... The IKing of the Belgians has passed through Frank- fort, travelling snider the name of the CAount des rArdennes. The latest advices from Mecklenburg state that the 0 cholera is continuing its ravages there. fi some b villages half the inhabitants have been carried ofL L Agricultural operations are quite auspended, and tho e cattle are let loose in the fields, as there is no one to tend them. ...

... FORE IGN MISCELLANY. From Bavaria we learn that on the 15th the Cathe- dl tl of Salzburg was in flames. The Ailyemeine Zeitlng estimates the costof thelate v ar at £52,000,000 sterling, distributed asfollo*s:- Atistria, about £20,000,000; France, £20,000,000; Piedmout, £4,,000,000; ?? States, £800,000; ?? £1,200,000; England, £8S0,000; Germany, £Z-,120,000. A. fourth volume or Pencillings by ...

... i -LATEST TELE GRAPHIC NEWS. BANK OF ENGLAND. At a meeting of the proprietary of the Bank of t England, held yesterday, a dividend of 44 per cent. for the half-year Was declared, leaving the rest at above £3,000,000. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. Up to Thutsday afternoon about 1500 men are esthoated to have gone in to work at the various establishments of the waster builders on the terms of the ...

... SCENES BY AN EYE-WITNEsS ON BOARD THE~ GREAT EASTERN. nd nd Some man who was engaged on deck near the falling funnel received a snost severe contusion on the face and head, and when taken to the infirmary he was recognised as the deaf and dumb sailor. Poor fellow, he was so fearfully alarmed that he appeared ut incapable of underssanding the particulars of what ut was going on around him on ...

... Z.(4AM11011 ?? tr~ug * I ?? S POPULI LoX 3URSMA. DOMESTIC I The Londlan Gazette contains a royal order In council with reference to the manning of the navy, and which extends the limited time for the payment of the reduced bounties of i £6 to able seamen and of £3 to ordinary I 3a'nen until the 30th November next. The Overland Mail (London journal) says that MKnjor-Gencral Sir Hope Grant is ...

... THE MEANS OF PROTEOTING SHIPS OF WAR. We see that a townsman of ours, Mr. Henry Lodge, hae taken out a patent for improved means of protecting ships, batteries, and other constructions or buildings from the effects of projectiles of various kinds; and it is certainly high time that engineers and men of science turned their attention to this department of naval defense. Our neigh. bours, the ...

... LATE ST A D TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. THE CONFERENCE. [REUTZR'S TELEGRAM.] ZURICH SEPT. 6. Autria desires a guarantee from Saruinia againsb all future secret intrigues in Italy previous to making ayconcessions at the conferences. lb is asserted that the principal object of the visit of Prince Metterc nich to St. Sauvour was to endeavour to arrange an interview between the E mrperors of France and Aus- ...

... Nam; .o ielway. i Sanse fff-yr's NnmoqBa way. VWeek. 185t. Total. Belfast and Ballymena.. 128t 1397 12965 B'lead, IL & Cheshire . 3022 2977 31268 Bristol aiid Vxeter ?? 7826 7615 69267 (Jcidoniao. ?? , 16200 13870 75924 Cork and Bandou ?? 277 297 309 Cork, B'rork, & Passage.. 436305 3543 3)eeld,,. ?? 3S3 344 7936 Dublin & BlfastJune.., 1341 1331 13357 Dundoe, P., &A. June.. 1OSS 1143 6941 ...

... An alarming colliery accident took place on Thu r- day afternoon, at the Silkatone Main colliery, Mosbro' Moor, the property of Mieesrs. Swallow. About three o'clock an immense amount of smoke was dis- covered issuing out of the drawing or up-oeast shaft. This was an indication that a fire had brokes out in the pit. There is a steam engine in the pit for the purpose of securing ventilation. ...

... IUMOURED SETTL MENT OF - THE :. -_4 0 eCRINESE DIFFICULTY TheParis correapondent of the ?? in: his letter on ,Tuesday evening, repeated. 'rumour, which was carrent in the French capitol;, to the effect that there is to be no Chinese expedition; that the head of the Peiho nasudarin has been proffered, in atonement, coupled with promisies ot all the. satisfaction that may be required, of im- . ...

... _ - . .. L. SPENCER, ESQ., of this town, ?? England, was admitted a member of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, on Thursday last. THE GREENTELL TESTIrONIAL.-The amount of sub- scriptions to this object amounted, up to last evening, to the sum of £342. MILITARY CONsCERT.-An attractive entertainment has been arranged for Monday, the 24th inst., at the Institu- tion, Avenham. THE ...

... IMPORTANT TO THE FAIR SEX. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE PRESTON CHRONICLE. SIR,-You will much oblige me if you will be so good as to insert the enclosed in your Saturday's paper, aud I hope the same may not be published in vain. I am, sir, yours, &c., September 5th, 1859. MARTHA. Martha, the economist, advises all ladies, &c., who wear crinolines to put a cord along with each steel; to let the cord ...