New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-25

ordered him water and then to proceed with the pun
ishment. This was done, and the remainder was ad-
minstered while in state Of insensbty, ceasng only
at the fortyn stroke when the "cat" broke, and
the wretched sufferer was carried off TO the military
hospital, from which, If be emerges alive, 1t will be
with such muated frame that he may be said to be
no longer a man.
The venerable nobleman, the Earl of Traquair,
has died in his sst year. He is the last in bis line oi
very old branch of the royal house Of Stuart The
title now becomes extinct. The estates were at the
disposal Of the deceased but their destination is not yet
known The earl succeeded his father in 1897 aud has
almost continuously resided in retirement, amounting
to seclusion, at Taquar House. which is believed to
be Of the Oldest inhabited houses in Scotland The
magnificent avenue leading TO the house remained
entirely gassgrown and unused after the death of the
earls father the late peer having made resolution
never to pass through il after it had been raversed by
the funeral procession The great staircase ana
entrance to the mansion were for the reason kept
reGgously closed.
The Marlborough House Is now being put into
pete repair and has undergone considerable alteration
10 serve as residence for the Prince Of Wales. The
recovery and restoration Of the paintings III The hau
aud staircase the most important part OF the present
operations. These walls were originally covered with
oil PAINTINGS of bate-peces and architectural decorA-
tions according the fashion that prevailed at the
beginning Of the eighteenth century In later times
these pictures were wifully obiterated aud covered
with successive layers Of common housepnt, so as to
show nothing but mOuotonous fiat color to the eye
Lsquerre is known to have executed these original
decorations.
The Paris correspondent Of Tie London star is
informed of plot discovered at St. Petersburg agaihsI
the life of the Emperor Alexander, as well rs against
the lives Of the different members of the Imperial
family, in which some of the highest membee OF ihe
nobility and State fnctignarles were implicated Inc
meetings Of the conspirators were held at the honsc oi
great innctionary but their frequency drew ne
attention of servant 10 them, and gossivnc proper
sty ON his part was the Of putng The police on
The track which they pursued, by The Empcrors or
ders, with The greatest crcumspeeton
The Baron De Vidil will remain in Newgite unul
lis case shall Laye been aispose1 of in dle come Of
law either by the grand jury ignoring the bill, or ms
being tried by jury. lie does not appear 50 much
affected hy his confinement as would be imagined,
aud lac been visited by several pcIscrs Of distinction,
who seem to take the greatest interest in biu md 70
be strongly Impressed with the conviction that he is
entirely innocent of the crime Of which h. ~ a'-
cused.
Tie Bi.hop a Durham Il dead. Tie Hon. nsa
Rev. Henry Montagu Nillers yoHngest sHgriF'ns
brother Of TIC Earl Of CllieDd0n, and was bonn M
London IN 1919 Educated ~ Wcstniastcr ho' "ai
elected 10 sc 1larship :, Christ Church osiord ne
graduated b. s. H. 1884, snd took the degree oi ". A.
a Is7. After taking holy orders ald exercising c,ri-
cal frotau. in Lanctshira sul vicar OF Ken Norh
in warNi,AshIre, be was il 1884, p'c'entei by Tie
Crown to The RectoIy Of St. Georgo's, Bloomsbury
The departure Of the Empress OF Russia fJr the
Criuea WIS Gzsd fJr The 18th Gs' and that II ne
Emperor 'oT he 18th nst. Hex Msesy VIII take WIN
her only the Gnnd Dakc S1gios and the Grand
Dutbesa Mary her two youp sst children. Tie NAM
Log q douissiiaa ,s BE- small tsSo sres @c e@-'1-
be, ihgce oo1rs-s Two ooncn aTd hree other male
servants. Her Nslcsy ia order to relaec The expense
u The journey, ouitaed with her hand tho lsi II
! pc sous presented q her.
/ --Spmo person supposi - he di,ehaTget oihcer
ol ne Bdtsh Navy has been pefsJnating the deyi AZ
Ccru. lie was decorated With home and q is'', aud
I uu bic fec was apparntu. by when be eOu'd IN
crcafe aud diminish his hight. On one OCCASION ihc
| police weIe ordered 10 take him. on which he blew
fin, from his uJu,l aul the police yalished N every
direction The Otcers 81 the garris0n watched in The
streets f,r him, but be dill not care 30 come ieross
them, and Kept ou Of the way ,ii they bad retired.
! --Father Ventura, the celebrated French preacher
/ died at Venail!cs recently. in Die cab year. For
years be drew crowds i the churches Of The Madeleine
and ST. Louis Autin. Tie original character Of hs
style the copousness aud energy of Bis language aud
bis burts Of lofty coquence not to speak OF bis Vas
,tore 0i theological science made even BIS most flstd
iou- hearers forge Lis peculiar pronunciation of the
French tongue, for be was scilan born, naive Of
Palermo.
The British tendency 10 m5sce is well eNomplfed
IN the remark apropos Of war, Of TIE Pres high
toned weekly, tha, After ali much as we may de.
pore bo WA both fDr lie and is insiert- ~
! the parent race Of ihe c)nening parties, we cannot
but hope TO zee each Of them behave with tine courage
characteristics of their origin; and IL il certain that
.Saxons seldom have -ubmued 20 aPeacc dictated
by IN enemy succes-fal only in HE fret encounter
The London policemen have music in their souls
and have organized regular musical brigade. Ablrt
one fundred Of their pcrorncrs were recent! sent to
Remington Park 10 play They gave poisas quad
! rillcs and selection. from Martha and /" Lnriu1
The DaHy Ner-s thinks thar " the man whose ear is
m q, exqui.itey atuned u oi harmony ls Ely
20 be tie readiest in detecting the faint occasional
crcat Of Bill Crowblrs operations, OF The dull J'rs Of
lie sogger's Jenny"
In the French military service, during the Crim'an
war, where chlo.oorm used in tens Of thousands
81 wounded the rational and ,afe rules plonul-
gaied-peyer to wait for the total aboshment Of sen
fibity, az bullets balls, and fragments OF shell are
bes, extracted in the second steps Of eblooiorm nhas-
lion. This stage may be always insured by dlu'ng
! the chlOroorm.
His Imperial Majesty the Emperor OF the French,