NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 197, 3 February 1866, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

The remains of Lord Palmeratoa were buried iu Westminster Abbey on the 27th of October, with the ceremony befitting the occasion. Along the whole route from Cambridge-house to the Abbey the shops were closed, and the clubs and public buildings covered with emblems of mourning, while even the cab and omnibus drivers had streamers of crape attached to their whips. The hearse was followed by the carriages of Lady Palmerston, Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, &c. The coffin was covered with crimson velvet, decorated with stars and a Viscount's coronet, and bore the simple inscription, "Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston. Born October 20, 1784—Died October 18, 18G5.

Tom Sayers, the well known pugilist, died on November 8 at his house at Camden-town. He was buried at Highgate Cemetery on the loth, under most disgraceful circumstances. A vast crowd of " roughs " assembled at the cemetery who turbulently jostled and laughed, trampled on the grass and defiled the graves with as little reverence for the place they were in as if it had been an old prize ring. Sayers' pony and dog-cart with his magnificent dog, the sole occupant of the latter, followed immediately after the hearse. During the whole of the riot the noble brute in the dog-cart looked on with stern composure as if to prove his superiority over the degraded wretches around him. Such was the last obsequies of Tom Sayers, and such the tributes of respect paid by a large section of his admirers. " A good tempered uneducated man, whose stout heart and unbounded animal courage inspired the respectable classes with such admiration that they subscribed to keep him in idleness for life ; who became the idol of pothouses, and died of drinking, and whose funeral was a riot.

One of the gasometers at the Nine Elms Gas Works exploded, killing many men and shattering many houses.

The wretched hag, Winsor, convicted in the West of England for carrying on the regular profession of baby-murderess, is likely to escape the scaffold—the legal point being raised that at her first trial the jury were discharged without giving a verdict, and therefore she could not be legally tried a second time. On the 31st of October, 61 toll-gates wore removed from the Surrey side of the Thames, and 108 miles of hitherto taxed highway was thrown open. The Pneumatic Railway from Holborn Hill to Euston Square has been formally opened. The distance is two miles, and the time required for the transmission of parcels is seven minutes.

Lord Palmerston is said to have been an active journalist in his time. lie freely contributed to the columns of the " Morning Post,'' the " Chronicle" and " John Bull." The notorious Shenandoah unexpectedly put into Liverpool on the (sth November, and surrendered to 11.M.5. Donegal, the guardship lying in the Mersey. A crew ftom that vessel, together with some Custom House officers, were atonic placed in charge. Oil the night of Wednesday, the Bth November, Captain Paynter of the Donegal unconditionally liberated the captaiu and crew of the Shenandoah by order of the Government. The vessel herself was unconditionally handed over with all her stores to the American vice-consul at Liverpool. She sailed on the 21st November for New York. Ikeland.—Fenian arrests still continue. Stephens, the " Head Centre," effected an escape from Richmond bridewell on the morning of 24 November. .£IOOO reward is offered for his capture, and £3OO for information that may lead to his apprehension. An action claiming £IOOO, damages has been brought against the Lord Lieutenant by the proprietors of the " Irish People" newspaper, for the seizure of that journal and its effects.

The O'Donoghue says a Dublin repeal paper has decided to bring his property into the Landed Estates Court. This course, it appears, is rendered necessary by a " too openhanded generosity in fighting the people's cause." Numerous friends, both lay and clerical, have expostulated with him. The O'Donoghue's own tenantry are said to have formed a committee with the view of raising a sufficient sum to purchase the estates and propose presenting the great champion of Irish nationality with a new set of title deeds. The Dublin International Exhibition was onicially closed on Monday, Gth Nov in presence of a large assemblage of citizens and visitors from all parts of the country, England and the continent.

America. —The work of reconstruction proceeds rapidly onwards, Troops are being rapidly withdrawn from the Southern States—barely 100,000 men now remain in the service. The Shenandoah business is likely to be amicably settled. There is a disposition on the part of the American Government to be friendly with England. The Fenian Congress has remodelled the Fenian organization after the plan of the Federal Government. Colonel John Mahoney has been elected President. The income of the Fenians amounts to <£G/>,OOO per annum, but the greater portion must be absorbed by the mere organisation. The New York correspondent of the "Daily News" says: —"I do not think the Fenian movement makes much progress. ; The laugh over it grows daily louder. The Secretaries and officers will

doubtless live like fighting cocks for the

next year to come, when the movement will probably die out or relapse into inactivity. The wrongs of Ireland have only a sentimental existence here. The really strong feeling is hatred to England, but invading Ireland promises so little towards gratifying this feeling that I do not believe it will be attempted." Francis Thomas Meagher has been appointed Governor of the territory of Montana. He cut loose from his countrymen during the war, and has no connexion whatever with Fenianism or any other purely Irish movement. Ex-President Davis still remains at Fortress Monro. He is in good health. President Johnson has announced that all arrangements are ready for an immediate trial.

Jasiaica.—A negro insurrection, which at one time threatened to be of a formidable character, has broken out in Jamaica, but by the energy of the LieutGovernor, Colonel Eyre, it was happily crushed. The negroes set fire to the Court-house, and as the inmates tried to make their escape by the door, they were brutally butchered by the ruffianly insurgents. Baron von Ketelholt" was literally cut to pieces. His right hand was cut off joint by joint, his head was cleft in two, and his brains were mixed with rum and drank by his murderers. Parson Hersehel had his tongue cut out before he was dead. White and brown men have been murdered in every direction. All who could not escape met a terrible death. Upwards of 200 of the rebels have been shot or executed. Some accounts say 400. The Baptist ministers and missionaries, together with a few political agitators have been the chief cause of the insurrection by exciting the passions of the negroe. A Baptist preacher named! Gordon has been executed. Maudlin sympathy in London has raised a tremendous clamor, and accuse the Jamaica authorities for having murdered the blacks. The Baptists are the noisiest in the outcry. That sect is said to employ its missionaries rather more in political agitations than in the legitimate duties of spiritual envoys. The prompt action taken by Colonel Eyre has successfully restored things to their usual quiet again.