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FDREIGN; raiBMrlGENCE. .-AMERICA Per the Persia we have news to the >13th inst;; but, excepting the following, tie- rest of, the telegrams are 91 not of popular interestr < Jan 12 Extensive frauds in the Custom-house of New York^the Treasury Department Of Washington, the Navy Ysfoj ^^2-_ lyn, and. the public offices continue to be. discovered. aa*. Fernando Wood yesterday proposed to appointa J sional compilttee.to investigate iho-admin lstrat^n or Miajra lirttttta departments, as weh as the charger ag^st uenera Butler afc(N*W Orleans.. The-proposition was rejected ny^a vote of 76 to 63. In order Ahat the rejection should not appear in-too scandalpus^light, M^F^tonlW vud a resolution to inqSire into frandBlH IbfeCuBtom;- house, which was adopted. Jan.J [ lve&Msconts report the-Confederate s'fri {be Shenandoah Valley to be tailing back. A Confederate cavalry force made a descemt upon' <t>ne of the camps of the Army of the Potomac on the night of the 10th, and captured 17 men and 36 horses. The following dh. jthe Confederates, attacked aTedetfttasle train, and captured five men. ;■ ~T ;•
DENMARK AND GEBMANY." i -
DENMARK AND GEBMANY." i Official information has been received by ,Hpr .Majesty's- 'TeAtoent that Austria andTrttssiateftise to suspend or delay the entryt of their troops intO 'SrtlleswIg. This piece of news waft aU the more disagreeabliftoecauselt was so little expected. Of course the prospect of. var, iiow becomes more and more menacing. The only chance of its being averted lies in tSe possibility that the interval which. mnut41a»ri the Austrian and Prussian troops can reach the Schleswig frontier may allow to the Danish Go- vernment some opportunity oryetldeyls^pg^v compromise, f^ifiiiahffa "fimqly.sacrlftee. i
Utiseellitncotts Jirfellijeitte.
Utiseellitncotts Jirfellijeitte. HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLOIRIAL .A RAILWAY PERFORJIANCI.—The Frenph papers J "gravely tell us that we have had a theatrical represen- tation on a railway between Liverpool and Manches- ter, thetrain being fitted up expressly for the purpose. This most be' newwfto rAost, bnttbfr Jbyr^nrvff-qt t1, # WWW JBOOU* TT~O dr& vuiuT toe rotuiuea roof is-furnished with chandeliers, throwing out a bright light. The Bides are formed of sounding-boards. By these mechanical arrangements all possibility of ex" ternal noise has been removed Imagine als5 a recess in which musicians with their instruments can play, 4k stpge raised six feet above the noor of the carnage, and you have a tolerably correct idea of this extem- porised r^ilway th^tre. The pieces represented are so arranged tfiat a scene finishes at each station, and anotther commences on the way to the next, When there is a stoppage of a quarter or half an-hour at any place the drop act falls. On the 8th of December, 1863, M. Smarthe made the first trial at this theatre, with his company composed of twelve performers. A piece very popular in England was represented, and the. programme had been handed to each spectator with his railway ticket, at the station. The-piece was ØU8Ce8ful. ■. • ffiBwEdis VP A^DEPEAT !—In the Visitors' Book at Amtftreej where 'there is a good inii,-thd Hon. Fox )(Ié (afterwards Lord Dalhousie) wrote the fol- kw^.Hiite,atftat»bte»dfef»tby Lord Rejected by the men of-Pierth' Cast on the WTFFLDFM ex-M I\, I S ought AND-WOED A-quiet retreat AMONF: thj; wilds, sweet AMHH^ASNF II;" ANCIKHSC BRITISH PEAHLS. — Th* kpaafl-j öf Britain were celebratedi^thedayBftf old (says a writer in Once a Week). !p.iat()fy preserved that the tradition it ^as raifl eourde M wealth that tempted' the Romans taourshores, and more than one ancient writer refers *>: th^ttWrieidy* stoddbd with BritfeH pearls,' Vhich Cassar suspeaded as an offerilik,in -the temple of ftl jfcaottj Tacitus mentions pearls among the Pfqdtooie inland, but adds that they were gene- hue. This, he suggests, was owing to tne carelessness and. ineinBrU«ra 0f tha" persons who collected th?m, w.h° did not plucft tb«, persons who collected th?m, w.h° did not plucft 'the shellfish alive from the but were content to gather what the waves cast on the beaeh. Pliny and other# also describe them as inferior on account of their duQicls and cloudiness to the jewels of the East. Conning down to times less remote, we find Hector Boece, iii tfie 16th century, expatiating upon the pearls of Oaledoftia with much enthusiasm. They were, he ■ays, very valuable, "bright, light, and round, and ■oaetimes of the Quantity or th.e nai^. of one's little fiOg«r^:> yiu- To WEARERS OF CASHMERE S&AWLS. — The MaJtarajah of Cashmere is taking:ateps to check the further deterioration in the quality of shawls manufac- taved it MtTAMmnions. With this view his highness hm ixgqw tivo: follawing:- j l £ ie prevlotti Circular addressed to the manufacturer of l wallbfief and not sufficiently comprehensive. Be it I kniwa tluifrln the city of Siree Nagger, alias Cashmere, a paradise oh" earth, the'number of men and women employed TO tne occupation of tibawl-weaviug aggregates 70,000; and, in &ct,-nearly all the inhabitants of this far-famed city are connected with the trade. That owing to the dulness of I the market in England and France, caused chiefly by the lulbrlor B^Scriplion"of shawls manufactured, many trades- xnSRr>aud merchants have t)een subjected to he^vv lofes andy to'lwiftkraptcyj and a large proportion of weavfers have «een thrown out of employ. tour through Cashmere the fj^unatano* occupied his chief attention; and from ™*8nfarmatio» he obtained he ordered a set of rules 10 ^.established.in order to Bare both manufacturers andfeaderfc Tae PonriiATioN OF Romp, The population, of 201,161. Home contains 34 cardinals, 36 "WUppa, 1,457 priests and clerks, 367 seminarists, 2,569 2,j031,nun«L 660 male collegians, 1,674 female inmate qf gchools, 947 male inmates of charitable J mV^"Jtions, 1,180 female ditto, 40,827 families, 92,024 1^eftuj2<819 women, 30,235 married men, 28,201 Women. 4,301 widowers, 9,447 widows, 59,015 bachelors, 50,171 spinsters, 5,17o soldiers, 387 prisoners; population, 311, and 4,490 Je^s.. Accord- ing to this stateinent, the ecclesiastical population, so ■ofteH thought to be overwhelmingly numerous, would b« reduced to 1,894 individuals of the secular clergy or pnests, 2,569 of the regular clergy or monks,, and 2,W& nuns—making in all 6,494. There are in Rome 6 seminaries, 19 collected, 16 charitalile inatitttions, 15 conservatories, and 43 schools directed by nu np, 56 religious orders (of which that of the Jesuits reckons anoat members, namely, 344, and that of the Arme. aiians the fewest, namely, 1). The nuns belong to classifications, and have been of late rapidly ncraBiug A-X OPPOETUNIXT OF LEARNING !It is still a matter of greatest surprise (remarks the Rich- mond correspondent of the Times) to those who are cognisant of the endless experiments in guns.and pro- J? 7* 1 which are every day made by the Federal and erate States, that England has not bought it worth her while to attach to the armies of both nations such a wmthission as M|Otellan had in the Crimean war, _à a /fieW to their gaining such ^scientific in- formation with regard to ordnance and projectiles as at aom-be gained nowhere else on earth. PftBBrtMoiT liproptf • — A WasJjijdigton ,corj?e- spondftnt "Sayfe that* Mr. Lmcoln is a mere shadow of what he waot a year a$.°- The c^pps of (tfioe skle evi- dently Wearing upon him with fearful effect. He is a man who devotes his whble attention, night and day to his official duties, allowing himself no relaxation. His friends Ira. shrined for his continued ill-bealthj and insist upon Jus allowing himself more leisure for diversion from the distracting thoughts that press upon his brain. Ww HOPE so !—By the way, I suspect that the n,-Q-imwrnes duty will be reduced {fÍ!ayÍi a writer in a London., coatemporary). It has been three times condemned by the House, and I do not see how, without disrespect -to. the ,Commons, the Chancellor can pass it by. This -Year,. Perhaps Is, 6d. from this dutyt»nd.4cL from the idoome-tax (some say Id,), and some change in the regulation of the sugar duties in- volving no great loss, will be the extent of the Chan- i cellor of the Exchequer's operation". WCANW. MAY VoTE i The Court of Queen's Bench in Dublin, have decided that women have a right tO 'vote for town commissioners. The Chief Justice stated that the 22nd sections the Towns Im- provement Act clearfy gave the right to vote to every J person of full age, duly qualified by property, without adding anjthiiig. to indicate that I I pexsons 1, meant males only. Women, therefore^ had a .right to vote under the Act. Mr. Justice O'Brierr, Mr Justice Hayes, and Mr. Justice 1 itzgerald concurred m this, view of the law, and the last stated that he must not be understood aa depying that ladies were entitled to flit as town comi is-awners as well as to vote for them. The process of voting has nothing in it repugnant to their habits.. They have only to state for whom they vote, and answer one or two questions. Women vote ^r pott-law guardians. DISEASED CATTLE..—A conviction of some importance has taken place before the magistrates at Worcester, who have expressed a determination on a fottaer occasion of putting the Jaw, in force with the view of preventing the exposure of diseased cattle for v local markets. At the last Worcester Pair, u Monday, a' cattle dealer named Slade brought a herd of 20 or 30 cattle for sale. In consequence of ?, f 06 in the district of a disease among cattle called the toot amd mouth disease, an officer has been appointed by, fle town council whose special duty it is to watch the taw* and see that no diseased sheep or cattle are exposed Idt, ligae. St therfl 'On Monday the inspector (Berridge), while on duty in the cattle-market, examined Mr. Slade a rtotrt) i|ind found among them two cows which exoiwted symptoms of disease. He accordingly seized them, nd. summoned the owner before the iaagistratcSi ATidence was given by him, I (hlfAU v«l« bIDS J j 'Ii' — and by a veterinary surgeon, that the cows were so affected, and the disease was contagious and infectious. The animals foamed at the mouth, and had sore mouths n.ri famyniea. And. zwoUan-ke. • T5c~ vcleimary- ■ surgeon said that the owner. could not plead ignoraiice. of the fact, for Wo persbn at'all acquainted with cattle could fail in detecting--the-disease. The magistrates ,^oocdiagly convicted the drfendant/ Utoing Kim 7?. and costs, and ordering the cattla to "be (JetaiBid until cured, and the extra coata-of their cure and maintenance to be paid ,by the defendant bef»re; the 00 ws were given up to him. AN INTERRING$E^FC.JLMQNG certain articles dtjg up at YorktoWn, Virginia, by Northernsoldiers, last winter, (says an American paper), was a small red stone, which, upon cleaning, proved to be a_ garnet; and a' further inspection revealed the interesting 'feet that it; had onoe formed a part- of the sfgiiet-fing of the Mar- quid de Rochatnbeau, the litterty-loving cortmander of the Prench army in this country, who acteil in coricert. with Washington in plans which won for us the battle of Yorktown. It dontains the noble count's m6it<J 1n Latin, and his family !anst. iRECR&ITiNG THE ENGLISH APiiY.It is jh$t ten. years ago since the Russian war broke out; our Urmy. was then largely augmented, and thousands of recruits were raised during 1854, and '56, to strengthen and replenish our small and decimated army. It was then for the first time that our. "Limited Enlistment Act" came into full and serious I operation. During the corresponding years of 1864, '65, and '66, thousands of our present effective soldiers will have completed the period^ of their engagement, and we have no power to retain them. On this the Army and Navy Gazette says Suraly It Is time that those in authority turned their at- tention to tMx matter. Why not hold some inducement to these men, by a grant of additional pay, or some other advantages, to renew their engagements t The value of thousands of thoroughly effective soldiers is too great to risk their loss. How can we replace these men, or do without them, if war breaks out ? THE REPEAL OF THE MALT-TAX.—The agita- tion for the repeal of the malt-tax is vigorously kept up as a timely warning to Mr. Gladstone. On Satur- day a "repeal" meeting was held in Leicester, at which Lord Berners, Lord John Manners, M.P., and Mr. Packe, M.P., attended. A considerable number twuuuut; gencry ma mrareBf were -also: present. Lord Berners expressed himself strongly in favour of total repeal, and the resolutions adopted by the meet- ing took the same course, but Lord John Manners was not so sanguine. He thought, if the farmers got half of the duty they would do well. A county meeting was also held in Warwick, at which Mr. Newdegate spoke, and the high sheriff occupied the chair. Here the tax was viewed not only as afi injustice to the farmer, but as an injury to the beer-drinking com- munity. The resolutions advocated repeal, and Mr. Newdegate promised to present a petition in its favour to the House of Commons, but declined to give it his support until he saw what could be substituted for the six millions raised by the tax. An anti-malt tax dinner was held in Nottingham, at which a delegate was elected to attend the meeting of the Central Association, held in London on Monday last, BURNT TO DEATH. —An inquest was held in London on Saturday on the body of Miss Thorne, who had been burned to death. She had been" Colum- bine" at the Pavilion Theatre, and on the 6th of January was dancing, when her dress swept over some gasJights, and in a moment she was wrapt m names. These were soon extinguished, but she was so severely burnt that she died a few days ago. The evidence given at the inquest was'to the effect that the lights were not fully protected, and the inquiry was ad- journed in order that the Lord Chamberlain's regula- tioniw-to tha protection or stage lights should be laid before the jury. THE The papers are. full of the deaths of vety Aid people carrifed off by the' reoettt cold. Twelve nonagenarians died last week, and in this at least two persons said to be over a hundred. The oldest recorded is a lady of 107, who married for the first tiino, at sixty. We entertain a hundred. The oldest recorded is a lady of 107, who married for the first tunfl, at sixty. W e entertain a good deal of suspicion about these very_ high figures, i Xhat people do reach himdxed is pertain, but every year above that increases the necessity for strict evi- dence. The statements of centenarians about them- selves are not worth a straw, aud as they must have outlived all contemporaries, documentary evidence, old Bibles, or baptismal cértificatesare alone trustworthy. Age exaggerates itself to the imagination, nonagen- arians generally feeling like the villager who said she did not know her age accurate, but it warn't less than one thousand" A ZUMMERZET" STATEMENT.—At an inquest held on Monday, in Wells, a loquacious female, whilst giving her evidence, spoke of a youth slightly de- formed, whom she called Charley, and said se- riously that he went backwards and forwards for beer so often that his figure had become bent in the shape Iota jug. The old song tells us that "Fat Toby," a noted tippler, died the size of a Dorsetshire butt, but this is the first time we have heard of the human figure assuming the likeness of a jug. A DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE FRENCH COURT. —There is no need to describe the disappointment and dismay occasioned by the countermand which came from the Chamberlain on Monday, announcing that the ball which had been anticipated with so much eagerness at the Tuileries was put off in consequence of Imperial grippe (remarks the Court Journal, which further says):— The most curious scenes arose from the late hour at which the counter-order had gone forth. A great portion of the invites were unable to get the information, and at the usual hour a great number of carriages, containing ladies splen- didly attired in full costume de bal, were seen hurrying to the palace with all the haste and eagerness usual on such occasions. At the Imperial dinner-table the subject had, however, been discussed, and the most humorous con- sequences of the sudden decision suggested; and, as the deceptions and misfortunes of our fellow-creatures invari- ably create more mirth than compassion, great laughter and merriment were of course occasioned at the expense of the imaginary victims. His Majesty joined in the laughter, but, immediately on rising from table, gave orders that two aides-de-camp should be stationed at the grand entrance, in order to receive with becoming gravity and politeness the guests who had been thus misled, if any should arrive. And well enough was it done, for dozens of carriages, as we have said, kept rolling in, and the thoughtful kindness of the Emperor was much appreciated wheii a brilliant aide-de-camp, all covered with stars, and ribbons, and gold embroidery, advanced, and, placing his hand on the window, conveyed In polite and courteous language ineir majesties* regres as me disappointment experienced, instead of the tired and irritable lackey who otherwise would have executed the unpleasant office with the rude andsillky curtness peculiar to'the "leameees" of every land. A PRUSSIAN ARMY HELD AT BAY !-When a Prussian battalion was on its march through a portion of Hessian territory, a local officer of Nenndorff, at- tended by a single policeman and by all the boys of Nenndorff, placed himself at the border ditch, and in- dignantly warned them off. It was in vain the com- mander of 1,500 men pleaded a French errand it was in vain he begged the minor Cerberus not to make a fuss about so insignificant an affair, when be knew he might save the troops a day's march in this excessive cold by giving the necessary permit. Hesse Electoral stood toner colours, and refused to come to terms. At length the opposing parties effected a compromise, and agreed that the soldiers should pass through, minus their arms, the latter being loaded on waggons and escorted by the identical policeman, followed by all the boys. And thus it was that the gallant Prussians continued their march towards Holatein and glory. DEATH OF A GREEK SCHOLAR.—By the death of Mr, Burges, of Hamsgate, a literary pension of 100Z. a year fallB back to the nation. Mr. Burges was known to a past generation as a Creek scholar. He spoke Greek as readily as he could English, and he was one of the fiercest critics of the late Bishop Blomfield as a Greek editor. At one period of his jife Mr. Burgea was a man of considerable property, but he was also a speculator and an inventor, and in both characters came to very severe grief. But his old antagonist, the bishop, came to his relief unsolicited, and procured for the impoverished scholar, critic, and translator, a pension as a literary man who, had done good service in his day. Mr. Burges was an excellent coachcr to aspiring students-many of whom belonging to Cam- bridge, will hear of his death with regret. This some- what eccentric gentleman died at the age of 76, the age wjiich his own father had very nearly attained when Mr. George Burges was born, at a remote station in India. NECESSARIES FOR A WIFE !-A point of con- siderable importance was decided by the Lords Justices on Saturday, The wife of a Mr. Hooper became possessed-or a-violent fit p £ jealousy against her husband, and accused him of infidelity witt/every woman of their acquaintance. It was admitted that there was not the slightest ground for her accusation?, but the lady was not to be disabused, and she at last proceeded so far as to raise an action against the- husband in the Divorce Court, Before it could be heard Mr. Hooper died, which of course put an end to the suit but the solicitor to the lady claimed on the husband's estate for his costs, on the ground of neces- saries supplied to the wife. The Court now held that this claim was not justifiable, on the ground that he had not made due inquiries before commencing the suit, and they refused the solicitor's claim with costs. TALES OF THE RECRUITING SERVICES AT NEW YORK.—The Supervisors' recruiting committee are allowed to re-enhst all soldiers whose term in the field expires at any time in 1864, paying them the bounty at once, and the term of service commencing from the new enlistment. Supervisor Biunt's dumb-waiter, or trap-door, works to a charm. As soon as a recruit is passed, the chairman hands his 300 dols., stands him on the trap and cries, Go and down he goes in (a twinkling, like a bag of sugar or a box of red herrings, into the regions or basement below, and finds himself, before he knows it, among a score or BWQDF boon com- .j* j., ;y;'¡: I. ¡1 fJ:.J (í:.¡1! j'- .I: r .Msd panions, ^bfytnjd'tlre ^ssifcltftyrb^g*«atfifd|bt sharpers, w&io'are j 16olf"OT\fc fc the gallant fellows out ol their money. Mr. Blunt has fiUnd up tlua r«*tvptrrvn warm and com- fortably, and at 3 o'clock every afte.raoon they are aH aiarchad off, with drums-beating and colours -fiymg to head,quarters, ^nd jthe. following, day ,ck)thed m bltfe toggery and transported to_ Kiker,a dsland- I ne Women .have beoome extra patriotic, and dire dffering to enlist..One bu3 £ omilass writes to' 'Mr. Bliht that she is a full and able-bodied woman, fit for the soldier s Glothe& aod the field, and if she can only pass the sur- geon's, examination, which she tens 'the chart man there Should be no difficulty about, ig,, sure she would better wldie^ than anyminhtfw in the field, mpe".or to receive her. ,It 'is'some- what dgubtful if the supervisor will look .upon her case inftt name flattering light the would-be volunteer 'do$J., !'It.is a case ctf'rtpdfUMito p^iotwnr/and 'wfll probably be allowpd to PIIWever.-New York Times. PARISIAN GAIETIES.—The second grand ball of the season was given at the Tiuleries on Wednes- ■ day last, and ^s even ihoire'Brilliant than the firs|. The presentations made by the diplomatic body and by the Grand Chamberlain commenced at nine, and At about ten the Emperor and Empress, accompanied by' th& Imperial family, left the Salon Louis XIV., and proceeded through the Galerie de Diane to the Salle des Marechaux. Dancing commenced immediately after. The Kmpress wore a white auze dress, trimmed with garlands of acacia, and rouad her beck and on her head diamonds on black velvet, The Princess Mathilde and the Princess Clotilda were also in white; the Princess Anna Murat in white and blue the Princess de Metternich inwhite dress trimmed with floWetu, and round her neck asuperp,necklace of diamonds and black pearls. Amongst the most striking of the «t^ier' toilettes'werfe those of the Mar- quise de GallifeV, Duchesse de Morny, Ptaronue Hauw. mann, &c. Supper was served at twelve, and at three the final galop was danced in the Salle deg Marechaux. JESTING AT THE GALLOWS! A Now York paper says:— ear the Provost Marshal's head-quarters is erected a kind of long-backed gallows, the horizontal beam being about 15 feet from the ground. On this were perched, Hke crows, two black and one white culprit, Federal recruits. The white man sat doggedly astride, but the negroes wriggled about, and even in this position fouDd some food for fun. Yah I yah I heard one of them say, I'm glad the've put. me into a cavalry regiment, any how," and he went through the motions of riding on his timber steed. CONFUSION OF NAMES.—The "New York Tri- bune" represents that people are puzzled on hearing or reading that Mr. Brown or Mr. Harris has said or done something in Congress which they could not believe the said Brown or Harris would do—the truth being that they forget that there are three Browns and three Harrises in Congress. Congress has already three Clarks, three Diavises, and three Johnsons. Aa for duplicates, there are a score of them. But the Tribune notes that" the Smith family were scan- dalously overlooked in the elections, and but one of them was chosen Mr. Smithers, of Delaware, Just escaped being a Smith. In the more numerous English House of Commons the Smiths hold their own there are eight of them, without classing the member who uses the last vowel in the alphabet as "just escaped. There are five Barings, four Bruces, Egertons, Hamiltons, Pedis,, and Kussellsthree Berkeleys, Forstert, Johristones, Lennoxes, Pagets, Powells,- aud;Seymours an^ some seventy'instances in which tQ members bear the same sqrnwnei So thafr nearly 200 members of the House of Commons have 4 name- sake in Parliament with them. In three or four cases a still closer similarity obtains; and when, fbr in- stance, anything is set down to Berkeley," the constituency of each member Who might be so described must consider, (as the Tribune has it) whether it is likely said Brown would -soff,.or [00) that." THE CIRCASSIAN REFUGEES.—The'following is, taken from a Trebi^oiid.letter of the 2nd The state of the public health in thirf quarter has been seriously imperilled by the crowding together here of some 10,000 Circassian immigrants, whom the rigorous proceedings of Russia have compelled tQ desert their homvs and seek shelter wherever theymayflnd it. The inclemency of the present season, aggravating the destitute condition of these unfortunate people, has produced an alarming mor- tality amongst them, arising chiefly from smallpox, typhus fever, and scurvy.. It is due to the iQcal autho- rities to state that every possible assistance-, has been rendered to the sufferers in this emergency, and the Governor, Enim Pasha, has exerted himself in a, most kind-hearted' and active manner to secure for them the necessaries", of life. Subscriptions have also been raised by thO SUterent communities, and the European colony have dona their utmost in co-operating with the local authorities. C.R-S. Stevens, the wife of the British Consul, organised a lottery last week on behalf of the Circassians, which produced a thousand francs for their benefit. The ladies of the-Roveftofs household contributed fourteen prizes, and the European ladies vied with one a'l- other in a spirit-of generous- emulation tO' &tlgffient the number of presents. A FEW "WORDS ON JFIRES.—As London grows and grows, the number of hres recorded every year in the vast agglomeration of brick and mortar increases also. Thus in 1863 the total was 1,404, being 101 more than in 1862. Assuming the population of the metropo- litan district to be about 2,800,000, this would give about one fire annually to every 2,000 inhabitants. Liverpool, with a population of 450,000, had 297 fires in 1863, or one to every 1,500 inhabitants Manchester, with a population of about 360,000, 238 fires, or one to every 1,510 inhabitants; Glasgow, with a population of 410,000, 221 fires, or one to every 1,855 inhabitants; Dublin, with a population of 260,000, 174 fires, or one to every 1,490 inhabitants; Edinburgh, with a popu- lation of 170,000,127 fires, or one to about 1,350 inhabi- tants; Sheffield, with 190,000 inhabitants, 51 fires or one to every 3,670 inhabitants; and Leeds, with210,000 inhabitants, 47 fires, or one to every 4,470 inhabitants. Leeds thns appears to be the centre of British popu- lation in which the devouring element" is most effi- ciently kept in subjection. It is worthy of note that, of the 1,404 fires which occurred in London last year, 227 were in some way or other connected with carfdles, 39 with children, 123 with flues, 100 with gas, 26 with lucifers, 31 with tobacco smoking, 107 with sparks, and 26 with stoves, while the cause of 487 remained an unsolved mystery. SOMETHING LIKE A Row !—The Rev. Mr. Gil- fillan has been lecturing on politics, in tbd- cburse of which he remarked i It is generally understood that the first shot, let it be fired where it may, will awaken all the guns on the Continent, and that then shall be seen the awful sight of a blazing Europe responding to the fires of a blazing America, like Vesuvius replying to Cotopaxi across the deep. SENTENCED TO DEATH !-A fusilierofth lOOth Regiment of the French Line, named Cuq, has juat been tried before a military tribunal at Lyons, charged with having deserted to the Russians when encamped before Sebastopol, on the 16th of June, 185, and with having betrayed to the enemy the secret of the intended attack on the 18th of the same month. Cuq has since resided in Russia, and now speaks the language with re- markable facility. He had recently come to the port of Nice while engaged on board a Russian vessel bound from Odessa, ana was arrested by a police agent,' who recognised him from the description sent round to all the stations. The accused declared in. hia defence that he was taken prisoner by some Cossacks, while fishing in the Tchernaya. The charge of betraying the plans of the allies to the enemy was not proved, hut a num- ber of witnesses who were heard, being unanimous in declaring that he had swum across the river and inten- tionally given himself up to the Russians, the court con. victed him of desertion in time of war, and sentenced him to death. PLEASURES OF TRAVELLING TO WASHINGTON. -A baggage car from Philadelphia ",s precipitated into the Susquehanna river, in 40ft. of water, on the 5th inst. Mrs. Bowers, the actress, lost 15,000 dols. worth of dresses and numbers of ladies found themaelreS-at the Washington hotels with "nothing to wear." A debate arose in Congress on the need of better com- munications with the capitol. An Illinois, member re- commended a removal to a.more central and eligible place and a member from Pennsylvania suggested the valley of the Mississippi, where, he said, the water will take more good liquor than any other, and still bo wholesome. r A MARTIAL YOU WO .LADY !—An American paper says:— A young lady:cd sixteep SUDIWeT.Iately arrived at IÂuis- ville, who had served eighteen months iu the army, being connected with seven different regiments, participated In several engagements, been seriously wo tin Jed twice, ancl had been discovered and. mustered out of service oisht times. SI10 is a Canadian by birth,, and is bound to (igtvt for the American 1/nion. -0 THE PROFESSOR AND THE EEL.—P10F(^S0R ^YNI dlI, in his last lecture on electricity, delivered to a juvenile audience, at the Royal Institution in London boiug desirous to create an elfect not likely to li« f„r'. gotten by his hearers, introduced a very lar^e „ tub of water. The professor passed an induced ^i-r^? of electricity through the creature. This, however did not appear to be agreeable to his eelship, as he struggled violently but as this was not sufficiently striking, a still more powerful current was pasied through him, when, to the astonishment of the juveniles and the dismay of the professor, the eel jumped clean out of the tub, and began wriggling about upon the floor. Three eager assistants immediately darted upon him to return him to his tub, but, like Laocoon and his sons fighting with the serpehtsy they only succeeded in getting well twined, at)otit by thd «el, for he was far too strong and slippery for them to hold, and as fast" as' one end was put into the water the other escaped over the other side, causing roars of laughter amongst the boys, who fully appreciated the new actor's endeavours to amuse them. The professor in vain directed the efforts of his underlings the eel was not to be caught until the Deus cx r.iachina, in the shape of Mr' Anderson; with a woollen cloth, appeared upon the scene, when, grasping him with the cloth, the eel was returned to hi# bath; the boys, however, had so en- u tlfttftle ]3fffeia<r1 £ & little chance to I igtia tfieif-attentSpn agaia was <&>yl- JKNOWLEDGE -or--FamLum opinion Nationale publishes the world's obituary fpr 1863 apd. informs/its r Péfand has lo among iother" iibrtlAcki- ".Maurice Lansclowne, ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer- president of \Qe .cabinet, and of the, Privy CoualciL*—" s £ r Tat6n; Syke. O-eorhe Coritvral Levis"—and "the poet andoempoeer, CH, <xlow,"—author of Jeaiinette and ean, not." In addition to those losses we hare to deplorerthe de«h fcecordintfto tha(2pwui>a);of ''Agatetus Leopold Reg" —adistinguished painte^ '• ThB tWo Wt names Stq incomparably ingenipus trsAslStfnati6h £ of Charles Grfover and Augustus Egg j BISHOP OOLENSO FOUND GUILTY. — By the at- rival of the Cape mail we le £ rn that th^ trial of Bishop Co* inflo, by the metropolitan and suffragan! bishops of Sox-vl Africk, had been concluded. The bishop^ it; may-be recollected, was accused by his clergy of nine co^nfapf heresy..The suffragan- bishops found him guilty'Wf^them all, and the metropolitan (Bishop Gray, of Capetown) concurring with them in their finding, sentenced Dr. C<|le9«oi |to be; deprived of his sefe ana 1 his rights therein. The bishop was not present. The metropolitan gave him to the 4th of March to 'sigh a full Retractation of his errors in the Cape, or tall the '16th'of April to do the same in London-in either case thfe^entence would then be null. Dr. Bleek, for the bioh op, protested, find gave notice of appeal. GCKS. FOR HVER -A niost intelligent gentleman, who has spent several months in the United States, gives an account of the prosperity of the country which is something astounding. Those greenbacks, which 4 was predicted would be the ruin of America, have given a stimulus to her greatness which is teally wonderful. "Give me none of your .gold," exclaimed a Western landowner to this genue-w man, "1. don't want it keep it for the fools who have noiaith in their country. Give me greenbacks—that's the money tPr me." And so he found it all through. These greenbacks are now being sought for so greedily; through the country, that they are already scarce, and Mr. Chase will be obliged, by the requirements of commerce, to issue more. ijUiLDiNG SOCIETY LAW.-A case of some im. portance to building and land societies was argued befdre the Court of Queen's Bench in London last week. A member-of a benefit building society allowed him- self to fall into arrears, and afterwards intimated his resignation. The society, however, which had con- tracted debts on the faith of the members' subscrip- tions, refnsed to allow, him to escape in this way, and sum- moned him before the police-magistrate for payment of arrears,; Tl» magistrate, after listening to various techmcal objections on the part of the defendant, decided that he had no jurisdiction. Against this deci- sion the society appealed to the Court of Queen's Bench, and the'judgment of the Court was that the magistrate was wrong, and that he ought to have enforced pa^njtjnt of the arrears.. PICTURES BY YOUNG ARTISTS !-A trial of some general interest was .brought before Mr. Justice Shee and a common jury, and concluded on Monday, in London. An atfcorney-from Chelmsford went into a .picture auction-room, in St, Paul's Churchyard, Lon- don, arfd' bought pictures to the value of 1581. It afterwards turned -out that most of these ^picftures were .painted by young .artists, bearing'the same names as great masters, and the plaintiff entered an action for the recovery of his money,' oh the ground that there was: collusion between the auctioneer and the brokers through. whom the^, attorney made Ins purchases. The july took that view of the question, and returnddja verdict f«f,,ihe pl»mtiff for 58L DEFRAUDING INSURANCE COMPANIES.— At Bir- mingham, Mr. Thomas Lowdan, and .Edward Beetan, formerly cairying on buiiness in HighjStreet, Biriuing- htraa, were-again brought^np" ofi remand feharged with having obtained certain eums of money -under • pretences from theLiverpool and London aiid the Westminster Fire-ouices. The prisoners commenced, busiBf sst as drapers in Birmingham in September, IM?, and insured their stock in tho alxrve offices. In January, 1863, a 'fire broke Out on their premises, which com- pletely destroyed not. only the stock, but also the bulldins. -In their claim upon the inourmce-offices it ') was stated that they had received more thftn the.yaluei of the stock,' which was accomplished by producing fictitious invoices. :IiJ one case an invoice from Messrs. Money ahd Green, of London, for if. 5s, 6d; had been altered to 101?. *5s. 6d., and in the case of Messrs. Davis a^- invoice was produced- for 411i. 17s^8d., though-that firm had had no transactions with the J prisoners. The case, which has been three times ad- journed,; excited much interest, and at its close the Bench committed Lowdon to the session on the charge of fraudulently obtaining the money, but discharged Boefcm, who, it appears, had very little concern in the management. of the. business, being at the time a minor. minor. TO THOSE DESIROUS OF ENTERING INTO MATRI- MONY.—A Mancheeter paper Has the following j—; 1 A lady (30), of highly respectable family and good educa- tion, Uesires a husband of middle age and moderate income. Address E. M. P., Post-office, Warrington. A gentleman in business, age 28, wishes to correspond Address E. M. P., Post-office, Warrington. A gentleman in business, age 28, wishes to correspond with a respeefaTJle female with means, with a view to matri- mony.-Address, with carte de visite, Ac,, &c. A young lady, piincipal In a well-established light and lucrative business, in Manchester, is desirous of correspond- ing with a young gentleman with a view to matrimony. —A'ddress, &11" &c. The great preponderance of gentlemen applicants has en- abled, ladies to form splendid matches as fast as they ap- plifeft, arid So many wealthy widowers and others are now on Out hqokp, that 8 ladies may be suited iat once. Cartes, on hand. Ladies waited on, &c., &c. A FRENCH MEMORIAL TO SIJAKSPE/IRE l "Victor Hugo has a new work in the press upon Shaksptfare, It is to appear towards the end of February, just before the three-hundredth jtnniversaay of the great poet's birthday, which it is intended to commemorate. The -book is to be dedicated to Eng." land, as the country in which the great French exile hag established his ho me for so many years. M.Louis Ulbach, iu'speaking.of this tvbik,- says- It is a profound and exhaustive study; made with respect, with reverent fear, but with independence, of one res of tha fereateSt of men. c EE; WÂRMING ExTItAOKDlNARY.—It ill liot at wsither agreeable or safe to have a swarm of bees. almost inside your house ip euch cases efforts to remove or even get; rid ^f teem' may be deemed ex- cusable (says the Liverpool Albion).; On .Friday last a-swarm which for yearp m§t Jias taken possession nf thft «nac«" t.V« drstwrrw-fonm floor and the nf thft «nac«" At.WAP.W t.hp. tlnr.wirnr-rnom floor and the dining-room ceiling ctf the residence of Mr. Bnbhanan, at Poultoh cuin-Seacombe, Wall.'>iSey, came out in vast numbers froni their wjqtey Charters, and disported themoolveriiii front; of hta hfctite as if it had been m'id- summer. i)he annual movements of this swftrm have i long been source bf interest and curiosity in thee neighbourhood. ,0.11 one occasion the entrance tq I' their celts was closed up.jurijig -the winter; but in the following spring the bees made -their way but into the light through the sanio apettute which had been barred against. them d on ahqtjqr qooaaion, when it was thought they had been effectually destroyed by tho actkm of burnt brimstone, gfeat numbers of tliditi were, nevertheless, untouched, and forced their way into the air in the following .spring, and the swarm has never since been disTurbeo; CHRISTMAS WIJH THE "CONFEDERA.TES -The winter has already worn half away, and none of the terrible trials which were'bespoken for-the Confederate States by Sdtitherh c^Oakers'ind Northern threatepers 11,Y\} all yet mad^thfemsielVes felt ts&ys a cofresprtrident). With true English heartiness, Virginia is putting on her Chiristmsks garb, and if the social condition of Richmond were canvassed at this thoment, I should say thatexception might reasonably be taken on the ground ratberdan excess than of a sborteoming; of merriment. The markets of the pireaeht winter jute .ilncldfeption- aljly more aljifndaht hitherto than were those of last vmuer; oysters, gamo, venison, poultry are offered in the greatest profusion. Irisli" potatoes are almost, a drug, and are served out with the Stations of the V Hi. gipian army in the fi 'ld. Prices havo; ceased to be Vtfti§hed and Considered t tne Confederate dollar is worth about twopence Eiiglish, ana is so regátditl by everybody, for everybody has dollars in abundance. .VERY LiKELY{—A tule .of a murder, perpe- trated in a myflterkrds mzhupT) and of the discovery of the murderers by scientific means, is now the coiutuoii talk of the inhabitants of the Russian capital. In the of(I city, on the right shore of the Neva, be- hind the fortress, is a small house which enjoys the reputation of having onCe ;been the residence of Peter the Great. One of the, few WkMns ia the house is stated to have been used as a/sleeping chambef by the celebrated -monarch. and this apartment is now visited with feelings of veneration and awe by many thousands of Hussians. Although the room is not in reality a chapel, a priest isr attached to it, and it is richly pmed withgol(iimd' precious stones, on which account two soldiers are constantly on duty there. A few evenihgs since, after the priest had withdrawn to hin dwelling, situate onthe opposite side of thfc street, he was summoned to return to the chapel, wo men requiredhis services. The good man soon repaired to the little chamber, and afterwardsretitrnedtohishouse. On the following morn&g the two soldiers on guard were found murdered at their posts, and the almsbox, which contained 400 roubles, had disappeared from its ac- customed place, while the costly articles with which the room was so plentifully adorned were found undis- turbed.- It was 'suggested that the eyes of the tnur- dered soldiers should be immediately photographed, in the hope of successfully testing the discovery recently made ia England, when, to the surprise of all, the re- sult was the production of the portraits of two soldiers of the private guard at. the palace, on whose breasts Were the insignia of the Cross of St. George. The murderess wefe at onoe gotight out, and apprehended. i. f > ¡- (1 ,11 { ;J 4i f J C: < J. l
THE HORRORS OF BEDLAM._
THE HORRORS OF BEDLAM. IrThi^t"^muefWright has gone beyond thereach THE HORRORS OF BEDLAM. IrThi^t"^muefWright has gone beyond the reacii of earthly compassion or human! hate, and the prison earth is pressed upon his dishonoured ashes, the assas- sin Townley has been transferred to the hpme of madmen. We have not hesitated to remark upon the process, by which for the present at least, grace was procured for the Derbyshire assassin but yet let no one suppose that a life of pardon on the plea of im- becility is one of ease (remarks a contemporary). No object is more familiar to Londoners, on the south i side of the river especially, than the cupola of that edifice which is vulgarly styled "Bedlam." But few interiors, so far as the incarcerated criminal subjects are concerned, are more jealously guarded. The lofty iron rulings, the trim shrubberies, the quiet, clean, respectable men and women, passing to and fro, suggest little of the terror within.. Not. that the suggest little of the terror within. Not that the old-fashioned ideas of a madhouse are realised to the visitor. He sees no manacles, strait-waistcoats, whips, gags, or whirling chairs he listens to no shrieks or groans yet he beholds in the criminal ward —not only a Bethlehem, but everywhere else-a som- bre monotony, an aspect of seclusion, an utter iso- lation from the world of action, and hopes, and independence outside, which will seem terrible indeed when he remembers that for the inmate whom the mercy of the Crown has spared those doors will, never open, except when the bearers wait to carry his body to the dead house. The "brazen, brainless brothers" of Cibber have "seWom kept watch over a more for- lorn crew than the criminal inmates of a lunatic, asylum. The worst examples of frenzied guilt howl and fret away their days and night behind thick'iron gratings. Their faces are hideous, their voices in- human degradation is exhibited in their every action and gesture. The worst punishment of a man who escapes the gibbet on account of feigned or inferred insanity is, that he must live beneath the same roof with these brutalised monsters that he must be treated, in his degree, as one of them that, like the man in the iron mask, his identity is for ever effaced that he must not be named or pointed out to any visitor; that he must be hidden and forgotton by the society he has outraged and that under no circum- stances, whether his reason be sound or diseased, can he again see the daylight of life. He may rave, he may plead a restoration of sanity, he may brood over the past and gaze in despair at the total blank of the future but there he' is, unless the case be very ex- ceptional, once for all, and he will never, upon this earth, be anywhere else. Moreover, it is a remark- able fact, that nearly all criminals who are in fact, and not theoretically, lunatics, are possessed by decided homicidal tendencies. Should a man have im- posed upon the Home Office a belief in his irresponsi- bility, it can be no luxury for him to be thrust among thirty or forty murderers who are also madmen, and who restlessly pace their prison ward like wild beasts in a den, and amid whom the stranger may not pass unless one or more giant warders be in close attend- ance upon him. Of course there are varieties among these melancholy captives. There are men of culture and refineipent who, under the fatal infliction of insanity, have perpetrated deeds of bloodshed afterwards to be, in lucid intervals, remembered with indescribable anguish. There are, again, illiterate and humble çreatures; who.. after com- mitting the crime which brought them there, seem, by an immediate transition, to -become 'the meekest and. least offensive beings on earth, though always childish, helpless, and irrational. These unfortunates play at billiards, bagatelle, and chess, read books, makesketches, work upon simple tasks of sculpture, delight in tame birds d mice, and own to their demented condition,. if questioned kindly. But, apart from them, wander nervously the morose assassins, conscious that they de- served the gallows, knowing themselves to have been resptmsiblp when stooping over the corpse^ of their victims, pronounced mad by human mercy, and suf- fering an incessant moral torrure irlthe cold routine iround them, from which they auwiever to be delivered Except by death. It is true that they no longer fear Chains or scottrg^, baths of surprise, VoJwmrling upon a wheel in a dark room, or deprivation of food, air, and light; theyare comfortably lodged, clothed, had fed they may, if well conducted, engage in light ocoupa- tidnsand amusements, but they are treated as rebellious children in a, penal nursery; they are no longer men, but puppets, and their control over their own, actions has ceased for life.' It is a sttfange population—that of the.criminal lur xiatic ward. "Here," wrote, a keenly-pointed pen no^r lost, "is the last stfep of a terrible progression. Animal indulgence, slavery to passion, ungovernable fmjôr appetites crime, imprisonment,-insaln'.ty—restoration to reason, -oAd, thenceforward, companionship with" the -vilest of thevilcl We have.-thought it useful to ex- plain so much of the truth concerning a convict lunatic's existence, because in the fervour of the discussion oc- casioned by Townley's escape a somewhat exaggerated view has been taken of the advantages to be derived from being, if a murderer, a madman also. Let no one think that the felon ward of Bethlehem Hospital or of any kindred institution is a desirable retreat. It is, on the contrary, an abode cf bitter shame to those who are not insane, and of a sorrow which is a mystery for us all not thus afflicted, to those who are: We re- frain from particularising individuals, in accordance with a very salutary official rule but there are men now in custody as criminal liftnaties whom 20, 30. and even 40 years of merciless seclusion have cut off from association with their species; and, though in physical health, normally cheerful, and anxious to conceal their misery from strangers, it is impossible to glance at their faces, wearing a mask of gaiety upon their de- spondent remorse, without agreeing that the great philanthropist was right when he exclaimed, The dead are not more awful to see ?"
E EPITOME OF NEWS.
E EPITOME OF NEWS. h ,i' "B.R¡TI- ANP FORGIGN. ;')¡¡: I' A Saxon If ad en coffin has be»n found at Bishop- stoke, Hants. It contained the skeleton of a young womaD. A glass bottle and two drinking cups were found in the coffin. A-grea-t number of large salmon are now spawning in all parts of the River Avon, in Hampshire, even high up the river towards Salisbury, which is very unusual. The Western Railway Company of France has in- .troduced reserved third-class carriages for females. On Saturday the mortal remains of the late Duke of Athole were interred in a vault in the ruined church of the old village of Blair Athole, amidst the regrets of hundreds of ueoiile.. A patriotic old lady recently sent three smokmg- caps as presents to officers in the army of the Potomac, Oise was for General Meade, and the remaining two she de- 14 two- of wfmm mnst-be a "teetotaller, and the other one who never JildÑgd in pro- fantty, ",GeTierAr Williams," chief of General Meade's staff, toot the anti-profanity cap, and- General Hunt the tem- jperincfl oaJJ. With reference to the r.aeat-plot to assassinate the Frencli Emperor, It has been remarked that the French police press understands how much the usefulness of the plot to the Goveriiment depends on Signor Mazzini's com- plicity, and accordingly to this hour it has not dared to publish his letter. A correspondent of the Hants Advertiser says that there are 80,000 barrels- of gtmpowder stowed away in blarchwootl magazines, about a mile from Southampton. A writer in the Quarterly Journal of Science esti- mates that there are in Great Britain, within a depth of 4,000 feet from the surface, 83.644,000.00Q tons of coal avail- able, and that this quantity divided by the quantity raised in liol would last for about 940 years. An inquest has been held on the body of a young woman who Committed saicMe at Shooter's hill through the desertion of her loVer, and a irerdic t of insanity returned. Letters from the young mail, a soldier In the Army Hospital Corps, which Were found In possession of the deceased, were read, and the coroner severely censured him for the healessness the last of them displayed. There-are nmeky-three-appiicants to be admitted as attorney" next term, Already there are more than 10,000, 011 the1 roll. A-,grocer at Newark has a, cheese weighing 7501b. It was manufactured, near New York, of one day's milk from upwards of 4500 cows. A list just, published shows that since the com- mencement of the hÚisl1 insurrection in February of last year, np to tbe end of December, 204 persons have been eieSttted by the RuBsidhs. It is announced that the Great Eastern will be sold without reserve on the 17th of February. During an ex- amination before the Birkenhead magistrates of a case in which the interest of the "big ship" is concerned, it transpired that it was in the possession of the sheriff of Lancashire, and that she was burdened with about 500 mortgages. The capital expended in Great Britain on railways to the present time has been upwards of three hundred and eighty-live millions sterling, or nearly half the, National Debt. This amount has been devoted to the construction of eleven thousand five hundred miles of railway in the British Islands, which are now open for traffic. The last South Australian Overland mail for Eng- land consisted of 9,126 letters, 7,035 newspapers, and 266 registered letters. We learn from Paris that the preliminary investiga- tions in the case of the Italians charged with conspiracy against the Emperor's life have terminated, and that the prisoners will certainly be tried at the assizes during the tost fortnight of February. They are to be tried upon the Tall charge of a plot against the Emperor's life. We have it on the authority of the parish clerk, of Alkham (says a Dover paper), that during the year just ended there has not been in that parish, which has a popu- lation of at least 500, a death nor (shame upon the young Alkhamites!) a single marriage. Party preparations for the meeting of Parliament have been going on this week. Mr. Disraeli has addressed a note in the usual form to his supporters, asking them to be. in attendance at the House of Commons on the 4thA Feb- ruary, •« as business of importance may be expected." A report, which we trust will turn out unfounded, had reached the Cape that Dr. Livingstone had been mur- dered near Lake Nyassa. It is more certain that he had re- ceived news of his recal by the Government, and It is said he had admitted hia expedition to be a failure. i Among the skaters who attracted attention in the JitJ at O'r:t"'O he mejformed was that of iqMKng OV«r thre»obiW(aes WVV two feet high, placed twenty ffeeifrom eaeh-other. In some recently-Chine maps, hpain, England, and Germany are-aHrepresented as islands The Queen has expressed her high appreciation *>f Dr Brown's skill and attention to the Princeasot Wal», and as a proof of which, her Majesty; has been grodoasly pleased to present to that gentleman a very vdrafe gamet ring, set with diamonds, In acknowledgment of his servtt^s in connection with the event. Surgeon Turnbult, of the 6th tried by court-martial since the CraWley case, and, like W« chief, he has been honourably 'acquitted. A woman in Ayr found in the centre o^apotMiQ^ her surprise and pleasure, a gold weddfog-rtng- potato was perfectly sound, the ring pros* have be^»n closed by the tuber in the process of growth.TnW ="7 w called a new "potato disease I" ~t The United Service Gazette P^heity rumour, that the 2nd Brigade of Royal Artillery has re- ceived orders to embark for Copenhagen, Ihe report ■ no» found anywhere elle-not even in the supposed OffiClM journals, which first get hold of these items of news. Few would believe that the wilds of Braemai oopid produce so barbaric a specimen of humanity las an owrgM who had never seen tea in her life before. The papers give a record of such a *ody in Gleneys, week boiled her present of half-a-pound of_tea as cab»ge, and declared, after boiling it half-a-dozen not make it tender kale, and flung it away; [IMS is a new version of an old tale.—ED.] The Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV.. bo«l on the 12th of August, 1762, was exhibited to the admmog beau Tiumde at the drawing-room which took place days after his birth. It is thought that her Majesty will pay a short visit to Balmoral about the same time as last year; also that the Queen will proceed to Saxe-Coburg in the autumn.. It is now decided that a portion of the Bite of the International Exhibition is to be converted into a mnseui*. It haa been determined by the Privy Coun^tbat c there shall be a separate assize for the west Biding oi Tone- shire. Leeds is to be the assize town. The King of Portugal has just sent to the Duke de Morny the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of UM Tower and Sword. A tattooed New Zealander, working as a gold miner at the Bendigo diggings, found a nugget, In November 4 weighing 14pb. and worth 600?. The parish of Upper Elden i* a place vnth^diW- pidated church, one householder, and thirteen inhabltMHs. The parish consists of 300 acres, all in one lanu occupieu. OJ the one householder! i A young man has died at Powick, Worcesterahi«t and four or five others are- in danger, from drinking cider made in a mill which had been repaired will1 lead, ana in which the liquor had been left standing. v O} A hairdresser, of Camden-town, London, gieftdIt advertises the singular fact, that he was married on the KS"* day as the Prince of Wales, and that his wife was conflow* also, on the same day as the Princess of Wales, of a son. • t The Archduchess Charlotte oi Austria is «aid tf* even mere desirous of going to Mejacg tlfau toes husband^ t At Limehouse a man fell into* vKt ofikunisg aluia. His screams brought assist an ce.jburt* he wa$most fearfully injured, Ipa yni^ee^ed oy with clothes^ He was taken to the hospital, where he expired.^ rA tomeL which was discovered on the 28fch of I^e-, cember last by RespigM,' 18 rapidly aftwoSching; the and will probably become visible to tli^HSaWf jye.itQ neaiesL-APHroack .wUl Jrtfaut ^^uajy bej»g iP^n 18;060,il!o0 miles: '*1 v -1 Jt .-v. M.'iTonisfain, an omcer 0^ the ireiieh pavy, is s^id to have resolved a problem of great ^riiportance In steyn navigatitonLJUte snbstitutiori of.Treth for salr^Ttrer, in- Hie boijeis. ■ 0 '•>r- k j. fP6e>JPria« «f iWdle» b»s fflfated. lation, a copy of a papyrus which was mscotarea dtortng his Late visit to-Thebea.. "This Egyptian docum^ is «dder than the time of Pericles, yet H belongs, taa f Piwked by the-decline of Pharaonic fiTtr. ( s Drunkenness has nowbecoiue so the Federal troops before Oharle'^toii, That' General'^ uwww has had to issue a very stringent order oil th<jMbJkct. Another, handsome sqilare,ito Dbe&llte me SqttaT* of the Kiugci Rome, is about to be opened in Itwilf be situate on the highest point of the Trocai^oro, opposite the Bridge of Jena. The little daughter oT a London licensed victualler lost her life last week from burning, her 41rom having been ignited ft;, ahe was passing the fire. 1 A firm has been established Ncw'f Zealand, for manufactaring paper otit oT-V,ew Zefflahd flax— the pkormiuM tenajt. í > If ,av' ,hcl The Princess of Wales is said to have subtai%ted verV reluctantly to the obligat ions. of etimtette in the matter oi wet-nui'siug the baby. The Prince of. Wales wopld, it'il si^ft have willingly indulged, the natural wish of a young jctUher. But court traditions were too Srbng even tot sonagee. .T Federal agents are said to" be still actively recruiting' in Ireland. Recruits are promised 21. aheltd for an ouWC and 8s. a-day for labouring on it railway, 'fpiyards of men are said to have been enrolled. ,j It has been estimated that the entire nutnber of.pe« Tiodical publications of all sorts now esablish inLoadouls 729. Of those no fewer than 369 are monthly publications;, while 2o4 are dailies and weeklies. SI are quarterlies, tod98- are transactions of societies. A letter from Rome of the 16th lisym:- t)nJklondLw last there was the annual Accademi* of the- student^ of the Propaganda and I allude to it only to obpervs .• that the youths who carried off the palm were two negroes, rejoicing in the names of William Samba and John ProVoSk Their delivery and action were wonaerful, and called. forta thunders of applause even in a church." A large body of coolies, nearly a hundred men, en- gaged on the Hindoostan aud Thibet road, near Cheenee, were buried in the snow during a storm about the 6th nit. Thursday, the 21st} being the seventy-first anni- vers'ary of the death of Louis XVI. rby the guillothie), con- siderable numbers attended the commemorative massesce1 brated in the Expiatory Chapel in tho Hue. d'Anfou-Skinti- Honore, in Paris. i. Captain Lott, of the steamer Persia, of the OunarA line, was hououred with a complimentary entert«t»iiient Jj New York, previous to his commencing his three-huUdwdtti passage across the ocean. The Hon. R. J. Jejeebhoy, of 150,000mpees to enable five nath'e youths, to tie selected from the three Presidencies, to proceedto England to qualify themselves to practice as barristers in India, on a footing oi equality as regards legal training with European members,ot the bar. A pauper died at Heavitree, the other day^iu whoso/. possession there was, at the time of his death, about 150 h His family knew of his hoard, and expected to have heflW11'1 it was booz. .1
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THE MARKETS. v; :-='i MAR? IuLNi^ JM.ONDAT. 1:1 Fresh up to Mark-lane to-day the arrivals of homejgrowfl wheat were.very moderate, and the condition of tne produce was by no means satisfactory. The trade," which atthQcloee of last week showed a tenden to improremefltp 1 owing to the Isrge importation, viz', 33,000 fta.pt wheat». a and over 82,000 sacks and barrels of flour—In a sluggish state 2. however, at the close of business a fair clearance had'be^ effected of good and fine dry samples, and prides i«t sncH- exhibited less depression than on Monday last. Compared: with this day fortnight, the quotations showed a, rqdtietiolm of about Is per qr. The supply of most descriptions or foreign wheat on the stands was ruedarately Jarge. The amount of busfcess transacted was very mode- rate, and where pressed, rather less money was accepted. Floating cargoes of wheat were in slow request at late rates;" n r spring corn afloat, was, however, tolerably finn. Wtth barley the market was moderately supplied. Malting- qualities, in fine condition, sold steadjly, at full prices. Secondary descriptions were in slow feqnest at late raw. For grinding and distilling parcels the demand ruled 18- active, on former terms. A moderate business was transacted in malt, at previous currencies. The supply of oats on sale was tolerably large. All good aud fine descriptions of corn were in fair average request at full prices; otherwiw, fn# v trade was dull, on former terms. Beans changed hands *0 a moderate exteht, at late rates. The show of. samples was. jVjj of fair extent. The value of peas was steadily strpported. and the trade wae tolerably ffrm Although the1 Import-of barrel flour last week was large, very little was'oSterea ap'.ra: market to-day, and prices may be considered the same as oiL Monday last, In other descriptions of flour a fair lbudAes4 was transacted, at late rates. M KTB.OPOLITAJf CATTLE MABJtET, MOHDAT. For the time of year the supply of foreign stock on sale In to-day's market rwas rather exterldve whilst lts general quality was good. There was more firmness in the demand. and prices were well supported. The arrivals of beasts frewt ;r..l up from our own gracing districts, as well as from ScOtlan^ were seasonably good, and nearly all breeds came to hana. in prime condition. Although the beef trade was by no means activi, sales progressed steadily, at prices fully equal iT to Monday last. The general top figure for Septs and y crosses was 6s; but.a few very superior animals produced 5s'2d per 81b. Prior to the close of business a fair clearance was effected. Notwithstanding that the show of sheep was limited, the mutton trade exhibited no signs 01 ¡.. improvement. Prices, however, were Well supported- Downs, in the wool, sold at 6d per 8lb and the quality ot the stock was prime. There were about 500 shorn sheep ft tJ* the pens, and which sold at Is per 81b. less money thM t^ose J in the wooL The few lambs on offer changed hands fllowiy. at from 6s 8d to 7s per 81b. Calves—the supply ofwmcn „ j was Only moderate—Were dull, at previous rates. Tnera- quiry for pigs ruled steady, on former teems.. v H POTATOES. The arrivals of home-grown potatoes by land and carriage are moderately extensive. The trade rnl.es „ for nearly all qualities, and fine samples money. There is no foreign produce on y Regents, 85s to 95s ditto Flukes, ^sto 1WS; OTtoBocM^, jif f 70s to 75s Scotch Regents, 60s to 80s; ditto Rocra, j 70s • Kent and -Essex Regent*, SOs to 90s per tea- HOPS. ,()TI I The supply of home-grown hops oil sale continues very moderate, but the receipts from foreign ports ha veHncreased,. the import last week having amounted to 454 bales ttom Ostend, 380 from Antwerp, 158 from Gluckstadt, 116 woo Boulogne, 180 from Bremen, 148 from Dunkirk, and 67» balesfrom New York. For all qualities—both Eaflw foreign—there is a steady demand, at the anne?ea_ cur- rency :—Mid and East Rents, 110s to 190s WealdJ><*MM», 115s to 145s; Sussex, 106s to 130s; Bavarian, 105s_W 1Q3S ,i Belgian, 80s to 95s; American, 1051 to 132s per ewL r) WOOL. Lincoln and most other long-wools command a at full prices. Other descriptions of home-grown produor are, however, In slow request: nevertheless, pre^notB quo- tations are well supported. Colonial wool is held *t late rates. The import last week amounted to 102 oaiffl* frem Port Natal, 751 from the Cape, 954 from AlgOftBift H* from Sydney, mA 1882 from Tert IIMWP, 1,- ""i.. J -J #