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The calamity is so great that it is difficult to realise it, and it seems to be long rather to the startling records of earlier ages than to the ordinary events of our every-day life. Fearful earthquakes, we are told, occurred on the 13th of August in Peru and Ecuador, in which from twenty-five to thirty thousand lives were lost. At first sight we might hope that the reality might have been less disastrous than the report, and that some degree of misapprehension or exaggeration had prevailed. Some time since one of the perio3ical convulsions of nature in tropical cli mates occasioned much distress. A report gained ground that a whole ishtnd had been submerged, and for some d:l\ s great uncertainty prevailed. Happily it turned out that the truth was much less terrible, and the lo .is was c o mparatively s nal'. In the present case, howeve7 . , there is litt:e ground for hop .. In the first plac2, the communication be twe:.m _North and South America is touch more direct and certain than that wi:h any outlying itd.tit,l:;, and the date of the news from Phila delphia is jast one month later than the first day of the catastrophe, s) that it is not a mere random rumour, but Dews founded on advice received simultaneously from many quarters. The destruction of eight cities, whose names are mentioned, besides smaller towns of Ecuador and Peru, leaves little ground for hoping that the loss of life can have been much less t wa3 reported. - 1.1 , ,) earthquakes, Trnicia com menced on the 13th of August, last2l three days, totally destroying the cities of Arequipa, chief tcwn of the Peruvian coast, province of that name, Arica, Iquique, Pisco, Ibarra, Tacunga, Tacna, Juan-Cavelica, and many others. In Peru the loss of life is estimated at 2,000, and in Ecuador at 20,000. Most of the inhabi tants of Arica and Arequipa escaped with their lives, but in other directions the loss of life was immense. In presence of such wholesale slaughter the destruction of property occupies a very secondary place, but it has necess trily been very extensive. It is roughly estimated at £60,000,000, but of course so soon after the cala mity it must have been impossible accurately to measure its extent. As is usually the case in earthquakes much damage was done by the tidal waves which followed, and many vessels were wrecked, among them being the American steamers Trenonia and Waterer, the British ship Chancellor, and the Peruvian ship America. We may form a faint conception of the violence of these waves from the fact that the Wa terer was carried half a mile inland. Mr. BILLING HURST and his family perished at Iquique. This gentleman is mentioned as the British Consul, but this is a mistake, since he was the representative of the Argentine Republic. It is scarcely necessary to add that there is great suffering among the survi vors, since the whole of the beautiful and fertile country which stretches between the Pacific and the Andes is a scene of desolation. Ibarra, in Ecuador, is within one degree of the equatorial line. Iquique, an island in the south of Peru, is more than a thousand miles distant from it, and while the latter is, as we have said, an island and seaport, I Ibarra stands high among the mountains. Pasco, which is reckoned to be the most elevated city of the world, stands or stood at an immense eleva tion, but whether on the coast or in the clouds, whether situated among the glowing verdure of the tropics or among the snowy peaks, " Where Andes, giant of the western sphere, Looks from his throne of clouds o'er half the world," One destruction appears to have been equally swift, conclusive, and terrible. All alike were seated on that beautiful but treacherous soil, which has so often converted fair and prosperous cities into desolate ruins, and changed a thriving popu lation into a few scattered groups of mourners. To us accustomed to colder and safer climates it appears marvellous that men should be found wil ling to risk their lives by dwelling in such plaices, but the story of Ilerculanmum and Pompeii is no new one. It woul t seem as though mrn grew as reckless as Nature in such in regions, that he was willing to enjoy her lavish gifts to-day with the chance of her sudden powers to-morrow. Accus tomed to violent shocks, to extremes of tempera ture, to tempests of terrific violence, the denizens in those volcanic regions would seem to hold life more lightly than the inhabitants of a temperate zone. Each, no doubt, has his advantages and his compensations, though it is not often the history of human suffering presents us with so startling and terrible a record as that of these Peruvian earth quakes. Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE has been addressing the electors of North Devon at considerable length, and the right hon. baronet spoke oat in his ttival straightforward manner. He declared that the position they were now in as a Government was neither very satisfactory to themselves nor very advantageous to the country, not being supported by a majority of the House of Commons. things are requisite in order that an Administration T tiro deserve the confidence and support of the country, that its policy be popular, and that it performs the business of the nation properly in the several de partmects of public business. We entirely agree with Sir S. NORTTICOTE that there is nothing for the Government to ba ashamed of for the manner in which they have conducted the public affairs of the country. Various circutn- stances might more or less affect the position of affairs, and as the right hon. baronet truly said, no Administration, Whig or Tory as they chance to be, ouglat to be blamed for what they cannot pre- vent. They must be judged according as they have done their best under the circumstances they find themselves in. Fair allowance should certainly be made for the present Government, for they assumed the responsibilities of office in most ad- verse times. The Fenian conspiracy was moat alarming when they came to conduct the councils of the country, and they were in no ways responsible, directly or indirectly, for it. It began some two or three years before they took office, and yet they had the awkward task of putting it down with a ne cessarily strong hand. The first winter during which this Government was in power was most painful, and the conspiracy may then be said to have reached its height, and those in authority who bad the most direct charge of preserving the public peace were greatly to be pitied for the burden ithat fell upon them. We are now happily free from anxiety on this score, but it, is only just at a time like a general election to look back and see what bas been done for the benefit of the country, and certainly no one has a right to deny that the Fenians would not have been put down so effectually if it had not been for the determined policy pur sued towards them. This, in connection with the line taken by the American Government, succeeded, and thus the mischievous effort was effectually checked. So far as foreign affairs stand the Go vernment is in a better position than when it came into office. The expenditure of the present Administration has been so sharply criticised that it is not sur prising a member of the same should speak on the subject. At the same time Sir S. NORTIICOTE spoke very moderately, and found no fault with those who declaimed against the expen diture, only adding that a good answer might be given to the charges preferred. The expenditure has been increased during the last two years. But why ? Because it was found absolutely necessary for the good of the country that it should be so. Nothing can be fairer than the way Sir S. N ORTII COTE put it to his hearers. If the late Go vernment want to take the credit of the improvements in the army, for which they issued a Commission to inquire, let them also take the responsibility ; but they wish to have the merit, and let others pay the bills they left behind. "Let us have it one way or the other," exclaims the Secretary for India, very justly, and we think even his opponents will agree that his demand is a fair one. We would direct particular attention to the remarks here male on the subject of the ray of our soldiers, because it is one too apt to be neglected or overlooked. Our army differs from those on the Continent because they are supported by conscriptions, while ours is an army of volunteers ; it becomes, therefore, , - )f consequence that all that can be done should be tried to improve the condition of the soldier. General PEEL did a good deal of service to the country by the spirited manner in which he took up the conversion of the weapons. At one of the Cabinet councils held at the time of the German war, General PEEL came down and said, " Here is a great war pu the Continent, a great TH E SUN, LONT)►ON, MONDAY* - EVENlNG;igrirrnltt tt 14, 1868-. L battle by the aid of ne77 weapons, and what is the position of England ? How many converted con verted breech-loaders do you you think we have in our our army ?" We all guessed, and he said. " You are all wrong, the number is twelve." Who can deny that the Government under such circum stances were bound to go boldly into the matter, and is it fair that the expenses they incurred in remedying the errors of their predecessors should be made the subject against them when their countrymen are about to pronounce judgment on them for the policy they have pursued. Tha next day Sir STAFFORD NORTIICOTE spoke again to a different audience, and touched upon other points connected with public affairs. The Reform policy of the Government had been made the subject of criticism in various quarters, and he took the opportunity of defending it and explaining the grounds upon which they acted. He did not take upon himself to pronounce the plan submitted to be most perfect, but it was the best they could offer under the circumstances of the case. Na tional education is a subject of grew, import ance, and its settlement in some shape or other cannot much longer be postponed. L'he Government are not to blame for the delay, for they had prepared a measure, but time prevented them from pushing it forward, and they were so anxious in the matter that they did not wait to lose the Session of the expiring Parliament. A good deal depends upon experience in deciding upon the details of a question of this sort, but Sir S. NORTH COTE very justly deprecated the plan now in vogue of throwing everything on the rates. This ten dency he thought ought to be " jealously watched," and the public will agree with him. Telegrams from the seat of war in South Ame rica report favourably of the progress of the Allies ; but we must not forget that all such information is received through interested channels. Thus the news which we publish this day was received from Lisbon by the Argentine Legation, and Lisbon, we can hardly fail to remember, is of close affinity to Brazil. The telegrams report that the garrison which had fled to the Chaco surrendered on the sth of August with 12 guns, seven standards, and many The squadron commanded the river as far up as Matto Grosso, and the ironclads were bombarding the camp of I,orEz at Tebicuary. The whole army, it is added, was marching on Tebicuary. Thus it is evident, even from these partial accounts, that LOPEZ is strongly entrenched at Tebicuary, acid the invaders are, in fac , , not actually aware of the extent of his resources. The Paraguayans have already shown their skill and strength in fortifications, as the long resistance of Ilumaita testifies, and even at the last the fort was evacuated by the defenders, not captured by the besiegers. The struggle, despite the congratula tions of the Brazilians, is not yet over, and the Allies will do more wisely to offer terms than to persist in pushing matters to extremity. arms. CORRESPONDEINE PROM PARIS, T (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, September 18, The proposed interview between the Emperor and the Queen of Spain has again made its appearance as a topic. This revival has been caused by the direct contradictions of the French and Spanish papers. The. Ifloticiero of Madrid says that preparations for an interview are being made at San Sebastian. The Constitutionnel, on the other hand, formally contradicts in toto the report If an interview. As to the state of Spain itself, some details of importance have just come to hand. It is said that several sergeants of artillery stationed at Madrid, having been suspected by the secret police, have been arrested. Several officers in garrison at Tarragona and Badajos have been dismissed from their commands, on account of suspected com plicity with revolutionary chiefs. Madrid appears to be well-nigh in a state of siege, for strong detachments of the civil guard patrol Madrid night and; day. Another circumstance, almost incredible, is related by the Correspondencia. The military governor of Lerida has published an ordinance, by which it is stipulated that all architects and builders who con struct any wall or any other edifice whatever, without giving notice to the commandant of the place, shall suffer one month's imprisonment. The same rule is to apply to repairs. A title of a high grade, to be conferred upon Marshal Niel for his successful reorganisation of the French army, is amongst the on dits of the day. A cafe in the Rue du Faubourg Saint Martin has assumed the title of " Cafe de is. Lanterne Rochefort." It is staking its existence for a name. Holland is following in the wake of the reaction against the punishment of death. An abolition measure is being prepared for the next session. Nothing, I believe, has yet been decided respecting the Mexican bondholders. It is remarkable that, after the law of indemnity has been passed for two months, the Government is unable to decide to what extent the unhappy victims shall be reimbursed. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are very bad. At Mulhouse, Lille, Saint-Etienne, and Roubaix there is nothing doing. In the great commercial ports a similar stagnation prevails. The centralisation of capital and the loss of confidence, which has not yet been re covered, are answerable for this state of affairs. The small capitalists persist in lending their money on security, whilst the industry which formerly flourished is lan auishing around them. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. Monday, Sept. 14, 3 a.m. N . E. E. S. E. E. S. E. E. S. E. E.N.E. E. S. E. N.E. E. N. E. K N.E. N.E. N.E. N.E. N.E. S.S.E. E. S E. E. N. L•. N. E. S. S. E. N.E. L.Y.L. N .E. MR. GLADSTONE'S BEPLY TO BI TRADUCERS. A statement having been made charging Mr. Gladstone with having "made a bargain with the Roman Catholics o give them a million of money out of the disendowed rich Church," the Literal candidate for Burnley re enly wrote to the right hon. gentleman asking if here was any foundation for the accusation, and he has calved the following reply : —"lnce Blundell Hall, 7th September, 1868.—My dear sir, the stories to which 'ou refer about engagements of mine to the heads ,f the Roman Catholic Church, or intercourse with Some respecting the Irish Church question, are die falsehoods. Permit me respectfully to suggest hat when statements of this kind are circulated, he proper course may be to inquire on what authority :hey rest. This course will at once dispose of them. When there is some kind of evidence in support of such rumours it is not unfair to ask the person who is he subject of them to contradict them. Contradiction, when there is no such evidence, ought not to be called tor. I have myself to blame, for having, at an early period of this controversy, with a view to satisfy 'he public mind, contradicted, perhaps too readily, a variety of ingenious rumour; for which there was no more excuse or apology in any part, or in any ostensible appearance, than there is for the statement you men ticn. You will not understand me to flue' fault with your inquiry ; and perhaps, if you will give publicity to this letter, which I lose no time in writing, it may have the effect of checking, in some degree, the manufacture of these absurd fabrications, which are put to do duty in the absence of argument against us.—l remain, my dear sir, yours very faithfully, W. E. GLADSTONE.—R. B. Shaw, Esq." airn Aberdeen Leith Shields Scarborough Yarmouth fielder , Cuxhaven Skudesnres Ardrossan Greencastle Holyhead Liverpool Valen Cape Clear Roche's Pt. Penzance Plyrn ou tb \Vertu° uth Pprtsmo uth Cfmdon C'peGris Nez Brest .. L'Orient Roch efort Biarritz Corunna.... Brussels.... Paris •,• • .. Strasbourg.. Lyons .. Toulon Heart's Con tent (6 n-rn local time) 30'365, METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. 33'131. 30"101. 30111. 30'061. 30'03f. 23'951. N.E. E.N.E. E.N.E. N.N.E. 1 4 3 6 4 Extreme 2 1 2 6 5 6 EXPLANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to ::2 deg. a sea level. The letter r., rising; f.. falling; s., steady—indicate direction of niotionof the mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with itaDirection during last 24 hours. Z.—calm. Weather : b.—blue sYy ; c.—clouds. detached ; I.—fog ; h.—hail; I.—lightning m.—misty. hazy :o.—oY icast, dull; r.- rains.—snow. t.—thunder. Bain-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 hours. Sea disturbance. REMARKS. Atmospherical pressures are less at all stations than they were yesterday. The change has been about one-tenth of an inch. but readings on the west coast of France are a little higher. The greatest pressures are in Scotland : there is a difference of nearly half an inch between those at Nairn and Biarritz. Temperature has diminished since Saturday and is now generally low. Strong easterly winds prevailed yesterday on our Channel coast, whilst a fresh easterly wind was general. It is still fresh in the south of England, but mode rate elsewhere. The weather is cloudy or overcast. The sea is du Curbed in the English Channel. The treaty between Russia and Bukhara has not been sanctioned by the Czar. The most in p slant stipulation was that which permitted the Russ=ians to build canton ments in three commanding pOsitions. One is on the route from Samarcand to Affghanistan, the second is a little to the south of the Oxus, and the third is on the road between Bokhara and Samarcand. As the Emir of Bukhara, the other party to the treaty, is dead, the relei,:ns between Russia and this part of Asia may be again seriously modified. The direct telegraphic cable between England and Denmark is now open. The Northern Daily Express pub lishes the first mes sa g e, which was sent on Friday by King Christian, from Bernstorff, to the Queen, at Windsor. It is as follows :—" I avail myself with sincere pleasure of the newly-established direct communication between our countries to congratulate you on your safe return home." by l an attack on the 30th h '!'lie frontier d e s pa t o c fh India o f a v a a r sg caused aus military force to the north westof July by a large body of men belonging to an indepen dent tribe. The assault was made on a village to the north-east of Peshawur. The small body of police sta tioned at the village defended themselves bravely, and the natives, after securing some plunder, retreated. Several natives were ;killed on each side, The Bombay Gazette says there is not a more dangerous part of the frontier than that at which this disturbance has occurred. The wild tribes who inhabit the fastnesses in this direc tion are endowed with a more than ordinary share of reli gious bigotry, and have a disturbing e l emen t i n t h e i r midst in the person of Feroze Shah. It seems likely that most of the Cabinet Ministers in the Lower House will have to undergo a contested election. Even Mr. Disraeli is to be opposed, for the first time (if we except the eccentric Dr. Lee's scarcely serious candidature in 1852) since he was returned second on the poll for Shrewsbury. It is a little curious that both at this election and the last the Premier for the time being should have to go to the poll for the first time since 1841. Sir John Paking ton also is to be opposed, after having enjoyed an even longer undisturbed tenure of his seat. He has sat fir Droitwich without a contest since 1837, and we believe that his only experience of contested elections dates as far back as 1835 and 1833, when he unsuccessfully fought the Con servative battle for West Worcestershire against Mr. Winnington. Lord Stanley is not more used to election battles. He became member for King's Lynn, unopposed, in 1848, on the sudden death of Lord George Bentinck. In 1852 he defeated Mr. Pashley. In 1857 and 1859 he was returned without opposition, together with Mr. J. H. Gurney. In 1865 the Conservatives put up two candidates, but while Lord Stanley was at the head of the poll, his comrade, the Hon. F. Walpole, was only third, having been beaten by Sir T. Fowell Buxton, the present Liberal member. There is to be another contest at the ensuing election. Lord John Manners has to go to the poll by reason of a split in the Conservative party, which has led to the nomi nation of three Conservative candidates ; it is scarcely likely, however, that the First Commissioner of Public Works will be last. Sir S. Northcote has c7aimed the (perfectly indefeasible) right to introduce a co'league to the electors of North Devon, with the hope of ejecting Mr. Adam!. Mr. Corry and Mr. Hardy are more fortunate than the other Commoners in the Cabinet. The first has represented Tyrone since 1826, and no attempt will be made to disturb his forty-two years' tenure of office. The second will, thanks to the Act which virtually enfran chised the country clergy, no doubt be returned without further trouble than addressing a letter of thanks to the Vice-Chancellor. Of members of the Government who are not in the Cabinet, several will have to fight. Among them are the Attorney-General at Exeter, the new Solicitor-General at Hereford, and Viscount Royston. a penny towards no lS i r y r o . aNisi-(iiiiiclieatsutribe,scrreifbuisnegs t 0 0 0 i t m lo y e expenses of Mr. his own. The consequence is, that a large number of M.P.'s are coining forward with handsome contributions towards the election expenses of a member who, aY: M. P. for Westminster, h as the good fortune to represent pretty nearly half the M.P.'s in the Mouse of Commons. Mr. Gladstone heads the list, and besides him are Lord F. Cavendish, Viscount Arnberley, Baron Rothschild, llama 11. eyer de Rothschild, the Hon. Chichester Fortescue, Hon. F. Leveson Gower, Mr. G. G. Glyn, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Seely, Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Morrison, Nfr. Evans, and Mr. M. Cliambrs. There are many other politicians of note ; also literary men, like Mr. Grote, Sir C. Lyell, Sir C. Trevelyan, Mr. Goldwin Smith, Pro fessors Cairnes and Newman. Several Oxford dons sub scribe. The ladies bring up the rear, and testify to their adMiration of the advocate of women's rights in a sub stantial manner. Among them are Miss Martineau, and the wives of ex-M.P.'s—Mrs, Fawcett, Mrs. P. A. Taylor, Mrs. Stansfeld, and Mrs. Jacob Bright. One admirer of Mr. Mill has not found 'his enthusiasm languish even under the tropical and enervating heat of Sierra Leone 14 hat nut home tlvtty gmbleas, BULL-FIGHTING IN SPAIN. Some interesting statistical details relative to the Tau romachian art have recently been going the rounds of the Spanish papers. It is asserted that the passion for bull fighting is by no means on the decline in Spain. The following figures will chew that the art is flourishing, if not actually on the increase. In 1866 there were 101 bull-rings; of these 36 belonged to the capital towns of provinces, and the remaining 65 to places of less importance. The chief towns unprovided with plazas are the Canaries, Corunna, Genoa, Huelva, Leon, Lerida, Lugo, Malaga, Orense, Oviedo, Pontevedra, Tarragona, Viscaya, and Zamora. The pro vinces which possess the greatest number of bull-rings are those of Badajos, which owns nine ; Cadiz, which owns six ; and Huelva, which has five. The finest bull-ring in Spain is that of Valencia, which possesses 16,826 seats ; next comes that of Barcelona, which has 11,972 seats ; and then the chief bull-ring of Madrid, which has 9,766 seats. Although this last ring is not the first in size in Spain, it is the first in import ance, because therein the bull-fights are more numerous and better than elsewhere in the country. Every Sunday afternoon in Madrid during the season the bull-ring is, as a matter of course, as crowded as the Prado is at night. The total number of bull-fights which took place in Spain in 1861 Wa3 245, while in 1866 the number had increased to 330. But in addition to these first-class fnncioncs, every town in the land has its " novillos" or fight with young bulls at the end of the harvest time, and in all the principal cities there exist clubs of amateur bull fighters. In sTaiaga, which is without a stone bull-ring, It. 'to 1 9 - 1 6 -14 -12 - 1 4 -14 _ . e number of those societies is considerable, and there, as - 4 well as in Seville, amateur performances take place con -5 4 tinually.— G ibr«ltar Chronicle. -I -Ii THE BELGIAN NATIONAL RIFLE MEETING. The directors of the Belgian Tir National, which opens on the 20th instant, have just issued their prize regula tions. Besides the vast number of prizes thrown open to all corners, the King has given £l5O for English competi tion, and the English committee have given £l5O for the benefit of Belgians and English. The " all-comers" prizes are shot for at 225 metres and 550 metres— equal to about 250 and 500 yards in round figures. The targets are on the Swiss principle, and the competitions are divided into two classes ; the " volonte," in which the competitor enters as often as he likes on payment of a franc and a half for every five shots ; and the " rifle fix 4," in which two series of five shots each are given for a payment of five francs the two. In both classes there are prizes given by the King, the Count de Flandre (president d'honneur of the Tir), the Govern ment, the city of Brussels, and the commune of Shaer back. The prizes are various, some consisting of purses containing two, three, or four hundred francs, others are for a dozen silver spoons and forks. The construction put on the words " arms of war" may be explained to mean arms which have both sights on the barrel, and the back sight moved by the hand; that is, the sliding bar mustbe without the screws and mechanical contrivances so much in vogue at Wimbledon. The foresight must be uncovered, and the " undercut " or " bend " sight is forbidden. The plain military knife-edge sight is allowed ; but as long as there are no screws or cover it is not absolutely necessary that this sight should be altogether fixed ; but it may be, like the early Whitworths, removable from the sight block. Above all things, it is necessary that every "arm of war" shall be capable of bearing a bayonet (sword or otherwise). This is " removed during the firing. The above are the regulations for the Tir National prizes, and with respect to the special English volunteer prizes it may be acceptable information to many that £l2O of the King's donation has been distributed in prizes for Enfield rifles, while £3O will be given to all military rifles. The second £l5O will be also shot with by the English with the Enfield. The entrance fee, 10s., to en title the volunteers to compete, must be paid at once, and franks the volunteer to all the English committee's com petitions, and to reduced railway fares to Brussels, which will be, to those who take the short sea route, about half the usual fares. The Great Eastern offers to take volun teers by the Hanvich and Antwerp route on the 19th by rail and boat, so as to reach Brussels on Sunday morning ; for the return ticket, 30s. first class, and £1 second class. The passage boats by this route are very good. At Downpatrick there is only one £lO lodger who is desirous of the right to vote. At Carrickfergus also there was only ono claimant, who, moreover, was unable to estab lish his claim, and was consequently struck off. " Sir Roger Doughty Tichborne," the claimant to the Ticbborne baronetcy and estates, was among the pas sengers by last week's West India mail from Southampton, his destination being Moo Janeiro. It is stated that as soon as the proper steps can be taken, the Bermuda dock be sent round to Portland, where its utility can be practically illustrated by some of the largest and heaviest ironclad& being docked and cleaned. At the meeting of the Tipperary Farming Society the other evening, the model leases of Mr. Scully were gene rally condemned. That gentleman is now said to be in Lon don, for the purpote of obtaining medical aid for the removal of one of the slugs from his neck. The Lambeth Lodger Franchise Association have resolved to ask the candidates for the representation of that borough for assistance in liquidating the expenses of preparing lodger claims, arid in defending them before the revising barrister. THE BERMUDA DOCK.—It is stated that as soon as the proper steps can be taken, the Bermuda dock will be sent round to Portland, where its utility can be practi cally illustrated by some of the largest and heavies iron clads being docked and cleaned. A telegraphic despatch has been received by hei Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, from her Majesty's Chargts d'Affaires at Lisbon, stating that a decree of the Board of Public Health, dated the 11th inst., declares all English ports free from cholera, and that arrivals therefrom are no longer subject to quarantine. An accident which happened on Saturday will prevent the " Captive" balloon from making the con templated ascent from the grounds of Ashburnbam House. A gasometer is in course of construction for the purpose of ensuring a constant supply of hydrogen to the balloon. A steam fire-engine was employed to fill the well under the gasometer, when some of the sparks were carried to the retorts, and sixteen of these exploded. Some of the frag ments were driven over the lofty screen surrounding the balloon, and the ascents are, as a consequence, suspended. FRENCH GALLANTRY.—An inhabitant of Gran act (Tarn et Caroline) sold his wife and horse a few days ago for £B. The following are terms of the sale :—The price to be paid in two payments. The price of the horse is £6, of the wife £2. The wife to be delivered without , shoes—the horse to retain his bridle. The notary of the place having ref used to be connected with the affir, the, parties entered a cabaret and drew the co',iract them selves, which is signed by four witnesses. In no part of the country has, the new Highway Act been more strenuously oppos-4 than in the North Rid ing, and four of the parishes 'nave even gone so far as to openly resist it. Proceedings were taken against the de , faulCng overseers; their cows and sheep wore seized, and on Thursday the same were offered for sale at Scarbro' The farmers, who had protested against the adoption of the Act, attended in largo numbers, and cheered vociferously as they saw the lots knocked down at ludicrously low figures. The sale was a complete failure. Mr. Cayley, the candidate for the North Riding, improved the occasion by delivering ttal addrees. He promised to vote for the repeal of the obzt9XioEs LATEST INTELL [MEN CL. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) FEARFUL EARTHQ 4 EJAKES IN PERU. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13, 1 p.m. Fearful earthquakes happened in Peru and Ecuador on the 13th of August. Twenty-five or thirty thousand lives were lo6t, and property destroyed to the amount of £60,000,000. The cities of Arequipa, Iquique, Moquehna, Arica, Tacunga, Ibarra, Tacna, and many others were destroyed. The huge tidal waves which followed wrecked many vessels, and among others the American steamers Frenonia and Waterer, the Peruvian ship America, and the British ship Chancellor. The Waterer was carried half a mile inland. There was great suffering among the survivors. NEW YORK, Sept. 12, Night. According to advices received here from Central America, published in the New York papers, Arica, Arequipa, Islay, Iquique, Pisco, Juan-Cavelica, Ibarra, and numerous other towns of Peru and Ecuador were totally destroyed by a succession of earthquakes, which lasted from the 13th to the 16th of Angust. The loss of life in Peru is estimated at 2,000 and in Equador at 22,000. Most of the in habitants of the Peruvian seaport town of Arica and of Arequipa, chief town of the Peruvian coast pro vinceof Arequipa, escaped with their lives. The loss of property is estimated at p 00,000,000. Great damage was also done to shipping on the coast and the Chincha Islands. Mr. Billinghurst, the British (?) Consul at Iqui que, and his family have perished. NAVAL AND MILITARY _INTELLIGENCE There was a general full dress parade of the whole of the officers and men of the Royal Engineers at head-quarters, Chatham, in the square at Bronap ton barracks on Saturday morning for the purpose of witnessing the interesting ceremony of decorat ing those non-commissioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers to whom has been awarded silver medals, in accordance with clause 765 of the amended Queen's Regulations " for distinguished conduct in the field " with the Abyssinian troops. Nlajor-General J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8., read the orders from the Horse Guarth directing the pre sentation, and, after a brief address, presented the medals to each of the following non-commissioned officers :-2,808, Sergeant John Deans ; 4,037, Sergeant John Harrold ; 7,313, Second Corporal William Chamberlain; 4,389, Second Corporal Hugh M‘Donagli ; and, 7,386, Lance-Corporal Henry Bailey, A. Trop), Royal Engineer Train. Each of the non-commissioned officers decorated distinguished himself in a prominent manner at the capture of Magdalu, Sergeant Deans, Corporal N.l.‘Donagh, and Corporal Bailey being the first to enter that stronghold by scaling the walls, Corporal Bailey making the discovery of the lifeless body of Theodore almost immediately after his death. At the close of the presentation of the medals• the battalion of Royal Engineers marched past, and executed some other manoeuvres on the parade- ground. Her Majesty's iron screw troopship Simoom, 4, 400 horse power, Capt. T. B. Lethbridge, which arrived at Gravesend from Dublin with the depot of the 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment on board, disembarked her troops at Tilbury on Saturday, when the officers and men were forwarded by railway to Colchester, where the 48th depot is to be sta tioned. The Simoom afterwards received orders to proceed to Shoeburyness, where she will embark two batteries of the 6th Brigade Royal Artillery for conveyance to Portsmouth. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—•Lieut. Cecil G. S. Fol jambe, to the Malabar ; Lieut. Philip 11. Worgan, to the Canopus ; Lieut. G. J. Hanmer, to the Satel lite ; and Charles G. W. Aylen, to the Galatea. Some months since Mr. J. T. Bottle, of Great Yarmouth, having heard that in the con struction of a ventilator in the south wall of the nave of West Somerton church traces of colour had been detected, at once obtained permission from the churchwarden to clear off the numerous coats of whitewash. His exertions were rewarded by finding that the whole space between two of the early Eng lish windows of the nave, in length about 12 feet, was occupied by a very fine, large, and early painting re presenting " the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." Unfortunately the central portion of the upper part of the ptinting is irretrievably lost, the wall there having been re built some considerable time since, and the plaster at the lower right-hand corner is in a decayed state. The excellence of what remains makes this all the more to be regretted. Our Lord was evi dently represented seated, with the globe beneath his feet, upon a rainbow, the lower part of which is still left, but of the figure nothing but the bare feet, marked with the point of the nail, re main. On either side of our Lord are depicted a seraphim, presenting to Him a kneeling female. The one on his right baud, evidently his Virgin Mother, bares her bosom, and holds her right breast in her hand, as if pleading her maternity. The other figure cannot. be appropriated. Lower down are two angels, habited in albs, and wearing the usual type of angelic crowns, summoning with the great sound of the trumpet the dead to judgment. The angel on the right-hand side of the painting is more perfect than his fellow, and his trumpet with its cross-ensigned banner is very distinct. At the bottom of the painting are eleven nude figures, rising in various attitudes and with varied expressions of countenance from the earth. Amongst them are representel a King and Queen, mitred and tonsured ecclesiastics, and two knights, whose acutely- p,,inted is issinets, together with the broad bold style of drawing, indicate the reign of Edward 111. as the date of the execution of the plintiug. The treatment or the subject corresponds with that of other fined Leval representations of our Lord's second coming, but the kneeling female figures presented by angels to our Lord is to us a novel feature. On the north wall of the nave opposite the painting just, noticed, enclosed within a border of &cot ated character is a smaller paintingof our Lord's resurrection. 1 his is considerably faded, but the figure of our Lord habited in a green ve-tore step ping cut cf the sepulchre holding in his left hand the cross banner of the resurrection, and with his right hand giving the benediction, is tolerably dis tinct. One of the soldier's bills lies on the ground. There are indications that the whole of the walls were originally covered with paintings; and although for the present operations arc suspended, it is. to be hoped that these paintings also may be uncovered, and like those we now see carefully preserved. THE WAR IN PARA.GUAY. The following telegram has been received from Lisbon by the Argentine Legation : LISBON, Sept. 12. The garrison which had fled to the Chaco sur rendered on the sth of August, with 12 guns, seven standards, and many arms of all sorts. The squadron commanded the river as far up as Matto Grosso, and the ironclads were bombarding the camp of Lopez at Tebicuary. The shooting of Berges and Carrera is confirmed. We are demolishing the fortifications of Humaita. The whole army is marching on Tebicuary. AMERICA. CROOKHAVEN t Sept. 14, 10.10 a.m. The Inman steamer City of Pari, from New York ou the sth inst., is now passing Browhead Signal Station en route for Queenstown. BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL. GIBRALTAR, Sept. 13. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Bangalore left at noon to-day for Southamp ton, where she may be looked for about the 18th inst. All well. SUEZ, Sept. 13. The Baroda, with the outward Bombay mail (Aug. 29 to Sept. 4), sailed at 10 a.m. to-day for Bombay. Clearing off all cargo. THE BRAZILS. BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 14 (via Lisbon.) Exchange on London, 49. Salted hides, 39 ; sales since the last mail, 7,000; shipments, 35,652; stock, 6,000. Dry hides for Germany, 48 for 30 lb. ; for America, 44 for 231 b. ; sales since the last mai], 45,000; ship ments, 7,960; stock, 75,000. Freight to the Channel, 355. Wool, 48 to 80 ; tallow, 15 ; lumber, 45 ; Car diff coals, 12 ; Cad;z salt, 15, dull. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 12.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :- 4} per Cent. End of month... It&Fan Loan 3 per Cent End of mouth 7O 45 Mexican Loan '23 Credit Mobilier 281 Do. Bonds End of month... 285 ••• Spanish Threes - Credit Foncier ...1430 Home Debt — - End of month... Deferred — - RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans N orthern Lyons and Mediterranean So uthern.... • Western Eastern • • 567 Sardinian Austrian 555 Lombard 412 North of Spain 54 Saragossa Roman 371 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. AN INCORRIGIBLE DEAF AND DUMB BEGGAR." Thomas Shepherd, a deaf and dumb young man e was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with begging. Police-constable Newby, 160 C, proved seeing the prisoner begging at cab doors at two o'clock on Sunday morning in Piccadilly, and he then took him into custody, and on searching him at the sta tion he found 11s. 9d. in his possession. The Rev. Mr. Smith, chaplain to the Association in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb, having informed the prisoner what was stated against him by means of signs, said that all the prisoner said in answer to the charge was that the constable had been drink. ing. (Laughter.) Mr. Tyrwhitt said that it was a case of begging without any excuse. The Rev. W. Smith said the prisoner had been before Mr. Knox several times, and on two occa sions Mr. Knox had given him (the Rev. Mr. Smith) money to procure the prisoner clothing and situations, and he had done so, but the prisoner would not stay in his situation, preferring to lead the life of a beggar. The prisoner had been in prison for felony and several times for begging, and nothing could be done with him. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for a month with hard labour. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE THROUGH THE Loss OF A CHILD.--Sarah Billow, a married woman, residing at No. 19, James-street, Kensington-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to commit suicide at the Serpentine. Henry Smith, a young man, living at knights bridge, said that passing the.Serpeutine on Saturday night he heard a voice from the water, and on going to the Serpentine he saw the prison er lying on her face in the water. He took her oat, and hearing her say something about a child, he looked into the water to see whether there was any child there, but could not see one, and directly afterwards the pri soner said that the child had been dead a month. Mr. Tyrwhitt sad the young-mail had acted very properly. The husbancl e of the prisoner stem )el forward and said that the child was a grandchild, and that ever since its death his wife had fretted very much, and her mind had become affected. The prisoner said that her husband had had some words with her daughter, and told lier to pack up her things and leave the house, and , she went after her daughter, feeling it was her duty to go where her daughter went. Sie did not Ithiuk she could have been in her right mind or she w ould not have gone to the water, as she had a dread. of it. Mr. Tyrwhitt seeing the excited condition of the prisoner said the best thing would b to remand her to a place where she would be taken care of. The prisoner here became stilt more excited, calling out " Don't send me to priqou. I shall go mad. I shall go mad." With some difficulty the prisoner was removed from the court, the magis trate giving directions th it she ;should be carefully looked after. rlJl.l e i i• - \ - I ; t \ltr, 3 ' l. l t r -3 A :4% , . Ottp, I i r 1 / " HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Sept. 13. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied ly her Royal Ilighnes Princiss Loaise, drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also went out. LITERATUff E. --4-- The Last Century of Universal History, 1767-186 7 . By Alexander Charles Ewald, F. S. A. Frede rick Warne and Co. As wonderful a record this is as the world hal ever seen published. It is an epitome—admirably arranged for reference—of the most astonishing century (humanly speaking) in the annals of our race. Within the space of these hundred years last past mankind has made visibly and appreciably the most astounding advance in the development of knowledge, in the mastery of the forces of nature, in the . expansion and application of all the material resources of modern civilisation. During the earlier half of the century the grandest political movement related in all history, whether ancient or modern,.was commenced and accomplished. A new epoch in effect dates from it—from the commencement and accomplishment of the French Revolution a movement, in point of fact, through which all Europe was in a manner revolutionised. During the earlier part of this century again the world witnessed the rise and the fall of—not to use the words in any invidious sense—the greatest and the most astonishing of all Adventurers. The Child of the Revolution. Its incarnation. Hero, Conqueror, Lawgiver. A new Sesostris, with the chariot of his triumph drawn by Kings. At one time—namely, when his success was at its highest—virtually rater or lord paramount of the whole Europe an continent. A leader of meo cast is the mould of Plutarch. An imperial warrior, whose fame and whose achievements are by conemou consent ranked side by side with those of Cae3ar, of Alexander, of Charlemagne. One the history of whose life is of itself the most wonderful of all romances. Born in the island of Corsica on the 15th of August, 1769—dying fifty-two years after wards (and, of those tifty-two years, six in exile after the actual completion of his public career at the early age of six and forty) on the sth of May, 182. 1 1 oa another island far away in mid ocean, an island still haunted by his memory, although bi le august remains have long since been removed fro it—the islan i of St. Helena. An event like the French Revolution, a ruler of men like Napoleon Bonaparte, ushered in this wonderful century- - t he later half of which ham been illustrated by aellieve mente iu their way quite as extraordinary. AA t he close of the hundred years which have elapsed be tween 1767 and 1867 what marvels, in truth, he" there not been accamplislied ! Fro a our prdseut standpoint in 1863—with ~),Le Ewald's " Universal history of the Last Century" held in our grasp s 6 a guidebook to the wonders it recounta—Wil3t i 4 it ' in effect, anaong the crowd of marvels thin achie that we behold? Why, as a matter now, literally of every-day occurrence, we know that thought, 031 articulate speech, is running to and fro throug h the earth, and over it, and under the depths of the ocean, with the speed, on the wings, 11 actually with the very throb or pulseC., the lightning ! We know, moreover, that 013" has long since harnessed to ;the carriages drn"" ing both himself and his merchandise, a fi ery dragon of his own manufacture, and one that is I 0 31, more docile in its obedience to his will than te, fleetest charger, a creature of iron, wit h a breath • of steam flying over the ground with a id ustau a speed like that of the famous racehorse BeliP3d —a mile a minute! While we hav e thus on hen . our railways and our locomotive ste am-engloes while we have at sea our steam packets incleV a ; dently gliding over the ocean in defiance alike ° wind and of tide—while we have the electric tele graph, so to speak, everywhere, trailCi over 01c housetops, under the pavem en is we walk uP° 3 our crowded cities, strung from pole to pole alol all the lines of our r tilroals—we have our p ortrait ! taken as if by magic in a few seconis by the Pen ell of a sunbeam—we have our woven fabrics Pr° duced. no longer by the old-fashioned bean' 39(' shuttle of the hand-weaver, but, on the coati-a:slit through the all but sentient agency of mechanics contrivances, wonderful alike for the SvilfG ues th e accuracy, intricacy, and yet, in another so use, -0r equ Lily marvellous simplicity of their operatioes• j have been enabled to demonstrate the revolutioo D ew the earth upon its axis by the oscillati ons of a e.oi dulum. We have been enabled to te st the phis' the properties of the fixed stars through , b 0 medium of spectrum analysis. Sounding ;be depths of space in another way, WI a s aid of gigantic reflecting telescopes 8 0 " we Kepler and Galileo never dreamt of , ne e have been enabled to resolve suppose d 00 , bu'R into incalculable myrials o f constellatlu o t We have been empowered to weigh the Oh: th e the planets, and their satellites, one by one , 111 0 00 balance, with as much precision us though W e 00 , calculating the weight respectively of a P u l ac ied of so many apricots, or of so many ebr , suc terS currants. And so on—the catalogue of 7 00 4 achieved within this last and (again I) °tax ies s peaking) most astonishing of all the c .. ° o , w ay might be extended here beyond a length ill of the reasonable. To them— to all the molels century (1767 to 1867) Mr. Ewald 's ge lere i :st, Book now under notice is the readiest, the ha° 0 , and the most comprehensive g uide ever 18:ci • _I W to a piled. It is ingeniously subd i v id ed e 0 ann otated Table of Chronology , into of arf Contemporrery Sovereigns, into a Diction o f Battles and Sieges, and into Biographical sags frees happy thought most admirably came Eminent Individuals. The work spri . n a ge o f ti r r .d it e deserves a place on every library table, side P : f with Mr. Frederick Martin's annual issn e ,_„best Statesman's Year-Book. It reflects the rl' r e j i credit upon the compiler's industry, and la h Con' of the Author of the Digest of the Ear s stitution. The Chandos Byron. One Vol. Pp. 65 °' Warne and Co. es diog Last year Mr. Murray asto nished the r l og public by issuing a beautiful edit ion of the hole Lord Byron's Poems in one volume for P o o crown. This year Messrs. Wa rne and Co. sad astonished us still more by publishing th theca Poems complete, exquisitely printed, ties,, c od volume of their " Chandos Classics," at t _ l `7, fig of merely a shilling. The edition is really, to we have said, exquisitely printed. It i s ce „, 113 0 ; " containing the whole of Byron's P_." io published during his lifetime." And Yt t n ied ici purchasable s for a shilling. As another ‘ 11 ,',. 6 tato 'hilling's worth it cannot but command Ill° / 130' t he predecessors—the Shilling Shakspere Lo d L e ote e ; ling Longfellow—what can alone repay t e ost 13 ' prising firm from which it emanates for the i l its production at so cheap a rate, nrn elY ' t :t c ef ; meuse circulation. That circulation it 01° 6 - t oll; tainly deserves, and that circulation, we are convinced, it will obtain. interest continues S -----i SUPPLY.—`I'e i t t he COTTON ::to t ;f l2 . l ,f llt'li' 1 1 ) 1 e r. intbe•e a c n o d lle m ct e undiminished L Y . ant question,Manchester and that the influential association forl3Vaia —Veareinglrandgatrod t° this t s 'ilailpocri; for the promotion of that object is Prietaol vigorously, recollection ns of withoumr urcohsdeourscotthir:tg was illy William ampbell, fcrarerly of the Indian I:l'bit,,,,ftio association up , to Manchester some months a,go to !i l he the was with any information and hints WnlcioaiP to. ore possessed of, more particularly as applicabo In the Reporter of Ist November nenOt'°e l at published. We have his reco.nnt. 0 _OO O O 4 been favoured with 0 1:(x., P., his correspondence with John Dright, 113.11 , 7_, t o o ,°: others, _ on the subject of that date. It 0 gratifYl7,ol4/ by a letter from the secretary, that through Lb° 1/ :foil; o tt f Miss Burdett Coutts, the a ' ssociation is nosy i ci ls - 0 0 1 'on to carry out toe recommendatio ownhich gr• v: t oin o f was riz t s he first telilak.., namely, to stbish a Oition° "in order to extend and improve the nultilr P COtt e on in India."—lncerness Advertiser. ing, lit, Uric( iid for E 92i tau' prep are asi 20i A BI r,