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AMIEICA. NEW YORK, April 24, Evening.-The President has sent to the House of Representatives important diplomatic correspondence relating to Mexico. On *o 12th of February last Mr Seward addressed a communicatbn to M. Montholon, citing and answering in detail the arguments advanced by M. Drouyn ile Lhuvs, in January, in defence of the course pursued oy France in M exic). M. Drouyn de Lhuys had declared that the objects of the French Mexican expedition were not hostile to the institutions of the New World, nor was it desired to realise arnbiti iis schemes, or to impose monarchical government upon Mexico against the will of the people, but only to obtain just reparation for the wrongs of French residents, and to secure guarantees for their future rights. A number of influential men in Mexico, including 6n. of the late Presidents, despaired of obtaining ord r under republican government, and favoured the re-establishment of royalty. France sustained an imperial government in Mexico, founded on the consent of the people, because that government furnished the requisite reparation and guarantees. M. Drouyn de Lhnvs further alluded to the aid furnished to the United States bv Franc" during the revolutionary war, to the prrpns il that the United States sh itild join the Mexican expedition, and to the neutrality observed by France during the late rebellion. Mr Seward repliel acknowledging the traditional friendship between the two cmnuies, and the respect and consideration due to the repi es-nintions of France; but the Federal government ha., seen no satisfactory evidence that the people of Mexico originally accepted the so-called empire, n ir could any such acceptam e be lawfully procured in presence of the French army of invasion. In another dispatch M. Drouyn de Lhuv: alluded to the former friendly relations between the United States and the Emperor Iturbide. Intestine war had lecome the normal condition ot Mexico, and the present appo- sition to Maximilian was only the result of previous anarch v. All states needed allies and French aid did not divest the revolutionary war of its true national character. M'r Seward replies that nations have no right to correct each o:b, r's errors, except to protect their own interests. The United States did not regard the govern- ment. of Maximilian as legitimate or capable of forming allrances. M. Drouyn de Lhuys urged the advantages to the United States from a stable government in Mexico; these advantages Mr Seward admitted, but declares they cannot counter-balance the injury caused by the overthrow of a republic. The United States would feel grat:fi d when the French Emperor gave definite infurmlltiol1 when the French forces would be withdrawn from Mexico. The withdrawal need not be delayed under any apprehension that the United States would prove unfaithful to their declared policy of non- intervention. On April 6, 1866, M. Drouyn de Lhuys wrote to M. de Montholon that the French government recognised the desire of the Unite I Seates to cause the traditional sentiments of amity between the two countries to pre- vail over the divergencies of governmental relations. France receives with confidence the assurance that the United States wiii not prove unfaithful to their promise of non-intervention, and finds therein sufficient guarantee no longer to delay the withdrawal of the French forces. The Emperor has decided that his troops should evacuate Mexico in three detachments—the first in November next, the second in March, 1867, and the third in November, 1867. On March 19 Mr Seward wrote to Mr Motley, the American minister at Vienna, acknowledging the receipt of his communication, wherein the latter announced the probability that Austria would consent to and permit the levy of 4000 volunteers for Mexico. Mr Motley was instructed emphatically to protest against such a proceeding, and to state that in the event of hostilities being prosecuted in Mexico by Austrian subjects in the manner described the United Sta'es will regard it as war between the Republic of Mexico and Austria, and cannot engage to remain neutral spectators. On April 16 Mr Seward agr,in wrote to Mr Motley, acknowledging the receipt of a dispatch from him informing Mr Seward that 1000 Austrians were about to embark for Mexico at Trieste; Mr Motlev was instructed to inform the Austrian government that the United States regarded the dispatch of Austrian troops to Mexico while negociations were pending with serious concern. 0 The Judiciary Committee of the House of Repre- sentatives has reported adversely to the President's re- commendÜí/ln to modify the test oath. General Foster has informed the governor of Florida that the state law disarming freedmen cannot be enforced, the Attorney General of the state having declared that law to be unconstitutional. It is reported that the British and American admirals in Chilian waters have protested against the bombard- ment of Valparaiso, and fhsisted that permission should be given to remove the women and children, otherwise they would resist the bombardment by force.. NEW YORK, April 26, Evening.The Senate have passed the bill admitting Colorado as a State into the Union. rlhe amendment proposed by Mr Sumner, extending the suffrage to Colorado without distinction of colour, was rejected by 27 against 7 votes. An enthusiastic mass meeting was held at Brooklyn last evening to endorse the policy of President Johnson. General Rousseau, a member of Congress for Kentucky, warmly sustained Mr Johnson, and denounced J'haddetis Stephens as a miscreant- who for partisan purposes opposed the reconstruction of the Union. General Canby, of New Orleans, has refused to permit the issue of writs of habeas corpus in cases of defaulting Treasury cotton agents. Heavy crevasses in the levees on the Mississippi river threaten the couatry around New Orleans with inunda- tion. Seventy-five additional cases of cholera have occurred on board the Virginia since her arrival in quarantine. Twelve deaths took place on Tuesday. Dr Slayter, the Halifax physician who attended the passengers on the England, has died of cholera at Halifax, where three other cases are reported. The Fenian excitement is rapidly abating. Federal troops guard the bridge between Calais and St Stephen's. General DJ le has established his headquarters at the latter plate. The reason assigned for the release of the Fenian schooner seized by the Federal authorities is that the vessel had a regular customs clearance from Portland, and was properly consigned to Doran Killian at Eastport. Killian's movements are Dot stated. It is reported that he is endeavouring to organise a fishing company, for the purpose of bringing ab >ut, without a breach of the [ neutrality laws, a collision between the English and Americans on the fishing grounds, in hopes of thereby causing a rupture between the two governments. Three cases of muskets consigned to prominent Fenians have been seized at Oswego by the Federal authorities; also, on Tuesday, the customs authorities at Eastport sc.:zed 100 cases of arms consigned to Fenian leaders. The Fenians Clre all leaving Eastport for Portland, and but one British war vessel remaias off Campo Bello. Two companies of Federal artillery arrived at Eastport on Wednesday. Two Fenians, arrested for firing at the guard on the bridge of St. Stephen's, were fined 50c. for drunkenness, by the Calais authorities. They were subsequently arrested by order of the Governor of Maine, at the request of General Doyle, and were kept tu await the instructions of Mr Seward. A proposal of O'Mahoney that the Fenian factions should unite in harmonious action, and leave all pending disputes to await the arbitration of Stephens, has been rejected by the Roberts faction. The New York press generally pronounce the Fenian movement on the Brunswick frontier to be a collapsld bubble. NEW YORK, APRIL 25. Mr Seward has instructed the American Minister in Vienna to protest against the embarkation of Austrian troops for Mexico, and to infornl the Austrian govern- ment that the United States cannot engage to remain neutral it Austria permits her troops to continue to make war against the Republic of Mexico. SINGULAR ADVENTURE ON LAKE WINDERMERE.— Three persons were thrown into a critical situation on Monday week while rowing on Lake Winder- mere through the sudden illness of one of the party. About seven o'clock two gentlemen, wishing to proceed from Bowness Bay to Waterhead, engaged Richard Robinson, boatman, to convey them there in a small boat. When nearly half way, and op- posite Calgarth Park, one of the gentlemen pro- z;1 Z!l posed taking an oar; but no sooner had he changed his seat and taken the oar than he was seized with a fit, and in his struggles threw himself out of the boat into the lake. The other gentleman, seated in the stern, immediately reached over the side of the boat and caught hold of him by the coat. In so doing, however, he canted the boat on one side, and in a moment it was filled with water. At the same instant Robinson, the boatman, threw him- self on the opposite side of the boat, which caused it to rignt itself. In this critical state of things it vt'as impossible to get the gentleman into the boat; Robinson, however, managed to work the oars in a very careful manner, and the gentleman in the boat retaining his hold of the one in the lake, after much care and labour they got themselves worked to the shore. The gentleman who had been so long in the water was carried to Troutbeck Bridge, where he was put to bed, and soon recovered his con- sciousness. Fortunately there was ro wind on the Jake at the time the accident happened. CHOLERA IN LIVERPOOL.— LIVERPOOL. SATURDAY — On Friday evening the Helvetia, which had been sent back to Liverpool from Queenstown, while on her outward voyage to New York, with cholera on board, arrived in the Mersey; and at once pro- ceeded to her quarantine mooring ground in the Slovne. On the vessel making.good her anchorage she was boarded by Dr. Buchanan, of London, who had been sent down to Liverpool on purpose Dr. Gee, of Liverpool Mr Carr, Captain Roberts, emi- gration officer Captain Harvey, marine superin- tendent to the National Steam Navigation Com- pany; and Lieutenant Sweeney of the river police. A thorough inspection was at osice commenced, and alter a careful examination it was found that the reports as to the sanitary condition of the vessel were somewhat exaggerated. All the healthy passengers were, however, at once removed to a separate part of the ship, whilst those who manifested any signs of illness were placed under additional medical attention. One disagreeable fact was very apparent. The German steerage passenger, once on board ship, becomes indifferent to cleanly habits, and entertains no respect for the. comfort of his fellow-passengers of another nation- ality. He generally fills a spare box or bag with cabbage before going on board, which he carefully protects until his bout of sea-sickness is over. He then chops up his cabbage, which is then partlJr putrid, and alter mixing it with vinegar he has, next to lager beer, his great compound sauer kraut.' If this stuff can to any extent be whole- some on land, its effects at sea, combined with the 'proverbial filthiness of Germans when on board ship, must be fatal to the health of those who use it end those who do not. Every precaution has been taken to prevent any of the passengers coming on shore from the Helvetia, as two hulks, the Jessie Munn and War Cloud, are now taking on board the sick and healthy passengers. On the 9th of April the Governor-General of Canada, fearing that cholera might be imported into Canada, issued an order to the effect that all passengers must go into quarantine off Grosse Isle, until after a medical inspection. It is asserted that Queenstown, not being a quarantine port, the Helvetia could not be allowed to come to an anchorage. ♦ — ROYAL NAVY IN COMMISSION STEAM SHIPS. Aboukir, Jamaica Fox, par. service ,Pylades, N. America Adder, Chatham Frederick William, i and West Indies Achilles; Channel Queenstown Racer, Mediter. Adventure, China Galatea, N. America Racoon, Portsmouth Advice, Queenstown Gannett, N. Amer. Hanger, Coast of Af. Albacore, Bermuda Gibraltar, Mediter. Rapid, Cape Alberta, Portsmouth Gladiator, Devnport Rattler, China Alert, Pacific Gleaner, Brazils Rattlesnake, W. Af. Algerine, China Grappler, Pacific Research, Chatham Amazon, Devonport Grasshopper, China Resistance, Medit. Antelope, W. Africa Greyhound, W. Afric Revenge, Pembroke Arethusa,Mediter. Handy, W. Africa. Rifleman, China Argus, China Hardy, China Rosario, N. Amema Assutance, Medit. Harpy, Devonport and West Indi* Asp, Pembroke Hastings, Queen's T. Royalist, N. Amer. Aurora, N. America ffavoek, China and West Indies Barossa, China Haughty, China Royal George,Dublin Basilisk, China Hawke, Queenstown Royal Oak, Medit. Banterer, China Hector, Portsmouth III. Sovereign, Chan. Bellerophon, Prtmth Helicon, Portsmouth Salamander, Aus- lHk. Eagle, Wlwicli tlesper, China tralia Blk. Prince, Channel Highflyer, E Indies Salamis, China Blazer, Queenstown Himalaya, Portsmth Satel.ite, Brazils Bouncer, China Hogue, Greenock Scorpion, Portsmth Brisk, Australia Hydra, Mediter. Scout, Pacific Bristol, W. Africa Hvsena, Milfovd Scylla, China Britomart, Dvnport Industry, Woolwich Serpent, China Bustard, China Insolent, China Severn, ord home Buzzard, N. America Investigator, W. Af. Sharpshooter, Brazil Cadmus, N. America Irresistible, Sthmptn Shearwater, Pacific Caledonia, Mediter. Jackal, Scotland Sheldrake, Brazils Cnradoc, Mediter. Janus, China Skylark, Gibraltar Chanticleer, Medit. Jaseur, W. Africa China Charon, Devonport Kestrel, China Snipe, W. A trie; Olinker, Plymouth L-mdrail, W.Africa Sparrow, ord home Clio, Pacific Lee, ord home Sparrowhawk, Pacfic Clown, China Leander, orsl home Speedwell, W. Africa Cockatrice, Medit. Leoparif, ord. home Speedy, Jersey Cockchafer, E. Ind. Leven, China Spider, S. America Columbine, Pacific Liffcv, N. America Sphinx, N. America Constance, N. Amer. Lightning, Scotland Spiteful, Brazils Coquette, ord. home Lily, North America Sprightly, Portsmth. Cordelia, N. Amer. Linnet, Brazils Staunch, China Cormorant, China Lion, Greenock Steady, North Amer. Coromandel, China Liverpool, Channel and West Indies Cornwallis, Hull Lizard, ijheernei-s St George, Portland Cossack, Meditter. Lyra, Mozambique Stromboli, pas home Curaeoa, Australia Maiaeca, Pacific Styx, North America Dy rief, N. America Manilla, China and West Indies Dapper, Dartmouth Meanee, Mediter. Supply, Woolwich Dart, Portsmouth Medusa, Sheerncss Sutlej, Pacific Dasher, Jersey Megcera, store ser. Swallow, ord home Dauntless, Uumber Altillet, W. Africa Dee, store service Mutine, Pacifiic Tamar, troop ser. Defence. Channel Narcissus Brazils Terrible. Me liter. Devastation, ( rd hm Nettle, Portsmouth Terror, Bermuda Donegal, Liverpool Niger, N. America Torch, W. Africa Diris, N. America Nimble, N. America Trafalgar, Queen's- Doterel, Brazils and West Indies ferry, N.B. Dromedary, W. Af. Oberon, Devonport Tribune, ord home Duke of Wellington, Octavia, E. Indies Trineulo, Channel Portsmouth Orontes, Prtsmouth Triton, Brazils Duncan, N. America Osborne, special ser. Tyrian, Mediter. Eclipse, Australia Osprey, China Urgent, Portsmouth Edgar, Channel Pandora, W. Africa Valorous, Cape Edinburgh, Queen's Pantaloon, tombay Victoria, Mediter Jerry, N.B. Pelican, Portsmouth Victoria and Albert, Elfin, Portsmouth Pelorus, China Portsmouth Enchantress,par.ser. Pembroke, Harwich Vigilant, E. Indies Enterprise, Medit. Penguin, Mzmbique Vivid, Woolwich Espoir, W Africa Perseus, China Wanderer, Mediter Esx, Australia Phoebe, ord home Wasp, Mozambique Fairy, Portsmouth Pigmy, Portsmouth Weazel, China Falcon, Australia Porcupine, Channel Weser, Malta Favourite, Dvnport. survey. Wildfire, Shserness Fawn, N. America Princess Alice, De- Wizard, coast Syria Fervent, Bristol vonport Wolverine, N. Amer. Firefly, Mediter. Prin. Consort, Chan. Wye, store service Fire Queen, Prtmth. Prin. Royal, China Wyvern, Devonport Flamer, China Procris, Gibraltar Zebra, W. Africa Forward, Pacing J Psyche, Mediter. SHIPS. Acorn, Shanghai Ferret, Portsmouth President, Thames Active, Sunderland Fisgard, Woolwich Royal Adelaide, De- Asia, Portsmouth Formidable, Shrness vonport Eoscawen, South- Hibernia, Malta Saturn, Pembroke hampton Implacable, Devon- Sealark, Devonport Brilliant, Dundee port Seringapatam, Cape Britannia, Dartmth. Impregnable,Devon- of Good Hope Cambridge,Devonpt. port Squirrel, Devonport Canopus, Devonport Indus, Devonport Saint Vincent, Ports- Castor, North Shields [sis, Sierra Leone mouth. Cumberland, Sheer- Meander, Ascension Trincomalee, Har- ness Martin, Portsmouth tlepool. Daedalus, Bristol Naiad, Callao Victory, Portsmouth Eagle, Liverpool Nereus, Valparaiso Vindictive, Fernando Egmont, Rio Princess Charlotte Wellesley, Chatham Excellent, Portsmth. Hong Kong Winchester, Abrdn I STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY. [Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at which the Depot of the Regiment is stationed.] 0 1st Life Guards- Reg. Park 25th da Canada, Preston 2nd do-Hyde Park Do [2nd bat] Ceylon Royal Horse Guards— Preston Windsor 26th do Bombay, Preston 1st Dragoon Guards -Ban- 27th do Bengal, Buttevant galore, Canterbury 28th do Aldershot 2d do Bengal, Canterbury 29th do Malta, Chatham 3d do Bombay, Canterbury 30th do Toronto, Parkhurst 4th do Cork 131st do Portsmouth 5th do Dublin 32nd do Gibraltar, Buttevnt 6th do Dublin 33rd do Bombay, Belfast 7th do Bengal, Canterbury 34th do Bengal, Colchester 1st Dragoons, Manchester l3oth do Bengal, Chatham 2nd do Newbridge 36th do Bengal, Belfast 3rd do Aide/shot 37th do Fermoy 4th do Edinburgh 38th do Bengal, Colchester 5th do Canterbury 39th do Manchester 6thdo Bombay, Canterbury 40th New Zealand, Chathm 7th Hussars, Bengal, Can- 41st do Bengal, Colchester tTbury 42nd do Bengal, Aberdeen 8th do Aldershot 43rd do N. Zealand,Wnchstr 9th Lancers, Dnlldalk 44tli do Bombay, Dover 10th Hussars, Dublin 45 ,hdo Bombay, Parkhurst 11th do Colchester 46th do Lucknow,Pembroke 12th Lancers, Cahir 47th do Montreal,Pembroke 13th Light Drag., York 48th do Shorneliffe Iltll do Hounslow 49Lh do Colpl'ester .15th Hussars, Sheffield 50th do N.Zealand,Parkhurst 16th Lancers, Canterbury 5ist do Bengal, Winchester 17th do Aldershot 52nd do Aldershot lsth Hussars, Canterbury S?'rd Waterford 19th do Bengal, Canterbury 54th do Bengal, Gosport 20th do Bengal, Canterbury 55^ do Bengal, Preston 21st do Bengal, Canterbury 56th do Rombay, Portsmoth Military Train [1st bat] ;j7th do N. Zealand, Butt. Woolwich 08th do Bengal, Bellast Do [2nd bat] Aldershot 59th do Birr Do [3rd bat] Woolwich 60th nst bat.] Malta I)o [4th bat] N\ Zealand Winchester Do [5t,h hatl Aldershot Do [2nd bat] Dublin Do [fith bat] Curragh Do [3rd bat] Madras, Grenadier Guards [1st bat] Winchester George's Barracks Do r4th bat] Quebec, Do I 2nd bat] Wellington B. Winchester Do [3rd bat] Windsor (,'lstdo Dublin, ColdstreamsUuards [1st bat] 62rui do Gosport hnili" 63rd do Aldeishot Do [2nd batj Chelsea 54^ Templerriore L Scots lutsiliers, [1st fratJojthdo Devonport Wellir-gton B oSthdoDvnprt. Plymouth Do [2nd bat] lower (;ïth do Cape, Belfast, 1st Foot, Madras,Colchester,j0 N. Zealand, Preston Do [2nd Dat] Cork 69th do Aldershot Colchester 70th do New Zealand, 2nd (to [ I st bat] Cork, Shorneliffe aimer 71st do Aldershot Do [2nd bat] Bermuda, 72nd do Ed;nburgll Chatham 73rd do Limerick 3rd do [ 1st bat] Curragh, 74th do Dover Chatham 75th do Dublin Do do BarbadoesMnllingai 76th do Madras, Belfast ru. ? Bombay, do Bengai) Chatham Ghat.iam 78th do Gibraltar, Stirling Do r2nd bat] Nava Scotia ¡79th do Bengal, Aberdeen i ■^t^'one 80th do Bengal, Chatham Colchester 81st do A!(le,>hot F? j"nir i 3 i a 82nd do Bengal, Colchester 6tn do [1st bat] Jersey g3rd do Cutra„h V\a mer • f?4th do Malta, Colchester Do [2nd bat] Jamaica 85th do C(Hragh OolcHester 86th do Gibraltar, Newry 7th do [1st bat] Bengal, g7tli do por{8mouth vV aimer 88tli do Bengal, Curragh Do [2nd bax] Quebec Walmr ,;9th do Aidershot 8th do [1st bat] Malta, dQ ueI)ga|t preston iNewry 91st Bengal, Aberdeen W tna'rZTy 92nd do Dublin P K Cape, Q3rd do Bengal, Stirling n5f?„ ir°i- n„-na 94th do Bengal,Chatham Do [2nd bat] C a, do gombay) Pembroke io7iin5enri4t h,ti r no 96th do Bombay, Belfast lCth do [1st batj Cape, g_th dQ Bengal> Colchester cnatnam 98th do Bengal, Colehester DU 99th do Cap#, Buttevant n*v ji ri f lOOthdo Malta, Parkhurst 11th do [1st bat] Bengal, lOlst do Bengal, W'almer Buttevant Ki2nd rio Madras. Chatham fw frufhln VptzMlnil l03rd Bombay, Colchester nl bat] IsewZealnd Bengal> Parkhurst Onatnam lOoth Madras Parkhurst ?3°1 do fist ba^ Udershot 106th Bomba> Mullingar ldth do [1st batj Ataersnot wnh Benga]) Curragh vr«.i,tina 108t.h Madras, Curragh Kni Ti n f n 109th Bombay, Buttevant 14th do [1st bat] Sheffield, R.fle Brigad £ [lst batJ Ame*• IMtribSj'Be.gJ, Wi»- do &iiJdtrol"rb«t« D«7Kh3aUJ Wi°" N°Va 3C"U"' ist'wo" India Regiment 17th do Canada, Aldershot Bahamas Do [2nd bat] Nava, Scotia, do Jamaica Mullingar 3rd do Barbadoes i 18th Madras, Shorneliffe £ ey ? i n^?°? n Do [2nd bat] New Zealand, Cape Mounted Rifles, Cape Curragh of Good HoPe» Canter- 19th do Bengal, Chatham „ hury Do [2nd bat] Birmah.Chat, Canadian Rifles Toronto 20th do Bengal, Chathato. bt Helena Regiment, Saint Do [2nd bat] Japan „ He e5? „ Chatham R°yal Newfoundland Com 21st do Glasgow Pan-V' Newfoundland Do [2nd bat] Madras, Pi-tor; ^ta Fencibles, Malta 22nd do New Brunswick, ^ld Coast Corps, Cape Parkhurst Coast L»astl6 Do [2nd batt] Mauritius. Medical Staff Corps, Chat- 23rd do Bengal, Walmer ham, lvent Do [2nd bat] Gib., Walmer Loyal :ku§Miee.rf> Chatham 24th do Curragh Army Hospital Corps, Do 2nd batjRaigaor;, Bnt. Chatham o CHURCH PASTORAL AiD SOCIUTY.—On the afternoon )f the 3rd inst, a meeting of this society was hdd at St. Jnme.s Hall, the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. The ;ota) receipts for the year amounted to £ 42,240, or .64,238 ess than the preceding year, the deciease being princi- aally in legacies. The expenditure in the same time imoumed Co £ 16,214. Notwithstanding the diminution )f funds, there has been no material curtailment in the lumber of grants. The Lord Bishop ot Peterborough, Mr R. C. Ilanbury, M.P., Lord Charles Russell, the Venerable Archdeacon Prest, and Mr B. Shaw, made a ew remarks, the latter censuring the demoralising 'gang' system of labour in Suffolk, Cambridge, Lincolnshire, and >ther counties. The Rev J. Griffiths, of Neath, contra- licted a statement which had been maee in a public: ournal about the spread of infidelity in Wales, and re- jommended that the society should give atd only to those churches where the services are read in the language of :he country. The llev J. Patteson, having briefly ad- Iressed the meeting, the Earl of Shaftesbury said a few words in Welsh condemning neology and ritualism, and urging arguments in support of the society. 'A MOONLESS j\IONTII.A correspondent writes to a contemporary as follows The month of February, 1866, which is now gone will be marked in the astronomical calendar as the month which had no full moon. January had two full moons, and March two, but February had none. Of course, this peculiar conjunction of periods which makes the full moon show her face but a few hours before the month comes in, tnd again a few hours after h b the month goes out, is a rare thing in nature; but how. rare, do you suppose, gentle z, reader? It has not occurred before in your life time, nor ours- not since the time of Washington, nor since the discovery of America by Columbus no, nor since the Christian era, nor since the fall of Adam, nor since the creation of the world, unless that be placed back myriads of years. And it will not occur again, according to the computation of astronomers, for two million and a half of years— or probably NEVER—for before that cycle of ages shall be completed, it is our Christian faith that time will be ended, and the solar system be de- i 3l*oyed,' • r SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.—On the evening of the 3rd' inst, at the annual meeting of the Sunday School Union, the Bon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., occupied the chair. The income of the Union is principally derived from the sale of hooks, this source of supply bringing in about £ 500. The entire income is devoted to Sunday School objects, and the labours of the officers and committee are given gratuitously. Paid missionaries are now employed by the Union to form Sunday schools on the Continent* on the same principle as in England, additional subscrip" tions being raised for this special object, amounting this year, the first one of the new movement, to £260. Three resolutions were passed at the meeting, two of them of a routine character, and the other commending a periodi* cal publication, just commenced by the society, intended to provide pure reading for young people. Among the gentlemen who addressed the meeting were Colonel Griffin, of Chicago, United States; the Rev Charles Charles Clark, the Rev Morton Brown, LL.D, and the Rev Paxton Hood. A LARGE STEAMER SUNK IN THE VICTORIA DOCKS. -On Sunday at daybreak, a large iron steamer, 2, tons burthen, called the Indian Empire, belonging to Mr Longley, the shipbulider at, Depttord, moored off the south shore in the Victoria Docks, was discovered to be in a sinking state. The dock-masters set gangs of labourers at the ship's pumps, and additional pumps were put on hoard to keep her afloat, but the leak gained so rapidly that she soon went, down. On account of her great size, and the difficulty of discovering the where- abouts of the leak, it will be a long time ere she can be raised. The steamer has been lying in the Victoria Docks nearly four years. It will be remembered she was burnt to the water's edge in the river off Mr Lungley's yard under suspicious circumstances. Several thousand pounds were being expended on her in refitting her out, it was said at the time, for running the blockade, when suddenly she was found in flames, and in order to extinguish the tire she was scuttled. Alter somi months she was raised a at great expense, and towed into the Victoria Docbf where she was again built up, but has not quitted tbe dock. STEPHENS, THE HEAD CENTRE.—The Cork Examiner contains the following curious piece of news about Stephens, the 'Head Centre:'—'A clergyman just returned to Ireland from Paris met the celebrated Head Centre Stephens at the Irish College. He happened to be alone in the reception-rootu when a visitor came is whom, from the portraits, he recognised to be the geQ" tlernan concerning whom so much anxiety was felt DY the Irish police. I Are you the celebrated Mr Stephens? he asked. Celebrated or not, I am Stephens,' was the reply. The business, which brought him to the collet he stated was to find out some convent in which 116 could place his wite and his si>ters-in-law during llÍs absence in America He slated that he was to leave fOf New York via Havre on Tuesdcy, that is a week since, and that, he should return in three months. The Sacre Cceur Convent, which is to the rear of the Irish College, was recommended to him as suitable for his purpose. but it was added that it was expensive. 41 do not mind expense,' was Stehens's remark. The ladies have since, we believe, actually taken up their abode in the convent.'