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      .. CO-NTiN ^ JB ^ fPAL : NiOTES . cftBLncr otf ^ ian ^ ania of commerce was concluded the i ^ thof Julybetween' France and Persia , arid the Ificatioris Were giyeri to the Minister of France on l' 4 th " . ' ' , ' _ ¦ . , , , Piie Mdniteur contains an Imperial decree , reducing duties on cast-iron , wires , machinery ,- &c , so as to ke them harmonise with the decree of Nov . 22 , 1853 . » duty on steel is reduced to 50 £ per 100

      Mlommes , and 70 f . in the case of steel wire for musical Tuments . The duty on machinery ranges between ' . and 65 f . when complete , and between 15 f . and 200 f . separate pieces , the duty gradually increasing in the erse proportion of the weight . The duty on tools of brent kinds ranges between 75 f . and 200 f ., and the duty is maintained on sickles and flaxcombs . I . Bineau , Senator , and lately Minister of Finance , ired at Paris on Saturday , from the complaint under ch he has been suffering for some months .

      . dreadful accident has occurred on the Versailles Iway . A passenger train came into collision with a jage train close to the Paris station , and was actually in two . It is thought that the number of killed > unts to fifteen , if not more , and the number of nded to upwards of thirty . Government is making rict inquiry into the cause . he Tribunal of Correctional Police of Brussels has l occupied during two days with a trial in which e English gentlemen were concerned . Mr . John well , Sir William Magnay , and Mr . John Master-. were charged with swindling—a charge based , acing to the Procureur du Roi , on the allegation that three gentlemen had appropriated the greater part

      lished in . the Constittitionnel . The writer says : — " Bankruptcies succeed bankruptcies here—the Tribunal has declared twenty to-day . The public establishments of credit appear , however , to suffer less , if the official report of the Minister of Finance can be relied on . He lately stated to the Council of the State Institutions of Credit that , notwithstanding existing circumstances , the banks continue their operations with satisfactory results . Moreover , the Minister announces that the loan of 50 , 000 , 000 roubles has been realised , and that the repayment of it will commence in 1857 . He informs us that the amount of the State Debt is 476 , 615 , 039 roubles . The operations of the commercial bank have increased their profits by 1 , 236 , 145 roubles ; but this is a small result , 600 , 000 , 000 of capital having been employed to obtain it ; and this is a proof how much Russia suffers from the present war . The Grand Duke Nicolas Nicolaiewitch is at present building a splendid palace . Marbles of Finland and Siberia have been ordered for this new ornament of tbe Russian capital . " An Imperial Russian ukase declares that General Bibikoff , in withdrawing from the post of the Minister of the Interior , is to preserve his functions as member of the Council of the Empire , and to continue aide-decamp to the Emperor . Telegraphic accounts from St . Petersburg i nform us that the Czar intends leaving the capital on the 13 th inst . for Moscow and Warsaw . He will be attended by Count Nesselrode , and i t is thought he will arrange an interview with the King of Prussia . A quarrel has sprung up between Sardinia and Tuscany . In July last , the former appointed Count Antonio Casati as an attach € to the Sardinian Legation at Florence ; but when the Sardinian Minister there asked the Grand Duke ' s leave to introduce the Count to hjm , the Prince refused . The Austrian Minister and the Grand Duchess are said to be the authors of this deliberate insult to Sardinia . The Sardinian Legation has , in consequence , been recalled from Florence . The reason alleged for the refusal by the Grand Duke is that Count Casati is the son of the former chief of the Provisional Government of Lombardy . The appointment of the Count had , however , beforehand been duly notified to the Tuscan court , and no objection had been made . The King of Sardinia has instituted a new military Order of Knighthood , which is intended exclusively for persons engaged in the present war . It is entitled the " Ordine Militaire di Savola , di Vittorio Emanuele Secondo , " and consists of three grades —< - Grand Cordon , Officer , and Chevalier . Private soldiers are eligible for the rank of Chevalier , which will carry with it a pension of l ~ 00 f . a year . The reports of the vintage vary exceedingly from different parts of the country , but the fact of wine having fallen in price nearly fifty per cent , in the market of Turin shows that the general prospect is considered good . With regard to the financial condition of Austria , the Times Vienna Correspondent says : — " The balance sheet of the Bank for August is so ver 3 like its immediate predecessors that it requires little notice . The ' accommodation' granted was 3 , 660 , 000 fl- less than it was in July , and the bills which the Bank , by express order of the Minister of Finances , refused to discount were those presented by some of the first Vienna firms . As the Bank has always discounted at four per cent ., merchants who understood their business have got rich simply by working with the capital of that institution . " The Oesterreichische Zeitung contains a very violent article , attacking the honour of the representatives of England in Wallachia and Moldavia . The writer of this libel observes : — " The popularity of A ustria in the Principalities is far greater than that of the English agents there . Among those agents are some who are highly paid , whose private character is such that they deserve to be expelled from all good society , and whose mode of life , both as private persons and as employes , is well calculated to call for the application of the criminal code . " The article goes on to observe that the English agents are always open to bribes , and that " the present Hospodar has been guilty of the crime of depending more on the firman of the Porte , and on the Austrian army of occupation , under protection of which the laws stftnd , than on the easily purchased support of English agents . " The King of Denmark baa been staying at Ringstad , tho ancient capital of the kingdom , where he has caused to bo opened several graves of tho early monarcha . The skeletons of some were found entire . Abd-ol-Kadcr is suffering extremely from " cholerine . " Ho lies on tho ground , and refuses to take medicine , alleging tho old Mahometan doctrine of fatalism as his excuse . " If I am to die , I must die : it ia written . " Ho is said , however , to bo recovering . Tho Captain-General of Catulonia has reported to tho Spanish Government that two Cnrliat bands , under chiefs named Guibort and Huignet , had been routed at Osort and Adra . An unfortimuto affair has just takon place at Malaga . Four sailors , belonging to an English vessel , quarrelled , while in a state of drunkenness , with some of the inhabitants . Two of them wore killed and ono wounded . Two or three of tho assassins have been arrested , and will bo severely punished .

      3 , 500 shares , and of a sum of 35 , 750 fr ., which had i confided to them to employ in secret purposes in noting the interests of the company , and in procuring lence in Belgium . For the defence , it was contended nothing more had been done than is constantly ! in England—namely , the distribution of shares or ey among those who may be in a position to promote interests of the line ; such expenses in England g entered in- the accounts as " Parliamentary exes . " Mr . Ashwell alone appeared ; the two other lemen being tried by . default . The Tribunal de-I that , as the acts of Mr . Ashwell which wer , e comled of took place more than three years ago , they ' , covered by prescription , and that the complaint nst Sir William Magnay and Mr . Masterman was

      sufficiently proved . The case was consequently dised . le items of Constantinople news which have reachedr t eilles by the Sinai are but slight . Riza Pacha has named Ottoman Minister to the Greek Govern-» . M . Musurus has been appointed to the rank of ash functionary of the first class . The Sultan has a visit to Sister Cellier , and left her 1 , 000 , 000 of ; res for the sick . The telegraph between Shumla the Turkish capital is finished , and despatches have already sent . Mehemet Ali Pacha , brother-in-law e Sultan , has been made Minister of Marine . It is that the ministry will shortly be completed by the tion of Mustapha Pacha as President of the Council , Veil Pacha as Minister of Commerce . The removal szet Pacha , Minister of Police , is also talked of . —

      news of the acceptance of the proposition of the ischilds for the Turkish loan ( says a letter from itantinople ) has produced the greatest sensation in financial and political world here . The surprise > een great , as no ono believed in conditions so faable . The advantages that Turkey now obtains the Rothschild loan had not escaped Mustapha ia , who is a man of an essentially practical chorac-Redschid Pasha was of a contrary opinion . An y discussion ensued on that point between him and ; apha , the result of which was the resignation of

      atter . issia , according to the Wanderer of Vienna , is enouring to bring about an understanding between ria and Prussia , with a view to win over France ; ! zar believing that the interests of France , Gerr , and Russia , may be easily reconciled . Commuk > ns with this object have , it is assorted , been made e Austrian cabinet ; but there is no reliable evi-> in eupport of any such fact . The Fremden Blatt i that tho St . Petersburg cabinet has made new witions for peace , " though in a most confidential lor ; " but , even should this bo tho case , it is certain

      will not be listened to by the Allies under tho prestate of affairs in the Crimea . On tho other hand , urs are abroad in Germany that tho policy of ria has undergone a change , in consequence of which ia " about to realise tho promises made to the » rn Powers ; " that tho Emperor Francis Joseph has i great offence at a demand from tho Court of ia for M material assistance , " convoyed in terms of y imperative nature ; and that Austria and Russia uerefore extremely cool and stiff with ono another . ie may believe these reports who like ; but it iu at needless to add that they arc in tho highest degree obable .

      me interesting particulars of the internal state of ia with respect to financial matters is contained in ter from St . Petersburg of tho 80 th ult ., and pub-

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      THE IRISH IN AMERICA . As an indemnity for the American Know-nothing ' movement , which is to deprive the United States Milesian of a large part of his influence west of the Atlantic , the Irish in America , or a body claiming to act in their behalf , are contemplating a descent upon their native land , with a view to wresting It from " the grasp of the oppressor , " and establishing an independent Ireland . Accordingly , at the Massachusetts Convention of Irish delegates from fifty-five towns in the State , held at Boston on the 14 th of August , a " platform" and address were unanimouslyadopted . The following arc the chief passages in the address : — " Address of the Massachusetts Irish Emigrant Aid Society to Irishmen in the United States .

      " Fellow-countrymen , — The time lias at length arrived for action . Every steamer that crosses the Atlantic to our shores brings intelligence of fresh disasters , distress , and difficulty to our old inveterate foe . Let us , therefore , unite in a bond of brotherhood to aid the cause of liberty for Ireland . The moment is propitious—the moans are in our hands . Let us use them—use them with prudence , with caution , but with devoted energy and tho determination of men whose birthright is a heritage of vengeance—vengeance of seven centuries of wrong , massacre , of spoliation , rapine , of tyranny , deceit , and treachery unparalleled in the annals o the world ' s history . " Remember Limerick ! Remember Skull and

      Skibberecn I And , oh ! remember tho long , bitter year a of exile , and think of that beautiful land , tho home of your childhood and your afiections , where repose the ashes o your fathers and tho martyrs of your race ; and say , shall no effort be made to wrest tho island from tho robber pirate who has so long hold her in tho gripe of tyranny , depressed the energies her people , and despoiled thorn of their inheritance ? It is for her exiled children to say , shull this cease , and Ireland be tt-eo , or shall the tyrant boust a perpetual tenant-rig ht of tho country ? .. , „ , un " The men in Ireland arc ready ; they wait on y the assurance of our sympathy and aid ; wisely t . ujMg % x ^ £ ^ & ^» zPv ~ tho vostncBB of tho opportunity printed to t . j r » : « «? . ; : » r r / ,,, ^ explosion .

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      THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND . ^ Her Majesty has arrived at Balmoral , there to find'fii the semi-solitude of mountain scenery , arid the , qui ^ t picturesqueness of the last remains of Scotch feudal customs , repose from the anxieties of state and the dazzling splendours of her recent Parisian reception ^ The public a week or two ago were startled by learning that the royal carriage on the northern line was unsafe , and had actuall y led to an accident . It was thought , however , that now there would be absolute safety ( humanly speaking ); but a series of mishaps on the journey of Thursday week , ending in the death of a man , again calls attention to the subject . Shortly after the royal train left the metropolis , it was found that some of the axles of the carriages were not in a satisfactory state . When the train arrived at Peterborough ,

      one or two of the axle-boxes were washed out . At Grantham , matters were found to be worse , and a man was then stationed on the footboards of the train , in order to grease the axles as it was running . At Retford , a telegraphic message was sent to Doncaster to have a fresh break got in readiness . At Bawtry , the train was delayed five minutes to allow the axles—all of which were overheated more or less—time to cool . On reaching Doncaster , the last break of the train was exchanged for a fresh one . After leaving Doncaster , and getting rid of the all-but-ignited break , the state of the axles of some of the other carriages was sufficient to excite the liveliest anxiety of the officials in charge of the train ,, and to require the most constant vigilance . On approaching Darlington , one of the greasers stationed on the footboards of the train came in contact with the

      girder railing of a small culvert bridge ; the collision knocked him off the train , and he was so crushed in bis fall that he died soon afterwards . At Darlington , her Majesty , Prince Albert , and the Princess Royal , who occupied the principal state carriage , were under the necessity of abandoning it , and proceeding for the remainder of their journey in one of the blue saloon carriages occupied by some of the younger branches of the family . An inquest has been held on the body of the man killed , William Haigh , the examiner of the carriages . It appeared that he must have got out of one of ttie carriages on to the footboard , for the purpose of greasing the carriage . There was no necessity , however , for his getting out . A verdict of u Accidental Death " was-r « - turned . The deceased , who was a very steady man , has left a widow and three children .

      The reception of the war news at Balmoral was celebrated by bonfires and great rejoicings in front of the Castle among the Highlanders .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 15, 1855, page 881, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2106/page/5/