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PASSING EVENTS. A BULLETIN of the health of the Prince Royal of Belgium says that despite the bad weather and various fluctuations which have supervened in the disease the state of his Royal Highness [has not] become worse during the past week. ANOTHER earthquake is reported to have taken place at San Francisco on the evening of the 22nd. The damage is stated to be smalL THE English Church, erected at Constantinople by subscription to the rnemsry of the British soldiers and sailors who died in the Crimea, was consecrated on the 22nd. The Bishop of Gibraltar officiated; and the Greek Patriarch paid the unprecedented compliment of sending his vicar and a bishop to be present. THE representatives of Great Britain, France, Prussia, and Portugal, have delivered despatches to Senor Loren- zana, Minister for Foreign Affairs, recognising the Pro- visional Government on behalf of their respective Go- vernments. The French Ambassador expressed the desire of France to preserve the same friendly relations with Spain as heretofore. The Papal Nuncio has also expressed a wish to maintain good relations with the Spanish Government. IN the bills laid before the Lower House of the Reichsrath, it is proposed that the strength of the Austrian army and navy, on a war footing, shall be 800,000 men. THE long-expected manifesto of the Provisional Go- vernment in Spain has been published. After explaining the reasons that compelled the Spanish people to throw off the yoke of the late dynasty, it goes on to show that the choice of a government will be determined, first, by the vote of the whole people, and secondly, by that of the people's representatives elected by universal suffrage. It expresses the hope of the Provisional Government, that other Powers will emulate the promptitude of the United States in recognising the revolution, but shows a becoming confidence on their part in the capacity of the country to consolidate the work of the revolution with or without recognition, since, at least, they are convinced they have no foreign intervention to fear. THE appeal on behalf of the sufferers by the earth- quakes in South America has already realised a sum ex. ceeding £ 12,000, and the committee have with prompti- tude remitted 211,000 for distribution among the suf- ferers. THE Commercial Congress in Berlin has passed a re- solution in favour of a common system of coinage, on tke basis of the decimal unit, as laid down at the Interna- tional Monetary Conference in Paris on the 6th July, 1867. THE Central Junta at Madrid issued a proclamation on the 20th, in which it declared its own dissolution, its work in establishing order and public security having been done, and invited the provincial juntas to follow its example. MAZZINI has issued an address to the Sclavonic countries. He invites them to arrive, by all means, at a Sclavonic Confederation. His address, trans- lated into the German, Russian, and Polish tongues is circulating largely in Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia and Servia. THE Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs has sent a circular to the representatives of Spain abroad explain- ing the causes, character, and bearing of the revolution, and inviting the goodwill and concurrence of foreign nations towards the new Government and institutions. THE company which has been for some time endeavouring to arrange for the formation of a canal across the Isthmus of Darien, to unite the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, has at last been definitely formed. Pre- sident Johnson and Mr. Seward are both favourable to the plan. THE cabmen of Stettin, in Prussia, have struck against the new police regulations, which they say pre- vent them from earning a livelihood. A SEVERE earthquake was felt at San Fran- cisco on Wednesday, the 21st. Several buildings were overthrown, and some lives lost. THE Emperor and Empress, it is supposed, will re- main at St. Cloud for about three weeks. The court will then proceed to Compiegne to stay till near Christmas. PRINCE NAPOLEON has returned to Paris from Italy, and is now at Meudon. MR. J. S. LUMLEY is gazetted envoy extraordinary to the King of the Belgians Mr. A. G. Bonar succeeds Mr. Lumley as Minister of the Swiss Confederation; and the Hon. E. R. Lytton is appointed secretary to the embassy at Vienna, in succession to Mr. Bonar. The appointment of Dr. Mansel to the deanery of St. Paul's is also gazetted. THE Provisional Government of Spain has issued a manifesto, in which, after referring to the events that have recently occurred, it says that the most important change in the organisation of the country is the esta- blishment of religious liberty. It considers the silence of the juntas respecting monarchical institutions to be very significant—of more importance, indeed, than the eloquent advocacy of the republican system, which has been heard-and says that if the popular decision should be against a monarchy, it will respect the will of the national sovereignty. The manifesto concludes by an appeal to the country to maintain order, and to have confidence in the Provisional Government, which will render to the Cortes an account of its stewardship. THE Bishop of Ripon has instituted the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, D.D., to the Deanery of Ripon, vacant by the death of the Very Rev. Dr. G-oode, on her Majesty's letters patent. HER MAJESTY the Queen of the Netherlands and suite arrived at Torquay on Friday afternoon. THE Queen will preside at Windsor Castle until about the 18th of nextlmonth, and afterwards proceed to Os-1 borne to spend Christmas, and remain there until February. The Court will ilen return to Windsor THE Rev. George John Dupuis, Senior Fellow, has been elected to the Vice-Provostship of Eton College, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas 'Carter. The Rev. W. A. Carter will be teursar. « Hia Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh is ordered by the Admiralty to hold himself in readiness to proceed to sea not later than the 1st November, but it is quite possible that the Galatea may make an earlier Itart if agreeable to the Prince. THE Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Colonel Taylor, M.P., to be Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The HonJ Gerard Noel, ENI.P., succeeds Colonel Taylor as Secretary of the Treasury. HER Majesty the Queen of Holland arrived at Dover on Thursday morning, and travelled by the South- Eastern Railway to Charing-cross. Her Majesty then proceeded to Claridge's Hotel, where she was shortly after visited by the Prince and Princess of Wales. MR. REVERDT JOHNSON, United States Minister, was presented on Thursday with complimentary addresses from the Corporation and Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool. His Excellency was afterwards entertained at a grand banquet, at which conciliatory speeches were made by Lord Stanley, Mr. Gladstone, and the honoured guest of the evening. A TELEGRAM from the Viceroy of India to the Secre- tary of State for India, dated Simla, Oct. 20, states that the Huzara force has returned into the Bithoor territory- There has been little fighting, most of the tribes coming in and submitting to our terms. A REPORT has been circulated at Washington, but believed to be without foundation, that a company, formed of negroes, have sworn to assassinate Mr. Johnson. The President has issued a proclamation appointing the 26th of November as the day of national thanksgiving and prayer. A TELEGRAM received by Messrs. Baring Brothers from San Francisco states that the damage in that city by the earthquake on the 21st was principally confined to ill-constructed buildings, among which were the Custom-house and the Town-hall. The total loss on property is estimated not to exceed 300,000 dollars. Four persons were killed by the fall of some parapet walls. THE Bishop of Exeter is reported to have improved in health. THE Methodist Chapel and house at Ball Quay, Gates- head, were blown down on Saturday night. Husband, wife, and child, named Brown, were killed, and also a girl named Westgarth. Four others were injured, with little hopes of recovery.

THE PRINCE ROYAL OF BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Oct. 24. A bulletin of the health of the Prince Royal says that, despite the bad weather and various fluctuatioltlswhich have supervened in the disease, the state of his Royal Highness has not become worse during the week.

INDIA. CALCUTTA (via Brindisi), Sept. 28. The cholera has disappeared from Calcutta. It is stated that the Viceroy will leave Simla for the Madras Presidency on the 25th Oct. The uncovenanted service pension rules are now before the Viceroy, and are very liberal. Grain riots are said to have occurred in some parts of Central India. The want of rain threughout the Upper Provinces had created apprehensions at famine both in the British territory and the native states of Raj- pootana, in Central India. Instructions have been issued to all the authorities as to the course to be pursued. Rain, however, has fallen in many places, and the prospects are much better. The steamer Reiver, bound for China, was totally wrecked on the 18th. The passengers were saved, but the mails and cargT were lost. BOMBAY, OCT. 3. The head-quarters of the frontier troops were advanced to Oghee on the 28th September, and the troops marched in on the following day. ThekhkoondofSwatisnowaiding with the British. Most of the Huzzunzaiees and inde- pendent Swatees have submitted. The heat is great, but the troops are healthy. Feroze Shah was reported to have left for Cabul and Bokhara, with one or two followers, and the report has since been confirmed. Affairs on the Persian Gulf have been satisfactorily settled. The chief of Bahreint, is now a fugitive and an outlaw. Cholera has broken out in the Sholapore dis- tricts, and precautionary measures have been promptly taken by the Government.

EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21. The city of San Francisco was visited this day with a very severe shock of earthquake, which, was felt through- out the whole of California and several of the neighbour- ing states. The town in many parts is a complete heap of ruins—houses, stores, churches, and other buildings being razed. The lower part of the city has experienced the greatest amount of damage. The fissures left in the ground in many places are from seven to eight feet in width. The effect on the water in the bay was very striking, but as yet no woisl has been received relative to any damage to shipping. The loss of life is thought to be inconsiderable but of course no correct idea can be formed as yet of the number of persons who are miss- ing. The damage to property is estimated at ever a million dollars

IMPERIAL SPORT. The Emperor, attended by the Prince of Moscow, Marshal Niel, the Marquis de Lavalette, General Fleury, General Waubert de Genlis, and the Duke de la IFoue, started one morning last week from St. Cloud to shoot over the preserves beyond Fromainville, where they breakfasted in the fopen air. His Majesty killed 13 hares, 57 rabbits, 143 cock pheasants, ten red partridges, 19 grey, and four silver pheasants, and one roe. The Duke de la Foue and General de Genlis were the worse shots of the party, and the Prince of Moscow the best, always excepting the Emperor, who it must be admitted shoots under peculiar advantages, eight keepers being in constant attendance, with as many guns, which are handed to him ready loaded the instant he has fired.

GENERAL PRIM ON THE SITUATION. The Paris Liberti publishes a long letter frem General Prim, in reply to one from M. Emile de Girardin, which recently appeared in the same paper. General Prim, rebutting charges made against him, says he never thought of imposing a monarch of his own choice upon his fellow citizens. He is confident that Spain will find a prince worthy of her. M. de Girardin in his letter reproached General Prim for favouring a constitutional monarchy instead of a republic, and argued that to establish the former, a King or Queen must first be found. General Prim, in reply, says that, to establish a republic, republicans must first be found, and he expresses the opinion that in Spain they are not numerous enough to undertake the work of governing. There is nothing to hinder them from freely propagating their ideas and convincing the nation of their soundness if they can. Meanwhile, the republicans, like myself," adds General Prim," have but to bow to the national will; and I see with satisfaction that we are all at one on this head, since the most eminent members of the democratic party second our efforts with an abnegation which does them honour- efforts which have no other object than to establish the liberty of our country upon solid bases."

MR. G. F. TRAINS FAREWELL. Mr. George Francis Train has issued in his weekly sheet, which he dates from his prison at the Marshal- sea, and terms the Train Extra, the following little card to England:—"A Good-bye to England.—My P.P.C.—With the cowardice of the bully and the serpent wiles of the sneak, the miserable minions of this base Government, with their infernal Alabama, intrigue, having insulted my flag and country, as well as the Irish people through my person, I, George Francis Train, an American citizen, incarcerated in a British Bastile for being true to Ireland, do hereby solemnly swear to return to America and demand justice for the Irish race at the bar of the American Congress. No bloodhound on the scent, no Indian on the trail, will' be surer of his game. With my fingers on the jugular- vein of England, so help me God, I will never let go until America becomes American, and Ireland has an Irish flag over an Irish Republic, free from the damnable, injustice of ages. Revenge is wild justice. Ireland ahall; be revenged. The payment of the Alabama claims and the release of the American citizens has already been. balanced by the national insult to the Chinese Ambas- sador because he happens to be an American. Time will show who has the most power—the American Minister dining with the British noble, or the American citizen dining with the Irish peasant.—GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN. Four Courts Marshalsea. October, 1868.11- Cork Reporter.

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GAPE N-ETvs. A heavy rainfall at Natal, lasting three days, caused serious floods, and much damage had been done there to the roads, bridges, and buildings. Queen's-bridge and several other bridges had been swept away. The crops would, however, be rather benefited than otherwise. The damage done by the storm in Natal is estimated at not less than £ 100,000. Only three casualties through its effects are reported. Free State affairs continue pretty much the same. The Basutos were continuing their raids on farmers occupying the disputed territory. H. Van der Linden, the ex-Treasurer of the Transvaal Republic, after a trial of five days, has been sentenced to ten years' hard labour, for embezzling the State money

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF A PROSECUTOR. A shocking case of sudden death lately occurred at Leicester. The deceased was John Chapman, a horse- dealer of Norwich, who appeared at the Leicester Ses- sions to prosecute two of his former servants, Charles Plumb and Stag Reeve, for having stolen 18 horses, value X150, his property, on the 18th of April last. The prisoners were entrusted with the horses to take from Leicester to Melton Mowbray, but made off with them, disposing of 15, and pawning three for < £ 2 10s., and it was not until some time after that they were captured. The prosecutor was subjected to a severe cross-examination by Mr. Jacques a* to the existence of ii partnership between him- self and the prisoners, which he denied. Prisoners were found guilty, but sentence was deferred, the learned recorder seeming dissatisfied as to whether the prisoners premeditated the act before they left Leicester. On the conclusion ef the case prosecutor, who was about thirty-five years of age, and looked hale and hearty, was taken with faintness, and fell down twice. Becoming worse, he was taken into the police-station, and subse- quently removed to his lodgings, where he died in about half an hour. The excitement of the occasion is supposed to have brought on an apop';«jctic fit.

MURDER lJIADE EASY. A ghastly scientific discovery is reported from Turin, where Professor Casturani, the celebrated oculist, has, it would appear, found a way of killing animals by forcing air into their eyes, within the space of a few seconds, and, it is thought, almost without causing them any pain. Experiments were made at the Royal Veter- inary School, and it is said that they have fully proved the truth of the professor's invention. Within the space of a few minutes four rabbits, three dogs, and a goat were killed in this manner. The most remarkable thing about this "killing made easy is the fact that it leaves absolutely no outward trace, and it can be as easily applied to men as to animals; if so, it is to be hoped the method is not easy of application.-Pall-mall Gazette.

THE MURDER IN SUSSEX. Martin Brown, the person accused of the murder of David Baldey, has been committed for trial at Lewes. The prisoner is 22 years of age for a labourer he looks unusually smart, intelligent, and somewhat canning, but has not the common repulsive countenance of a murderer. He is known, however, to be an experienced criminal, a notorious poacher, and a deserter from the army. A large number of witnesses were examined, whose evidence went to show that on the night of Sunday, the 9th October, the deceased started on his way home with X2 lls. in his possession, and on the following morning he was found lying dead, and minus his money, at a distance of less than 500 yards from his own cottage, in which his wife and family had been all night, apparently not much surprised at his absence, though he was an unusually steady man. The evidenee against Brown was that on the night of the murder he left his lodgings with a gun which he never brought home, but which has since been found near the scene of the murder that bullets were found in his box corresponding to those with which his victim had been shot; that he made various statements as to his conduct, and as to the disposal of the gun, which have been proved to be false and that, finally, he absconded. Among the things found in his box were a six-barrelled revolver, a life-preserver, a quantity of b-ullets and powder, poaching tackle, blood-stained paper and clothes, and a rough drawing representing a man shooting another man through the back-the very thing he is accused of.

DUPED BY A WIFE. At the Sandwich Quarter Sessions, William Smoothey, linendraper's assistant, aged 38, was indicted for obtain- ing 213, by false pretences, frem Mr. Redgrave Wilson, stationer of Ramsgate. Mr. Bowling appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. F. H. Lewis, specially retained by Mr. Mourilyan, of Deal, appeared for the defence. It appeared that the prisoner had been married about a year, and on the 20 th of June last borrowed £ 8 from the prosecutor, upon a representation that his wife was entitled to a sum of X3,740, which had been left to her by a relation, and which sum was then in the hands ef her father. He promised to repay the amount upon the following Tuesday, but, not being in a position so to do, wrote excusing himself, and making an appointment for another day. Upon the 7th July he went over to Ramsgate to Mr. Wilson, and, showing him a letter, purporting to come from the bank of Messrs. Cobb, at Margate, borrowed X5 more. Upon inquiry, however, there was no money to the prisoner's credit at Messrs. Cobb's bank, nor was the prisoner's wife entitled to a single farthing. The defence was that the prisoner had acted in the boni-fide belief that his wife had come into the amount alleged, and that his conduct throughout the whole transaction was such as to lead to such a conclusion. It transpired in the course ef the inquiry that the wife had made similar representations to other people. The Recorder, Mr. Deedes, summed up the case with great minuteness, and the jury immediately returned a verdict of '• Not guilty." The prisoner, for whom great sympathy was exbibited, as it sifterws-tda transpired iLat the wife had written to him many letters confessing <ker fraud upon 'him, was then discharged.

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THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT. A very respectable-looking, aged woman, who had fallen from competency to distress by oppressive pro- ceedings to which she has been subject, applied to Mr. Selfe, at the Westminster Police-court, under the follow- ing circumstances ;—She said that on Saturday night, at a little after twelve, she was proceeding through Ebury- street, Pimlico, with a basket upon her arm, containing a coat, which had been given to her by a gentle- man named Fraser, in Lower Belgrave-place, and a piece of calico, which a lady named Smyth, in Whitehead's-grove, Chelsea, had given her to make up, when she was stopped by a police- man on duty, who inquired what she hild got there. She told him and also where she had got the things. He told her she had better go to the station with him and give an account to the inspector on duty, and she went to the police-station, where she was detained for above an hour. The policeman would not permit her to go back when he stopped her, to where she got the things. Mr. Selfe I cannot say that this was an excess of duty on the part of the policeman. Applicant I told the policeman that I was a teacher of music. Mr. Selfe He did not know you as I do or he would not have stopped you. Your position has been ene entitled to much sympathy, but he was not acquainted with you. Applicant: I don't know why they stopped me and made me go to the station. Mr. Selfe They I did not take you into custody. Applicant I thought it was better to go to the station. There were so many 1 people got round, and I thought it would do me a great injury to be seen in such a situation. After going there they sent and found that what I said was correct, and then they let me go. There was no harm in my carry- ing the things. Mr. Selfe You were found with a man's coat in your possession. If I was found carrying a pettieoat it would look very strange. Applicant: There were many in the crowd assembled, and there might be imputations injurious to me in my profession. Mr. Selfe I can't say at all that the police- man was exceeding his duty. Applicant: I think it was very hard to be stopped. Mr. Selfe: Next time they stop you, tell them you know me. Applicant: Can't I have a summons against the policeman ? Mr. Selfe No; what occurred was in the ordinary exercise of his duty. Respectable people are subject to this sort of things. He then inquired into her circumstances, and, finding her in great need, ordered the poor creature a sovereign from the poor-box.

ENCROACHMENT OF THE SEA. An American paper notices the wearing away of the coast of New Jersey by the action of the sea. It appears that the dimensions of many farms have been seriously affected, and men are living who used to plough lands which now cannot be found. It is stated that the Seven- Mile Beach opposite Seavile has worn away a hundred yards in the last twenty years. Dennis Creek is said to have lost more than a mile of its length by the wearing away of the marsh at its mouth in the last seventy years. The tide is found to be rising to higher points upon the land than formerly, and the salt grass is killing out the fresh grass and timber. Numbers of farmers along the sea- shore of Cape May can point to pieces of land which were covered with timber when they came into possession of the land, but are now covered with marsh, and the timber has been killed out. Where the marsh abuts upon the upland fallen timber is often found buried, and the stumps of trees are seen standing with their roots in the ground where they originally grew. Large numbers of stumps of pine, cedar, and other durable woods are seen standing in the waters. In digging a ditch through a tide pond, magnolia, and huckleberry roots were found under the mud. Then, after four feet more of mud large pine stumps were found, while cedar snags were found four and five feet under the pine. They were standing with four and five feet of water above, them at low water. Othc-r facts and cases are cited showing the sinking of the coast of this State below the ocean. The whole amount of this subsidence is sup- posed to be 17ft. or more, and it is calculated that it proceeds at the rate of two feet in a century, or about a quarter of an inch a year. This may seem slow, but when it is recollected that the major portion of the southern part of the State has but little elevation above he level of the ocean, it will be perceived that great changes may occur as the subsidence proceeds,

SEVERE SENTENCE. At the St. Alban's petty sessions, before Lord Verulam, Mr. H. Toulmin, and the Rev. S. W. Wade, a poor, miserably-clad labourer, said to be out of work, was charged with, stealing 13 carrots, growing in a field at Wheathampstead, the property of Mr. George Upton Rogers. The defendant, when asked his name, said that it was Edmund Slough, and he further added that he was very cold, and had been very hungry. The charge against the prisoner was proved by Police-constable Hill, who stated that a few days ago Mr. Robin's head gardener had complained to him about some of the carrots being missed from the field. In conse- quence of that information he was induced to watch the garden and fields in the neighbourhood, and on Friday morning, about half-past three, he saw the prisoner in the field apparently pulling up carrots. He at once went towards him, and as he was approaching him he turned round and was running away. Witness pur- sued and overtook him him just as he was dropping something from under his arm. He asked him what right he had in the field, and what he had been doing. He said Nothing," but at last admitted that he had pulled a few carrots out of the ground, and handed the thirteen (produced) to witness. He then took him into custody. The chairman (Lord Verulam): What, in your opinion, is the value of the carrots ? Wit- ness I should guess they were worth, at the least, 2d. The Bench What have you to say to the charge ? Pri- soner Being out of work and very hungry, I did not think there was any harm in taking a handful of carrots. The Bench You must be taught to know better you are fined 23 7s. 6d. for the offence, which includes costs. Prisoner I have no money; what can I do ? The Bench Then you must be imprisoned for 21 days, with hard labour. The prisoner was then sent away to gaol.

THE DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS NEAR LUDLOW. The discovery of the remains of the body of a female in a lonely neighbourhood, near Ludlow, has given rise to a strong suspicion of foul play. The body had evi- dently been rooted out of a ditch in which it originally lay, and partially devoured by pigs. The remains are those of Elizabeth Chandler, the daughter of respectable parents living at Wigmore, who in July last was in ser- vice at a gentleman's house in Shrewsbury. About the middle of July the deceased paid a visit to her parents, and then stated that her master and mis- tress were going to America, and wanted her to accompany them. When she left home to return to Shrewsbury she had not made up her mind whether or not she would go to America, but her parents having never since heard from her concluded that she had accepted the offer. The police have ascertained that she arrived in Ludlow from Shrewsbury on the 12th August, and that she started to, walk to her father's hsuse at Wigmore, leaving her luggage at the railway station till she could send for it. The boxes remained in the station till attention was directed to them by the discovery of the remains, when they were opened, and by letters and other property were found to belong to Elizabeth Chandler. The deceased was only 20 years of age, and bore an excellent character.

FATAL STABBING. On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held re- specting the death of William Reed, aged 48 years. Anne Trotter, of Bacon-street, Bethnal-green, said he went out to buy a coat in Petticoat-lane on last Monday. He returned at twelve o'clock at night, and said that he had been stabbed in the eye by a man in the lane. He said that he was attacked by several men, and he was certain that the injury was not caused by a blow from the fist. He died on Wed- nesday night. Dr. Goyton stated that the deceased said to him, "I received the blow in a fight." His eye was cut. He died from erysipelas, brought on by the wound. The" wound might have been caused by a knife, a ring, or a blow from the clenched fist.

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THE RISING IN SPAIN. PARIS, Oct. 25. The Moniteur publishes the following news from Barcelona, bearing date the 23rd inst. :-The Junta, which has hitherto refused to dissolve, has despatched two of its members to treat with the Provisional Government thereupon. It may safely be predicted that an amicable settlement of the difficulty will be arrived at, which otherwise might have resulted in prolonged resistance of the Junta. From Madrid it is stated that the Council of Ministers has definitively agreed upon the manifesto which is shortly to be addressed to the people. The Novedades demands that proceedings should be taken against the Count de Cheste, the late Commander of the Royal Forces in Catalonia, for having insulted the nation. The Junta of Seville, upon its dissolution, issued a manifesto to the people, which concluded with the following words Down with the dynasty and its lineage, both direct and indirect." MADRID, Oct. 26. The expected manifesto of the Provisional Govern- ment to the nation was issued to-day. After detaiiiiag the events which led to the establishment of the present administration it says:—"The revolution has decreed universal suffrage as the evident and palpable demon- o stration of the sovereignty of the people. Having proclaimed the fundamental principles of our future regime, which are based upon the most complete liberty, and have been recognised by all the juntas, the Provisional Government is about to bring to- gether in one single body the teachings of these manifestations of the public mind. The most important of all the essential modifications which have been intro- duced into the organisation of Spain is the establishment of religious liberty." The manifesto insists upon the necessity of this reform, demonstrating that it will not injure the catholic church, but on the contrary fortify it by the opposition it will encounter. It also states that the Government hastened to proclaim liberty of printing, without which the triumphsof the revolution would remain vain and illusory formulas, and liberty of public meeting and peaceful associations, which are the constant sources of activity and progress, adding that these reforms are re- cognised as the fundamental dogmas of the revolution. Spain would be able to advance with a sure step in the path of progress when these measures should come into operation, and when administrative centralisation-an instrument of corruption and tyranny—should cease to weigh upon the country. The concluding portion of the manifesto proclaims decentralisation and the establish- ment of public liberties as essential, and states that the colonies will enjoy the benefits of the revolution on the strong bases of freedom and credit. It continues thus :— Spain can quietly proceed to finally choose a form of government. Without pretending to prejudice such serious and complicated questions, the Provisional Go- vernment notices as very significant the silence main- tained by the juntas respecting monarchical institutions. Yet eloquent and authoritative voices have been raised in defence of the republican system. But however im- portant may have been the opinions they have expressed, they are not so important as the universal reserve of the juntas on this delicate question. Nevertheless, if the Provisional Government be mistaken, if the popular decision should be against a monarchy, the Provisional Government will respect the will of the national sovereignty." In conclusion, the manifesto appeals to the country to maintain order, and to have confidence in the Government, which will render an account of its administration to the Cortes. MADRID, Oct. 26. The people burned to-day a scaffold on the public square where executions have hitherto taken place, as a demonstration against capital punishments.

ROME. CIVITA VECCHIA, OBt. 26. The Pope arrived here this morning, and was received with the usual honours by the French and Pontifical troops. The members of the Municipality were admitted to the ceremony of kissing the Pope's feet in the Palace of the Apostolic Delegate. The French and Pontifical officers were afterwards received by his Holiness, who then visited the new defensive works, and returned to Rome in the evening.

DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 24. The English Church, erected by public subscription to the memory of the British soldiers and sailors who died in the Crimea, was consecrated to-day. The Bishop of Gibraltar officiated.

MALTA. VALETTA, Oct. 21. Her Majesty's troopship Crocodile left to-day for Alexandria with 760 rank and 164 women and children of the first battalion of the 14th Regiment under Colonel Dwyer, besides the reliefs from England for India. The weather was stormy.

FRANCE. PARTS, Oct. 20. The waters of the River Loire have greatly risen, and the valleys of the Aveyron and Lot are completely inun- dated, causing immense damage to the land under culti- vation. PARIS, Oct. 21. The France and Etendard of this evening, alluding to the rumours of an approaching modification of the laws on the internal administration of the empire, state that no one can imagine that the Government could pro- pose to the Chambers to lessen the extent of the liberal measures voted in last session. On the other hand, it would be premature to add to those measures without their having had time to bear the fruits expected from them. The Etendard adds that the Emperor has ex- pressed himself in this sense at a recent Council of Ministers. The France says that the Marquis de Mous- tier and M. Pinard went this morning to St. Cloud to work alternately with the Emperor. Commenting upon the manifesto issued by the Government at Madrid, the same journal says :—" The Spanish revolution has ac- quired the sympathies of Europe by the moderation with which it has been conducted, but the Powers will not recognise the revolution before knowing in what it is to end."

AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Oct. 20. In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Reichs- rath the Minister of Finance brought forward and ex- plained a bill for reducing the capital of the National Bank to 20,250,000fl. He expressed a hope that a subvention from the State would not be neces- sary. Count Taafe presented bills relating to the military forces, and particularly to the Land- wehr and Landsturm. He stated that the proposa s submittted by him were based upon princlPof freedom. The term of service in the line would be three years, and in the reserve seven years. The strength of the army and navy on a war tooting Would be 800,000 men, and he showed that these figures demonstrated the unity of the two portions of the empire. The Minister concluded by recommending the speedy consideration of the proposed measures in view of the general political situation.

AMERICA. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. The Democratic National Committee have announced, in refutation of the rumours that a movement had been started to substitute Chief Justice Chase far Mr. Horatio Seymour as candidate for the Presidency, that no change will be made in the Democratic ticket. NEW YORK, Oct. 24. Mr. Seymour has actively entered upon his canvass. He has made speeches at Rochester, Buffalo, and Cleve- land, and is now going west. President Johnson has sent him a telegraphic message heartily approving the course of action he has taken, and wishing him success. The result of the eleetions in West Virginia are still doubtful. There has been a very heavy snowstorm in Newfound- land, causing temporary interruption of telegraphic com- munication, which is now restored.

ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO ASSASSINATE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. SYDNEY, Sept. 13, via Galle. The Colonial Secretary of New South Wales asserts that evidence has been obtained of a conspiracy to J assassinate Prince Alfred. conspirator had 'been I murdered, having been considered untrustworthy 'by I his accomplices. Explanations are promised to Parlia- J ment, which will assemble shortly. Advices from New ( Zealand state that several encounters with the rebels have taken place attended with varying success.

ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, Oct. 18. M. Golesco has replied to Ali Pacha's remonstrances addressed to Prince Charles on the 10th instant. M. Golesco states as a fact that the assembling of insurgents on the Bulgarian frontier has ceased owing to the ener- getic measures of the Roumanian Government. He con- cludes with the hope that the friendly relations between the Porte, and tbf Govorrment will remain unchanged.

EARTHQUAKE IN IRELAND. A telegram from Cork informs us that on Saturday severe shocks of earthquake, followed by a loud rumbling noise, were felt -at two places near Mallow, in Cork county. It is stated that houses were much shaken, furniture was broken, and the occupants of the houses were greatly terrified. At the time the shocks were felt it was blowing a hurricane. A dispatch dated Sunday states that, although the effects of the extraordinary phenomenon were not I felt in the immediate vicinity of Cork, the alarm created by the intelligence which reached that city on Saturday afternoon has been intense. The first shock was felt at a place called Newtown, within a few miles of Mallow. Some gentlemen who were hunt- ing near the place at the time have confirmed the report. They state that the shock was followed by a loud rumbling noise and an osciMation of the earth. In other places between Mallow and Kanturk, a distinct shock of earthquake was also felt. Houses were shaken from their foundations, and in some instances the furniture was thrown down and broken. The shock passed from north to south. Reports from other quarters confirm the above particulars.

SHOCKING DEATH. An inquest has been held at Birmingham respecting the death of a man in a respectable position in life, named David Parsons, a glass engraver. The man was- entertained, with town councillors and others, at Alder. man Brinsley's place of business in Snow-hill. He went on drinking till he was intoxicated. In the course of the evening he rose twice to make a speech at a supposed public meeting,i*but on the first occasion he fell on his knees, and on the second he fell backwards on the floor. Alderman Brmsley gave him soda water and bathed his head. The man was put into a cab-dead, as one of the witnesses believed. At all events he was dead before he reached home. Mr. Warnock, surgeon, deposed to having: made a Pest-riaortem examination of the body of deceased. He produced a piece of animal substance like a tube, about half an inch long, which he found in the wind- pipe, it having been ejected from the stomach. He believed the cause of death was suffocation. The coroner pointed eut that there could be no doubt a casualty had stepped in, not necessarily allied with & state of drunkenness. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death."