Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1866-05-19 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE EUROPEAN CRISIS.  The Parts correspondent of the Independence Bettie, writing  on saturday, is— The earnast efforts of diplomacy to prevent an European conflagration are undeniable, especially on the part of England and Russia. They have been joined in to a certain extent by France. All these Powers manifest a warm sympathy with Italy, but none with Prussia. The cession of Venetia is suggested more or le-s directly, but Austria, unfortunately, is immovable upon that point, at least, for the present, and persists in converting a good cause into a bad one, believing that the events of the last few days have served her interests. Austria would under any circumstances demand a territorial compensation were she to abandon Venetia, and mention has be-n made, ironically it must he supposed, of Silesia, but it is evident that such a proposition could not be made to Prussia without placing right and justice on her side. It is not, then, the restoration to Italy of a province which belongs to it that, according to all appearances, will be the means of preventing war. This fact is much to be regretted, as it is only by such an arrangement that the peace of Europe can be assured. However, there still remain some chances of a further postponement of actual war. Those chances rest upon the obvious reflections and perhaps the hesitations of the Prussian Government, in view of the formidable, unanimous, and irrevocably determined attitude ~f the imposing majority of States which has pronounced against Prussia, and which will certainly be increased by apart of the minority whenever the absolute necessity of a choice shall arise.  A man, named Folder, seventy7one years a.ss, who formerly occupied a good pi-Art.l,in in Lon a% a stockbroker, has come to a miserable end. business, he left his wife and children to earn a as beet they could while he, rarely sober, went '•, about as pots= at public-houses. He ended his hanging himself to a beam in a tavern stable. Lasir z ; vionsly reared up some boards in front of the bean, ,• oval the fact of Ms suicide. A Dissenting minister preached the other 7b•nbie morning in a London chapel on the subject of the " History of the Devil." It is gratifying to know that the Crown Pei-, r,f Prussia is earnestly opposed to the suicidal Bismarck. The Cincinnati Gazette says that pure "o-sere- tf coffee" is now made in tried city out of the dirtiest molaases," which is boiled until it ropes c • pans, and when hard, broken up and pulveriiel. I,e „. t rye is then mixed with it, after which it is boxed ta.h box being sold at W., and labelled "pure eseea., vi coffee." The widow of Major de Very, who was tfl'h ]• rby a private soldier shootng at him at Chatham 'sae -0 preaented with a residence at Hampton Court Palen ise Queen. Mr. Simmonds, Pent down by the Gevernnee t enquire into the alleged rolent outbreak of plsge i •00 Lancashire, gives a reassuring report as to it. 1 reports unfavourably of the remedy said to have reso .„. covered by one of the inspector,. He says that reie y 7 a animals were healthy, and, in effect, that the treatment :3 which they were subject was really injurious. A company has been established on the at Philadelphie, which converts daily twenty tons of w i pulp into a soft white paper. A number of gent., s visited these works recently, and saw a poplar tree n a hill side cut down. and witnessed it% conversion into a eless tine paper, all within the space of five hones ! The ye, paper in America has already fallen from 3 too per eent these works have been in operation The student.' journal of Turin, •.• . Rude rife, has pnolished another enthmisetic aric w' „ Itetsottsat ewdatrhawtitthheAtatlriLnwstituhletheets,haqemrben,,,.,, The following is an extract from a letter received by a gentleman in London from a friend in Melbourne : and have how joined hands and- swore to .lie or , Meiheurne, March 26, 1066. Mr. John Simmonds, a large upholsterer. at PMy , • dear—,—The loss of the London has cast quite a was instantaneously killed on Friday eight. rear 11 ,00 gloom over us, and on the arrival of the news Melnourne the London and South Western Rarlway, while crossii _went quite into mourning, every fifth or sixth shop being ' line. Deceased, who was a lieutenant in the Perti._ closed out of respect to the memory of some lost friend or Rine Corps, has left a wife and ten cuildren. relation. In a small place like this, of course so sai a catas- The Oreheat ra informs ns that when Mr. trophe is more felt, especially as neerly all the piensengers Reeves went to Newcastle last monttit he bells ol Nh.. is were old chums. I myself knew many of them either per- rang him in tie if he had been a New Y.er a4u son ally or by sight. Such is the stste of anarchy we are in da . . - . " ), a Ito ge or assize, or a counrming tesnop. at present, however. that even such dread( M hews as the foundering of the London is insufficient to attract public Explanations have b-en asked of Portugal -, - attention from political matters. I had no idea that govern- reason of not saluting a Prussian brig of war ir ment mismanagement could no effectually, and in so short a entered the port of Lisbon. The answer is time, paralyse any country. There is no business doing ; authorities ti.ought it a collier from Neweasi., wages are low and provieions high: torchlight processioes making bad worae. for it is insulting Newmiatie o. 5.... and disereerly meetings are the order of the day, and there and explauations must be asked on oar side, is no knowing when this sort of thing will end—Tour', In the neighbourhood of the British fisheries in North America there are tweuty-oce British war e tationed carrying abont 450 ne and 5 9.0 men so tn.' OUTBREAK OF THE CATTLE PLAGUE inmnntgff noy one i., :Loa, ,AA quarrel. IN