The Aberdare Times

SHOCKING SCENE AT AN EXECUTION. The New York papers report a fearful scene which took place about a fortnight since at an execution at Newport, Kentucky A man named Allen P. Eggleston was apprehended some months ago in an attempt to rob the house of Captain Menter, and, in endeavouring to escape, shot at and killed that gentleman. About 15 000 persons assembled to witness the execution. AccvrdLUg to the reports, Rl!gleston pallid and weak, uuable to walk without aid from the wound. his chatn. had inflicted, bur; Cilm and resolute, was led upon the scaffold. He looked around at the vast crowd, "with an expression of weakness and resigna- tion, a troubled look, a shade ot sorrow, noli unUugeJ with dhgust," and then he fixed his eye: on the brigut sky and the forest-clad hUll. The death-warrant was read, and Eggleston, supported by two men, ros* to make his dying speecti. it was the old story. Bad company, a bad life, protestation—in mauy cases true we think-tbat murder was not intended, repentance, and wiilii>gne-s to oie. He was not drunk, as are usually the victims of the scaffola, for no drunken man would have thus gently rebuked the crowd, eager for the horrible tragedy. "Heel truly sorry," he said, "to see so many people here. for I feel tnal; niust oi them came here through idle curiosity I feel that they don't realise that they have goli to aif themselves, and th"tmany may die ou tbe Kallows like me, just as 1 am about to die. I am very, very sorry to lee 10 HI any here to look at this, and to aee 80 many women aud chili.ren here to day." Eggleston'sarma were now bouuu and the rope placed around ma neck. The wbite hood was drawn over nis face, ann, still unable to stand, strong hanus supported him on tne trap. As he said God bless you to his executioners, the orop fell, and the body aatthedtnthe air Wnat toilowed was more horrible tnan deatn. The body fell through with greattorce-lihe knot slipped, and with afaU of eight feet the wretched man's body struck the ground, his head bumping against the woodwork with a thug that could be heard 100' feet off. The scene of horror elec- trified the 15,000 spectators. A murmur of horror and disgust wtnt the length and breadth of the crowd, and tbey moved forward wnh a motion like that of an immeDse WaTe to see what would follow. It was at five minutes after one o'clock that the horrible event occurred The officers quietly raised the man, all stunned aDd bleeding from his terribly lacerated neck as he was, carried him up the steps to the death-hole again, and gave him some water. Without a word of complaint or an expression of pain, with the old look of meekness and resignation light- ing up his face, and saying simply, Gentlemen don't let tblAt occur again 1" be submitted to the preparation tor his execution. And then he was again lilted on tne gallows and hanged. The New York Tribune adds What became of his soul we know not, but the crowd went home to dinner."

I VISIT OF THE VOLUNTEERS TO P BELGIUM. [ The following Is an Interesting account of the magnificent *"• reception given to the Volunteers on the occasion of their recent visit to Belgium. and it ia furnished by the "Spfciat Correspondent of The Time* writing from Brussels, last Friday morning There can be no question that the reception to be given to the "Volunteers attending the Tir National of 1866 was expected to be something very cordial and imposing. The programme issued by the authorities many weeks ago of the fetes which were to mark this year's anniversary of the independence of Belgium and of the entertainment to be given to such foreign rifle- men as accepted the invitation of the Brussels Com- mittee, led every one to believe that the hospitalitj thown to the Belgian riflemen who went ovnr to Wim- bledon in July would be mors than returned when our Volunteers came here; but no one out. of this city could have imagined that there awaited the visitors from Great Britain such a series of ovations as com- menced when the first body of "Volunteers landed at Ostend on Wednesday, and came to a culminationjn the magnificent welcome given to them by the people of Brussels last night. A few of the Staff officers and.some odd Volunteers came over on Tuesday but it was on Wednesday morn- ing the first body set out. A special train started for their accommodation from Charing-cross station. They Were conveyed from Dover to Ostend in the Ruby and the Emerald, 236 riflemen being on board. On their arrival at Ostend they were met by the Bourgmestre, M. Van Iseghem, and the officers of the Garde Civique. The band of this force played the English Na- tional Anthem as the steamers came alongside the pier, and the townspeople who were assembled in large numbers at the place ofdebarcationgave several hearty rounds of cneering. The young Due de Bra. bant, the King's eldest son, witnessed the landing. The Bourgmestre having bid them welcome, invited them to the Hotel de Ville, where, offering them It d* AoTMKMr, he gave the toast of Queen Victoria." It is hardly necessary to say that this was heartily re- sponded to by Her Majesty's subjects then present. In their cheering they were joined by the Belgians. On their way from the Hotel de Ville to the railway Station the "Volunteers were surrounded by the towns- people, who tendered a hundred civilities and appeared to feel themselves honoured when they were allowed to do any Volunteer a service. By the time this large detachment had arrived at Brussels Lieutenant-Colonel Loyd Lindsay, commanding officer of all the Volun- teers visiting Belgium, who had arrived here, accom- Sanied by Lord Bury and Sir Paul Hunter, had estab- shed his head-quarters at the Hotel de Belle "Vue. From various points on all sides of this building the Briti&h flag was displayed, and in the Brigade-Major's office Mr. Bigmore, the quartermaster, assisted by other gentlemen, was busy making out lists and attend- ingto applications for quarters. xeeterday morning brought fresh and still more numerous arrivals, and there was scarcely a street in Brussels in which all the uniform* of our Volunteer force were not represented. On Wednesday evening the whole city was <? fete. Flags hung from almost eTery house in the principal streets the Garde Civique Were turning out to receive their foreign visitors, and the shrill blasts of trumpets and the beating of drums were heard in all quarters. The Garde Civiqne of Brussels are 6,000 strong. At two o'clock the officers oi this force, headed by the cavalry band, proceeded to the terminus of the Chemin de Fer du Midi to receive the French riflemen coming to the Tir. These were Gardes Nationaux to the number of 125 men and 71 officers. The streets leading to the station were much crowded, and the station itself was completely sur- rounded with a mass of people. The train containing the French National Guards did not arrive till about half-past three o'clock. When it came up to the plat- form a loud cheer was raised by the Garde Civique and the band played "Partantpour la Syne." On the visitors stepping out of the carriages, their chef de hatuiUn, Colonel Deherpe, was addressed by the Echevain in the words of. which the following are a translation:— Gentlemen,—Although the official reeeption of the foreign corps which some to take part in our national fete* does not take place till evening, we wished to bid you welcome im- mediately on your arrival. We fulfil this mission with the more pleasure because you belong to a country with which Belgium has always held the most amicable relations. The sympathetic reception which awaits yon among us will prove to you, gentlemen, that the entire Belgian nation entertains affectionate sentiments towards a people which has contributed so powerfully to the consolidation of our national independence. Colonel Deherpe responded to this effect:— I thank you for the kind words which you have Just spoken. They do not surprise us, for since we put our foot on Belgian IOU we baTe been the object of a reception the most sympa- thetic. We have received continuous ovations, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and only regret that I am viable to express as I would wish to do what I feel That is Impossible. My emotion prevents me. I shall be extremely happy to make known to my countrymen our good and cor- dial reception, and the feelings to which it gives rise in my breast. This reception will consolidate the friendthip be- tween the two countries, and this visit must, as you observe, but strengthen the sentiments of fraternity which exist be- tween the two nations. M. Funck then informed the Colonel that the Garde Oivique and the foreign riflemen already arrived would assemble at the Place des Nations at seven in the even- ing to receive the English Volunteers who were ex- pected to arrive about that time, after which the offi- cial reception would take place at the Hotel de Ville. In the meantime Lord Bury and Sir Paul Hunter had left Brussels for Ostend to meet the great body of the Volunteers, and to represent the commanding emcers at the various towns en route, where le vin d'hon- new was to be offered. Three steamers freighted with Volunteers arrived at Ostend; but owing to a fog in the Channel they were two hows late in arrival, a.nd delays on the way up, as it will be seen, threw the re- ception at Brussels back till an unexpectedly late hour. The whole town of Ontend turned out to accompany the visitors to the Hotel de Ville and the railway sta- tion. Speeches were made to them by the burgomaster and the commander of the Garde Civique, "God save the Qaeen" was played, and they left in two trains amid loud acclamations. At Bruges not only the railway station and plat- form were fiiled, but the line was lined with spec- tators for a distance of half a mile before the point at which the train pulled up. There, again, there were more cheers, more music, and more vin d'honneur. At Alost the Garde Civique presented to Lord Bury, for the English Volunteers who shoot at Wimbledon, a large and exceedingly elegant silver cup. While srnch honours were being paid to the English Riflemen coming by the Ostend route the quays at Antwerp were covered with the inhabitants of that town, who assembled to receive the 360 Volunteers who had come over that way. The latter reached here before evening; but a telegram informed Colonel Loyd Lindsay that the main body coming up from Ostend would not arrive till eight o'clock, though they had been expected at seven. The gallant officer had, however, issued orders for a parade of all Volunteers then in the city for six o'clock, and at that hour he rode into the place appointed, the square in front of the Museum, accompanied by Lieutenant Furley, 29th Kent, Brigade Major; Lieutenant-Colonel M'Gregor, 1st Midlothian Artil- lery and Captain Burgess, Adjutant. Several hundred of the Volunteers assembled and were formed into companies to proceed to the terminus of the Chemin de Fer du Nord, in the Place des Nations. It had become dark eefore they marched, but all Brussels was coming out to witness the reception; and when the march commenced dense masses of people crowded all the main thoroughfares, more flags were hung out, and it became evident that the torch-light procession under such circumstances would be a sight worth seeing. At eight o'clock, the hour at which the latest tele- gram stated the coming men would arrive, the Place des Nations presented an extraordinary appearance. The great square in front of the station was surrounded by the Garde Civique, the French National Guards, and the Volunteers who had marched down to await the arrival of their comrades. Inside the monster ring of riflemen, were the pompiers of the city, bearing flaming torches; outside of both riflemen and pom. piers were thousands of men, women, and children covering the pavement on both sides, andblling every window that looked out upon the scene. The station was closed to all but the Committee of Reception, and those gentlemen waited outside for close upon two hours, during which telegram after telegram was arriving—one announcing that the an- xiously expected riflemen would not arrive for another quarter of an hour. At length the approach of the long-expected trains was announced by the station- master, and the words" il, tont arrivees" were passed to the troops outside. The Committee of Re- ception had scarce formed themselves into roup in the hall of the station when two long trains were drawn up at the platform amid a cheer from all the employes of the company, which was taken up by the crowd outside and by them continued almost without intermission till the march to the Hotel des Ville was commenoed. Before the trains had come to a stand one of the bands of the Garde Civique had struck up "God Save the Queen," which raised the enthusiasm of the Volunteers to such a pitch that they mingled their acclamations with those which were raiaed in their own honour. The moment Lord Bury, heading the Volunteers, stepped into the hall of the station the committee surrounded him, and the echevin, ad- dressing the visitors in French, said :— Gentlemen,—We thank you with all our hearts for de- siring to celebrate with us the anniversary of our national independence. We are happy to receive among us repre- sentatives of the nations which have given to Belgium nu merous proofs of their sympathy. The visit with which you honour 111 will, I hope, have for its result to draw still closer lie bonds which unite grateful Belgium to the two great peoples which guaranteed its young nationality, i bid you ".Icome.. Lord Bury thanked the Echevin for the sentiments hs had expressed in the name of the city of Brussels, juad he assured him that the Volunteers entertained feelings of the greatest regard for the people of Eelgiuuu Then oommencacl a demonstration, which for grandeur and picturesque effect has not often been equalled on any occasion of a civic festival, For two hours previously the torches had been nume- rous; but as the Volunteers commenced to pour out from the station these lights increased a hundred- fold in number and brilliancy, as if by magic. At the same moment the double lines of the Garde Oivique, who k-pt a pathway, raised their rifles aloft, anu the bay onets shone with singular and surprising bughtnexs; those of their body not under arms rushed forward and shook han'is with every Volunteer they could Seize and hurrahs for les Anglias" were again raised, each'cheer sounding louder than the previous one. Mixed up with all tbis jubilant expression of popular iov was the clanking of the hoofs of officers' charters, the shouting of the word of command, and the music of s< me half-dozen bands. But after a delay of Mew minutes in setting the men m order the pro- cession iuoTed on, Fiist nj&rched a band, an e a battalion of the Garde Civique; next came another band; then followed the Coinmittee of Reception, followed by all officers, foreigners, and Belgians not charged with comniands; next, IAa Gardes Naticniaux Francasi; then the Volunteers of Great Britain after them the other foreign riflemen arranged alphabetically; and, lastly, another batta. lion of the Garde Civique, and another band. Torch- bearers at short intervals lined the processi >n at either side, and these were flanked by a vast body of the citizens. The night was very dark, which was all the better for the effect of the torches, the gas-lamps, and the wonderful illumination of the tower of the Hotel de Ville. This lofty and gorgeous piece of architec- ture is in what may be called three open stories. Dtoiajt &• whole of last sight tfheKe ware illuminatsS with lights, the colours of which were constantly changing. The illumination was on the plan generally known as the "blue fire" when used in theatres. This moment the centre story would be illuminated in green, and the upper and lower in red. Presently the centre became red, and the upperand lower one turned green. All the colours of the rainbow were introduced, and varied up and down in that manner. As the pro- cession passed up the Boulevard de Botanique the effect was marvellously fine; thence it turned into the Rue Royale, and through the Place xvoyale, when, descending by the Montagne de la Cour, it passed along through the Rue de la Madeleine and the Rue de la Colline into the Grande Place. Bouquets were thrown at the Volunteers from several windows. The entire space in front of the Hotel de Ville was kept for the troops. It chimed a quarter to eleven as they began to enter it. One of the bands of the Garde Civique played the Braban- conne" as they did so. and Partant pour la Syrie" and "God Save the Queen" followed. The Bourg- mestre, accompanied, by his Echevins, all in full official costume, descended and received the foreign riflemen in the court. Having passed through the liens and distributed a small memorial medal, with riband at- tached, to each riflemen, the Bourgmestre received all the officers in the beautiful saloons of the Hotel de Ville, which were brilliantly lighted with wax lights, and hung all round with the famous old Gobelins tapestry. When he had assembled all the officers around him, addressing them in French, he said:— The popular acclamations have sufficiently told you how welcome youare in the old Brabangon city. (Cheers.) Volun- teer soldiers, citissns armed for the defence of your homes, you prove by your presence among us that the cause of patriotism is also that of fraternity, and of the independence of people*. (Cheers.) Bail! children of the two great nations in whom Belgium has found, in days of trial, powerful and loyal support.. Hail! Germany, Switzerland, Holland—to all our friends, indeed. (Renewed cheers.) The town of :2ruuels IS proud to be the rendezvous of neighbouring countries, and to see forming, in the noble rivalry in these tournaments of the nineteenth century, bonds of reciprocal affection and esteem that the future will be able to to deve- lope. >11 hearts are open to you. Belgian hospitality awaits you in all its simplicity, in all its cordiality. It does not ofter you brilliant fetes, but that spontaueity, that unanimity of sentiment that will have more worth in your eyes. Remain long with us, and return often you will ever find the Bel- gians as faithful in friendship as they are to their indepen- dence, and to the august dynatty that personifies it by its virtues. I drink to the worthy allies of Belgium to the fraternization of peoples. (Loud and continued cheering.) Colonel Loyd-Lindsay, in reply, said:— The friendly invitation which has brought us to your hospitable shores, and the splendour with which we have been conducted into the capital of your kingdom, demand an acknowledgement on the part of the British Rifle Volun- teers. (Oheers.) It is my high privilege, of which I gladly avail himself, as intrusted with the command of that corps, to address you a few words. These words will be few, but they will be warm, sincere, and cordial, because they are spoken on behalf of the British people, who are always sensitive of any act of kindness, aud ready to recog- nise offices of international friendship. My words will be few because we appear before) ou in the garb of a service whose prominent duty i. not in professions but in actlons- not words but deeds. Io behilf of the whole force—and I am sure I equally express the feelings which are found in thl' breasts of eas t separate member of thb c >rps—we thank yun, Mr. Burgomaster, we thank the people of Brussels and of Belgium, for the coraial hospitality with whlcn they have received us, their invaders. When we Votuuteers first enrolled ouraelve. an armed force we little thought that ere seven years had elapsed we should be called upon to cross the water and invade a foreign land, and to quarter ourselves in a foreign town As we marched to-day in friendly triumph through the streets of your beautiful city I thought that seldom had so large a military force assembled in a foreign land for so peaceful a purpose. French, English, and Swiss, we all meet here for a trial of strength whose bloodless triumph* are almost as welcome to the vanquished as the victors. (Much cheering.) Ouce more we thank you for your reception of us. You receive us this night into the bosom of your country upon trust, and I hope, before we part from you, your present generous confidence will have been confirmed by experience. And now allow me to introduce to you in tarn each one of my comrades. (Cheers.) Colonel Deherpe briefly responded for the French riflemen. Cheers were then given for the King of the Belgians and others for the Queen; after which the Bourg- mestre offered the vin d'honneur, and refreshments of a more substantial kind were also provided for the company. It was midnight before the ceremony of the distribution of the medals in the courtyard had concluded, and after one o'clock on Friday morning, when the proceedings of the reception had come to an end.

On Saturday the Volunteers began to compete in the Tir at the short ranges. On the same day the other foreign riflemen and the Garde Civique fired away for many hours, with but a brief intermission to allow the markers and other officials time for refreshment. The 1st Surrey Rifles, whose head-quarters are at the Hotel de Flandres, have brought over their own band. At first it was believed by many of their brother Volunteers that this was a dangerous ex- periment. The military bands of Belgium and those of the Garde Civique of Brussels are renowned, and it was feared that to Volunteer bands the comparison might prove odious." Not only, however, have the musicians of the 1st Surrey won golden opinions from the BruxelloiSj but, last evening, the bandmaster of the regiment was presented with a gold medal, after a competition in the Commune St. Josse-ten-Noorede. This gentleman was a drummer-boy at Waterloo. On Saturday evening the 1st Surrey gave a grand dinner at their head-quarters. A number of guests were en- tertained on the occasion, and the band performed during the evening immediately under the windows of the Hotel de Flandres. in the Place Royale. At least a thousand of the townspeople assembled round the band, and such was the enthusiasm of these Belgians on hearing their King toasted inside that they raised a succession of loud cheers, and displayed such a desire to fraternize with the Volunteers inside that the windows were thrown open, and a scene of the most jubilant, mutual enthusiasm ensued, the band playing the" Brabanconne," and subsequently, when the health of Her Majesty of England was drunk, God Save the Queen." The same evening Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay and his Staff, Lord Bury, Sir Paul Hunter, and all the field-officers of the Volunteers, were received at dinner, by the King and Queen of the Belgians at Laeken. The guests having assembled in the drawing-room, their Majesties entered and spoke a few words to every one of them. On entering the ball room our countrymen found themselves on historic ground. In the same anartment, standing just as it does now, and with precisely similar decorationsjthe Duchess of Rich- mond assembled around her Wellington and his com- panions in arms on the very eve of the battle of Water- loo. In this room it happened that "there was a sound of revelry by night," when the alarm was given, and heroes rushed from the ball to the camp. On Satur- day night Frenchmen, Englishmen, and Belgians met there, not in memory of the past, but to renew pledges of lasting goodwill, and they and their fair partners waltzed to music selected with international impartiality. All the saloons of La Reunion Lyrique were beautifully adorned for the occasion. In the ante-rooms were extempore gardens of choice exotics, amid which crystal fountains threw up refreshing sprays. La Grande Salle, in which the dancing took place, is an exceedingly elegant and chastely decorated apartment. It was brilliant in glass chandeliers. The walls, pilasters, and ceiling were all in pure white, with gold reliefs. For many hours dancing was car- ried on with great spirit, but certainly under difficul- ties. for such was the crowd that no pair of waitzers could extend their saltatory movements to a circle as large as that of an ordinary round table. When Colonel Lindsay and his staff entered dancing was at once suspended, the band played God save the Queen," and at the conclusion of the National Anthem repeated hurrahs, waving of handkerchiefs, and clapp- ing of hands bid welcome to the Volunteers. The President of the Reunion having conducted Colonel Lindsay up to the head of the ball-room, addressed him in the name of tbe society, and the gallant officer responded to the compliment in French. [

On Sunday morning the Volunteers paraded for open-air Divine Service in the Place du Musee. All the field-officers were mounted, and the men assembled in nearly full strength. All the space in the Place outbide that occupied by the Volunteers, as well as the streets in the immediate vicinity, were blocked by masses of people, who came to witness this very im- pressive ceremony. Mr. Drury, who has for so many years acted as chaplain to the English church here, read the prayers from an open window overlooking the Place, and Mr. Jenkins, his curate, delivered a short sermon on the Lord's Prayer from the same position. The responses were given in tones the most respectful by about a thousand men in uniform; and the effect was in the highest degree solemn and religious. After the service the volunteers, to the number of 1,400, were reviewed by the King of the Belgians. The whole population of the city lined the streets, and testified their love for the reigning family and their respect for their visitors by deafening cheers. In accordance with a general order issued by Colonel Loyd Lindsay, the volunteers assembled in twelve divisions in the Place du Musee, a large open space near the Place Royale.. After a short open-air religious service the volunteers were joined by some of the French National Guard and marched out in divisions, the French in front, through the Place Royale to the Boulevards, where they were drawn up in line and awaited the coming of the King and Queen. The Royal party was very punctual, and the enthusiastic shouts of the people gave warning of their approach. The King and Queen, accompanied by the staff, rode along the line, the volunteers in the ranks standing at atten- tion, the officers of divisions, drawn up in front, alone saluting. As the royal party returned Colonel Lloyd Lindsay and Lord Bury, the commandants of the force, led off the hearty cheerø-which were given by the volunteers, and were re-echoed by the people. The line then wheeled into sections, and marched, headed by the First Surrey Volunteers band, to the King's palace, in front of which the royal family and the staff witnessed the march past. The well-dressed lines of the volunteers, and their steady, solid march- ing drew from the large number of military men along the route the warmest commendations, and it was a hard matter to convince them tha.t the uniformed re- presentatives of the volunteer force before them were not of the regular army. The English were specially and warmly cheered, and even in marchmg the flank men's hands were seized and shaken in honour, as it was termed, of "merry old England." The crowd was so dense near the palace that the sections could not go by entire, and men had to fall out to the rear.

THE CHOLERA IN ITALY. Writing from Trieste a correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette writes;- There was something in the air of Venice, something in the appearance of the city that made it quite a relief to quit it even fur cholera-stricken Trieste. A damp dark mist hung like a pall over tbe lagoons, and the sirocco came hot and fetid into the house; so slippery were the stones with a strange clamminess that it was almost impossible to walk without falling. the moment the gondola arrived at the lazaretto a change for the better was felt. Notwithstanding the increased freshness, however, any one who has to pass eight days on the miserable little u-landto which those who arrive from Trieste have hitherto been confined must find his time hang heavily on his hands, with nothing to look at but the dreary flat of lagoons, a vil- lage or two perched on the banks, and Venice looming in the distance, and it is scarcely to be wondered at that many lubWmb to eholtra, Mid mfere to excessive fear. Cholera in a very bad form is now beyond doubt settled in Venice, and the object of maintaining this quarantine against Trieste exists no longer. I believe, therefore, that it will now be definitely removed. So far as experience of the terrible epidemic has hitherto taught us, there is no instance in which quarantine, howeverstrict, has preserved a country from its ravages while the results to the persons subjected to the re- striction have not unfrequently been frightful. The deaths may not arise from cholera alone, but numbers die under quarantine who had nothing the matter with them when they commenced this vile durance. One most horrible case of the working of the system I will mention. A gentleman in 1856 was put under quaran- t ne at Messina, on account of Cholera, having come from Alexandria, where the disease was raging. There were thirty passengers on board the same vessel with himself when the month's quarantine began. Day after day saw a dead body thrown over the side, and at the end of four weeks of that fatal detention twelve alone remained to walk ashore. The proportion of deaths among the crew was fully as great. No one who has ever watched the ravages of cholera in Italian cities can fail to have observed the excessive percentage of mortality above that of any other country, and it seems to me that this is due to three causes—first, the extreme bad drainage of the cities; second, the poor food and unequalled terror; third, the absolute incapacity of the physicians. It is the last of these circumstances that it is most necessary to speak. The way in which cholera patients are treated in Italy is shameful. They are immediately hurried off to the hospital whatever be then position in society, and however anxious their friends may be to take charge of them. No attempt is made to soften the agony, nor, indeed, are any of the most approved medicines used at all; the man is regarded as a corpse before he is dead, and, when life has but just left him, he is at once swathed up and buried with most indecent haste. I may be accused of exaggeration. I know too well I am guilty of none. With regard to Venice, I fear, as an Italian gentleman said, there will be an absolute slaughter. The poor inhabitants have Buttered long from insuffi- cient food, the canals smell their worst after the sum- mer heats, and in the narrow calles the air has no free course. It wi I be a sad thing if, after all this ex- pectation, the King's entry should be delayed for this terrible cause; but all those who know Venice best prophesy that she will not escape lightly. Looking at tha position of Trieste, with its wide, well-kept streets, and clear air blowing down to the sea, it seems almost impossible that disease should take up its abode there, but appearances are not con- clusive, and once the Austrian soldiers brought the cholera from Friuli it became fairly established in the city. It was dwring the distress occasioned by the epidemic and the want of employment owing to the stagnation of commerce, that the municipality showed that public spirit and liberality of which I have already spoken. For the many weeks that this state of things continued large soup kitchens were formed, and from 8,000 to 10.000 rations of soup served out daily to the starving population. Corn also was fixed at a low rate, and all losses upon its sale were reim- bursed by the town; the same plan was adopted by General Alemann at Venice, the compensation clause, however, being omitted, as well as the rations of soup. Every one to whom I spoke on the subject attributed the diminution in the extent and virulence of the epidemic to the energy with which the authori- ties set to work to feed the poor, and thus enabled them to bi-ar up against the effects of the atmosphere. So far as I have seen the city hitherto, I have had great difficulty in making out any considerable amount of poverty; even in the back streets there is a general look of well-to-do-ness wh'ch forms a happy contrast to the fearful squalor of Venice. Commerce here is beginning once more to now in its ordinary channel, and people are returning tcf their avocations, whilst Venice remains blockaded.

WRECKS AND CASUALTIES. The statistical committee of Lloyds have compiled an analysis of casualties reported in Lloyd's List for the six months ending on June 30th last. The statement embraces information reported from all parts of the world, and is the most comprehensive of its kind ever produced. By it we learn that during these six months 5,455 ships, 506 of them steamers, met with 6,138 casualties. 67 of the vessels are missing 186 were abandoned, 40 of these were recovered and the residue lost; there were 974 collisions, 659 were known to be damaged, and 92 of these sank; 259 ships went down from causes other than collision 1,676 vessels were stranded, 893 of these were got off, and the remainder either left, or their subsequent fate has not been reported; 31 were captured, 10 by pirates 85 were burnt; 120 were dis- masted or disabled 86 were obliged to throw the un- derdeck cargo overboard; 101 cast overboard their deck cargo, or had it washed away 591 became leaky; 468 lost their anchors and chains; 106 had their machinery damaged, or their stock of coals failed; on 193 ships there was mutiny or refusing duty; sickness and casualty to the crew; 1,163 were damaged, lost their sails, bulwarks, &c.; and 22 were water-logged. Thus in all there were 1,037 vessels totally lost, 148 were reported as constructively lost, 644 sustained great damage, 2,459 minor damage, 28 were raised after having sunk, and in 1,139 cases the results are classified as unknown. In 894 instances all the cargo was lost, in 41 cases only was it all saved. The number of lives lost was reported to Lloyd's as 1,400, but the secretary of the statistical committee states that this return is most imperfect, and that the actual number would be greatly in excess of that given above.

SHOCKING MURDER AND SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER. On Saturday evening, the inhabitants of Wolsing- ham, situated ten miles from Bishop Auckland, in the county of Durham, were startled by a rumour that a man had killed his sweetheart by cutting her throat. The unfortunate victim was a young woman named Mary Ann Newton. She was twenty-two years of age, and was a servant to one of the justices of the peace for Westmoreland. The perpetrator of the deed is a man named Bowman, of Wolsingham, and aged about twenty-three years. About seven o'clock in the evening the unfortunate young woman was going out to the back door for the purpose of bringing in «ome coals, wben she was heard to give a must heartrending shriek, as if in dltltrf:8S. One of the uther servants employed in the hou-e, hearing the noise, instantly rau out, and she observed the deceased running staggering towards her, but ere she reached her the poor girl.tel1. to the ground. The servant who had run out noticed a man running away. Assistance came, and on the unfortunate young woman being lifted up it was found that she was weltering in biood, her throat being cut frotn ear to ear; and on further examination it was discovered tbat her left hand was al»o mutilated. She died almost instantly. It soon became known who the perpetrator f the deed was, from the fact that the man Bowman had for a long time previously kept the young woman's company. A telegram was sent to Superintendent Robinson, at Stanhope, and other places, but it was not till daylight the next morning that the officers were able to take up the trace, which was followed up to the Waskerley Burn, a tributary of the Wear, to a deep hole, upon the edge of which a police-constable discovered sume footmarks. A rail was procured from an adjoining hedge, and the constable at once commenced to search the place. Tue hole was discovered to be eight or nine feet deep, but after a lapbe of a few minutes a body was brought to the surface, which proved to be that of Bowman. It was found that his throat was also fearfully gashed, at once leading to the conclusion that the murderer had committed suicide. For a long time past it would appear that Bowman had kept company with the unfortunate young woman as a lover. She, however, lately had opposed his ad- vances, and seeing that he was so slighted by her, and also being jealous of a rival, Bowman at once con- templated the horrid deed, and made his way to the house of her master, soon after dusk, where he waited for his victim. On his pockets being searched, a large pocket knife was found in one of them, cevered with blood. The knife to all appearances had been sharp- ened for the purpose of committing the horrible deed.

THE NEW ZEALAND MURDERS. (From the Melbourne Argus). Burgess, Levy, and Kelly were, on the 2nd August, committed for trial on the charge of having murdered Dudley, De Pontius, Kempthorne, and Mathieu. Sul- livan was first placed in the dock at the Police Court, on the same charge. He confessed the crime to the police, and was accepted as Queen's evidence. On the 9th August the prisoners were brought up at the Nel- son Police Court, charged with the murders. After some evidence for the prosecution had been given, Bur- gess made a most remarkable confession, in which he fully admitted his own guilt, and that of the approver Sullivan. The statement occupied five hours in de- livery, and was a minute description of a series of crimes almost unparalleled in atrocity. He thus re- lated the manner in which the five victims were robbed and murdered:— They (the men) arrived within about fifteen yards, when I stepped out and said, "Stand! bail-up!" l'hat means all of them to get together. I made them fall back on the upper side ot the road, with their faces up the range, and Sullivan brought me his gun, and then tied their hands behind them. The horse was very qutet all his time; he did not move. When they were all tied, ullivan took the horse up the hill, and put him in the bush He cut the rope, and let the swags fall en the ground, and then came to me. We then marched the men down the incline to the creek. The water at this time was barely running. Up this creek we took the men. We went I dare say five or six hundred yards upon it, which took us nearly half-an-hour to accomplish. Then we turned to the right up the range; we went I dare- say 150 yards from the creek, and there we sat down with the men. I said to Sullivan put down your gun and search taese men which, he did I asked them their several names; they told me. I asked them if they were expected at Nelson. They said no. If such their lives would have been spared. In money we took 60l odd. I said, "Is this all you have ? You had better tell me Sullivan said, Here is a bag of gold," I said, What's on that pack- horse? Is there any gold?" when Kempthorne said, "Y el, my gold is in the portmanteau, and I trust you will not take it all." "Well," I said, we must take you away one at a time, because the range is steep just here, and then we will let you go." They said "Allright,"mostcheerfully. Wetied their feet, and took Dudley with us; we went about sixty yards with him. This was through a scrub. It was arranged the night previous that it would be best to choke them, in case the report of the arms might be heard from the road, and if they were missed they never would be found. So we thd a hankerchief over his eyes, when Sullivan took the sash off his waist, put it round his neck, and so we strangled him. Sullivan, alter we hai killed the old man, found fault with the way he was choked. He said, "The next. we do I'll show you my way." I said, I have never done such a thing before I have shot a man, but never choked one." We returned to the others, when Kempthome said, "What noise wat thatt" I said it was caused by break- ing through the scrub This was taking too much time, so it was agreed to shoot them. With that I said, We'd take you no further, but separate you. and then lose one of you, and he can relieve the o hers." So, with that, Sullivan took De Pontius to the left of where Kempthorne was sitting. I took Mathieu to the right. I tied a strap round his legs, and shot him with a revolver. He yelled, I ran from him with my gun in my hand. I sighted Kempthorne, who had risen to his feet. I presented the gun and shot him behind the right ear. His life's blood welled from him, and he died instantaneously. Sullivan had shot De Pontius in the meantime, and then came to me. I said, Look to Mathieu," indicating the spot where he lay. He shortly returned, and said, I had to 'chiv' that fellow, he was not dead" (a cant word, meaning that he had to stab him) Returning to the road we passed where De Pontius lay and was dead, Sullivan said, This is the digger; the others were all store- keepers. This is the digger; let's cover him up, for should the others be found they'll think he done it and sloped" (meaning he had gone) So with that we threw all the stones on him, and then left him. This bloody work took nearly an hour and a half from the time we stopped the men.

ACTING UNGRATEFUL TO THEM The telegraph brings news of a squabble at Verona between some of the inhabitants and Austrian soldiers, in which one of the latter was killed. Such incidents are greatly to be regretted (remarks the correspondent of The Times). The people of Venetia will do them- selves discredit in the eyes of Europe by harassing or insulting the departing Austrian troops, of whose conduct and discipline they themselves admit that they have no cause to complain. I lately read ap- prehensions expressed in a letter from Venice lest in that city the departure of the last Auatrians should be attended by offensive manifestations towards them. This would be opposed not only to good taste but to good sense, for it is for the interest of Italy to be henceforth on friendly terms with her late enemy, and at Vienna it. is undeniable that a courteous and con- ciliatory spirit has been displayed. It would be what the French callie coup de pied de fane, and would be wholly unworthy of the magnanimity to which the Italians, as a nation, lay claim. And it would appear in all the worse taste when we remember that if the Austrians evacuate Venetia it is due to no Italian triumph. Only a few days have yet to elapse before the foot of the stranger shall cease to press Italian soil, and it would be most superfluous and undignified to serenade him across the frontier with the popular strains of Vafuori d' Italia, vafuori stranier." All the circumstances of the case considered, it will be the wisest and most becoming course to let him depart in peace and silence, and it is greatly to be hoped that the broil at Verona will not prove a forerunner of similar occurrences at Venice, or of any offensive or hostile demonstrations.

EXTRAORDINARY SEIZURE of a LARGE AMOUNT of STOLEN PROPERTY. On Saturday night the London police made a very suc- cessful and extraordinary seizure of property to a vast amount under the follewlng circumstances:— It appears that a person named Moses Moses, has carried on business as marine store and general dealer, in Black Horse-yard, Petticoat-lane, for some time past having also a private house in Gravel-lane, Hounds- ditch. This man is at present the holder of a ticket- of-leave, having been sentenced about twelve years ago to fourteen years' penal servitude, for the posses- sion of property at his "stores" in Bell-lane, Spital- fields, then traced by Inspectors Foulger, Mitchell, and others, to be. the produce of no less than fourteen different robberies. Moses Moses served about eight years, and since then has lived and carried on business as above stated. A few days ago he reported at the Bishopsgate station that his warehouse in Black Horse- yard had been entered with skeleton keys and a very large quantity of blue pilot and other cloth stolen. Sergeant Moss and other officers of the City detective force, inquired into the matter, and in looking round the premises where the alleged robbery had been committed, their practised eyes observed some sus- picious goods, and upon making further search they discovered a mass of property of all descriptions, of the possession whereof Mr. Moses Moses refused to give any account, and Moss at once took him into cus- tody. On making further searches the police found a large quantity of jewellery, combs, brushes, gutta percha, ladies' companions, military saddles, portman- teaus, copper, brass, &c. In a sack three gold watches, under a heap of old rags, a plated dinner service, of Birmingham or Sheffield manufacture, with hot water dishes, soup tureens, vegetable and entree dishes, and a pair of wine coolers. The discovery of this vast amount of property of course led the officers to search the house where the prisoner's family resided in Gravel. lane, Hounsditch, and there the quantity and value of the things found was really marvellous, therri being a great quantity of cloth, new, in pieces, gold and silver watches, diamonds set and unset (a great quantity) chains, earrings, ornamental combs, nuggets of mineral ore (gold and silver), pieces of india-rubber, elephants' tusks, and other valuable property of a most miscel- laneous and, indeed, of almost every description. The whole of the property was taken charge of by the police, the prisoner having been previously conveyed to the Bishopsgate station. In consequence of the original statement of Mr. Moses MoBes that his pre- mises had been robbed, suspicion fell upon two men, who were taken into custody, and on Monday were charged at the Mansion-house with the robbery, but acquitted. Moses Moses was then put forward in the dock and charged with having in his possession in his warehouse, Black Horse-yard, Aldgate, a large quantity ot woollen cloth and various other articles—including jewellery, a plated dinner service, the amount in value of which has not yet been ascertained—which were supposed to have been stolen. Detective-sergeant Moss, having been sworn, deposed as follows:— After the prisoners, who have Just been discharged had been lodged in the police-station, the present prisoner was tent for, and after ne bad said he could not identify them I requested that I might accompany him to his warehonse or shop to examine the premises, in order to ascertain how an entrance bad been effected. He consented, and we went together to the premises, the door of which was secured by a strap of iron, fastened by a padlock, and under the strap there was another lock. The prisoner unlocked both and I followed him up a ladder to a loft, my brother officers, Green and Browne, being with me On reaching the loft, which was over the shop and warehouse, the prisener pointed to a hole in the brick wall forming the partition to the adjoining warehouse, which is untenanted. He said that was the way by which he supposed the thieves had got into the premises. There were in the loft several tons of rags, some packed up in heavy packages and others loose near the aperture in the wall. On clearing away some of the loose rags, in order to commence a search, the valuable gold ear-ring I now produce dropped from them. I ex- claimed, "Hallo, Mr. Motes, what is this?" The prisoner started back, and replied, I do not know; I never saw it before in my life." I said, Then we must search on, for perhaps the thieves who have stolen, as you say, your cloth, may have left this and other valuable property in exchange." The loose rags were further examined, and we found five gold brooches set with various valuable stones, three gold pin! four gold ear-rings, and two gold loekets. The prisoner saw them all found amongst the rags near the hole, and I said, "Now, Mr. Moses, this alters the case altogether, and I shall charge you with receiving stolen goods." The prisoner vociferated, Good God, Mr. Moss, you surely wHl not go to charge me." I answered, I certainly shall, and you must consider yourself in cus- tody on tne etiarge you llJust hand over your key. to me ard I wid take care of your place" We tb, n conim nc«-d to search tbe loft thoroughly, and We found a quantity of goods of oifferent kinds which tilled two Ctbs There was a plated dinner service, quite new, Brussels carpets, also new, aod a quantity of new saddles and harness. Ou this I thought it advi- sable to have the prl150ntr removed to the police- sta.ion, and as my brother officers were taking him away the prisoner was seen to move his hands u der some sacks, and under them we found the gold »aich proauced which had been just pushed under them. It is a gold Geneva watch, hunmered 10,336; makers, Messrs. Ciaixteand Weob, R>yal Exchange. On the way to the station in a c b the piisoner euayed to Ilcrete some k..ys, which were, however, 116curud by the officer Green. Alter this, I, in company with Brown and Whitney, proceeded to the prisoner's residence, No. SO, Gravel-lane, Bouudsditch, and there 1 opened his safe with the keys we had taken from him, and in it we found ten packets of jewellery, one containing fifteen gold chains No. 2 oontaining ten gold Albert chains; No. 8, two gold Geneva watches and a guard chain; No 4, tour gold gutrd chains and a gold necklet; the next packet contaiued nine gold Albert chains; another eleven silver studs, another a gold hunting watch with an Albert chain. This was numbered 6,i>28; maker, Higgtnbotham; and bearing the following inscription:—*• Presented to Albert Franks by his friend, Suth December, 1850," on the back. Other matches and silver jewellery were also found and now productd In a room upstairs we found thirty-five pieces of woollen cloth of various colours. and one of superfine quality. We then went back to the warehouse, and, on a further search, we discovered a large quantity of India-rubber combs, which have since been identified as stolen from Messrs, Cohen, merchants, of Threadneedle-street. In the lower part of the warehouse we found twenty-one ivory tWIkI ot large ske and of great value. The property found on this last occasion required the aid of eight cabs to convey it to the police-station where it now lies I have to 8sk a remand to continue the search and complete the examination or the property already found. The' counsel for the prisoner said he should decline at present to cross-examine the witness. Mr. Cohen was next called, and identified the combs produced as being part of the contents of a case which had been packed by him, and which had been stolen from the box in its transit to the London Docks, for shipment to Australia, on the 27th September last, by a man who had been committed for trial for the felony. Detective-sergeant Moss said this was all the evi- dence he was at present prepared to offer, and again applied for a remand. The application was granted, and the prisoner was remanded to Monday next.

DIVISIONS AMONG THE BAPTISTS. In addition to the old and well-known division of the Baptist churches into the two denominations of Particular and General, there are numerous other subjects upon which our body is divided in doctrine and practice (remarks the Baptist Magam,nt\ One of these is the division upon the question of com- munion, forming "strict" and "open," or "union" churches, and here again there is another division, some churches admitting the unbaptised to communion only, and others to full membership. Then there is a great division in the Baptist body upon the subject of doctrine; in most of the towns and villages there being a church or churches entirely separated from their professed brethren, and from all united Christian work, upon the ground of difference upon the doctrines commonly called Calvanistic. The churches holding what are called High views are in the habit of calling the other churches— although professedly Particular—General, hold no fellowship with them, and withhold all support from the missionary and various denominational societies. Amongst the Hieh churches again there are several parties, separated quite as much from each other as from the so-called Generals, and distinguished by their following certain leaders, such as the followers of the late Wm. Gadsby and their Gospel Standard, who form a considerable body in many parts of the country, the ministers of which are distinguished by freedom from the contamination of a college education, and the members by extreme ignorance and consequent narrowness of mind. The other churches of High views are principally in London and the neighbourhood, and have leaders in James Wells, J. Foreman, and others. An increasing body of Baptists are the admirers and the would-be followers of Mr. Spurgeon but that gentleman has shown a commendable desire to promote union among the churches, and not division. Another painful case of disunion and separation has arisen in many churches from no difference of doctrine, but from personal dissensions among the members, resulting frequently in the formation of small, feeble, lifeless churches, unable to support a minister, to carry out any Christian work, or to develop, either amongst themselves or their fellow-men, the active virtues of the Christian life. In one large manufacturing village with which we are acquainted, one church has been in this way split into six different and opposing sections, presenting, a cause of scandal and reproach to the Christian name rather than holding forth the word of life. Whatever may be the cause of these lamentable divisions, the result is too apparent in the very limited and inadequate support given to our missionary and other societies, and in the want of largely extended and successful effort for spreading our principles and proclaiming the gospel of the grace of God to perishing men; also in the miserable pittance upon which many of our ministers are obliged to subsist, crippling their energies and crushing their life and zeal to a point far below zero.

ARUNA RRIAGE PREVENTED! A young gentleman who has seen nineteen summers, and who on coming of age will become the possessor of 100,000k, lately went to Exmouth from Birming- ham. where his guardian resides, in company with a tutor, to endeavour to improve his health and to in- crease his knowledge (remarks the Globe). The two took lodgings at the residence of a gardener, who had a very pretty daughter of about the same age as the young gentleman. From the first an ardent attach- ment seems to have been formed on both sides, and the fair damsel soon forgot her old beau, who is at sea, and whose half-pay she has received. In the end the yonng people resolved to get married. The young lady left Exmouth on Saturday night by the last train, accompanied by her mother and her future husband, intending to remain at Exeter that night, and to be "taken for better or for worse the next morning. It appeared, however, that the object of their departure was suspected, and a spy was sent in the same train to watch their movements. He traced them to the Half Moon Hotel, and to the house of a relation to the young lady, and at once communicated his information by telegraph to the guardian at Birmingham. The young gentleman retired to rest at the hotel about twelve o'clock. He slept in peace until about four o'clock when he was disturbed. The guardian, on receiving the telegram, had immediately hastened to the station and caught the mail train, which arrived at Exeter at three o'clock in the morning. He was met at the station by the tutor and a solicitor of Exmouth who had sent the "spy" after the young gent. The party, which then consisted of the guardian, tutor, spy, coachman, and two auxiliaries in the shape of policemen, repaired to the hotel, and on spying over the boots the guardian identified a pair belonging to the runaway. A guard was placed at the door of the bedroom, and its occupant was informed that the mar- riage must not take place. To prevent his flight another man was placed in front of the hotel and another at the rear. Intelligence was then carried to the expectant bride that the marriage was postponed sine die. The dismay of the parties m08t interested may well be imagined, but the young gentleman, who, bye the bye, is said to be heir to a title, vows that he would not change, and that as soon as he was his own master he would carry out his matrimonial design. At all events he accompanied his guardian to Birmingham on Monday morning, and the fair damsel and her mother returned to Exmouth both in their respective homes to lament that the course of true love never did run smooth."

THE SHEFFIELD OUTRAGE. A meeting of working men was held a few nights since at Sheffield, at which the recent attempt to blow up the house of a non-unionist workman was spoken of in severe terms. Mr. Bagshaw, president of the Organized Trades of Sheffield, asked it as a favour, before they separated, that a resolution strongly con- demning such dastardly acts might be passed unani- mously. If anything pained him as an individual, it was an act of this sort, which threw suspicion upon all the good and well-intentioned leaders of trade societies. Nothing, on the other hand, would give him greater pleasure than for even 10,000 £ to be spent to bring to light the villain or villains that had perpetrated such a deed. He hoped and trusted that the fiendish perpetrator would be brought to the light of day, that the suspicion which rested on trade societies might be taken away. These remarks were loudly cheered, and another speaker, Mr. Fox, said he fully endorsed Mr. Bagshaw's sentiments. He did not care how bad the man had been or was now, or what he had done or left undone; nothing could possibly justify such an infamous act. A resolution was agreed to denouncing the outrage, and pledging the meeting to use its best efforts to bring the perpe- trators to justice.

A PRINCESS'S TROUSSEAU DESCRIBED. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Tdegraph has been to see the trousseau of the Princess Dagmar, and in writing upon them says :— I do not understand them myself, but that is no reason for not describing them. One Madame Boyer, a milliner, took me to the top et a high place, and behold what I taw The first glory developed—the presentation dress of the Princess, after the marriage—is composed of a train of rose pink velvet, trimmed with a deep border of magnificent silver lace, of a most beautiful floral design, and cobweb-like tex- ture. Bouquets of the same were appliques to the train at equal distauces. The petticoat of tne richest rose satin, trimmed with the same lovely lace as the train. There was alllo tbe Princess's pillow, the covering formed entirely of the richest guipure. Many articles of underclothing were also displayed, aU of tbe rlcbest aud most fairy-like descrip- tion; indeed, so fine that youcould hardly see them without a maguifying glass I also 8&W the gold lace, embossed witb pearls,* for the trimming of a dress for the Empress of Russia but it was not yet decided whether the dress should be made of white satin or turquoise blue velvet. Having seen the effect of this beautiful trimming on each of the materials above mentioned, I should decide in favour of the white satin, had I a voice in the matter. There was also a dress for her Majesty the Queen of Wurtemberg, quite of a simple kind, and for morning wear. It was composed of a rich blue sUk, trimmed with velvet of a deeper snade, and was, indeed, what 1 think slang people in your country would eall a howler." Bye-the-bye, lforgot to tell you that the robe of the princess cost "only 200<" The ladies with whom I had the happiness to be were in fits of delight at the "cheapness." "Cheap as possible," said Mrs. X. "Mats c'eat une vrale occasion," cried out Madame de Z. But somehow I noticed that the husbands gradually got near the door, and looked at their watches as if they had important engagements elsewhere.

ADVERTISING EXTRAORDINARY! If there is any trust to be put in the advertising columns of the chief morning papers, there must be at tne present moment a good many rich people ready to be victimized with their eyes open (remarks the Pall Mall Gazette.) At least, if advertising for the money of simpletons does not answer, it would seem certain that advertisers would not throw away their own funds in laying the bait. What is difficult to understand is tbe class of persons who, having from 5002. to 5,0002 or 10,0002. to invest, are so ignorant of the Wa)8 01 the world as to be taken in by proposals whIch cany wit- tutm their own condemnation. Fdf 111Slance. iwotd. ell in (be midst of a set of honest adver- tisements for partners aud for money, we find the foliow- intf :— llle sole owner of a prosperous business asks for the modest sum of 6,000!. under peculiar circumstances," offeriug good interest," or a share in the business as sleeping partner, and promising 500Z. to anybody who will get somebody to lend the 6,000?. Is it possible that any owner of 6,OoOl. should be so very much asleep already aa not to understand what this bonus of 500Z. really means? Another gentleman is in auch mysterious circumstances that though he has a sound business which a few months ago was paying 2,000?. a year, he cannot get on, and his sound business will go to the dogs, unless some- body will come forward with 1,000 £ without any security. A third personage stipulates that he 18 to be addressed by letter only, in reply to his request for a bagatelle of 12,000l. on the well-known valuable security of "mining property." A fourth knows a what quarry to fly his hawk, and at once addresses the weaker sex, announcing that "a l^dy secure a handsome permanent income by ing him lOOl. at ten per cent., to enable him tP bring out a couple of inventions, whichhaveonlytobe startled to be instantly sought after by nobility, gentry, and ladies' schools." It seems, too, that even now the manufacturing of railway compames a a trade not utterly discredited, for "radway sohcitors, I contractors, and capitalist* are invited to com- municate with certain persons with a view to organ- I izing a first-class company," which is to cost 2,000, OOM., I and which, they are informed, will be worked, when completed, by one of the most powerful companies in England." It need hardly be added that nearly every one of these addresses to the credulous is with- out the guarantee of the names of the advertisers, and that they never refer you to their solicitors for infor- mation, as is usual with bonafide advertisements. Yet no doubt it pays to insert them and just in propor- tion as somebody gains so do the ignorant and the un- wary suffer.

EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL IN BELGIUM. Risk Allah Effendi will shortly be tried in Brussels, for the supposed murder of his pupil at an hotel in that city. The press in France and Belgium has, says Galignani, been for some time occupied in preparing the public for the denouement one of those romantic dramas which large cities occasionally afford. The career of Risk Allah Effendi has been full of incident. The gay circles of London abounded at one time with gossip relating to the then young Turkish student, who was following the lectures on medicine at the London University. His Oriental costume, his prepossessing appearance, and the fluency with which he spoke most languages, rendered him a general favourite. He received from the Ottoman Embassy in London the title of medical attache. After paying attention to several ladies of fortune, he eventually attached him- self to a fair dame who, having been twice the widow of men of fortune, were not so happy as they might be, and after a short residence at Boulogne the lady died, bequeathing the greater portion of her wealth to her husband, Risk Allah Effendi; but a sum of money was left to a young lad, a relation of a former husband, on his attaining his majority. Risk Allah was by will appointed his guardian and was to possess the gmount bequeathed by this legacy if his ward died before coming of age. Risk Allah took the young man to Turkey, where he assumed the rank of bey or colonel. It was said that the youth escaped from various dangers whilst in the East. Together they eventually returned to Europe. As it may be remembered, a great sensation was produced by the accounts in the journals of Brussels of the suicide of a young lad in that city towards the end of last year. This was the young man to whom Risk Allah was guardian. A judicial inquiry took place, and Risk Allah Effendi was placed in confinement for several days, but there was a want of evidence that he was in any way connected with the death of the youth. He came to Paris after the investigation, where he was received by numerous friends, anxious to show their sympathy for a person accused of a crime of which he was declared to be altogether innocent. He at this period published a volume, containing a narrative of his life and adventures, which was eagerly read by a wide circle, for he had many acquaintances. In this way he penetrated into certain circles in Paris, and was regarded as an amusing person. Not very long since he returned to London again. Meanwhile the Belgian police got hold of some correspondence of a Turkish servant of Risk Allah's connected with the death of the youth, who was found dead in bed with the pistol by h:s side which had inflicted the mortal wound. The Belgian minister at London was ordered to demand his arrest for a criminal offenoe, and he is now in prison at Brussels, waiting a second trial, which comes off at the end of this month.

THE EMPRESS OF MEXICO. The Paris correspondent of the Court Journal thus speaks of the interview between the Pope and the Impress of Mexico:— The scene of the interview with his Holiness the Pope on her Majesty's betrayal of the first symptoms of aberration must have been terrible indeed. Religious despair was the form assumed by the disease, and, after having reasoned, to all appearance, with the greatest coolness on the subject of the sale of the Church property in Mexico, which his Holiness mildly, but firmly, refused to sanction, she suddenly burst into a paroxysm of grief and remorse at having made the proposition. The tide once let loose, rushed, as we all know, over every obstacle in one unceasing torrent, and the whole night was passed in moaning and lamentation over the jeopardy in which she had placed her immortal soul. The terrors soon assumed the old form of dread of assassination, and the idea got posssession of her mind that she would be safe nowhere but in the Vatican. The Pope, wise and indulgent in the case of all human infirmity, whether moral or physical, immediately ordered an apartment in the palace to be allotted to her use, and there she remained until the arrival of her Royal brother, who assumed at once the responsi- bility of her safety. One of the ordinary symp- toms in attacks of this nature became visible at once in the case of her Imperial Majesty. An utter distrust and abhorrence of those she had hitherto loved and trusted most seized upon her, and she refused to be attended by any but strangers. The perplexity in which the Holy Father was placed by this determi- nation was extreme. All assistance on the part of the Italian ladies was out of the question. Belief in the contagion of brain fever is general amongst them, and the horror evinced towards patients suffering from any disturbance of the mental faculties cannot be overcome. In this dilemma the foreign ladiesresidentin the Holy City were applied to, and responded to the summons without delay, watching day and night by turns, sooth- ing the poor patient by every means in their power, and helping to restore the balance which had been de- stroyed. An English lady, a recent convert to the Romish Church, took upon herself the administration of the sick chamber, which she never left during the whole time of trial. Where can be found in all history a warning so solemn as that contained in the short career of the Empress Charlotte against the vain yearnings of ambition and the suggestions of worldly pride! A Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall (Gazette says According to the latest accounts, the fears en- tertained in regard to the health of the Empress of Mexico had diminished, and it is now asserted that the crisis was only one of those attacks of nervous ex- citement to which ladies of energetic temperament are often subject. As on the present occasion it was, so to say, an official attack of nerves, the event made more noise than it would have done under ordinary cir- cumstances. I have reason to believe that General Montebello had a good share in the tribulations caused by the illness of the Empress Charlotte to the court of Rome. The General is said, when he presented him- self to her Majesty, to have been treated literally en thien, and he was compelled to listen to a torrent of reproaches which, although not addressed to him per- sonally, must have been very unpleasant to hear. The diplomatic circular of the Emperor Maximilian, which has been published by the M eDcan Minister in Pans, has created some sensation here. Every one is puzzled to understand its meaning and object, and the only in- ference which it seems possible to draw from it is that the Mexican empire is sinking fast, and that the Ortegists and Juarists will soon be left alone to exter- minate each other.

THE BURGOMASTER'S MISTAKE. The following story is narrated of the chief magis- trate of a celebrated watering place :— A certain burgomaaterfound Vice in her red shoe* was tread ing too closely on the kibes of Virtue, and wishing to make his own little civic dominion the paragon one of Christen- dom, he said Impropriety should conceal its ugly—or hand- some as it may be—features, and at all eventlnotshowiuelf in the Kursaal. He had finally made up his mind to this virtuous r880lve oue evening after noticing in the public assembly room two gaudily dressed ladies, got up in similarity of attire, though of apparent difference of age. The dresses were buped up extravagantly high, crinoline not being yet gone out; the boots were of crimson, with golden heels; the hair was drawn out telescope fashion to an im- mense rearward longitude, and capped in front with scarlet hals halt coucelÙed 10 white feathers. rhe worthy civia chief, boiling with rage, took his wife into his confidence, and was, of course backed up in mischief. Next day, at the most public hour, he went to the Kunaal, and behold the two ladies were laughing and chatting in their usual places. The burgomalter SlOort at the door for a moment untila policeman passed. HecaUedhimback. "lhaveadititgreeabledutyforyou to perform Of course policemen was charmed. The more disagreeable the more delightful any duty ordered by so high a functionary. "Do yotf see that laay and tbeothe near her with the red hat?" Y 81, tir, they with the red boots, the red petticoat, the red face, the Tel, yes, the red everything; tell them they must walk out of this at once, and not show themselves again." Bat, air, if they refuse f' Then you put them out on my authority." The policeman was more delighted than 8ver. He walked up to the place where they were sitting, "Ladies you must leave this room." What does this insolence meant" "The burgomaster ordered it and you must go." At the moment a gentleman came up and. tleard the last word*. "What fellow is it," said he, who gave thitorderT" "I said the burgomaster." Bring me to him." He was duly led down. Did you, sir, order tnose ladies to be removed from the Kursaal T" I did, certainly I am going no longer to have our assembly- roomllullitld by the presence of bad characters." He had scarcely used the words when he received a blow fall in the mouth, which brought the blood from his lip. The gentle- man was a Russian Prince; the ladies were his second wife and his daughter. It was further made a diplomatic grievance, and the Russian consul duly complained, and the poor burgomaster had, as a further degradation, publicly to appear in the same room and tender an humble apology to the ladies in the red hats

FASTNESS IN AMERICAN YOUNG LADIES. Certain young eitoyennes of Manhattan have developed a new phase of amateur fastness that may possibly be worthy the general attention of the sisterhood known as "fast young ladies" (writes the correspondent of the London Standard), who thus continues:— To usurp the functions of poor-devil reporters, and write up local sensations for the daily press, is the reigning ambition of Miss Flora M'Flimsey and her charming associates of Madison square. To be able to pull from pocket of dress or paletot a damp and grimy copy of the daily Times, or Tribune, or World, M one passes the rival belle on the drive" in Central Park, and wave this chequered flag of victory over the Andromache, is now one of the highes gr fications of the conqueror of Saratoga port. Let me K».ori £ ■' novation. The critiques with reoar« aii have appeared in the Fieids. Miss emanated from the pen ot miss the well Fields is a daughter of the^emor me^ firm known Boston and. New^ or Fman of Ticknor and Fields. Mr. of the finest in New York^His^ghtria young lady of remarkable x ortf. xii»u»uS character in her way as the to.1™ '"3S* of munic—and she is all kocom- wr hSea nmsician—is but slightly superior to her knowledge of the good points of horses and dogs. Miss Fields is an ardent admirer—one might say fheTis a worshipper—of Rifetori, and she throws into her essays in the Tribune all the emotion of her nature. indeed, she has likened Ristori to "an angel from heaven," and somewhat to the (compara- tive) disadvantage of the angel. On Ristori nights Miss Fields proceeds, immediately upon the conclu. sion of the performance, to the Tribune office, which is distant some two miles from the theatre. Her escort through the poorly-lighted and deserted Btreets of the lower city consists of coachman and footman. She usually arrives at the Tribune office at about midnight, and, attired in full evening dress, mounts the narrow and crooked Btairways of the building to burst, as a sort of becrinolined aerolite, upon to burst, as a sort of becrinolined aerolite, upon the vision of the assembled Jenkiues of Mr. Gree- ley's establishment. Flinging her cloak aside, she seizes pen and paper and constructs her criticism, tosses her "copy" to the open-mouthed Ganymede in attendance, and, followed by her flunkey, sails out again to her carriage, and so to her Fifth Avenue home, to await the appearance of the journal to whose columns she has contributed. The scene in the office during the visit of Miss Field is a very strange one. The Tribune reporters constitute a class by themselves. They affect "slouch" hats, or sombreros, Byron collars, enormous meerschaum pipe?, and great moodiness of manner. They smoke with a vigour and persistence worthy of German students. Their room in the Tribune office is always kept in a Rtate of artistic disorder—the desks are battered and old, the floors are worn and soiled, the ceiling is cracked and brown. Nothing is in its place. When the young lady critic sits herself down to write, each moody man of the Tribune sits himself down to smoke and stare, keeping, however, at a respectful distance from the abnormal creature, the scratches of whose busy pen are the only sounds heard in the apartment.

A SAD CASE. A very painful case of suicide has been investigated at Old Ford, near London. Mr. Felix, a German mer- chant, shot himself in consequence of heavy losses which he had sustained. His widow (whose evidence bad to be interpreted to the jury) said:— On Wednesday evening last he came home at seven o'clock, and had a sapper of bread and cheese. Ze was much de- pressed on account of a packet of goods having been re- turned. He had sometimes said that he was tired of his life, but he made no threat to commit suicide on that night or indeed at any time. We went to bed in different rooms, as was usual, so that he might not be disturbed by the children, of whom there were four. I heard nothing until Thursday morning at down, when I was frightened by the explosion of a pistol in the next room where my husband slept. I thought he had shot himself, but I was not sure that there were not robbers in the house, and I was afraid to stir. Ho one but the children were in the house, and no person was in the street, and I could not speak English to make any one understand me, and I did not know what to do. I prayed for two hours until I heard people in the street. Then I went into the next room, and there I saw my husband shot He was undressed in bed, hts right hand being out- aide the bedclothes, alongside a double-barrelled pistol, and blood over the bed. Upon this I began to scream, and so did the children when I told them that their father was shot. But I did not know how to make any English person in the neighbourhood understand what had happened, and I went to some friends in the City, and in two hours they re- turned with me, and Dr. MeldoU was called in. Other evidence went to show that the deceased was a man of high character. He had very lately paid 600L for the house in which he lived. The jury found that he was temporarily insane.

Ipsttllratras QØ tntral Itfus. THE FAMINE IN INDIA.—Private advices re ceived in Liverpool give deplorable accounts of the famine in Orissa, and the endeavours that were being made to send succour to the various districts where the famine prevailed (says the Daily News). One writer states that "unless assistance comes from England, all the efforts that are being made in India will go but a little way to alleviate the want and suffering of the natives." We understand that several of the prin- cipal East India houses in Liverpool are about talcing steps to raise a fund, to be called the India Famine Fund, which will, as its name indicates, be used for the purpose of ameliorating the distressed condition of the natives of Orissa, and other parts of India where the famine prevails. FENIAN COMBUSTIBLES.—On Saturday a number of magistrates and town councillorsassembled at the Liver- pool police-station to witness experiments with the Fenian combustible fluid recently seized. A portion of the fluid was poured on a quantity of loose cotton and sticks, and in about four minutes it spontaneously ignited. A bottle containing fluid was then dashed against the wall, which immediately became a mass of flames. The spectators were deeply impressed with the destructive quality of the fluid. Many persons have doubted the existence of a Fenian organization in Liverpool, but the police cases which are coming to light will undeceive them. As an instance of the marvellous unextinguishable qualities of the liquid, we may state that a short time ago Mr. Superin- tendent Hewitt poured some of it on cotton, wool, and wood chip3, and then placed the whole completely in water, where it remained for a week It was then taken out and placed on the floor, and in five minutes had burst into flames. A LARGE FABK.—The Horner (III.) Journal says A few day since Michael L. Sullivant sold his farm of 22 000 acres, lyiug six to ten miles south of this place, to Mr. Alexander, ot Morgan county, for seventeen dollars per acre, or 371,000 dollars, cash. Mr. Alexander also bought the stock, grain, hay, and farming utensils on the place of Mr. Sullivant, which made the whole amount of purchase money nearly or quite 500,000 dollars. Mr. Sllllivaot hat yet a "place" of 46,000 acres in Iroquois couaty, besides more land. Mr. Alexander will "stock" the "farm" im- mediately with 3,000 or more head of cattle. He wid ship 600 head per week to market from this point. We farm out here, and do business generally on a large scale. TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORNS.—A young man named Charles Buck undertook to exhibit a Bramah bull whose keeper was sick in a circus in St. Louis re- cently (remarks an American paper). The animal did not relish his familiarities, and suddenly turning upon him made a terrible thrust atAim with his horns. Buck caught hold of his horns and a policeman named Smith rushed into the arena and caught the bull by the tail. The animal, at this, turned his fury upon Smith, but the latter hung stoutly to the tail, and as the bull turned was swung violently around. Others now came to the rescue and the bull was secured. AN EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE.—A foreign schooner was towed into the harbour on Saturday afternoon, whose history has awakened a somewhat unusual .in terest in the neighbourhood, from the fact that it was- one of those which had been long looked for in vain, and which, indeed, was generally supposed would never more come home" (we are quoting from the Edinburgh Cowrant). The vessel is the Charlotte, of Stralsund, and sailed from Memel for Dunbar, with a cargo of rags, exactly three months and three days previous to the date of its entering the harbour here. During all the three long weary months the vessel has been knocking about in the North Sea, unable from stress of weather and contrary winds to make the land until some three days ago, when it entered Aberdeen harbour, from which it at last gained its destination. As the passage is frequently made in three or four days, or a week at most, all hope of ever seeing the vessel or its crew had long been lost- and we believe the claim for insurance had either been made or was about to be so, when the long-lost vessel fortunately turned up. Such a voyage is unparalleled in the annals of the seafaring folks here, and on Saturday and Sun- day the vessel was the object of particular attention. Notwithstanding the long exposure to wind and weather, the vessel does not appear to have Buffered much damage. THE LIBERATION OF VENICE.—Great preparations are being made at Venice to celebrate the entry of the "Kinfi of Italy into that city. The Bucentaure, the historic galley upon which the Doges of Venice mar- ried the Adriatic, has been reconstructed and magni- ficently ornamented. The King will be conducted to the Ducal Palace along the Grand Canal, traversing Venice in its greatest length. Among the patriotio manifestations that will take place is one that is calcu- lated to produce the most profound sensation. One ot the most beautiful women of Venice, entirely clothed in mourning and covered with chains, will be presented to his Majesty at the moment of his coming in sight of the city, but, in place of the keys of the city, the Podesta will offer to the King a symbolic axe destined to strike off the chains of slavery. At the same instant the shackles of the captive and her mournful vestments will disappear at the sound of salvoes of artillery and of popular acclamations. Venice, personified, trans- formed into a goddess of liberty will then present to the King the traditional cushion upon which will be found a golden key.

THE MARKETS. MARK LANK, MOKDAT. The supply of English wheat received fresh up to our mar- ket to-day was very moderate, and the total supply of home- grown produce on offer was somewhat restricted. There were several "buyers from Yorkshire and Ltnrpoolin attendance, and the supply of wheat was taken off readily, at an advance in price, as compared with Monday last, of fully Is per qr. Tne market was moderately supplied with foreign wheat. Dry parcels were in request, and changed hands at rather more money. Damp produce was firm in price. Floating cargoes of wheat were in request, and transactions were concluded on French account. Erices were rattier high tr than on Monday last. Spring corn afloat realised fall quo- tations The supply of barley on sale was but moderate. Fine parcels changed hands at fully late rate.. Secondary and inferior qualities were dull, at the reoent decline in their value There was a fair demand for malt, at late rates. The market was moderately supplied with oats. There was a eood sale for most qualities, at an advanoe In the quota- tions of Is per qr. Beans were in short supply, and the trade ruled steady, at late rates. Peas supported last Mon- days Quotations, with a moderate demand. The market was scantily supplied. About an average business was transacted In dour at fully late rates. Several paroels oftMsstan flour have recently been received from Mosoo^. Tia St Peters- burg. The quality is line, the price beii« 80s to 5fts per sack nf 280lb. India linseed and rapeseed ruled firm, at quite laterates. Other seeds met a slow sale, on former terms. The cake trade was arm, and American qualities reached an advance of Is per Ion. lfHTROPOIiITAJT CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY. There was a fully average supply of foreign slock on offer in our market to-day in fair condition. On the whole, the trade was in a sluggish state, and, in some instances, the Quotations had a drooping tendency. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own gracing districts were only moderate, but of improved quality. The supply from Ireland was on the increase. From Seotland, however, no stock was re- ceived. Prime breeds changed hands freely, at full cur- rencies. Otherwise, the trade was heavy, on rather lower terms. The top quotation was 5s 4d per 8lb. From Lincoln- shire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire we received about 1.,100 shorthorns, &c. from other parts of England, 600 various breeds; and, from Ireland, 2tO oxen and heifera. The supply of sheep was again limited for the time of year. Prime Downs and half-breds were in good request, at full quotations. Heavy sheep, however, were djill, and 2d per 8tb lower than last week. The highest quotation was 63 4d per Sib. Calves were in short supply and fair request, at late rates—viz from 4s 6d to 58 61 per 8lb. Prime small porkers were firm in price but large pigs were very dull, at late rates. POTATOES. Kotwithstanding the dry weather the disease has not de- creased and the accounts from most districts, especially from Yorkshire are very unfavourable. The supplies of potatoes on sale are moderately extensive. The trade is steady, at full prices. Last week's import was 28 bags from Amsterdam, 5 bags from Hamburgh, 170 sacks from Dieppe, and 1,298 sacks, 38S baskets, and 10$bags from Dunkirk. Begents 60s to I20s. Bocks 40s to 100s per ton. HOPI. Picking having been brought to a clOle, the great dedclenCf In the crop ball become apparent On the whole, tbe yield is not above half that of last year. For all kinds the trade has been very firm at enhanced rates, and the tendency of prices il still in an Upward direction Last week's import was 187 bales from Antwerp, 91 from Boulogne, 40 from Bre- men, 2 from Dunsirk, 48 from Hamburgh, and 1M from Rot teroam. Quotations are -—Mid and East Cents, 170s t0250s Weald 01 Kents, 160s to 190s; Sussex, liOII to 170s; Yearlings 100s to 160s per crt WOOL. We have nothing of Interest to notiee In the wool market. For colomal produce, the demand has been very quiet, whilst in homegrown qualities the transactions have been on a limited scale. All descriptions, however, have ruled firm in price. The import into London last week was 2,340 bales from the Cape ot Good Hope. Fleeces: South-down bottgetts, is 7d to is iid; half-bred ditto, 18 &td to Is lOJd short fleeces, Is ad to Is 9d; Southdown ewes and wetherL is 7d to Is 8d Leicester ditto, IsTd to 11 lei j Sorts: (10- |UBg,ls«dtolsiejd; eemblag, is te 2a,