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SUMMARY OF PASSING EVENTS. THE English Government have at length determined upon sending an expeditionary force to Abyssinia to rescue the unfortunate captives who have been im- prisoned in that country for the last three or four years, and who are placed in the most painful and perilous jeopardy. Lord Stanley has done all In could in con- ciliatory negotiations, all of which have failed to bring King Theodore to reason, and nothing is now left for us but to vindicate the honour of the country and en. deavour to give liberty to British subjects unjustly imprisoned. It appears that the conduct and manage- ment of the war is to be in the hands of the Indian Department, and it -is hoped that the example of the Crimean war will not be lost upon those who superintend the victualling and clothing departments. With an expenditure of some twenty millions annually on our army and navy, it will be inex- cusable if the expedition should fail through want of foresight and good management. A large number of steamships and transports have already been chartered by the transport department, and tenders are still required for steam freights from Liverpool or Birkenhead, for the conveyance of about 1,000 tons of provisions and stores. The Great Eastern was offered, but declined, in conse- quence of drawing too much water to enter certain ports. All our war steamers are under survey, that the most suitable may be selected for the transport of troops. The army will combine infantry, cavalry, and artillery. We have called upon the Viceroy of Egypt to supply us with 5,000 camels for the overland transport service, and the English consul there is busy in buying up mules for the same purpose. The infan- try, it is said, will consist of two of her Majesty's regiments of the line, one of which will be a battalion of the 2nd Queen's Own, and eight regiments of native Indian Infantry. The cavalry will be composed of about six regiments of Indian irregular troops, whilst the artillery will include, besides mountain guns, two batteries of Royal Artillery, A lot of croakers have been writing and talking of the unhealthy clime, and of the dangers of the way, but upon examination these are in a great measure dispelled. It is true that Abyssinia rises like a vast fortress from the heated desert plains, by which it is entirely surrounded and a long and weary march it will be for our army, whether they approach the unscrupulous monarch's possessions from Sennaur on the north, "Massowab. on the north-east, or the desert of Adel on the south-east: our men must, therefore, be well provided with provisions for such a march, and carry with them buckets and materials for sinking wells. Abyssinia itself is wild and mountainous in the interior there is table land alternating with mountains, varying from six to ten thousand feet in height, rising here and there into peaks and ranges of no very great elevation above the table land. Some points, however, reach the limits of per- petual snow, and it is observed by travellers that in passing through this country there are all kinds of climate, from that experienced in the hottest as well as the coldest countries. A correspondent of the Observer gives us the following:—" The main kingdom of Northern Abyssinia, the seat of the present disturbances, underwent, after the conquest of the sixteenth century, a long period of revolution and decay, and fell at last to pieces, amidst the feuds of its Pagan and Christian satraps, in the latter part of the last century. Since that period it has presented little else than scenes of in- testine war, rapine, and anarchy. Up to as late a period as 1850 there were three independent potentates, who divided Northern Abyssinia between them. There were Ras A14 Dejaj Fares, and Dejaj Oubieh. The present occupant of the throne, Theodore, stands in the same relation to his former chief and master, Oubieh, as the late Mehemet Ali of Egypt stood to the Sultan Mahmood, his sovereign chief. Theodore was a mule- driver, who, having committed the crime of murder; fled from his native village to the mountains, which is a common occurrence with murderers in Abyssinia. There he remained until he had accumulated sufficient where- with to pay his redemption money, which is recognised by the law of that country. From a mule-driver Theo- dore soon became head man of his village, joined other villages to fight against the King, became commander of the district, and ultimately rebelled against Oubieh (his master), and usurped his throne. Theodore is a man of bold and unscrupulous disposition, extremely capricious in temper and consequently vacillating in his judgment. He is also selfish, cruel, and unrelenting; and in the fury and paroxysm of his rage would as soon smite a friend as a foe, although after the deed was done he would bitterly repent having done it. It is this un- certainty of temper that renders the position of the captives so dangerous; and almost renders it doubtful whether we shall rescue them-if they be not voluntarily freed by the despot who now holds them in 'durance vile '-alive." THE Emperor Napoleon's recent visit to the Emperor of Austria still engages the attention of the European world, and peace or war on the Continent is freely dis- cussed. The Emperor of the French has made several speeches since his return to France, in all of which he has declared that war is not contemplated as the result of his late visit to Salzburg. In his speech at Lille, the other day, Napoleon laid the blame of all the uneasy feeling which exists on the newspapers, which exagge- rated the situation of affairs. The public, however, both in France and in England, are still incredulous. Confidence is a plant of slow growth. Instead of finding fault with the newspapers for exaggerating the situation, the Emperor had much better have explicitly disavowed the conditional intervention in the affairs of Germany, to which he is understood to have committed himself. If commerce is paralysed, and the funds continue falling, it is Napoleon's ambiguous policy which is mainly to blame for it. His Majesty hopes commerce will im. prove with the certainty of peace," but it was the Salzburg meeting which first suggested apprehensions of war. ONE of the most dreadful murders which ever figured on the pages of history has occurred in civilised England the tragedy, indeed, surpasses anything possible to the imagination. Near the little market town of Alton, Hants, there is a cheerful district, where the hop-plantations, with rich gelden crops, wooded parks, and deep-banked lanes, at this season of the year give a picturesqueness and beauty seldom surpassed. In this sweet rural spot three or four children were gambolling one summer afternoon, when a well-dressed young man ap. peared on the scene. He spoke pleasantly to them, and gave I a penny to the one who could win a race down the slope; he then took the children into a contiguous field, picked berries for them, and gained their confidence. He then sent the others home, but lifting Fanny Adams, a girl eight years and four months old in his arms, he carried her away, the poor child being perfectly happy and confiding. She was never seen alive afterwards. The sorrowing parents, with several neighbours, sought their daughter in all directions, and that which met their view must sicken the most hardened mind, however accustomed to feed on horrors. The head, besmeared with mud, was found sticking between two hop-poles; the legs had been chopped off and flung far apart the body was ripped up, like that of a slaughtered sheep. These parts were discovered by one man the heart, lungs, and arm by another a foot by a third, in a clover-field close by some tresses of blood-stained hair by a fourth the eyes by a fifth and, not to prolong the hideous catalogue, other fragments were found by different persons, showing that the murderer, after tearing the child to pieces, had literally scattered her flesh like carrion over the ground. A young man named Frederick Baker, a clerk to Messrs. Clement, at Alton, has been accused of the horrible deed, a coroner's jury have pronounced him guilty, and the inhabitants of the town would have lynched the man if they could have got hold of him. It is not for us at this stage to make any comments involving an opinion as to the guilt or inno- cence of the prisoner. All we wish is to draw attention to the extraordinary cruelty and savageness of the crime. As yet no reason has been satisfactorily assigned for the commission of so awful an outrage. Whoever is guilty of it must have a burden on his soul most intolerable, if he has the power of realising the enormity of his crime. THE great Pan-Anglican Synod, so long talked about, is likely to prove a failure. Protestant bishops from all parts of the world have arrived in London, and the foreigners are particularly annoyed to find the little interest Englishmen generally take in their affairs. It is probable that the Synod will do nothing more than pass a series of resolutions embodying empty platitudes. Among the subjects set down to be discussed are the Relations of Colonial Churches with the Mother Church, Appeals from the Colonial Courts to the Archbishop in Person, Reform of Convocation, Relation of the Church of England with the rest of Christendom, Corporate Reunion, the Restoration of Wesleyans to Communion with the Church of England, the Royal Supremacy and the Court of Final Appeal, and sundry other matters which would be important if this Synod was a legally constituted one empowered to act; but all they can do is to recommend Parliament to do such and such things, and hitherto the recommendation of an ecclesiastical Synod has had very little weight with the Imperial Parliament. WE ought to characterise as a blasphemous absurdity the assumed miracles of a certain Zouave named Jacob, now holding his levees in Paris, who assumes that he has the power of performing miracles, and is enabled to make the lame to walk, &c. In France anything goes down for a time, and this ignorant man for some weeks has been accounted a miracle-worker, and his rooms have been attended by crowds of persons who seek his aid. The reputation of this Zouave was based upon restoring to Marshal Forey the free use of his limbs. For the past three months this gallant officer had been unable to move except with a crutch and the aid of a friendly arm. It now appears that all the miracle the Zouave performed was to take away the crutch, to bid the servant stand aside, and to compel the marshal, by mustering all his strength and resolution, to totter painfully for a few steps, when he fell exhausted into a chair. Jacob's peremptory tone of command stimulates the patient to make a great effort to obey his orders, and in some cases the few paces which are thus taken without aid may inspire a degree of confidence and hope which is not without a salutary effect on the mind of the invalid and this is all the miracle."

CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES. At the present moment when there are so many disputes between capitalists and operatives when foreign goods are imported to take the place of home manufacture, co-operative societies are exciting con- siderable interest, and associations of every kind are looked upon with more than ordinary attention. In many parts of the country working men have formed themselves into co-operative bodies for the manufacture of iron and steel. In the Lancashire districts the work- ing men are making great efforts to obtain mills of their own; and there is no doubt that a great and mighty change is coming over the commercial system of manufacture in this country. The increase of education, the extension of the franchise, and the additional freedom given to the masses of the people will ere long bring about a new order of things in England, and the working men will have a power they never before experienced in this country. The co-operative associations are, however, of different classes-for instance, it was found that persons with small wages paid dearer for their articles ef con- sumption than those who had substantial incomes, because they bought only from hand to mouth. No sooner was this discovered than societies were formed amongst various classes of working men, and they appointed their own storekeepers, who bought at the best market, and sold at the lowest price to their fellows, making, however, a legitimate shopkeeper's profit, which profit was divided amongst themselves at certain specified times. It is a well known fact that this system has worked well, and now it is being extended to clothes and other necessaries. In the spirit of the times, Mr. Lewis Hasluck (late of the well-known firm of Hasluck, Brothers, wholesale manu- facturers, of Hatton-garden) has undertaken the manage- ment of what is called the British Industrial Watch and Cleck Association, in premises situated in Tottenham- court-road. He pooh-pooh's the idea that foreign watches or clocks can compete with British manu- facture in point of price and quality, and contends that the public are every day deceived and cheated by tradesmen who know nothing of the mechanical construction of a watch, and are selling watches which are made specially to supply such traders, not for real use, but for sale alone. In his en- deavour to prove that time is money, he plainly shows that no skilled mechanic should be without a chrono- meter (time measurer). Time being the surest test of skill and efficiency among all classes of operatives, to the end of economising time, none should be with- out a watch. By the system adopted by the associa- tion, every person may obtain a watch that shall be to all intents and purposes a good one, fully guaranteed, upon equitable terms-that is to say, the fair price of labour without the impost of manufacturer's charges and shopkeeper's profits. This association is a system of co- operation that the public will do well to test and observe, as calculated to advance the interest of an im- portant branch of home industry, by extending the advantages of ready money and restoring the trade to the legitimate manipulators of English watches and clocks. The prospectus is full of useful information, and therefore well worth reading, and may be obtained free. It is satisfactory to observe that this association has been established with considerable success. The second financial year closes December 1st, 1867. The ap- pointments from numerous railway and other important companies point to its well-doing. Mr. Hasluck having been selected to supply some of the courts of justice, and also the metropolitan police-stations, shows that competition has, to a certain extent, tested the merits of co-operation. 9

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MASS MEETING OF COLLIERS. On Monday one of the largest meetings of colliers ever held in the kingdom was held at Barnsley, when up- wards of 8,000 men belonging to the Miners' Association marched in procession to the Beech-field, where they were addressed by Mr. Plimsoll, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Brown, I Mr. Normansell, Mr. MCDonald, and others. There was a large display of flags, and a prominent feature in the procession was the appearance of the widows and rela- tives of the men who were killed by the explosion at the Oaks Colliery. On arriving at the ground, where a plat- form had been erected, there could not have been less than 15,000 persons present; 15 bands of music assisted in the procession. Mr. John Normansell, Secretary of the South York- shire Miners' Association, was called to the chair, and in opening the proceedings, remarked on what the union had done for the miners in the district, in increasing wages, shortening the hours of labour, and causing all coal coming to the pit top to be weighed in the presence of a check weighman appointed by the men. Mr. Mahoney then moved, and Mr. L. Hall seconded, the following resolution.— That this meeting, composed of the miners from all parts of the South Yorkshire district, expresses its ut- most satisfaction at the manner in which the affairs of the association have been conducted during the past twelve months that it is glad to know the association has increased to such a great extent, and has been the means of conferring such benefits upon its members, and has also been able to assist other trades' associations in various parts of the United Kingdom. Mr. S. Plimsoll, in supporting the resolution, as a Sheffield man, denounced the conduct of a few of the unionists in Sheffield, and considered Broadhead and the men who were associated with him as dastardly and as cruel a set of cowards as ever cheated the gallows but he did not think that all the trades' unions in Sheffield and other places should be condemned for their acts, no more than Redpath should be taken as a sample of railway official honesty, or bankers who had been transported be considered as a fair sample of their class. So long as human nature was human nature, the weak would be obliged to unite themselves against the strong; therefore, trades' unions became necessary to the work- ing man. Several other resolutions were adopted, including one moved by Mr. V. Casely, seconded by Mr. William Chappell, and supported by Mr. Holmes That this meeting expresses its utmost abhorrence of the crimes revealed before the Commission at Sheffield; that it looks upon the authors of such crimes as a disgrace to our common country and upon the unions who have permitted their affairs to be conducted in the manner shown to be equally culpable and that this meeting hopes that the scathing exposures made will be the means of putting an end to such a system of terrorism and crime for ever." A vote of thanks to the chairman brought the pro- cedings to a close.

ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY HORRIBLE MURDER OF A WOMAN BY A FRENCHMAN. On Tuesday morning, shortly after six o'clock, a frightful tragedy took place on the south side of the Thames. For some time past a man named Louis Bordier, aged 35, a native of France, and by trade a currier, has resided at No. 3, Millstead-terrace, Church-street, Old Kent-road. The house, which is one of six rooms, was rented by a Mrs. Caroline Snow, and let out by her in apartments. The front and back parlours were occupied by Louis Bordier and a young female named Emma Snow (the niece of the landlady), who had for some years co- habited with him, and by whom she had three children. It does not seem that any ill-feeling had existed, and the man appears to have attended well to work. After supper Bordier and the young woman and children retired to rest shortly before ten o'clock on Monday night, and on Tuesday morning there was no- thing unusual in the conduct of the man. About six o'clock she was awakened by feeling a hand grasp her tightly by the head, and on looking up she saw Bordier with a knife in his right hand. He pulled back her head, and drew the knife across her throat, from which the blood spirted out. She struggled with him, and managed to get out of the room into the passage. She then put her hands up to her throat, which she tightly grasped. She then made her way up some 20 stairs to the room occupied by Mrs. Snow. She awoke Mrs. Snow, who, seeing blood oozing through her fingers, asked her what was the matter. She replied, "Oh, see what Bordier has done." She then approached the bed, and drawing down the clothes, got into bed with her aunt. The latter then perceived that her niece's throat was cut in a dreadful manner. Mrs. Snow at ence got up and gave an alarm, and messengers were sent off to medical gentlemen and to the police-station. Police- constable 138 P was the first to enter the house, and shortly after was followed by Sergeant Turner, 35 P. They proceeded upstairs, in company with Dr. Simpson, of 759, Old Kent-road, who had come in. In the bed wherein the aunt had slept Emma Snow was lying with a frightful gash in her throat. Dr. Simpson, on making an examination, found life to be quite extinct. Bordier afterwards came upstairs, and in answer to Mrs. Snow, who said, Oh, what did you do this for ? he replied, I have done it. I could not help it, for I could not part from her." The police then made a search, and on going into the front parlour where Bordier and the unfortunate woman had slept, they found on the floor covered with blood, a large, sharp knife, such as would be used by a currier in his trade. The bedclo thes were stained with blood, marks of which were about the floor, along the passage, and upstairs to the aunt's room, where deceased had managed to get after the injury had been inflicted. Some letters, written in French, were found, but at pre- sent it is not known whether their contents at all relate to the dreadful deed. It seems, further, that although the man and his victim had been on very good terms for a long time, yet, owing to some quarrel between them, she had threatened to leave him, and went so far as to say she would leave him in a week. From the statement made by one of the children, a girl about ten years of age, it seems that Bordier, after having cut the woman's throat, passed into the back parlour. He stooped down on the bed, where the child was lying, and seizing her by the throat pushed her head back and looked her full in the face. After remain- ing in this position a few moments he suddenly threw her back, aid said Lay down again." At that time he held one hand behind him, from which she noticed the handle of a knife. He did not touch her or say another word, but left the room. No doubt prisoner intended to destroy the child, but at the moment of doing so relented. On being questioned by the police the man, who did not at first seem distressed in mind, or to feel the dreadful position in which he was placed, said, Yes, I did it; and the knife is the one you have got that I did it with." He then begged to be taken to see the woman before they took him away. This was done, and on the way upstairs prisoner said he hoped she would not live. The prisoner, in the custody of the police, was then removed to Peckham Station, and thence to Lambeth Police-court. During the morning there was a large crowd gathered in front of the house. After the disposal of the night charges at Lambeth Police-court, the prisoner was brought before Mr. Part- ridge, charged with the wilful murder of Emma Snow. Caroline Snow, the aunt, who was the first witness, deposed to deceased coming to her bedroom about six in the morning with her throat cut, and saying, "Look what Bordier has done." The other witnesses examined were Celestine Bordier, daughter of the deceased, aged 11; Police-constable Barrett, who went to the house with the doctor, Mr. George Simpson and the latter, who described the nature of the wound, and said that when he asked Bordier why he did the deed, he replied "It was necessary I should do it." Witness asked Why ? and the prisoner replied, I shall keep it to myself." The witness added that the murderer was not excited, and appeared quite sober, and that he took tobacco out of his pocket and filled his pipe. The prisoner afterwards said he had meant to do it for a fortnight and to kill himself and his children. He also added, "The blood from my wife's throat prevented me getting to my own throat with a knife besides, I found it rather hard to cut her throat." A letter was found in the prisoner's pocket addressed to his brother in France, declaring his intention to com- mit the murder. The prisoner made no answer to the charge, and was removed for the completion of the depositions.

MIGRATION FROM THE EAST END. The in- cumbent of St. Matthias, Poplar, writes that 168 per- sons were sent out to Quebec on Thursday last from the above neighbourhoocl. They were families utterly destitute, and who had to be supplied with every requisite for the voyage. At present 335 persons in all have been sent out, and 4@ or 50 more have been for- warded to various parts of England, where they have obtained employment. The applicants for emigration are very numerous, and an appeal is made for funds to despatch another party before the season closes.

DESTRUCTION OF A PAPER MILL. 1 On Monday morning, about half-past 12, a fire was discovered in the Old Mill paper works, belonging to Mr. Toothill, which are situate about a mile from Barnsley. The works, which were of an extensive character, were worked for the purpose of making brown paper, and were generally [run night and day. On Sun- day work was suspended, and the watchman on the spot did not observe anything wrong until about half-past 12, when he saw the place on fire. An alarm was raised, and the finisher of the paper hastened to Barnsley to procure the fire-engine. The brigade started with an engine, but so quickly had the destructive element done its work that the roof fell in before they arrived. Owing to the materials which were stored within the building the flames spread rapidly. Fears were enter- tained that the adjoining cottages would be caught by the flames, and women and children were got out half- naked, whilst beds and furniture had to be brought out and deposited in the fields. There being a plentiful supply of water at hand, the engine was got to work, and commenced to play on the burning mass, with a view of saving the store-room where several thousand pounds' worth of finished goods were kept. In this, as well as in the saving of the engine, they were successful. The building was four storeys in height, and was full of very valuable machinery, nearly the whole of which was de- stroyed. The cause of the fire is not known, but it is supposed to have originated by the overheating of some greasy waste. The stock is partly insured.

ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A WIFE AT COLCHESTER. On Monday the Colchester borough magistrates heard on remand a charge preferred against Mr. James Jolly, a silversmith, residing in Long Wyre-street, Colchester, for attempting to murder his wife, Sarah Ann Jolly, of Priory-street, Colchester, on Friday last. It appeared from the evidence of the wife of the accused, and her sister, Ruth Howe, that for some time past the former had been separated from her husband, and had latterly been living with her mother in Priory- street. On Friday evening, between six and seven o'clock, the prisoner went to her lodging. Her sifeter Ruth, her mother, and the baby were with her in an upper room. Ruth invited him to go upstairs, but, on seeing who it was, she said, Mr. Jolly, you had better not come up here, for mother is ill, and you will only make her worse." They then all tried to shut the door, but the prisoner managed to force himself into the room, and rushing at his wife, dealt her a severe blow in the eye. He then wrestled with her, and in the struggle, according to the wife's statement, corroborated by her sister, they saw an open razor in his right hand, which was uplifted and coming towards her. She succeeded in wresting the razor from him, and handed it to her sister, who ran downstairs with it. The prisoner then pulled off his coat, saying, I am ready for the gallows. I shall be hung for you." -He then flew at his wife again, and pressed his thumbs into her throat. With the help, however, of a neighbour named Christmas, the wife managed to disengage herself from her husband's grasp, and escaped downstairs. The prisoner, who had been a teetotaller for some years before his separation from his wife, was very drunk—to use his own words, "mad drunk "-when he thus violently attacked her. The opinion of several medical gentlemen who had seen the prisoner being that he was of unsound mind, the Bench intimated that an application would be made to the Secretary of State to have Jolly removed to a place where he would receive proper and requisite medical attention. The legal representatives on both sides acquiescing, the prisoner was accordingly removed in custody. The court was crowded by persons anxious to hear the result of the case.

THE FATE OF THE ARCADI. The following report of Admiral Simon, commander of the French fleet in Greek waters, gives an account of the destruction of the famous blockade runner Arcadi:— On Monday morning, the 20th of August, after I had received some women and children at Selino, I sailed for St. Roumeli to take others from that port. During the day the captain of the Izzedin, a large Turkish steamer, which cast anchor near my ship, visited me, and told me that on the previous evening the Arcadi had been to St. Roumeli, and landed a part of her cargo but not having sufficient time to discharge the rest, she had sailed for Gabdon, and that he expected her back on Monday even- ing, -when he intended to attack her. On Monday after- noon, after I had embarked the women and children, I started for Athens but two hours afterwards I heard guns behind me. Going on deck I saw in the distance two steamers, one chasing the other and fighting. In a short time they approached me, and I saw that one was the Arcadi and the other the Izzedin. The Izzedin reached the Arcadi and gave her a broadside, to which the Arcadi replied in the same manrer. As soon as the two steamers were close together, the sailors began firing with their rifles. While the fight was hottest, two Turkish men of-war made their appearance round the Cape of Krio-metopo. The position of the Arcadi then became very perilous. At that moment the captain of the Arcadi, with great presence of mind and coolness, turned his little steamer, faced the three enemy's vessels, and passed through them at full speed, amidst a tre- mendous fire from the large guns, and a shower of bul- lets. The Arcadi soon approached the land, and after coasting some distance along the small bay arrived near the Cape of Krio-metopo, where the captain ran her aground in order to save the crew. The fighting lasted till one o'clock in the morning. At that time the three Turkish vessels cast anchor near the Arcadi. I heard a sharp firing of rifles during the rest of the night, and stayed until morning to ascertain the result. 11 I then saw the Arcadi in flames but I could not learn whether she had bfen fired by her captain or by the enemy. The Turkish boats were full of wounded, who were transported to the Turkish vessels, and the Izzedin steamed away in a very damaged condition.

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. On Friday the Liverpool express ran into the wagons of a coal train about one mile on the Boxmoor side of Berkhampstead Station. There are two up lines on this railway, one of which is used almost exclusively for goods. A coal train was running to London on Friday, followed some distance behind and parallel with it by an express passenger train, when one of the axle-trees of the coal train broke, and a truck was precipitated on to the line of rails on which the express passenger train was running at full speed close behind. There was no time to slacken speed before a collision took place, the express train running into the coal truck with such velo- city that the engine was completely embedded in it, the tender turned over, and the rails of the two up as well as the down line torn up and snapped asunder. The engine-driver was thrown off, but the stoker kept his position on the engine. Providentially, no lives were lost, although several persons were injured, the most serious case being that of the wife of the Rev. G. Mather, of Birkenhead, who was cut, and bled very much. The Liverpool express is a very heavy train, and carries a number of passengers. The traffic both down and up was stopped for some hours, and pas- senger trains, as they arrived at Boxmoor from London, were sent back. The passengers also of the mutilated ¡ express were forwarded to London without any unneces- sary loss of time, and the "break down" gang from Camden-town was soon in attendance to get the debris cleared away and the line again in working order. It was clearly one of' those accidents which could not be guarded against, and for which no one was to blame the only wonder is that there was not a great sacrifice of human life. An alarming accident occurred on the north branch of the Midland Railway at Duffield, four miles from Derby also on Friday. A goods train was delivering at Duffield station, when a fast goods train from Normanton came up at full speed and dashed into it, smashing the break van and three wagons all to pieces. The engine of the Normanton train was thrown off the rails, and went down the bank along with three wagons, after ploughing up the line for a considerable distance. The damage will cost about .21,000. The traffic on both lines was stopped for two or three hours. On Friday, the same day, an accident occurred on the Greenock Railway. The train which left Wemyss Bay about noon ran into a. goods train, in the act of shunting at Houston station, with considerable violence, to the serious alarm of the passengers. Fortunately no one was seriously injured, but both engines lost a buffer and were otherwise damaged, and two trucks were destroyed. r1? P^" senger train is advertised to leave Wemyss Bay at 11.45, but was, it was said, some 20 minutes late. In order to make up the lost time, rapid driving was apparently resorted to, and on approaching the Houston station, though the danger-signal had been duly turned on, the pace was too rapid, taken in conjunction with the wet- ness of the rails, to permit of the driver pulling up soon enough to prevent a collision. After about half an hour's delay in clearing the line, the journey was resumed and completed without further accident. ♦-

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THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AT LILLE. LILT, August 30. The Emperor Nnpolnon pivl a visit to the Bourse this morning. In replying to a speech delivered by the President of the Chamber of Commerce, his Majesty s.-id Business would progress better if certain journals did not exaggerate the situation. I hope that commerce will improve with the certainty of peace, and I shall do everything in my power to re-establish confidence." Their Majesties are about to leave.

TURKEY, CONSTANTINOPLE, August 28. Yesterday another Council of Ministers was held, a which the Sultan presided. The question of Turkish reforms and the result of the mission of Fuad Pacha to the Czar were discussed. General Ignatieff had yesterday an audience of the Sultan. The Viceroy of Egypt gives this evening a grand entertainment to the Sultan, the ministers and the diplomatic body.

AMERICA. (BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, August 29. President Johnson has ordered General Hancock to relieve General Sheridan, General Thomas, who was to replace Sheridan being ill. General Grant has executed the order. NEW YORK, August 21. President Johnson has transferred General Sheridan to the command of the department of Missouri. General Thomas is to command the fifth military district, and General Hancock the department of Cumberland, vice General Thomas' General Grant has transmitted President Johnson's order to General Thomas, with additional instructions, requiring him to execute all orders now in force in the fifth district, unless authorised by the general-in-chief to modify or annul the same General Sheridan is to report himself in Washington previous to assuming the command in Missouri. It is reported that General Grant has protested against the removal of General Sheridan on the ground of it being contrary to the wishes of the people. Presi- dent Johnson, in reply, said he acknowledged the brilliant military services of Sheridan, but that he lacked the judgment and moderation possessed by General Thomas. At a subsequent interview the President and General Grant are said to have harmonised upon the subject. It is reported that General Sickles will soon be removed for disregarding the President's orders not to interfere with the Federal courts. The execution of the pro- cesses of the Federal Circuit Court of North Carolina is still obstructed by the authority of General Sickles. The captain of a steamer plying between Charleston and Beaufort has been fined for refusing a negro woman a first-class passage. General Pope has written to General Grant complain- ing that some prominent rebels in his district retard the reconstruction, which, however, he believes will be sus- tained by a large majority of voters at the approaching conventions. General Sheridan has ordered the election of delegates to the Louisiana Convention to be held on the 27th and 28th of September. The national troops are to protect the elections where fraud and violence are perpetrated. The Richmond City Council has protested to General Schofield against having to support negro paupers. Mr. M'Culloch has published an emphatic denial to the report of the over issues of national securities. Meetings of the radical soldiers and sailors have been held at Washington and Philadelphia, at which the con- duct of Mr. Stanton was heartily endorsed, and his removal denounced. Judge Holt denies the truth of the recent reports con- necting him with a conspiracy against President Johnson. The frigate Elizabeth has been detained at New Orleans by Admiral Tegethoff. It is reported that the body of Maximilian is lying in the Church of Queretaro, and was not delivered to Baron Magnus.

INDIA. BOMBAY, August 9. At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of Bombay the directors reported an additional loss of X530,000 of the bank's capital, leaving X510,100 intact. A resolution was adopted praying the Govern- ment to appoint a commission to inquire into the mis- management of the bank. The Poonah branch of the Bank of Bombay expected to lose between Y,20,000 and X30,000, principally on forced Government securities. The amalgamation of the Banks of Bombay and Bengal has been abandoned, although applications for over 1,500 shares have been registered. The Marine Court have inquired into the loss of the Jersah, and the captain and officers have been exonerated from blame. The ship Merchant Prince, from Glasgow for Bom- bay, was ashore near Bombay harbour, and was ex- pected to become a total wreck. The Governor of Bombay had decided to present a gold watch, with a suitable inscription, to Mr. Shuttle- worth, for gallant conduct at the wreck of the Jersah. The public of Bombay have also subscribed X400 to the Shuttleworth testimonial. The latest news from Cabul represents Afzul Khan's position as very precarious. It is expected that Cabul itself will soon fall into the hands of Ameer Shere Ali. The public health is satisfactory.

VICTORIAN EMIGRATION. Miss M. S. Rye thus writes to the Times on the 30th of August Will you allow me to say I have no ship starting for Melbourne until October, then I shall again be able to offer free passages to 50 single women, and passages to artisans and their families, at from RI to X10 per family ? There is a great demand for skilled labour in Vic- toria just now, at the following rates of payment, exclu- sive of provisions, or rations as they are called there Bricklayers, per 1,000, 18s. to XI blacksmiths per week, 30s. to £2; carpenters, ditto, 17s. to X- I general farm labourers, 12s. to 14s.; gardeners, per week, 25s. to 30s.; common labourer, 6s. a day. "Food is abundant and cheap. Beef, 4d. per lb.; mutton, 3d.; pork, 9d.; bread, 5d. per 41b.; milk, 6d. per quart; cabbages, Id.'each; cauliflowers, Id. to 2d.; lettuce, 3d. to 6d. per dozen; onions, 3s. per cwt.; apples and pears, 3d. per lb.; house rent and clothing very moderate indeed. Articles of every day wear not being more than id. or I d. a yard dearer than in 4 England. Persons anxious to reconcile contradictory state- ments about the condition of our colonial possessions, and especially Australia, will do well to remember that that continent is made up of what, in our northern hemisphere, we should call many nations, and that as we never speak generally of the condition of the labour market of Europe, but particularly of the depression or healthiness in each country, never confounding the boora of Russia with the artisans of England, so it is wise to particularise with regard to Australia, and to know that simultaneously there may be paralysis and stagnation in Queensland, floods and depression in New South Wales, competency and quiet comfort in South Australia, with abundance and a high state of prosperity in Victoria. If we will remember this fact, and not forget that mercantile failures, misfortunes, and misdoings here are reflected there as faithfully as a face in a glass, we shall not be very surprised that just now Australian shadows are not so pleasing or so pretty as they have been, and as I venture to predict they will be again before long."

THE ALLEGED FRAUDS BY A COM- AIISSI ONAIBE. Henry Williams, late a member of the Corps of Com- missionaires, was tried, at the Middlesex Sessions, on Monday, on a charge of stealing money received by him at the athletic sports at Beaufort-house, Fulham, some months ago. When the prisoner was tried on a former occasion, the jury were unable to agree and were dis- charged. On Monday he again pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. M. Williams, who appeared for the prosecution, said that as the prisoner had been already tried by another jury, who were unable to agree upon their ver- diet, and as he had reason to believe that they had stantial doubts upon the case, he felt bound to respec* that opinion, and therefore did not propose to offer J evidence on the part of the prosecution. Mr. Ribton said the prisoner belonged to. a very respectable body of men called Commissionaires, aha although he had undoubtedly received some money during the Oxford and Cambridge athletic sports, he assured him that he had no idea whatever Of acting in Ik criminal manner, but was under a lull impression thai the sums he received were handed to him as a gratuity, the members of these clubs always acting liberally towards persons in the position of the prisoner. 4; The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and ttt prisoner was discharged.;