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NEXT WEEK ) WE SHALL COMMENCE PAUL RATCLIFFE'S ADVENTURES; y A new Story of Wild Life in the Prairies of America; based upon the experience of a gentle- man who has travelled in those isolated regions.

T 0 "W lNr T A L KZ. BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. -+-- OW readers will understand thatwe do not hold ourselves retpon- sibU/or owe able Correspondent's opinions. I LIKE to ride in a hansom cab—when I can afford it. Dr. Johnson was right—there are not many things in life finer than to lie back in a post-chaise—a hansom cab will do as well-and be whirled along; only if my enjoyment is to be without alloy, the poor beast behind which the whip cracks and whistles must not be ill-treated. Two days ago, in Farringdon-street, I called the attention of a policeman to a horse which was yielding and flinching. The "cabby" was hailed, and the horse, on being unharnessed, was found to be suffering from three great red wounds-one being on either shoulder, where the collar pressed, and one on the centre of the back. The crowd that had gathered could not help crying Shame." The owners of such horses ought to be well punished. They take care that they are well-paid, and they can have no excuse. Don't I hope that the magistrate before whom this. case comes may be in one of his most savage moods. This man would, a few years ago, have got off scot-free. I am thankful, however, that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals prevents such conduct from going unpunished. What a wonderful revolution has taken place in this country The papers have not chronicled the death of either Col. Daw kins or Mr. Seymour; nor is the latter gentleman considered a coward "because, like Troilus, he cannot fight upon this argument." Yesterday I heard a knot of young fellows, whose grandfathers would have regarded the matter most seriously, laughing over the z7 "bellicose attitude of the colonel. Burke was right, The age of chivalry is gone," and we no longer think it the noblest way of spending existence to go- Caking about in foreign lands, With iron gauntlets on your hands, And on your head an iron pot." It is unnecessary to say that the Southey tragedy is regarded with the utmost horror. Some are diffident of discussing it, and when it is mentioned, merely shake their heads, as who should say, It is very sad we had rather not discuss it." Some cannot believe the man sane who could take three innocent children and murder them, and having looked on their lifeless forms, their little pale faces, about which clung a still and sorrowful beauty, go down to Eamsgate to seek two more victims. His ac- count of his life, his mawkish sentimentality, ex- cite universal disgust. Yet I have heard some condemn the press as too harsh in its treatment of this awful case. He could, at all events, they say, have been guided by no selfish motive. His acts seem the joint result of despair and insanity. The conduct of the Hon. Dudley Ward in repudiating the debt, I have heard strongly, and perhaps unjustly condemned. I heard a gentleman, who stands high as a lite- rary' man, express pointed disapproval of that gentleman's conduct, on the ground that within the gambler's circle the moral thing is to pay what you lese. And he went on to say that he could understand how the thought that he had won this money, and what he might have done with it-how he would have inaugurated a new and to him impossible career, in which that higher nature, about which we know more from Southey's talk than his conduct, would have developed itself, he could understand how these thoughts were always preying on Southey's, mind, and eating its soundness away. He had suffered destitution himself, he had stood in London without a penny and without a friend, and he would not be surprised at anything a man did under such circumstances, more especially if, as in Southej's case, the strength derived from good moral training be wanting. While in Ramsgate, Southey, or rather Forward, was a regular atten- dant at a debating society, and was considered a good speaker. He is well known in some of the West-end billiard-rooms. Xjnagine going in to have your harmless game of billiards and playing for amusement with such a man! The cattle disease, and the high price of meat, and vegetable diet—what of these? It is the opinion of those best informed on the two former subjects, that the veterinary surgeens are aggra- vating matters by their agitation. Butchers are dancing to the tune, and the public have to pay the piper. The cry against foreign cattle is considered a rap at free trade. However that may be, it is pretty clear from the number of foreign cattle imported that if you check their importation, meat would rise to double its present price, and London would have to repair its tissues with food less substantial. The farmers some say are behind the age, and can't produce as much meat as the nation requires. But they do not consider how crowded England is with towns, nor do they point out any practical way of improving matters, and increasing the native supply. There has been some talk of vegetable diet, but seemingly rather in jest than otherwise. Indeed, I have met but one vegetarian; he happens to be a member of the same club as your correspondent. He is a ner- vous person, and, at the first faint rumour of cattle disease and its terrible symptoms, he took to vegetables. Is there any connection between vegetables and moral courage ? From what source has he derived strength to endure all the chaff" with which he has been assailed ? One fiiend con- doled with him on the increasing greenness of his complexion (he is very ruddy); another exam- ined him very closely to see if there were any sicns of his sprouting; and another, whose fancy carries him very far, said that our vegetarian had become no assimilated to his elected food that he was regularly followed by three or four hungry butterflies. Luckily, he is very good-humoured. The Londoners are crowing over the defeat of Chambers for the championship of the Thames. Those of them, however, who went in for six to four against Kelly would have preferred suf- fering in their pride rather than in their pocket. I was near Kelly before he got into his boat; I never saw a healthier-looking man, and when he commenced to use the skulls I could guess" that he was, to use the words of an old fellow near me, a ugly customer to contend agen." This is the season when the Londoner takes his trip to Eamsgate or Brighton, to get some salt into his lungs and be able to talk about the chain-pier. It is also the season when the poor little ragged children have their humbler trips to the Crystal Palace, or Battersea-park, &c. At the latter place there were, a few days ago, a large i number of these urchins, not ragged either. A ■ pleasanter sight could not be seen. How they did enjoy themselves To behold them tuck in" was en in your case to be filled with envy, and carried back to a time when no tonic-bottles graced your bedroom chimney-piece. They played at ball and cricket; they scrambled for apples, breaking, the while, into shrilling cries.and jubilant shouts, and ringing laughter. Some rather big boys and r girls—were they teachers ?-were playing at "kiss-in-the-ring." I saw, after some little time, that the superintendent thought they had had quite enough of it, and the plan he adopted to put an end to it was almost Jesuitical — he took a handful of apples and threw them into 'their midst; off went a hundred boys, like so many arrows, into the "ring," which was hopelessly broken, and even some of the gallants themselves joined in the scramble, and I i so far seemed to prefer a rosy apple to a ruddy cheek. You are aware that in various parts of London there are' discussion halls, where you may inhale tobacco smoke for air; liquor up," as the horrid cant phrase runs, with adulterated drinks; eat a chop on which the flies have banquetedbeforehand; and hear oratorst who, like Justice Bolt, Feel their force In either way-to eat (to drink) or to discourse the speeches of these gentlemen being at times about as relevant to the subject in hand as the answer of the Cork fishwoman to her gossip's in- quiry relative to the death of a mutual friend- "Why thin, Peggy," says the gossip, "of what did he die, now?" ;.Why, thin, he died of a Tuesday," was the highly pertinent reply. In one of these places they have been discussing the affairs of Mexico, and the general opinion-you may take it for what it is worth-was, that Ame- rica would be sure to enforce the Monroe doctrine in relation to that country. I have often laughed over the Village Politicians;" is there no painter amongst us to transfer to canvas the no less comic traits of metropolitan ones ? Z. j

SUMMARY OF PASSING EVENTS. CHAREOTTE WINSOR, the wretched woman who was condemned to death for the child murder at Torquay, has been respited until the 27th of November. The fact is that a legal difficulty is in the way, owing to the discharge of the jury who tried Winsor in the spring without their de- livering a verdict. The objection, which was raised at the trial, was then overruled; but it appears that the Home Secretary has agreed that the question shall be submitted to the judges. TllE latest mail from America brings us intelli- gence of the continued illness of the new Presi- dent, though his health had somewhat improved just previous to the dispatch being madeup. Weare also informed that the elections in Richmond of members to municipal offices have been annulled by the general in command of the Federal forces stationed In that district. The "cause of this is said to be a refusal of the returning officers to accept the votes of Federal soldiers, whilst the disbanded mn, who had taken side with the Confederates were permitted, to record theirs; consequently, the persons elected are mostly those- who had taken an active part in the late rebellion. Against this, it is contended by the partisans of the South that every person should vote within his own State, whilst the Northern authorities assert that it is legal for soldiers to exercise their privileges in whatever portion of the territory they may be situated.. Generally speaking, how- ever, order is being restored within the United States, and there is an early probability of the commercial good feeling which formerly existed between the Old World and the New being again restored. ALARMISTS point with some force to an antici- pated rupture between the American Government and Mexico. In the first place, they say that the United States have notified to the French Govern- ment their great dissatisfaction at the im- position of Imperialism upon the Mexican re- public; in the second place, a large and effective veteran army, under the most dashing of the American generals, Sheridan, has been sent to the Bio Grande, the boundary line between the United States and the Mexican Empire; and in the third place it is stated that the fugitive and Con- federate chiefs, Magruder, Kirby Smith, and others, have not only escaped into Mexico, but have taken service under' the Emperor Maxi- milian, which may be made a casus belM in itself. The American States are, however, quite exten- sive enough without making war upon their neigh- bours the matter is explained if we consider that probably a large army is sent to the borders of Mexico to prevent the late chiefs of the rebel army from again obtaining a footing upon any of the American States. These alarmists farther in- sinuate, but we .think without justice, that the grand international review to be held at Plymouth is intended on the part of the French Emperor to demonstrate to the United States the close al- liance of England and France, with the view to show the futility of any attempt to dispossess his Mexican protgé of his Empire. We have a belief, however, in Napoleon's desire to preserve peace rather than to create war. rather than to create war. THE Schleswig-Holstein question, which caused such a sensation in Europe the last two or three | years, is about to be settled in a manner not very gratifying to the lovers of freedom. It is stated that the Austrian Emperor and the Prussian King j are to shake hands over th^ matter. If what is j said of the arrangement be true, Austria will surrender all her claims, and the people of the ] Duchies have been as it were, sold." Thus the j result of the dismemberment, of Denmark will be simply and solely the territorial aggrandisement of Prussia. The people will have no voice in the arrangement, but instead of being free and self- governed they will be handed over to the despotism of King William. THE Lord Chancellor by decree of the Privy Council has prorogued the Parliament to the 1st of November, on which day, probably, members will take the oaths of allegiance, when the assem- bling will be again postponed until the latter end of January, or, perhaps, February, when the usual formalities of electing a Speaker and new officers for the House of Commons will be gone through, and business will be proceeded with. LORD PALMERSTON, we are happy to say, is in excellent health. Great preparations are being made in Bristol to give the veteran Premier a hearty welcome on the occasion of: his visit to that ancient city in the early part of next month. This visit is connected with the opening of a working- man's exhibition, a project in which the noble lord takes much interest. The good folk of the "capital of the West" are anxiously considering in what way they ,can best show the respect in which the noble Premier is held, and a grand ban- quet at the Victoria-rooms, over which the Mayor is to preside, has already been decided upon. CRIMES, and those of an awful nature, are fear- fully abundant at the present moment. We have no sooner taken breath after shuddering at one terrible tragedy than others crop out before our view. A few days ago,"following- close upon the disgusting wretch who murdered five persons, we hear of a sapper in the Royal Engineers' corps, Chatham,nam-ed CtiTry,deliberately shooting at one of his officers, Major De Vere. If this gentle- man recovers it will be somewhat miraculous, seeing that the ball passed completely through the left lung and just below the heart. The man, upon being taken into [custody, expressed his re- gret that he did not more ^effectually accomplish his purpose. The motive for committing the crime is stited to be some imaginary wrong that the attempted murderer fancied he had suffered at the hands of the officer, whom he denounces as a military tyrant. THE crime also of infanticide is proved to be in- creasing to an alarming extent, and philan- thropists have held several meetings in London to endeavour to find some means of lessening the infant murders which almost daily occur- in the great metropolis of 'England—the city which has been termed the centre of civilisation. The idea most paramount is to establish foundling hospitals, like those in France, where women can deposit their starving children rather than murder them. THE "cattle plague," as it is termed, is one of the absorbing topics of the last few days. The disease rages furiously in certain districts; and, naturally enough, the-tidings of its ravages create great public excitement. The Government, ever dilatory in such matters, have at length deter- mined upon putting in force the powers vested in them under Act of ^Parliament for the purpose of preventing the'spread of the cattle contagion. In a supplement to the London Gazette is published an order in council, minutely describing the symptoms of the affection, empowering inspectors to enter ugon and carefully inspect premises in which they have]: reason to believe diseased animals are to be found, laying down regulations for the management, cleansing, ventilating, and disin- fecting the premises, and directing that any person offendingfagainst the order shall for every offence forfeit such a sum, not exceeding < £ 20, as the magistrates before whom he is convicted may think fit to impose. Important meetings have also been held in almost every large agricultural town in England to endeavour to arrest the progress of the disease, and collections have been made to compensate individuals whose cattle might be afflicted so as to induce them to destroy and bury them directly they are seized with the malady. In some local towns, resolutions have been passed that no farmer shall purchase store stock in any market for the period of six weeks. As a caution to persons disposing of the carcases of those animals:which have died from disease, we may mpntion-Ithe case of Charles Austin, sen., and Charles Austin, jun., of Peckbam Eye, who were summonedbef ore thepresi ding Aldermanat London Guildhall, charged, at the instance of the Com- missioners of Sewers, with having sent to New- gate Market a "quantity of beef -diseased and unfit for human food. They were convicted upon the clearest evidence, and fined jelo each, with the alternative of three months' imprisonment.

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AMERICA. The military authorities at Richmond have declare the late elections null and void, on the ground that tne soldiers who had absented themselves to serve intne Federal army were excluded from voting, under tne pretext of want of necessary residence qualifications, Whilst rebel soldiers were not thus excluded. issue at the elections was between those who aide^ the rebellion and those who defended the country, the former should notbe installed in office or entrustea j. with.po.wet.. The..officials elected have appoi»te<1 a committee to confer with the President. Numerous prominent pardoned rebels of Carolina have been designated as delegates to State Convention. It is reported that they will cot" ^l .the Convention and oppose the North_ Carolina to the tlnion as a free State. Unionists are;organising'an opposition to prevent t^0 Convention being heM. The Governpr of North Carolina denies that th0 habitants of that State manifest any ill feeling toW^1, the Northern emigrants or show any disposition rebel should the! troops be withdrawn. The Governor and the military authorities of h0 T? bave issued a proclamation, warning all yy* aided the rebellion against voting at the ^0 personal and political friends of Mr. have held a meeting at New York to adopt to secure his speedy trial and engage able counsel his defence. = ° H

NEW ZEALAND., V- MELBOURNE, JUNE 25. Intelligence received here from New Zealand nounces that William Thompson surreuderledto Brigadier Curry on the 2 £ th May, and the war considered at a,n end. The attempt to capture$| Yolkper's murderers had failed..

THE; CHOLEBA IN, MARSEILLES. PAKIS, Aug. The cholera has decidedly made its appearanCE) Marseilles, where as many as ten deaths have been i corded in a day.. From Egypt the Qazette gives details OP the ravages caused by the j which has now almost ceased. In one village in Delta, celebrated for the cultivation of water naeloi1' the whole of the inhabitants died. Being unable sell their fruit, they ate it themselves, and died t| last man. It was necessary to employ forced labjji to bury the last. In all it. is said that 82,000 vict^ of the contagion and bad living were buried in Eg?* within six weeks.

CHINA. SHANGHAE, JUNE ) In North China the rebels threaten the Itnpe^ • > city. 7,000 Chinese troops had embarked at ShangjJ I for Tienksin to operate against Nienfei. The aut/lo; rities at Pekiu have applied for British miiittli; officers. It is reported that Nienfei'had sacked V pillaged the city of Chufouhsein. Burgevine it custody of the mandarins at Foo chow. who refuse tI comply with the demands of the American consul j his release. Tywe Bad taken the field in VeT0^ I against Chusin. Sir Harry Parke a proceeds to J&P on the 23rd inst.

THE ATLANTIC 1ELEGRAPS. Failure of the Expedition. j The following telegram was received at Mr. ) office on Thursday — CHOOKHAVEN, AUG. 1''J |< The Great Eastern arrived off here this morning),9 I1 furnishes the following particulars of the oper»k°j|j j for laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, which it be seen have failed. A partial loss of insulation having been discover the Great Eastern was stopped to recover that P°r of the cable in which the fault lay," electrical placing it probably within six miles. The cable s passed from the stern to the tiowof the ship for pnrpose, and after getting in two miles of cablft J fault being still overboard, the cable broke about yards in board of the wheel at the bow, having injured by chafing on the stern of the ship. previous faults had been discovered the first, '1J soundings of about 1,000 yards, and the eeooB" „ about 4,100 yards, and had been successfully. covered and made .good,, in the first case ten Je and in the second two and a half miles of cable hauled in. After the cable parted, a grapnel with and a half nautical miles of rope were lowered d0 the ship being placed so as to drift over the cable.. The,cable w&s, hooked Qa thevSBd, -and 2,200 yards of the rope had been hauled in a swi^el J0 the latter gave way, and 2,800 yards-of rope lost, the cable having been lifted 1,200 yards fro01 bottdm.. w The Great Eastern, sailed froM Yalentia, aftfc* ing the splice with the shorfe end, on the. 3rd Jt^ continued On her voyage to lat. 51.25, Ion. 39.6, t 1,063 miles from Valentia, and 600 miles from Content, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. She had paid out 1,242 miles bf cable when it parted" oB ittd'A«gust,iat 13.3S;p.ni;, in BoijBdingS Of 3,9007^ j yjjder the following circumstances :—, ,e3 ( L a b«oy with, a, flag and ball! was w.°? w i "with 500 yards of rope %o maife the place. It lSni lat. 51.35, loBg. 38.42,. 30. From the 4fib fog? M adverse^ winds prevented a further attempt until •>: (th, which was then made nearer the end of the I and was uneuceeeful from the; same cause wb0lliW cable had been lifted^ about 1,000 yards. buoy wasrher.e placed 51.28:30, Ion. 38. 66. A third attempt was* maderOh the 10th, which PM on account of the grapnel chain having flukes grapnel and last SOOY of rope came up coveted with'ooze. JI1" A fourth-attempt was made on the 11th at 3 which failed through the breaking of the gr LQ& ) rope, when the cable had been raised 600 the bottom. ,| The stock of .rope having now become it became absolutely necessary to proceed to for more and stronger tackle. lool-

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