HtkeHiraeras fittdlipte, HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. THE VICEROY AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. —On Sunday last London society gave the Viceroy of Egypt a bitter taste of its quality (remarks the Pall Mali Gazette.) Everybody knows that, although it is very wrong for the lower classes of London to go any- where but to church on Sundays, or to wish to drink anything but water, the upper classes of the metropolis may with perfect propriety amuse and refresh them- selves innocently at Richmond, Greenwich, Maiden- head, or in the Regent's Park as much as they please. Consequently the approaches to the Zoological Gardens are crowded on Sunday afternoons with hundreds of private carriages, conveying to the gardens the wealth, beauty, and fashion of London, fearfully and wonder- fully attired In a rash moment the Viceroy of Egypt was tempted by Ms cicerone to repair thither too; and as soon as his Highness was known to be in the gardens a commotion ensued much such as might have been expected had the lions escaped from their cages, or the cobra capellas got loose. The unhappy Egyptian was mobbed, nustled, and hunted up one walk and down another, until with difficulty he extricated himself by a somewhat undignified flight, and regained his car- riage scared and breathless. ENGLISH HOSPITALITY AT FAULT.We (PaU Mall Gazette) cannot help thinking that the re- peated appeals which are now being made by advertise- ment to the public to contribute to the fund for the re- ception of the Belgian Volunteers are somewhat damaging to our national character for hospitality. The Queen has responded by offering 2,200 a breakfast at Windsor. Miss Burdett Coutts has responded by offering them a breakfast at Holly Lodge the public have responded by contributing 5,000i.; and neverthe- less, we learn from a letter which appeared in. Tuesday's Times from the Duke of Manchester and Colonel Loyd- Lindsay, that as much more is still required. Surely, there must be amongst the many wealthy noblemen and gentlemen connected with the volunteer movement some few who will do as much as the Queen and Miss Burdett Coutts have done, and spare England the humiliation of these public appeals. DESTRUCTION OF A VILLAGE BY FIRE.—The village of Chatelard, Savoie, consisting of about 100 houses, has just been almost entirely destroyed by fire, The buildings all being roofed with thatch the flames spread with remarkable rapidity. The only construc- tions spared were the church and cure's residence, the police-station, and the mairie, all of which happened to be isolated from the rest. More than 800 persons are rendered homeless; the greater part of the families are completely ruined, the companies having refused to effect insurances in consequence of the great risk. A horse and a cow were burnt to death, and a fendarme, in saving a young girl, fell with her from a eight, breaking his leg. The prefect immediately proceeded to the spot, taking with him for distribution several waggons laden with provisions, blankets, and other articles of necessity. A detachment of troops of the line had also been sent from Chambery to assist in clearing the ruins and erecting temporary shelter for the inhabitants. THE ROMANCE: OF WAR.—Isabella Aider, aged 64, who has been for five years an unsuccessful candi- date for admission to the Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers' Widows at Kingston-on-Thames, tells the following story, which is not only sad, but true:— Her father served in the 9th Foot during the Peninsular war, and she was sent home from the seat of war in 1814, to be educated at the Duke of York's School. Two of her brothers were killed at Waterloo. She married a sergeant of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment, and all four of her sons have fallen in the service of their country, two in the 51st Foot, one in the 7th Foot, and one in the 66th Foot. One was killed at Rangoon, one sabred in the Crimea, and two died in India, leaving her in the deepest poverty. ANXIOUS TO CONCEAL HIS BIRTH I-One of the most extraordinary points set forth in the extraor- dinary bill filed in the Court of Chancery by the claimant to the Tichbome succession, is the statement connected with his marriage. The claimant says that he, a Roman Catholic, being at Wagga Wagga., in Austra- lia, and being desirous of marrying a Roman Catholic girl, elected to have the marriage ceremony performed in a Wesleyan Chapel in order that he might the better conceal hia birth. Roman Catholics, it is well known, consider a marriage celebrated by a Wesleyan minister as no marriage at all: and at a time when nobody suspected that Roger Tichborne had survived the wreck of the Bella, and when no inquiries had been made or search instituted after him, the fact of a man calling himself Castro being married in a Roman Catholic or in a Wesleyan chapel could in no way assist in maintaining or in endangering the incognito which the claimant avers he was anxious to preserve. A CONTRADICTION.—A Paris letter, in the IndqJendanCt, says The absurd invention that General Pallavicino had mur- dered his wUe is denied, and cannot be too strongly contradicted. The young marquise, born at Catanzaro, was educated at Naples; she Is adored by her husband, and shares that affection to such a degree that she made a vow to retire from the world for two years if her husband escaped the perils which he incurred in his expedition against the brigands of the Southern provinces. It is perhaps the too faithful execution of that vow which has permitted this ridiculous and calumnious rumour to be aocredited. THE INTELLIGENT JuitymAw.-We often hear of the humours of the bench and the bar, but the jests of the jury box, if only collated, would be quite as amusing (remarks the New York Times.) The other day, in the Supreme Court here, a civil case was on triaL The suit was important, the lawyers laboured, and a full day was occupied. The jury were faithful and attentive, and one Prussian juryman, of Bis- marckian face, was observed to be specially sagacious and interested. At length, the case being argued, the jury retired, but soon sent back the message that one of their number could not speak a word of English, much less understand one. It was the intelligent juryman, who had sat with the rapt expression of fidelity and interest all through the day, who had been the special object to which trie counsel on both sides addressed their pleas, and who only revealed his mis- fortune when, being asked for his opinion in the jury room, he confessed he didn't understand a word of what had been said! LATEST PApis FASHIONS IN HAIR.—A Paris correspondent of the Pall HaS Gaatte says :— Gold hair powder appears to be as much in favour with blonde beauties as ever, and no doubt will continue so until they have converted themselves into brunettes in accordance with the prevailing fashion. Chignons which have slightly decreased in aiM. or at any rate project less than before, are almost invariably arranged in plaits, and have ordinarily two long-plaited ends, or a couple of long curls of the form vul- garly styled "corkscrew" hanging from them and falling down the back or over one or both shoulders. I noticed one chignon with amass of frizzly curls at the top and the ortho- dox pair of long curls hanging from them down to the waist, with some half-dozen shore ringlety curls in between. A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.—The Blatk Country will soon lose its unenviable title if a plan now earned out at Lord Granville's works near Hanley is generally adopted. The mouths of the short chimneys or cupolas of the blast furnaces are closed, and the smoke and gas are carried down and brought round by means of iron pipes to the fireplace of the engine which keeps up the blast. These pipes discharge just in front of a small bright coke fire in passing over whieh their contents get kindled, and so feed tne engine. Thus the saving in fuel is immense, the fire in the smelting furnace being made to do almost double duty, and the consumption of smoke is a gain to all concerned. Probably the plan admits of ex- tension, so that by-and-by Acts for forcing manufac- turers to consume their own smoke may not be quite such a dead letter as they have hitherto been. COURT MOURNING.—A Supplement to the London Gazette, published on Saturday, contains the following Lord ChamberlainVcfflce, July a. Orders for the Court's going into mourning to-morrow, the 7th inst., for His late Majesty the Emperor of Mexico-vim, the ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces, and earrings, block or white shoes, fans, and tippets. The gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords, and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Sunday, the 21st inst-viz., the ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribands, fans, and tippets, or pltfin white or white and gold, or white and silverstuft's with black ribands. The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plaifl white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats full trimmed, oolourwd swords and buckles. And on Sunday, the 28th inet., the Court to go out of mourning. A WOMAN INTERRED ALIVE.—The Journal de Pontarlier relates » case of premature interment. Dur- ing the funeral, a few days back. of a young woman at Mountfloriiif who had apparently died in an epileptic fit, the gravediggw, after having thrown a spadeful of earth on the thought he heard a caoauiug from the tomb. The body was consequently exhumed, and I a vein having been opened, yielded blood almost warm and liquid. Hopes were for a moment entertained that the young woman would recover from her lethargy, but she never did so entirely, and the next day life was found to be extinct. DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—On Saturday an inquest was held at Liverpool upon the body of Thomas Barton, aged 16 years. About two years and a half ago the deceased was bitten by a dog upon one of his wrists. As the animal was not mad, and the wound speedily healed, no serious results were appre- hended, and the matter was almost forgotten. On Thursday week, whilst at his work, the same wrist was injured by a plank falling upon it. A few days pre- viously the hand was hurt by a ball, whilst he was playing at cricket. On Sunday he was taken ill, and the terrible symptoms of hydrophobia were manifested soon afterwards. On Thursday morning the poor lad died in fearful agony in the Southern Hospital. The verdict was—Died from hydrophobia. FOR THE USE OF THE BELGIANS.—The Camp at Wimbledon will this year offer a fresh attraction in the shape of a Journal, to be called The DaMy ButtetAn, and to be filled with the latest reports from every quarter of the Common.—Punch. THE TYRANNY OF FASHION.—The following is part of the contents of a letter received from Paris from a young lady, one of twelve, who are about to officiate as bridesmaids The French modistes here are very arbitrary. I suggested that a skirt with olait or gather," might look poor in a white striped grenadine. The modiste laughed the idea to scorn, and thought fashion imperative. So I and my com- panion bridesmaids have dresses only as wide as a Turkish lady's drawers, and each a train as long as a respectable peacock's tail DESERVES HANGING !—A letter has been re- ceived by Mr. Blackmore, the superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, inti- mating that unless the return fares on the Preston and Wye line are dropped the directors will find some of their trains dropping off the embankments in a short time. The writer states that unions have been formed in the Garstang district and Leyland for the purpose of paying people to commit the outrages, and hints that it is much cheaper to reduce the fares than to pay a few thousand pounds damages to people who are injured. He asks a series of questions on the subject, and supplies the answers, and concludes by emphati- cally affirming, that whilst working men are willing to pay a reasonable fare, they will not be trampled under foot in the manner they have been. THE SULTAN AND HIS Diw.-Amongst the numerous questions which have been discussed in con- nection with the Sultan's visit to this country is how his Majesty will manage with regard to his meat, and what the Right Hon. tne Lord Mayor of London will provide for his Mahometan guest at the civic banquet. By the Mahometan law a true believer" must not eat meat which has been slaughtered by Christians, since they do not invoke the Deity while slaying cattle for food; and even if they did, the Mahometan require- ment is "to invoke the triune God." A true believer can only eat meat killed either by Moslems or Jews, who, while slaying any beast for consump- tion, never fail to offer up a prayer to God. It is certain that the Sultan will not par bake of any meat unless killed under the above conditions; but it is possible that his Majesty may have brought amongst his retinue a slayer of his own, or will abstain from meat during his visit to the land of the giaours. POISON IN THE BOWL.—Hot Weath.er.-Ad- vice by our own Cockney. Don't put Ice in your Champagne. It's Pison. How do I know this ? Be. cause it comes from Venom Lake.-Punck. SUICIDE OF A RUSSIAN PRINCE.—The Gaezetta del Popolo of Turin gives some details respecting a ,I'm refugee who was found dead a few days back in that city; his name was Nicholas Taboysky, a Russian' frince, and 35 years of age. In a letter written in 'rench, whioh was found on the body, he declared that ten years ago he intended to oommit suicide on that same spot, but his courage failed him at the last mo- ment. Far from his native country, his life had be- come a burthen to him. He nominated as his heir the first person that should discover his corpse. The re- volver he had used had been purchased the day before at the shop of a gunsmith named Lupotti. On the body was found a gold watch with a valuable chain and a well filled purse, and on the handa a pair of new yellow kid gloves. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.—A special corres- pondent in Paris thus writes to the British Medical Jourruil ¡- During the last week there has been a good deal of uneasi- ness at Court concerning the relapse of the Emperor into the painful symptoms with which he was last year affected. The attack of renal colic, which the Moniteur officially described as lumbago with headache, has left behind further symptoms, which have induced the Emperor's physicians to counsel as early a close as state reasons will allow of the Court festivities, in order that he may have the benefit of treatment by mineral waters. Meantime, he is forbidden horse exercise and the pleasures of the table. The little Prince Imperial has recovered his strength wonderfully, and seems to be very well, to the great delight of all here. CRUSTS BY OLD CRUSTY.—Why do men drink and smoke, Ma'am ? To render their company and conversation endurable to each other. How it is that women ever manage to stand each other's society, I cannot imagine.—Punch. A MYSTERY.—The dead body of a sunburnt man, with letters indicating that he had not long re- turned from India, was found in the Thames, at Lon- don, on Saturday. His legs were tied together, as if he had committed suicide but the surgeon who examined him came to the conclusion that he had been murdered first, and thrown into the water afterwards. In the first place, there was the mark of a heavy blow, struck upon his face with some blunt instrument; secondly, his cheat when tapped sounded hollow, which a man's who has been drowned does not; and, thirdly, the cords with which his legs were bound had left no indentation, as they would have done (and as, indeed, his garters had done) had they been used before death. Finally, one of his pockets had been cut out, and he had not a farthing of money about him. THE EX-EMPRESS CHARLOTTE.—A Vienna let- ter says that the accounts received from Miramar re- specting the Empress Charlotte are most melancholy all hope of recovery seems to have vanished. The Morgenpoet has a communication whichvsays The mental alienation has now attained to such a pitch that the unhappy Princess cannot be left alone for an instant, and has several times attempted her life. Two recent attempts of this kind were fortunately prevented by the watchfulness of Dr. Slek, who has the august patient under his care. Nevertheless, the Empress is occasionally, for a few moments at a time, in full possession of her facul- ties. In one of these lucid intervals lately she said "I do not desire to live any longer; death is preferable to such an existence then after a short pause she asked: "Where is my husband? Shall I never see him more? No, no; he is dead, and I am st-H left in the world." Scarcely a quarter of an hour passes that the Empress does not ask for news of the Emperor Maximilian The physical condition of her Majesty also inspires very serious alarm.
EPITOME OF NEWS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN. An inquest has been held at Manchester on the body of a boy named John Arnold, eight years of age, whose death took place in the Eye Hospital. On Friday the boy underwent an operation for squint, having chloroform administered previously, and about two hours afterwards he expired. Verdict-Died under the influence of chloroform. The PaU MallGautU has news from the Abyssinian captives to May 2nd. King Theodorus had ordered the massacre of 200 of the chiefs, and our countrymen enter- tained the most gloomy foreboding that their turn would soon come to be numbered among the victims. The Manchester branch of the Reform League have, to conjunction with the Trades' Unionist Political Associa- tion of that city, resolved to nominate Mr. Ernest Jones as ♦lat^for the thir<1 s«at which Manchester will possess under the Government Reform BEL ifr-0™ Melchnan (canton Lucern) to the ™a terrible crime has just been 5 of Luthern, district of Willisan. A pad character, and much addicted to drink, fann with his wife and three children, took advantage of the temporary absence of his wife to murder all his offspring, and to conceal their bodies in an obscure corner of the house, where they were discovered by the officers of justice. Hie man has been arrested, and an inquiry instituted. The Memorial ds la Lain relates the following curious accident. A man named Vilette, of the Chastellux coal mine, was at work at the bottom of the shaft with three other men. One of them having to ascend for some purpose, when near the top made a false step, and fell on his com- panions below. One of them had an arm broken, Vilette was bruised, but not severely, and the third received some very severe contusions on the bock and breast. The man who fell escaped with » alight wound oo toe bond. fell escaped with A alight wound on the bond. -n- The canonization which has just taken place at Rome is the 191st. There have been no less than 38 canoniza- tions in the present century. According to an official report just published the population of Sweden was 4,114,141 in 1805, and 4,160,668 in 1866. The total number of prizes awarded at the Paris Exhibition is as follows :-64 grand prix, 883 gold medals, 3,635 silver medals, 6,565 bronze medals, and 5,801 honour- able mentions. It is said that the Atlantic Cable Company now propose to send messages by telegraph from New York to foreign countries in the language of those countries. The operators to be employed are to be good linguists. The Sultan, before deciding on his visit to Paris, was very anxious to know how the French Emperor dressed and rode, and ordered clothes cut on the models of those of Napoleon IIL The new city directory of Hartford, Connecticut, contains 10,427 names, and the names of 177 streets and courts, 29 churches, 48 benevolent and social societies, 9 missionary Sabbath schools, and 74 corporations, besides the banks and insurance companies. Dr. Raimbert, a French dootor, practices a new method of introducing medicines into the animal economy, viz., by the nostrils. He had done so with morphine, which, it seems, introduced in that way, will cure violent headache. 353,798 dogs were registered in Ireland in 1866, the first year of registration under the Act of 1866. 12,479 were registered in the Dublin police district. The licence duty received, at 2s. per dog, amounted to 36,3791. After deduct- ing expenses, sums amounting together to 26,7191. were appropriated in the several counties and boroughs in aid of the local county or borough cess. It is worthy of note that we have at this moment at least five bankrupt railways crying for assistance: and this is in itself a fact sufficient to demand a change in railway management so complete as only to be obtained from Par- liament. Grizzly bears are killed in California with strychnine, enclosed in a ball of tallow, and sewed into a piece of fresh mutton. In New Orleans, a short time since, about ten thousand dollars in Confederate money, mixed with other waste paper, was sold at 4 cents a pound. The death is announced of Sir W. Lawrence, Bart., F. R. S., serjeant-surgeon to the Queen. He was disabled by a paralytic stroke about two montiis since, in consequence of which he resigned the office of examiner to the College of Surgeons. He recovered in some degree from the attack, but a few days since he had a relapse, and died on Friday at his residence in Whitehall-place, aged eighty-three. A strange statement is made by one of the French journals-namely, that the Emperor Maximilian, before fastening himself up at Queretaro, placed his papers in order, sent them to London, and confided to M. Louis Blanc the task of publishing them The statement cannot possibly be true. Some months back it was said that he had sent to Queen Victoria the private letters addressed to him by the Emperor of the French, which are of great im- poitance. Among the sights now in Paris is the giant Woo Foo, exhibiting at the Salon Francais. This celestial mortal measures eight feet. He and his wife-they were married about six months ago-are natives of the neighbourhood of Pekin. The Sultan, when he visited the Invalides, at Paris, a few days back, asked to see the oldest veteran in the institution; and with his own hand he decorated him with the Order of the Medidie. A memorial to the directors of railways running be- tween Hastings, St. Leonards, and London is in course of signature, praying that they will not be induced to discon- tinue Sunday excursions, as desired by Sabbatarians. Prince Alfred is not the only prince just now on his travels. The Russian Grand Duke Alexis, the Czar's youngest son, after a stay at Constantinople, left on the 26th on board the Russian steamer Oleg to visit the monasteries of Mount Athos, from whence he proceeds to Cadi*, where he is to em- bark on board the Alexander Nevaki frigate, in wMch he will visit the West Indies and the United States. He will return to Russia by Constantinople. The most frightful tornado that has occurred for ten years past swept over Dallas county, Texas, on the night of June 2nd. Fences and growing crops were prostrated, and quite a number of houses blown down. Several persons were killed and others injured. It is estimated that New York city consumes 196,000 quarts of strawberries dally. At a grand army festival in Richmond, Indiana, Miss Jennie Preacott was voted to be the handsomest girl in America. Mr. Welch, late Registrar of the District Court of Bankruptcy at Leeds, died on Saturday morning, at Yaxley- hall, Eye. Susan King, a coloured actress, is very popular in Galveston. f f On Monday, John Rowson, the pointsman on duty at Walton Junction, when the accident took place on Satur- day week, was charged with having, by wilful negligence or omission, caused the death of Maty Elizabeth Adcock, and others. The evidence given at the inquest having been re- peated, he was committed to take his trial for manslaughter at the Chester Assizes. The Queen was in London on Monday, and paid a visit to the Princess of Wales. In the evening her-Majeaty entertained the Viceroy of Egypt at dinner at Windsor, and his Highness stayed at the Castle during the night. The Queen of Prussia left Windsor for the Continent on Tuesday. Writing on Monday, a Paris correspondent says:— "There was a heavy fall on the Bourse to-day because it was rumoured that the Patrie had received instructions to write a series of articles disagreeable to Prussia; and in effect, when that semi-official sheet appeared, it was found to contain a sharp rebuke to Count Bismarck's organ for trying to excite public opinion in Germany against this country because France called on Prussia to keep the treaty of Prague." The Hertford Mercury reports that at the quarter sessions for that county last week, John Harding, aged six- teen, labourer, of Hertford, pleaded guilty to an assault of a serious and criminal character," on a very young child whom he had decoyed into a wood at Hei tingfordbury. The Deputy-Chairman said the prisoner was liable to two years' imprisonment. In the hope, however, that a mild sentence would have the effect of preventing him from committing such offences for the future, the court sentenced him to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour. A young gentleman at Eton, named Ingram, who resided in the house of Mr. Wayte, one of the Eton masters, was found dead in his bed on Sunday night. He was excused from school on Wednesday, having complained of a pain in his back, supposed to proceed from a cold caught by lying on the grass to witness a recent cricket match. He had been attended by Dr. Soley, of Windsor, and Dr. Smith, of Eton, but no immediate danger was apprehended, although he was considered of a weakly constitution. He was seventeen years of age, and the only son of a gentleman of large fortune living at Lyme Regis, Dorset. A case similar to that of Earl Brownlow is expected shortly to occupy the attention of the courts. It seems that a few nights since Earl Cowper, accompanied by fifty or sixty men, knocked down and removed 400 or 500 yards of fencing lately erected by the Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield Hyde, near Hertford. The fence had inclosed some waste land; and when displaced it was carted about a hundred yards, and then deposited on each side of the road. The Marquis of Salisbury is lord of the manor pf the waste, and Earl Cowper owns the adjoining land on each side of the road. The men commenced the work of demolition at one o'clock in the morning, and had not concluded till five. A large proportion of the Irish Roman Catholic Bishops are at present in Rome taking part in the ceremonial going forward there. Among these are, besides Cardinal Cullen, Bishops Nulty (Meath), Dorrian (Down), Delany (Cork), Keane (Cloyne), O'Hea (ROBS), Butler (Limerick), Flannery (Killaloe), M'Evilly (Galway), Donnelly (Clogher). Archbishop Leahy (Cashel), and Dr. Kieran, the lately appointed Roman Catholic primate, are also at Rome, along with a number of minor Irish dignitaries. The Irish pre- lates have had a special audience of the Pontiff, at which they thanked him for raising one of their number to the cardinalate, and presented 13,0001, of Peter's pence. A Paris paper says: According to information which has reached us, from twenty to thirty thousand peasants from the Pontifical provinces now annexed to Italy went to Rome on foot for St. Peter's Day. They walked day and night, and all the roads leading to the Eternal City were crowded with them. All this multitude has not ceased to besiege the Vatican, and every time the Pope appeared they saluted him with prolonged acclamations, which left no doubt as to their signification, and which were addressed as much to the regretted Sovereign as to the Pontiff. A young man attempted suicide in a cab in Paris on Friday last, by inflicting on himself about twenty wounds with a knife in the region of the stomach. He had taken the vehicle by the hour, and had had himself driven to different parts of Paris. While passing the Rue Royale, the driver heard groans proceeding from the interior of the cab, and on descending found the young man weltering in his blood. He was taken to the Beaujon Hospital, but there are but slight hopes of saving his life. From a letter found in his pocket be appears to have come from Havre to Paris in the hope of obtaining employment, and not having succeeded and finding himself without resources, had resolved to destroy his life. Not a little consternation was excited in the parish church of St. John's, Windsor, on Sunday morning, when the Rev. F. H. Thompson, the senior curate, doing duty for the Rev. H. J. Ellison, who has been abroad for some months on account of illness, ascended the pulpit in his surplice and gave out as his text-" What are these which are arrayed in white robes ?" &c. He stated his reasons for departing from the usual custom to be, first, that the Bishop of Oxford had recommended it in his pastoral letter; secondly, that he had the permission of the vicar; thirdly, that it was not a Roman Catholic innovatien; and fourthly, that it was less expensive. He added that this was his second innovation, the first being the publication of the bans of marriage from within the com- munion rails. In the evening the Rev. T. Rooke, formerly curate of the parish, followed the same course; and during hia sermon said that it was intended to introduce a bill into hia sermon said that it was intended to introduce a bill into Parliament to make the practioa universal ->m_ Another serious accident occurred on tho London and North-Western Railway, near to Wolverton, on Friday night The Globe gives prominence to an announcement that the visit of the Emperor and Empress of Austria to Paris is only postponed, and not abandoned, in consequence of the lamentable death of the Archduke Maximilian. Two prisoners have escaped from Radnorshire gaoL The custom at the gaol is to allow the prisoners to break stones outside the prison walls, and the prisoners who have disappeared accepted the chance of regaining their liberty which was so freely offerer! to them. The sum of 700I. is to be expended on this gaol so as to bring it under the Prisons Act, 1866. One of the new mechanical toys in Paris is a boat with a rower. The rower exactly imitates the movements of a real man, and works a pair of sculls with great energy. The Parisians think this is the most amusing kind of ac- quatics, and cannot conceive that muscle and perspiration should be expended. A country paper in Wisconsin says that the Legis- lature of that State adjourned non compos." This is about as bad as the statement made by the chairman of a meeting held in Byron Hall, Chicago, about six years ago, declaring a certain resolution passed crim. con." The Paris Exhibition has exerted a very marked influence upon French railway traffic. During the past week 63 wrecks have been reported, making for the present year a total of 1,624. The lady who gave Mr. Spurgeon 20,000Z. to erect an orphanage has since ordered her plate to be sold for the same object; and Mr. Spurgeon asserts that the donor has thereby set an example to all believers who have surplus and unused gold and silver which ought to be put to better use than lying wrapped up in a box." The new dog tax is to be enforced without further notice. It is now an excise duty and not an assessed tax, and, therefore, application is to be made for a licence, and there is no exemption, as hitherto, until a demand was made. The penalty is 51. Iodine, placed in a small box with a perforated lid, destroys organic poisons in rooms. In cases of small-pox this method, it is said, may be used with great benefit The Sultan has requested the authorities of the Foreign Office and the Admiralty to select a board of naval officers to proceed to Constantinople for the purpose of taking charge of the naval administration of the Porte. The Dublin Punch of Saturday devotes its cartoon to a representation of Mrs. Britannia and the Sultan inter- changing greetings, and congratulating each other on the success with which they have reduced their rebellious slaves, Erin and Candia, to submission." The Sultan holds a sword, dripping with blood, and Britannia-a big. vulgar-looking woman-iii armed with a cat-o-nine tails. In the background appear two islands in flames. The oriole, which has been seen in this country dur- ing the last week or two, is supposed to be the harbinger of hot summer weather. This bird owes its name. "the golden oriole," to the prevalence of yellow in its plumage, especially the male. It is to be found in Asia, Africa, the south and east of Europe, and in the Indian archipelago; but its ap- pearance in England is very occasional—of so rare occur- rence, in fact, as to be considered indicative of a tropical season. It is semi-officially announced that the Queen, and the younger members of the Royal family, will leave Windsor for Osborne on Saturday—the day after the arrival of the Sultan. At St. Paulo, Brazil, recently, an old man, whose wife Is still living at the age of 114, died at the age of 112. They had 17 children, 36 grandchildren, and 53 great grandchildren. At a meeting of Bristol Conservatives held on Saturday, it was resolved that a member of the Miles family should be brought forward to contest the seat about to be vacated by Sir Morton Peto. The name of Mr. Sholto Vere Hare was also mentioned. The street railroads of St. Louis last month carried 315,031 passengers. The attempt to build a tunnel under the Chicago river has failed. The entire work lately in progress, includ- ing masonry, timber, &c., on the morning of the 14th ult. fell ia with a crash, involving heavy losses to the contractors. The sales of live stock in Chicago reached 30,888,124 dols. last year. Mr. Charles Wentworth Dilke, who is proposed as a candidate for the future borough of Chelsea and Kensing- ton, is a son of Sir Wentworth Dilke, and was Mr. Bep- worth Dixon's companion on his recent journey to the Salt Lake City. Grub worms are doing much damage in some parts of Vermont. A recent visitor saw acres of grass entirely destroyed by them. They devour the roots, and the ground looks as if a fire had passed over it. Some years ago whole fields of grass on the upper part of the Connecticut River were thus destroyed. The total Indian population of the United States is stated at from 300,000 to 350,000 persons. A private letter from Mhow, dated the 31st May, states that Major Baigrie had just returned from a two months' shooting excursion. He had been in company with Colonel Chamberlain, Colonel Fraser, and Captain Martin. They killed thirty-six tigers, six bears, and four panthers. John Gray, probably the last survivor of the revo- lutionary army of 1776, is living ia Noble county, Ohio. He is nearly 104 years old. The Sultan has accepted an invitation from the Emperor of Austria to visit Vienna. At an exhibition of meat recently held at Nancy a butcher exposed a mare, twenty-seven months old, weighing 410 kilos., and a horse, thirteen years old, weighing 620 kilos. these animals had been fattened for the table, and were covered with garlands. The members of the Acclimatisation Society awarded butcher Penneau a silver medal, and fifty francs in money. Before being taken to the shambles the victims were led through the town. A Belgian paper, the Gazette de Mom, relates that In the afternoon of June 24, during a storm which broke over Frameries, a shower of small pebbles fell from the sky. Several of them were collected, and found to be of the size of a small nut The composition is a sort of enamelled silex, resembling jasper. "JohnH. U. 'Come home at once, and I will make it all right with the governor and your wife.-Joa Advertisement in London Times. The Swedish newspapers state that in the Kongø. berg silver mine a lump of silver has been found weighing 400 lb. The Bishop of Nantes has formally forbidden his clergy to go and see the Universal Exhibition at Paris. The display of material objects, he declares, can only be a blame- able action, in which honest men cannot take part. Sir S. Morton Peto, who has retired from the re- presentation of Bristol, was first returned to the House of Commons as member for Norwich at the general election in 1847. He retired from the representation of Norwich in December, 1854, but entered Parliament again in 1867, as member for Fiusbury, which he afterwards deserted for Bristol. In the case of Macnamara w. Macnamara and Met. calf, tried on Saturday in the Divorce Court before Sir J. Wilde, a carpenter gave evidence in his cross-examination as to the kindness with which the plaintiff habitually treated his wife. The follow ing replies were given by the witness:- Mr. Sergeant Tindal: He treated her very kindly, did he not?—Atkinson: Oh, yes, very; he kissed her several times. Mr. Sergeant Tindal: and how did she treat him! Atkinson: Well, she retaliated. One day last week, while the Royal household were at prayers in the Pnvate Chapel of Windsor Castle, one of the pages, a young man, suddenly rushed from his seat into the centre of the chapel, and exclaimed with great energy, It is all mystery! He then ran from the chapel, but was secured, and it was found that the poor fellow had gonwad. The Queen was not present. About one thousand families in the district of North Sleswick have had notice from the Prussian authorities to quit their homes within eight days, for refusing allegiance to the new order of affairs. -o f Plaid trousers and waistcoats of a neat pattern— say two inches square—have been the fashion in the House of Lords this week by the leader of fashion in costume. A mysterious lady, the Amazon," as she is called, has lately excited a good deal of attention in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. She rides there on horseback every day, and so closely veiled that no one can see her face. The other day she alighted at a cafi to take some refreshment, and there was such a crowd that no one could enter. The lady, seeing this, remounted her horse and dashed away at full gallop. It is said that the prorogation of Parliament will take place about the 7th of August The Kikcriki, the Vienna Punch, has a cartoon of the Emperor Napoleon asleep, but not unconscious of dreams, with frowning face and clenched hands tossing on the im- perial couch, beside which is standing the shade of a Haps- burg in an Hungarian tunic, who is gazing on him reproach- fully, and reciting a poem, the burthen of which is that Maximilian of Mexico will cling to him everlastingly, in revel high, in golden hour of gladness, aye, and in exile when man feels the want of friendship, and sighs for death- sueh honourable death as thou canst never hope for." The trichinosis, which was thought to have died out in Germany, has again shown itself at Halberstadt (Lower Saxony). A considerable number of the inhabitants, and amongst them children only three years old, have been affected. Without the intervention of the police, the butcher who sold the diseased pork would probably have suffered severely from the anger of the population. The Irish Government have given his liberty to Patrick J. Condon, otherwise O'Dell, a military American, commonly spoken of as a General," who, having been tried and acquitted on a high-treason indictment at the Cork Com- mission, had nevertheless been detained on other charges. lie has bound himself not to return to Ireland for five years on pain of instant imprisonment. Condon had the gratifica- tion, just as the ship was leaving, of detecting Corydon, the informer, who was on board the vessel at the time, identi- fying several fugitives, and of bestowing upon him an anary parting denunciation, which Corydon retorted by promising ONDOA hanging if ho WAS MOD agvia in IRELNAD, In some New England cities the people still Mthan to the old-time castom of personally labouring for the eon- munity. It is stated that each of the citizens of AmhcnAb N.H., took his turn at spade and rake on the last town WW- tion day, and graced and adorned the public common, per- forming for the town in all 100 dols. worth of granutWM labour. The Manchester Examiner says it is stated tiat an inquiry will shortly be commenced into the operations 01 the trades' unions in Manchester, Stockport, and the sur- rounding districts, and principally into the doings of tlM bricklayers, societies in that neighbourhood. The Swabian Mercury states that the news of the Emperor Maximilian's death at the Munich railwM station, produced a terrible effect on the Emperor Francu Joseph. His Majesty was seen to weep bitterly. A telegram from Marseilles reports that the brick. work bridge across the new Cours Lieutaud, in that city, fell on Saturday afternoon, and that twenty workmen were either killed or injured. It is said that the immense herds of cattle that now roam at will through the wilds of Florida and Georgia an proving a serious inconvenience to the railroad tratnl Scarcely a train runs at night without more or less destruc- tion of stock, and not UHfrequently half a dozen at a time are hurled from the track and destroyed. Several liberal-minded citizens of Chicago last yeal insured the firemen of that city against accidents. on the 4th of May last three of the firemen were killed, and several injured, at a large fire in Water-street. The families of tko deceased received 7,500 dols., and the injured men received weekly compensation. The Globe's Paris correspondent says an impreaaisn is beginning to be entertained that France will be under the necessity of engaging in a new war with Mexico, to avengs outrages inflicted on the honour of France by the murder of French citizens; but the operations will, in all probability, be confined to burning down Vera Cruz, or some other town on that ooast. Fine coal has been discovered in Panola county, Mississippi Juarez appears to have very little confidence ia the stability of his Government. He is secretly sending pIMe and jewels a*nd money to the United States for safe keeping and evidently fears that Ortega or some other of his rivaS may soon be able, in the anarchy existing in Mexico, to aeiM the supreme authority. Dearest C y. Good morning.' How I long to see you after this long and cruel separatiOll.-(R".) —Advertisement in London Times. The Imperial Review learns from reliable sources that, in accordance with instructions from the Home Government, a portion of her Majesty's Indian forces an held in readiness, to take part ia any expedition that may be decided upon against Abyssinia. The Figaro, under the title We wish to be con- tradicted," asserts that the Emperor of Austria made knowit to his brother that if he returned with the French, and with- out the title of Emperor, he should not be recognised as am of the K. K. family till the five years inserted in the family compact of Miramar had elapsed. So Maximilian stayed and was murdered, and "the House of Austria is anawerattt for the tragic end." A jury empanelled at the Bucks Quarter Session* held at Aylesbury have signalised themselves by the novel, but very equivocal mode (after being locked up for four hours and a-half) of arriving at a verdict by lottery. Twetra slips of paper were placed in a hat; on one of them was written the word" Guilty" and on another" Not Guilty," the remainder being blanks. The "Guilty" being tint drawn, the jury went into court and gave their verdict that effect "While we deplore the fate which has befallen Maximilian, we must, however, in justice to the French Government, maintain the opinion that his determinate) ti remain at his post was creditable rather to his courage tha his judgment. We would desire to avoid anything likt blame of a Prince who, we can see, felt himself pledged to his supporters, refused to abandon them, and with the spirit which is so often produced by the attainment oi supreme power, chose rather to be crushed than to yield. Times. A Connecticut genius has manufactured a knitting machine that will knit fifty pair of stockings per day, and 5 so constructed that the stitch can be changed from a rib to a plain stitch almost instantly. There are seventy-flvo needles in the machine, which will knit sixty turns of an or. dinary-sized stocking a minute, or 4,500 stitches a minuto. This is at the rate of 270,000 stitches an hour. Its weight II but twenty pounds. It knits cotton, silk, worsted, or any light material equally as well as woollen. It knits, also, the whole stocking, including the heel One of these machlnQg, at a itoent trial, knit 1,500 yards of stockinet without drop- ping a stitch or breaking a needle The Sultan, on quitting Toulon, was anxioua to leave a durable memorial of his passage through that tows in the shape of a donation to the poor; and caused Djemil Pasha to write the following letter to the mayor :— "'Sir,—His Majesty the Sultan has been deeply touched, by the sympathetic reception given him by the population of the Town of Toulon. He urges me to transmit to you tbe ex- pression of his feel ngs of satisfaction, and to plaoe at your disposal a sum of 20,000f. This sum will be distributed, through your medium, amongst the charitable establish- ments of the place, and the poor will thus share in tM pleasure his Majesty has experienced in making his entrance into a French tovnL-Accept, &c., DJEMIL." a On Sunday night a young servant girl in the empto of Mrs. Bannatyne, Bristol, committed suicide under the following distressing cilcumstauces :-The deceased had for some few days been in a very depressed state of mind, and on the evening above-named, while the other domestics were temporarily absent, she went to the kitchen where was a well seventy-five feet deep, took off the lid, and threw her- self into it head foremost The body was recovered bp means of drags, but life was extinct There was a depth of water in the well of twenty-five feet. The prizes won at the Great All England AiwKng Match, which took place at Crowle Wharf, in Lincolns on Monday, in last week, were announced on Friday. Tb8 prizes are 121 in number, of which there are eleven amount- ing to 100 guineas in money, together with four plated capa and a time-piece. There were 607 competitors from all parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire. The following are winners of the principal prizea.lst, 25t, H. Naredge, Newark, who caught 121b. 12oz.; 2nd, iOI.. J. Salville, Sheffield, 71b. 12Joz.; 3rd, 161., J. BhodfeL Wakefield, 61b. ILOioz.; 4th 101., W. Cawthorme, Sheffield, bib. #to&
THE MARKETS. MARK LANE, MOKDAT. Ihe arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to- day were very limited, but in fair average cendition. AI. though the show of samples was trifling the demand waa heavy in the extreme, and prices, when compared with those of Monday last, remained nominally unaltered. The show oi foreign wheat was tolerably good. The best parcels were held at full quotations; but inferior kinds were lower to sell Floating cargoes of grain commanded very little attention. No English barley was brought for ward, and the show of foreign was only moderate. Sales progressed slowly, at pre- vious rates. Malt was quite as dear as last week, with a fair oon- sumptive demand. Good sound oats were steady in price butin* terior foreign were rather cheaper. The supply was rather ex- tensive. Beans, the supply of which was limited, moved off slowly at previous quotations. In peas next to nothing was doing, at last week's currency. The flour trade was vei y quiet. In prices no change took place. The demand for seeds wai heavy, whilst cakes commanded very little attention. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAT. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own gracing dis- tricts were on the increase, and, for the most part, in excel- lent condition. The supply from Scotland was limited. The demand for even the finest breeds was heavy, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday last of quite 2d pei Sib. Some very good beasts were received from Lincolnshire From Norfolk, Suffolk. Essex, and Cambridgeshire the supply amounted to about 800 Scots, shorthorns, and crogsea; from Lincolnshire and other parts of England. 1250 various breeds and from Scotland, 110 Scots and crosses. Notwith- standing that the supply of sheep was only moderate for the time of year, all breeds moved off heavily, and the quota- tions gave way 2d. per 81b. The best old Downs and half- breds sold at 5s. to 5a. 2d, per 8tt>. Lambs were in fair average supply, an<l y request, at full prices, viz., from 5a sd to os. 8d. per 81b. The demand for calves was inactive yet Were suPP°rted. The top figure was SsJCd. per 81B. Prime small pigs realised previous rates but area hogs were very dull The supply was tolerably good. HOPS. The reports from the plantations are again unfavourable the vermin in several plantations having increased cDP-siden ably. The trade, In oonsequence, has become firmer and slightly enhanced ratea have been obtained. The import into London last week consisted of 26 bales from Rotterdam 88 Antwerp, 1 Boulogne, and 30 bales from Ostend. Mid and East Kent, 7i 10s. to 91. 9a Weald of Kent 71 Sa. to 81 5s.; Sussex, 7t 5s. to 0s.; Yearlings, «. to 61. 108. olds, 21. Ws. to il. 4a. WOOL, In colonial wool by private contract very little business has been passing at late rates. For English wool the market is quiet. 1^ weeks ftnport amounted to 5,286 bales from New Zealand, 4,825 from Sydney, 1,867 from Adelaide, and 4,464 ^i68 JSm .-Fleeces—Southdown hoggets, la 4J<L ilHi.18- 5i<l- to la 6d.; Kentfleecea, Is. 6d. to is. 5^d.; South Down ewes and wethers, Is. 3d. to J8' £ 5' drtto, is. 4d. to Is. 5d. Sorts—Clothing, Is. 2d. to la 6Jd.; combing, Is. 2d. to la 8Jd. POTATOES. For most kinds of new potatoes there is a steady demand. and prices rule firm. The quotations vary from 100a to 200a. i cnP" old produoe the inquiry is limited at from 90a, ■m^8 ?er ^oa- The imports into London last week wore oa an beral scale, consisting of 8,456 baskets and 954 barrels frona Dunkirk; 16,176 baskets from Rotterdam; 470 packagee and 154 bags from Boulogne; 122 tons from Jersey 69 basketa from Ostend; and 1,596 boxes from Lisbon. TALLOW, Our market Isateady, audprice#are wellaupported. P.Y 0L oa theapot is sailing at Ma. 0<L to (to, M. per owt, Ton tfltov i» m. 3d, per wt.. Mt OMk.
