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T O "W IT TAL IC,
T O "W IT TAL IC, BY OUR SPECIAL COBEESrONDENT. --+- Our readers ixin understand that ice do not hold, ourselves rcpcn- sible for our able Correspondent's opinions. A FOOLISH rumour set afloat-nobody knows by whom, or fcr what purpose—that there would be a. dissolution of Parliament in November, has caused a flutter of excitement in the Conservative ranks. Of course, Liberals knew better; for with money at 9 per cent., winter approaching, and M.P.'s scattered about Europe, such a course would be sheer madness. Nevertheless the Tories believed it, for, say they, Lord Palmerston's popularity is all that the Whigs have to go to the country with, and fearing that some accident might deprive them of that before the spring or autumn, ministers have resolved upon that course; and such faith did the Conservative agent place in this mis- chievous canard, that he at once dispatched a circular letter to the members of his party, warn- ing them to be up and ready for contingencies. The joke, however, was too thin not to be soon seen through, and so the matter has been a subject of laughter among the clubbists, who, to the discom- fiture of poor Colonel Taylor, have been enjoy- ing the hoax. Apropos of Lord Palmerston-who, by the way, is England's first and only octogenarian Premier-I have heard it said that the summit of the noble lord's ambition was to retain the premiership until he reached his eightieth year. Well, in that he has succeeded; will he now resign his post ? Political pundits answer, Yes, before long; but that, after the example of the Marquis of Lansdowne, the noble lord will retain a seat in the Cabinet without office but nous verrons. My readers are aware that for some time past there has been much scandal afloat anent Mr. Thwaites, the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works and the Thames Embankment. Thus it came about: During the investigation of a Parliamentary committee into certain contracts, it oozed out that Mr. Furness, one of the present contractors, obtained the contract, despite the fact that Mr. M'Cormick, M.P., in connection with another applicant, sent in a tender at a thousand or two less. Now, at the time, this looked an ugly transaction, savouring of favourit- ism, the more so that Mr. Thwaites would give no other explanation than" confidential commu- nication." But now the" murder is out." Mr. M'Cormick-the great contractor, and- member for Londonderry-has failed, which fully shows that Mr. Thwaites, having a better knowledge of Mr. M'Cormick's affairs than the public had, adopted the proper nay, only course for the public weal. In clubs, cliques, and coteries, but one name has been uppermost during the week, namely, that of the infamously celebrated little German tailor. It was a solemn scene those three days at the Court-house in the Old Bailey-one that I bitterly regretted could not be witnessed by thousands instead of hundreds; for assuredly the awe-in- spiring, calm, yet solemn grandeur of such a trial would do more to eradicate the germs of crime from the hearts or minds of beholders than public hanging. The mild, yet just, opening of the Solicitor-General—the energetic defence by Serjeant Parry of one of the weakest cases counsel ever took in hand—the clear, impartial summing up of the aged Lord Chief Baron, and the terrible, but solemn dignity with which Baron Martin, in delivering the sentence, shut out the most transient gleam of hope in this world for the miserable pri- soner, render it one of the most memorable of criminal trials. All this sunk deeply within the hearts and minds of the hearers, leaving the ring of a grand epic, or the words and acting of a Greek tragedy, in which mere human affairs are dwarfed by the transactions of gods and devils. It is curious that the merest accident-for in- stance, the temporary escape of Muller—should give the chief intensity of interest to so vulgar a crime-a crime, too, committed by a wretched being who, in intelligence, seems to be but little removed from the brute creation. The Briggs murder was in reality the most commonplace of crimes, without even the terrible interest lent by human passions; yet that very simplicity rendered it but the more obscure, and led people to believe that there was an intricate plot to be unravelled. At those clubs where litterateurs, barristers, and scientific men most do congregate," I heard but one opinion-namely, that Muller was innocent, at least, of the murder; but at the examination of the cabman, and the opening for the defence, the criminal's chance of escape became as the base- less fabric of a vision," and at once all the "talents"—-a little chap-fallen, perhaps ad- mitted that the wretched man's guilt was clear as the sun at noon-day. Let us hope that the wretched man will confess, and so we shall hear the last of railway ruffianism. Apropos of such crimes, it is thought that the letter written by a clergyman, and which has been running through the press, descriptive of the misconduct of a drunken ruffian in a railway car- riage, will, in conjunction with the Briggs murder, arouse the Government to the necessity of some immediate legislative measure for the pro- tection of travellers-such, for instance, as the adoption of the long-proposed means of communi- cation between guards and passengers. In legal circles I hear it reported that Mr. Justice Williams is about to retire from the Bench, and that his successor will be the able Solicitor- General. Others query, however, whether Sir R. P. Collier, being but two steps removed from the woolsack, will so readily foregojhis chance of ulti- mately attaining that goal which is the object of every able lawyer's ambition. That toilers' carnival, called the North London Working Classes' Industrial Exhibition, "at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, has made itself one of the lions of London. Its success has been almost incredible. Fancy twenty thousand visi- tors in one day! In consequence of that success the Exhibition will remain :open until the 7th of November, when it will close with a ceremonial no less imposing than that with which it was inau- gurated. It is said by some of the papers that it j is to be closed by the Earl of Shaftesbury. If such, however, were the original intention, the programme has been altered; for I am credibly in- formed, nay, authorised to state, that the closing, on the 7th instant, will be presided over by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Gladstone, whose attendance must give additional eclat to the Exhibition, and who will, it is expected, in an eloquent harangue, expatiate upon the past success, and upon the possibility, or rather cer- tainty, that others will spring out of it. The right hon. gentleman will also inspect the works, and assist in the adjudication of the awards. In speaking of these awards to merit, I might say that, as the pecuniary success of the Exhibition has exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the committee, medals of tangible value will be given; but as these will take some time to prepare, the prizes will not be presented until the commencement of the New Year, and at that ceremony the Earl of Shaftes- bury will preside. Speaking of working men's exhibitions, I at- tended a meeting of employers and operatives engaged in the coach trade, held the other evening in Long Acre. Taking hope from the success of the Islington Exhibition, and that of the paper stainers in the City, the coachmakers have resolved to hold one of their own in, it is expected, the great hall of the Worshipful Com- pany of Coach and Harness makers. Was I not right last week in saying that the working men are making a "healthy sensation"-sowing seeds, planting roots, that must ultimately spring up over the three kingdoms ? Again, I was at the opening of the Working Women's College in Queen's-square the other day. Assuredly it is a step in the right direction, for no man, not of British calibre, will object to a well educated wife, and the lady directress and her friends are very sanguine of success. I do, however, think, with many others, that the plan requires some revision; for instance, I doubt whether "working" women will find time to become perfect in Latin, French, music, drawing, and botany. Surely this requires some modi- fication, and pure utility should be first con- sidered; for education, be it remembered, does not alone or even mainly consist in the acquire- ment of languages and accomplishments. In speaking of sculpture, I might state that Mr. Phillips, who is to receive dE4,000 for one portion of the Albert memorial, has just completed an exquisite monumental tomb, which is to be placed over Viscountess Canning's grave at Calcutta. It is an exquisite work, of vast size; the base is of pure marble, the top being inlaid with coloured marbles. Upon this base is a marble coffin, bearing a viscountess's coronet, and an inscription around the edge. From the foot of this coffin arises a tombstone, cut out of a solid block, fretted at the top. In the centre, in gold, is a touching inscription to the viscountess's memory, written by her husband, who, it will be remembered, was created an earl upon his return to England, but who died within seven months after his wife, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. In the same sculptor's studio I have seen the designs for the ornamentation of the viaduct over Ludgate-hill. It appears that the railway com- pany have gone to a considerable expense in the artistic ornamentation of that at present ugly piece of iron work. It is executed in bronze; scrolled brackets at each end, with the arms of the City and company four times repeated. The rail- ing is light, and as elegant as anything I could expect, on so horrible an obstruction as this eye- sore to the metropolis. A gloom has been cast over the art world at the sad intelligence of the death of Mr. John Leech from angina pectoris, at the comparatively early age of forty-eight. The loss is irreparable, for Mr. Leech was first and foremost among the artistic exponents of middle-class life in England, and for a long time the chief, as he was one of the first, supporters of Punch. Z.
OUTLINES OF THE WEEK. 4
OUTLINES OF THE WEEK. 4 EXTRAORDINARY activity in military movements is exhibited by both belligerents in America. The Confederate General Hood is heard of again in the northern part of the State of Georgia. He appears to have captured Dalton, on the line of the Atlanta and Chattanooga Railway, to have demanded the surrender of Resaca in the same neighbourhood, and to have destroyed the railway communication for fourteen miles. Confederate accounts state that all the bridges between Dalton and Marietta were smashed, that 10,000 cavalry surround Dalton and Chattanooga, and that Hood's whole force numbers 30,000 men. The Federal accounts differ from this, stating that the damage done to the railroads is slight, and can easily be repaired; whilst General Sherman is in hot pursuit of Hood, whom he expects soon to vanquish. In the meanwhile Sheridan has effectually devastated the Shenandoah Valley-the great source of sup- ply for Richmond—and destroyed, in accordance, we presume, with what is considered the laws of war, the provisions of all kind stored up in that rich district for the use of the Confederate armies. In our estimation, however, the American war at the present moment is assuming the worst phase we have known it to represent. Revengeful reprisals are taking place that have been all along threatened, and which it was foreseen and dreaded, would, if they began, soon burst forth through the weak and slight ob- servance of the laws of chivalrous warfare as practised in Europe during the last century—that mode which England and France, with all their bitter animosity, introduced and carefully re- spected, setting to the rest of the world a bright example, and a civilised one, if it be permitted to couple warfare and civilisation together. It would appear that General Grant has ordered that devastation and ruin shall attend the steps of his lieutenants whithersoever j they proceed, and it is feared there will be an ( active retaliation on the part of the Confederates, ] Then will be commenced a fiercer struggle than ever, each belligerent uttering the cry of "Revenge!" The whole details, however, of this fratricidal war will be a sickening phase in the history of the world. THE affairs of Denmark are coming to a climax, and we are informed that the ratification of the treaty of peace between this country and the German Powers will take place within three weeks; in the interval Prussia will retain all her present power in Jutland. The Danish Rigsraad meets on the 7th inst., and the poor Danes appear very down-hearted at consenting to the obligatory treaty. Prussia has already put in her claim for a large plum, and Her Von Bismarck, her greatest diplomatist, has, it is said, obtained the consent of the French Government to the annexation of the Duchy of Lauenburg to Prussia, under the understanding only that this shall be effected with the full consent of Austria, and under the title of compensation for the expenses of the war. This appears like taking advantage of might against right." A GREAT deal of gossip has been going on in French papers concerning the meeting of the Emperors of Russia and the French at Nice. Of course royal personages labour under somewhat the same disadvantage as the wit who was supposed to conceal an epigram in a request for some spinach. They are never allowed to say or do anything that has not some deep significance but at the present moment there is really a little colour for the suggestion that the Czar and his royal host are about to talk politics. A little work has just been published under imperial authority, which may, of course, be an independent literary production, but which it is thought may be one of those devices that imperial reformers are in the habit of issuing for the purpose of pre- paring or testing public opinion. It is entitled La Bosphore et Constantinople," and bears some resemblance to a pamphlet which politicians objected to in 1862; this was issued at Leipsic, and was called "Cabinets and Alliances of Europe." The gist of both these essays is to prove that the shores of the Bosphorus would make a very plea- sant residence for the Russian nobility; that the said shores are admirably fitted for agricultural operations; that the existence of the Ottoman Empire is desirable, of course, but that the Treaty of Paris to which England is a party, is unne- cessary, and that Russia has as much right to a fleet in the Black Sea as England has to keep a squadron in the British Channel. Politicians believe that something like this will be suggested to Napoleon by the Czar, but we have too much faith in the Emperor of the French to suppose he would do an act which would sever the friendship between England and France. THERE are several features which have occurred in our social relations that must next claim our attention. HermostGracious Majesty has returned to Windsor from her rural residence in Scotland. She was accompained by the juvenile members of the Royal Family; amongst the rest was the in- fant son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, which, as a good grandmother, the Queeu pro- tected in the absence of his royal parents. Her Majesty, we are glad to say, is in excellent health, and although no state ceremony was observed in greeting her return to the old castle of her an- cestors, she aeemed highly pleased with the salu- tations of the crowds who lined the streets from the railway-station to the castle-gate, and some- thing of her old and pleasant smile was discover- able as she passed along. SOME steps are likely to be taken by Govern- ment towards the better and more secure storing of gunpowder. A deputation selected by the in- habitants of Erith waited upon the Minister of War last week to call his attention to the perils to which they were subject, in consequence of the close proximity of large powder-magazines. Earl de Grey and Ripon said that the subject was under the serious consideration of the Government, and that he had been in frequent communication with Sir George Grey concerning it. We have no doubt that eventually powder-magazines will be removed to such a distance from large populations as to render the lives of the inhabitants more secure. The only thing we have to complain of is the want of promptness in anything which concerns life and property; all Government matters have to go through so many circumlocution" offices, that the steeds might be stolen before we lock the stable door." THE inhabitants in Liverpool determined to be first and foremost in rendering honour to the greatest hero of modern times, and they purchased a yacht with the part proceeds of a bazaar held for that purpose, and were about to send it to Caprera for the use of Garibaldi. A letter has, however, been received in Liverpool from the noble-minded man declining the present; there was something objectionable to him in the mode in which the funds were raised; and further, it was the cause of liberty he fought for, and not self-aggrandisement. THE colliers generally in South Staffordshire have returned to their work. A very large meet- ing was held on Saturday at Coseley, when it was determined that, with the exception of the colliers of Oldbury and Westbromwich, they would accept their masters' terms. The speakers at the meeting said their privations had been intense, and with deep mortification they declared that it was their starving families which forced them to yield. In justice to the Midland Counties ironmasters, we should observe that in defence of the line of conduct adopted, they state that there is a vast competition going on at the pre- sent moment between the managers of Scotch ironworks and those of a similar nature in Staffordshire.. It appears that the ironstone got in Scotland is so impregnated with coal that it will calcine itself; whilst in Staffordshire the coal and iron are distinct veins, and unless the masters lowered the wages of the colliers as well as the miners they could not compete with their Scotch brethren. WE would fain leave the trial at the Old Bailey of the murderer of Mr. Briggs out of our comments on the week, as the London papers generally have quite exhausted the subject. All we can add is Gur, conviction that Muller has had as fair and just a trial as it was possible for man to have, and he has been found guilty upon the clearest evidence. The jury, we are told, were sever for a n?.omeat in doubt. They retired, it is true, for ten minutes—it would hardly have been decorous of them, considering a man's life was at stake, to have done otherwise; but they were unanimous in their decision that Muller was the murderer; and we should imagine that no one who has read the evidence attentively can think otherwise. Let us hope that the few days he has to live may be devoted to preparation for that great future which is before him; and let us join in that hearty response of those who heard the sentence of the judge concluded—" May the Lord have mercy upon your soul." Amen.
ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE PRINCESS…
ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE PRINCESS ALICE. DARMSTADT, Nov. 1. Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice of Hesse was safely delivered of a daughter at noon to-day. A salute of guns announced the news to the inhabitants.
!CAPTURE OF THE FLORIDA.
CAPTURE OF THE FLORIDA. Telegrams received from Bahia announce that the Florida had been captured by the Federal war steamer Wisconsin. Whether. there was a fight between the two vessels is not stated. When last heard from, the Florida had captured a barque off the South American coast, and was then on her way to Bahia.
AMERICA.
AMERICA NEW YORK, OCT. 19. Sheridan reports that Early's army, now commanded by Longstreet, appeared near Strasburg on Saturday. He found them drawn up in four lines, and attacked them, but they withdrew without giving an op- portunity for a serious conflict. Two divisions of Grant's army made a recon- naissance on Thursday to Darbey Town Road, where they found a new formidable line of Confederate works. They assaulted them, but having been re- pulsed they withdrew, pursued by the Confederates. The Federal loss was 400 men. Price has captured Leamington, and the Northern Missouri Railway has been cut. Price's movement has caused alarm in Kansas, where the militia had been called out. Hood's army has made a formidable demonstration in Sherman's rear, and has destroyed the railroad for twenty miles between Tunnell Hill and Resaca, and between Big Shanty and Allatoona. Hood demanded the surrender of Resaca, which was refused. He subsequently advanced and captured Dalton and a coloured regiment stationed there. Hood then moved southward, and was confronted by Stanley's corps at Snake Creek Gap. Severe fighting ensued, the result of which is unknown. Official dispatches represent Sherman's troops at Atlanta as amply supplied. Ten thousand Confederate cavalry are reported around Chattanooga, Dalton. Hood's army is estimated at 30,000 strong. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 21. General Sheridan defeated General Longstreet on the 18th inst. near Strasburg, capturing fifty guns, including twenty lost early in the engagement.
- WAGES MOVEMENT AMONG THE…
WAGES MOVEMENT AMONG THE WIGAN COLLIERS. A meeting of the delegates acting as representatives of the numerous lodges of the Miners' Provident Benefit Society for Wigan and its neighbourhood, was held the other day at luce, to arrange measures for the support of the colliers on strike in South Stafford- shire, and to decide what course should be taken in order to obtain the advance of wages which the public meeting a week previously had decided to demand. There was a large attendance. The feeling was very strong that aid should be given to the Staffordshire men, and the sum of .£50 was voted as a contribution to their fund for this week, and a levy of 3d. per member directed to be made in the current fortnight for the same object. This it is expected will realise £100. The .£50, the second contribution sent from Wigan, was forwarded on Tuesday, and the money was accom- panied by the following letter:—" We feel sorry to see and hear of the attaoks which the authorities of South Staffordshire are making upon you as a body. What we have to advise you to do is by all means to keep the peace, and let them do as they like for retribution will surely come to the wrong-doers. En- closed you will find post-office orders for X50 for the support of your men, their wives and children, from the Wigan district."—The opinion of the meeting appeared to be that pecuniary help would willingly be forwarded to the full extent that could be afforded, but that all measures of violence, such as in one or two instances had already been resorted to, ought to be strongly condemned. This portion of the business disposed of, the meeting took into consideration the course to be adopted to obtain an advance of wages. The follow- ing notice was ultimately agreed upon" Prosperity in trade having realised an advance on the article we produce, we hope you will not think it either impru- dent or presumptuous on our part in asking you to grant us an advance, knowing that it is only calling upon you to fulfil a pledge you so faithfully promised at a time gone by. We also know that it ia only rea- sonable and just, aecording to the present price of coal, that the reduction of ten per cent. taken from us some time back should be again granted to us. Hoping this, our humble and just appeal, may meet your approba- tion and cause you to comply with this oar reasonable demand, we are, &o. An answer will oblige.This note is presented to each master by a deputation from his men, and on Monday, the 7th of November, the deputation will again wait on the employers for a reply. •
FRANZ MULLER.
FRANZ MULLER. On Monday morning Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Dakin and Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Besley, accom- panied by the Under Sheriffs, Mr. De Jersey and Mr. Davidson, the Rev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary of New- gate, and Mr. Jonas, the governor, went to the cell of the culprit, and announced to him that the day fixed for carrying out the sentence of the law was Monday, the 14th of November. He did not appear at all affected at the announcement, but merely observed that the statements that were made by some of the witnesses against him were not true. The interview was a very short one, and, indeed, was almost of a merely formal character. It should perhaps be ex- plained that the responsibility of fixing the day for the execution of a prisoner convicted of a capital offence rests entirely with the sheriffs, and the Secretary of State for the Home Department does not' interfere in any manner, unless it should be thought proper to recommend the culprit to the clemency of the Crown. The prisoner professes the Protestant religion, and he regularly attends the chapel service, but in a posi- tion from which he is, very properly, not exposed to the gaze of the other prisoners, and he appears to pay great attention to the religious exhortations of the Rev. Mr. Davis, the chaplain, who has been unremit- ting in his attention to him since he has been confined in Newgate. The prisoner was on Monday visited by a member of the German Legal Protection Society, who had an interview in presence of Mr. Jonas. He has also been visited by a German clergyman. It is understood that the German Legal Protection Society are preparing a full report of their researches on behalf of Muller, which they intend publishing in a few days.
PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO…
PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO THE 13th LIGHT INFANTRY BY PRINOE ALFRED. The presentation of new colours to the 13th (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment of Light Infantry has been made the occasion of a brilliant military display in the garrison of Dover. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, who was accompanied by the Hon. Major Cowell, ar- rived per South-Eastern Railway from Charing-cross by the ordinary train due at Dover at 12.55. The Royal standard was hoisted on the Castle, Fort George, and the other military stations within the garrison, and on the arrival of the Prince a Royal salute was fired from the Castle batteries. A guard of honour of -the 37th Regiment, under the command of Major Boissier, was in attendance at the railway station with band and colours, and a similar guard lined the pas- sage from the station to the Lord Warden Hotel, where his Royal Highness proceeded on alighting from the train. Among the officials in attendance were General Dalzell, commanding the South Eastern district; Brigadier General Ellioe, C.B., commandant of the garrison, with his aide-de-camp, Captain Gaskell; Colonel Marriott, B.N., Lord Mark Ker, the colonel of the 13th; Captain Bruce, R.N., Captain Noble, R.N. (mayor of Dover), and other officers. The parade ground is a. splendid plateau at the rear of the Castle, and on this the whole of tne troops in garrison were drawn up, forming three sides of a square, the 13th occupying the post of honour, in the centre. The other regiments presents were the 37th and the 73rd, together with the 13th Brigade Royal Artillery and a company of Engineers. The Prince, on riding upon the ground, was attired in naval uni- form, and wore the order of the Garter. The colours to be-presented were placed upon a drum-head, and the chaplain of the garrison, with two other clergymen, attired in full canonicals, came for- ward. A hymn having been sung by the men belong- ing to the band, suitable prayers were then offered in consecration of the colours. At the conclusion of this impressive ceremony the ensigns who had borne the old colours, presented by the late Prince Consort, came forward and received from the hands of the Prince the new emblems. His Royal Highness, in making the presentation, said he was proud to have the honour of giving new colours to a regiment which bore the name of his la- mented father, and the more so as his father had given the regiment the last colours which the regiment had received. He was satisfied that the colours now pre- sented would be borne with the same gallantry as those which had been so often in peril and so nobly defended. Lord Mark Ker, the colonel commanding the regi- ment, offered in the name of the officers, non-commis- sioned officers, and privates, his earnest and loyal thanks to her Gracious Majesty the Queen for her condescension in requesting his Royal Highness to confer this honour on the regiment he had the privi- lege to command. On this occasion there would not be the merry-making, ball-giving, and joyous display usually observed when new colours were given to a regiment; for this was not a common occasion. The regiment could not forget that the last time a like ceremony was performed, and those old colours (pointing to the tattered emblems) were new, the illustrious and gifted Prince, his Royal Highness's late father, conferred upon the regiment the high honour of his name-an honour whinh was one of their most eherished distinctions, and which, he trusted, the regiment had struggled worthily to maintain. Those old colours had seen some service, for they had been through two wars. On one occasion, in par- ticular, they were, perhaps, exposed to more peril than the colours of any other English regi- ment which had recently served in India, the colours having to be given into the custody of the bandsmen alon^, all the reserve being actively engaged in the front. The noble and gallant colonel referred to other deeds of prowess in which his distinguished regiment had borne their part and their colours un- tarnished, and concluded an eloquent speech by echo- ing the hope of his Royal Highness that the colours now presented would be borne with no less gallantry than their predecessors had been borne, and by re- iterating his sense of the distinguished honour done to the regiment in the presentation by Prince Alfred. There was afterwards a march past of the troops, and the Prince was then invited to partake of luncheon with Lord Ker and the officers of the regiment. His Royal Highness afterwards embarked for the Continent, arrangements being made for his passage to Ostendinthe London, Chatham, and Dover Company's boat Samphire.
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THE TERRIFIC HURRICANE AT…
THE TERRIFIC HURRICANE AT CALCUTTA. Loss of 12,000 Lives. PARIS, Nov. 1. The Paris papers publish a telegram from Calcutta giving the following details of the destruction caused by the late hurricane at Calcutta:—" 110 ships were wrecked, and 12,000 persons drowned. The total loss i3 estimated at 200 millions francs. A great portion of the city was inundated, and the villages bordering on the river were under water." The Liverpool correspondent of a daily contem- porary says :—" A telegram received here to day from Calcutta, dated October 5, gives particulars of a terrific hurricane which swept over that port on the 5th, and which has never before been equalled in intensity, or the devastation it has created amongst the shipping in the harbour. Out of 200 vessels not one escaped damage, aRd nineteen were totally lost. Only twenty are seaworthy. The ships Iron Duke, Tornado, Knight Commander are but slightly dam- aged; but the Waterloo, Red Rose, War Eagle, Lady Gladstone, and Macduff are ashore, consider- ably injured. Twelve steam tugs were destroyed. The following is a list of the Liverpool ships which have been totally wrecked, and as all these vessels were of first-class construction their loss will fall heavily on the underwriters :-Baron Renfrew, Go- rundpoor, Loo Choo, Vespasian, Lady Franklin, Singapore, Thug, Phoenix, Banshee, Linnet, Statelie Dwarharat, Fire Queen, Great Tasmania, and Solway.
THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN…
THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GERMAN POWERS AND: DEN- MARK. A correspondent from Berlin says that the treaty of peace between Denmark and the two great German Powers has been concluded, so far as all essential points are concerned. It was thought that it would be officially signed last week, but some special ques- tions, such as that referring to the post station of Denmark at Hamburg, are not yet settled. The treaty of peace, he says, will differ but little from the preliminaries already executed at Vienna. In conformity with Article 2 of the preliminaries the Jutland enclaves in the Schleswig territory, situated the south of the southern limit of the district of Ribe, and ceded by Denmark to the German Powers, have been exchanged against a portion of Northern Schleswig. The new frontier of Schleswig will be fixed to the north of the town of Christiansfeld; on the east it descends to the south of Stenderup, in order that the eastern side of Schleswig, which if possessed by Ger- many would be a continual menace to the island of Funen, may remain with Denmark. The re-distribution of the debts contracted on ac- count of the Danish monarchy has been settled in accordance with the bases laid down in Article 3- of the preliminaries. The re-distribution of State property, which was not mentioned in the prelimina- ries, has also taken place, whereby the duchies will receive a sum of about 8,500,000 thalers, in lieu of about 14,000,000, which fckey would have had the right to re-claim.
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