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London, England, 1865-05-01 00:00:00

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BIZ CHAZUM Lyru., BAST., AND THZ LATH
PILZHIDINT LINOOLL—Tbe following letter from Sir Charism'
Lyell, Berk, was reed at the meeting on Saturday, at BR
James's-hall Herley-atreet, April 28. Deer Sir,—
I regret that my previous earagemeete will provost, my
attending the meeting of the Emancipation Society.
which is to take place to-morrow evening. Tom
may remember the eatidaatke I expremed at •
former 000mios at the re-elastics cd Mr. Lincoln, and yea
will therefore believe that I sympathise most fully with
every member of the moiety is
United the profound grief whisk
feel for he public calamity which bas fallen
the States. t I
trust that I ime fully appreciate
be
the
benevolent, upright. and earnest character of the late Pre-
sident sad hie steady devotion to • great cause. Bat I
derive emadatioa from what I have leers& dories
sacomeive visits of several months at different
periods in the Northern and Southern States. For I
feel convinced that the lam of so individual statesman.
however eminent, can hereafter arrest the progremive im-
provement sod prosperity of the republic, rheas by the
abolition of slavery the thief muse of division between
differed sections of the country. and the chief obstacle to
the eduictiou of the minima, whether black or white, has
been for ever removed.—' have the bower to be, deer
sir, years tesly, leaped) CHARMS Emu —F. W. Cha-
sm, Fog."
has Draft Sao. —Our readers are aware that
last yew the Dee de Lepton started Ma 110il•tHIO explo-
ration al the Dead Sea sad the end
country; and it
wee stated at the time that be bad mused an iron-bait
vessel, the Bogor, to be transported thither piece by piss*
oe eatuels. We may stele by the way that this boat, slier
doing ezoolleet serviow wee astruated to the care of •
sheikh, in the hope that she might be serviceable to other
tourists ; but the; during a stormy night, she broke fee=
her snaherage sod struck &oast a rook, which abused her so
much damage that the Preach mailers who had bad the me-
easement of her towed her far into the Dead Sea, and sash
her that she might not be broken up sad thee "Sees-
coated " by the Bedouins. This and the following de-
tails of the expedition we have glowed from aa able
article ea the subject, by M. Hailhvd-13ieholla, is
this fmtnUht's Revue Coatcaporaine. Le Due I.
Lerma, who had reserved the arebsiologital deperteneet
for himself, bed saluted H. Duca, a geolotriet smashed to
the museum el Natural History at the Judie des Plaster.
Dr. Combs, sad Lieutenant Pipes, F.N., to aid hint, seek
is their respective capacities. A few caverec gamete!
near Bern* were explored to the hope of Boding antsdi-
heap remains in them, sod bodied several flint imple-
meets were dog up as midget* et the " age of dose
in those parte. The expedition visited Manda, the lest
set
al the Jews, at whisk Jeeephus relates
that after the fall aim erusalem 900 men re-
treated to this spot, held out airiest the
&MOOS MN lost as them were any ; but thot
Boding themselves unable to roast any longer they
appnisted tea of their ember to be the exestitioners
this hen
their somrades ; and that these after perfeetnieg
rible task slew each other, so that only two women sod •
few &Urea resaior ed to tell the tale. This stronghold lea
rook ammeige °sly by two sorrow windlog paths, Imam
over fright al preolOess. There are still some reins ABMs
at MYOSIN_ besides the treacles al the ROHM&
Besets! Slim, who besieged the place. Fre=
the bakes by Liestoneat Tips, it appease
that the Sea is of an ovoid farm. with the
narrower sad towads the smith. Its sem .
ate greats* breadthsick does set emend Theden Wogsity et lIND
macs of this inland sea varies betimes 1.169 and 1,=94
that of pure water being 1,000. The larger figure reps-
mate the deeffitv at the beam, which shoos that
the
waters el the &Besets do not dsseesd to the lowa affeala.
The bottom omelets ul a bluish mud mixed with aryanki err
salt. For foible ptittaatira we mast ram the waist
to the wile* which is wiry intesosiiii.—Gdirstati.