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London, September 27. Mrs Bravo died from drinking, 'fhe symptoms were not those of delirium tremens, but intense prostration, accompanied by gastric vomiting. ‘ ' _ ( The Middle Park racing stud realised 48,195 guineas. Three tine animals were purchased for Australia. In response to the strong appeals for mercy on behalf of Isabel Grant, condemned to death for stabbing her husband in a drunken quarrel, her sentence has been commuted to confinement for life., Mr Stanley has completed arrangements tor delivering 100 lectures in various towns in the U nited Kingdom on the “ Dark Continent. ” Mr Archibald Forbes has arrived in London, and is: preparing for an American lecturing campaign, which commences in December. The Queen subscribed 100 guineas towards the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Abercarne mine disaster, and other members of the Royal family have contributed smaller amounts. The fund has swollen to LIB,OOO, but fully L 30.000 will be needed. The inquest on the victims of the Thames catastrophe was commenced on the 16th, and is still proceeding.' The principal witnesses have been sailors or passengers on board the Princess Alice, and the general drift of their testimony is that the accident was caused by the sudden porting of the helm by the Bywell Castle. It came out during the inquiry, that the steersman of the Princess Alice at the time of the collision ■ was a man who had volunteered as a substitute, afid had never steered a passenger steamboat before. .. The Porte, yielding to’ strong pressure, is gradually giving effect to the provisions Of the Berlin treaty in respect to the territory ceded to Servin' and -Montenegro. ■ V Hobart Pasha left London suddenly on the 17th for Constantinople, to resume his duties as Inspector-General of the Turkish fleet. - He dined with the Prince of Wales on the evening previous to his departure. In consequence of the threatening demonstration by the strike agitators at Washington, two companies of troops have been ordered from Baltimore.

Six Orangemen implicated in tbe recent riots at Montreal are to be tried on a charge of belonging to an illegal society. , The potion is brought as a test case. On the 20th the Emperor was present at a grand military parade ; at. Cassel. He was on horseback, and his right arm was no longer in a sling. ■ ‘ i. ■ , The German Admiralty has ordered a cessation of the efforts to raise the Grosser ■ Kurfurst during winter, but the British authorities urge a speedy removal of the wreck, owing to the danger to the navigation,of the Channel. -j.