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of the Mexico Finance Committee at Paris , by the Mexican Government , for the payment of the arrears and coupons due on the 1 st October next , this payment will be deferred . A systematic " murder of innocents , " by professional " country nurses , " has been brought to light in Paris . The details given by a Paris correspondent are of a most revolting , horrifying

character . The fiends in hnman shape who are alleged to have been in the constant habit of carrying on their atrocious trade will have few commiserafcors when justice , which it seems has remained rather too long blind in their regard , overtakes them . The Austrian Government are proceeding vigorously with the reorganisation of the army , of which the Archduke Albrecht

is appointed commander-in-chief . The Emperor will visit the provinces devastated by the war , next month . Peace , it seems , has been domvitely concluded between Prussia and Saxony . The treaty of peace is expected to be shortly published . Tho King of Prussia appears determined to be on good terms with his subjects . At the banquet he made some

spirit-stirring remarks on the conduct of both the army and the people ; and he has addressed a special letter of thanks to the municipial authorities and citizens of the city of Berlin . The story of the Pope having despatched a messenger with an autograph letter to the Queen Victoria , and of Mr . Odo Russell holding perpetual interviews with his

Holiness , which reached this country through an Austrian channel , is now flatly contradicted by the official organ of the Papal Government . The dull season , it must be remembered , is also the season of canards . The royal troops have arrived at Palermo , and the insurrection , so far as that city is concerned , is at an end . There was , however , considerable lighting at Messina . The Cretans claim to have achieved a signal victory over the Egyptian troops . According to their account three

thousand are placed hors de combat , and a large quantity of artillery and other munitions of war captured . The Princess Dagmar , accompanied by her brother , has left Copenhagen for St . Petersburgb , where her marriage with the Czurewitch will shortly be celebrated . A civil war is raging in Japan ; but the Tycoon is said to have proved more than a match for the disaffected Damios . It appears that discontent exists in

Pesth on account of a report that the Hungarian Diet will be convoked without the previous appointment of a Hungarian Ministry . Cholera is said to prevail now in Hungary to a greater extent than in 1831 . Messina has returned Signor Mazzini as its representative in the Italian Parliament . This probably gives a clue to the real

chavactev of the movement which has occasioned the sad events at Palermo and Messina , and which must not be confounded with brigandage . The Republican party is not yet wholly dead in Sicily , and should be conciliated . The onslaught on Palermo appears to have been a very inglorious affair . It is officially announced that the armed bands which

attacked Palermo have left behind them a large quantity of firearms , that about 200 of the insurgents have been arrested , and that the young girls of Sicily have drawn up an address for presentation to the King . Of the nature or purport of the address we are not informed , but it may he [ taken for granted it is an expression of loyalty . Count Bismarck , in spite of

the illnesss from which he is said to be suffering , delivered a speech on the 25 th inst ., in the Prussian Chamber of Deputies . The Loan Bill was under discussion , and he urged various reasons—among them the grave aspects of the Eastern question —in support of the proposal that the Government should have ample pecuniary resources at their command . The bill , as modified by an amendment proposed by M . Michaelis , was

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adopted . The deposed German Princes are making the best of their situation . The Duke of Sake Meiniugen , who has abdicated in favour of his son , quits with " profound emotion" the Government Avhich for five-and-forty years he has ruled with " affection and fidelity . " Tho Elector of Hesse , in releasing his troops from their allegiance , bids them remember

the glorious history of their ancestors for four hundred years . Meanwhile the Elector may console himself with a splendid reveuue and two princely domains . Tho weather in France is said to have been positively frightful for some time past . The result has been inundations tin-ought seveial departments . So extensive was the inundation on the 24 th instant in the

district between Moulins and Nevers that railway communnication was interrupted . If a telegram from Constantinople may be trusted , the Cretans have sustained a serious defeat near Mileea , and four districts have offered their submission . The Turks are pouring in troops ; and , according to a report which has reached Paris , divisions had arisen in the councils of the insurgents . It is needless to say that all these rumours

and reports must be received with caution . —A telegram from Florence announces the arrival in that city of Garibaldi . The French and Papal authorities seem to be on the very best of terms with each other . A telegram from Rome informs us that a grand banquet , which was indulged in by no less than 300 persons , has been given by the officers of the Pontifical

army to the officers of the Roman Legion , and that several French generals were present . M . de Sartiges , the Urencb . Ambassador ; the Duke de Montebello , and Colonel D'Arcy , were among the notabilities present , and drank toasts to the health of the F ope and the Emperor of the French . There are great floods in the central and southern parts of France , which

have somewhat interrupted the communications . The Prussian Parliament has been prorogued until the 12 th of November . Before the members separated the Goveroraent announced that the next session would be brief , in order to make way for the North German Parliament . The negotiations with Saxony are still in an unsatisfactory state . Cholera has again made its appearance in Egypt .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

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W . J . B . —We have written you by post . SunscBiBEiiS iy AIMHUB . —The following brethren and lodges having been Avrilten to repeatedly , and payment of the accounts due by them not being forthcoming , they are hereby fraternally requested to at once discharge their monetary obligations , so long overdue , as under , viz .: Bros . J . D . Norden , Queen ' s Town , Cape of Good Hope ; J . C . Frank ,

Belleville , Canada West . — Lodges : St . John's Lodge , Secuudarabad , India ; Lodge of Strict Observance , Canada West and Zetland Lodge , Cape of Good Hope . J . W . —Yes . Lodge funds and the proceeds arising from Masonic festivals , and other Masonic gatherings , may be and are occasionally voted towards Benevolent Institutions other than those appertaining to the Craft . You will find no lack of precedents for this recorded by us ; and you will find

that the whole of the proceeds of the collection after the service at the last Provincial Grand Lodge of Stafford were devoted to local Charitable Institutions , neither of them connected wich the Craft ; although the course pursued in this instance might have been open to just criticism Avere it not for the amount , which we consider to be very small indeed for such an occasion .