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however , some corroborative evidence . It was announced last week that a Hull steamer , the Zealand , had gone down in the Baltic , and that seven of her crew had perished . AVe are glad , however , to state that not a life was lost , the persons supposed to have been drowned having been picked up by a passing vessel . An inquest was held at Dudley , on Monday
last , on the body of Mr . B . Gibbons , an extensive ironmaster , w-ho met his death under the following singular circumstances . He was reading the paper to his invalid wife when he was disturbed by the buzzing of a gnat in the window . In trying to drive it away he broke a pane of glass , and slightly cut the hack of his hand . The wound became inflamed , the inflammation
gradually spread , and in less than a week he was dead . Trivia ' as was the original cause , the death was owing to the wound , and a verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned . As Mr . Gibbons had been prudent enough to insure against all accidents , with the Railway Passenger ' s Assurance Company , he had thus at the small cost of £ 3 secured £ 1000 for his afliieted family .
Two Roman Catholic priests , named Kelly and AValsh , have been fined £ 5 , at Liverpool , for interfering with a constable while in the discharge of his duty . The constable , who was in plain clothes at the time , was going towards a police station with three lads he had taken into custody . He was met by the defendants , one of whom seized him by the arm , while the
other rescued one of the boys . A woman ancl some clock labourers carried off the two other lads . It was urged , on behalf of the two rev . gentlemen , that they were not aware that the xirosecutor was a constable , and on this ground the fine was mitigated in each case to £ 5 . FOEEIGX INTELLIGENCE . — -The Moniieur , in consequence of certain articles published by the Presse respecting the foreign policy of France , reminds the world that " the idea which
directs public affairs emanates from the Emperor , " and that " the Minister is only responsible for its execution . " This official warning is probably intended to inform the Paris journalists that they must he more cautious than some of them have lately been in writing about the Polish insurrection ancl Prince Gortschakoff ' s reply to the French note . The hydra-headed Polish
insurrection continuing , the commander of the Russian troops in the palatinate of Kalisch has held a council with several superior officers of the Prussian army relative to the steps to be taken to paralyse the movements of the insurgents . We learn from Lisbon that the youthful Queen of Portugal was safely delivered : of a prince on Tuesday . ——Tho German
National A erein is at present assembled at Dresden . At its first meeting the proceedings of the late Congress at Frankfort were freely criticised , and its project of reform was denounced . The serious illness of tho Grand Duke Constantino is announced . The rumoured attempt on the life of Prince Stourdza is denied . Denmark appears to be still preparing for the worst result of
thedispute between herself and the Germaiiic . Confederation . The Danish Minister of Marine has just applied to the Rigsraad for permission to construct an iron-clad naval battery , to call in 5 , 000 seamen , and to iron-plate a frigate . The Berlin official paper publishes a circular issued by the Minister of the Interior calling upon the chief ' s of the provincial governments to devote
their utmost attention to the conduct of the public functionaries during the forthcoming elections . Tho officials of all kinds are expected to give their entire support to the State Government , and even a passive or neutral attitude will bo considered a proof of want of devotion , ancl a breach of their oath of allegiance . Tho Moniieur publishes despatches from Mexico , which assert
that the Juarez party is fasti dissolving ; that Doblado is about to retire to the United States ; that San Luis Potosi is about to pronounce in favour of French intervention , ancl that divers
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other things all satisfactory to France are immediately to happen . La France has also news from Mexico , to the effect that the Indian population are unanimous in favour of the Archduke Maximilian . In fact , if we are to believe those journals , everything in Mexico is taking the precise turn which the French Government most ardently desires , ancl the Golden Age is likely to return to one country in the world at least . The elections in the Ionian Islands in reference to the proposed annexation to
Greece have terminated . As yet , however , we only know the results of the vote in Corfu and Paxos . Both islands have pronounced , through the representatives elected , in favour of the annexation . A \ e have yet to learn the results in Cephalonia , Zante , Santa Maura , Ithaca , and Cerigo ; but there does nob appear to be tbe slightest doubt that these islands , too , will pronounce in favour of the union with the Kingdom of Greece . AMEEICA . —Intelligence of considerable interest has been
brought by the City of JTFem Yorlc . There was no important news from Charleston , the Federals being engaged up to the 15 th inst . in shelling Fort Moultrie from Morris Island , ancl the Confederates maintaining a steady fire upon the Federal position . General Meade's army was advancing , but its vanguard had not yet succeeded in passiug the Rapidan , although there had been much skirmishing , and although it was reported that the
Confederate army was not large , and was about to retire on Richmond , or even—according to another and infinitely more improbable rumour—to " evacuate the State of Virginia . " It was said that General Johnston had been summoned to command the Confederate forces in Virginia , iu the room of General Lee , who had proceeded to the South " for an important purpose , " ancl that a large portion of General Lee ' s troops had been moved southward to General Bragg—General Longstreet ' s corps having already arrived at Resaca , in Georgia . General Bragg was believed to be strongly established near Lafayette , in
Georgia ; and there had been minor engagements , iu which the-Confederates seem to have claimed the advantage , between different divisions of his army and the Federal troops . The Federal General Eosecrans was said to have assumed a " strong defensive attitude" at Chattanooga . Little Rock , the capital of Arkansas , was officially reported to have been occupied by the Federal troops—the Confederates having retreated southwards ancl having been pursued by the Federal cavalry-. A
disaster had been experienced by a portion of the Federal expedition which , under General Franklin's command , has left New Orleans for Texas . Au attempt to effect a landing at Sabine Pass had been repulsed by the Confederates , who captured one Federal gunboat anel destroyed another . INDIA AND CHINA . —Thc India and China mail brings news from Hong-Kong to the 12 th ult . from Calcutta to tlie 12 th
, of August , from Calcutta to the 22 nd , and from Bombay to the 31 st . The China Mail gives details of the Japanese outrages on American , French , and Dutch vessels , and of the retaliation by the representatives of tlie insulted flags . A serious encounter lias taken place in Hanchow Bay between her Majesty's gunboat Plainer , a Chinese steamer , and a number of piratical junks . The TRosina , belong to Messrs . Dent ancl Co ., was captured by
pirates during' her voyage from Ningpo to Sbanghae , and carried off into the recesses of the bay . From India we learn that serious state convulsions had broken out in Afghanistan ; Shere All ( Ameer the Second ) had executed his brother , and another brother , having escaped the same fate , has fled , and is raising forces to rebel against the fratricidal successor of Dost Mahommed . The same journalcommenting on the trial of the
, supposed Nana Sahib , remarks that " there is but small ground left for believing him to be the Nana , " a remark which is justified by a telegram received since , under date of Bombay , Sept . 9 , to the effect that the prisoner has been positively proved not to be the Nana .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
E . E . —Yes . The Grand Lodge of Scotland now allow canchelates to he initiated at eighteen . P . M . —You are altogether wrong , and cannot have read the law you allude to . A . B . —Certainly not . AVe never give up the names of our correspondents . J . S . —Send us the manuscript . AV . S . —Punctuality is a virtue which ought to he practised in every lodge .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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however , some corroborative evidence . It was announced last week that a Hull steamer , the Zealand , had gone down in the Baltic , and that seven of her crew had perished . AVe are glad , however , to state that not a life was lost , the persons supposed to have been drowned having been picked up by a passing vessel . An inquest was held at Dudley , on Monday
last , on the body of Mr . B . Gibbons , an extensive ironmaster , w-ho met his death under the following singular circumstances . He was reading the paper to his invalid wife when he was disturbed by the buzzing of a gnat in the window . In trying to drive it away he broke a pane of glass , and slightly cut the hack of his hand . The wound became inflamed , the inflammation
gradually spread , and in less than a week he was dead . Trivia ' as was the original cause , the death was owing to the wound , and a verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned . As Mr . Gibbons had been prudent enough to insure against all accidents , with the Railway Passenger ' s Assurance Company , he had thus at the small cost of £ 3 secured £ 1000 for his afliieted family .
Two Roman Catholic priests , named Kelly and AValsh , have been fined £ 5 , at Liverpool , for interfering with a constable while in the discharge of his duty . The constable , who was in plain clothes at the time , was going towards a police station with three lads he had taken into custody . He was met by the defendants , one of whom seized him by the arm , while the
other rescued one of the boys . A woman ancl some clock labourers carried off the two other lads . It was urged , on behalf of the two rev . gentlemen , that they were not aware that the xirosecutor was a constable , and on this ground the fine was mitigated in each case to £ 5 . FOEEIGX INTELLIGENCE . — -The Moniieur , in consequence of certain articles published by the Presse respecting the foreign policy of France , reminds the world that " the idea which
directs public affairs emanates from the Emperor , " and that " the Minister is only responsible for its execution . " This official warning is probably intended to inform the Paris journalists that they must he more cautious than some of them have lately been in writing about the Polish insurrection ancl Prince Gortschakoff ' s reply to the French note . The hydra-headed Polish
insurrection continuing , the commander of the Russian troops in the palatinate of Kalisch has held a council with several superior officers of the Prussian army relative to the steps to be taken to paralyse the movements of the insurgents . We learn from Lisbon that the youthful Queen of Portugal was safely delivered : of a prince on Tuesday . ——Tho German
National A erein is at present assembled at Dresden . At its first meeting the proceedings of the late Congress at Frankfort were freely criticised , and its project of reform was denounced . The serious illness of tho Grand Duke Constantino is announced . The rumoured attempt on the life of Prince Stourdza is denied . Denmark appears to be still preparing for the worst result of
thedispute between herself and the Germaiiic . Confederation . The Danish Minister of Marine has just applied to the Rigsraad for permission to construct an iron-clad naval battery , to call in 5 , 000 seamen , and to iron-plate a frigate . The Berlin official paper publishes a circular issued by the Minister of the Interior calling upon the chief ' s of the provincial governments to devote
their utmost attention to the conduct of the public functionaries during the forthcoming elections . Tho officials of all kinds are expected to give their entire support to the State Government , and even a passive or neutral attitude will bo considered a proof of want of devotion , ancl a breach of their oath of allegiance . Tho Moniieur publishes despatches from Mexico , which assert
that the Juarez party is fasti dissolving ; that Doblado is about to retire to the United States ; that San Luis Potosi is about to pronounce in favour of French intervention , ancl that divers
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other things all satisfactory to France are immediately to happen . La France has also news from Mexico , to the effect that the Indian population are unanimous in favour of the Archduke Maximilian . In fact , if we are to believe those journals , everything in Mexico is taking the precise turn which the French Government most ardently desires , ancl the Golden Age is likely to return to one country in the world at least . The elections in the Ionian Islands in reference to the proposed annexation to
Greece have terminated . As yet , however , we only know the results of the vote in Corfu and Paxos . Both islands have pronounced , through the representatives elected , in favour of the annexation . A \ e have yet to learn the results in Cephalonia , Zante , Santa Maura , Ithaca , and Cerigo ; but there does nob appear to be tbe slightest doubt that these islands , too , will pronounce in favour of the union with the Kingdom of Greece . AMEEICA . —Intelligence of considerable interest has been
brought by the City of JTFem Yorlc . There was no important news from Charleston , the Federals being engaged up to the 15 th inst . in shelling Fort Moultrie from Morris Island , ancl the Confederates maintaining a steady fire upon the Federal position . General Meade's army was advancing , but its vanguard had not yet succeeded in passiug the Rapidan , although there had been much skirmishing , and although it was reported that the
Confederate army was not large , and was about to retire on Richmond , or even—according to another and infinitely more improbable rumour—to " evacuate the State of Virginia . " It was said that General Johnston had been summoned to command the Confederate forces in Virginia , iu the room of General Lee , who had proceeded to the South " for an important purpose , " ancl that a large portion of General Lee ' s troops had been moved southward to General Bragg—General Longstreet ' s corps having already arrived at Resaca , in Georgia . General Bragg was believed to be strongly established near Lafayette , in
Georgia ; and there had been minor engagements , iu which the-Confederates seem to have claimed the advantage , between different divisions of his army and the Federal troops . The Federal General Eosecrans was said to have assumed a " strong defensive attitude" at Chattanooga . Little Rock , the capital of Arkansas , was officially reported to have been occupied by the Federal troops—the Confederates having retreated southwards ancl having been pursued by the Federal cavalry-. A
disaster had been experienced by a portion of the Federal expedition which , under General Franklin's command , has left New Orleans for Texas . Au attempt to effect a landing at Sabine Pass had been repulsed by the Confederates , who captured one Federal gunboat anel destroyed another . INDIA AND CHINA . —Thc India and China mail brings news from Hong-Kong to the 12 th ult . from Calcutta to tlie 12 th
, of August , from Calcutta to the 22 nd , and from Bombay to the 31 st . The China Mail gives details of the Japanese outrages on American , French , and Dutch vessels , and of the retaliation by the representatives of tlie insulted flags . A serious encounter lias taken place in Hanchow Bay between her Majesty's gunboat Plainer , a Chinese steamer , and a number of piratical junks . The TRosina , belong to Messrs . Dent ancl Co ., was captured by
pirates during' her voyage from Ningpo to Sbanghae , and carried off into the recesses of the bay . From India we learn that serious state convulsions had broken out in Afghanistan ; Shere All ( Ameer the Second ) had executed his brother , and another brother , having escaped the same fate , has fled , and is raising forces to rebel against the fratricidal successor of Dost Mahommed . The same journalcommenting on the trial of the
, supposed Nana Sahib , remarks that " there is but small ground left for believing him to be the Nana , " a remark which is justified by a telegram received since , under date of Bombay , Sept . 9 , to the effect that the prisoner has been positively proved not to be the Nana .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
E . E . —Yes . The Grand Lodge of Scotland now allow canchelates to he initiated at eighteen . P . M . —You are altogether wrong , and cannot have read the law you allude to . A . B . —Certainly not . AVe never give up the names of our correspondents . J . S . —Send us the manuscript . AV . S . —Punctuality is a virtue which ought to he practised in every lodge .