The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

SONG OF THE SPIRIT OF WINTER. I I come and the hailstone and snow- flake greet My approach to their mystic land, And rise to do honour and homage meet, As by an enchanter's wand: And the storm-fiend smiles in his cloud-girt car As he sweeps o'er land and sea, And the blast of his nostrils spreadeth far In maddening revelry. I come and the mountain's rugged brow Is clad, as it well might be, In a silvery shroud of snow, A robe that much beseemeth me. And I call on the slumbering rills to rise, And in angry torrents flow, And they dash on in foam like the ocean-wave, When the howling tempests hlow. There's a voice in tlia whistling winds that tells Of my bleak and hoary reign, Sounding the praise of my iron spells, Of my chill and icy ehoin, And the ice-drop hangs where the rose-bud bloomed In pride, in its sun-lit hour, And I glide o'er the waters merrily In glory und in power. I come to the hall of the ladye gay," And breathe on its portals old, And deepen the notes of the minstrel's lay In praise of the warrior bold. And the belted earl of high renown, And the hind of low degree, Shall welcome me, in my Christmas garb, With festive mirth and glee. Portmadoc. R. RICHARDS.

GLENHKLD STARCH.—"6G Queen Street, London, 23rd August, lOiiO. —Messrs. R. Wotherspoon, & Co.s 46 Dunlop, Street, Glasgow.—Dear Sil's,-I hve, a- requested, to-day visited the Royal Laundry, with re, ferencetothc A Jvtrtisenient of the Nottingham firm who state that their Starch has been used for many years in the Royal Laundry, and have been assured by Mr Thomson, the Superintendent, that none but yourselves have any right to state that they supply Starch to her Majesty's Laundrj,, as no other Starch is there used, nor has been used for some years, but the Glenfidd Patent Starch. I have been further assured that Jour Starch continues to give complete satisfaction, and that though trial has been made of samples of varions Starches, none ot these have been found nearly UaI in quality to the Glenfield. — I am, Dear Sii, V.l?r obedient ?ervant, Wm. Black."

GENERAL NEWS. I "1:ahlhíat Wiseman has retnmed to England in a renewed I itate of health. Government proposes to take four acres of land for the batteries at the mouth of the Great Yarmouth harbour. There are at present in Gaeta harbour, two Russian ships, two Spanish frigates, one Austrian and one Prussian corvette. The Dublin Morning News announces that the Roman Catholic Primate, Archbishop Dixon, who said to Louis Napoleon," Robber, take your hand from the throat of the Vicar of Christ," intended to leave Ireland for Rome. It is quite true," says the Dresden Journal., that a great number of persons arrested in Hungary and Italy have been taken to Josephstadt. Above 200 Hungarians are now in that fortress. They nre allowed full liberty within the town, but may not go outside the gates without permission from the officer in command." On Saturday evening, a fire was discovered in Cl ugh- mill, near Littleborough, the property of Mr. Henry Travis, woollen manufacturer, It is supposed to have originated in the scutching-room, The mill was completely gutted. The dam"se will be about 4,0001, The stock was insured for 2,0001" and the bnilding for 1,4001. The Prince of Wales, for hii? age, is said to be one of tl\sr:;oi ;tsin fn;r and ,ir'I;hns1¡fJ I with which he knocked over thc qnail astonished the prairie sportsmen who were with him. There were 95 brace of gitme bagged this day, 28 of which, with some rabbits and plover and a brace of prairie hens, fell to the Prince's gun. —Letter in the 1Ïmes. On Saturday, Messrs. Brown, Atkinson, and Co., ship- owners, of Hull, received a telegram from Dundee, to the effect that the Chase screw-steam whaler had been lost. The crew were all saved. Captain Gravill, vlth fourteen of the crew, had arrived at Dundee in the Wildfire, which vessel reports the Diana, Hull whaler, with two fish. We understand the Chase is fully insured at Lloyd's. A letter in the Times points out that if the target at Southport was of the regulation H) t',e 6ft. by 12ft., the shooting by Messrs. Ick nnd Leese would n"t bear comparison with that of 111'. Ross, as the latter fired at a target Oft. bv 6ft. "It must also be remem- bered that Mr. Ross shot at Wimbledon, which he had never seen before, nnd that he was obliged duriug the match to throw aw,, two shots at oach range for the pur- pose of sighting his rifle." A Tow" of Uouanoxs,-It is the famurite boast of the people of Cascrta, that they are alm ost all natural children of the Kings of N uples-the otfspriug of the amonrs of successive Bombas and llombinos, A glorious boast I They are all extremely attached to the Bourbon dynasty, and, if their boast be true, they may be presumed to have a hereditary rigllt to sympatllize with its fortunes, and to do everything possible to botray, to waylay, to injure, or to ruin Garibaldi.—Letter from Naples* WILL THE POPE LEAVE ROME?—The last accounts re ceived in Paris from Rome are contradictory. Letters re- ceived state that the Sacred College has not yet adopted any definitive resolution with respect to the P<>pe s depar- ture. The Gazette de Lyoll publishes news quite in con tradiction of those letters. It says that there is now no longer any doubt as to the Pope's departure, and that pre- parations for that purpose have been made tor seveml day. at the Vatican without any mystery. The Holy Father, it is added, had declared himself positively oa the subjcct lu contradiction to a part of the S;icred Collcge and to several foreign ambassadors. The Pope had, moreover, manifested his iutention to quit Rome in the "peu day and when it was observed to His Holiness that he might be prevented by the armies which surround nome, Ii I ,.? arrested, replied the Pope, "I am decided to name a deputy, and my giolera shall have possession of John Mastni alone." Th, Emperor of Hl1\;da is said to have advised the Pope to re- main and to wait the course of events. IV??, BEQuEsn-The will of Lady Smythe was pl'onù in L..d?,?i on the [,Lh iust. P???bi?, w, grauted to her brother, rlr. Richard Montesquieu ilellew, M.P., for the county of Louth, one of her executors. Her el-test son, Sir Charles Freth.-ri-.rk Smythe, Bart., succeeded to the title an,1 e,lates ..r his father, the late !laroner, and to him she leaves some family relics. To the rest of her chil- dren she leaves her proprvtv to be equally divided amongst them, with the exception if a legacy to hei^brother. Lord Bellew, and his children, and to oJie or two others of the family. Her daughter Catherine is th., residuary legatee. The will of Thomas Addison, Ml)., 01 Berkeley-square, late eOllSulting physician to Guy's Hospital, was admitted to probate on the 4th of this month, and the personalty sworn under 30.0C0J. by one of the executors, Mr. John Addison, Banks house, Cumberland. To his relict lie has bequeathed his freehold estate and residence at Brighton, together with the furniture, and an annuity of JiiOt, and his shares in the Indemnity Mutual Marine Assurance Company; and to her son and daughter an annuity of 1001. these annuities to be free of legacy duty. The pre. sentation of plate made to him from various parties, both public and private, he leaves to his brother, to be held by him as heirlooms in the family. He appoints his said brother, Mr. John Addison, residuary legatee of his estate, real and personal. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AND THE RrnDo" TRADE.—In reply to a communication from the Mayor ci Coventry, Mr. U?TtLdstone write$ from Hawarden on the 9th in't. In conformity with my engagement, and with a great desire to relieve, if possible, the ribbon manufacta. rers of this country from even the smallest disadvantage which can be traced to the operation of British law, I have had the request eontaiued in your letter carefully examined by the proper departments-l mean by the Board of Inland Revenue, as respects your desire that a drawback should be allowed upon paper used in and in connection with the packing of ribbons; and by the Board of Customs as re- spects the alternative plan of a customs charge on foreign paper used in like manner for foreign silk goods. I regret to say that the result i5, that Her Majesty's Goveruent cannot adopt either plan. I think that the amount of this evil is less than > ou estimate it to be. But be that as it may, I am of opini0n that relief could not be granted in the former mode without giving rise to numerous applications, which would rest on similar grounds, aud which when awarded would gradually break down the revenue from the paper duty. Mischievous as I conceive the continuance of that duty to be, I am under obligation to guard it equally with any other branch of the revenue, so long as it con- thales to be leviable by J.iw. A clwrge upon foreign paper used in and -about the packing of foreign silk goods would entail such annoyance, delays, and embanassments to trade, that it cannot be entertained. You will, of course, consider this letter as intended for the general information of those on whose behalf you write." A NEW PASSAGE THROUGH 1HE ISLAND OF SPITZBERGEN. -The Christiania Morning Gazette (lofo1'r¡.,n/¡/adel). of the 2nd of October, reports from the Tromsoe Mercantile Gazette (8Iijrslidcntc) the following important geographical dis- covery Those who have a knowledge of the charts of Spitzbergen will have observed that tho firth or sound, being nearly 20 Norwegianroilts in length, stretches from the north to the south, and, for the greater part, divides that island. It is commonly called Storf-jorden,' or the great firth, but older descriptions call it Wibeland's Water (a name, I think, given by the Dutch.) All the charts which I have seeu indicate that there exists no outlet from the head of the said firth in any direction. That this is the case as has ulso hitherto been the general belief of the sea- faring people of Finmark, who annually visit Spitzbergen. In this year, however, two or more vesseis of this place had sailed onward and back through a sound going out from the head of the said firth in an easterly direction, having thus, without any difficulty, reached the east, rn coast of Spitz- bergen, which is generally thought to be the richest fishing ground, though in the course of this summer it has not proved so. The sound is narrow, as is also the north end of the 'Stoi-fjord' itself, hardly a stonecast in width. A strong current runs through it, which, however, is by no meuus dangerous either to vessels or to boats. The navi- gation this season to Spitzbergen has not yet entirely dis- continued, as all the vessels have not returned. The catch hardly surp"sses an average year; so far, therefore, the new passage has been without a practical result. Trom- ft;uyai;f;.eIs as well as its bear hunting, becomes year by vear of greater importance to this place and as there is generally a great complaint among the seamen about the lack of a reliable chart of those regions, it would be desirable if our Govern. ment would choose to send out an expedition in order to remedy this great want." THE SECRET OF FRENCH WEALTH,-WO"DEnFUL STI>R"Y -The New York Herald is responsible for the following "tale of mystery and romance A gold field, moie prolific than those of either shore of the Pacific, and worked v? ith greater secresy thrm the I1nssian mines in Asia, has been opened by France, and steadily developed for the 1;??t. six years. Acting upon the suggestion of an American c itizen (Mr. Parrish), Louis Napoleon sent a secret expedi- tion of 13 vessels and 2,500 men to the before-ne"lected colony of Senegal. From that time the progress of French rule åud French enterprise in Afriea has-been rapid and ro- markable. Algeria has crossed the desert of Sahara, and linked its posts with those of the advancing colony of Sene- nmhia. The British fitg has been bought off from a large portion of the western coast of Africa, and the French tri- color has been planted in Abyssinia. The new coloniüi region has been separated from the colonial system of the Empire, and placed under the immediate presidency of the Emperor. Numerous institutions and offices have been created, which have no ostensible results, and yet their "mcera attain frequent rewards and promotion. Why is this ? It is because Louis Napoleon is secretly working hundreds of thousands of Afrieall slaves in the new gold fields of Africa, deriviug therefrom not only the means for extending his empire on that continent, but also the re- sources to supply the immense workings of the French mint, and to give life and energy to his vast political schemes. In these revelations we may find also the secret of his bteel-clad ships, his etlorls to change the balance of power in the Mediterranean, his creation of a navy to sur- pass in numbers and efficiency that of Euglrmd, hi. sednlous cultivation of an African policy that has been constantly a puzzle to Europe, and the care with which Algeria is fos. tered. A war with England would cut oft* his Atlantic route to the Senegal gold region, and hence the path he is opening with Artesian wells across the deserts ot Sahara. A few years' continuance of the immense supply of gold he haa beeu drawing from his new African possessions will enable him to realize even the dreams of his uncle for the recon- struction of Europe, and make his reign the Augustan era of the French empire. It is well known that France is steadily pursuing its project of re-occupying the negro empire of Hayti, and Spain is at this moment engaged lu te-establishing her rule in the Dominican republic. Hile has already sent a corps of active and energetic officers to St. Domingo, where they have entered the service of the republic and established a newspaper; and from Havana we are informed that many persons there believe that the large expedition, ostensibly being prepared to operate in Mexico, is really intended for St. Domingo. MIS stated that on* of the nephews of the late MR. Locke, M.P., im of the order of Lr, Y. L?.do., nd had task tO perform which would p?,pl.. the found,, himself. He was (JOllfe80r to Picoolomini, and halt to shrive the fR1r Rnd devout Traviata overv Sunday morning, in F;unham.st»*t>At, Berkeley ,a I, are. A uJcasant occupation I Lord John Russell arrived in London on tfondaj evening. An effort is being made to raise a third company of lWÍI Volunteers at Wakefield. The Lords of the Admiralty have at length declct opon entertaining a scheme for the formation of a National Transport Service. The Rev. George Heavhide, B.A., of Manchester New College, and of University College, London, has received and accepted a unanimous invitation to become thepastoi of the Great Meeting, at Coventry. The New York advices mention the stoppage of Messrs: Lane, Boyce, and Co. for C275 000. It is a dry goodi house, chiefly engaged in the southern trade. In papei assets a surplus is shown of nearly £ 200,000. The firm from which the present establishment was organized, W. G. Lane and Co, stopped during the panic of 1857. It is stated that the disturbance caused in the leathei trade by the late heavy fai'ures is steadily passing away, and that a very large p ortio" of the goods which ?.ti- ::tllteas:tslerstlnf fi:s ae:h:aro:: The heavy quantity in the hands of Mr. J. H. Smith, oj Bermondsey, has been purchased of his assignees, it is said, in one parcel by a single firm; and the principal part ol the stock of Messrs. Streatfeild has also been disposed of. General Pennefather, who commands the troops at Aldershott, has ordered the following somewhat amusing memorandum to be issued: The Lieutenant-Goneral wishes that general ofifcers commanding brigades at their half-yearly inspection will direct their particular attention to the length of the whiskers of the officers and men. The Lieutenant General has observed that some offi ers of the division have whiskers of mMt unusual size and length." It is scarcely necessary to say thnt this order has caused immense consternation among the hirsute offenders. TOTAL WSECK OF THE STEAMER MIDIR. — S.»me few months ago, much interest was excited by the departure 0: the teamer Midge from Liverpool to HI mbay, in C'1JJse quence of the size of the vessel and her geneial capacity lor a long voyage. The Midge was a screw propeller, of about 80 tons burthen, and commanded by C"ptain Jones, She was owned in Liv?oo] by Mes>i> Bate? ?i t C- .ad of her owners, ivho are ^tensive E:t?t India traders, iii .as goig .at to B,bf,? .? ?, i. t!i.3 interest Liverpool. The ill-fated steamer left Liverpool on tbe 20th of last June, and by the arrival )f !he barque Veloci dade, Captain Boyd, at Liverpoo] fr, m Celml. we Jcnrn that the Midge was totally lost on tho 7th of August, in lat. 5 S., Ion. 33 W. T; e Yelo<i.iade brought home the captain, mate, and two seamen IJflO))gÏ1g to the Midge, from Cenrn. MORE FEARFUL PESTNTJCTION OF SnrrpiNa.—REP-UTEP DESTRUCTION OF FIFIY VESSELS BY FIU^.—The ;U. rance clubs in Shields have received ¡"r,"m"thu, b?, private telegram, that a fine new ship named the Isabèlh. bftonsingt?BI.Yt)).ouh"rt?st''ov.).?r.?tt.'t)?Bt?h Sea, ith 50 th?r vessels have been dust-roved hy lire, nt Constantinople. A number of north country vessels are at Constantinople awaiting orders. Another telegram hH. arrh'ec1 8t:ttiD that the Elizabeth, belouyinn to North Shields, is among the vessels wreckod h the B iJtio. The two survivors b-lunging to the unfortunate vessel Phi-do have arrived at their homes, also the crew of the. Emma, In the loss of the Sir JA,Iiti Bennie, of BIrth. ome o! the crew, Daniel Andrews, perished through cold while exposed in 1he rigging, and an apprentice litil W:\ \I,:h11 overheard. There are still a considerable number of north country vessels unaccouni8d for. THE POTATO CROP IN IRELAND.—A circular letter has been addressed by the Poor-law Commissioners to the Board of Guardians nfevh Poor-law Union in Ireland, with instructions for meeting an antidpnted iHcreaeù pres\1re on its ftiuds. The Commissioners say that the intelligence which has rea .bed tlH'1U re"rdin1 the state of the potato crop in Ireland shows that a great lo>s bv blight has already occurred in some localities. Tho jSorfhcrn W hig says It appears from the Poor-law Commissioners' returns that they are in possession of statistics proving a wide- spread ittilure and we have had ourselves reports from a reliable source in Meath and Louth which indicate a gcncral deficiency in the crop in that part of Ireland. But, (* the other hand, we have had many reports which agree with that from Newtownards, to the effect that, though one-third of the present crop may have decayed, or be in process of decay, the renlainin two-thirds would be abundantly re muuerative to the farmer, while a considerable portion of the so-called diseased potatoes would be available for pigs' food," THE NEW FREXCH TARlFF,-The Journal de Boucn a's i—We are assl1l'cd po:«iti\ely that the convention con- taining a new sede of articles of the French customs tariff was signed on Friday last by the French and English Plenipotentiaries. The first convention of the 29til ult. only comprised rough iron and steel; the new one includes all the other metals, as well as the different works of which they are the basis. All works in iron also form part of the new convention, and every one knows how numerous and important they are, being composed of all kinds of tools, machines, utensils, and instruments. The present con. vention also comprises avast variety of other articles, such as turnery ware, which is so diversified; coachmaker's work, and articles in leather, which are so numerous; and refined sugar, which is taxed 41f. the 100 kilogrammes. All the duties in the new convention are moderate, and those on machines, tools, and instruments are much re- dnced. Agriculture will no longer pay more than 9f. per 100 kilogrammes on instruments which may be imported from abroad, and will be relieved from the formalities of drawings. &c„ which have in many cases hitherto caused foreign makers to refuse orders for them. The duty on saws, planes, and files, is also considerably diminished. As regards earthenware and common pottery ware, the maximum is fixed at 20 per cent, to be reduced to 15 ill four years. The duty on porcelain is fixed at 10 per cent. For all ad valorem duties, the Customs may always have recourse to appraisement. In the event of false declarations beyond 10 per cent. the penalty will be a double duty. THE LATT GALE.—WRNECK OFF LYTHAM.—Loss OF THE CnEw.-It was painfully evident at Lythnm on Saturday, that a small yacht had been lost during the night, as the side and rigging of a vessel of that description was cast up nearly opposite that place. A table, such as forms part of the furniture of small yachts, was found floating up with the flowing tide, and in one of the drawers of the table werft found a series of letters, addressed to Captain William Kirkby, of the yacht Ada, Ramsay, Isle of Man. In the course of the afternoon, a body was found by some fisher- men, floating about three miles west of Lytham, with a life-bnov attached to it, with the name Ada upon the buoy, The remains were immediately taken to Lytham, and on examining the pockets of the unfortunate man, letters were found proving him to be Cap- man, William Kirkby, of the Ada, a very fine young tain man, whose struggles with the sea bad evidently been brief, as his countenance Was almost unchanged. No doubt exists that the remainder of the crew have also perished. The cause of the wreck would probably proceed from one of the three following reasons, viz., mistaking the Lytham sea light for the Liverpool light; or from the wind being from a southerly direction in the night, an easterly course may have been maintained too long, or it may have been the compass that was in fault. In small vessels such as the Ada, there is a jerking motion in a seaway, which often uffects the uuiform action of the needle. She is supposed to have struck on SalthouseBank, about opposite the Light- house, and to have gone to pieces immediately, as poor Captain Kirkby appears to have had time only to pull ofl his shoes and seize the life-buoy. PERILS AND SUFFERING AT SEl IN AN OPEN BOAT.— On the morning of the 3rd, the William Simpson, aboRt of little more than fifteen tons, belonging to this place, left the Toy for her native port, with a heavy cargo oi mussels. She was manned by William and Alexander Alexander, with two of their sons, boys about fourteen years of ae, Suddenly the wind rose, and finding it im- possible to breast the storm, they ran to sea, and continued thus till, it is calculated, they were at least one hundred miles from land. Being unable to carry canvas, or even take down the mast, they were entirely at the mercy of the waves, and could only struggle to keep their yessel from sinking. The perilous condition of the poor fisher- men, with their little boys, it would be impossible to con- ceive. Here in a small boat, their provisions destroyed, without fire, wet and weary, in the midst of the raging elements, their only proppect was a watery grave. A large quantity of the cargo was thrown overboard, twice was the boat nearly filled with water, and the waves continued to break over her. The two boys soon became exhausted, and were placed under the only shelter an open boat can afford, that their pareuts might not see them die They refused to remain, and the last edible remnant, a raw cabbage, was divided between them. Hard wcre the struggles of the two fihermen, and yet they toiled on, For nearly five days did William Alexander remain nt the helm (except twice he was dashed by a wave into the bottom of the boat), while his brother attended to the pump. At last the cnlm cAme; and on Sunday they airived at Stonehaven, having been nearly five days at sea, during which they had eaten little, slept not at alLllnd been subjected to the severest labour, Peterhcatl Sentinel. MR, GLADSTONE AT ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.—The disturbances were renewed at St. GeorgeVin-the-East on Sunday evening. The galleries were again closed, and the body of the church was filled with the usual mixed muHi. tude, composed principally of young men and women, who took possession of the pews indiscriminately, and whose demeanour was marked by the cu-tomary excitement. The Rev. Mr. Hansard read the prayers and lessons; and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Francis Garden, Sub. Dean of the Chapel Royol, Whitehall. Now and then thore was an attempt, during the devotional part of the service and at the conclusion of the lessons, to provoke a general congh, by a handful of people, apparently acting in concert, who had contrived to place themselves together in front of the reading desk, but it was a comparative failure, a better feeling pervading the general body of the congregation. The sermon was attentively listened to throughout. The Chancellor of the Exchequer occupied a seat in the church- wardens' pew. For some time at the conclusion of the service, the ill-disposed part of the congregation seemed loath to leave the church, and once the appearance of things was rather alarming. A crowd of people got hemmed up in a corner in front of the vestry door, into which the clergyman had retired, and created an unseemly uproar for some little time, the object of which was hardly intelligible. Numbers who were leaving the church returned to see what was the matter, thus making confagion worse (!on. founded others'stood up on the seats or jumped from pew to pew;" while the malcontents in front of the vestry cave fxpre?ion to their dissatisfaction in tones of an?ry .1t.?. cation, which rang through the building. But at eight of tmpeetor Allison, who was present during the service in plain clothes, and who came to quell the disturbances, II:. ,i,ted by the churchwardens, ?,id-?n, and b.?dl. the people gradually di ,persed. Mr. Gladstone did not lCHo the eifi,? b,ii,g restored. A h?it time hg6, Mlh lh:"a (liiudll made hi? iieipi frnm the county 9-01 For the infom.6ti- of the andous, he i.ialately written back the following account of tho manner f •is escape: —" I snppoge it ia -?,?t,?ry to how I got awR*V consequently I give you 1-1-f hi,t-ly f ?. departure, Hi e P,' thN I got out f my (3? l y i??g"ity, ■iv xnstuirs .1,1? a^i-Uy, cc«w!ed ?At of the b.?k window iü "•ioro-'v. *lid dawn ilia 1%0,t,,i,?g rod with vapidity, walked .,?t ih-; to«y i with diglll\f" fUfclUAUdw taakiug iu UIQ wiQBhiaft ui ,iUC;I&'L\' 1 The Saratoga Daily News has been discontinued till next Mason. The Rev. H. R. Reynolds, B.A., late of Leeds, was last week inducted as President of Cheshunt College. During the recent restoration of St. Peter's Church, in the Isle of Thanet, a curious piece of panel sculpture (ill alabaster) of the Crucifixion was discovered. We ?Ob?er) have reason to believe that Mr. Laing, ) M; Financial Secretary to the ;:&8 :Jd to take the vacant seat at the Council Board in Calcutta, vacant be death of Mr. James Wilson. The rental of Ireland has within the last 25 years risen from 10 to 15 millions, and the revenue has risen nearly three millions beyond what it was a quarter of a century ago. Within 30 years the tonnage of Ireland has doubled; and within 33 years the foreign imports have risen from £ 1,500,000 to £ 5,500,000. All doubt of the prophecy which appeared in a London contemporary, as to the issue cf a new periodical entitled Temple Bar," is now set at rest by the appearance of its prospectus. This magazine," it says, w shall be called Temple Bar,' because the great tide of cosmopolitan humanity is for ever flowing through its arches." Mr. Sala is to be the editor, who will contribute a series of sketches of travels which lie has undertaken, in sundry re- mote regions not entirely unknown in English country maps, which will be continued irom month t, month, and, from time to time, illustrated by his own pencil. Slvt J.m';s OUTItA.It.-Tilore is a great man who has landed on the shores of England so gently that the land has n >t been cOHscinus of the preence of one of her most 'e"?'t deeply distinguished soldiers and statesmen. Wo regret deeply t,) hear that the cause which led to General Sir James Outram's retirement from the Co, n it Board of Calcutta still exists, to such an extent as to prevent his receiving the marks of public re^pt'ot and priv -to homage and affec- tion which the distinguished sc.vi res and the per, nal character of tùe modern Bayard" have richly earned. We only give expression to the feelings of all who know either the man or his services, wl e we venture to say we hope the day will soon come II"h"1I Sir ,/ames Outram will be rest red to the fuil posses i,,ii of his strength, and th it he may enjoy for many years the honours be hn won, in a field wllere honour is, indeed, hardly wOIl.-ArIllY and Navy Gazette. THE ROAD MrnDEn.-It appea" t11at a mor* complete examinati u of Kent's hotUl1> h is tak-n pi ce. and sevrralll1accs wl.ere a person lnjht 110 secret d luwe been f Hind. It is stated, for the first time p ibiicly, that on the night before tli • murder the drawing-room ",hllio\"{, through Which tlw chid is supposed to have been t Ikon, was ltIt open until aficr nighsfaii. and that tlH clothes were brought in from the wRsh that evening by the hack ti?e i,?isui,g n coming in several times without being observed b, any individual in the hou^\ '1 hat iho assassin was not a res.- dmt in the hoiue..however, is r«: dered exceedingly im- probable, bv the fact that further investigation showed b?).,?d doubt that Mis. C -nsUnce's nightgow., must have been ?, f t11t purpose of screening or incriminating the young lady. That it was liOt ncchlfulfdly Jost is now perfectly clear. Mr. Kent himself speaks in a suspi ions str.iin of tho two mcn, Beng-.T amI iSutt, who fnulId the body. With them It had sonic time since a (ju,irrel; in the one case on account of the theft of some apples, and in the other for r* oiicliing in the river, thu fi-hing belong- ing to Mr. Kent. They ° are both relat. d to the washer- woman Molley, f oiu whose possession the nightgown is atiirmedtohav't! bYen abstt.t.'tc.). and she is again nearly related to a servant named Sharks, who eighteen monfcha ago left 1\fl'. Kent's scrvice in a iger. FATAL OCCURRENCE AT BOLTON.—THREE CHILDREN SUFI'OCATED.— On Saturday afternoon an awful cnlilmity occurred in Hulme-strcet, Little Bolt n, by which three children lost their lives. Two of the children, aged re- spectively five years aud 18 months, were the sons of a man named Henry Ollerton, in whose house the occurrence took place; the third was a chi.d aged tive years, son of a neighbour ntilled John Coop. Ollerton and his wife were both out, having locked the children up in the house, there being no fire in at the time. However, a littl t) before two o'clock, flames wero seen in the Ledro m by a neighbour, who instantly gave an alnrm, and a ladder was obtained, and a person named Samuel Pitudlebury a-ceiuled it, and broke open the bedvoom window, but could not enter the room in consequence uf the density of the smoke. The ser. vices of the neighbours were called in, and the fire was speedily extinguished. It was not then known that there were any children in the house, but a man named John Binns having gone upstairs to examine the place, found the three hildren on the bed apparency lifeless. They were removed downstairs, and medical skill was immediately available, but the children were then b yond restoration. In the bedroom where this cata-trophc took place, a bag of waste paper had been emptied in one corner, near the window, and it appears that the children hud gone upstairs to amuse themselves, amIno doubt set fire to the paper, and then got on the t,d, either to watch the names or from terror at the fir" a luci or match partially burned being found near the charred paper. THE GREAT EASTEHN-ITS POSITION AND PROSPECTS.— D ing the last week, the directors have, it is understood, received from the New York consignees of the great ship the sum of X14,0()O, but have not received the accounts which will enable them to judge as to the financial results of the trip. It is, however, expected that the receipts from passengers and visitors will very nearly balance the ex- penses. There is no probability of the ship making another voyage until the next spring; the tides will not admit of moving her off the gridiron at Hilford, even it it were desirable she should be floated, until about Christmas next. The certificate granted by the shipping depart- ment of the Board of Trade, in accordance with the pro- visions of the Mercantile Marine Act, was for six months from the date of her leaving Southampton, and will expire early in November. This certificate will not be renewed until the bearings of the screw shaft are put in the same positions as they were previous to the trip to New York; and when that is done the surveyors will give a certificate limited to one voyage to and from America. The preparations for the last voyage to New York were made hurriedly and paid for exorbitantly, the principal reason for pushing them on being to enable the ship to reach New Yor.'r iu the month of July, as some great authorities in American affairs had assured the directors that great results might be anticipated if it arrived there during the celebration of the Independence fetes. From various causes, however, these predictions were not realized; the amount received for exhibiting the ship was not equal to what had been anticipated; and so far as the receipts from passage money were concerned, they were little more than nominal. The financial position of the company is not very satisfactory. The £ 100,0U0 of preference capital raised six months since has been received, and almost entirely expended. A sum of £ 40,000 and interest was required to pay off the existing mortgage, and some pressing liabilities were also liquidated. Added to these items there is now the award against the company on Mr. Scott Rus- sell's claim of £ 18,000. The payment of this the directors are advised to resist. THE Loss OF THE STEAMER "ARCTIC."—DEATH or SHERIDAN liNOWLE- AND ELEVEN OTHER PERSONS. Cap- tain Bowes, of the ill-fated Arctic, has forwarded parti- culars of the loss of that vessel to the owners, Messrs. Wilson, Sons, and Co., Hull. Writing from Harborg, near Seonvig, Jutland, Octobcr Gth, he says:—" It is with feel- ings of the deepest regret that I have to announce to you the total loss of your fine steamer the Arctic, at this place, nnderthe followingcircumstonces:—I left Grimsby on Tues- day morning at six a.m., with the most favourable prospect of a fine passage, the wind being at S.W. It continued fine and moderate until Wednesday the 3rd inst., when at six a.m. it sprung a stiff breeze from the W.S.W., so that the ship went pleasantly along. At noon I found by ob. servation and by sounding that she had made a good course, she being then in latitude 515.14 N. and twenty-five fathoms water, being eighty-eight or ninety miles from the main- land. At one p.in. it came on a most terrific gale from the N.W., which caused some heavy seas to break on board, which washed into the engine-room, at the doors and bunker holes, to such an extent that the fires were immediately extinguished. The ship then bccame un- manageable, the wind blowing away everything it could catch hold of. All hands were immediately set to work with buckets, as we could not get the pumps to work, to try and bale it out; but the water gained on them, so that by morning the engine-room was nearly full. Everything was done by the officers and crew that could be done, but all was of no avail to save the vessel, for she drifted fast down before the gale on a lee shore. At eight a.m., the gale rather more moderate, tried to set the fore topsail, but it blew away, so that I could only get two or three fore and aft sails set, which were not of much use. At ten a.m., saw the land distant about twelve or fourteen miles then prepared the anchors, which were let go about seven or eight miles from the land, but she would not look at them, I then ?th'ought I would slip the cables and let her go as high on the beach as possible for the safety of all on board, so I went down along with the mate to t.y to do so, but could not get the end adrift, and during the time I was down she struck on an outer reef, with about 31 feet on it, when she must have started some of her plates, for she immediately filled aft. and began to settle down in deep water. I rushed aft to try to get all from the cabin to the fore end of the ship, it being then the safest place, but by the time I got to the bridge a tremendous wave came on and covered the stern, so that on!y hur of the American gentlemen escaped. Mr Sheridan KnowTes (the dramaUst), ??s Leading, Mrs. Butterworth and child, and the stewardess were aU drowned. We then ?iU got tc the foremast as qi,3k as possib e, with ?e exception of Mr. TumbnU. the chief mate, and a fire- man named John Smith, who jumped overboard and was drowned immediately. The mate was drowned in his cabin. There were then seventeen of us, crew and passengers, in the foretop, and five in the niaintop. It was then four n.m. on the 4th instant, and them we remained till four p.m. on the following day, having had to endure the horrors of a long night in oar wet clothes, it blowing and raining all the time. The ship was lying in five fathoms of water, about three-quarters of a mile from the land, and the people on shore could ren- der us no assistance until it began to moderate, which was not until noon of the 5th instant, and at four p.m., they managed to get the iife-boat off to us. I then got fourteen in the boat along with myself, and she being not large enough to carry more was obliged to go on shore, where we safely landed; but the boat in coming oil shore the second time capsized in the surf, when the steward, a hieman named Neil, and an English gentleman named Mr. Larlo who was residing here, were all drowned. It was mainly through his exertions that the boat was got off at all. None of us saved anything but the clothes we stood in. Thre are now about 500 bales of cotton, some bales of twist, and a few light cases washed on shore. As for ships sores, there is only the deck work, and it is illTbroken to pieces The ship is broken in two, and should she break to pieces ft-w* might be something washed oil shore, but I do not IhinX that will be for some time.yet. A gentleman from New Orleans was robbed in Weat George- street, Glasgow, of a pocket-book containing a check for iiBO. thin for f«0, a promissory note for 2,600 dodus, a bill of exchange for 8,000 dollars, a bill for 115 dollars, a Ml for i«« or X70, and nine h hank notes. The theft was com:mitted by a woman who aoeosted the in street, As usual in such cases, the bo»t>- was handed to an accomplice. The cheques and bills. however, will bo ot no use to the thieves.

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FOREIGN MISCELLANY. The eost of parlng p?pe" and official reports for the Hew French tariff is stated at 230,0001. Ttamiitfihes from the American Minister in China confirm BrSious reports that the Chinese will not submit to the terms of the English and French governments. On dit that a princely scion of one of the noble famihei of France will Boon espouse a young and fair English lady. It i4 said that this will be a manage d inchnn ion. Prince Napoleon, since his return to Fance1 hs been frequently with the Emperor, and it is s?aid ?Hi.s ?Maj?esty tS/providing his cousin with the necessary vessels for an expedition round the world. The dearth of change is very great in Vienna, but the people have ceased to cut the one florin notes into quar- ters, as the authorities refuse to accept four quarters as a whole. The Bishops of Augers and of Qnimper and the Arch. bishop of Toulouse have ordered solemn service to be per- formed for the soldiers and officers of the Papal army who fell fighting for the independence of the Holy See. The Spanish Ministerial press energetically attack the policy of Sardinia, and the Ji/ oci states that immediate y upon the Queen's arrival at Madrid the Council will decide upon the recall of the Spanish Minister from iurin. A man in Pennsylvania was bitten by a rattlesnake. Eleven full glasses of whisky were administered t,) him, and ho very soon died. The coroner's jnry must have been some- what at a loss in pronouncing a verdict as to the cause of his death.—American, Paller. The account of the fate of General Walker is corrobo- rated. He was shot on the 7th September. The American press, while condemning Walker's acts, severely censures the conduct of C immander Salmon, of the British man.of war Icarus, who delivered W:ilker up to the authnrities of Honduras, after he had surrendered to a British officer. THE FRENCH IS SVRIA.-Genernl Beaufort d'Hautpoul has occupied Deir-el-Kamar. After estab ishing a pro- visional municipality and installing the Christians in the houses built by the soldiers, he advanced as far as Djeb Djemin, where lie arrived on the 80tli September. On the same date Fuad Pih. arrived at :iaroun, in the valley Bekan. The two commanders in chief were to unite their corps d'armee on the 211d October. One of the French officers who took pirt in the r6cent battle between the Papal and the Pieduiontese troops re- lates a singular incident :-C:1pt,in de Charette found himself encaged in conflict with swords with a Piedmon- tese officer, and wounded him. On seeing his adversary fall, JI. ie Charette bent over him, and the Piedmontese officer was only able to press his hand and expire. They recognised each other at I hat moment as old acquaintunces, having been fellow pupils at the Military College of Turin. In the New York Supreme Court, the other day, a curious reason was assigned bv Mr. Oliver Johnson, editor of the A,,ti 81.?,ry ?.'HM?'t'?, why he should be exonerated from jury dity. Beine summoned as a juror, he wrote upon the jury duty. Being Mmmcned as a juror, he wrote upon the fied, be"Mse he was generally deemed crazy for having asserted" wish for the dissolution of the Union, and a be. lief that the Constitution was a league with death and covenant with hell." This odd plea of in- anity was, how. ever, rejected. In South Carolina, In formal remonstrance, signed by over 350 of the leading pion tel's and citizens, was presented to a Methodist clergyman who had been chosen by the Conference of that State, as being a cautious and discreet person, to preach especially to slaves. It was his purpose, expressly declared beforehand, to coufine himself t" rerbal instruction in religious truth. Verbal instruction, re plied the remonstronts, will increase the desire of the black population to learn. Open the missionary sluice, and the current will swell in its gradual onward advance. We thus expect a progressive system of improvement will bo introduced, or will follow from the nature and force of cir- cumstances. which, if not checked (though it may be shrouded in sophistry and disguise), will ultimattl* v revolu- tionize our civil institutions."—Olinstc.id's Journey into the Black Country. THE DUTCHMAN AND HIS "CAST1.E:Yhi.1e driyi!1(y round the streets of Chicago the Prince of Wales saw a wooden house being removed. Auy (me who has buLt a wooden house too near a stream or too far from it. or as he clears his land and wants his farmhouse more in the contre of his crops, simply hoists the whole establishment by levers into huge wooden rollers, formed of trunks of trees, and then trundles it slowly in whatever direction he may wish. When the ballroom was being built at Hamil- ton, the wooden house of a Dutch settler was found much in the way, and it was proposed to him to have it moved back some twenty feet, to be moved forward again when the fete was over. The Dutchman, however, unless heavily compensated, refused to move his dwelling a single inch, and the committee threatened to remove it by force. The authorities, however, compromised matters by build- ing tho-orchestra at the end of the ballroom, over his roof. The Dutchman was enraged at this manoeuvre, and as his chimneys led right up under the orchestra, he threatened to light his fires and smoke the whole ballroom out. As it was not only quite easy to carry out this amiable intention, but very likely that the Dutchman would try it, the engines were kept in waiting the whole night of the ball, with the hose so placed as to send a flood of water down the chim- neys on the first token of combustion below appearing therefrom. Fortunately for himself, Mynheer did not at- tempt to carry out his threats.—Corre.Qx>ondent Oj the Times. THE LATE GENERAL "WALKER—The career of General Walker, whose fate has just been announced, has been an extraordinary one. His foray into Lower California first brought him into public notice as a man of great daring, of high powers of endurance, and possessing the gift, in an extraordinary degree, of winning and attaching fol- lowers to his person and fortunes. That unfortunate ex. pedition seems to have given the direction to his whde subsequent life. His sudden irruption into Nicaragua his actual acquisition of the entire authority of govern- ment of that State; his bold administration of its affairs after he was elected to the Presidency; the long and bloody struggle against the combined Central American Governments, ending in his discomfiture and return to the United States, are too well known to need repetition. Though driven out of Nicaragua by the no ion of Central Americans, and the interference of the United States federal authorities, he never lost sight of the dream of his life. To weave new plans for the return to power in Nicaragua, he devoted all his energies. Though they were repeatedly broken asunder at the moment they promised success, he never despaired, but set about their reconstruction and at last, after men supposed he had lost the power of reorgani- zation, he suddenly reappears upon the Honduraicoatit, cap. tures its principal town, and is apparently on the high road to success, when his expedition fails, and the tragic drama closes with the loss of his life. His career exhibits extra. ordinary secretiveness, and invincible firmness of charac- ter-a bravery unsurpassed, and a confidence in his own ability impossible to be shaken, as well as a disregard of national law and the common moralities of civilized nations. BLONDIN AGAIN.—The New l'órk Times describes the last feat accomplished by Blondin-the crossing of the East River at New York blindfolded!—" As soon as his pole was fairly balanced, the band began playing See the conquer- ing hero comes,' and, simultaneously with the first echoes of the music, the daring little Frenchman started on his dizzy journey. There was nothing very remarkable in his progress to the other extremity of the rope. He stopped several times, laid on his back, hung by his toes, stood on his head, and performed other feats as dangerous as they were uselessly absurd. His arrival at the end of the rope was greeted with loud and prolonged applause, which he duly acknowledged from his great elevation. The return to the starting point was the most interesting, and caused more emotion, because it was by far the most dangerous attempt of the evening. In obedience to the propositions of his programme, Blondin now caused an agent to bandage his eyes closely with a white handkerchief. This having been done seclll/rlon artem, he very cleverly threw a thick sack over his head and shoulders. The people did not now venture to applaud. The temerity of the daring acrobat seemed to impress them with a certain degree of awe. At first Blondin felt his way cautiously along, but as he pro- gressed he seemed to gain more confidence, and presently began to run along the rope, blindfolded as he was, with the agility and steadiness of a squirrel. In the centre of the rope he again laid on his back, and after performing a variety of extraordinary evolutions returned to the starting point as safely as he had ascended. He came to theground by one of the guys ns firmly and steadily as possible, amid the fervent acclamations of the crowd." ENGLI3H AND Am:mCAN PUBLIC MEN.—The salaries of high, office in England, though much larger than in Ame- rica, are certainly not larger when compared with the average first prizes" of professional life and the average incomes of the classes with which men of high official rank are called upon to live. An English Premier without pri- vate fortune, like the younger Pitt, or Mr. Canning, or Lord John Russell, is no better off relatively to the society in which he is to move, on his salary of 5,0001., than nn American Secretary of State on his salary of 6,000 dollars. Even in the city of New York, private incomes of from 10,000 dollars to 20,000 dollars per annum are more rare than are private incomes of as many pounds in the Court circle of London while if we take the United States at large as the basis of the proportion, it is beyond a doubt that the American Secretary's dollars put him far more at his ease, all things considered, among the opulent order of his countrymen, than do the English Premier's pounds. It is true that in the case of some though not of all the high officers of the English state, a system of gradu- ated service pensions supplies an element of financial stability to the English politician's career, which is lacking on our side of the water. But this system is of such application that it did not prevent Pitt from dying more deeply in debt than Webster, or Sheridan from ending his days in greater trouble and dis- tress than Munroe. Our public men ought to be well paid certainly, and it may perhaps be questioned whether they are, after all, very inadequately paid in a country which sees ninety-six in every hundred of its merchants die its bankrupts, and but the exceptional tens out of the crowd- ing hundreds of its professional men close their eyes upon a competence. England is a land of fortunes, America of incomes, and the ceaseless financial ttux ot our society- tends to keep us all more nearly at a level than it is possible En"glishmen should be. The crucial difficulty of nn exist. ing system and the germ of its worst fruits must be looked for less in the Treasury of the State than in the apathy of thocitizens. If the, higher order of Americans shrink from the public service, it is not that they commonly hold their talents at a higher market rate in cash than the State will offer, but that they hold their characters too high for the preliminary condescensions of the caucus and the conven. tion. Let honest men once undertake in carnest the primary meeting," and we need not gravely concern our. selves about the financial demands of their nominees.— New York Times.

AnSvel eS&H laat week at Belfast. The ladie. md gentlemen of tha k>wn i.?it?d the poor to a tea party In Vlctoria-hMll, the principal t\ohernrtt:l: ea-l: .f: they wore in wretched k-omeB. "00 attended, and the nroceediacs were hlKhtv pdti'fastorv

PROCLAMATION OF VICTOR EMMANUEL* TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN ITALY. In a solemn moment for the national history and for tU destinies of the country, I address myself to you, peopM of Southern Italy, who having in my name changed the State, send me deputations of every class of citizens, ma g li« r trates, and representatives of your municipal bodies, as to be restored to order, blessed with freedom, and united with my kingdom. I will tell you by what thought Iani guided, and what is my consciousness of the duties which a man placed by Providence on an Italian throne onght Uf fnmî.n ¡j!d the Vt: ae: great national e! My father gave me a lofty example by abdicating the crown to save his own dignity and the freedom of his peopl?. h:: sell ,1 i:nat e¡7: 7 ltOi death associated more and more the destinies of my family with those of the Italian people, who, for so many centuries, have given to all foreign lunds the bones of their exiles as pledge for restoring the inheritance of every nation placed by God within the same boundaries, and joined together by the bond of a common language. I educated myself by that example, and the memory of my father was my guiding star. I could never hesitate m my choice between a crown and the word I had given. I strengthened free- dom in an epoch not very favourable to freedom, and I wished that, as it developed itself, it should take root in the minnerg of the people, for I could never har- bour any jealousy or suspicion of what was dear to my people. By preserving freedom to Piedmont I religiously respected the heritage which the prophetic mind of my angust father had bequeathed to all Italians By represen- tative franchise, by popular edii,?ation? by the freedom 01 trade and industry, I endeavoured to increase thewell-bein of my people. I wished that the Catholic religion should be respected, but also that every man should be free in the sanctuary of his own c nscie ce and by strengthening civil authority I openly rC8¡st,-d that o-jstmate and schem- ing faction which boasts to be the only beni and gnardlan of the Throne, but which aims at ruling in the name of kings, and placing between the Sovereign and the people the barrier of its intolerant passioin. This system of government could not be without eifect ou the rest of Italy- The concord between the Sovereign and the peple in the prospect of national independence and of civil and political liberty, the Parliamentary tribune and the free press, the army which had preserved its mUlt ry traditions under the tricolour, raised Piedmont to the rank of standard-bearer and arm of Italy. The strength of my monarchy was not the result of the acts of a clandestine policy, but of the open influence of idea; and of public opinion. I wai thus enabled to maintain in that part of the Italian people w lich was united under my sceptre the notion of a national loadiar- ship whence was to spring the concordant harmony uf the several provinces in one single nation. Italy was able to understand-my conception when slid beheld my soldiers sent into the fields of the Crim a be- side the tro>ps of the two Great Western Powsrs. I wished thereby to acqtÜre for Italy the right of p ?-,i,ip,t- ing in all acts concerning the i:1tet"et of lvir<>p-\ At the Congress of Paris my ambassador.* were able t., «pf ak for the first time to Europe of your sufferings. It became clear to all men how the preponderance of Austria in Italy was injurious to the balance of power in Europe, and what Jtngel's beset the independence and freedom of Europe so long as the rest of the peniuul:1 was subject to foreign in- fluence. My magnanimous ally, the Emperor Napoleon fit., felt that the Italian cause was worthy of tho great nation he rules. A righteous iv ?r inaugurated the new des- tinies of ourcounlry. The It IlL", .it"s fought nobly beside the uiiconnuered legions of Fr.ince. The volunteer# It t? ()m Italinn ?vin?ei, from .11 Itli- fmi. lies, u?d?t- the Cr, of S ivoy, I?.?,:d that all Italy had invested me with the right of speaking and fighting in her name, Policy put all end to the war, but not to its effects, whith went on with h ir development, following the un- swerving logic ot fadi and of the popular movement. Had I been "c,ulted by that ambition which is ascribed to my f imily by those who do not consider the nature of the tiuii.'s, I could have been satisfied with the acquisition of Lomb irdy but I had shed the precious blood of my sol- diers, not for myself, but for Italy. I had called the Italians to arms. Several Italian provincos had changed their form of government to join in the war. of i.d?p?n, dence-a war opposed by their Princes. After the peace of Villafranca those provinces asked my protection against the threatened restoration of their former governments. If the events of Central Italy were the consequence of the war to which we had called the people, it' the system of foreign intervention was for ever to be banished from Italy, I had a duty to recognise and to uphold the right of those people legally and freely to utter their vote. I withdrew my go- vernment-they made all orderly government; I withdrew my troQPs-they organized regular forces, and vieing with each other in unanimity and civil virtues, they rose to so high a reputation and strength, that nothing but the over- bearing violence of foreign arms could have subdued them. Thanks to the wisdom of the Central Italian people, the monarchical idea constantly gained strength, and monarchy gave a moral guidance to that peaceful popular movement. Thus did Italy rise in the estimation of civilized nations, and itrbecame clear to all Europe that the Italians were fit for self-goverument. When I accepted the annexation I knew what European difficulties I was about to meet. But I could not break the word I had given to the Italians in my war proclama- tion. Those who would charge me with imprudence should calmly consider what would become of Italy on the day in which monarchy should appear pow42i,le? to satisfy the want of a national reconstitution. The annexation did not change the snbstaace of the national o,?m?.t, but it assumed new forms. By accepting from the popular ight these fine and noble provinces, J. must loyally recognise the application of tint principle, nor could I measure it by the rule of my private feelings and interests. In support of that principle, I, for the good of Italy, made the sacrifices which sorely tried my heart; I renounced two most noble provinces of the kingdom of my ancestors. I have always given those Italian princes who wished to be my enemies sincere counsels, resolving, however, that if those counsels were vain, I would meet the danger to which their blindness would have exposed the throne by accepting the will of Italy. It wns in vain that I oftered to the Grand Duke (of Tuscany) alliance before the war. In vain that, after the peace, I offered the High Pontiff, in whom I venerate the head of the religion of my fathers and of my people, to take upon myself the vicarship of Umbria and the Marches. It was evident that if those province., which were only restrained by the arms of foreign hirelings, did not obtain the security of that civilized government which I proposed, tlleY wou!'1 sooner or later break out into revolution. Neither will I recall the counsels given for many years by the Powers to King Ferdinand of Naples. The judgment which was pronounced against his Govern- ment at the Paris Congress naturally prepared the people for a change, if the outcry of public opinion and the efforts of diplomacy proved of no avail. I offered the young successor of that King an alliance for the war of independence. But there also I found souls closed against all Italian feelings, minds darkened by passion and obstinacy. It was natural that the events in Northern and Central Italy should arouse men's minds in the south. In Sicily the excitement broke out into open insurrection. A fight began for freedom in Sicily, when a brave warrior, devoted to Italy and to me, General Garibaldi, sailed to its aid. They were Italians. Could I, ought I, to have prevented them ? The fall of the Government of Naples strengthened in my heart the con- viction that kings and governments should build their thrones on the love and esteem of the people, The new Government of the Two Sicilies was inaugurated in my name. But some of its acts caused apprehension lest it should not in every respect well interpret that policy which is represented by my name. It was feared through- out Italy that under the shade of a glorious popularity, of a long-tried honesty, a faction should muster which was ready to sacrifice the forthcoming triumph of the national cause to the chimeras of its ambitious fanatici_ sm. All Italians turned to me, that I might avert this danger. It was my duty to do it, becausein this present emergency it would be no moderation, no wisdom, but weakness and im- prudence, not to take with a strong hand the direction of that national movement for which I am responsible before Europe. I have sent my soldiers into the Marches and Umbria, aud scattered that ill-sorted mob of people of all nations and tongues which had gathered there as a new strange phase of foreign intervention, and the worst of all. I have proclaimed Italy for the Italians; and will never allow Italy to become the nest of cosmopolite sects, assem- bling there to hatch reactionary plots, or to further the objects of universal demagogy. PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN ITALY! My troops march into your country to strengthen publis order. I do not come to impose my will upon you, but to see that yours is respected. You will be called freely to manifest it. May the vote you will deposit in the urn be inspired by that Providence which protects a righteous cause Whatever may be the course of event" I tranquilly await the judgment of civilized Europe, because I am con- vinced that I have fulfilled my duties a, a King and an Italian. My policy may not, perhaps, be useless to recon- cile in Europe the progress of the people with the stability of monarchies. I know that in Italy I close the era of revolutions. Given in Ancona, Given in Ancona, VICTOR E)DL\UEL. this 9th of October, 1860. FABISI.

The Swiss Federal Council has, we are told, replied to the complaints of the French Government respecting cer- tain affronts offered to French flags displayed at Geneva, Vevey, Sion, and other places. Of course the Council regrets that such events should have occurred; but it justly observes that they constitute no international offence, inasmuch as the flags were not officially hoisted by French envoys or consuls, but were displayed without authority by private persons. It is said, nevertheless, that the French Envoy at Berne will receive a long leave of absence; and the distrust of the Swiss Confederation respecting the future intentions of the Emperor Louis Napoleon is mani- fested by the attention which the Federal Council is now paying to measures for the improvement of Switzerland'* defensive arrangements. THE "MOQGI" OF MExlCo,-Professor Newbury, at the Scientific Congress, gave an incidental account of the Moqui, a strange people he had seen in New Mexico. He was inclined to consider them a remnant of the Toltece, who were displaced by the Aztecs. They were smaller than any other Indian race, with a distinct conformation of skull and face; are peaceful agriculturists, weave cloth, work with implements of stone, build towns of stone and mortar on the mountain table-lands, 800 or 1,000 feet above the plateau. They build walls around the towns, and their mode of egress and ingress is by ladders which they draw op af'er them. There are seven of these small towns still Inhabited by this fast-fading race, but their ruins elten& over the whole San Juan, and indicate great antioiity.— lteri('m1 Paper. —

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