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No connection with any of the same risme. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnis DAY. —Morning, 3h. 55m.—Afternoon, 4h. ]Om. TJ-M'onnow.-Morning, Ih. 25m.—Afternoon, 4h. 40m. ttrg, tizt- SUIT LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 23, 1865. A letter which has just been published in 'an American journal, written by General SHERMAN in the August of last year, is full of interest. It was written during The eventful months that preceded the close of the war, and the final break up of the Southern power. General SHERMA,N'S march was certainly not characterised by any great tenderness or humanity, yet it is evident from the tone of his remarks that be looked upon the SOuth with very different feelings from those which actuated the New England party in the North. When planning his march or ordering his attack General SHERMAN thought of nothing but the subjugation of his enemy. Ile did not pause to remember the com mon origin of North and South, or the common interests which might be involved, but he considered the shortest and most effective means of reaching the end he set - before him. Still be had lived long enough in the South, he had mixed freely enough among Southern people to know that their rebellion vi as no mere temporary outbreak, no evanescent display of feeling, Right or wrong, it was the re sult of years of smothered resentment, of deep and stubborn resolution, and the sincerity of their re solves and of thei r g rievances was plainly shown in the vigour and the courage with whi c h the Confederates battled for their iudepen_ deuce. • SHERMAN declares that in 1861, w h en he resigned his p o st in Louisiana , he di d so because of the seizure of the United States' arsenal at Baton Rouge, and that he then obtained lucrative employment at St. Louis, " hoping that some change would yet avert the war." When these hopes were disappointed, and war was actually declared, he asserts that he and all brought up to a military life were forced to make their choice, but that even then lie bad " as much love for the honest people of the South as any man living." Slavery troubles him very little. Tie would have been wil ling to have protected their slave rights had the Confederates remained in the union, but since his part of the country was challenged he felt he could do no less than take up the gauntlet. General SH F.RM AN, at least, did not fall into'the error of Mr. SEW ARD and Gen. GRANT ; he never supposed that the contest would be a brief one. " I have never," he says, " uuder'rated the iiagtiitule of this war, for I' now the siLe of the South, and the dneuity of operating in it. But I also know that the Northern races have, ever since the war began, had more patience and perieverave than the Southern races." It was in patience and perseverance that the South failed at last. The planters were un willing to sacrifice their slaves, the Congress was unwilling to own itself in the wrong, and the people were tired of the war and disheartened at their prospects. President DAVIS and his advisers had to p!ay a desperate game, anti unfortu nately they had not the power or the determination to play it. It might be he roic to hold out till the last moment, but there lacked the spirit and determination amongst the people which could alone have united them in one, and presented a resolute front to the invader, and have secured conditions of peace that would have left the South still a powerful and united body • Without this it would have been better to have come to terms with the Federals at Fort Monroe, to have arranged the principles of peace with LINCOLN himself—always one of the most temperate of the Northern Cabinet, and to have avoided giving even a temporary triumph to the extreme and vindictive party in the North, whose two receipts for the sup pression of a powerful people are confiscation and the gallows. But now the first fury of the hour is over, the words of men like SHERMAN will have weight. While, naturally enough, laying all the blame of the war on Southern shoulders, he still speaks of the Confederates as countrymen, and de clares that he would willingly sacrifice his wealth and his honours and begin the world anew if the Southern people would cease the war, elect their own representatives, and settle the slavery question and all other matters by argument instead of by the sword. It must be remem bered, in General SuEEMAN's honour, that these words were penned in the autumn of 1864, and if they seem to be inconsistent with the cruelty he permitted his men to exercise during his march southwards, it must also be borne in mind that, when the opportunity of making terms was offered him, he showed so much magnanimity and libera lity that he drew down upon himself the reproof 'of the extreme party in the Cabinet. Happily President JOIINSON has learned wisdom and mode ration by responsibility ; and he may be sure that, though bigots and fanatics may exclaim against his forbearance, the most able and honourable men of every party will cordially support him in the only course which promises to heal the wounds of their sorely distracted country. The Preston Art and Industrial Exhibition was opened on Thursday at the Corn-Exebange-rooms. Lord DERBY was expected to deliver the inaugural address, but was unfortunately prevented from ill ness from being present. The Mayor expressed the great regret which he felt at the unavoidable absence of the noble Earl, and made a few remarks on the general object of the undertaking. It has been originated by working men, and there seems no reason to doubt its success. Colonel WiLs ON PATTEN addressed the Assembly, and also alluded to the absence of Lord DERBY in terms of regret. He truly said that it was the more unpropitious, because the noble earl had interested himself so much in the state of the county, and would therefore have rejoiced greatly at the present happy illustration of the blessed change that has taken place. Nobody bet ter than Lord DERBY can appreciate the fortunate alteration that has occurred, and it is certainly the more to be deplored on that account that he should not have had the satisfaction of appearing to inau gurate so striking an instance of improvement. In no part of his eminent career has Lord DERBY won for himself more heartfelt admiration and more deep respect than in the noble and disinterested manner in which he came forward at the time of the great distress in Lancashire on account of the cotton famine. His zeal and ability did good ser- vice to the cause, and while he renderer great benefit to the distressed operatives, he vindi cated his order from the calumnies which some of the democratic orators are very prose to cast upon the aristocracy. Colonel PATTEN remarked upon the great advantages which accrued from the inauguration of Exhibitions such as those before them. They have for end and object the purpose of affording the working classes of the country the means not only of " mental improvement and in creased intelligence, but also of rational recreation and amusement." There was justice in the obser vation made by the Colonel on the affinity which these minor affairs bear to the Great Exhibition of 1861, and other striking undertakings of the like sort. Nothing of the sort can be done without labour and also great self-denial on the part of those who con tribute to these Exhibitions, however lowly they may be in their character, and however limited in their scope. They therefore deserve every encour agement that can possibly be afforded to them, and it is greatly to be rejoiced at that so many influen tial personages should have come forward to lend their aid, and promote by their influence these interesting and important undertakings. The Marquis of lIARTINGTON expressed his great satis faction at the aspect of affairs as represented in this Exhibition, and trusted that its opening might prove to be an earnest of industry restored and comfort re-established among the inhabi tants of Lancashire. No doubt this Preston Exhibition possesses an individual interest, and bears about it a distinctive attraction which other affairs of the sort have not presented to us, on account of its being as it were the type and shadow of better things to come, and of being also the illustrated and fair presentiment of dangers past and sufferings turne 1 into rejoicings. Truly did the noble marquis declare that some two or three years ago when they were in the midst of the hor rors of the Cotton Famine, it seemed impossible to believe that such an affair as that day presented itself to notice could take place. A more appropriate allusion than this could not have been made, for many who ought to have known better were very prone to give way to despair, and prophesy all kinds of horrors instead of look ing forward with a brave spirit, and looking up ward with a trusting heart. Much has been done for the Lancashire operatives, but much More has been done by them, and they were exactly in that position when people must help themselves or be utterly lost. England has had, indeed, good reason to be proud of her sons of toil, aud, sharp as the trial Was to them, to th e ir country it was a glory, and to th e i r their noble cenodauurtar3Lmceeannadn c e o t n lc s o ta u i r it ag n e k t i n n e d n s t . arough Lord IL Ar.TIN GT crs gave a wise counsel at the conclusion of his speech when he said that pros perity was nob always a period of unmixed good for the; labouring classe3, for thoy spent their money sometimes in a very unprofitable manner. ft follows, then, that all that induces or disposes to the enjoyment of more intellectual tastes and the cultivation of more refined habits was of great im portance, and foremost among su ch good works must be ranked the Exhibitions such as are now being inaugurated through the len g th and breadth of the land. To spend a few pleasant hours will be the chief object of those who frequent such places, and this in itself is a very desirable thing, for it will be at any rate innocent recreation that they enjoy, and harmless relaxation from hard toil and :Acme: labours. As Mr. BAYLEY s id. it is a great thing that the labouring classes of ► reston should TnE SUB, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENII‘G, SEPTEMBER 23, 1865. have originated the Exhibition themselves. Such a trophy of their exertions is a fact that cannot be disputed, and a sign of their improvement that may not be questioned. It may be necessary at a future period for others to step in and lend them a helping hand, but at any rate the main object is accomplished if the affair is put in train, and the idea is inaugu rated. The Hon. P. A. STANLEY proposed, " that the assemblage recognised with great satisfaction the existence of an earnest co-operation among per sons of different ranks, classes, and pursuits in the Exhibition that day opened." This is another of the many inestimable benefits that re sult from these undertakings, and as time goes on, and the number of them increases, and opportunity is afforded to us to test their merits, we shall more and more appreciate their good, and hail their adoption among us. The true mode of civilising a community is by forming some mutual ground on which divers classes may meet to their mutual improvement, for while the working mem bers of society may learn much to elevate and refine their lives, the sons of affluence may derive many a wholesome lesson from s the illustration of the career of those beneath them, who, from the cradle to the grave, are trained to exertion, and can only leave as an heirloom to their successors " the nobility of labour, the long pedigree of toil." The enemies of the pleasant little feathered tribes who do us so much service while' receiving so little gratitude have just received a practical lesson. It seems that a gentleman residing in the country, who possesses a choice variety of gooseberry bushes, inclined to the popular belief that the sparrows were his worst foes. To guard against their attacks in the most effectual manner he did not adopt the old fashioned plan of a scarecrow, nor thb newer and more cruel mode of poisoned wheat, but he went to the expense of having a wire awning thrown over that part of the garden where the highly-prized fruits were located. The sparrows were kept off effectually enough, and no doubt the owner plumed himself upon his ingenuity and his determination, of course expecting a liberal supply of fruits. Un fortunately SOLOMON proves a true philosopher in spite of modern inventions, and when he declared pride to go before a fall, he only spoke an un palatable but most indisputable truth. The spar rows it is true departed, but the gooseberries de parted with them. The awning kept off the im pertinent little feathered visitors, who made so free with the tempting berries, but it did not keep off the caterpillar below, and leaf and fruit alike vanished before the 4 w destroyer. The sparrow, while helping himself to some fruit that was seen helped himself also to a great deal that was not seen, and in fact only paid himself for his labour. It takes a very long time to obliterate prejudice, and by the time that our colonists with great trouble and expense have naturalised sparrows among themselves, we shall probably have succeeded in exterminating them here. The lesson which the gentleman referred to has learned at some cost had better be borne in mind by all farmers and fruit growers, and if they are wise they will bestir them selves to secure the suppression of our numerous sparrow clubs before the commencement of another season, unless they wish to see their fruit and crops made a present of to the caterpillar and his crew. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments. - (From the Civil Service Gazette) HOME-OrFICE.—The governorship of the Convict Estab lishment at Woking is about to become vacant by the re tirement of Capt. - Warren. AtiDIT-OFFICE.--A vacancy for a junior examiner has blet. caused by the re:iignation of Mr. Charles Irving. SCIExCE AND ART DEPARTMENT.—The principalship of the Royal College of Naval Architecture, South Kensing ton, has become vacant by the death of Mr. 11. J. PllrkiSS. TIIE POST-OFFICE.—Mr. C. J. B. Knight has been pro moted from the old to the new second class of inspectors of letter-carriers, London. - CUSTOMS. —Mr. Ernest Levick has been appointed a clerk, Legal Quays Department, London. Mr. John E. Smith has been appointed n clerk, Legal Quays Department, London. Mr. Thos. Williams has been appointed a clerk in the Tea Office, London. Mr. James Crowther has been appointed seventeenth clerk, Hull. Mr. Geo. Douglas has been appointed eighteenth clerk, Hull. Mr. James Barron has been appointed an outdoor officer, Aberdeen. Mr. Charles Jackson, clerk and examining officer, Bridport, has been promoted to be collector and surveyor at Maldon. Mr. H. R.Emmerson, outdoor officer, fifth class, has been pro moted to'be gauger, sixth class, London. Mr. D. Rutherford has been promoted from the twenty-third to the twenty second clerkship, Glasgow. Mr. F. Musgrave has been pro .moted from the twenty-fourth to the twenty-third clerk ship, Glasgow. Mr. A. Forbes hasbeen promoted from the third to the second class of outdoor officers, Aberdeen. INLAND REVENUE.—EXCISE BEANCIL—Mr. James Mac- fadzean, collector, Elgin collection, has been appointed col lector, York collection. Mr. Wm. Irwin, surveying general examiner, 2d class, has been appointed collector, Elgin col lection. Mr. James Bell, surveying general examiner, 3d class, has been appointed surveying general examiner 2d class. Mr. Thomas Smart, officer, "Wakefield, Ist division, Leeds collection, has been appointed officer of Wakefield, 11th division, Leeds collection. Mr. Alfred Head, officer, Wakefield, 11th division, Leeds collection, has been ap pointed officer of Wakefield, Ist division, Leeds collection. THE EAST INDIES.— Lieut. G. H. Trevor, Madras Staff Corps, has been confirmed in the appointment of inspector of schools in the Eastern Circle of the Central Provinces: The Rev. W.W. Phelps, juniOr chaplain, has been appointed senior chaplain, Bengal 'Establishment, vice the, Rev. R. Bland, retired.. Lieutenant C. 11. A. Gower, R.A., has been appointed to officiate as assistant superintendent of police, British Burmah, vice Costley. Captain P. W. Bannerman, second assistant to the Governor-General's agent for Central India, has been appointed Bheel agent and political assist ant, Bhopawur agency, and commandant of the Malwa Bbeel Corps, vice Major Gordon Cumming. Mr. W. H. Thompson, of the Civil Service, reported qualified, has been attached to the Bengal division of the Presidency of Fort William. Messrs. J. M. Pears, T. E. Ellison, F. Yenning, and F. D. Bullock, reported qualified, have been attached to the North-Western Provinces, the Punjaub, and Oude. CEYLON.—Mr. J. W. W. Birch has been appointed district judge of Kurnegalle, vice Capt. J. B. Graves, deceased. Mr. W. E. T. Sharpe has been appointed district judge of Batticaloa, vico Birch, promoted. Mr. F. S. Saunders has been appointed assistant at Kandy to the Government agent, vice Sharpe. Mr. G. E. Worthington has been appointed assistant at Trincomalee to the Government agent, vice Saunders. Mr. J. Massie has been appointed commissioner of the Court of Requests at Chavagazherry, vice Worthing ton. MI. J. W. W. Birch has been appointed acting com missioner of the Court of Requests at Colombo. Mr. R. W, D. Moir has been appointed acting assistant nt Ratnapoora, and acting assist. judge. Mr. F. R. Saunders has been ap pointed acting landing surveyor at Colombo. Mr. F. W. Willisford has been appointed acting collector of customs for the Southern Province. Mr. Jas. Massie has been ap pointed acting assistant at Kornogalle to the Government agent for the Western Province. long. York. STAG HUNTING IN DEVONSIIIRE.—A correspon dent of the Tiverton Gazette dekribes an exciting stag hunt in the neighbourhood of Ly n mouth,North Devon, on Tuesday week. lie says—" They found a fine stag in Stoke Wood, the tufters working him half an hour; he broke cover near Pool Bridge, about 2 o'clock, and went away over Pool farm for the mode. Away we went to Porlock Common, and across Chalk Water to Oare Com mon, then down Badgeworthy Water to Badgeworthy Wood, left the water, crossed Badgeworthy Wood, and away westward over that common to Brendon Com mon. From thence the stag dashed over Scobhill to Brendon Wood, aud, taking to .the water, broke out over Countessbury Hill, pointing for the sea ; here he was headed by people on foot, and returned to Brendon Wood, through which he went, crossing the Lynmouth road up Glaeriton Valey. Here 1.. , was again headed, this time by the Rev. J. Russell, and turned back once more to Brendon Wood, crossing the stream and Lymnonth-road, down the side of the hill pointing for Lynmouth. Then he mounted the rocks, and got into an almost inaccessible place between two ro c k s , w h ere h e h e ld th e hounds at bay for 10 or 15 min u te s , b e f ore h e cou ld b o di s l o l ge d. At l as t, he had t() be again, so whipped off, t l o m r t o N e r d - h as too aok m e u n c h t ho same exhausted t track o to k take that the he trills ,:tenrno a s th e e et. il hounds, ie.e, ha a v f Ln r g ,hviomrk; up and down the in view, drove him close e t7W e stream, and plunging about with the hounds round him for some ten minutes, they pulled him down ; and, though he had run for his life gallantly, it was all over with him, and his throat was cut by the master. The run was about two hours and 40 minutes, at a tine racing pace, with scarcely any c h ec k— , in fact, the pace was so fast, and the day so hot, that only about 13 couples of hounds were in at the linibli. About : A Lorseraen ... cut. The stag was a fine, one, antlers bow bay, tray, and two on top:, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) APPEARANCE OF A SUPPOSED FENIAN VESSEL ARMED AND FULL OF MEN. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 23 (Afternoon). The Liverpool Telegraph publishes the following report of the American ship Hannah, from Car denas, which has arrived in this port " On the 15th of September, in lat. 50 50, 27 16, we fell in with a screw steamer, barque rigged of about 2,000 tons, apparently full of men and heavily armed. She fired sat across our bow, when we hove to and set the American ensign ; upon which she suddenly altered her course and steered for a vessel in the distance, hoisting a green flag with a harp on it." AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AFFRICA. (Viet Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 14, Evening. A delegation of prominent citizens, representing the nine Southern States, have had an interview with President Johnson, to affirm their allegiance to the constitution and the union, and express confi dence in the President's policy towards the South. Mr. Johnson, in replying to the sentiments expressed by the delegation, said he was glad to see the Southern people, after submitting the question of secession to the arbitrament of the sword and having lost the cause, now frankly admitted their defeat, and were willing to become good citizens. The Government would do all in their power to restore civil autho rity in the South, and he hoped to see them again fully enjoying the old . position in the Union. The Government had no disposition to deal harshly with the South, notwithstanding the speeches pub lished in various quarters breathing a different spirit. Though dreading disintegration he strongly opposed consolidation. The delegation thanked the President for the generous and magnanimous expression of his kindly feeling towards the South. It is reported that all troops, except for garrison duty, will be recalled from the Southern States. The conflict between the civil and military autho rities in South Carolina has been amicably arranged. The civil courts will settle all cases except those in which negroes are concerned. These latter will be decided by the Provost Marshal's Court. Orders have been issued to muster out all northern coloured troops, in Virginia, Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, an influential member o the Radical Republican party, has made a speech urging wholesale confiscation, and the treatment of the South as a conquered people until they were fit to form State Constitutions, when Congress, if it thought proper would readmit them into the Union. President Johnson's plan of reconstruction was illegal. The sovereign power of the nation was lodged in Congress. and if Congress declared the South to be a con quered enemy, reconstruction would be easy and legitimate. The South Carolina election of delegates to the Convention for amending the Constitution took place on the 4th inst. The ticket representing the former rebels was carried by a large majority. The Federal troops arc preparing to evacuate Mississippi. Orders have been given for all coloured troops in North Carolina, who were enlisted in Northern States, to be mustered out. . Cotton at Memphis has advanced from 38 to 45 cents per lb. for mid llin g. The Hibernia, City of New York, Teutonia, and Bremen have arrived out. The French frigate Themis has arrived at New The Asia has arrived at Halifax. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 14, Evening. It is reported that the Government will propose to fund a portion of the interest bearing currency into $5-20 Bonds. Money easy. Gold, 1431. Exchange on Lon don, 156 ; on Paris, 362 f. Stock heavy. - New York Centrals, 91 ; Illinois, 126 ; Erie, 861 ; 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 107 i. Cotton very firm ; M. Up. land, 35. Flour dull. Wheat dull. Corn quiet. Provisions inactive. Coffee steady. Sugar steady. Molasses quiet. Petroleum very firm : Crude, 353- ; Refined, 593. MEXICO. NEW YORK, SEPT. 16. News received here from Vera Cruz to the 16t inst. announces that General Bazaine had officially reported that General Briancourt entered Chihuahua on the 15th ult. Juarez fled to Paso dcl Norte. The Imperialists captured 25 cannon. Captain Gamier occupied Ilemosillo on the 20th July without firing a shot. All was well in Sonora. The Emperor Napoleon's fête day was celebrated in Mexico with great ceremony. Marshal Bazaine reviewed the troops in the city. The Emperor Maximilian attended divine service in the Cathedral. Native Mexican troops have been substituted for be French along the line of the Rio Grande. THE OVERLAND MAILS. THE BOMBAY MAIL. • MALTA, SEPT. 22. The Poonah left at 10 a.m., and the Nyanza at 3 p.m. to-day, for Marseilles and Southampton respectively. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Tanjore, from Southampton the 12th inst., reached Malta at 8 a.m. yesterday, and left at 9 a.m. to-day for Alexandria. The Syria, from Marseilles on the 20th instant, arrived at 5 p.m. to-day, and will leave at 10 a.m. to-morrow for Alexandria. attention, and when they contain serious errors to make known the real facts by means of commu- niques. " This line of conduct," says the Minister, "must be pursued persistently in order to prove efficacious; but your interference must not degenerate either into abusive communications or irritating polemics.' BOURSE, Sept. 22.—Two o'Clock.—The market has recovered from the inactivity it exhibited yes terday, caused by rumours which had, in fact, no foundation. Threes are now buoyant at 68f. 40c., and Mobilier Shares at 821 f. 23c. Italian Fives, however, as an exception to almost every other Stock, are flat, and have fallen below 66f. Three o'Clock.--The market has sustained its improved tine to the end. Comptoir d'Escompte and Lom bard Shares, in particular, have advanced. Last quotations are as follows : 41 per Cents 97 1)o. end month Ditto Threes — Boman Mexican Loan 5l 50 Do. Bonds 333 75 Russian — Austrian Spanish Throes 44 25 Home Dobt Deferred - 3 per Cents. 6B 40 Do. end mouth _6B 474 Credit Mobilier 825 Do. end month 825 —. Bank Shares 3600 Credit Foncier 1325 Italian Loan 65 95 Do. end month 66 05 WAYS. Cash. Amt. ... 848 75 ItAILV Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Roman - - ... 1088 75 - - ... 875 - - - ... 560 - - - ... 533 75 - - .. . '232 50 - - .. . 412 50 456 25 - - ... 312 50 The Attack upon M. Ott. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) 220 - BERLIN, Sept. 22. The Courier of the Lower Rhine publishes a letter from Bonn describing the quarrel which resulted in the death of M. Ott in a very different manner to that in which it has been represented by the semi official Nord-Deutsche Allgenteine. The present ac count is as follows : "Now that the excitement as to the recent out rage has in some degree subsided, I hasten to give you some account of it. A one-year volunteer and two students belonging to the Borussen Club left the tavern near the railway at 10 a.m., and had al ready entered the town by the little gate when they heard loud cries in the Hofgarten. ' Stop ! ' said the volunteer, ' there's a row to be got up ! ' and the gate-keeper had to let them out again. They gave this man their purses and watches ; two going on towards the speakers, and the third remaining behind in the town. The two repeatedly stepped in the way of the persons coming in, notwithstanding that the latter said to them, ' If you want to quarrel go to healthy people ;we are invalids.' For the party consisted, besides the cook, Ott, who was unsteady on his legs, of a second man having a broken arm but just healed, and a third who had recently been laid up with a fractured leg. The cook had given a farewell supper at Klein's, upon the Coblenz Road, as he was to leave the following. morning ; and the three were going home peace ably through the Hofgarten. The volunteer named Count Eulenburg several times got in front of the cook to bar his progress, the cook as often begged the assailants to go home quietly and leave them in peace, till, finally, losing patience, he said, " What do you boys really want?" He immediately received a blow upon the head, sat down upon the ground, and re mained sitting while the other tussled. One of the cook's friends got hold of the sabre and hid it under his coat ; it was given up the next morning. One of Ott's friends was badly beaten, and as the whole party of the Bourssen came rushing out of the tavern to the spot they would, undoubtedly, have been still worse treated if a certain Herr von Witz leben had not recognised the groom of the chambers to Prince Alfred in one of Ott's party, who just came up. le called out, " Why, these are Prince Alfred's people !" whereupon the whole band of some 20 Borussen took to their heels, and poor Ott was carried home, where he died a few days after ' wards *in most dreadful anguish." The Northleutsche Allgenzeine likewise recurs to the case, pointing out that one of the students accompanying Count Eulenburg, lien von Brun neck, was badly hurt in the affray, and that no proofs exist of Count Eulenburg having been the actual author of Ott's death. The whole affair, concludes the Ministerial paper, was now in the hands of the Procureur-General. STAFE OP TRADE MANCHESTER, Sept. 22.—The market generally shows more buoyancy and elasticity to-day than it has done for a long period, and a very large business is doing both for yarns and cloths. There are mills still standing, and there are many looms in the mills that are working which are kept idle for want of weavers or sufficiently skilled workpeople ; but so far as the production goes it appears to be falling for the time behind the demand. In shipping yarns we have had a very excited market to-day, and a , very general advance has been paid for most counts and qualities, buyers for India, China, and most others of the principal markets being rather anxious to place orders. Prices have advanced, under these circumstances, hi. to 11d. per lb. on the rates of last Tuesday. Nearly all descriptions of these yarns are becoming exceedingly scarce. Many of our spinners have entered into contracts to-day that will take them into November for completion. In home-trade yarns the market is also strong as to prices, and a fair business is doing. There is a de mand for most numbers of yarn for manufacturers, and of some descriptions the supply appears to be inadequate. For cloth we have had a very excited market to-day, with a considerable advance in prices for nearly all descriptions, but the great scarcity of goods available for delivery, and the heavy pre engagements of manufacturers, who have been en tering into contracts for some weeks past, preclude the possibility of a very large business being done. There are a great many orders in the market waiting to be placed, and eager buyers, but the scarcity of yarns, and especially of the finer sorts, prevents manufacturers from entering into the engagements they otherwise would. They are thus prevented from taking advantage of the greatly advanced quotations of goods, the prices of which, besides being extremely irregular, are, for all practical pur poses, in many cases only nominal. The demand embraces nearly all classes of goods, but the finer sorts of printing-cloths and cambrics for America, and longcloths for the Greek markets, are the goods principally in request. While, according to advices from the United States, the manufacturers there are fully engaged, the demand for cloths of various de scriptions is so great as to draw largely upon the supplies of this country, and thus orders have been gradually accumulating here for some time past. N OTTINGH AM, 22d.—At the Exchange-hall to-day there was a fair attendance, and the demand for lace yarns wag firm. Prices for fine numbers were 3d. to Gd., and for coarse and medium ditto ld. to 2d. per lb. higher than on Tuesday. The demand L forhosiery yarns was steady, at fully late prices. All , kinds of silks firm. There was a rather better demand for brown nets, and prices had a tendency to advance. WORTHY OF IMITATION.—The Chester magis trates have fined a man named Hickey for distributing in the streets the bills of a Bristol quack doctor. EXPLOSION AT A FIREWORK MANUFACTORY. — On Thursday evening an explosion occurred at a firework manufactory situate at Neehells, a suburb of Birmingham. Tho result was .that ono man, named George Merricks, was burnt to death on the spot, and his brother, Mr. John Mcrricks, the owner of the manufactory, also received such serious injuries that he died a few hours after the occur rence. A young girl was also much injured. The precise cause of the accident has not been ascertained.. The movements of the precious metals during the past week have been on a very limited scale. The imports have only been to the extent of £88,998, chiefly from America and Austria, while the ex ports have .mounted to £188,566, a large propor tion of which haz been despatched to the East Indies and the Continent. THE GASTEIN CONVENTION. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 23. The IVord of to-day publishes a telegram from Paris, which says : " The text of Earl's Russell's circular upon the Gastein Treaty, published by the Indepelidance Beige, is an invention, the object of which was to create the belief that a good understanding existed between the English and French Cabinets. The circular of •M. Drouyn de Lhuys is alone au thentic." The Nord believes that it is able to guarantee the accuracy of the above intelligence. SPAIN• MADRID, SEPT. 22 (Evening). The Novedades of to-day says:—" Madrid will certainly escape the visitation of cholera; the pre vailing maladies arc the cholics usual at this season of the year, occasioned by excess in fruit." FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 23. The Minister of the Interior has addressed a cir cular to -the Prefect; dated Sept. 2 2 , in which he urges them to peruse the prOvincial newspapers with Metropolitan Board of Works. The first ordinary weeklymeeting of this board after the recess was held yesterday at the offices, Spring-gardens, Sir John Thwaites, the chairman, presiding. The cash statement showed that the balances in the hands of the treasurer were, on current accounts £371,960 Gs. 9d. ; on deposit accounts, £120,000 ; and on Govern ment securities, £18,198115. THE FIRE BRIGADE. The CHAIRMAN stated that there were two matters of great importance which would be referred to committees on Tuesday next. The first was the organisation of the Fire Brigade, and the other for consideration of the tenders for the embankment of the southern side of the Thames. He felt that it must be very gratifying to the board to find that the Thames was in so satisfactory a condition, consi dering the state of the weather and the very small quantity of water coining clown it. (Hear, hear.) That fact was attributable to the main drainage. EARL, DUFFIELD, AND BATTLE-BRIDGE MAIN SEWERS. The CHAIRMAN opened the tenders forthe reconstruction of these sewers, and they were as follows:—Mr. W. Dethic, £85,500 ; Messrs. Hill and Reddie, £94,000; Mr. Webster, .Z 102,000 ; Mr. T. Pearson, £90,000 ; and Mr. E. Thirsk, £99,959. Mr. Dethic's tender was accepted, subject to the usual conditions. THE NEW STREET TO THE MANSION-HOUSE AND THE SOUTHERN EMBANKMENT. On the motion of Mr. DALTON, new accounts wore autho rised to be opened at the Bank of England for the new street from Blackfriars to the Mansion-house, and for the Southern Embankment. ASSESS3IENT OF TIIE METROPOLIS. Mr. DALTON submitted for approval a statement from the Finance Committee showing the annual value of the property in the City of London and other parts of the me tropolis, estimated according to the estimate or basis on. which the county rate is assessed, or according to a like estimate, together with the sums to be assessed thereon in respect of the Metropolis Main Drainage Rate of 3d. in the pound, 1865-6, and recommending that the necessary pre cepts be sealed and issued. Ile congratulated the Board on the increasing assessments in the metropolis, and moved that the report of the committee be approved. The following is the assessment of the different parishes, districts, &c., in the metropolis : _ . _ City of London ... St. Marylebone St. Pancras Lambeth ... St. George's Hanover-sqre. St. Mary, Islington .St Leonard, Shoreditch Paddington:— S t. Matthew, Bethnal-green St. Mary, Newington, Sur- rey ••• ... ... Camberwell St. James, Westminster ... St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell Chelsea ... St. Mary Abbotts, Kensiu„7- ton ••• ... ... St. Luke, Middlesex .. St. George - the - Martyr, Southwark Bermondsey ... St. George• in-the-East ... St. Martin-in-the-Field ... Hamlet of Mile-end, Old- Town ... Woolwich ... ilotherhithe ••• ... St. John, Hampstead ... Woolwich District ... Westminster District ... Greenwich District ... Wandsworth District ... Hackney District ... St. Giles District ... Holborn District ... Strand District Fulham District Limehouse District Poplar District ... St. Saviour District ... Plumatead District ... Lewisham District St. Olavo District ... The Charterhouse, Gray's- inn The Close of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter ... Inner Temple ... ... Middle Temple ... ... Lincoln's-inn ... ... Staple-iun ... ... Furnival's-inn ... ... 182 10 0 57,105 ... 713 16 3 I Making a total of £14,524,797 £181,559 19 3 Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said if the re-assessment had been made year by'year the amount would be much greater than it was now. A few years ago the assessment of the city was £900,000, ant,l'now it was £1,411,000, or about 50 per cent. greater than it was at that time. Whenever there had been an opportunity of increasing the assessment the city bad done it. Ho therefore thought the city had dono its duty, and bad done a great deal more than the county had. Mr. HEALFY maintained that the county had done its duty also, and that the assessment was increasing there as well as in the city. Mr. NEWTON thought they had nothing to congratulate themselves upon the assessment being very high. The only result of that would be that the rates would enable the board to pay off the money they had borrowed for the very large works it had undertaken a few years earlier than it would have been in the ordinary course, so that the present ratepayers would bo paying the whole cost of those great works. The CHAIRMAN reminded Mr. Newton that they had only a certain amount to raise, and when thelouso property in creased the rate would be reduced. Mr. NEWTON said, from his experience, each person paid as much when the assessment had increased as he did be fore. Mr. FREEMAN said there was a suspicion against the city of London that they did not do their duty, and he thought it would be better if they had removed it. lie suggested that the most satisfactory mode would be to have an uniform system of rating. The motion was carried unanimously, and the precepts were ordered to be issued. THAMES EMBANKMENT, NORTH. Mr. DAZALGETTE 7 the engineer to the board, brought up his monthly report. It stated that during the seven weeks .ending the 20th inst. 19,711 cubic yards of filling-in mate rial had been supplied to No. 1 contract from the land and '23,778 from the river. None . bad been supplied to No. 2 contract. The quantity supplied from the first weekly re turn was—to No. I contract, 96,207 cubic yards from the land, and 152,844 from the river; to No. 2 the quantities supplied were 6,861 cubic yards from the land, and 10,176 front the river. THAMES EMBANKMENT, MAIN DRAINAGE, &C., WORKS- ACCIDENTS. Mr. VAZALGETTE reported that two fatal accidents had occurred at the Thames Embankment works to men who had been working at the cranes, and in each case verdicts of "Manslaughter" bad been returned. He also reported that on the 14th inst. three men were overcome by foul air in the sewer in Blackman-street, one of whom was able to get out before he became insensible, but the other two were rescued by two persons—the one named Butter (a carpen ter) and the other Evans (a watchmaker) —who risked their own lives to save those of the workmen. He recommended that the Main Drainage Committee should consider whether the board would give those men any acknowledgment for their gallantry. The report was approved. The CHAIRMAN said he regretted to have to inform the board that a water company was making an attempt to break up the new street that the board had made in South wark for the purpose of laying down pipes. They had con structed a subway at vast expense, and it was greatly to be regretted that the street should be broken up, instead of the company carrying up their pipes through the subway. - - - - - The street, if once broken up, would never be so sound and level again. He was very sorry the board had not the power of compelling them to make use of the subway. Mr. BIDGOOD asked whether they could not get an in junction against the company. The CHAIRMAN said they could not. The company had statutory powers, and the Court of Chancery could not interfere with them. The routinue business was then dispoeed of, and the Court adjourned. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Sept. 23.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CLYDE, Sept. 22.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—St. Andrew for Quebec. GUERNSEY, Sept. 21.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Corea, for Pernambuco. FALMOUTH, Sept. 22.—Wind W.—Arrived -Magician, 'rom Mexico. • ------ WRITEHAVEN, Sept. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ber bice, from Quebec, LIVERPOOL, Sept. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Comorn , front Calcutta; Victory, from New York; Red Jacket, from Calcutta. NEWPORT, Sept. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Albion, from Gurracha. SWANSEA, Sept. 21.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Pandom, for Madeira. GLOUCESTER, Sept. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—GaLttee. from Quebec. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.I GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 22— L ander, from Antwerp ; Maid of Athens, from Riga. Arrived, Sept. 23-31Oselle, from Antwerp ; Trial,Re. ward, and Amelia , from Gurnsey ; Clyde, from Windau Freeman, from Gothenburg. DEAL, Saturday Morning. No arrivals. CRYSTAL PALACE.--O. sTE SHILLING DAY.--Yes tdathe admissions an payment were 3 , 581 ; d o. b y sO r aso: tickets, 1,178; total visitors, 4,759. Annual value of sums to be l'ro, erty. a sae A.d. ... £1,411,110 ... £17,638 17 6 1;053,748 ... 13,171 17 0 925,872 ... 11,573 8 0 637,000 ... 7,96210 0 1,076;272 ... 13;453 8 0 777,632 9 , 720 8 0 386,044 ... 4;825 11 0 758,344 ... 192,116 ... 9,479 6 0 2,401 9 0 240,000 ... 3,000 0 0 250,000 462,032 3;125 0 0 5,775 8 0 242,524 ... 3,301 11 0 299,868 ... 3,748 7 0 501,132 ... 6.294 3 0 186,452 ... 2,330 13 0 146,000 ... 1,825 0 0 150,000 ... 1,875 0 0 196,917 ... 2,461 9 3 265,336 ... 3,316 14 0 191,056 ... 2,388 4 0 83,000 ... 1,037 10 0 83,500 ... 1,043 15 0 147,624 ... 1,845 6 0 276,530 ... 3,456 12 6 339,660 4,245 15 0 269,036 3,362 10 0 361,400 ... 4,517 10 0 370,616 ... 4,632 14 0 277,412 ... 3,467 13 0 194,619 2,432 14 9 286,808 ... 3,585 2 0 171,876 ... 2,148 9 0 234,608 2,932 12 0 344,320 ... 4,304 0 0 161,000 ... .2,050 0 0 173,246 2,165 11 6 214,682 ... 2,683 10 6 110,700 1,383 15 0 14,600 ... wo wow. 0. 1 (rant t HER MAJESTY. BAL3IORAL, Sept. 22. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, and attended by Lady Churchill and Lieut.-General the lion. C. Grey, lode over the hill to Invermark, where her Majesty slept on Tuesday night at Lord Dalhousie's shooting lodge, and returned to Bal moral the same way on Wednesday evening. Prince Amadeus. His Royal Highness Prince Amadeus arrived in Dublin on Wednesday evening, accompanied by big Excellency the Italian Minister, and attended by the officers in his suite. The royal prince was re ceived by the Chevalier Marani, Italian consul, and at once proceeded to the Gresham Hotel. After his arrival the prince went to the Italian Opera, and on Thursday morning visited the Exhibition. It is expected that his royal highness will prolong his stay in Ireland until the close of the ensuing week. -Ow Queen Emma of Hawaii. Yesterday her Majesty Queen Emma and suite left the Bishop's Palace at Ely for Cambridge, Lord Charles and Lady Harriet Hervey accompanying her Majesty. The royal party started from Ely by• express train in a saloon 'carriage, and arrived in Cambridge about 20 Minutes after 9 o'clock. It comprised her Majesty Queen Emma, Lady Frank lin, Lord and Lady Hervey, Miss Cracroft, the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Hoapili, and the Rev. Mr. Cutts. From the Cambridge Railway Station, where a great crowd was in waiting, the royal party drove at once to Mr. Vice-Chancellor's Lodge at St. Peter's College (the Rev. Dr. Cookson's), for breakfast. A tour of visits was then made to the various ob jects of interest which abOund in Cambridge. The first place visited was the Fitzwilliam Museum, when the party proceeded to several of the colleges and halls, and afterwards attended Divine service in King's College Chapel. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.—We believe there is now no doubt that the Prince and Princess of Wales will visit Dunrobin on or about the 28th of this month.—lnverness Courier. His Serene Highness Prince George of Solms has left Lord Lovat's seat in the north of Scotland, to be pre sent at the northern meeting, Inverness. THE EARL OF DERBY.—His Lordship was to have dined with the Mayor of Liverpool on Monday next, but yesterday his worship received a letter from the Coun tess of Derby stating that his lordship was suffering froul a severe attack of gout, and would not be able to keep the engagement. The rumour that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is to visit Knowsley on his return from Scotland is again revived. The Marquis of Hastings has recently returned home to Donnington Park, Leicestershire, from a yachting excursion on the coast of Norway. His lordship left Eng' land in July last, accompanied by a select party of friends , including her ladyship's brothers, Lord Alexander Page t and Lord Berkeley Paget, and several other friends. The Ladybird, in which his lordship sailed, was built expressly for the occasion, at (it is said) a cost of £B,OOO. It is fine specimen of yacht craft., and is a perfect model of its kind. Its burthen is 260 tons. Altogether there were BO persons on board. The party, went out intending to enjel some piscatorial sport on the coast of Norway, diversified by deer shooting in the country. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and Ladies Ashley are shortly expected to arrive in town from the Continent. The Earl Granville entertained the Earl de Grey► the Earl of Clarendon, and a select party at dinner last evening at his residence in Bruton-street. The Earl de Grey leaves town to-day on his re turn to Studley Park, his seat, near Ripon. Viscount Palmerston is daily regaining his strength from his recent attack of gout. Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Miss Jocelyn are expected to arrive in town next week from visiting the Lakes of Killarney. Lord Stanley, M.P., who came to town early in the week from Knowsley, has left St. James's-square on Continental tour. It is not his lordship's intention t ° return home till the end of January, that is to say, itt st before the meeting of Parliament. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have left Hughenden Manor for Ashridge Castle, 0 0 6 visit to Earl Brownlow and Lady Marian Alford. BYRON AND PALMERSTON AT HARROW.—Caps la Gronow of the Guards, whose amusing remillis" senses of his own family formed a very popular book ju st at the time when Palmerston, in his hale and hearty oct °- genarianism, was so admirably maintaining the neutrality of England amid the shoals and quicksands of the American civil war, records that, at Harrovi, " Byron hated Palmer sten, but liked Peel." And the chatty captain innocently adds in the immediate context a further sentence which entirely denudes Byron's " hatred" of Palmerston of the slightest disparaging weight. He adds—" Byron thoug ht that the whole world ought to be constantly engaged ie admiring his poetry and himself." This naive Or s° hits off Byron to a nicety. The world, which has ne sc ; adays much more unaffected reality' and earnestne ss of character, though much less spasm and dramatic Selo consciousness that it had in Byron's time, is pretty I re : convinced of the arrant intellectual foppishness of ths' ' illustrious poet of the second rank. We are glad th3t Byron is recorded to have hated young Temple Harrow. The " hatred," indeed, may have Oi se !' from the relative positions of the two young P eer ' Palmerston was Byron's senior by six rears; an d j °' ,; e, '. public school, in which fagging prevailed in an n em ' gated form, the occasion of the " hatred" caul 1 1 easily imagined. But, setting that aside, Byron Palmerston (that Is to say, if the boy Palmerston b°l,en any resemblance to the man Palmerston, as ave ha d known him) were precisely the men not to understand a n appreciate each other. One essential feature of Palrnerci ston's character all throughout has been an ilt absolutes incredulous scepticism of, and disgust at, any form of SO' conscious conceit. He could not underst and a person WU: was for ever fancying himself a ridiculous Corsair or CO ° Harold, who affected amours that d i d not e xi st , that he might be thought tr desperate Lovelace ; and, above ail " who put his head in curl-papers to make it Antinous who could not bear to see a hungry lady oat a mutton chop, and who himself dined on ship-biscuit and e ocl3 i water, that he might ward off the dreaded vulgarism obesity.—JPGilehrist's Life of Palmerston. NARROW ESCAPE OF A YOUNG LADY .- C1 the DROWNING.—On. Saturday last Miss Harvey/ -, daughter of Mr. Harvey, M.P., and Lady Henrietta Ilareve;.7; with her cousin, Miss Long, daughter of the Bev. ti ,e Long, of Newton, were bathing with several reesuu,llo of the family at Lowestoft. The sea was r ough , ; 1 110 tide, which was strong running out, quickly earr ied ,vo two ladies further than they intended, when a large 1 " 0 ,1 raised Miss Long, who could not swim, off h er feet, :qv she was swept out by the current. Miss Llarven „ le d was standing some yards off, could swim, and proceeiria to her cousin's assistance. She had the presence a rA, p , to give her cousin her hand to buoy i t the at the same time calling loudly for assistance to bathing-machine man. Mrs. A. Johnstone, a 'l l l°, blis s Yoxford, who also swims, was bathing, and hearingbn t he Harvey's cries for help, called to the bathing ° ssiet shore, who himself was unable to give the requ isite IL deep ance. Miss Long, as soon as ,she found herself in _ a, water, fainted, but Miss Harvey, who had seized her bn a did not lose her presence of mind, but retained her Dl u e of her cousin, and, floating, endeavoured to sustaio_ I ' l3o The cries for assistance by Mrs. Johnstone attracted:., attention of Sir Henry Pottinger, Captain Finch, whos:e; stlying at Lowestoft, Captain Edwards, and Capt. If_ pert of the recruiting service. These gentlemen threw OR of their clothes and swa m out to the assistance of the ladr.,lo They saw only one ( Miss Harvey) floating on her back. :ve said, "Never mind me, I can manage to save myself ; s _ en is under water." One of the geotlee' my cousin, who 1 instantly dived and found Miss Long, still held tight I n the; the grasp of her cousin, and apparently dead. terval the bathing-machine man had run into the ses' e y, pus h e d a plank as far as he c ould towards Miss then b u t not near eno u g h. U pon this plank the geritfoisS immediately placed Miss Long, and swam with it en jo l 15 Harvey as far as they could, when they carrie d gissa Deve to shore insensible. Mr. Worthington, surgeon, ha' .0 to se nt for, and was happily at hand, and as he ran all o ne the shore he fortunately met Dr. Finch, the father e. ; of fl ied of the gentlemen mentioned, who instantly ac coue him, and they immediately employed the usu al restoring consciousness. After a considerable ti,c.eavel's efforts succeeded, and Miss Long was taken to gr. drya d residence on the Esplanade. The total want of all 0 . 1 ; 1 01 precaution at Lowestoft, where so many persons b 3te bs thit is surprising. No man connected with the many 2 , 0 machines can swim. There is no boat, no ro o ln o f tDv k buoy, and when poor Miss Long was brought 1'1'00;4: water there was no means of restoration a 831 _, bo ttl hand. The visitors brought out endless hot sv: t. t aili g tl pillows, and shawls, but Miss Harvey, notwiths:_. 1100140 shock she had had, was the first to bring hreil a (l) ,l tto r _ weeks ago a lady was nearly drowned, and , _7 O lo va ° written on the subject to the local papers, hl t tionTshheavbe rsoinnczeebesetnattaukee,n,moordaerelielidkelbyytoi3h;t:etn:e;ft.ot; chetti, of the late Lord Combermere was a __daes pedestal, opposite the Castle Gate, Chester, o