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occasion of the Emperor's Fote in Paris. The illuminations and the lireworks at the entrance of the^hiii^P 3 Elysces created so much interest.' that the crowd Pupated, jtsglf Jby, tlie' bridge of- the .; l JJ£$ de la Concorde, and came into confcjjK7!ffirith/ "-ther croAvd, oijually compact, i contrary direction. So ; tljye mounted and horses, were borne along waves of the human sea° , the railings . of tliu Bight or killed on the or trampled on by the niimber of persons very great. The ..MuuaS^^HPJßmie Afiaii's and- the Prefect of Police arrived on the spot immediately, and the circulation was speedily re-established. The Emperor and Empress were much affected at the news of this frightful catastrophe, and sent succor and consolation to the families of the victims. They were composed, for the mos.tpart, of working men, ijiid peopjg belonging to the class of small shopkeepers., .;.•■■ . The Cmwn Pi'incess of Prussia is .seriously ill. . . . ' A banquet lias been given in honor of •tho I'late* Governor- of Jamaica. The Exeter Hall people gave ji counter banquet, proclaiming ex-Governor E}-re a niurderer. Cholera is abating in London sloAvly. Last week the; p were 1213 deaths over the usual estimated number. The late Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland made a speech in the House of Lords to the effect that Ireland is* in a most dangerous condition,.. "Siting to the hostile feeling against English rule. ■„ . Her Majesty continues in good health fit Balmoral, ' . The Prince and Princess of Wales were enthusiastically received at York, where 30,000 volunteers were reviewed under tluvgpmmand of the Duke of Cambridge. Parliament lias been prorogued. The Derby Ministry are still in power. : *ov*ij^ of the Queen's speech, / Allusion was hialfef'to a feeling of confiI deuce incommercial affairs being shortly ' restored, the Providential stoppage of the cattle plague, and the visitation of the cholera in England ; it indulged in pongratulations on tlie success of the laying pf the Atlantic cable, that our relations with foreign powers were most friendly, and in expectations that the late continental war may be the means of securing ji lasting peace between the belligei^ents { • it expressed deep regret at the wide spread revolutionary conspiracy in Ireland, fomented oy naturalized citizens of and the attempts to invade I but thanks the United States I Government for their services in maintainI Jug international rights. I Dr Cullen, the Cardinal Archbishop of B Ireland, states that the Pope is now reB duced to wretchedness, and will probably H abandon Rome to Italy. . I The British Government has released ■ the American Fenian prisoners, but they Hare not to return. H Tlierp have been serious riots in TipH" A foolism attempt to blow up the of Parliament with gunpowder has Scientific men state that the successful of the Atlantic cable will not of long duration. • : The King 6l Prussia's speech, on the of August, was telegraphed to New at a cost of LIOOO. Dom i estic mesLl per . . ...... Baker, of Nile celebrity, has been '•'■■■' •"•'-'■'■' George Peabody has presented the of Boston with one million of dollars W~ I' provide homes for the poor. -.> f A terrible boiler explosion occurred at iimcorn on the* 22nd August, on board a yacht belonging to Mr Buxton, of j^^Bresbury Hall. The engineer and capand four otliei-s ■ were killed, and persons in the' vicinity of the. (which was in the i^pck) Avero injured. ' prisoners hn.vtr bsQii convicted of a committed three ydfß-s ago, known Colliery Murder." TheEmin-ess V;s.Misxico has arrived at Paris, on a visit to the Emperor Napoleon. The object of her journey is believed to be an attempt to induce, the French to . Jpave their troops, in Mexico for another .year. 'It is stated that her mission lias / completely failed, the Emperor replying ,' that his engagements with the United , States, and the financial position of France,. rendered compliance impossible. I The Italian Government has issued an r fimijtesty in favor of all political offenders. I An insurrection has broken out in Candia, the Christian population having rebelled, and taken up anus, against. th/oV **w.i«ease of taxation imposed by the Turks." ■ The .'consecration of two colonial bishops took jdacp at Canterbury Cathedral, on the 24tli August :— Rev. Dr. Andrew Sal.ter, for Nelson ; Rev. Hemy Jenner, forDunedin.' The Rev. Samuel Wadlo\y, titalar Bishop of Graf ton and Armidalc. , i was prevented from appearing at the ceromony by illness. ' The Great Eastern left Newfoundland pn the 9th, for the purpose of. grappling for the cable of last year', but found, : that feW Terrible and Albany, whicli had started a week before her, had already picked up the broken line. ' : ' : . A large Reform meeting was held at Birmingham, .but. .both Mr John Bright and Mr Scholefield' declined to attend. A' ~ singular- circumstance i ! occuiTed in Scotland. Some men were engaged boring for iron .;: stone ' in. a field near Hagg'-s | Castle, when a,.q,uantity :. .of gas . discharged .! itself t-lu-ough the. bore-hole and became | ignited. It app'ea:^tliat one of the borers [ sat down on a, tool chest, situated about i forty feet from the bore, and proceeded I to light Ills pipe. That" considerable dis--1 tange. was not out of reach of the large , I volume of fii-e-damp, however ; for no ' sooner was the match struck tliari the poor TlfellQw, wliQ. thought himself far. out of "ihar.m ? s way, Avas enveloped in a ( sheet of X flame ; but he Avas only slightly burned (on tlje hands and face,, Qf cQurse; the •fire "was conducted to the fountain head V the bore, and there ii'was raging on Mmrsday night at ten o'clock ; and sHauld Jo effectual means be found to put it out, ( Via theopinionpf skilled persons that it |y .burn on for .a long period — months, ! thaps years. Wlien the fire , broke out y I workmeheiideavored, Avith stmit iron v Vf, Avhich they used as rammers, to 1 ;;'■ U P tae bore, but so strong Avas the I \1 of gas, that three or four sturdy men I I; 1 blown aside. A cast iron boiler, I tiding' several lnyilr^d. weight, avus.

thrown on the top of the flame, but ; it Avas instantly rent, and tossed into the air. Had not the gas cracked it,, and had it got a good hold of the stiff clay around the bore, it Avould probably have burst like a bombshell, and the consequences to the Avorkmen may be imagined. The boring apparatus lnwing taken fire had to be torn down, and the rods left in the bore, Avhich istAvo and a quarter inch, and has now attained a depth of 420 feet, and passed through the sandstone strata, j There is cA r ery confidence that the rods Avill be recovered uninjured on' the fire boiiig got under, as it is only on the gas coming to the surface and into contact Avith the air that combustion begins. The roaring of the flames, which reach from twenty to thirty feet in .height;, is very loud,, and sunilar to that produced by the letting off the steam from a high-pressure boiler. They are of brilliant shades of blue, yelloAV, green, and orange; and writhe and roll in Ji manner that no pyrotechnic dumlay could equal — throAying off before ; the Avind ribbons of flame variously colored.. -The " Glc-vsgoAv Herald," of the 18fch, says/.— "\Vo .learn that the flames suddenly ceased about half -past one o'clock' yesterday." Goodwood Stakes— Rama, 1 ; Special, 2.. The Cu^-Duke, 1 ; Tourmalin, 2. Obituary. — Earl of Craven, Captain A. E. Seymour, 11.N. ; the DoAvager Duchess of Northumberland ; Rev Dr Nicholson, of St. Alban's ; Sir James ; Sir Charles Hastings, M;D. ; Lady Capel ; Sir Henry Jones, G.C.8.; Rev J. M. Neale; Lady Hislop ; -Mr F. B; S. Smith (late Master o£ the Rolls) ; Professor, Grote, of Cambridge University. .