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The Berlin Government will, we have no doubt,
find themselves in the position of those who suffer
from enzbarras de ridesses. They have insisted on
appropriating so many things to themselves, and
farcibly taken possession of so many places, that
they will be puzzled to know what to do with them
or how to consolidate their acquisitions. Great
confusion has prevailed on the subject of llanover,
and it has been found almost impossible to recon-
cile the old with the new repine, or to make
people contented with the very strange state
of things put before them. Of course it is
one thing to lord it over men when things
are all in a state of unsettlement, and
another to ignore completely the wishes and set at
naught the opinions of the inhabitants of the newly-
acquired States. It was stated yesterday that whe-
ther the ex-King of HANovEn absolved the officers
formerly belonging to the Hanoverian Army or not
that they would be permitted to enter the military
service of Prussia. It is, however, semi-officially
declared that the Prussian Government will at "all
times respect the conscientious and religious scruples
of the inhabitants of all the newly-acquired States."
Can anything be more absurd than this, as if the
Berlin authorities ever troubled themselves about
scruples of conscience either on their own
parts or on that of others. The last
intimation is that the Government intends to ask
the Hanoverian officers to declare whether or not
they will be willing to enter the Prussian service.
The reason given for this extraordinary step is that
it is considered desirable to ascertain their position
in a very clear manner. It is not very difficult for
experienced persons to divine pretty accurately the
reason for this meddlesome inquiry being made. Of
course Herr BISMARCK is very anxious that all the
military forces of these States just annexed should
be added to that of Prussia, and thus secure the
double purpose of augmenting the military power
of Prussia, and of preventing the strength of the
said places from being consolidated. It is a daring
move on the part of the wily Minister thus to seek
to lay the foundation of native strength in these
places ; but it is to be seen if the manoeuvre will
answer, even if for the moment it prove successful.
We have an instance of the manner in which these
newly annexed States of King WILLIAM will benefit
by the blessings of freedom and unity, so lately
bestowed upon them in the matter of the
Frankfort conscription. Upon 6th and 7th
proximo the military conscription for Frankfort
and its environs will, we hear, take place. Those
who rave about the great result that the greatest
man of the day has achieved contrive to forget
completely the feelings which must be excited in
the minds of those most immediately concerned in
the changes. how can it be a gain to the German
people when their privileges are sequestrated and
their rights trampled under foot in the most bare-
faced manner ? The Saxon Chambers were opened
on Wednesday by the KING, who declared it to
be his intention to keep faithful to the North
German Confederation, and that he would let
no obstacle stand in the way of carrying out
the engagements he had entered into. The session
of the Prussian Diet, which was adjourned from
September to November, will be resumed next
Monday. It is not anticipated that any very
striking occurrence will celebrate the resumption of
senatorial labours. This session will not last much
over the month of January, because the new Ger-
man Parliament must be convoked in the early part
of the New Year, and the two assemblies will not
deliberate at once.

The last year or two has brought us a sad cata-
logue of disasters. We have ourselves but partially
recovered from the long prevailing plague among
our herds, and the cholera still lingers in the midst
of our cities, while the effects of the financial panic
in the spring are painfully perceptible. But while
yet suffering from these several disasters we eon-
tinue.to receive the news of exceptional misfortunes
from our dependencies. First, we had the famine
in India, which, although unhappily by no means
without precedent, has been very severe in its na-
ture and wide-spread in its influence. -While we
were lamenting over the melancholy details of the
want and starvation in Orissa came the news of a
misfortune of a different character, which had be-
fallen our North American subjects. The fire at
Quebec had thrown thousands houseless on the
world to face the terrors of a Canadian winter, and
the appeal for help called forth a ready response
from all classes. The liberality and promptitude of
the subscriptions have enabled the managers of the
relief fund to authorise a large expenditure on the
part of the Mayor of Quebec ; but no sooner do we
begin to congratulate ourselves that the worst is over
than a fresh call upon our sympathies is made from
another quarter. The recent hurricane at the
Bahamas has done a fearful amount of mischief,
and so far from the previous accounts which have
reached us having exaggerated the disaster, the
detailed account sent by Governor ItAwsort to the
home-office a still more painful picture. II •
apply
the loss of life was by no means commensurate
with the destruction of property, which has been
very great, but the distress occasioned by the hur-
ricane is very severe. It was evidently a
iPro-
vidence,is,
where the
cyclone, whose
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of course, means the first time that
es
m such a visitation ;
and only last year a violent hurricane passed south-
wardthe islands bh y
have no
suffered from
without much injury,
but the cyclone of this
year has been one of the most severe within the
memory of man. In 1813 there was a terrible tem-
pest, but it was not nearly so destructive as this
one, partly no doubt owing to the rapid increase of
property. In 1796 there was also a hurricane, which
it is said most nearly approached that of 1866 in
violence of any on record.

On Sunday evening, September 30, a north-cast
wind was blowing freshly at Nassau. During
the night it rose, and by ten the next
morning it waL blowing with fearful violence. From
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noon till G p.m. the hurricanexaged uninternuttina y
with a deluge of rain. At 7 o'clock the rain ceased
and the wind moderated. The wind then shifted
to south, and by 9 o'clock in the evening it had
risen again and the rain was pouring in torrents.
The Commander of 11.M.5. Nimble is preparing a
chart of the course of this hurricane, which will
no doubt prove very valuable to our meteorologists.
It swept towards the north-west, being felt on
the coast of the United States at Key West and

Chesaj?eako Bay ; it then curved to the north-
east with. ene gulf stream, and was in full force
half-way 'between Cape Hatteras and Bermuda.
This, it Et eems, is the general course of hurricanes in
these se as, and the question is worth studying, since
the int( :rests affected are very widely extended.
At c taybreak, on the morning of the 2d, a melan-
choly spectacle presented itself. In the harbour
every vessel, with one exception, was driven ashore
or ha( 1 foundered. The road along the coast was
block( .d up with the cast-up craft. In the city a
still worse scene was visible. "It would
hardly," says Governor RAWSON, "have suf-
fered so much from a bombardment ;" and
certainly the details which he gives fully
confirm the assertion. All the public buildings
were injured. Government House was unroofed
and the windows dashed in. The Court-house,
Council Chamber, and old gaol were unroofed ; the
new gaol, in process of building, being partly blown
down. The cathedral, churches, and school-houses
were all more or less damaged, while two chapels
were blown down, and a third, the Wesleyan, just
finished at a heavy expense, was totally destroyed.
A considerable portion of the Ordnance Storehouses
was levelled with the ground, and the Military Hospital
partly blown down. As might be supposed the lesser
buildings have suffered still more severely. Scarcely
a warehouse or store has escaped partial destruc-
tion ; some of them have been wholly destroyed.
Most of the stores were roofed with metal, and of
such only one escaped. The mercantile community
have of course suffered very much by the injury to
their stocks of goods.

The damage done to the shipping has been very
great. Of the craft in the harbour 92 have been
totally destroyed, 97 badly injured, and 48 slightly
injured. There were two steam-tugs, one of which
foundered, and the other was dashed against the
wharf and crushed, after having herself crushed a
colonial schooner. Even H.M.S. Nimble was
driven from her moorings and rust ashore in 6 feet
water. The worst part of the damage to the ship-
ping is that a large portion of the population de-
pended for their fishing and sponging, and also for
their daily supplies, on the produce of the out
islands. The Governor appears to have acted with
promptitude and discretion in the emergency. He
despatched the solitary vessel remaining to visit the
uninhabited cays on which he thought it probable
that the crews of some of the wrecked vessels
might be known. Many shipwrecked men were
thus found and brought in safety. He has also
organised an efficient system of relief, and sum-
moned the Houses of Representatives to meet in an
extraordinary session. At the same time he has
been careful to stimulate the people to exertion and
independence, not wishing them to rely exclusively
on public charity. His account will be read with
deep interest, and it is to be hoped that the terrible
experience of this year will induce the population
to take all possible precautions against a possible
recurrence of the calamity.

The new Attorney-General has been re-elected
without opposition, and made some interesting ob-
servations on the occasion, which appeared to give
great satisfaction to his hearers. In taking a glance
at recent events, Sir JOHN alluded to the position
held by Earl RUSSELL upon his accession to office.
Ile then had a majority of sixty or seventy, the
largest majority that any Government had had for
some years, but it availed him little or nothing,
in consequence of bad management. As for
the plan adopted by the late Govern-
ment of dividing the question of Reform into
sectionary fragments, Sir JOHN denounced it as quite
a mistake; it was, in point of fact, he said, as
" stupid as tricky." "It was very analogous to the
boys' idea of catching a bird by putting some salt
on his tail; they supposed the bird would stop to be
caught." After getting over this difficulty they
came to the stumbling-block of a rating or a rental
franchise, and upon this secondary question they
went out. Sir JOHN declares that Lord DERBY
was one of those who had the share in carrying
the measure of Reform through the House in
1832, and he has assisted the cause of national edu-
cation as much, if not more, than any man in the
country; and in addressing himself to the questions
of the day has he displayed an eloquence in debate
that is unrivalled, and he has advocated and defended
well the Constitution of our country and the main-
tenance of our institutions in a liberal spirit,
Then as for the claims of their leader in the
House of Commons to support, Sir JOHN showed
himself an eloquent advocate. He is said to be of
large experience, " ripe and mature in the know-
ledge of a statesman, and having that indomitable
courage and pluck without which no man can head
the House of Commons." It is worthy of notice
that during the twenty years ho has got together
more than two hundred and fifty men of his party.
Mr. DISRAELI has not had a single desertion, a
boast which none of his opponents on the
Liberal side can make. Regarding foreign politics
Sir JOHN declared that if we went on too long ne-
glecting our own interests abroad, ere long we
should become a second Denmark ; and that re-
specting our army and navy we must be on the
alert, or very serious consequences would follow.
He took a high stand and said that he made no
apology in coming before them upon taking office ;
but, on the contrary, was proud of having done so,
believing that the best interests of the country would
be looked after by the present advisers of the
Crown.

The Election for Wexford County.

D ÜBLIN, 'Thursday Evening.

The nomination for Wexford county election took
place this day, in the Court House of Wexford.
There was some excitement, but no tumult. Captain
Esmond, J.P., High Sheriff, presided.
Mr. J. Pope Hennessy was proposed byMr. Lam-
bert, D.L., and seconded by Mr. Cullen.
Mr. Arthur Kavanagh was proposed by Mr. Doyn,
and seconded by Mr. Rossborough Colelough, of
Tintern Abbey.
Mr. Kavanagh did not appear, but sent a letter
declaring his determination to go to the poll, and to
adhere to the line of policy laid down in his address.
Mr. Hennessy spoke for more than an hour. He
expressed a hope that the constituency of Wexford
would give a fair trial to the present Government.
He spoke highly of Mr. Kavanagh, but declared
that he himself would go to the poll, believing that
he would better represent the opinions of the people.
He described at length his whole Parliamentary
career, and defended with great earnestness the con-
duct of the Conservative party in respect to Ireland.
Finally, he expressed his confident belief that he
would be returned. Throughout he was cheered
with great enthusiasm. The show of hands was in
favour of Hennessy, and a poll was demanded for
Mr. Kavanagh. The polling was fixed for Monday
next.

Monday next is also fixed for the nomination in
Belfast. Captain Talbot will contest the county
Waterford ou Conservative principles, and Mr.
Edmund de la Poer is the Liberal candidate.

TIIE QUEBEC FIRE.—We are authorised by the
London committee to state that at their Mansion House
meeting on Wednesday the sum to be drawn by the Mayor
of Quebec was £l,OOO, and not £l,OOO. The subscriptions
up to last evening amounted to about £16,700, of which
sum £14,000 had been already rendered available at Quebec
in relieving the distress of the poor sufferers. Amongst the
donations received yesterday was one of £5OO from the
Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London.

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Thursday Evening.
The Military Commission recently appointed
will not only direct its inquiries relative to the army,
but Admirals de Genouilly and Charner have been
added to it, as the commission will extend its in-
quiries into the recruitment of the naval forces.
The evening illonitenr, in its weekly review of the
position of affairs, says :
" The solemn entry of King Victor Emmanuel
into Venice took place with unusual eclat. The
principal cities of Italy were represented by depu-
tations. On arriving at the church of St. Mark
the King cordially pressed the hands of the Car-
dinal Patriarch, and the population of Venetia wit-
nessed with joy this testimony of the union of the
Sovereign with the clergy.
"The last allocution of the Pope is far from de-
stroying the hope of a conciliation so desirable
between the Holy See and the Court of Florence.
The Holy Father recalls the blessing which he in-
voked upon Italy at the commencement of the Pon-
tificate, with an idea at once religious and patriotic.
There is every reason to believe that the Italian
Government is disposed to carry out the Convention
of the 15th of September with scrupulous fidelity.
" The return of the King of Saxony to his States
has been the signal at Dresden, and the other cities
of his kingdom, for manifestations of sympathy
towards that monarch. The Prussian army which
occupies the country has been placed upon a peace
footing. The abandonment by the Elector of Hesse
of his territorial rights in favour of King William
has induced a number of Hessian officers to enter the
service of Prussia. The Grand Duke of Oldenbourg
has removed his former pretentious to Schleswig-
Holstein, but the definitive settlement of the ques-
tions respecting the organisation of the Duchies of
the Elbe is still in suspense. The Prussian Chain-
bers,showever, will discuss the subject immediately.
The session will be short, and at its conclusion the
Federal Parliament of Northern Germany will be
summoned to meet.
"The Emperor of Austria has returned toVienna
after an absence of nearly a month. His Majesty,
on his passage, was everywhere received with proofs
of the affectionate devotion of his subjects. The
Official Gazette of Vienna has published several
articles insisting upon the necessity of a new orga-
nisation of the Army.
The Montenegrin envoys left Constantinople in a
vessel offered by the Sultan to Prince Nicolas.
Fully satisfied with the result of their mission, they
convey to Cettigne the most favourable assurances.
The Sultan declared that his earnest desire was to
see Montenegro happy and prosperous. There is
reason to believe that these beneficent feelings will
produce a salutary effect not only upon the inhabi-
tants of the Black Mountain, but upon the Christians
of Bosnia and of the Herzegovine, who are of the
same race and speak the same language.
" The Russian Government has consolidated its
dominion in the Turkestan by the reorganisation of
the territories conquered from the Emir of Bokhara.
In virtue of a proclamation of the Governor-General
of Orembourg, the city of Tachkeut, which is one
of the most populous and important cities of Central
Asia, has been incorporated with the Empire. A
great number of routes diverge upon this point, and
as regards the double interests of politics and com-
merce, the possession of one of the principal centres
of these distant countries is of real importance.
" The commander of the French naval forces in
the Cluna seas has been ordered to cruise upon the
coasts of the Corea. Several missionaries have

recently been murdered in that country, and Ad-
miral Roze will make inquiries which will enable au
opinion to be formed of the state of things and the
feelings of the Corean Government." (I sent you
an account of these massacres, 'believe exclusively).
According to some of the German papers there is
considerable excitement in Hungary. An article
in a Radical paper, the lion, has excited great sen-
sation. It says that Hungary will not submit to
have her interests made subordinate to the interests
of foreign countries. " Hungary is not indifferent
to the fate of the other countries of the monarchy,
but she will defend her independence and support
the other provinces in defending their constitutional
liberties."

The total amount of the subszriptions for the
relief of the sufferers by the inundations is now
2,381,070 f.

The Tremblenblatt of Vienna says there is a child
in that city who, though only nine years of age,
weighs upwards of 2001 b. English.
The appearance of the various almanacs in Paris
is always looked for with much avidity, and they
excite increased interest since so much attention has
been paid to the weather. The number of alma-
nacs published in Paris is very great, and some of
them have curious features. Some of their predic-
tions for the present year have created quite a sen-
sation, as they have been fulfilled to the very letter.
For instance, the terrible inundations which lately
devastated France were predicted in an alma-
nac published towards the close of last
year. The English almanacs are by no means
neglected. A prediction of Old Moore's Almanac
for 1866, published in October, 1865, astonished
many politicians, for it became an accomplished and
startling fact at the very period predicted. It was
in these words—" There will be important matters
to arrange in Germany. The position of affairs in
Germany will be again critical. Prussia and

Austria will be more estranged from each other than
ever." The Hyde Park riots were predicted thus—
" A disturbance in no usual domestic tranquillity."
Mona. A. Gaudin, calculator to the Board of
Longitude, has written an account of what he terms
the most beautiful celestial phenomenon he ever
observed, the movements of shooting stars. "At
an early hour yesterday morning the darting stars
were so numerous, the light was so intense

and so prolonged, that he could only compare
fireworks. There
them to rockets and other

were often three or four together dashing in a
parallel direction between each other, for their
direction was constantly from the north-east to the
south-east. He saw many stars the light from
which reached to an extent of 90 degrees. M.
Gaudin says that the phenomena may now pro-
bably be seen every day between three and four a.m.

Several bold and learned travellers intend shortly
:o leave Paris to explore Central Africa. The ex-

pedition will be under the direction of M. Antoine

Abbadie, of the Institute. The travellers propose
to ascend the whole Nile, to peuctrate into the

country of the Niam-Niams, and to reach the

Gabon by traversing an immense region respecting
which no account has hitherto been given. A
committee has been formed to arrange the details

of this important expedition. It is composed of
Messrs. Ernest Desjardins, Jules Verne, Richard
Costambert, Boudinot, Mage, and Girard de Rialte.
The subject proposed by the Academy of Fine
Arts for the Achille Le Clere architectural prize is a
monumental bridge. Artists may now obtain par-
ticulars by applying at the Institute.
There seems to be a spice of wit among the lower
classes in Austria as keen, cutting, and polished asa

razor. At all events I read a little specimen. A

day or two ago two pedlars perceived a dashing
officer, brilliant with stars, who evidently did not
think brick-dust of himself, but who walked along
the street as if the city belonged to him. They

offered him there wares, but he gave them a disdain-
ful glance, and proceeded on his way. "Meis a
haughty fellow," said one of the men. "He seems

as proud as if he took the whole credit of the defeat
of Koniggratz all to himself."
Severalof the Ministers and eminent generals are
among the guests at Compiegne. Prince Jerome is
also there, but the Princess Clotilde, being in an in-
teresting condition, does not I believe accompany
him. The Prince and Princess Murat are also there.
The Marquess de Lavalette, the Minister of the
Interior, has not yet returned to Paris.

SUPPOSED MURDER NEAR NOTTINGHAM.—A man
named Thomas Leiper died yesterday at Bulwell, Rear
Nottingham, from injuries alleged to have been inflicted
upon him by a rate-collector, named Alfred Glover. The
parties were drinking in a public-house on the 2d instant,
when a dispute arose between them, and Glover violently
assaulted the deceased with a poker. He was taken home
in= insensible condition, and died fora the effects of the
iniA4ps yesterday.

LA TEST INT.ELLIGENGE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
AMERICA.
(PER THE CHINA.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (Evening

_ .
On Saturday the old Police Commissioners of
Baltimore arrested and confined the new commis-
sioners, with the sheriff, in gaol, charging them
with endeavouring to excite a riot. The latter
refused to give bail, and still remain in gaol. Their
counsel applied for habeas corpus, which, it was de-
cided, the warder of the gaol was not bound to
return.

Genral Grant visited Baltimore on Sunday un-
officially, and conferred with the old and new com-
missioners. Through this interposition the diffi-
culty was compromised by the appointment of a
Conservative judge and clerk of the election in each
district in addition to the judges already appointed.
Four thousand muskets have been seized in the
stores of different Conservatives in Baltimore.

The Radical Republicans have held an open air
meeting in front of the City Hall, New York. Gen.
Butler delivered a speech on the occasion, during
which he was hooted and pelted.
Fenian indignation meetings are still held
throughout the States.
A Fenian Protestant clergyman, the Rev. Mr.
Lumsden, has been tried and acquitted in Canada.
Considerable ill feeling has been aroused among
the Roman Catholics by his acquittal. A new trial
for Lynch and MacMahon will be applied for during
the week.

MEXICO.

NEW YoIK, Nov. 6 (Evening.)

Advices have been received here from the city of
Mexico to the 22d ult. The Emperor Maximilian set
out for Vera Cruz on the 21st, via Orizaba, in order to
avoid meeting General Castelnau. Before leaving,
he verbally appointed Marshal Bazaine temporary
Ptegent. The Mexican Ministry, on hearing of
Marshal Bazaine's appointment, resigned. General
Castelnau arrived in the city of Mexico on the 23d,
and took upon himself the administration of the
Government.