... A dispatch from New York, dated June 24, states that the transport Kentucky, with 1,200 paroled Con- federate prisoners on board, struck a snag near Shreveport, on Red River, on the 9th, and sank in three minutes. Over 200 lives were lost. Galveston, Texas, the last seaport held by the Con- federates, was surrendered to General E. J. Davis by Kirby Smith on the 5th.. In conseqnence the Presi- ...

... SUMMARY OF PASSING EVENTS. THE fruits of over-speculation continue to affect India in a remarkable manner. The last mails from the East bring intelligence from Bombay of a ruin- ous character. Failures, the papers say, take place every day, and mercantile men know not where it may end; few houses are considered safe, and commerce is crippled to such an extent that it appears quite in a chaotic ...

... The correspondent of the Morning Post, writing from Stockholm, says:- It was not difficalt to be foreseen that the trial of Pastor Lindbaok for the murders he had committed at Siibodal would not occupy much time after the quali- fied confession which had been made by him with re- gard to them, more especially when it is remembered that in this country the formalities of a trial are to a great ...

... A mother came before the magistrate at the Clerk- en,well Police-court, and told a sad story of a lost daughter. Her girl, she said, was only fifteen years of age, but she had left her home with a married man who had deserted his wife and three children, and, although she had made every endeavour to discover their whereabouts, she had been unable to do so. This week she. had received a letter ...

... Coronation Day. The anniversary of the coronation of her Majesty the Queen, which event took place at Westminster Abbey on the 28th of June, IQOO wa, duly celebrated in London with Royal honour? At Windsor the bells of the Chapel Royal, of St. George, and parish church, began ringing at an earlyhour, while Royal salutes of 21 guns were fired from Fort Belvedere and the Royal Adelaide frigate ...

... To the Editor of the Free Press. SIR,—In your highly interesting account of the perpetual curacy of Trevethin in your paper of last Saturday there were a few errors in the account of the ecclesiastical divisions, which I hope you will permit me space at your earliest convenience to correct, otherwise they may per- haps be cited hereafter as authentic, and the errors be perpetuated. For brevity ...

... ínrrr5pnllÙrnn. WASHINGTON AND DAVIS. To the Editor of the Free Press. SIR,—In your paper of July 1 you have in- serted another letter of Cosmopolite's, quibbling at my former letters. It will take too much of your space to show the untruth of his state- ments. I advised him, if lie wrote again, to be careful of what lie wrote, so as not to be guilty of such absurd misstatements and yet, in ...

... All will receive with satisfaction the announcemellf that in consequence of the Reduction in Duty, Ho}Ï/I' man's Pure Teas are in all parts of the kingdom sold Eight-pence per pound cheaper. Their Agents' Chemists, Confectioners,$c.—in every town, arc coil, stantly receiving fresh supplies. The decided prefer^ given during the past quarter of a century to these patd fectly Pure Teas, will be ...

... SCHOOL TKEAT.—The children of tbe Tlllvwain Church Sunday School had their annual tea party on Monday when a number of nicely dressed little boys and girls assem- bled to do justice to the tea and cake. The Rev. F. Bluett and Mrs. Bluett were untiring in their exertions to afford the scholars pleasure, and they deserve commendation for the warm interest they at all times manifest in the school. ...

... The libel case, in which the Rev. Charles Jones is plaintiff and Lord Lifford defendant, was resumed on Tuesday morning in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, before Chief Justice Monahan. The libel was alleged to be contained in a memorial sent to the Bishop of Derry by the defendant, charging the plain- tiff with preaching erroneous doctrines, and thereby causing St. James's chapel of ease, ...

... A collision took place on Thursday, near the station of Berre, between the express train starting from Marseilles at half-past eleven in the morning and an omnibus train. Two passengers and two agents of the company were killed. The number of wounded is not exactly known. According to the information received, the cause of the accident was this In consequence of some repairs in course of ...

... GENTLEMEN, AS the Dissolution of the present Parliament wil* soon take place, I beg to announce to you my in- tention of again presenting myself as a candidate for the honor of representing you in the New Parliament which will be elected. I have now enjoyed the high honor of being one of your County Members for a period of twenty-five years, and I trust that I shall not be found to have ...