The Illustrated Usk Observer and Raglan Herald

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The following very gratifying announcement was issued on Thursday by the Royal Commissioners :— His Royal Highness the. Prince of Wales, being anxious to mark his deep interest in the success of the International Exhibition, an enterprise which owed its origin to his beloved father, has, with the approbation of her Majesty, graciously undertaken to distribute the medals and certificates of honour- able mention at a State ceremonial early in the year 1883. after the building has been cleared." We feel sure that this gracious act will commend jitself to all classes of the community, It was at one time thought likely* and was< in fact,Vintended, that !some sort of ceremonial should mark the public closing, now so near at hand. As the matter was discussed, ho'vever, it was seen that at this season iof the year it would be next to impossible to get up ,a really imposing State pageant, with all its necessary jaccessories in the way of a large and distinguished as- semblage. A failure of this kind was, of course, more to be dreaded than no attempt at all, and a failure jwas more than probable, unless the consent of her Majesty to her being represented om this occasion ibvthe Prince of Wales could be; obtained. It was: in order, therefore, to secure this distinguished 'honour that the date for this ceremonial has been deferred to the first month of the next year, when the full period of mourning for the death of his royal father will have expired. No precise date has yet been fixed, but it is generally understood that it will be before the 10th of January, and, though no details of this pageant are yet arranged, it is not considered u.likely, if the arrangements can be well carried lout, that the proposed distribution will take place in the evening with the building illuminated by gas. Unless gas is introduced into the building in some form or way the cold in the interior during January will prove a most serious drawback, if not on the splendour, at least on the attractiveness of the spec- tacle. All holders of season tickets will be admitted on this occasion; the public not beingseasoaticket holders will be admitted on payment of £ 1. Strictly speaking, the season tickets expire with the year for which they were issued, but before the building was opened the Commissioners,announced that there would be three great fete days, when the admission would be ;£1 or by season tickets, and as there have as yet been only two such days it is felt that these tickets have the right of admission to this the last and greatest fete of all. The arrangements now, therefore, are, that there are to be 13 more shilling days, and seven more days at. &s. 6d. terminating on Friday, the 31st of this month. On Monday, the 3rd of November, it will be again opened, at increased prices of admission, for the sale iof goods'j and OJtx SUtturaUty, tlxcr 15th, ii, ill be dosed for ever, with no other ceremonial than the ruistomary one of bolting the doors when the last ivisitors have left. The work of clearing tho build- ing will be commenced on the. following Monday, jthe l.7th.of November, and such arrangements for jthis purpose have been made by the proper sub- division of labour, &c., that it is expected that the whole building will he empty by the first week in 'December.

FIRST COTTON HARVEST IN QUEENS- LAND. A correspondent of a morning. contemporary) rafter quoting various colonial papers in proof of the (increasing produce of Queensland, particularly of ithecottoncrop, says In a letter received: by Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt, and Co., of Sydney, the consignees of cotton just sent to them from Queensland for shipment, Mr. Pantos who is the largest private grower in the colony, states- that he expects the plantation to yield 400 lbs. of cleaa,cotton to the acre. A still larger yield than this has been in some cases realised, and it is now ascertained that this may be taken as a fair average estimate of this variety—fine Sea Islands cotton. Mr. Thomas Bazley, M.P. for Manchester, states in a letter in my possession, that he has given an average of Is. 9d. per lb. for this description of cotton from Queensland, having received several lots from thence befQre the outbreak of the civil war in America* By the Liverpool Albion of the 15th September, it is aeen that a few bales of Queens- land cotton have been sold at 3s. per lb." The consumption of, this description of cotton in, England:and,the-, continent; is seen, by the circular of Messrs. Stead Brothers, cotton brokers, of Liver- pool, published1 at the beginning of this year, to have been in 1861,47,180 bags this, at 4001bs. to the bag, gives 18,860,0001bs. of Sea Islands cotton con- sumed every year, notwithstanding the high price it has hitherto always obtained, averaging Is. 9d. to 12s. per lb. Mr. Cheetham, chairman of the Cotton Supply Association, has stated to sae that, could this- description of cotton be produced at about Is. 6d. per lb. the consumption, would be immediately doubled; this would, give 37,720,COOlbs. of this description of cotton every year, and this at Is. 6d. per lb. would amount to £ 2,82!), 000. It is well known that this* kind of cotton has been hitherto produced almost exclusively in America, and there only in certain limited localities, .and in quality much inferior to that sent from Queensland; and there can be no doubt that in future this new Australian colony may enjoy some- thing like a monopoly of this valuable trade, worth two or three millions a year. It is esti- mated that at least 2,000 acres will be planted with cotton in Queensland this season. An esti- mate is given at the end, of the cost of production, showing the profit of growing this kind of cotton at the valuation of Is. 6d. per lb., half the price at which it is now selling in Liverpool. It is now generally known that the finest and best cotton that has ever been received in England has been that grown in Queensland. Some of this, of the Sea Islands variety, at the Exhibition, it is stated, was valued at 4s. 6d. per lb. Other samples of the Orleans variety are noticed by Mr. William Wauklyu in his report on, the samples of cotton in the Inter- national Exhibition as a particularly good." The climate and soil of Queensland are proved to be peculiarly favourable for the growth of cotton of several varieties. The plant is indigenous in this part of Australia, and there also perennial, though an annual in America. Mr. Wauklyn continues :— The samples of New Orleans are so particularly good that I would recommend the Queensland people to try both the New Orleans and Egyptian, for it is quite possible that the* return per acre for tboae sorts !aay he even moretprontatMB than Sea Islands," It is known that in countries producing both the Orleans and the Sea Islands cotton the yield of Orleans is very much larger, in many cases nearly double that of the other description. In the Southern States of America the yield of Sea Islands cotton ranges from 1501bs. to 3001bs. to the acre. Orleans, Boweds, and other descriptions of seed yield from- 2001bs. to 7001bs. to the acre. In Queensland the average yield being now 4001bs. of fine Sea Islands cotton, the average yield of Orleans should be esti- mated at least at 6001bs. to the acre. The profitableness of growing cotton in Queens- land by European labour admits of no question. During the five years I resided in Queensland I never found it difficult to obtain labour on my cattle station at X35 a-year, and except to an overseer or to a man I thought especially valuable, did I ever give more. The regular rations given are as follows:— 10 lbs. beef or mutton, at 3d. per lb tO 2 6 10 lbs. of flour, at £ 25 per ton 0 2 3 3 lb3. of sugar, at»5d. per lb 013 | lb. of tea, at 2s. per lb 0 0 6 XO 6 6 These are the rates at which these articles can generally be bought in bulk, and this amounts to £ 16 18s. a-year for rations, so that wages may be taken at one pound a-week. During the last twelve or eighteen months since the colony has made such rapid progress and before the present emigration scheme had come into operation, labour kas bepn scarce, and wages higher but now that it is fairly started there is no prospect of any dearth of labour. Some 5,000 persons have gone out to the colony 'since I arrived in England sixteen months since, and during the next year we shall in all probability have an increase of 10,000 to the population of Queensland and the accession is chiefly, of the labouring class, so that there is a certainty of such 11 ,a supply of labour as will enable us fully to calculate on the wages I have named at the average cost, X52 a year, including rations. The Queensland Government does not interfere with private enterprise in the introduction of any other description of labour, but it does not give any direct encouragement by assisting in its introduc- tion. On the other hand, persons introducing labourers from England, Ireland, and Scotland, are entitled, by the Queensland laws onjland and emigra- tion,.to land orders, in the proportion of £18, equal to 18 acres of land, for each adult thus introduced at their expense two children between 4 and 14 years counting as one, adult. This may be legally secured to any company, or individual, by passing their emigrants and their families through the Queensland emigration office; the, labouring., mem- bers of the families being engaged for a period of three, six, or twelve months, at the current rates" of wages for new arrivals in the colony. Forms for this may be obtained at the Queensland emigration office, where also almost any number of the most valuable class of labourers now waiting for passages may be obtained. It may be remarked, that even those who advocate the experiment of Asiatic labour in Queensland admit that they are not sanguine of its success, believing that European labour will be more profit- able. This is entirely apartfroJl considerations of a higher kind, the social and political aspects of the question in the colony, and the necessity of an out- let for starving millions at home, who might be living in plenty with their families in the British colonies of Australia, and increasing the demand for British manufactures at the usual rate at which they are used by ou/Australian colonists of 116 a head. The consumption; in America is stated to be only £ 17 for each person. According to the experience of cotton-growing in America, the labour of one ab!e- bodied man suffices for the cultivation of ten acres of cotten and with the assistance of one or two of the junior members of his family, one such British labourer can easily gather the cotton from this quantity of land during the three months of the picking season, which in Queensland are the months of May, June, and July (their winter), when the weather is almost invariably very fine and dry, and the climate cool and delightful. it is now Known and universally admitted that the climate or Queensland is ons oi iuo-nuo» m me. world, closely resembling that of Madeira, the mean annual temperature in that larger proportion of the colony which is not within the tropics being 58,deg. 7 min. At Funchal, in Madeira, it is 58 deg. 5 min. It is. in this part of the col.ony, where the cotton must be chiefly cultivated. The plant does not require a tropical clinaaae, and yields most largely near to but not within the tropics. The climate is remarkably healthy, and perfectly suited to the European constitution. The territory of Queensland coinprises,more than a million of square miles, ten times as large as England and Wales together. It is on the shores- of the bays and on the slopes between the banks of its many navigable rivers, where the soil is rich and highly productive, that cotton will be chiefly grown, between Moreton Bay, the outlet of five navigable rivers, lat, 28.8, and Keppel Bay, the commencement of the line of the tropics, 23;30 deg. This has a sea- board of 400 miles, and, extending back to the mountain ranges, inoludes land enough to settle all ithesurplus population of Britain, and grow cotton ■enough for all Lancashire for centuries to come. The number of fine navigable rivers on this ex- tensive seaboard affords remarkable facility of transit to shipping ports. On the authority of the largest shipowners, one penny a pound will always cover the expense of freight from the colony to England. The average freight from. America, is jfths of a. penny, The Queensland Government are now giving a ibonus in land orders equal to 10 acres of land on jevery bale of the finer kinds, and of half of that amount for the inferior varieties. This is to con- tinue at this rate till the end of 1863, and for the (two succeeding years at half this amount. Estimat- ing the land at the minimum price of XI per acre, this is equal tq 8d. per lb. on the finer kinds, and; 4d, per lb. on inferior for the first period, and at half these sums for the succeeding periods, — Death of Archdeacon Tharpe.—The Archdeacon

of Dm-harn and Warden of Durham University', Charles Thorpe,. D.I)., died-at Ryton on Friday night, at the advanced age of 79. Dr. Thorpe, besides holding a golden stall" in Durham Cathedral for many years with other ecclesiastical appointments, was rector of Ryton—ra ving worth .£.956 a year The Accident to the Great Eastern.—1The mammoth ship still lies in Flushing Bay, where the damage sustained by running on a rock off Montaub Point on her last trip to this port is being repaired. We learn that the reports of experienced divers show that the ship's bottom was opened by the rock along a single line of her outer plate for a dtstance of several feet. The inner skin or hull of the ship was not touched, and remains as dry as on the day of launching, and the t vessel could proceed en her voyage across the ocean to- < day with more safety than can any vessel having but a single hull. Nevertheless, her officers and agents I are pushing forward her repair by a very simple c method, tried once before in Milford Haven with entire 1 success, and which has the entire approbation of dis- tinguished American engineers. The mode is curious i and interesting as it is simple. A large scow, with i sides of proper height, is preparing to be used as a ( coffer-dam. It is made to fit the bottom of the vessel 1 at the point of fracture, and its edges are padded so as ] to close perfectly over any inequalities that may be found i upon the hull. At the side of the scow (or coffer-^ am) i are two shafts or man-holes, which will Dass up the side ( of the ship, reaching above the water's edge when it i shall have been adjusted to its place. The scow, when ( sufficiently sunk, will be floated under the ship's hull, < and fastened securely in position by chains hove taut. < This done, pumps inserted in the man-holes will free the I scow of water, and admit the iaan and materials to repair I the damage. It is believed there will be no difficulty in i making the vessel just as perfect as before she touched < the rock. A few day's more will give us the result of I the experiment—if that can be called such which has already been once successfully accomplished. In the < meantime advantage is being taken oi the opportunity ] to thoroughly overhaul, paint, and refurnish the Great Eastern from stem to stern.

THE WAR IN AMEBIOA: The President and the People. President Lincoln was serenaded on the night of the 24th ult., and in response made the following brief speech Fellow citizens, I appear before you to do little more than acknowledge the courtesy you pay me, and to thank you for it. I have not been distinctly informed why it is on this occasion you appear to do me this honour, though I suppose (interruptions) it is because of the proclamation (cries of Good," and applause). I was about to say, I suppose I under- stand it (laughter. Voices That you do; you. thoroughly understand it.") What I did, I did after very full deliberation, and under a very heavy and solemn sense of responsibility (cries of Good, good," "Bless you," and applause). I can only trust in God I have made no mistake (cries of No mistake," All right, you've made no mistakes yet," Go a-head, you're right." I shall make no attempt on this occasion to sustain what I have done or said by any comment (voices That is unnecessary^ we understand it"). It is now for the country and the world to pass judgment on it, and, may be, take action upon it. I will say no more on this subject. In my position ram environed with difficulties (a voice" That's so ). Yet they are scarcely so great as the difficulties of those who upon the battlefield are endeavouring to purchase with their blood and their lives the future happiness and prosperity of this country (applause, long and continued). Let us never forget them. On the 14th and 17th days of the present month there have been battles bravely, skilfully, and successfully fought (applause). We do not yet know the particulars. Let us be sure that in giving praise to particular individuals we do no injustice to others. I only ask you, at the con- elusion of these few remarks, to give three hearty cheers to all good and brave officers and men who fought those successful battles. Cheer after cheer was given when the President bade the crowd good night, and withdrew. The serenaders then proceeded to the residence of Mr. Chase, who addressed them in a short speech, as did General Cassius M. Clay the crowd then accompanied the band to the residence of Attorney- General Bates, who likewise addressed them. The whole of the proceedings were said to be of the most enthusiastic character, and the several speakers were loudly cheered. A special correspondent, who dates from New York, Sept. 28, writes as follows :— As a general thing, it is already forgotten that we are in a war. Yesterday was a gala day—fJl was bright and rejoicing. Stocks went up 2 £ to 13 £ in different descriptions. Millions of dollars changed hands. The financial millennium appeared to have arrived. Are the brokers in Wall-street crazy 1" asks up-town citizen. "Why is everything up ?" asks another. There seems no reason except that the brokers think the President's proclamation will end slavery, and if sn, this -nr"-nt contest. I presume one great reason ior tnis rise in stocks is to be found in these facts Firstf there is evidence that the gallant rebels are nearly exhausted. They may raise of boys from 15 to 18, and of men 45 to 55 years aid, another army of 400,000. Even if they do, there is great diffi- culty in provisioning them, and they have no means of transporting men or provisions. In that regard they are used up. Had they had sdeh means the recent invasion would have ended differently. Another great fact has surprised every- body. Both of the States of Pennsylvania and Ohio have raised their full quota under the two last calls of 300,000, yetr when menaced, PenfisylvasStt: furnished 75,000 additional, and Ohio 80,000 ttti three days' notice. Armed men by tens of thou- sands seem to have jumped up from' every field. "In such a case what would New York do ?" is" asked, and it is supposed she would have 250,009 more men in case of danger. If we had shown any- thing like the military ability that the rebels have, this war would have ended in six months. Even- now there is hope for the. South conquering thg ITurfcli, anil-making a, reuniun to be governed by Davis, if they will at once arm and send North a quarter of a million of slaves, and raise an additional army of 400,000 men, whites to follow. Of course the idea. of separation is absurd. That will never be. There may be some millions North who would accept Jeff Davis as President if the rebels had conquered Philadelphia, yet there is not one man North who dreams, or thinks, or talks of letting the, South go off. That will never be until at least 5,000,000 more of human beings have been slain, and by that time there will not be a white man if the South alive. The Governors of Massachusetts, Rhode Island,, Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, New Hamp- shire, Virginia, Iowa, Wisconsin, and several other States, assembled at Altoona, on the 24th Sept. T President's proclamation had taken the wind out of their sails. The governors had nothing else to do than to discuss the document and the subject of ask- ing the President to remove M'Clellan. They, regard the proclamation freeing slaves as the best thing that could be done. It is decisive, aRd will carry the entire nation with that policy. Dreading an outbreak here in the democratic ranks, the Pre- sident issued another proclamation. This empowers the military to arrest anybody under the line, from giving aid and comfort in various ways to the insur- rection." Voting for Seymour for governor, as he is a notorious Secessionist, comes under this head. Arrestipg all editors who attack the President comes under this head. In fact, anything that ^ven the Emperor of Russia or Japan might not like, comes under this head. The dam made to prevent the further incursions of

the sea at the Marshland Fen has resisted another tide, and may now be looked upon as a success. The next object will be to drain the inundated land, and this it Is understood, will be carried out under the superintendence of Mr. Harding, under whose direction the fiood has been so spepdjly stopped- The eldest son of the late Sultan Abdul-Mediid and nephew of the present Sultan, has arrived in Paris, where he is to follow, as an out-door pupil, thestudies,of, the Polytechnic School. ? A Ticket-ot'-Leave Voter.—The Dover Chronicle states f hut at the recent revision of the registration for that borough the revising barrister admitted a ticket-of- leave man to the elective rights of freemen, notwith- standingthat the mau's father admitted he was under penal servitude. Whatever, says the Chronicle, may be the merits or demerits of the convict system, it never-entered, that we are aware, into the head3 of the moat sanguine philanthropists to invest criminals undergoing their sen- tence with the privileges of citizenship. Concede this, and we expect by-and-by to have criminal jurors, mayors, magistrates, and members of Parliament. Ancient Site of the Mansion House. — Stocks Market, which derived its name from a pair of stocks anciently set upon the spot for the punishment of offenders, was one. of the oldest markets in the City of London, having been established, in. 1232, by Henry De; Wallies, then maj-or. Few would imagine that on the place where the ponderous Mansion House now stands- where thousands upon thousands pass and repass where the pavement is always inconveniently crowded and the streets constantly stopped by carriages and pub- lie conveyances—little more than a century ago there was a pretty fruit market, planted on the east side with. rows of trees, having an antique conduit at the north eod, and surmounted by an equestrian statue, and stalls where fruit and vegetables of the Ghoicest kind were vended. An odd story is told about the equestrian statue. It was designed for John Sobiesni, King of Poland, but was left on the maker's hands, and the statue of Charles II. being wanted by Sir Robert Viner, after the Restoration, he availed himself of the image (com- mendable thrift) converting the warlike Pole into the merry Monarch, and the turbaned Turk whom his horse was trampling beneath its feet, into Oliver Cromwell. Trees, stalls, conduits, and statue, were removed in 1739. On digging the foundation of the proposed building the ground proved to be so full of springs that strong pilea were needed for the support of the erection. Nearly fourteen years were occupied in She work, the first Lord. Mayor who tenanted the Mansion House being Sir Crisp Gascoigne, in 1753.—City Press.

MR. COBDEN IN. EAST LOTHIAN. Mr. Cobden was present on Saturday at a trial of steam ploughs which took place at the farm of Ferrygate, East Lothian. After the trials the company was entertained to luncheon by the Right Hon. R. C. Hamilton Nisbet, in a marquee, at DirleLon Castle. On the left hand of Mr. Hamilton, who presided, sat Mr. Cobden, M.P., who is now on a visit to Mr. MLaren. of Edinburgh. The health of the strangers was proposed by Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Cobden, who was received with loud cheers, responded to the toast. He said:— Mr. Nisbet, Ladies, and Gentlemen,-When I left Edinburgh this morning, in company with my friend Mr. M'Laren, to pay a visit to Mr. Pop-3, and witness an exhibition of the steam plough, I had not the remotest idea that I should have found myself in presence of a large agilcultural gathering such as I find here; but I can assure you I feel myself honoured by being per. mitted to associate with you on this occa-ion, to be wit- ness of the triumph of agricultural skill in this the head. quarters of advanced agriculture. I am myself the-on of a farmer, and my sympathies have always been with that class, though I think; I seo some faces here who would be inclined to feel dubious on that subject (laughter and cheers). My right boa. friend, voir chairman, has alluded. to some passages of arms which we have had in the House of Commons together. We took different views of a great national question, sin- cerely and conscientiously differing on that question; but I am prepared to say for myself what, I am sure, he will be equally prepared to admit to me, that .we had one common interest in view, and that was the welfare of this great country (loud' cheers). In advocating that policy which I have done since I have been known as a public man, I have never been under the impres- sion that I was acting in a manner to be injurious to agriculture. I have always held a different language. I held that language in the presence of the tenant farmers of this country twenty years ago. Now, I must ask of my right hon. friend at the head of the table, candidly to admit that though he fought the battle as manfully as any one could have done in that most manly of all assemblies, the House of Commons, yet I will ask him freely and fairly to admit to me that, in advocating, as I have done, an unprotected, free, and unrestricted com- petition in agriculture, I have not taken a coarse which has proved inimical to that great interest. I think he will admit that I stand here to maintain my ground, and I now claim experience to justify me in the course which I have taken. What is it that constitutes the prosperity of agriculture, or any other pursuit? It is to have a nourishing, rich, and increasing number of customers. Without that no business can prosper. You, as agriculturists, above all things want a constantly increasing number of, and constantly increas- ing wealth in, your customers — the manufacturing mining, and industrial population of this country (cheers)* Above all things, you want a prosperous community, wno c n purchase your cattle and your stock, because I need not tell you who are so far advanced in that science of agriculture, that that which lies at the very foundation of all scientific agriculture is the large andcomst ntly increasing production of the manure-providing animals, the cattle and sheep which you rear on your land. But you cannot find customers for that stock which is so necessary to advanced agriculture, unless you have a thriving, manufacturing, mining, and industrial population. You cannot send theie articles abroad. I can understand that you might grow some commodi- ties, such as hops and other articles, that you might ssnd abroad, but the cittle and sheep-the animal life that exists on your farm—must be sold to your near neighbours, the manufacturing and industrial population. The course I took, and the: i .lvocated, was to create a rich and prosperous community at your door, which would be customers for your commodities I think we may now say we have succeeded in that. You have had a constantly increasing development of wealth, a constantly increasing, export of your manufactures, and a constantly increasing demand for your cattle, your sheep, and your wool. These hant' been the foundation of your prosperity. I have always thoughtthatbottitha landowners and the farmers took. a very unworthy and ignoble view of their own interest whec they measured tae value of the land only by the price at which they could sell their wheat., Wheat, gentlemfen, is a barbarous estimate—a barbarous measure of the value of land. Wheat was the sole dependence of your grandfathers when living here at one quarter of the rent you now pay, and not enjoying half the prosperity, you now enjoy with your fourfold rents. Therefore, 1 say, in advocating the policy which has improved the condition of your customers, I have been advocating you? x ouum uvii ,ituji™,o noh uuiuunvu wiiiuout improving your,, and your prosperity will go on increasing so long as your customers go on progressing in wealth, and your prosperity will begin to, decline when they begin to decay. I am sorry that at the present momai.t wa have for a time a great depression in the manufacturing interest with which I have been particularly connected. I hope it will only be temporary (hear, hear). I hope it will not last so long as to be felt by you in your pursuits. I hope it will not be sufficient to check the onward progress of what we have seen—a grand manifestation in what we have witnessed to-day. I hope you will go. on-increasing in the application of sijeam to the cultivation of the land, for that is the next step in the progress of improve- ment. You must dispense as much as possible with the old horse, the horse of muscle and flesh, and take to th? horae which will be less costly to ypu, for his coals, will be less than the oats, and he will he less liable to accident or derangement than your live animals. Ishould, there- fore, hope the prosperity of your agriculture will enable you togo.on still inereas.ing,and multiplying your instru- ments of steam power. I am exceedingly obliged for the honour you have done me on this occasion. It is a pleasure I never bad before of addressing a body of agri- culturists met together to consult and to enjoy themselves in the midst of their own peculiar pursuits; but feel myself highly honoured, and not out of my place in any way, by being wi h you to-day (hear and cheers). Mr. Cobden concluded by proposing the health of Mr. Hamil- ton Nisbet, remarking that while they had met in the House of Commons on the Opposition benches, they now met in social intercourse, and he accepted and reciprocated the kind expressions which had fallen from him OR that occasion (loud cheers). « — ■ Suicide of a Young Woman.-On Sunday

morning a young woman named Brooks was walking with a young man down the gangway leading to St, Paul's Steamboat-wharf; when there, some altercation ensued. The female, after ejaculating something which could not be correctly understood, plunged head foremost into the river. H&r male companion jumped in with the hopea of saving tha poor creature, but without effect. The man himself had a narrow escape, and at first it was doubtful whether he could recover from the effects of the submersion. The Recognition of the Southern Confede- racy.—In oatisequence of a notice by Mr. M-Fie, one of the members of thi Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, to th,e effect that he would bring forward a requisition to call a special meeting of the chamber, to consider the re- cognition by her Majesty's Government of the Southern Confederacy, the meeting of the council of that body was unusually well attended yesterday, and considerable interest was manifested in the matter on 'Change and elsewhere. After some routine and uninteresting busi- ness bad been gone through the chairman (Mr. Chillon) announced that Mr. M'Fie had altered his determination, and would not bring forward the requisition. This re- sult was received with much satisfaction, and the council expressed themselves satisfied with the present policy of the Government, believing that as the Government had steered them right up to the present time, they would continue to do so. Mr. BaruchSon, one of the members who had formed one of a deputation to the congress of the International Social Science Association at Brussels, said the majority of associations were in favour of main- taining a strict silence on this subject. The Crisis in Prussia.- The Indipendance Belgt says:—"The declaration of M. de Bismarck on Tuesday in the Prussian Chamber of Representatives, in the name of the Government, and the significant vote which followed it, have caused a very natural sensation at Berlin, and thia sensation will not be less great perhaps in other German capitals. We are aware, indeed, that in other places as well as in Prussia the constitutional conflict between the ministers of King William ahd the national representatives has caused much anxiety. Our correspondence from Vienna alludes very distinctly to the eventuality of a coup d'etat, to be atoned for by what the friends of the new Prussian Minister call" a lofty policy." A coup d'etat and a lofty policy mean not only a menace to the liberties of the Prussian nation, but like- wise a menace to the peace of Europe; and we wish we could say that there was no foundation for such appre- hensions. Unfortunately, if the well-knjwn political probity of King William, and the uprightness of his character, seem to afford some security against such plans, the proceedings and language of M. de Bismarck, as well as his antecedents, justify all sorts of hypo- theses."