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Profesfor SYMONDS, who is considered an authority onthe matter, has just given his opinion of it very fully at a meeting of Norfolk farmers, held at Nor wich on Wednesday last; and it is worth while for those specially concerned in arresting the course of the plague to consider what he says on the matter. In the first place, Professor SYMONDS does not accept the spontaneous or atmospheric theory. He declares that every case which has occurred in this country is distinctly traceable to having come in contact with some infected animal or locality, andl that it has really no more to do with England than the Asiatic cholera or the yellow fever, which may occur or may be imported here, but cannot come under the category of national diseases. It is not the first time that the disease has broken out in this country. In 1745 it made its appearance, and continued until 1757, showing itself from time to time, although, as Professor SYMONDS remarks, the traffic in cattle was then very small. Great precautions were taken to check the progress of the disorder, but without suc cess, and there seems to be no doubt that it was substantially the same complaint that has now ap peared among us, since a careful description has been left on record by the physicians of the time. Veterinary science was then scarcely in existence, but medical science was well advanced, and conse quently there are professional data left for the guidance of modern practitioners. It is not clear' how the disease was introduced in 1745, though suggestions and rumours were not wanting. It was said that it was brought over by two calves pur chased in Holland ; and, again, that a large quan tity of hides belonging to diseased animals had been secretly imported from Zealand. Whatever the origin, there is no doubt that it raged with great virulence for some period. " It belongs," says Professor SYMONDS, "specially to Russia, Austria, and the Danubian provinces, Bessarabia and the whole of the countries lying westward, the countries on the west side of the line being strangers to it ex cept upon its introduction. Sometimes it goes into Prussia, Bohemia, or Bavaria, but never unless car ried there by some animals in whose systems the disease was lurking, though undeveloped." Such, at least, is Professor SYMONDS'S theory, though some members of his profession, he admits, think other wise. At any rate he urges, - whatever be the opinion as to its origin, there is no doubt whatever that the disease is infectious, and that, consequently, rigid precautions should be taken to restrict it. For more than 100 years it has been absent from amongst us, and the whole continent of Europe has been free from it for many years. In Norfolk, in Suffolk, in Shropshire its outbreak has been traced directly to the Metropolitan Cattle Market, and the presence of one infected animal has been sufficient to cause a terrible amount of havoc in a farm or a dairy. One Sussex farmer lost 15 cows and 15 calves by intro ducing i nto hils dairy a If bought at Chichester market. Professor SYMONDS, therefore, recommends that the greatest prudence and caution should be exercised in buying cattle at the present time. He advises that farmers should for a time buy no store stock at markets or fairs, but only from each other, and he advises that no foreign cattle should be bought for a period. He does not, of course, re commend that all public marketing should be done away with, but that only those animals should be bought or imported which are fit for food and are to be slaughtered at once, not those which when bought must be turned on a farm to graze or put in a dairy among other cattle. Professor SYMONDS added that these two propositions-Ist, that farmers should abstain from buying cattle for a certain length of time ; and 2d, that they should abstain from buying foreign store cattle—were really the two first which stood on the list of recommendations which he sub mitted to the Government. Professor SYMONDS further adds that when he heard that a lot of Russian cattle were coming over here he knew that a risk was being run, since Russia was the home of the disease. Whether those particular cattle had anything to do with this outbreak is uncertain, but at any rate the extension of this branch trade to Russia has occurred at a singularly unfortunate time. These animals are bought at so low a price in Russia that a large margin for expenses and profit is left. The poor creatures are roughly used on their passage, and indeed the wanton cruelty with which all cattle are treated when travelling repays itself with interest on the human race. It is not veryoften that a poor animal is actually ren dered dangerous by ill-treatment, thirst, or neglect; but it is very often that its health is injured, it is predisposed to disease, and its flesh becomes injuri ous to the consumer instead of nourishing. Surely our local bye-laws and market laws might do some thing to improve matters, and especially a sharp watch should be kept on the manner in which cattle are conveyed by rail or shipping. To leave them exposed to cold or wet nights is a sure way to induce disease, even if there be no epidemic , and the rough treatment and neglect of the drovers often inflict serious damage on their masters' pro perty. It is to be hoped that this alarm about the cattle plague will induce a closer supervision in such matters ; and in the meantime it would be well for all farmers, cowkeepers, and dealers to try and localise the disease as much as possible. In Hun gary the laws are so rigid that no man, woman, or child is allowed to pass in or out of an infected farm until three weeks have elapsed since the death of the last animal. Roads are altered and most extra ordinary precautions taken to prevent the spread of this infectious disorder. A little time will show us from what quarter there is most danger of con tagion, and in the meantime much can be done among ourselves to restrain its course. The Conservatives seem determined to show that they have still some life and energy remaining, ' notwithstanding the sinister rumours that have been afloat regarding their prospects. Indeed, they have had all the " festal stages" to themselves, and at Leeds and elsewhere have signalised their triumph. At Birmingham, on Thursday evening, an enter tainment was given to the members for North War wickshire, who had to pass through the ordeal of a fiercely contested election so recently. Mr. NEW DEGATE and Mr. BROMLEY both succeeded in main taining their ground, to the natural exultation of their party. Mr. NEWDEGATE is very peculiar in his opinions, and extreme in some of his views, as every one knows, but he is also con sistent and straightforward, and these fea tures in his character ensure him the respect of his opponents and claim the regard of those friends who differ from him in some things. In the speech of the hon. member there was much that related to local matters and the particulars of the late election ; but here and there he put forward some of his own ideas, and manifested his individual characteristics, as, for instance, when he said that, however unpo pular he might be in the Town-hall of Birmingham, he had still an independent mind to appeal to. " Well," said he, " you will always find indepen dent thought is at first called a ' crotchet,' it takes some wit to invent a nickname, but every fool can repeat and misapply it." There is more truth in in this than many will be willing to admit, and certainly those who exhibit a steadfastness and sincerity of purpose have a right to be regarded with respect and attention, for they perform their part, in society to the best of their abilities. Mr. BROMLEY also addressed the assembly, and spoke in a good-humoured manner of the awkward occur rence of the election. He occasioned great amuse ment by mentioning the tactics pursued, and the alarm they had experienced when it was threatened to bring the Chancellor of the Exchequer down there to frighten them from their propriety. Doubtless Mr. GLADSTONE'S perilous position was the cause of much disquietude to his political oppo nents at those places where the elections were not., decided. Mr. BROMLEY declared his conviction that no English House of Commons would permit " any American quack idea to be mixed up with the English Constitution ;" and, following this notion, he said " that very probably the next generation, if not the present, would see the Americans take re fuge in the lesser tyranny of despotism from the greater one of democracy." This prophecy may prove more correct than Mr. BRIGHT and some of his friends may suppose. Mr. BROMLEY concluded his interesting speech by declaring that he believed, after long experience as a traveller, that our own country really enjoyed the greatest amount Of free dom, which is a fact that some choose to forget so often that it is well that some public speakers should remind them of it occasionally. It seems as if the public were destined to be con tinually on the qui vive in respect to fearful crimes and tragic occurrences. Hardly does one horror pass away before another appears to engage our notice. During the last few weeks there have been the trial and execution of Dr. PRITCHARD, the ex traordinary affair of CONSTANCE KENT, the fearful revelations concerning CHARLOTTE WINSOR, and now a new character in crime steps on the scene, and monopolises the attention of the community. One crime leads to another has often been said ; but in some of these instances a considerable period 1 has elapsed between the commission of the crime and its more serious consequences. One satisfac tion respecting the recent murderer is, that he is without doubt in an unsound state of mind, and thus the affair is so far divested of its worst fea tures. It is also a relief to believe that it was the same individual who was the perpetrator of the dark deeds in London and Ramsgate. So strange and startling a chapter of horrors has seldom been public w to ho s l t e ud is y, t a o nd ac tl e t o e un m t os fo t r pe th r- e p lex ing presented thing th of the ' motives that actuated the murderer. The unfortunate woman who perished at his hands in Ramsgate appears to have been his wife, and ag th s e h r e e d is d not not know his whereabouts for some year s the shadow of a reason to account for his fatal act. The deaths of the children in London are equally unaccountable, and the most likely solution is, that the unhappy man had worked himself into a highly excitable state, and taken the morbid idea that he must get rid of those mostintimately connected with him. Ile appears to have gone about his work in rim SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1E65. a dexterous manner, that eluded detection and allayed suspicion, until all care was too late to save his victims. The accounts that have been obtained about the life of this man, who called himself by various names, seem to confirm the notion that he was insane at the period of his violent acts, and also to intimate that he laboured under some kind of delusion previously. On one occasion he pre sented himself before a magistrate, and after telling a strange tale he produced some poison to prove his resolve not to commit suicide. He has been following gambling as a profesion for some years past, and doubtless by this means has wrought his excitable nature to a pitch of frenzy, with losses and other irritating circumstances. The career of this unfortunate man appears to present no particulars that can at all account for his recent deeds, except inasmuch that he led a wandering life, and was a dissolute character. He seems to be one of those weak and wavering persons who are sometimes known to commit crimes of as fearful a character as men of a sterner nature and more violent de meanour. The particulars respecting the two tragedies are being investigated, and therefore the public will not have long to wait to satisfy their natural curiosity respecting the commission of these dark and dreadful acts. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. (Via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, AUG. 3 (Evening). President Johnson still continues indisposed. The late Richmond elections have been annulled by the military authorities. The steamer Glasgow, for Liverpool, was burnt on the 31st inst. in lat. 40.46, long. 68.33. All souls on board were saved. Gold, 1441-. The Federal debt was officially . reported to be on Ist July $2,756,000,000. The Governor of North Carolina denies that the inhabitants of that State manifest any ill-feeling towards the Northern emigrants, or show any dis position to rebel should the troops be withdrawn. The Governor and the military authorities of Kentucky have issued a proclamation warning all persons who aided the rebellion against voting at the approaching elections. The personal and political friends of Mr. Davis have held a meeting at New York to adopt measures to secure his speedy trial and engage able counsel for his defence. Mr. Benjamin and General Kirby 'Smith have reached Havana. The barque Rosamond saved the passengers from the Glasgow, and transferred them to the steamer Erin, which brought them to New York to-day. The Asia has arrived out. AUG. 1 (Evening). The military authorities at Richmond have de clared the late elections null and void, on the ground that the holdiers who had absented themselves to serve in the Federal army were excluded from voting under the pretext of want of necessary residence qualifications, whilst rebel soldiers •were not thus excluded. The issue at the elections was between those who aided the rebellion and those who de fended the country, and the former should not be installed in office or entrusted with power. The officials elected have appointed a committee to con fer with the President. Numerous prominent pardoned rebels of North Carolina have been designated as delegates to the State Convention. It is reported that they will control the Convention and oppose the restoration of North Carolina to the Union as a free State. The Unionsts are organising an opposition to pre vent the Convention being held. General Grant has receiTed an enthusiastic ova tion at Boston. Sir E. C. Tache, the Canadian Premier, is dead. The City of York, the New York, the Hibernian, and the Bavaria have arrived out. BUSH LIFE IN QUEENSLAND. The following interesting account of Bush Life in Queensland has been forwarded to us by Mr. Henry Jordan, the Agent-General for Emigration for Queensland, and we have great pleasure in giving it insertion in our columns, as a communication no less instructive than entertaining.—ED. SUN : TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Queensland Government Emigration Offices, 2, Old Broad-street, London, Aug. 2, 1865. Sir,—My attention has been directed to a lengthy para graph headed "Bush Life in Australia," and which pur ports to be a description of country life in Queensland. It is evidently the production of one of a class who are always unfortunately among the first to rush to any new country, in the absurd expectation of getting on without patient, persevering industry ; a class who, because they do not succeed in Great Rritain, get the idea that they shall certainly do well if they can get to the oppo site side of the globe. They forget that the reason of their want of success at home is simply that they don't like to work ; and they are, perhaps, ignorant that this is a disqualification which makes their failure in a new country even more complete than in Great Bri tain. In an old country some clever people can manage to " live by their wits," but this never happens in our Aus tralian Colonies. It does not matter how clever a man may be there ; unless he is industrious and persevering he cannot succeed. The anonymous paragraph headed "Bush-Life in Aus tralia" is so absurdly untruthful as a picture of pastoral life in the colonies, and so opposite to what all well-in formed persons know on the subject, that I should have considered it wholly unnecessary for me to notice it, even though it contains a libellous attack upon myself, had it not been that I have found, to my astonishment, it has been copied into many respectable papers in various parts of Great Britain. As an average of between two and three hundred thousand persons go away from the United King dom every year, most of whom, for want of correct in formation about our own colonies, have hitherto gone away to the United States of America, it is of great importance that our fellow-countrymen should not be mis led by false representations such as those found in the pa ragraph alluded to. This must be my apology for reply ing to what otherwise would have been passed by without notice. The writer commences with the statement that " grow ing cabbages, or anything else in the bush, is a delusion and a snare ;" and the general gist of his communication is to the effect that the land in Queensland is bad, and that agriculture is unsuccessful. The best reply to such a representation is found in some of the facts contained in the Queensland papers received by the ♦ery last mail from Australia. On the upland; beyond the great divid ing range of mountains, where the table land is elevated to about 2,000 feet above the level of the sea, the farmers who are engaged in the cultivation of wheat and other European cereals and fruits appear to be doing very well. In the Brisbane Courier just received we read—" Too woomba.—Ploughing is going on largely for wheat and other early field produce, and a very considerable quantity of land will be placed under cultivation this year. The extreme productiveness of much of the soil on the lower land; especially between the mountains and the sea coast, may be seen by the following from the Brisbane Courier of May 17, received by last mail, on the subject of farming prospects at the Bald Hills and Pine River district, a few miles from Brisbane, the capital of the colony:" From a correspondent in the same neighbour hood we learn that the owner of a farm on the North Pine river has from seven and a half acres of scrub-land just gathered a crop of maize averaging ninety bushels to the acre. Six months and a half back he planted half an acre of scrub-land with yellow sugar-cane. This is now from seven to eight feet high, and from every stool there are from twenty canes growing vigorously." In the same paper we read that a sweet potato was exhibited weighing 231 b. The maize and potato here spoken of, it must be remembered, were produced on the very rich scrub-land which is found immediately en the banks of the rivers and streams with which the colony of Queensland is so abundantly supplied. This description of land requires much labour to clear, but amply repays the outlay, being alluvial soil of great depth, and exceedingly rich and pro ductive. The writer of the paragraph asserts that "if he (the farmer) gets good land, if he is not near a town (and all cannot be very near) he cannot got a market for his crops, he must get them to market by a dray and ten bullocks, with some five or six to share, two or three men and a horse or two, and then ho will get along at the rate of 10 or 12 miles a day. Such are a farmer's prospects." Those who have read this statement, and attached any credence to it, will be surprised to learn that the " Agri cultural Reserves"—the lands appropriated by the Legis- lature and the Government of Queensland to the use of the farmer—are required by the act of Parliament to be within five miles of the largest townships, or on the banks of the navigable rivers, of which there are very many in Queens land ; so that the farmer hags the advantage of neeoes to tho markets without any great difficulty, even at present, and these facilities will soon be very greatly increased by the completion of a line of railway extending from the capital and principal port Brisbane, to the Darling Downs about seventy miles distant—the " Garden of Queensland," as it has boon appropriately called—the finest farming district in the colony, where a large and rapidly increasing number of farmers are settled on their own freehold land, and are growing European fruits, wheat of the finest quality, and other cereals with so much success that many of them have by a few years patient industry actually become affluent. o complete this line of railway I have recently despatched upwards of 1,900 persons, navvies and others, for Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Co., who have the contract for its construction. Other two lines of railway are to be immediately commenced in Queensland, while the formation of roads, and the erection of bridges in every direction are creating facilities for the transit of goods and farm produce, which, in connection with its natural advantages for water-carriage, will place. Queensland in a position superior to any of the other colonies in Australia. So little truth is there in this part of the statements of the writer of the paragraph. The representations s pf this person are equally untruth ful in reference to the difficulty of obtaining employment, the class of persons who are generally emigrating to the colony, and the other matters on which he pretends to give information. As to the class of persons who have gone out to Queensland under my direction on the Land- Order system of emigration, this may be easily estimated by the fact that they aro ascertained to have taken with them nearly one million sterling ; many of them being small and larger capitalists going out to settle on the land. The number of persons despatched by me during four years has been about thirty thousand. Of this largo number of persons there have been a few who have dis regarded the very careful warnings which I have always given, that only certain classes could generally succeed in the colonies, namely graziers, farmers, good mechanics, out-door labourers, and domestic servants. And that in all cases hard work and patient, persevering industry are absolutely necessary to prosperity. If, in spite of the plainest warnings, persons will still persist in going to Queensland who have no trade at their finger-ends, who have mastered no profession, and who are wholly un accustomed to laborious out-door work, they need not be surprised at falling into the trials encountered by the writer of "Bush life in Australia," who so pathetically complains of his hard fate. "I was breaking stones on a railway." "I then turned bum' for a bit." "I then went down to Brisbane and tried to get a berth again." "I got work on the Government roads at £1 a week and rations." "When the job was ended and the gang was broken up into three or four smaller ones I got the sack." I should think so. Such young gentlemen as this are found as utterly worthless in the colonies as they are in England, It is satisfactory, however, to know that, with fewa exceptions, nearly all of them of this sort, the 30,000 persons who have gone to Queensland have done well, and feel that they are greatly benefited in having first heard of Queensland through the instrumentality of the person of whom this young gentleman expresses his opinion with such pungent brevity that " he ought to be hanged." The benefit which has resulted to the colony by the successful carrying out of the Laud-Order system of Emigration under my direction may be seen in the following extract from the speech of the Hon. R. J. Smith, member of the upper House of the Queensland Legislature, on the occasion of the presentation of an address to his Excellency the Governor, Sir G. F. Bowen, in answer to the Vico-regal speech at the opening of the present Session. "Then in reference to the paragraph in the speech to the effect that the Immigration Act passed last Session had, by the zeal and ability of the Agent-General, caused Queens land to be regarded with increased favour by our fellow._ subjects at home, he thought that every one who saw the useful and admirable class of immigrants which Mr. Jordan had sent hero in such largo numbers, anyone who noticed the able and energetic manner in which Mr. Jordan per formed'the duties of his office, could not fail to experience the highest gratification at knowing that the colony pos sessed a man capable of doing so much good for a new country." From the speech of Sir G. F. Bowen, above alluded to, it is seen that the general progress of the colony of Queens land is quite commensurate with its rapid increase of popu lation. His Excellency said, " It appears that the centes mal increase during the period of four years was exactly as follows :—ln our population 195 per cent.; revenue 139 per cent. ; trade 178 per cent. ; shipping 189 per cent. The other chief elements of prosperity have advanced in equal proportions ; that is to say, they have been nearly trebled." A system of emigration which secures to persons paying their own passage to the colony land equal to 30 acres for each person of 12 years and upwards, and 15 acres for each child, to be chosen by the emigrant himself on, any agricul tural reserve in the colony, was admirably calculated to be successful in diverting a portion, at least, of the great stream of emigration always setting towards America, to our own colony in Australia ; and this system being vigor ously carried out at home, and supported by thn great na tural capabilities of the colony, and the success almost in variably experienced by those who have been thus attracted to Queensland, must continue to make it one of the most favoured fields for the enterprise of a large proportion of the hundreds of thousands of the emigrating population of Great Britain for centuries to come.—Sir, I have the hon our to be, your most obedient servant, ILExnY JORDAN, Agent-General for Emigration for Queensland. RECONSTRUCTION OF PARIS, BY THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON 111. It seems as if the demolition of houses and streets in Paris were to be brought to an end only when the whole city shall have been reconstructed, and when scarcely one stone of the old capital shall be left standing upon another. The reign of Napoleon 111. will hereafter be remarkable in history for many great events and important changes ; but in the annals of Paris it will be emphatically designated as the reign of stone and mortar, of knocking down and building up again, of the substitution of spacious streets, airy squares, and handsome houses, for narrow lanes, foetid alleys, and tumbledown edifices, dating from the Middle Ages. Every year one imagines the work which has lasted so long must beinearly done, and every year one finds the pick and lever busy levelling in some fresh place. More than 12 years ago, on the 29th of January, 1853, Napoleon drove to his marriage through heaps of ruins and shells of houses—the former created, the latter rising, along the line of the Rue de Rivoli. Since then the destroyer and the constructor cannot be said to have ever sus pended their toil, and, much as they have done, it seems as if more than ever suggested itself. The renaissance or rebuilding of Paris began as soon as the Emperor came to supreme and independent power, and even should it not be quite completed during his life the whole credit of it will belong to his reign. There is still much to be done, and work has just been commenced in a very central part of the town, well known to all foreign visitors, and close to the quarter especially frequented and inhabited by English. Yesterday, on the Place du Palais Royal groups of persons were as sembled, watching, with curiosity and anxiety, the proceedings of workmen engaged in knock ing down some old houses opposite the Theatre Francais. The uneasiness of the gazers did not seem ill-founded, for two of the labourers, standing upon a horizontal beam at the height of a third floor, were calmly knocking to pieces the wall below their feet. The beam fixed into the two ad jacent houses remained firm, but to all appearance they were destroying their own support, and on the eve of a fall from a height of 30ft. or 40ft. Some of the adjacent houses, also in process of demoli tion, had as yet scarcely been evacuated by the shopkeeping occupants of their ground floors, who had resisted the expropriation, and brought an action against the City of Paris which had only just been de cided against them. A considerable batch of houses, comprising the whole or parts of three streets is there coming down. One of the old Quarters of Paris,com posed chiefly of close narrow streets, for the most part ill-inhabited, and some' of which remind one of the ancient districts where Sue laid the opening scene of his most celebrated romance, is that enclosed be tween the street of St. Honore, St. Roch, Neuve des Petits Champs, and Richelieu. It comprises the butte, or hillock, of the noulins, windmills having formerly stood upon the little eminence. The part now demolishing lies between the streets Richelieu, St. Honore, and Fontaine Moliere. This last street, formerly the Traversiere St. Honore, but of which the name was changed when Moliere's statue was erected at one of its extremities in the year 1844, will be partly destroyed. About one-half of it is to come down. Also the whole of the Rue Jeannisson, and a considerable part of the Rue du Rempart, which owes its name to fortifications completed there towards the end of the 14th century. It was hereabouts that the ramparts were attacked by Charles VII. in September, 1429, when Paris was defended by the English. The King, says an old historian— " Had several pieces of cannon stationed near the Gate of St. Honore, upon a rising ground then called the pig market. Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans, was disposed to attack the city, not knowing that the ditches were full of water. With her lance she sounded the depth, and while giving orders for a part to bo filled up, in order to force a passage, received a wvuud in the thigh. She re fused, however, to quit the spot, until at last the Duke d'Alencon went and took her away." There were formerly many of these buttes, or knolls, in and near Paris, they having been origi nally formed by accumulations of rubbish and filth, which the inhabitants contracted the habit of depo positing in particular places. The labyrinth in the Jardin des Plantes stands on what was formerly the Butte des Copeaux (chips and shavings of wood). Some of the old buttes were very high, and those outside the city were looked upon as dangerous in the event of a siege, as afford ing stations for the enemy's artillery. At various times many were removed, some in the 16th century, others later. During a famine which occurred in 1709 the poor were employed to level a butte near the Porte St. Denis, and were paid in bread. One day the bread was not forthcoming, and the labourers rebelled, broke open bakers' shops and caused a tumult. The Swiss and French Guards and the Mousquetaires were quickly under arms. " It was found necessary to fire on them," says Dulaure, in his "History of Paris," " and some of this rabble were killed, while others were sent to prison." It was proposed to clear away the old street from the Butte des Moulins, and build the New Opera House upon it, and the situation would have been appropriate enough, in the imme diate vicinity of the Louvre, the Tuileries, and the Palais Royal, but the project was abandoned in consequence of strong interest male for the present site. It is quite time, however, to begin clearing away that network of filthy houses. Those now being destroyed will very soon disappear, the work having been begun at several points at once, and by strong bodies of men. Apprehension of a Policeman on a Charge of Conspiracy. On Thursday Mrs. Hinchliffe, a widow, residing on the Flatts, Dewsbury, appeared before the sitting magistrates, at the Borough Court in that town, and made an applica tion for the apprehension of Edward Evans, a constable in the Dewsbury borough force, and of George Burrell, said to be an auctioneer from Leeds. She stated that when Evans was appointed to the situation of constable by the Watch Committee, about two months ago, he obtained lodgings at her house, and on Saturday, the 29th ult., he introduced to her Georgo Burrell, as a lodger. This man, it was understood, was only staying for a few days, but he was represented by Evans to be a person of consider able wealth, and possessing property in Wolverhampton, Leeds, and other towns. Evans was in debt to her, and instead of paying her, ho said that if she chose to borrow money Burrell would lend her some, and this caused her to state—(she refused to make any application to him) — that she was not herself short of a few pounds. He con gratulatea her on her good fortune, and was then observed to leave the house and join Burrell and another man in the street, and to communicate something to them, at which they laughed heartily. They then returned to the widow's house, and Burrell, addressing her, stated that he had pur chased a lot of goods at the Dewsbury railway station, and was short of .£5, could she lend him that sum for an hour or two ? The woman hesitated ; the man appealed to Evans, and that person again assured her of his great wealth and respectability. She then advanced Burrell the money he wanted, and he left her house, saying ho would go to Leeds, where he resided, to get some money out of the bank and repay her. In the evening he returned, and said the bank was closed before he reached it, and bor rowed three half-crowns, as he expressed it, to see him over Sunday. On Monday morning he we nt out, but came , back in a short time, and said he had bought a large van in the fair, and wanted to pay £3 as a deposit. He asked her to lend him that sum, and she handed it to him, and in an hour or two he gave her a document purporting to be an agreement for the purchase of the vehicle, and bearing a stamped receipt for .£4. After this, Burrell succeeded in getting from her a couple of florins, making in all £8 lls. 6d., and then he left. Feeling a little anxious, she spoke of the matter to Evans, who told her she need not be afraid, Burrell was only borrowing money to try her, and had lots of houses in Wolverhampton. Burrell did not return to her house, Evans quitted it without a reason for other lodgings, and when they sought the latter at the police station he met her with abuse. She, therefore, after trying some days to obtain redress without effect, came before the magistrate. The Bench ordered Evans to be taken into custody at once, and he was lodged in the cells, and they granted a warrant for the apprehension of Burrell. —Leeds Mercury. CRYSTAL PALACE. -- ONE SHILLING DAY. - Friday.—Admissions on payment, 2,843 ; ',do. by season tickets, 751 ; total visitors, 8,594, TIM ATLANTIC CABLE. The long absence of the Great Eastern is now giving rise to the conjecture that the failure of the cable may have been caused by a break-down of her engines, or, on the other hand, that her non-appear ance is due to the fact that she is still in mid-Atlantic hauling in the cable to repair the fault. It is to be re gretted that the former supposition seems by far the more probable of the two. In case of a break-down of engines neither the Sphinx nor Terrible, nor the united efforts of both, could effect much in the way of towing such a mass as the Great Eastern through the swell of the Atlantic. No tow-ropes, in fact, would hold her, and to tow with chain cable would be almost equally impossible, except during the calmest weather. Any disaster to herself, therefore, would quite account for her being overdue now, and would equally explain the absence of her consorts, both of which would, of course, lie by her while her machinery was disabled. All the squadron, also, are too far north of the mail track to offer much chance of their being seen, and news sent by signal. The last mail boat which left Quebec is the only one likely to fall in with them, and this vessel is not due for some days. With regard to the suggestion that the Great Eastern is still engaged in hauling in the wire, it appears to be unlikely in the extreme, unless the tests which localised the fault to be at 1,175 miles from shore— tests which were stated on the highest autho rity to be entirely fallacious—should, after all, turn out to be correct. This would place the fault at a distance of 75 miles astern of the spot from which the Great Eastern signalled " all well" on Wednes day week last. At such a depth of water it is cal culated that the wire could not be hauled in again at a greater rate of speed than three and a half miles in 24 hours. To pull in the whole 75, if the fault is so far astern, would occupy some 21 or 22 days. The extreme improbability of dead calm weather in the Atlantic for such a lengthened period would render this attempt, therefore, almost hopeless ; while it is almost certain that the Sphinx would be despatched to Valentia to state how the Great Ship was em ployed. It seems, therefore, more reasonable to suppose that after the cable was broken the Great Eastern lost three or four days in fruitless efforts to grapple for it. Her return in such a case would not be expected before this evening, to-morrow, or even Monday. Death of Mr. Joseph Parkes. -0- Few figures were better known in Pall-mall and about the Houses of Parliament than that of Mr. Joseph Parkes. Ile belonged to the Liberal side in politics, and in the midst of his party held a posi tion of considerable influence. Few men in a secondary poSition were more trusted than he, few had a larger circle of friends, few were more com pletely in the current and full tide of political life. He had in his day been an ardent political soldier ; he had entered with all his heart into the battle for reform ; and from that time forward he held in the great Whig army a place, if not of command, yet of trust and of influence. Perhaps no man was better acquainted than he with the secret history of politics during the last 30 or 40 years. Latterly he was an important link of connection between the steady going Whigs and the swifter-going Radicals. He was on ths most intimate terms with every section of the Liberal party. He was not only an earnest politician ; he was an excellent lawyer ; and he had literary tastes, faculty, and ambition. Any one who, without knowing him, saw him two or three times in the Reform Club, or slouching along Pall-mall, slightly bent with years, would soon discover what manner of man he was. He seemed to know every second person he met, and not only to know him, but to be on confidential terms with him, and to have something particular to say to him. He always seemed to have some body by the buttonhole, and to be engaged in secret conclave. There was a question to be put, or a question to be answered, and who ready as Mr. Parkes ? If anybody on his side of politics wanted information, whether of the past or of the present, Mr. Parkes was the man to apply to. If he could not at once give it he could get it. So people clung about him, and he was a most useful man in his party—useful not only because he was so well informed, and had such a wide circle of friends, but . also because his judgment was the soundest, and he was ever active and loyal in offices of friendship. What was particularly pleasant about him was that to the craft of a good politician he united the blunt sincerity of a frank, honest, kindly man. Joseph Parkes was born at Warwick on the 22d of Jan., 1796. He went to a school at Worcester, and afterwards to the Glasgow University ; but in his general reading Dr. Parr, who took a great interest in him, directed his studies and recommended a course to which he rigidly adhered. His reading in this course was of the widest range, and compre hended many works that lie quite out of the beaten path. He chose his path in life as a solicitor, and having gone through a course of training of the highest kind, started in Birmingham first by himself and afterwards in partnership with Mr. Solomon Bray, the first Town Clerk of the Corporation of Birmingham. At the time of the Birmingham Political Union, Mr. Parkes was adviser to Mr. Attwood, the leader of that movement. He did not quite approve its tendency, but at a later period in the tumult of the Reform agitation he and some 40 or 50 others who had hitherto held aloof joined it, and thenceforward he took a prominent part in its proceedings. Ho thus became acquainted with Mr. Edward Ellice, a most active member of Lord Grey's Ministry ; he became a political agent of the party, and he had a great deal to do with its election busi ness. This necessitated his removal to London in 1832, where he practised as solicitor and Parliamen tary agent till about the year 1850, when he was appointed Taxing Master to the Court of Exchequer, an office which he held till his death. These are the leading facts of his life. He died at his house in Wimpole-street yesterday afternoon, and will be much missed and widely regretted.—Times. THE MISSING GENTLEMEN.—RECOVERY OF ONE OF THE BODIES.—We regret to state that the worst apprehensions entertained regarding the fate of the five gentlemen who have been missing since Monday, tho 31st ult., have been confirmed by the recovery of one of th• bodies. On Wednesday morning, about six o'clock, th• body of a man, about 28 years of age, was found on one of the rocks near the Poolbeg lighthouse, by William Cal aghan, the lighthouse keeper. The body, which was sub 1-equently identified by one of the officials of the National Bank as that of Mr. Ryan, was much disfigured, and the only articles of clothing on it were the socks and boots of the deceased. It was removed to Rlngsend, where it now awaits an inquest. No tidings hare yet been received with reg el a m rdt a o n t ch he ol b y faoat,te of all th but there can unfortunate bnealtiettyleoudng m doubt e as n. lo the Publin .Exprea. • COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money tighter. Gold, 145 i. Exchange on Lon• don, 157 ; do. Paris, 3 60. Stocks declining. Erie, ; 5-20 Bonds, 105 f. The Royal Mail steamship Africa, from Boston and Halifax, arrived at Queenstown at 6 a.m. to day. She brings 133 passengers and $57,447 in specie. She landed 108 sacks of mails and 13 pas sengers, and proceeded immediately for Liverpool. All well. MEXICO. NEW YORK, AUG. 3. Advices received here from Matamoras report that there are indications that the Federals design to maintain a military , establishment of considerable strength on the American side of the Rio Grande. Cortinas is marauding around Matamoras, and has declared the port blockaded. Mejia has forbidden all persons to leave Mata moras without passes. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 12. The Royal Mail steamer Atrato, from the, West Indies, passed the Needles at 11.30 a.m. to-day. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 11.—Two o'clock.—The despatches from London announce a fall of per cent., gene rally attributed to unfavourable news in connexion with the late Bombay failures. The market there continues with the greatest indifference its slow re trograde movement. Threes are ?ie. lower, at 67f. 85c. ; Credit Mobilier have declined to 748 f. 75c., with a loss of 2f. 50c New City Bonds have retrograded 2f. 50c.—to 460:., while the Old City Bonds have advanced 2f. 50c.—to 421 f. 25c. Dis counting Shares still continues on a large scale, as the following list will show :-21,000 Rentes Three per cent., 3,275 Credit Mobilier Shares 3,475 North of Spain, 75 Northern, and 50 Comptoir d'Escompte. Three o'clock.—The tone of the market improved towards the close, which took place at the follow ing quotations : 41 per Cents 97 50 Ditto Threes Mexican L oan Do. end month 46i 3 per Cents. 67 80 Do. Bonds Do. end month 67 85 Russian Credit Mobilier 757 50 Austrian Do. end month ... 751 25 Spanish Threes Bank Shares 3570 Home Debt Credit Foncier 1250 Deferred Italian Loan — Roman Do. end month 64 95 RAILWAYS. Cash. Amt. Orleans — ... 848 75 Northern ... 1065 Lyons and Mediterranean — ... 853 75 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian 402 50 Lombard 477 50 North of Spain — ... 196 25 Saragossa — 815 Ditto to Barcelona Roman •• • -- -- •• • 545 --- 222 50 "REGISTER! REGISTER I REGISTER!" (Sir Robert Peel•) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—For the information of your readers, permit me to inform them that the List of Voters may be inspected at the house of any overseer, between ten and four daily, during the first fourteen days of this month, and that parties improperly omitted from the List of Voters, must claim before the 25th inst. The following are grounds of disqualification :—Not having on the sth occupied twelve months, e n din g 31st July. Not having paid all poors' rates an d h ouse t a x, payable January, on or before the 20th July ; ono of the two quar ters' house tax, that aro demanded at or after Lady-day, must be paid on or b e f ore th e 20th July, to entitle persons to be placed on th e Li s t o f V o t er s. H a ving let the pre mises for any tim e d ur i ng the year ending July 31 . Residing more than seven miles beyond the City of West minster. Bankrupt, or insolvent, if assignee in possession during the year. Alien. Post-office a ppointment. Police man. Insane. Having received parochial relief. Peers of the realm (except Irish peers, being members of the House of Commons). Dead. The List of Claims and Objections will be pub lished on the church doors during the first fourteen days of next month ; also notice of the day the Re vising Barrister will hold his Court, between Sep tember let and October 31st. Persons who are not rated to the poor in their own names should claim to be rated, as parties actually paying the rate for twelve months are entitled to vote. No particular form is necessary to be sent to the Overseers; the occupation of the following premises confer the franchise :—" House, shop, warehouse, counting house, or other building," such as apartments, rooms, stable, vaults, cow-shed, workshop, or any separate tenement of the value of £lO a-year. I am, your obedient servant, JOHN DIPROSE, Secretary, Westminster Liberal Registrittio4 Society. August 10th, 1865. A. FAREWELL. (From the Index.) This is the last number of The Index. Many, we doubt not, will sympathise with the regret we feel in making the announcement. We deem it our duty to set forth why the publication of Ihe _lndex is stopped, and also to say a few words of farewell. This journal was 'established on May 1, 1862. Its promoters thought that a paper representing in an especial manner the interests of England and the Southern States wculd be useful and prosperous. In May, 1862, the prospects of the Confederacy seemed gloomy. New Orleans had fallen, and General M'Clellan with avast and splendidly equipped army was marching on Richmond. The South fought campaign after campaign, and gained brilliant vic tories. The names of Lee, Jackson, and Stuart be came household words in Europe. Later, the names of Grant and Sherman also became famous. For more than three years the war in America engrossed the attention of the civilised world. No wonder that The Index became more and more absorbed in the great struggle. The blockade of the South rendered it necessary for the representatives of the Confederate Government to have some avowed channel of publication ; and, naturally, that position devolved upon this journal. Under such circum stances, though we regretted, we had no right to complain, that in Europe we were looked upon as the mere organ of the Confederate Government, and that we were described in the United States as " the rebel organ." Richmond fell, General Lee surrendered, Texas gave up the contest, and the Confederacy was a thing of the past. It did not, and indeed does not, occur to us that the downfall of the Confederacy deprived us of a field of usefulness. On the con trary, we thought, and still think, that there are many problems in Course of solution in America in which such a journal as The Index might assist by disseminating information. We thought, and still think, that The index would he of some advantage as a medium for commercial intercourse between England and the States. We, therefore, continued our labours. Unfortunately we find our usefulness marred by the general impression that this journal had been nothing more than the Confederate organ. We might have battled against this impression and removedit,but circumstances have come to our know ledge which forbid the attempt. It is impossible not to see that the public on both sides of the Atlantic regards The Index as a kind of protest against the decision of Providence and as the organ of a new secession party. It is needless, for us to declare that such assumptions are entirely false, but we are unable to add that they are manifestly un reasonable. To suppose that the continued publi cation of The Index has a political significance and that it must needs be hostile to the United States is . natural, and almost inevitable. We have then no choice. We have sought to do the South good, and we cannot harm her to further our views. We, therefore, suspend publication. The Index shall not be the excuse, the plausible excuse, for perpetuat ing a contest which can only aggravate the miseries of the conquered and disarmed. We desire informally but sincerely to thank the many friends, widely scattered over both hemi spheres, whose sympathy and confidence have never failed us. We gratefully remember the courteous at tention of our contemporaries, who have been good enough to publish upon our authority such docu ments as were of public and general importance. We received this courtesy not only from friendly and neutral papers, but also from those vehemently op posed to us. It is the glory and strength of the English press that opinions and even partisanship do in no way hinder the publication of adverse facts. • If in the heat of the most bitter controversy of the age we have sometimes employed unduly harsh terms, we trust that such faults were deemed venial and are forgotten. We may, however, without boasting, claim to have merited the confidence re posed in us by our truthfulness. To errors of judg ment we plead guilty. But we believe that even those who stood against us as enemies will not assert that we have ever prostituted our columns to falsehood or exaggeration. To our candour is, we think, due what journalistic success we may claim to have achieved. We are strongly tempted to address a few last words to our Southern readers. But, alas, what words of ours can express the regret we feel at their disappointment and suffering ? We may, however, finally declare that in our opinion the long agony of the South will not be without a reward. Though defeated, the South is not dishonoured. The his tory of her independent existence does not exceed four years, but it is a complete and brilliant record that will endure so long as virtue and heroism is venerated. The South is not a separate nationality, but she is part of a vast and powerful federation. The South has been conquered and is afflicted, but as long as she preserves the tradition of her glory she cannot be enslaved. The Southern Confederacy has fallen, but her gallant sons have not died in vain. Whatever flag waves over her capitols the South will be free. Under whatever government her people live their influence will be felt. As yet the land is desolate. As yet the women mourn for those who have died for their country. But time will obliterate the ravages of the fierce conflict, and the South, chastened by the will of God, and exalted by her chastening, will yet be happy and prosperous as in bygone days. To nations, as to individuals, tribulation is often the herald of blessings. We are confident it will be so with the South, and therefore it is with a good heart, though with personal pain, we bid our Southern friends farewell. The Destruction of the Glasgow. We (7 imes) have received the following state ment of the destruction of the Glasgow by fire from Messrs. Inman and Co : " Liverpool, Saturday. " News has been received by the Africa of the destruction by fire of the steamship Glasgow. The fire broke out among uncompressed cotton,•on the 31st of July, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, about 250 miles east of Sandy Hook, and the vessel was abandoned at 6.30 p.m. the same day, the fire having then reached the engine room. " Perfect discipline was maintained on board, and all the passengers, crew, baggage, and ship's plate were saved, and transferred to the bark Rosamond, and afterwards to the steamer Erin, which landed them at New York on the 3d inst. " The passengers, about 260 in number, came forward by the steamship City of London, leaving New York on the sth inst. " The chief loss on the vessel is understood to be borne by the owners, a small portion only falling on the underwriters." New Legal Peers. (From the Law Timee of To-day.) The report still prevails that Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and Chief Justice Erie are to be raised tothe p e erage. We hope the rumour will p rove t o be well founded. Never will honour have been better won, and never will it be more worthily worn. It would be received with approval by the public, with acclamation by the profession. It is said also that the Chief Baron will retire, and there is some talk of his example being followed by Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Crompton. Should this be so, there will be another great movement at the Bar. The Solicitor-General will probably go to the Exchequer as Chief Baron. But speculation is quite at sea as to the new Judges. Doubtless Mr. Lush, Q.C., would be one of them. Lord Cranworth is under stood to be averae to the practice of making judge ships the reward of partisanship. We would pre vent it effectually by prohibiting any M.P. from becoming a judge while in possession of a seat in Parliament, or for one year afterwards. CURE FOR CHOLERA !—Powdered hellebore, taken as snuff, is named by Dr. Ponowski, of St. Peters burg, as an infallible cure for cholera, if only the patient can be got to sneeze some eight or ten times. If the snuff produces no effect the case is hopeless. The doctor has been moving the different ambassadors to send his remedy to Alexandria. The French would take no notice of him; but Mr. Lumley has made a memorandum on the subject to Lord Ituasell, and he has passed it on to the College of Physicians. The Medical Journal says the Americans ought to take this matter up, hellebore having been of late so largely used by them as a curative.— The Reader. M me _ Au DL'S La F r , I