... THE GREAT FIRE IN CONSTANTI- NOPLE. The Levant Herald gives the followiag particulars of the great fire in Constantinople, some account of which has already appeared by telegraphShortly before midnight last night (Sept. 5) one of the most de- stractivefires whichhas devastate 1 thecapitalforthirty years, broke out on the Stamb -ul side of the Horn, in a house behind Baktche capoussi, and ...

... VISIT OF THE FYCHOW PARTY TO ? MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE. wAalnVw5r^M? Parfcy of Celestials, which, literally d-ed br the great Chang Woo Gow, Tnldfvyh °-f th& Weat'-end of Loudon on Tuesday, half the morning being passed by them in snttmg for their portraits at the rooms of the Loadon Stereoscopic Company. In the afternoon they had the honour of being received at Marlborough-house M!' ffiCefn-Ph ...

... EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH & FUN. The Bad Beef of Old England. A Lay of the Rinderpest. On fish and on poultry you safely can dine;, But to these I'd advise you your meals to oonSne Beware, lest you taste buttock, sirloin, or chine Of the poisonous beef of Old England; Beware of the poisonous beef The Rinderpest weekly, nay «aily, we see Extending itself in a fearful degree; For reasons explained by ...

... The meeting of this association at Birmingham ha been attended with very great success. Lecture have been given upon almost every subject, and mnci new and interesting matter has been introduced. From Birmingham, as a centra, the association ha divided, subdivided, and branched off from day to daj bent on excursions to places of interest in the sui rounding district. Special broad-gauge trains ...

... To the Editor of the USK OBSERVER. SIK,—Among all the institutions of this, our great country, it is a woild-vride acknowledged fact that none present a higher type, or are of a less exceptionable character, than those for the administration of Jaw and justice. Notwithstanding all the jealousies and angry contentions of brain-fevered litigants, aud ,the blighted hopes of doomed offenders, ...

... HARVEST SERVICB.—On Thursday evening a harvest thanksgiving service was held in the parish church. The sermon, which was a most suitable one, was preached by the Rev, Bury Capel, vicar of Abergavenny, from Psalms, cvii, 5 and 9. The choral part of the service was well. adapted to the occasion, and was performed with good effect. The thanks-offerings, which were gathered during the sinking of ...

... From our Neuralgic Contributor. BrE,-So you want comic copy do you ? Well! you won't get any from me, I fancy, unless you likt some- thing of this sort. Why is a bad tooth geierally called a hollow one P—Because it makes you aolloa. Or I'll send yon a parody, entitled Begone, dull Caries. No! I sternly refuse to write while suffering ii this way. Do you know what neuralgia is like P No not ...

... An inquiry was held by Dr. Lankester, at the Pirovt- fn,v.^ P P^dlnot°n, last week, relative to the two years & 7 H,ggfn3' The deceased was a domestic servant, but being cue of place was living with her mother at 23, Devonshire' street, Westbourne-road. She was keeping' pany with a young man named John Fawley, and several witnesses detailed the particulars of thE). quarrel which led to her ...

... ignorance.°f the Sicilians on the subject of the now .pravaleist in some parts of Italy, raiher straage ways. The Florence .of the 'Da%ly &eu>s saysPeople are fSfJii -vf8 ma% about in all directions ^Jn Ahe eubiQ3t ef the preventive ? ,fcIu3> another strange form of also tbzongla fear, has given aaats»PH in «• Carmi and other com- •hv ihA a**LG Wiiera bills have been placated ir, ...

... CHARGE OF CRUELTY AGAINST A CONFEDERATE OFFICER. The trial of Captain Henry Wirtz, who was for- merly in charge of the Confederate prison at Ander- sonville, has been opened at Washington before a military commission. All those accusations of cruelty pepetrated in Confederate prisons, which, in a pre- vious letter, I referred to as having been brought before the notice of a Sanitary Commission ...

... As a result of careful inquiry in America, it is believed that a portion of the cabinet are unwilling to have Jefferson Davis tried for treason, while there is reason for asserting that the President is persistent for having him brought before a civil tribunal. Chief Justice Chase is expected to arrive in the course of a few days for consultation With the President as to the time, manner, and ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA. NEW YORK, Aug. 25. Despatches from San Francisco of the 2nd report the ar- rival at that port of the crews of sixteen additional whaling vessels captured and destroyed or bonded by the privateer Shenandoah. The remaining counsel of Captain Wirtz yesterday asked for a postponement of the trial for eight days, to enable him to obtain assistance and a more complete ...