The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-14 00:00:00

CIILORODYNE AND CHOLERA.

Cholera rages in the basin of the Mediterranean,
where it is becoming domesticated. Strangely in con-
trast with the ancient seats of empire and civilisa-
tion which the dread plague has chosen, let us hope
not as a permanent residence, is its selection of the
new settlements in the far West of America,
where its ravages are awful. The correspon-
dent of the Times, writing from Malta, gives a
deplorable account of the desolation it has effected
in Sicily. Hundreds had died in the week in
which he wrote, and 50,000 persons bad fled
from Messina. " Chlorodyne," says the corres-
pondent, " has been found most efficacious as a
remedy, and a number of persons are reported to
have been saved by its use. Great numbers of
people die without calling a doctor, having no con-
fidence in any of them ; but as the news of chloro-
dyne having done good is spread, applications for
it are being constantly made to the English, who
seem to be the only persons who possess any of
This we believe to be the experience of India,
when taken early on the symptoms presenting
themselves, and in the great cities at least no one
should die if chlorodyne can save him.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—Th's Day.

LONDON, Sept. 14.- -Wind this day at noon—Soutb-
Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
PLYMOUTH, Sept. 13.—Wind W.—Arrived— Sir Robert
Sale, from London for Sydney; Chataminga, from London
for Fenang, in tow. Sailed—Abbott Lawrence, for
Hong Kong.

SWANSEA, Sept. 13.—Wind N.)V.—Arrived—Zehlima,
`rem Caldera.

Orr QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—
Erin, screw steamer, from New York, and proceeded for
Liverpool.

LIVERPOOL, Sopt. 14. —Wind N.W.—Arrired—Olinday.
scrag• steamer, from Pernambuco; Wisconsin, from St.
John's, Ncw Brunswick.

(By Telegraph.)

GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Sept. 13—Perle, from Emden; Johann; from
S4o Petersburg; Germania, steamer, from Hamburg;
Taurus, steamer, from Tonning.

Arrived, Sept. 11— 31an s, steamer, from Tonning ;
Maude, from St. John's, N.B. ; Moselle, steamer, from
Antwerp; Niord, steamer, from Randers; Seine, steamer,
and Panther, steamer, from Boulogne; Roda Eliza, steamer
from Heppens.
Ssiled—Gitana, for Calcutta.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed—Alberta, for Monte Video ; Golden Fleece, for
Algoa Bay; Plauet, for Quebec—all from London.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Last Evening.

Amsterdam
Short. 11 19
Ditto 3 Months. 12 Of
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 40
Brussels — 25 40
Hamburg — - 13 101
Paris
Ditto 3 Mouths. 2.5 35
Marseilles
Vrankfort on the Maine —120 f
Tienna — 12 5j
A riesto — 12 55
l'etersburgn
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina

II 19f
12 1
12 1i
25 43
23 93
13 101
25 25
25 40
25 42/
1.20.1
12 64
12 65
32k
6 271
4:11
49i
27 55

6 27
481
4Q
27 4i
27 43
27 45
27 45
27 45
27 45

27 55

27 55
27 55
27 55

Lisbon
Oporto

THE EARL OF DERBY.—On Thursday and yes-
terday Lord Derby was much better. The noble Premier,
although still compelled to keep his bed, is able to attend
to his public duties.

THE VICEROY OF CANADA.--We believe we are
right in stating that the rumour recently circulated, that
Lord Monck was about to return to this country, is not
founded on fact, as his excellency, we hear, will remain
for another year, at all events, at the head of the Govern-
meat of the clohlihioa.—Canadien News,

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Sept. 13.

- .
At the dinner of the Lisnaskea Agricultural
Society, which was held on Wednesday evening,
Lord Erne, who presided, gave some sound advice
to the farmers, mingled with unpalatable truths of
which it is necessary to remind them. No one ad-
ministers a lecture with better grace, or has a stronger
claim to be listened to with respect. He has founded
societies for the improvement of the farmers on his
extensive estates in Donegal and Fermanagh, and
is a liberal contributor to every institution which is
calculated to promote their interests, and he Pos-
sesses a practical experience which entitles him to
speak with authority upon agricultural subjects.
After expressing regret that the farming of Ireland
was so inferior to that of England and Scotland,
which are not solely dependent upon agriculture, as
Ir.:land is, he alluded to the important topic of the
Irish butter trade. Ile was sorry that it did not
hold the same command of the English markets
which it used to do. He attributed this to the fault
of the farmers themselves. He reminded them that
they have now to compete with the butter from
Holland and from France. The Dutch farmers have
large dairies, and can make up a tub from one
milking, which is then of one colour, and is pre-
ferred to the Irish, which is too often made up
piecemal. The French are superior in cleanliness.
He read a letter he had received from Mr. Fowler,
of Manchester, an extensive buyer, who confirmed
the statement of others as to the causes of the dis-
favour with which Irish butter is now regarded. He
says :—" The foreign butters are preferred to the
Irish butter, because they are so fresh. All the
foreign butter brought to England is sold within 10
days of being churned. Foreign butters are scrupu-
lously clean, while Irish butter contains hair and dirt
of various kinds, as well as too much salt and brine,
particularly that from the south of Ireland, and much
too frequently that from the north. The chief fault
of the Irish farmer is the practice of holding' which
prevails. They hold' their butter for two or three
months at a time, and I have actually known it
held' for a year for the purpose of getting the
highest prices of the season. The butter thus dete-
riorates and becomes stale and rancid. English con-
sumers are not fond of stale and rancid butter, and
prefer French, which is quite fresh."
Mr. Fowler, it may be observed, cannot be sus-
pected of entertaining any prejudice against Irish
produce, for he is a native of the north of Ireland.
Lord Erne enforced the necessity of improvement if
the Irish farmers did not wish to see their butter
used only for greasing axles. On the subject of flax
he offered some remarks to the same effect. There
was not sufficient care taken in the cultivation of it,
and therefore the Belgian flax commands a better
price. He attributed the decrease in the number of
acres under the crop this year to the reaction caused
by over-cultivation in former years, and he coun-
selled the farmers not to put it in too often. Another
evidence of neglect which he animadverted on was
the quantity of weeds in the country. On this sub-
ject he observed:—" I saw more weeds in one day
here than during an entire journey from Holyhead
to London. It is extraordinary to see the weeds in
this country. I have frequently brought the sub-
ject before my tenants, and told them that the weeds
take up as much suction from the ground as the
crop itself. I have heard that the seeds from one
thistle will grow 30,000 or 40,000 more, and by not
destroying them you do incalculable harm. In Scot-
land there is a law by which you can serve a notice
upon your neighbour, and compel him, under a
penalty of £5, to remove the weeds from his land.
We have no law of the kind, but we ought to have,
for it would be very beneficial. The weeds, being
indigenous, take more nourishment out of the
ground than the crops, and thus effect a serious loss."
With such proofs of gross negligence as are thus
pointed out by one of their best friends it is not to
be wondered at that the condition of Irish farmers
is not better than it is. Lord Erne next adverted to
the scarcity of Irish labourers, advised that they
should be better taken care of, and declared his in-
tention of offering a premium for the best house
specially constructeti for that &me.
The necessity of improving the dw.llings of the
small farmers and the labouring poor is beginning
to be felt more keenly, but the efforts to supply the
admitted want have been as yet upon a limited scale.
It is due to one of the London companies, however,
to observe that they have taken the matter up in a
ptactical and liberal spirit. A deputation from the
Drapers' Company have been visiting their estates
in the county of Derry for the last fortnight, in-
quiring into the grievances of the tenants, and re-
dressing them so far as possible. This company have
lately erected rows of houses at Moneymore, at a
cost of £3,000, and are letting them off at a rent
which gives them only 3 per cent.
The Banbridge investigation, at which Mr. Rea
is on the other side, defending the Orangemen who
are charged with breaking the law at Scawa on the
13th of July, was postponed to the 20th inst. Mr.
Rea's defence is likely to present some original fea-
tures. His material witness, without whom he can-
not proceed, is, it may be remembered, Mr. Bernard
Hughes, a wealthy Roman Catholic baker of Belfast,
who will be produced to prove that orange and purple
are not party colours. This he is expected to do
upon the most unexceptionabla authority, having
seen the Pope himself wearing purple robes, and his
bodyguard dressed in orange. If he succeed in im-
pressing the magistrates with this view, he will be
regarded as a liberator. He suggests an ingenious
expedient for blending the hues of party in an
"arch of peace," or at least for lessening the
attachment of the Orangemen to their darling
colours. Meanwhile the prosecutions are being
turned to account for political purposes, and ad-
vantage is taker. of them to open a breach between

the Government and the Orange party. Mr.
Johnstone, of Ballykilbeg, who is the embodiment
of the discontented feeling of the north, has entered
upon his canvass in Belfast, and the favourable re-
ception which he has met with so far as he has yet
gone is regarded with evident satisfaction by those
whose game it is to fan the flame of irritation. There
is, however, a growing conviction in the minds of
reflecting people in the north that, however repug-
nant to its sympathisers, the Government had no
other course open than to enforce the law impar-
tially so long as it remains on the statute-book. The
policy of retaining it is another question upon which
different opinions are held.
By way of inducement to the Lords of the Admi-
ralty to increase the number of hands at the new
dock, the labourers, porters, and watermen of
Queenstown have struck for higher wages. The rate
had been raised from 3s. to 4s. a day, but even that
is considered insufficient and they demand more.
This is a practical commentary upon the complaints
of the local press respecting the slow progress of the
Government works.

The election for the county of Galaway, in place
of the late Lord Dunkellin, was held yesterday, the
High Sheriff presiding. Mr. Bodkin proposed, and
Capt. Blakeney seconded the nomination of Lord

llubert Canning Burke, who was returned without
opposition. Sir Thos. Burke returned thanks on be-
half of Lord Burke, who was absent. The meeting
was afterwards converted into one for the purpose
of doing honour to the memory of Lord Dunkellin.
It was addressed by Mr. Gregory, M.P., Mr. P.
Joyce, D.L., Mr. Justice Morris, Mr. G. Morris,
M.P., and other gentlemen,'who spoke of the virtues
and talents of the deceased in the warmest terms.
It was resolved that a statue should be erected to his
memory. A subscription list was opened to carry
out the project, and sonic handsome contributions
were handed in by the gentlemen present.

PAYMENTS FOR WHEAT. —The value of the wheat
imported iuto England the first six months of this year
amcunted to £10,039,389, as compared with £5,227,791 in
the corresponding period of 1866, and £3,281,547 in the
corresponding period of 1865. The largest slice of these
payments went to Russia, the value of the Russian wheat
imported to June 30 this year being £3,387,343, as com-
Ptred with £1,772,271 to the corresponding date of 1866,
and £1,086,037 to the corresponding date of 1865. The
value of the Prussian wheat imported in the first halves of
the last three years was £2,706,743 (1867), £996,862 (1866),
and £1,113,353 (1865) respectively. The United States
sent us to June 30 this year wheat to the value of
.t 77 1,632, as compared with £162,977 to tLe corresponding
date of 1866, and £35,119 to the corresponding date of
1863.

Miscellaneous Foreign News.

(From Correspondent of the Anglo-American Times.)
PARIS, Sept. 12.

Je me le demande, the humorous question of the
French comedian, finds its echo at present in most
of the French journals in reference to the probable
fate destined for the Universal Exposition, with, at
the same time, a plea more or less valid against its
approaching demolition. There are (says one elo-
quent writer) at present in the Champ de Mars
fountains, fish-ponds, churches, schools, magazines,
a theatre, a railway-station, a landing-place for
Frankfort by water, gardens, &c., without reckon-
ing the buildings in solid masonry, which architects
would have only to retouch a little to transform
into an immense city. It would be easy to
establish there different manufactories, since motive
force is already on the spot. To which may be
added that one would be spared the singular
spectacle afforded by the destruction in the twink-
ling of an eye of that which formerly required the
labour of a demi-cycle to produce.
Another journalist, after eloquently dilating upon
the pleasures which have been afforded, especially to
Parisians by the Exposition, concludes his exordium
by a more reasonable proposition, viz.—to preserve
at least such portions of the Exposition as relate to
the past, and reproduce the history of vanished
ages, whilst, however, there are many grave
practical objections to the preservation of the Ex-
position even in an altered and improved shape.
These gentlemen would do well to remember that if
it be true, as asserted, that the Exposition has been
purchased in block by the Russian Government to
appear at St. Petersburg, possibly in the year 1868,
or not much later, all the advantages resulting
from it will be preserved, whilst new ones
will result from its transfer to another nation.
It will be hard if, with the advantage of the present
experience and the possession of the complete pre.
sent material, Russia will not develope farther pro-
gress. It would be unjust that one nation should
reap those advantages exclusively. Like conversa.
tion, and its humorous simile of the plate of peas,
every one should have its share. Moreover, it
is to be reflected that although not perhaps
concentrated in its present form all the various
component advantages afforded by the Exposition
are still within the reach of the Parisians in their
various public institutions, and in those reproduced
mementoes of bygone ages, which exist in books,
sculpture, painting, &c. Previous, however, to its
disappearance, I hope to point out on several occa-
sions to the reader the beauties and peculiarities of
the Palace of 1867. It is true that it will be de-
molished, which, actor ding to the Constitutionnel, is
a thing decided ; and had we not that authority,
the signs of decadence, even in the case of ancient
Rome, are too unmistakeable to admit of a doubt on
the subject. As in the case of the mighty city,
when the pursuits of luxury and pleasure broke in
upon the stern virtue and severe simplicity of its
inhabitants, so in the case of the Exposition, whilst
men of talent are dispersing and exhibitors
are no longer to be found at their stalls,
the pursuit of pleasure has received an ad-
ditional impetus, and in its latter days the
Exposition seems changing from a gigantic repre-
sentation of utility and progress, past, present, and
to come, into a gigantic fair, wherein caliis, con-
certs, theatres, and breweries, as the drinking
saloons are generally termed, form the principal at-
traction. The comparison between the latter days
of the Exposition, and those of Rome too, is singu-
larly induced and assisted by the scene going on
around one, the kiosks and temples, the varied
and picturesque costumes of Eastern nations, the
Nubians selling ther fruits and confitures, or offer-
ing to the visitor their sherbets, in the amphora-
shaped jars of antiquity, forcibly call to mind, if not
a Roman ayma, at least that of a Roman province.
But my moralising is exceeding its limits, and as I
trust yet to have many an opportunity of pointing
out to my readers, especially those to whom want of
time or opportunity preclude a personal visit, the
beauties of the Exposition, pass we on to the news
of the day. The political horizon of France is
apparently without a cloud, nowithstanding,
however, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has
deemed it necessary to address a circular to
the representatives of France abroad deny-
ing that the visit of Napoleon to Salzbourg
possessed any other character than that of condo-
lence, and quoting the circular issued by M. de
Vallette, the speech made by the Emperor of France
on the occasion of the opening of the Legislative
Assemblies, as well the language held equally by
the Minister of State in support of his assertion.
This proceeding has been rendered necessary by the
attacks of the German press, who appear to see in
the visit to Salzbourg an attempt on the part of
France to draw the Austrian monarch into an
alliance prejudicial to German interests, and espe-
cially to those of Prussia. The example of France has
been followed by Austria, as a telegraphic despatch
has been addressed from Berlin, expressing the per-
fect satisfaction of the Prussian Government with the
explanations of France and Austria, so that the year
which commenced so threateningly still preserves
• its peaceful and festive character. As a sign of the
times, a letter has been published by General Turr,
advocating at the same time the establishment of
an autonomy for Hungary, Gallicia, Bohemia, and
a European association for the assuring a lasting
peace. The writer, who defends his subject in a
very able manner, calls upon England and France
to take the lead in this movement.

There is very little Court news at present. The
Emperor, Empress, and Prince Imperial have left
for Biarritz, whither the Prince de Metternich and
M. de Galtz will follow, the former remaining at
Biarritz, whilst the latter takes up his lodging at
Bayonne. The hunting establishment of the Em-
peror has been transferred from Rambouillet to
Compiegn3, whither the Court will speedily adjourn.
Since the Ist of September the chase is in full acti-
vity, and some amusing anecdotes have occurred.
One is related of two chaaseurs who had taken the
field together, but of whom one only was furnished
with a port dames or certificate at a most exciting
period ; when two splendid birds had fallen right
and left before the double barrel of one of our en-
thusiasts, there suddenly appeared in a side path of
thewood the uniform of a Garde de Chasse. The one
in possession of a certificate, whom we will call X.,
at once took to his heels, whilst his companion, stu-
pefied with astonishment, remained perfectly still,
leaning upon his piece. The Garde de Chasse, a
llogberry of the first water, of course made up his
mind that the fugitive was the guilty person, and at
once followed him at top speed. X. led manfully
over brake and over briar, followed with equal pluck
by the gendarme. At length, however, after a
steeplechase of some half or three quarters of an
hour in length, the Garde de Chasse succeeded in
collaring our hero, who had just thrown himself
down upon a bank in a state of extreme
exhaustion. " Votre Port d'Armes," thundered
the Garde, equally exhausted, but radiant at the
thought of his capture. "Le Voila," said the sup-
posed poacher, taking it from his pocket. " Why,
then," said the incensed functionary, " this extra-
ordinary flight and run ?" "The doctor has ordered
me exercise," was the calm reply. The keeper
sloped. It is hardly necessary to say that the other
sportsman had long previously set him the example.
In another a gendarme leaving his beat early, and
resting for a few moments in the neighbourhood of
a farm-house, has been taken for a wild boar, and
treated accordingly.

A remarkable phenomenon has been produced
lately in several of the public promenades and gar-
dens of Paris. The foliage of the trees, which had
been burnt up by the excessive heat, has reblos-
sowed, and in the grand avenue of the Champs
Ely:ices one may remark a bright gree❑ foliage
mingling with and succeeding, as it were, the yellow
leaves which the breath of September in already
commencing to strew thickly around, and from
which the blossoms are bursting as in a veritable
spring time. In the Boulevard Poissonniere one
can see a chesnut tree entirely bare of leaves, and
nevertheless covered with flowers ; whilst in the
garden of the Palais Royale the acacias present an
almost similar appearance.
Mons. Filon, Professor of Rhetoric at the Lyeee
Grenoble, has been appointed preceptor to the
Prince Imperial, vice M. Monnier. M. Filon is

son of the distinguished historian who fills the office
of Inspector to the Academy of Paris, and who is
at the same time an intimate friend of M. Duruy,
?Minister of Public Instruction.

I cannot close my letter this week without point-
ing out to the Paris visitor one of the greatest
curiosities I have as yet seen. I have passed through
the Exposition, and have marked with the greatest
pleasure and delight the various improvements in
mechanical and otherwise musical science. I have
listened entranced to the melody drawn from the
unequalled pianos of Chickering and Steinway, by
the magic touch of M. Alfred Quidant, pupil of
Lizst, but 1 have never been so pleased as I
was this week in passing before of the Gallery
Vaucanson, Boulevard des Capucines, where is
exhibited a little bird, I think a levriot, somewhat
swa.ller than a canary ; the plumage entirely black
save a scarlet crest, which, perched upon a magni-
..;ent bouquet of exotics, and turning from side to
side, the little beak opening with the most perfect
natural action, trills forth a melody which the real
songster might envy. Gentle reader, that little
bird is a musical automaton ; it is placed outside the
Exhibition as a specimen for the passer-by. Do
not, then, leave Paris without passing along the
Boulevard des Capucines, and judging for yourself
of an exhibition which, for fidelity to nature and
exquisiteness of construction, cannot be surpassed
even in the great Exposition of 1867.

On Wednesday, the Standard alluded in a lead-
ing article to a document now circulating relating to
the violent death of a British subject at the hands
of a United States soldier. Captain Wilfred
Speer, of West-end Lodge, Thames Ditton, Surrey,
was on the 7th of June, 1867, shot dead on board
a Missouri passenger packet by the sentinel on
duty. Captain Speer was travelling on board the
steamer Octavia on the Missouri in company with a
detachment of the 13th United States Regiment.
He occupied a state room as a first-class passenger,
and was walking from his berth to the upper plat-
form, followed by Lieutenant Terry, when he was
shot, the ball entering the back of his neck and
passing through his head. The detachment was
under the command of Lieutenant Harrigan, a de-
serter from her Majesty's service ; the sentry was
private Barry—both reputed Fenians. The vessel
was a private steamer, unconnected with the Go-
vernment, and the orders of the sentry were
to call a halt from any one approaching the
boat from the shore, to fire on any party who
advanced in defiance of a challenge, and to leave
rathie,,hptasbseentgrearsversuinnmg.olesutedeu,
tewnhaanttevTererrydecdkeptohseesy
that there was no challenge given, and that
his friend was shot by the sentry, who was about 12
yards distant, without any warning. When he fol-
lowed he was loudly challenged, but at the time
Captain Speer lay dead on the planks. Mr. Terry
adds that the general opinion of all classes
in St. Louis with whom he came in contact
was that Mr. Speer was murdered by Lieu-
tenant Harrigan and Private Barry, solely because
he was a British officer. The captain of the steamer
deposes—" I saw the sentinel, William Barry, who
shot Capt. Speer. I asked him whether he was in
his right mind when he did it. He replied that he
was, and that he had done his duty, and obeyed
orders ; his reply was in a most insolent tone."
The Standard asks " Why did he (Harrigan) con-
trive this man's escape from trial ? Why have not
his superiors persisted with the charges he calendared
against the man Barry of murder,' of ' disobe-
dience of orders,' and of conduct while on board
the steamer unbecoming a soldier ?' Why did
Lieut. Harrigan file off with his own hands the irons
from the murderer's wrists and ankles, and take
him ashore out of custody in his own boat? We
should be glad to have these things explained. They
are extraordinary, but they happened in a time of
exceptional confusion—in a time of civil war, when
authority was delegated right and left to strong and
rough hands, and when men were easy of obedience
to a discipline which had a habit occasionally of
being brutal. Making all these allowances, how-
ever, we are still inclined to say that this is a subject
for very serious inquiry."
I The remainder of the body guard of the late
Emperor Maximilian left New York on the 31st of
I August for London on board the William Penn_
Both the British and French Ministers had left
Vera Cruz on the 18th ult. Two hundred military
officers had been thrown into prison in Mexico for
plotting against Juarez. According to advices
from Vera Cruz of the 13th inst. Lopez was still
alive, and Marquez at the head of a small force in
the State of Vera Cruz. As Lopez has published
an address to his fellow-citizens and the world,
accounting for the circumstances under which
Maximilian fell into the hands of the Republi-
cans, and repudiating with scorn and indig-
nation the imputations of treachery, there is
no doubt that he is alive. Ile maintains
that
.he was captured by the enemy, and his
sole effort after was to warn Maximilian of his
danger. The most hopeful part of his story—in
which there is probably little truth—is that it shows
strong feeling, which leads us to believe that the
vile mongrel breed have been made to smart under
the scorn and disgust of Christendom. Advices from
Mexico to the 21st ult. report that a banquet had
been given to Juarez, on his arrival at the capital,
at which he expressed a hope that the nation would
imitate the clemency and moderation in victory of
the United States. The populace were tired of
bloodshed, and would unite with the press in de-
manding a general amnesty. A positive denial was
given to the massacre of Imperialists at Queretaro.
The army was to be reduced to 18,000 men, and
many prisoners were to be released.

The Mobile Times says the cotton crop of this
year will exceed any yet realised.
The bakers of Buffalo are required to stamp their
bread with their initials. Bread short in weight is confis-
cated.

The ironwork of the Exhibition building, at
Paris, is said to be already sold for exportation to America.
David Henry and Co.'s wholesale liquor store,
No. 20, State-street., Chicago, was destroyed by fire on the
30th August. The loss is $60,000 ; the insurance is
$45,000. The stock of 0. Turner, Bristol, and Co., whole-
sale leather dealers, in the adjoining building, was damaged
by water to the extent of $12,000. West's stock of carpets
was also damaged. Tho total loss will probably roach
$lOO,OOO.

About one-half of Reynold's City, Montana Ter-
ritory, was destroyed by fire on the 10th August.
The llamilton Times of Ontario publishes a letter
from Captain Turner of the schooner Algerine, giving an
account of a splendid meteor that fell into Lake Ontario
the 4th instant. The skipper first beheld an illumination
in the north-west; then he saw what seemed to be a large
body of fire approaching with terrific spend. The light
thrown out by this blazing ball was so intense that two of
the crew of the Algerine fell to the deck, overcome .by ter-
ror. The meteor struck the water at a pint about 300
yards from the bow of the schooner. Immense quantities
of steam and spray ascended, and the captain's ears were
stunned by the terrible sound that announced the instant
of contact of the aerolite and the water. The skipper says
that a long trail of flame streamed after the meteor.
The Times correspondent says—" The purchase
by the United States of the Bay of Samana, in the coloured
Republic of St. Domingo, for the sum of £1,000,000, now
alleged to have been finally arranged, is iu harmony with
steps taken by some active New York adventurers 15 years
ago. At that date it was proposed to place 4,000 or 5,000
American settlers in tho country, the population of which
is estimatad at only about 200,000, and the obvious intent
was to acquire this bay with its valuable coal mines, which,
owing to the development to be given to steam navigation
in the Pacific by the then newly-discovered treasures of
California, was regarded as one of the most valuable pro-
perties that could be opened up. At that period, in order
perhaps to stimulate the national feeling on the question,
it was represented that Franco had designs upon the
Republic, and about the same time also a futile attempt
was made to raise in Londo❑ a Dominican loan of
£750,000. Subsequently the temporary re-occupation of San
Domingo by Spain, and the exigencies of the civil war in
America, seem to have diverted attention from the subject.
Its resumption at the present moment may in its commer-
cial bearings be regarded with satisfaction. The Bay of
Samana is among the finest harbours in the world, and the
supply of coal for steam purposes has been alleged to be
virtually inexhaustible, and to be so situated that ves-
sels may even load alongside of the mines. If the
general account of its capabilities be correct the station
will, of course, prove of incalculable importance to the
United States in a naval sense, but even if the assumption
were to bo entertained that considerations of that kind
rather than of commercial utility have operated as incen-
tives to the acquisition, we may safely rely that the com-
mercial principle will triumph in the end, and that out of
the facilities to be gained by an ample supply of coal for
the steam traiSo with Australia, California, China, and