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London, England, 1861-07-26 00:00:00

was resting), another pistol shot having:, been I
afterwards fired into his right temple from
which he was bleeding "an immensity"— I

his would-be assassin stooping or kneeling
close behind him as he lay there, so close, says
Major MURRAY, that "I could feel his breath upon
my neck and ears." Never, we say, was man in
more fearful plight, in more desperated straights,
at a more appalling disadvantage, than Major
MURRAY was at that moment with there
bending over him, untouched and scatheless,
his intended murderer Yet with his life
providentially spared to him —in spite of
that pistol wound upon the right temple, from
which he was bleeding profusely, and of that
other and more dreadful pistol wound at the back
of his neck, where the bullet was lying against the
vertebrae—Major MURRAY contrived, nevertheless,
to extricate himself from a position so apparently
hopeless and altogether desperate, that it might
be most aptly designated as the very Jaws of Death
How to extricate himself, however ? By
Homicide, it is true—but by what this man-
ful Coroner's jury describe it to have been
—" Justifiable Homicide"—that is homicide
committed by Major MURRAY in obedience
to the simple instinct of self-preservation. Won-
derful as this singular tragedy is in every particu-
lar, it is perhaps most wonderful in the circum-
stance that it affords a literal verification of the
truth wittily expressed in that quaint old verse of
QUEVEDO

'Tis said a Justice of the Quorum,
Who was no fool
When theft or murder came before him,
Made it a rule
At once to stop the lawyer's chatter,
Saying, d'ye see,
Let's probe the bottom of this matter—
WHO IS SHE ? ,

LAT Eb rr E W S.

PARIS, JULY 26.

A despatch received here from Constantinople,
dated the 25th instant, announces that the Sultan
continues to effect reforms. It is proposed to purify
the personnel of the Mudirs, and to diminish their
privileges and salaries.
The Council of Justice has been purged and re-
organised.
On the occasion of some religious ceremony which
the Sultan's son went through, Namik Pasha made
a speech, which produced a good effect.

The rations allowed to the civil functionaries
have been stopped.
In consequence of a complaint from the French
Embassy, the levant Herald has been suspended
for two months.

General Ignatiefi is expected to-morrow. He
comes to congratulate the Sultan on his accession
to the throne.

TURIN, JULY 26.

The Official Gazette of to-day says :
" Two individuals, named respectively Groeben
and Austeritz, have been arrested here on a charge
of enlisting recruits for the Pontifical army. They
had Papal and Austrian passports, lists of men
enrolled since 186), and a quantity of Bourbon and
Papal portraits and decorations were also found on
them. They were about to enter the Italian army
in order to attempt to corrupt the soldiers."

FLORENCE, JULY 26.

A reactionary band has been formed at Tosca•
nella. Troops will be despatched in order to pre-
vent them from crossing the frontiers.

CADIZ, JULY 25.
The daughter of the Duke do Montpensier is
dead.

News received here from Havannah to the 6th
inst. announces the death of the Archbishop.
The state of financial affairs was improving.
According to advices from Mexico Juarez had
been elected President.
His reactionary advisers were triumphant.
A state of siege had been proclaimed.
General Degollado was dead.
The Spanish journals state that perfect tran-
quillity prevails in San Domingo.

VIENNA, JULY 25.

An Imperial decree is published to-day dissolving
the Diet of Istria on account of its refusal to send
representatives to the Council of the Empire, not-
withstanding the repeated requests of the Govern-
ment.

The same decree orders new elections for the Diet.

TURIN, JULY 25.

The Italia asserts that the Minister of Finance
will receive no more subscriptions to the National
Loan after to-morrow evening.

The article relative to the loan which appeared
yesterday in the Opinione was not inspired by the
Government.

The news is confirmed that General Cialdini has
ordered the troops to shoot only those insurgents
who are taken with arms in their hands.

NAPLES, JULY 25,

A Bourbon committee, presided over by Mon-
signore Cienatempo, has been discovered at Posi-
lippo. Letters, registers containing the names of
the confederates, and a large sum of money have
been seized. The Monsignore and five accomplices
have been arrested.

The Naples journals affirm that the news from
Calabria is serious.

BERNE, JULY 25.

Dr. Ferrer, Vice-President of the Swiss Confe-
deration, died last night at Ragatz. He war Pre-
sident of the Confederation in 1848, 1852, 1855,
and 1858.

PRANCE AND THE ZOLLVEREIN.

La Patrie says :
" The difficulties which had arisen on the sub-
ject of the Treaty of Commerce between France
and the Zoliverein having been removed, the
treaty will be signed immediately."
La Patrie also has the following, under the head
of "Latest Intelligence ":

" His Excellency M. Rouher is about to leave
Paris for Vichy, where he will remain three or four
days. It is believed that the Emperor will go direct
from Vichy to the Camp at Chalons."

SHANGHAI, JUNE 2.

Affairs are tranquil in Pekin and Japan.

At Tien-tsin trade is progressing. According to
the latest accounts Blakiston's (?) overland party
were 1,203 miles from Shanghai.

The natives are returning to Hankow, and trade
is being resumed.

SINGAPORE, JUNE 21.

The Free Press states that a " seaquake" has
caused great devastation on the island of Simo.
778 persons perished.

CALCUTTA, JUNE 22.
Better accounts continue to be received from the
famine districts.

FRANCE.

It is rumoured that there was, or is, some notion
of trying England with the bait of Sicily for her
connivance at the annexation of Sardinia whenever
the proper moment comes. A hint of the kind is