards were offered for the arrest of the principal conspirators—.£soo for W. S. O'Brien, and £3OO each for Meagher, Dillon, and Doherty. Dil lon made his escape from the country, and remained au exile for many years. Soon after his return he resumed his practice at the Bar, and was little be fore the public till the establishment of the National Association, of which he was secretary and may be said to have been the founder. His labours in con nection with this body pointed him out as a suitable colleague for Mr. Moore in the county Tipperary, and he was returned without expense at the last elec tion. It was through Mr. Dillon that Mr. Bright was invited to a banquet in Dublin, to him the let ter accepting the invitation was addressed, and the last public matters which occupied the mind of the deceased were the arrangements for the reception of the English champion of popular rights. Tije pre mature decease of Mr. Dillon in the midst of his labours will cast a mournful shadow over the fes tive proceedings in which he had taken so deep an interest. There were several deaths from cholera in Dublin on Saturday. Dr. Mapother, medical officer of health, obtained from Mr. Allen, police magistrate, an order for the immediate interment of a man who died in hospital of a contagious disease, and whom his friends wished to " wake," which was the first application of the kind under the recent act. The Committee of the Donnybrook Dispensary District of the South Dublin Union sat at the Dis pensary, Ball's-bridge, on Saturday, to investigate a charge of neglect of duty brought against Dr. Mur doch, one of the medical officers, by a man named Aspill, whose wife died of cholera a few days ago. Attention had been called to Aspill's account of the neglect, and of delay in procuring him a shelter after he had been temporarily ejected from his home in order that it might undergo the process of disin fection, by a letter written by the Rev. Mr. Chad wick, and published in the Daily Express of last Wednesday. After a lengthened investigation the committee separated with the understanding that there must be a Poor-law inquiry on the subject, having unanimously passed a resolution to the effect that great credit was due to Mr. M'Donnell, Sani tary Inspector, for the attention he had paid to the case from the time it came under his notice. The Kingstown correspondent of the Express states that recently a sailor died on board a schooner bound from Liverpool to Wexford, and now lying at Holyhead, as supposed, of cholera. Before he died the entire crew abandoned the vessel in a panic, and left him to his fate. They have been arrested and confined in Holyhead gaol, pending an inquiry. The schooner is said to hail from Arklow. By order of the Central Board of Health in London the body •of the dead man was shotted and committed to the deep off the Holyhead Breakwater. On Saturday afternoon the Lord-Lieutenant visited the Royal Hibernian Academy's exhibition of painting and sculpture in Lower Abbey-street, accompanied by Lord John Claud Hamilton, M.P., Aide-dc-Camp in Waiting ; the Hon. Luke Gerald Dillon, private secretary; Lord James Butler, State steward ; Major Hayes, and Captain Everard. His Excellency was received by Mr. Catterson Smith, President of the Academy, and several of the members, including Mr. M. A. Hayes, Mr. George Mulvany, Mr. B. Mulrenin, Mr. Watkins, &c. Among those also present were Sir Robert Shaw, Mr. Thos. Deane, Mr. R. J. T. Macrory, Col. Meadows Taylor, Dr. Mapother, and Alder tilthougariliVib'Swiney. Hi s E xce ll ency was con d ucte d the exhibition halls by Mr. Catterson Smith, and examined several of the pictures. He expressed himself highly pleased with the exhibition. On Saturday the boys of the Royal Hibernian School, Phoenix Park, attended in - the private grounds of the-Viceregal Lodge to be reviewed by the Lord-Lieutenant. At 11 o'clock they took up a position on the lawn in front of the house. His Excellency, accompanied by Lady Abercorn, the Ladies Georgina, Maud, and Albertha Hamilton, and Lords Ernest, Frederick, Ronald, and George Hamilton, and attended by Lord Claud John Hamil ton, A.D.C., the Hon. Luke cap Geraldt. E vDerilalrodn,, Apr.piv.ast.e, secretary, Major Hayes, and bandr p i l v a e; in b g y th e boys with a Royal salute,the appeared on the ground, and was received the National Anthem. He passed alon d g m tli n e u l t in el e ; ac companied by Col. Wynyard, in spected the boys. This terminated, the young sol diers broke into columns of a quarter distance, and performed a series of evolutions with great steadi ness and precision. At the conclusion of the re view the boys marched past the Viceregal party, after which they proceeded to the Viceregal Cricket Ground, where the Zingari match was played, and gave three hearty cheers for the victors. A COSTLY MESSAGE.—An American paper says : " The Emperor Maximilian's European despatch for the Atlantic cable, to his wifo in Prance, cost 815,364 in gold, and was nearly 700 words in cypher." " There is no shame to our manhood if we distrust our own ability to endure the anguish of the body. . . It is no Reeret that of :ate lee it anxthesia has been piaxluced to such a degre't that the patleat, retaining his consciousness, can watch the surgeon's knife as it cuts to cure, and yet be without the sli g h test sensation of physical sufrering."—Daily 'I elegraph, J uly 13, 18641. "To non e is the public more in debted than to Mr. Day."—lllustrated News, page 846, June 9. "Mr. Day has succeeded in robbing tooth extraction of its horrors, and we think we are only fulfilling an act of duty in giving publicity to the fact."—Court Journal, p. 582, May 25. painful teeth, or diseased stumps extracted without pain. No chloroform, and perfectly safe. Every description of teeth, i coinb,nieg tile latest i nventions and improvements in d may be procu re d from Mr. DAY, dentist e uiem principalassistant hlnis to Mr. Esk e ll , of Et, Grosvenor -street W.), et Regent ( 3 doors from th e P olytechnic). , (lacLttt' New Orleans Riots. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TIIE LOUIS IANA CIVIL AND MILITARY OFFICIALS AND TIIE AUTHORITIES AT WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, August 24.—The following is the official correspondence relative to the New Orleans riots : WAR DEPARTMENT TELEGRAM. From New Orleans, Louisiana, July 27th, 1866. His Excellency President Johnson. Sir—Governor Wells has, in compliance with the pro clamation of R. K. Howell, President pro tem., signed writs of election to fill vacancies in the Convention and forwarded the same to the office of the Secretary of State. (Signed) ALFRED VOORHEES. Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. Andrew J. Herron, Attorney-General of Louisiana. The War Department received the following tele gram:— Now Orleans, July 28th, 1866. To President Johnson. A Radical mass meeting, composed mainly of negroes, was held last night, ending in a riot. The Committee of Arrangements of said meeting are assembling to-night. Violent and incendiary speeches are being made. The r.egroes aro called upon to arm themselves. You are bit terly denounced. The speakers are Field, Dostie, Haw kins, Henderson, Heir, Ward, and others. Governor Wells arrived last night, but sides with the Convention. I would place the whole matter before the Grand Jury, but it is impossible to execute a civil process without the certainty of a riot. It is contemplated to have the members of the Convention under process from the Criminal Court of this District. Is the military to interfere with the process of the Court ? A. VOORHEES, Lieutenant-Governor, La. A. J. HERRON, Attorney-General, La. Executive Mansion, Washington, July 28, 1866. To Albert Voorhees, Lieutenant-Governor of Louisiana, New Orleans. The military will be expected to sustain and not to obstruct or interfere with the proceedings of the court. A despatch on the subject of the Convention was sent to Governor Wells this morning. _ _ ANDREW JOHNSON. Executive Office, Washington, July 28, 1866. To Governor Wells, New Orleans. I have been advised that you have issued a proclama• ion convening the Convention elected in 1861. Please inform me under and by what authority this has been done, and by what authority this Convention can assume to represent the whole people of the State of Louisiana. ANDRzw JOHNSON. New Orleans, July 28, 1866. To President Johnson. Your telegram is received. I have not issued a procla mation convening the Convention of 1864. This was done by the President of that body, by virtue of a resolu tion adjourning the Convention subject to his order, and in that case also authorising him to call on the pro per officers to issue writs of election in unrepresented parishes. My proclamation is in response to that call, ordering an election on the 3d of September. As soon as the vacancies can be ascertained an election will be held to fill them when the entire State will be represented.—Your obedioni servant, (Signed) J. MADISON WELLS, Governor of Louibiana. New Orleans, July 28, 1866. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington. A Convention has been called, with the sanction of Governor Welles, to meet hero on Monday. The Lieutenant Governor and city authorities think it unlawful, and propose to break it up by arresting the dele gates, I have given no orders on the subject, but have warned the parties that I could not permit such action without instructions to that effect from the President. Please instruct me at once by telegraph. A. BAUtD, Brevet Major-General. - New Orleans, July 30. To the President, Washington. We aro in the midst of a terrible riot, caused by the assembling of the Convention. Owing to the mixed con dition of affairs among the State officers, I see no hope of quiet without you give us a military Governor. Cannot General Granger act ? A. J. HERRON, Late Major-General U. S. A. Executive Manion, Washington, July 30, 1866. A. J. Herron, Attorney-General, New Orleans. You will call on General Sheridan, or the officer in com mand, for a sufficient force to sustain the civil authority in suppressing all illegal or unlawful assemblies who usurp or assume to exercise any power or authority without hav ing first obtained the power of authority from the people of the State. If there be a Convention, let it be composed of delegates chosen fresh from the people of the whole State. The people must be first consulted in regard to changing the organic law of the State. Usurping will not be tole rated. The law and Constitution must be sustained, and thereby peace and order. A. JOIINSON. New Orleans, July 30. To President Johnson. The Convention met. A riot has broken out in the city. So far, the police has the uppor hand. Several white and coloured persons are killed. Called on General Baird for assistance, which is cheerfully tendered. Intense excite ment. ALBERT VOORHEES, Lieutenant-Governor, La. New Orleans, July 30-9 p.m. To the Secretary of War. A serious riot has occurred here to-day. I have been in full consultation with the city authorities, and have kept my troops well in hand for such an emergency. The riot commenced unexpectedly, and before the troops could reach the scene of action, a number of persons wore killed and wounded. I have felt compelled to declare martial law, and have appointed a Military Governor of the city. All is quiet now. Several prominent gentlemen connected with the Convention aro killed or wounded. A. BAIRD, Brevet-Major-General. New Orleans, July 30. Two., bUN. LONDO.N, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1866. convenience you will inform me whether this projected meeting has your approbation, so that I may act accord ingly.--I am, General, respectfully, JOHN T. MONROE, Mayor. New Orleans, July 26. Hon. John. T. Monroe : Sir,—l have received your communication of the 26th inst., informing me that a body of men claiming to be members of the Convention of 1864, whose avowed object is to subvert the present municipal and State Governments, is about to assemble in this city, and regarding this assembly as one of those described in the law as calculated to disturb peace and tranqnillity, and therefore unlawful, you believe it to be your duty, and that it is your intention to disperse this unlawful assembly if found within the corporate limits of the city by arrest ing the members thereof, and holding them accountable to present municipal laws, providing they meet with the ap probation of the military authorities. You also inquire whether the projected meeting has my approbation, so that you may act accordingly. In reply I have the honor to state that the assemblage to which you refer, presuming the • gentlemen composing it, have never asked for such authority as the military, since I have held command. The officers of the United States have held themselves strictly aloof from political movements of the citizens of Louisiana. For my own part I have carefully refrained from expressing an opinion on either side. When asked if I intended to fufnish the Con vention with a military guard, I have answered "No ;" the Mayor• and police would amply protect its sittings. [Several despatches intervene. The following are the most important of the series yet received U. S. Grant. New Orleans, August 3. General,—The more information I obtain of the affair in this city, the more revolting it becomes. It was no riot, it was an absolute massacre by the police, which was not exceeded in murderous cruelty by that of Fort Pillow. It was a murder which the Mayor and police of the city perpetrated without a shadow of necessity. Furthermore, I believe it was premeditated and prearranged. 1 recommend the removin gof this bad man. I believe it would be hailed with the sincerest gratification by two thirds of the population of the city. There has been a feeling of insecurity on the part of the people on account of this man, which is now so much increased that the safety of life and property does not rest with the civil authority, but with the military. U. S. Grant. r. IL SHERIDAN, Major-General Commanding. New Orleans, La., August 3. Goneral,—l have the honour to report everything quiet in the city, but considerable excitement in the public mind. There is no interference on the part of the military with the civil Government, which performs all its duties with out hindrance. I have permitted the retention of the military Governor appointed during my absence, as it gives confidence and enables the military to know what is occurring in the city. He does not interfere with city matters. Unless good judgment is exercised, there will be an exodus of Northern capitalists and Union men which will be injurious to the city and whole country. I will remove the Military Governor in a day or two. I again advise that some disposition be made to change the Mayor, as I believe it would tend more to restore confidence than anything that could be done. If the pre sent Governor could be changed also it would not be amiss. P. 11. SHERIDAN, Major-General Commanding. Washington, August 3. Major-General Sheridan, Now Orleans. Continuo to enforce martial law so far as it may be neces sary to preserve the peace, and do not allow any of the civil authorities to act, if you deem such action dangerous to the public safety. Lose no time in investigating and reporting the causes that led to the riot, and the, facts which occurred. U. S. GRANT, General. Washington, August 4. • Major-General Sheridan, Commanding New Orleans, We have been apprised here that prior to the assembling of the illegal and unauthorised Convention elected in 18G4, inflammatory, insurrectionary speeches were made to a mob composed of white and coloured persons, urging on them to arm and equip themselves for protecting and sus taining the Convention in its illegal and unauthorised pro ceeding, calculated to upturn and supersede the State Government of Louisiana, which had been recognised by the Government of the United States. Further, did the mob assemble, and was it raised for the purpose of assist ing the Convention in its usurpation? Have any arms been taken from persons since the 30th ult., who were sup posed or known to be connected with this mob ? Have various individuals been shot and killed by this mob with out good cause, and in violation of the public peace and good order? Was not the assembling of this Convention and the gathering of the mob for protection the main cause of the riotous and unlawful proceeiings of the civil autho rities of New Orleans ? Have steps been taken by the civil authorities to arrest and try all those who were engaged in this riot, and those who have committed offences in violation of law ? Can ample justice be meted out by the city authorities to all offenders against the law ? Will the General please furnish me a brief reply to the above in quiries, with such other information as he may be in pos session of by telegraph. Answer at your earliest conveni ence. ANDREW JOHNSON. Office United States Military Telegraph, Headquarters War DepartMent. - (Cipher.) . . The following telegram Was received at 6.15 p.m., August 1, 1866: Now Orleans, La., Aug. 1, 1866. E. M. Stanton. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that a very serious riot has occurred hero to-day. I had not been applied to by the Convention for protection, but the Lieutenant- Governor and Mayor had freely consulted with me, and I was so fully convinced that it was so strongly the intent of the city authorities to preserve tho peace, in order to pre vent military interference, that I did not regard an outbreak as a thing to be apprehended. The Lieutenant-Governor assured me that even if a writ of arrest was issued by the court the sheriff would not attempt to serve it without my permission, and for to-day they designed to suspend it. I ordered a steamer to be at Jackson Barracks, three miles below the city, at an early hour in the morning, and a tug to be ready to bear orders to the commanding officers of the First Infantry stationed at that point. At 11.30 p.m., Lieutenant -Governor Voorhees came to see me, and after conversation he, feeling confident at the time of the ability of the police to preserve order, I proposed to bring to the city four companies an hour in advance of the sup posed meeting of the Convention, at six o'clock p.m., to bo kept near by in case they should bo required to keep clear the streets in tho vicinity of the hall in which the Con vention was to moot. He agreed with mo that it would be vary desirable, but left, not apprehending the difficulty. At twelve o'clock I drove to seo Judge Howell, Presi dent of the Convention, to request that arrangements might be made to keep any crowd that might assemble to protect the Convention out of the streets, so as to avoid an accidental collision. When I reached his house I learned that the Convention was to meet at twelvo o'clock, and that he had gone to it. Returning to my headquarters, I soon received a letter from the Lieutenant-Governor, informing me that large parties of negroes were collecting from all quarters, and coming into the centre of the city, yet he was not sure of his information. However I at once sent for the troops. Very soon afterwards I learned that a riot had taken place near the Convention-hall, and I sent a staff officer to in vestigate the facts. On his return he reported having met Judge Howell, who said the Convention had adjourned for want of a quorum, but woti!ld meet again at 1.30 p.m. This reassured me, but I agaii sent to hasten the arrival of troops. Immediately after this the riot assumed a serious cha racter ; the police, aided by cittzens, became the assailants, and from the evidence, I am forced to believe, exercised great brutality in making their arrests. Finally they attacked the Convention ball, and a protracted struggle ensued. The people inside the hall gave up. Some, who surrendered, were attacked afterwards, and brutally treated. Quite a large number wore injured—l cannot now say how many—Governor Hahn, Dr. Dostie, Mr. Fish, and perhaps other members of the Convention, among the number. On the arrival of the troops I soon cleared the streets, and order was restored. From the evidence of the bad feelings of the citzions and of sympathy with them by the police, I felt compelled to declare martial law and appoint a Military Governor, from which I hope good results will ensue. I enc l ose herewith copies of my correspondence with the Mayor, and a despatch wkieh the Lieutenint Governor claims to have received from the President. I regret that no reply to my despatch to you of Satur lay has yet reached me. General Sheridan is still bsent in Texas. I remain, sir, very rer e r, e, L A cu i l t l u y ; Brevet yotir o b l e i, d , jo e n r.. t c, ' s e e n r v e a ra n i t . , Now Orleans City Hall, July 23, 1866. Brevet Major-General Baird : A body of men claiming to belong to the Convention of 1864, and whose avowed object is to subvert the present Municipal and State Governments, will, I learn, assemble on Monday next. By the laws and ordinances of the city which my office makes obligatory upon mo to see faithfully executed, all assembles todisturb the peace and tranquillity, and proved to bo unlawful, are to be dispersed by the Mayor, and the participants held responsible. It is my intention to disperse this unlawful assemblage if found within the corporate limits of the city, by arrest ing the members thereof, and holding them accountable to existing municipal laws, provided they moot without the sanction of the military authorities. I will esteem it a favour, Goneral, if at your earliest U. S. Grant, General, You are doubtless aware of the serious riot which occurred in this city on the 30th. A Political body, styling itself the Convention of 1864, met on the 20th, for, as it is alleged, the purpose of remodelling the present Constitution of the State. Tho leaders were political agitators and re volutionary men, and the action of the Convention was liable to produce a disturbance of the peace. I had made up my mind to arrest the said men if the proceedings of the Convention were calculated to disturb the tranquillity of the department, but I had no cause for action until they committed the overt act. In the meantime official duties called me to Texas, and the mayor of the city during my absence suppressed the Convention by the police force, and in so doing attacked the members of the Convention and a perty of 200 negroes, with fire-arms, clubs, and knives, in a manner so unnecessary and atrocious as to compel me to say it is murder. About 40 whites and blacks were thus killed, and about 160 wounded. Everything is now quiet, but I deem it best to maintain a military supremacy in the city for a few days, until the affair is fully investigated. I believe the sentiment of the general community is great regret at this unnecessary cruelty, and that the police could have made any arrest they saw fit without sacrificing lives. (Signed) P. H. SHERIDAN, Major -General Commanding. Office United States Military Telegraph Headquarters War Department. The following cipher telegram was received at 3.30 p.m., August 6, 1866 : New Orleans, La., August 6-12 In., 1866. His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States. I have the honour to make the following reply to your despatch of August 4 :—A very large number of the co loured people marched in procession on Friday night, July 27, and was addressed from the City Hall by Dr. Dostie, ex-Governor Hahn, and others. The speech of the others, as far as I can learn, were characterised by moderation. I have not given you the words of Dostie's speech, as the version published was denied,' but; from what I have learned of the man, I believe they were intemperate. The Convention assembled at 12 o'clock on the 27th, the timid members absenting themselves, because the tone of the public was ominous of trouble. I think there were about twenty-six members present in front of the Me chanics' Institute. Where the meeting was held there were assembled some coloured men, women, and children, perhaps eighteen or twenty, and in the institute a number of coloured men, probably fifty. Among those outside and inside there might have been a pistol in the possession of every tenth man. About one p.m. a procession of say from fifty to one hundred and thirty coloured men marched up Burgundy street and across Canal-street, toward the Convention, carrying an American flag. These men had about one pistol to every ten men, and canes and clubs in addition. While crossing Canal -street a row occurred. There were many spectators on the streets, and their manner and tone towards the procession was unfriendly. A shot was fired, by whom I am not able to state, but believed it to have been by a policeman, or some coloured man in the proces sion. On their arrival at the front of the institute there was some throwing of brickbats by both sides. The police who had been hold well in hand were vigorously marched to the scene of disorder. The :procession then entered in the institute with the flag, about six or eight remaining outside. A row occurred between a policeman and one of these coloured men, and a shot was again fired by one of the parties, which led to an indiscriminate fire on the building through the windows, by the policemen. This had been going on for a short time, when a white flag was displayed from the windows of the institute, whereupon the firing ceased, and the police rushed into the building. The immediate cause of this terrible affair was the assemblage of this Convention. The real cause was the bitter antagonistic feeling which has been growing in the community since the advent of the present Mayor, who, in Peopledesperate of clear naen views some w erO o f t he ov e rawed m dtheenceorignatnhiezation of the police force, selected many k b n y o wn want murderers o f eon fi Mayor and fear of the " thugs," many of which he had selected for his police force. I have frequently been spoken to by prominent citizens on this subject, and have heard them express fear and want of confidence in Mayor Monroe ever since the intimation of this last Con vention movement. From the testimony of wounded men, and others who were inside the building, the police opened au indiscrimi nate fire upon the audience until they had emptied their revolvers, when they retired, and those iusido barricaded the doors. The door was broken and the firing again commenced, when many of the coloured and white people escaped through the door, or were passed out by the police men inside ; but as they came out the policemen, who formed a circle nearest the building, fired upon them, and they were again fired upon by the citizens that formed the outer circle. Many of these wero wounded and taken prisoners, and those not wounded were fired upon by their captors and by citizens The wounded were stabbed while lying on the ground, and their hands beaten with bri;k bats. In the yard of the building, whither some of the coloured men had escaped and partially secreted them selves, they were fired upon and killed or wounded by policemen. Some men were killed and wounded several squares from the scene. Members of the Convention were wounded by the policemen while in their hands as pri soners, some of them mortally. I must condemn the course of several of the city papers for supporting, by their articles, the bitter feeling of bad men. As to the merciless manner in which the Conven tion was broken up, I feel obliged to confess strong re pugnance. It is useless to attempt to disguise the hostility that exists on the part of a great many here towards North ern men. This unfortunate affair has so precipitated matters that it is now a test of what shall be the status of Northern men—whether they can live here without being in constant dread or not ; whether they can be pro tected in life and property, and have justice in the courts. If this matter is permitted to pass over without a thorough and determined prosecution of those engaged in it, we may look out for frequent scenes of the same kind, not only here, but in other places. No steps have as yet been taken by the civil authorities to arrest the citizens who were engaged in the massacre, or policemen who perpetrated such cruelties. The mem bers of the Convention have been indicted by the grand jury, and many of them arrested and held to bail. As to whether the civil authorities can mete out ample justice to the guilty parties, on both sides, I must say it is my opinion, unequivo cally, they cannot. Judge Abel, whose course I have closely watched for nearly a year, I now consider one of the most dangerous men that we have hero to the peace and quiet of the city. The leading men of the convention, King, Kutler, Hahn, and others, have been political agitators, and are bad men. I regret to say that the course of Governor Wells has been vacillating, and that during the late troublo he has shown vezy little of the man. (Signed) P. 11. SHERIDAN, Major-General.Commanding. Visit of the Seventh New York Regiment to Europe. A correspondent of the Anglo-American Times writes as follows : The heir to England's throne some few years since made a triumphant tour through a portion of North America. After visiting the subjects of his mother, and receiving their homage, he accepted the invitation of the American people, tendered through their Chief Magistrate, and was hospitably entertained wherever he sojourned, but the Empire City, of New York, splendid in her hospitality as she always is, surpassed even herself on the occasion of the Prince of Wales visit. Humanity in all its various phases and types thronged the great avenues and streets, and with a unanimity rarely equalled shouted themselves hoarse in welcoming the son of Victoria. The writer of this communication was one of the pri vileged few who stood upon the steps of the City Hall while the militia (or Volunteers as they would be called here) passed in review. As one particular regiment, in fact the favourite Seventh, marched past, receiving the usual plaudits, which are always accorded to that body, General Bruce, at that time Governor of the Prince of Wales, turned to General Sandford, the commander of the troops, and asked the name of the regiment then passing. When informed, he remarked " They are admirable--ex oellent." It was this Regiment which was chosen as the body guard or Guard of Honour to the Prince of Wales during his visit to New York. It is unnecessary to inform the American portion of the Anglo-American readers who and what the Seventh Re giment is. Enough to say it has ever been the reliance of the peaceful community of New York in, opposition to mob law, and that besides twice marching over a thousand strong to the defence of the Union, when called upon they have furnished over 250 officers for the army during the late war, many of whom have risen to the most distin guished positions, while too many have contributed their blood to cement the immemorial arch of victory. To your English readers it may be necessary to make some few remarks in reference to a Regiment which may ere long land as guests upon the shores of England. Without desiring to detract one iota from the well merited honours which are due to other regiments for the splendid heroism which they displayed through red-stained battle-fields and weary picket life, on the march and in the trench, in proud advance or dispiriting retreat, in all the vicissitudes that mark a campaign, wo have no hesita tion in stating that the pooplo of the United States could not select a body of men ono thousand strong who could better represent them abroad than the Seventh Regiment of New York. All classes of the mercantile community are alike represented. In America all men work in her industrial hive; there are no drones, they make principal, not live on it. The lounger in Hyde Park would be a loafer there. No man is satisfied with what his father left him as a legacy; there is no law of primogeniture, all men who have capital cir culate it. Shabby gentility is at a discount. To be a gentleman it is not considered necessary to be idle. The Princes of America are Merchant Princes. Peabody, Stewart, Vanderbilt, and Astor all work. So though the Seventh Regiment may be said to be composed of a body of gentlemen, yet every member is the representative of some branch of art, science, or labour. There aro mer chants, physicians, artists, authors, engineers, clerks, &c. They are free-will soldiers, not conscripts. They are proud of themselves as a body ; they are also proud indi vidually. They have an esprit de corps which is almost 'matchless. Their drill is severe, continuous ; the result is their evolutions are admirable. So well satisfied are they with their mode of manoeuvring, their drill, and their general appearance, that they have long desired to cross the Atlantic and pay England a visit, in order to run the gauntlet of English criticism. The breaking out of the Civil War in America caused them to postpone their contemplated visit. The Exhibition in Paris in 1867 has resulted in decisive action. Funds have been collected, an invitation signed by over two hundred prominent Americans in Paris has been transmitted to New York. All the necessary concessions have been obtained from the Imperial Government, and thanks to the active and unre mitting co-operation of Colonel Charles B. Norton, one of the Commissioners to the Exhibition, and now residing in Paris, that portion of their visit has been arranged. We aro informed by that gentleman, that, as at present understood, the Regiment will leave New York early in May, land at Havre, proceed to Paris, atter sojourneying there some 17 days they will then come direct to London, where they will probably remain seeing the sights about 10 days, after which they will leave for Southampton, there to em bark for New York, in order to be at home by the Fourth of July. It is supposed they will number 850 strong with the Engineer corps, besides an excellent band and drum corps, in all with invited guests about 1,050 officers and men. The arrangements fortheir visit to England are as yet in a state of embyro, but surely if there has been the entente cordiale between France and England, and Belgium and England, what reception may we suppose will be acc3rded by the English Volunteers to their American cousins who cross the Atlantic ? Such an opportunity is unexampled. It is the natural province of men-of-war to visit the various ports of friendly nations, but for a whole regiment to leave home, family ties—in fact every social relationship —and brave the perils of an Atlantic voyage, in order that they may see and be seen, is an expedition worthy of American pluck. We sincerely believe that it will be only necessary to make this vague announcement to call forth the most en thusiastic reception from the Volunteers of England. We can assure them that admirable though their drill, and soldier-like though their appearance may be, they will have to look well to their laurels. The Volunteers of England will find therepresentatives of America are heroes in afar field, and heroes in the field for the fair. Gresham Rouse, London. T. R. 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In tins, 11b, 2s 9d ; 21b, 4s 6d ; 51b, ffs; 121 b, 225; 211 b, IN.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street; likew , se at 61, Gracecharch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; (9, Bishops a::- street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand; 51, Upper Baker-street; IC3, Tottenham-court-road; Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's -wood, London; and all respectable grocers and die ailets.—Beware of spurious imitations. SPIRIT OF TIIE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Totnes is one of those highly-favoured and respectable boroughs that escaped as a brand out of the burning of 1832, and that only a few years ago we should most of us have wished to pre serve for at least our time. Always Liberal, ever basking in the smiles of a great Whig family, and returning good and useful men, it was once free, aristocratic, progressive, and even pure. At the date we have referred to, its Reformers celebrated their safety and their success by breaking the win dows of the opposite faction. For many years they consulted their principles and their interest, and accepted the nominees of a family able to do justice to its adherents. Besides that interchange of social kindness done in the steward's office, and scarcely a matter for political remark, the Somersets have been able tokeep Totnes well on the books of her Majesty's service, and men who, like the respectable silversmith on Saturday, would have felt themselves insulted by the offer of money, got their sons into the Admiralty or some other public department suited to their rank and position. Totnes might well be proud of its place in our constitutional sys• tem, and the principles it maintained with so much advantage to itself. But a greater destiny now awaits it, and Totnes is likely to offer a stronger testimony to Reform, and, as should be, at a larger sacrifice. On the face of the terrible evidence brought before the Commission—or rather before the whole world, for select bits are going the round of the foreign papers —we don't see how Totnes can escape disfranchisement, and, Totnes disfranchised, we don't see how a good many other boroughs can fail to share its fate. But how has this doom come upon Totnes, and how will it still be a martyr in the cause of Reform ? Thus wise :—The borough did its duty as a community of Liberal politicians, and its virtues had their reward. As the freemen and burgesses died away their places were taken by £lO occupiers, who more than doubled, though the population is little more than it was in 1831. These people were comparatively independent, and as Totnes does not naturally offer many openings to industry and enterprise, they felt all the more the value of the one little ewe lamb—their vote for the borough. But it is impossible, daily more and more impossible, for the highest patronage or even the largest property to find places for everybody. So many of the electors of Totnes become disappointed and Conservative. They found the Seymour family a King Log, and wanted a King Stork, who should do either harm or good. The enemy, personated we will suppose by Mr. Edmonds, peeped over the walls of this pet little Parliamentary paradise, and saw the growingdiscontent. Conservatives appeared to try their faith, and win them from their allegiance to the Seymours and Reform. The new candidates were not without personal claims. Mr. Dent had " opened up the rivers of China." But something more was necessary to make the new corners as good as the old, for the electors of Totnes still re spected territorial rights, and appreciated territorial and political favours. So Mr. Dent was also stated to have millions at his back ; and at the last election Mr. Heath made a round of morning calls to the ladies of the electors, offering £3O, £4O, £6O, or £lOO, according to quality and circumstances, and without a shadow of doubt that Mr. Edmonds would repay him every farthing he thus distributed. Here, then, in a very small space and among a mere handful of constituents, Alladin's lamp was brought to bear on opinion almost worn out, and influences great, but still limited. Men with heavy mortgages, and others who owed their rent, fly men without horses or flies, and wives with many wants and perhaps many mouths to feed and backs to cover, were told there was no sin in accepting any handsome present, and using their influence with their husbands to vote the way of their bread and butter. It is odd if in a constituency of 400 there are not a hundred men to whom £4O is an ob ject. The Seymour defences were rapidly under mined, and it was possible the work of genera tions might be thrown away. What was to be done ? It was impossible to give everybody a house or a fly and horse, or the promise of un failing employment or a place in the Admiralty. The sad truth must be told. The Liberals of Totnes were driven to fight the enemy with his own wea pons. If the Conservatives offered £3O, the Libe rals offered £5O, or tried to bribe those who had taken bribes out of the promises they had given. They fought with house and land, as well as money. On Friday witnesses swore that they had been turned out of their houses shortly after vot ing against the Liberals. The last contest was more " spirited" than any before, which means that people lost their heads, and, with their heads, their conscience, their self-respect, and their re gard for common truth. All this is now flared out to the light of day. The Commissioners com pel the attendance of shifty witnesses till they evidently make a clean breast. Up to last Friday some of them were " firm," and, besides continual evasions, told positive untruths, denying the re ceipt of bribes. On Saturday they threw them selves on the mercy of the Court, and told every thing. It is a story of bribery upon bribery, bid rising upon bid, and such principle as there had been at Totnes melting, like flakes of snow, under the new influence. If a man had principle, he only felt that it entitled him to a higher bribe than his neighbour, if he chose to change sides. One witness confessed to receiving £6O three times over for his vote. The value of money itself, and consequently of honourable industry, must be affected at Totnes by such a shower of unholy spoil. But let witnesses tell the truth as they please, and let the Commissioners report as they' please, what is to stop all this ? At Totnes it is evident that a hundred men can put their heads together— as no doubt they are doing months before the elec tion—in one way or another, and can obtain what terms they please. It is vain to tell them that the receipt of money is morally wrong when they see the most moral and respectable characters in the place asking favours from the successful candidates, and manifestly the better off generally for their sup port. They must conclude a political party to be an understanding for mutual advantage, and if money happens to be the only form in which their services can be recognised they will think there is no more sin in £4O than in a place in the Admiralty, or a living, or a preference above other applicants for some local boon. Then if Parliament intends to deal with bribery more rigorously and searchingly than it has done hitherto, how can it distinguish between bribes in money and bribes in house, laud, place, or employment? A threat is equivalent to a bribe, for it involves a promise to do no harm to a man if he proves amenable. But in this way a whole system founded on intimidation is virtually one of bribery. Anyhow, it will always be most difficult to distinguish, and if a refractory elector has been turned out of his house, that is a fact of the same political import as the receipt of a bank-note. But, whatever the bearing of these disclosures and these questions on the whole controversy, Totnes is doomed, though without deserving its doom a bit more than a hundred other boroughs. It must fall under its own scandal. Upon this and a few similar precedents we shall at last find our way to the prac cal theory of Reform, all the more effectual perhaps because graduated and progressive. HERALD.—For some reason, which we confess ourselves as yet unable to fathom, a portion of the foreign, and notably of the French and German, semi-official press has been seized with a violent ac cess of alarm and indignation at the hospitalities about to be offered to the volunteers of England by our neighbours of Belgium. It is difficult to describe the agitation into which our contemporaries have been thrown by the threat of these harmless proceedings. " Orgy" is the mildest term they can apply to the festival that is to commence at Brussels on Saturday next. Nor is the moral aspect of the affair by any means the least lugubrious that presents itself to their offended vision. As seen by the light of their excited imagination, this invasion of Continental soil by an armed and disciplined English force three or four hundred strong has far more than a social significance. It is at the very least a political de monstration and of very serious significance—of a significance, indeed, little less than disastrous, and portending, according to some of the more vehement Cassandras of the semi-official press, nothing less than the imminent destruction and absorption of the kingdom which has so grievously committed itself. Now, if it were not for the so-called semi-official character of some of these journals we should hardly feel called upon to reply to or to notice ravings so • utterly ludicrous as these. But unfortunately the term semi-official, as applied to continental news paper literature, is one which those accustomed only to the boasted independence of English journalism, very rarely understand. With us a newspaper adopts —generally speaking, that is to say— a certain set of opinions, which opinions it holds and advo cates in common, probably, with some particular well-defined party, large or small, which has also its representatives in the Senate, the clubs, and wherever men meet together to speak their minds or support their opinions. If the party with which it agrees are in power, it has, of course, a better understanding than others can have of its motives, actions, or intentions ; and for the most part has sufficient faith in the general policy of its party to be cautious in embarrassing its movements by the untimely advocacy of any peculiar crotchets of its own. All of which is perfectly compatible with en tire independence both of thought and speech, the surrender of either of which would be by no means a source of profit, as we should certainly not expect to find it a matter of self-gratulation. Among our con tinental contemporaries, however, to b e semi official" is a distinction as eagerly claimed as with us it is difficult to understand. The friends and supporters of every second or third rate French or German newspaper are as eager to avouch its " inspiration" as our Colenses to disprove that of Holy Writ ; and on the WI common principle, come ig noturn pro magnifico, Vl_ are somewhat too apt to take them at their o_l' valuation, and to believe that anything which bea t ! even half the seal of official authority must needs r very terrible and very true. The fact is fortunately as nearly as possible the reverse. The semi-offic ial „ , o paper is doubtless occasionally made use of bY_ .4. B° "" or magnate of its Government, to start some rePor",, t , ventilate some crotchet, too dangerous or too doll", ful to be fathered on any really responsible jourc4 but that is all. As a rule it is generally pretty P i .. e to attach to its uttera nces j us t th a t amo unt of it: which can justly be claimed by an organ not su,.. ciently in the co n fid ence o f th e G overn ment it ., af t sumes to represent, to b e t rus t e d w ith an ything tP* O has authority, but enjoyi ng j us t su ffi c i en t patron ag g to be terribly a f ra id o f comm i tt i ng i tse lf t o any as that cannot easily be disavowed. In such a case that to which we a re now re f err i ng it s effusio ns have simply no valu e an d no sig in wha te/er but such as may u n h app il y be attached to them ill some eyes by a total misapprehension of the welg e. they bear and the quar t er f rom w hi c h th e y spy The Brussels fete s h ave no more to d o w ith poiL,, - than they have with the history of ancient Gr' i ii, They are simply the expression of a cordial gnec lw y ro between two nations w hi c h h ave ever been war friends and firm allies, the warmer and firmer 0 doubt less in that their friendship has been sullied 112 0 secret article of aggression or aggrandisement. 1 " months ago, at our own great gathering on IV ,I bledon-common, the hospitality of the citizen ua e 7 r ,. was gladly extended to a party of citizen solw. 0 from Belgium. Pleased with the warm recePtle4 there experienced, and cordially reciprocating t . f,. goodwill it so well expressed, our Belgian neighbe w :,/ take advantage of their own approaching Tir Natio% to return the compliment there offered, and welet, to the Belgian capital in peaceful guise the ret, sentatives of that English force which so espeel.l. embodies the idea of peace and non-aggro That Brussels, during the ten days over which t festival is to last, will present a gay and brilliant scene—a scene well worth the t rav elling fatty eer than Brussels to see, and well calculated to arel:,d a sense of the highest satisfactio n a t the CO feeling so warmly existing between the two CO tries—is doubtless true enough. But it will nom be a political demonstration than it will be a fr il l e' " orgy," and those who, on their own semi-ow 4 authority, would attribute to the Government 04 possibility of such misapprehension, or any tho u g ht of making use of the event as an excuse for aggr el3 o f sion, give only another proof th a t th e ir meal ) ! ascertaining the real bearing of the policy of Inj e e i ; rial France is in truth about on a par with tu 0 capacity to divine or to u n de rs t an d it. Of thi g7 o least, we can assure them. If the c l e arest and le o solemn declarations have any binding influenc e v io the powers which now govern France, Belgiuma perfectly secure. That every inducement has held out in certain quarters to tempt an aggrau" d• ment of the Empire, at the expense of an unoffe: it ing but helpless neighbour, is true enough. J 3 l l t i c is also true that Francd has in the most ernPl al , 00 manner disclaimed every intention of acting 011 , 40 criminal a suggestion, and that her conduct hit has been most loyally in accordance with the ass is ."'„ ances thus given. Those who would have us .. lieve that the harmless exercise of a gra ceful in '," of national hospitaiity will be made the pretext i v abandoning this honourable course can respect Government as little as they represent it. COUNTRY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD—SEPT. 14. The wheat in the market to-day was rather a short 40 ply, but it was in good demand at an advance a fr°,, or ; 14 0 to 3s per qr. on the prices of last week. Barley 5180 er scarce, and is to 2s per qr dearer. Spring corn 014 1 °- descriptions firm, with a fair business. 42 1 Wiled; old white 498 6 8 Peas, Partridge ...... 41 s o new 46s LBs White ...... •••• 32 ,0 old red 46s 588 B_ il big .. ..... ..,;, 408 new. 99s 548 Dun.... ..... ••• 4 °: ..-. 8ar1ey...... 2: - ..s 33s dit. o, new .. ••'" e 00 Chevalier --s —s Beans, Tick, old.— • • 1 "' pi Grinding 25s 30s new. • ••*''' 46i Malt.. 58s 08 Harrow ficks.42s 40 Chevalier 60s 624 new. •. Oats ••• V yi s 26s Mazagi......l:: 121 GRANTHAM—SEPT. 15. Old whito wheat, 53s to 565; old red, 50s to 525; ; 3 1 0 , white, 52s to 56s ; new red, 47S to 52s per 36 stone. at ley for malting, 36s to 42s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to3osro 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 32s ; new, 25s to 30s per D e, D e ' stone. Beans, old, 48s to 51s; now, 44s to 46s per 3- ' A 6 ° Peas, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. COLCHESTER--SErT. 15. sold A moderate supply of wheat at market, which Via te r steadily at 2s to 3s per qr. advance. Barley was in Lai supply, and 2s to C,s per qr. dearer. Scarcely any 11-- or peas at market. 42 6 538 N 8 Beans, Wheat, white Illazagatt....•. 4ol of red: 523c4 628 Alic'ale and small. d o t i 49 Barley ... 3ls 43s Peas, w hit e .......... ''°" 40 Oats —8 B grey ..360 NORTHAMPTON—SETT. 15. o ld New white wheat, 48s to 51s; new red, 46s to 50 s; leg white, 47s to 50s; old red, 45s to 49s per 36 stone. 13 0 for malting, —8 to —s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 3 68 P e , oe. ' stone. Oats, old, 22s to 31s • new, 28s to 30s per 24 s',°oo, Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, 42s to 45s per 38 stone. I 38s to 42s per 36 stone. ABERDEEN—SEPT. rip e; Tl'er3 was a comparatively small attendance of 18 lo de at market tc-day, and the business transacted was u rate at the rates of last week. White wheat 50s Od to 51s Od / 6211) iltas-- ho l• Red wheat 45s Od to 46s Odj Potato oats 27s Od to 27 s 6d i 401 b .0 busb el. Common oats 24s Od to 24s &If Bere 30s Od to 31s Od L ~ v bugl e/. _ _ -. , . Barley 32s Od to 32s 6dc 53th OOP Oatmeal 19s 6d to 20s Od 14 boll of --„rt, Flour, fine 38s Od to 39s Od 111 sack a Z3v"" SIRKCALDY—SErx. 15. ar Up' Supplies of all kinds of grain. Wh ea t is per • Barley is down. Oats unchanged. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I First.— 4te Od ' —s Od —8 04 becond.... 5: aOdl—a Od —s Od Tuird ..... 54s Od —a Od ._ Od COAL MARKET., Price per ton at the close of I'll() market. 0. f l i s. d. V Walls End Hetton 22 6 Wallsend Haswell ••"' 21 , Tanfield Moor Butes 15 6 Cassop .................... 0 1 7 „ Hartlepool Tees Holywell Main 2O 0 South Hartlepool .•••' 20 6 Heugh Hall 2l 0 Pensher Primrose .0 Kepier Grange 2l 3 Ships at market, 37—sold, 37. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DE. 19. Australia and New Zealand, via So U uthamptcL•••• g - o - at 'ie. Ditto, via Marseilles Oa. ..... t. 4 . Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet...... •- • •°° 2 1 Sep t ' 1 Ditto, by French packet 4 ot• 'l.‘ Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helenst..-•••• e • lg • China, Penang, and Si nga p ore , v i a S out h amp t o n. • SeP" 21 , ' Ditto, via Marseilles . .... sept Falkland Islands se P ig• t ' 4 . Gibraltar, via Southampton , u ot• India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton... , ---,. gi Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton.. . 1 .... ...... S B s e e e P P: t i . -‘1 2 1 1: 1 9 . Ditto, via &families Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ......• SO %l• , Ditto, via Marseilles S e p t , 19 Mauritius, via Southampton .s er ,4 O • Ditto, via Marseilles. . a' , 13. Seli t '; Newfoundland • . , ,„ .. 00'• Portugal .. •• Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... ............ United States and British North America, by Bri- SeP t. 20 . tish packet ...... Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton .. • Ditto, via Cork - ... t. 2 1 ' . ... ..... •.. . n Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry •• OZ IQ. West Coact of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. •• ° G West Indies and Paciflo (except Bahamas and e t. 0 0. Honduras) ... .. ..S Yo' Se 0. Cuba and Mexioo t• Bermuda, via Halifax .... ........ .... seP t . 18 Bahamas, via New York. .......................... Births. " CHARLES—On the 16th inst., at Bridge Place , Countess of Mount-Charles, of a daughter. t e r ow"' FERGUSON—On the 17th inst., at 4, Invernel - u ght e Bayswater, the wife of G. Ferguson, Esq., U fa fO lir HARBERTON—On the 16i,h inst., at Latchmere te,(4—hter, common, the Viseountess Harberton, of a daugl f 14 " - ROTTON— On the 16th inst., at Woolwich, the VP' Cul. Rotton, Royal Artillery, of a daughter. Marriages. r is a . ll COLLIER—KIRBELL—On the 15th inst., at t 'd church, Cobham, Surrey, John C Collier, of ac il se, t° eldest son of John D. Collier,. of Somerset' Doi Harriet, second daughter of Edward B.lCirbellP ° side Farm, Cobham. e , 110 tb . HonosoN—BRIANT--On the 15th inst., at tt3IS Evangelist's, Penge, Francis, youngest son o f the I ,lo o ' A. Hodgson, Esq., of Trodeg.ar-squaro, London, tc er /or second daughter of H. W. Britt ' ut, Est, of 151)1) wood, Surrey. of Deaths. it. Elf" FAWCETT—On the 14th inst., Thomas Fav ree , -,,'5' / Gate House, near Sedbergh, Yorkshire, ago" '" 00 0 KELSON—On the 14th inst. at at St. Helier's, Ja rse P Col. Kolson, late Ceylon Rifle Regiment , a g ed a. ' e MmszEcu—On the 29th ult., at Scene, Worthilig' f 0 Countess Vandalin Mniszeeh. bi l3s ROBINS —On th 3 13th inst., at Reigate, Mr. G. a w• - ° tlh Peckham and H.M.'s Customs. ..‘,. Sol i SMITH--On the 17th inst., Eli za beth, wife of 0--;.0$0, of the British Hotel, C oc k s p u r-street, Charing -c' OVI SMITH—On the 9th inst., at Bath, Peter Sinitli, Ss4" 0 314' T y o E f R2s3LNOV:the 15th in le nt i impole-stroet, London, aged 48. John Tyers, Esq., al:esdt"6a4t. West le a / 44 .- 0, -- __ . A Tl) — s l4 ",ii , London : Printed and Pubilehed by WIL LIM' 0— /,,To. • - o g of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Viz Surf 0" . „ il ia Strand, in the Precinct of the Sav o y , in hilddlereL—Tuesday, September 1 8 , 1866. the Cv t h A er i e t : r t I( IN This Dublin 1 It i s • eorno. Bold i] by the wholesal 8 , GI; nh,„, IVIUT i f , Rus f ret oTra T d kbi e for r p arti Coil Ptri t Partie 11104th Al Ag ...—._ I s. °II Dow h el litnei F tlit e _br e ,Le i ,_____ a ()z ee u til e sup fo r 4 ,„ i . , ue V pla c i. gye col S kr7 - 1] l i t a ry to Withi n Pam Com --____ I\f c tl Arini tt e ce iro