Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

 EXTRACTS. ?????ERARY EXTRACTS. j maGAZINES FOR JANUARY. Ti'f C'? bill for this m9nth is more than usually in- ) I Corll]l West" "? ? will amply repay any investor who de- t 11'" an' I tI" I. 1, 1 W'e 1 ,IODp\' and money s worth." which is the t 1 h'\ \t", } o,re4 t: 'I ?.?.?tins; upon that most important sub- f IIllf II ject '» a •lrii'tV of ?? s, and as it affects e.erv class, '11 'Irll ject Yr in ?'vin"s Banks, to those long lived i Annuitants." Shylock in Lon- per-  '"??'? ?<-P<-d  peisciinu" j,! i>sjUll.ti„«jr Asses" are in t erest ing articles dc." '"V,| w.t,'v g~ive selections next week. We ap- wh'c I "I 1 1 f P 1, pei)'1. tr-n t froni a capital I eSCrIptlOn of Par l iamen- I'll t'X 1.11 pen, ,I "?.p? which will interest many of our read- ('1111111 ( d d '1 iaJ' V'T'- \?rn?'"?!v h? to contend with the as- *nte II.ho 1,1\ t been lnird presse d by Mr Tur k" Hnnv""<.r?cn In.rd pressed IY Mr T ur k e" t? "f' 1" 1 Hott." Of course Mr Benison" is well r cnl'l or t I our readers. ?'? :1' .u""?'' ?''? ? committee is about to try the ,Ld ,f hiU ?"' 'n??'"? a new hne, It ? twelve ¡¡el"t, or little P:?t. and there is a quorum. The j 'r(;„K and witnesses. and ?1 the promoters" 11 'I" :1_' t 1 tl I t' t of t!u' ?.; ?' :e p''t--c;' t also the counsel, agents, wit- oI tl ,r Il'm, ne^p-. a'1ni-inu'it"1"1- who have to do with the different F-,r it i? prob?hie that several persons Lave presented petitions pr:Lying to be 811 V1 T->Utions h.ivo presented petitions praying to be i &D' ]. 'n-t th? proposed line a rival ral way: a In.nd- he'll" :1.,11 I I d t t 11 0*'1' ? '? rlvate ?(.ut)e)n:m, w ho does no t want his fie ( 'li'r, or! 11 (JVi. <)' hi hnn- "'?dn les-* fm-rce? Me as a residence i' vU^tees of a turnpike road—all of these having to m?c out. The clerk ot the *Mr owi'i separate ea-e- to make out. The clerk of the ?<'t'— "euticniau sitting at a side taMe—rises colllml It 'r th d ?)'.) ont the h'H of t?re for the day, or perhaps for ? \hvs, ill th:sf?hion=- T ?' -.it s.' ?ttht-rn H'?kIey-iu-the-Hole Extension Rail- TUl' \.fL.. w?T Bill. Comiisi'h Mr Bcni-ion and Mr Davy Jones. A-fitt Mr Martin Theodoric. The Petition of tlie Puddleto i and Muddleton Railway 0>in>>anv. Sir William Julius Cresar. A'H'hIi* Messrs. Black and White. The Petition of tli(- Landowners and Occupiers of Slow- town. Cuinisel; Mr Turke. Ane,\f: Mr Jerk. TIJ,L committee-clerk then sits down. Mr Benison gels ni:ikes a sneecli. describing the projecting line fPI:¡'¡I,l\' :xn<l-telling the committee what he is goinsr to o ) I 1 1 1 BPir" i'i evidence. And he concludes by saying that the (ritness.'s whom lie is about to call will enable the com- mittee to obtain all the information it needs for forming Jjut une of the most amusing tlling-q in the world is the feriti- with which people talk about obtaining in- forruiitum." As if information were as easy to pick up as -tunes' It alii t so hard to ntiss the sick, said a hhvl nurse, as some people might think; the most of >fm d-ii -ii't want nothing, and them does doesn't get it." P;in'dying this, one might say, it is much harder obtain information" than some people might think: tie in.>~t don't know anything, and those who do, don't gav wh it they know. Here is a real episode from the hiit'irv of all inquiry, which took place four or five years aeo. into the du.-irablity of making a new line of jjlwav Oil the Border. A witnesi was giving what is cal;!e,l traffic evidence." in justification of the alleged nee i eft he railway, and this is what occurred ilr f'V'»•>! (the cross-examining counsel for the op- p<I!iI'Ut. IIfthe new liue.)-Do you mean to tell the com- nittt'v that you ever saw an inhabited house in that valiev. ll'i: v-:s I do. Did you ever see a vehicle there in all your life ? T Yes, I did. Urtin-ii Very :!ood. Some other questions were put, which lead to nothing particular; but, just as the witness—a Scoteliman-was leaviii? tLr' box. the learned gentleman put one more qut-tinn :— y: I am instructed to ask you, if the vehicle you saw was not the hearse of the last inhabitant. /•: It was. This was in old times, when witnesses were not sworn. But. f'ven now. they are apt to be sadly forgetful of the tin- term-, of the adjuration, which bind them down to tell. hot only the truth, but the whole truth. It is no- iliiiji,'sli'>rt '"f' jisto'iUhinif the way in which a man will go 011 fighting off questions whose purpose is obvious, with shifts and turns which a child can see through knowin-; all the while, as one supposes he must know, that all his doubling will not throw the examining coun- ael off his scent. And yet it is just possible he may not know that. For the whole value of the cross-examination proceeds upon the hypothesis (not unfounded) that the iveme mortal does not see an inch above his nose, and readily tumbles over Socratic traps and spring guns. Accordingly, a witness who has been trying for some minutes urging to keep back what everybody can see he is makinir an effort to conceal, will, just after he has been oViivjed to let go the fox which was tearing his t;.?. f? with o!mr.m;n? nhandon, into the most super- ficml 'nare. It must not be concealed that the difficulty of getting at fac ts, which is so strongly illustrated at parliamentary com:nitt' es on railways, is not entirely the fault of those who have to answer the questions. Those who put them Are not without hlame-the blame of impatience, muddle- teadedness, or pedantry. It is difficult, without lend- inz the page to a suspicion of burlesque, to give a no- tion of the ridiculous fuss which is sometimes made in committee-rooms over a very simple point. People will Dot attend to what is said, but go on talking, three or four at a time, jumbling totally distinct things in their ha3te, when, they could hardlv eca)e arrivin,- at what they want. A scene like the following is really not bur- lesque, however much it may look like it, owing to the difficulty of representing what cannot be exactly stated. The question is, let us suppose, the very easy one of the width of two pieces of land, marked respectively green and red upon the map on the wall: 3/r Jobson: What do you say is the breadth of the two? iviln,ss: I think the green is sixty feet, and the red forty feet; but, perhaps, I have got the wrong figures perhaps it is that the red is forty feet, and the green aixty, Q. by the Committee: Do you say they are both sixty feet. or both forty feet ? -4: Neither. I say they are one hundred feet together. -3fr. Let us understand this clearly, now. The green patch of land is, you say, one hundred feet wide ? Mr Turke No, no, he doesn't; he says one is forty, antI the other sixty. Q, by the Committee ■ Which is forty, and which is sixty A: I have already said that I am not sure: lout the two together make up the one hundred feet covered by the l'mits of deviation. Mr Jobson No doubt, no doubt. The brown being forty, and the red- Mr Scope Haft (slyly): Where's the brown: Chairman (plaintively): Let somebody point with a stick to the bit of brawn land! Do get on! Jfr Jobsoit: What I understand you to intend to con- Tey to the committee is this:—Taking the width of the green piece, and the width of the red piece, and looking at proportions of the two,-taking it, you know, for the fmrf.osea of comparision,-then, as a question of addition he sum total of the two would be represented by sixty pfe forty—is not that 90 ? lVine. (in despair,—not in the least following the QVtslion).—Exactly! Just ao -ros.eramincd by Mr Benison. Q: Black, white, or fey, the two pieces of lanli together make one hundred feet wide ? A: Yes one hundred feet broad. y Broad? (reflecting a moment)- Well, you shall Ve It ,omad" if you like. And now we will proceed. i eomlni(fee Yes, pray go on, Mr Benison. Let's get t Over. And when you're out of this room you'll disap. pear from the face of the earth, I presume. Mr o* n'"<orl The honourable member may presume t hls committee room and the face of the earth are eoincident expressions, but I can assure him that it it hot so.  Sf?Ho,t Bafeou? ?? M tw?)- <oM): The flesh Quiver where the pincers nip." j/ .?aJtt-e?er (? little !oM(?r) Tear," isn't it f <'WM!<?: What's that ? Holt: Only something about pinching some- 1 with a pair of tongs. "Jl' if I, m Julius Umser (yrUt?OtM quite inaudibly.) r ?''Mo/i: Well, if my learned friend will leave off Mmblin? to himself, we'll make another trial. Now; ?ere on those two patches of land, &c. (da capo). At this Poini probably, several obliging gentlemen in theh ) f of the room make a rush to get at the tall wands #r Pointer-il in order to trace things out on the plan for the cOr4raittee In the scramble, the place being crowded t la ee maP. mounted on two poles twelve feet high, like a flag, pp'e3 half way down. Two ladies, and an old Bentf rna,tl from the country, who have been listening With the door, in a fright, and let it gia ?j)?n mouth, make for the door, in a fright, and let 't 'larn to after them. A member of the committee, who im been ry Pardonably) fast asleep, wakes up, and 'Muw? a severe countenance, to have the last answer *ead h ?"tC ? short hand writer. That functionary reads mn h as ?? '?Me in the hurlyburly, and although ont ofjt C°nnection it; conveys no earthly meaning, the Wonri, gentleman puts on & look of luminous intelli- <taee and niakea a memoradum for hia own misguid- *oce"

QUIEJ SUNDAY IN A WELSH VALLEY. frt A QUIET I" royn he Quiver of Jan. 2nd, 1864.) ?' <7 n?ch to be deired certainly, 10 the ?-? ,f ,h" noisy, bustling Sundays in town, *hich ai.i ?"'? in comparison with other day of qui. et in comparison with other iays of j the We' e4, are yet 'n themselves noisy enough, and often *erT bu«ll^ exciting as well. How different is a a ?'?'?°?'yP?<'e? all is hushed and 3u"iet t h er 9?tther *o h?Howin? is the i fluence, that we <H)c?evpn\ ? '? c"nscious ?f the holy day, and to 6Ur itn4»in„V '°\S all ?? "?Tements are quieter; the *"?s <m i VI'nils Be ? to 1) ? gentler moti -Q, and the quiver- !??Teft? ?'?pe'- more softly to each other, and the ?"? broo? '"?'?o''e solemnly and in a deeper ?oce new week begins with the day of rest. 1 Tiler ?en?" fMrymg wheels, nor trampling hoMM, I nor loud-calling ploughboys to disturb the calm of the sacred mornine; the kine are driren past to the milk- ing as usual, but the milkmaid wears her Sunday attire, and walks more demurely than on other days. As you awake among such scenes, with the knowledge that Sunday has begun, your heart ascends more thankfully to the Giver o. all good-the Giver to man and beast of that quiet, happy, restful day. My wife and I were tire I of the heat, and the dust and the noise, and the turmoil, and the endless going to and fro; so, like everybody else we went out of town," and we thought it would be well to commence with a Sunday, and spend it pleasantly, resting in one of the Welsh valleys. Accordingly Saturday saw us safely at Llangollen, a lovely spot-" the pride of North Wales" and long before ur usual hour we were soundly sleeping, well tired by our journey and well pleased at the prospect of the morrow. Our first care next morn- ing was to open wide our chamber window, and admit the fresh breeze that came along the valley. Oh how refreshing that breeze was, and how lovely the scene around us! Not many yards from the house-and intercepted from it only by the road and the garden- the Dee, then quite a little stream, by reason of the drought, was lazily tumbling over its broad, rocky channel; on the other side the river, rose the picturesq ue hill, dotted with trees and cottages and crowned with the ruins of an ancient fortress; looking down the valley, the view is shut out by the lessening hills at a bend in the river, while in the opposite direction they rise, higher and higher, crowding upon each other away to those great mountains which the hardy tourist loves to climb. The sun was slowly breaking through a little mist which hung about the tops of the hills, giving pro- mise to a glorious day; the air was clear and pure; scarcely any one was astir only from a few white chim- neys across the river was the faint smoke visibly issuing. To look upon such a scene made our heart glall; life seemed a truly pleasant thing —something to be enjoyed, something to be thankful for—and we hastened to meet our fellow-travellers. Everybody was cheerful, and apparently happy the conversation was animated, but carried on quietly; inquiries as to the comfort of the night, gratulations on the fine morning, questions about the church and the services, passed between the tourists assembled there. Of course we were going to church but as the parish church (dedicated to St. Colleen, of whose existence in the calendar we were confessedly ignorant until that time) stands closo to The Hand," it was only necessary to start a very few minutes before the time for the commencement of the service so, till then, we sat at the open window enjoying the fresh air, and pleasantly chatting with our friends, some outside, others still lingering in the coffee-room. Like soften'd airs that blowing steal, When meres begin to uncongeal, The sweet church bells began to peal." It was pleasant to hear the church bells, and to watch the passers-by; first of all a few children, with their Bibles and Prayer-books tied up in handkerchiefs, and some old people in twos and threes, with down-bent heads, and slow and careful steps, wending their early way to worship; then, in greater numbers, townsfolk and visitors together. an d i s i tors C, On to God's house the people prest; Passing the place where each must rest, Each enter'd like a welcome guest." So we rose from our seat and followed after. The church has no external beauty to commend it, and the interior is not fitted up in the style usual in churches at the present day. The dark, oaken pews are high and narrow; the rafters and the front of the little organ-gallery are of carved oak of ancient workmanship, most of it brought, it is said, from the old Cistercian Abbey in the Valle Crucis the pulpit and desk stand side by side against the southern wall of the the nave, and some of the windows are filled with stained glass of dark colours, which pleasantly relieve the white- washed walls. The church was well filled, and the ser- vice, which is ia. English in tlr: mornings during sum- mer, was nicely conducted. It was good to worship God in that old-fashioned house of prayer, with the bright sunlight all round, and the gentle breeze stealing through the open windows, and making the leaves on the trees outside rustle in cheerful accompaniment to the voices within the church; it made you feel how good and how bounteous God is, and we repeated with a new meaning, and with greater earnestness, the opening words of the first prayer, Almighty and most merciful Father." There were heartfelt petitions that Sunday morning; we asked God's blessing, and as we left the church we felt that we had it, to sanctify our pleasures, and to make them a part of our daily service to Him. After church, a pleasant walk round the hills and back by the Valle Crucis and its ruined abbey, gave us an appetite for our early dinner. It was very hot, the sun shone forth in all his power, and we were glad to take the shady path by the water side as far as we could. There were no sounds of labour, and the heat was too great for the birds to sing much; now and then the buzzing of a bee, or the bleat of a sheep, would break the quiet; all else was still as it ought to be on that day of which it is written that God, at the beginning, blessed and sanctified it. The ruins of the Abbey were undisturbed by visitors, and there they stood, solemn and grand, amid the general stillness. What memories crowd round these ruins! Could they but speak, what histories might they divulge-what lessons might they teach us! They could tell of those holy, self- denying brethren of the white habit, who first lived there in godly fellowship; in their mistaken zeal separating themselves from the world, of which they should have beea as the salt; and how in later years men abused the order of their church, and within sanctuary of her walls committed all manner of excess and abomination they could tell of the little round of daily toil, unbroken by harsh words or unkind actions, and of restless ambition and petty tyranny they could tell of life-long sacrifices made for the Master, and of lives which exhibited no spark of intellectual activity nor of spiritual aspiration; they could tell—ay, far more than we can now even conceive-the thoughts and feel- incys of nations and of centuries, of which the world has had no benefit, because they were compressed within the narrow limits of the monastery walls, and confined to a little colony of monks. "Whoso readetli, let him understand. In the evening we went to church to attend the Welsh service, partly, it must be admitted, from curiosity. Al- though we could not understand more than three or four words of it, we could follow the prayers and the lessons, and our devotions need not have been, and we trust they were not, the less sincere because the congre- gation was worshiping in a language unknown to us. When twilight drew on, I again went out to walk- this time alone. From age to age, ever since the patri- arch Isaac went out to meditate in the fields at even- tide," men have choscn the still hours of summer twi- light to wander in secluded places, to commune witxi themselves and with their God j and to some this has been the only time when rest and quiet have entered in- to their souls, and they have felt at peaca. On this Sunday night I wandered througk fields and along nar- row lanes, on the rising ground behind the town. The darkness was fast coming on; a few cloudg had gather- ed around the setting sun, andaow seemed to be increas- ing, although the breeze had quite fallen. I walked on without thinking whither I was going, for I felt restless and troubled; a burden lay upon my spirits which I could not cast aside in the enjoyment of the duties and the pleasures of the day, it had been forgotten but now, at the close of the day-in the hours of meditation -it pressed heavily, and I could forgot it no longer. The past came back to my remembrance, bringing with it the forms and faces of many who --a I had loved, but who, alas were now fallen asleep." There is no floci, however watched or tended, But one dead lamb is there j There is nolfireside, bowso'er defended, But has one vacant chair Then I thought of the futura, and tried to fancy what it would be. Once I imagined—vain man that I was! —that I had bodied forth an outline of days to come but then I thought again that only God knew that; and I felt thrown back to the present with all its cares, and forced to think of difficulty and trials, great and grievous; of sorrow and disappointment, hard to be borne of doubt, long wrestled with of hope and expectation, re- peatedly overthrown, till I felt weary and sick at heart, and ready to cry out, "How long? 0 Lord! how long?" The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mourning for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted." I sat silent for a long while, burying my face in my hands, as these sad memories and baffling thoughts rose in my mind. When I looked up again, the darkness was fast deepening, and in the gloaming the masses of the hills looked very black and dreary, as they stood out against the evening sky. But the silence was unbroken, And the stillness gave no token;" and to the hills I looked in vain for strength or hope; but up above, through an opening in the clouds one star was shining brilliantly. I Tig all light there. Yes; but how dark here. Yet will not the light return in the morning ? and an inwam echo replied—" In the morn- ing And so I felt my burden grow lighter, the future grew brighter, and by the time my walk was ended, I was cheerful aad happy, for I had learnt a lesson which will  e not be easily be forgotten. Just as over all nature ther comes the^night of darkeness and solitude, so in a man's life there is the night of sorrow and trial; and as surely as the Almighty Ruler will bring back the sun on the morrow to glad and cheer the earth will He send again to cheer the earth, so surely will He send again to man joy and prosperity when the fitting t:me arrives I had left my hotel agitated and doubting; I returned to it (oh, how different !) quiet and trustful. And as we retired that n;ght, we felt that it had been a good Sunday for us —truly a day of rest-for the weary spirit had found peace in the consciousness pf the ever-ruling presence of the Great Father and we were both of us the better and the happier (and it was a good augury for oar holiday trip) for the quiet Sunday we had spent in the Vale of Llangollen.

I SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT AND THE ) TORY PARTY. (From the Daily Telegraph.) I THE hero of Frankenstin" called a monster into being, and then did his utmost to destroy the craation of his own unbridled audacity. The Tories, by a gigantic effort, summoned the present Parliament into life, and now are exerting all their powers to put an end to its existence. Viewed as political prophets, they have hit upon a safe line of vaticination. The weatherwise sage who announced that there mast be rain to-morrow did prove correct at the end of a month, and then declared, with justifiable pride, that he had been able to predict the event thirty days beforehand. So, when a dissolu- tion of Parliament takes place, our Conservative friends will be able to say, like the aggravating woman in Captain Marryat's Poor Jack, that they had to d us so." It is a prophecy which must come true at last. And, as it is probable that the present Legislature can- not last the full nominal term of its existence, we shall be certain to be told-when the inevitable event does occur—that the righteous indignation of an outraged country has consigned an unworthy Legislature to pre- mature extinction. If you could go on paying double or quits perpetually, you would assuredly win at rouge- et-noir; and, happily, on the political gambling-table there is no inconvenient maximum to disturb calcula- tions based on an infallible martingale. Some day or other the existing Parliament and Ministry will be num- bered among the things that were and we will give the organs of the Tory party full credit for having proclaim- ed their conviction of this truth with laudable and un- tiring pertinacity. But, having given honour where honour is due, we are unable to discover what peculiar justification there is for raising this cry at the present moment. We are by no means enamoured of the Parliament which owes its existence to the insane desire of Lord Derby and Mr Disraeli to maintain themselves in power for a few additional weeks. It orig inated in an imposture, and its tenor of life has not proved nn- worthy of its origin. If the Tories desire a new Legis- lature, so do we; and, for our own part, we have most assuredly no hesitation in testing by stern experience the strength of that grand Conservative reaction the triumph of which has been dinned into our ears for many a weary month. But, as a matter of speculative curiosity, we are anxious to know what conceivable ad- vantage any dissolution of Parliament can be expected to bring to the Conservatives. At this moment the Tory party enjoys all the advantages which, in the works of modern French novelists, are assigned to the femmes incomprises of romance. Nobody understands them nobody appreciates what they might do under more favourable circumstances nobody recognises the depth of passionate devotion and self-sacrificing affection which lie buried within their bosoms. Now. any reader of this class of fiction is aware that the one thing the model heroine dreads is an opportunity for testing the reality of her heroism. As long as circumstances forbid her displaying her full capacity, she is certain of admirntton, of sympathy and love. But if the unfortu- nate obstacle in the shape of an unsympathetic husband get removed by chance, Ariadne is by no oceans over- anxious to take refuge in the arms of Thesus. Now, unless we are greatly mistaken, the leaders of the Tory fiction have no desire to exchange the characters of blighted beings for more practical and commonplace parts. Testamentary dispositions cannot, happily, be altered after the decease of the testator and there Mr Disraeli has no cause to apprehend any change of opinion in the eccentric individual who, like the Indian uncle of comedy, has enriched him with unex- pected wealth. Unless tite remaining members of the defunct Derby Ministry consider that a return to office is likely to stimulate millionaires in search of an heir gonovcllly to follow tho example of Mr Disraeli's bene- factress, it is difficult to see why they should desire another brief spell of Tory Administration. Out of office they can grumble to their heart's content, criticise the conduct of the Ministry, and explain to their own satisfaction—if to nobody else's-how very much better they could have managed matters if they had only had the opportunity. In office they would be expected to do something; and yet there is nothing that they can do. After all, whenever Parliament is dissolved, the Opposi- tion must find some cry with which to go to the country. As candidates on the hustings they cannot content them- selves with approving the very policy their opponents have inaugurated. We have had occasion before now to criticise the dilatoriness of the Ministry in introduc- ing measures of home reform but of this we are certain, that, however little in that way we have recently got from Lord Palmerston, we should get decidedly from Lord Derby In domestic politics the Tories are con- demned beforehand to a system of inaction. The country will not allow them to move backwards, and their party will not permit them to move forwards. Everything as it is. and no change of any kind—this is the only principle of home politics on which the Consfrvatives can take their stand. A weaker platform was never de- vised to support a more, ponderous organization. The domain of foreign affairs presents greater scope for safe declamation. Any fool, according to the dictum of the great lexicographer, may ask a question which takes a wise man te answer. In something of the same spirit we may remark that there is no acumen needed to point out defects in any conceivable line of action. We have no wish to endorse in every respect the policy which Ministers have adopted with regard to our foreign relations but we can truly aver that there is no single instance in which we should have been better off had we followed the counsels of her Majesty's Op- position. It is all very well to declaim about the British lion; but we want to know in plain English, what alteration in our national policy are the firm of Derby, Disraeli, Malmesbury, and Co., prepared to re- commend to the country as the reward of their instal- ment in power ? Are they going to propose an aban- donment of that neutrality we have maintained with so much resolution and dignity, and an armed espousal of the Southern Confederacy ? Are the Greeks to be taught the prtctical truth of the lesson that an effer should be accepted at once, and is the protectorate of the Septinsnlar Republic to be restored Again as one of the brightest jewels in the British diadem ? No grace for Greece, howaver excellent as a spacimen of allitera- tion, would scarcely serve as a rallying cry for the country constituencies. Or is the Tory Minister to be the Joshua who is to lead us in the land of promise, on which the Napoleonic Moses has gazed from the heights of Mount Pisgah ? Mr Disraeli would undoubtedly shine at a Congress without a programme and there, if anywhere, on mortal earth, the Asian mystery might be revealed to the nations. But even the temptation of seeing the statemanship of Tancred displayed upon a world-wide stage would scarcely reconcile thfl British public to having their national interests committed to -the decision of an European conclave presided over by that illustrieus prince" whom the ex-Chancellor of the Excheiuer delights to honour. The cause of the de- posed Dukes of Tuscany and Modena, and of the perse- cuted Pope, is not one which even Lord Malmesbury I can take up with any chance of popular support. Den- mark is the best card perhaps in the Tory hand, but for a solitary trump it is a very weak one. We are not II going to war for the common constitution, nor are we about to embroil ourselves with Germany in order to secure Schleswig peasants being confirmed in the I Danish language. Death to the Augustenburgs, and long life to the Glucksburgs," however valuable as a de- vice for a medieval romance, is not available as a rally- ing cry for an English election. Altogether, we should recommend the Tories to calm their impatience for a speedy dissolution of Parliament. Something, as Mr Micawber hoped, may turn up, if they will only wait.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. I -I AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP ETNA. I [TELEGRPH COMPANY S EXPRESS.] I CAPE CLEAR, Wednesday.-The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's screw steamship Etna, from New York on December 19, has passed Cape Clear. Having thrown telegraphic despatches over- board, she proceed ell immediately for Queenstown and Liverpool, all well. She brings the United Stales mails, 21 cabin and 89 steerage passengers, and has 674,000 dollers in specie on freight. NEW YORK. Dec. 19.—A lvices from the army of the Potomac state that a strong body of Stuart's Con- federate cavalry made an attack, on the night of December 17, on the Federal advanced posts guarding the bridges at Pape's Run, on the Orange and Alex- andria Railroad. A number of the Federals were made prisoners but the Confederates failed in an attempt which they made to burn the bridges. An attack made on December 14, by General Longslreets's troops on the Union forces at Blair Station, the Confederates captured I 22 loads of qurrterniasters' stores. Fighting was going on Blair's Cross Roads. It is stated that during General Longstreet's retreat his ammunition train of 40 cars and two locomotives was run into the river at London, to prevent its falling into the hands of the Federals. Chattanooga despatches state General Wheeler nas rejoined General Hardee at Dalton. There is no later news from Knoxville. General Burnside was expected to arrive at Cinccinnati on the night of December 18. The latest, news from Charleston is to Dec. 15. Another explosion had taken place in Fort Sumter, most probably caused by one of the Federal shells dropping into a magazine. One of the Confederate floating batteries had gone ashore near Folly Island. The city of Charleston was being shelled from Port Putnam. Furious gales had broken and removed many of the Confederate obstructions in the harbour. A fire and explosion had taken place at Yorktown, in which 25 per- sons were more or less injured, and about 1,000,000 worth of property destroyed. A satisfactory arrange- ment is said to have been made between Lord Lyons and Mr Seward respecting the disposition of the steamer Chesapeake, captured in British waters. -1 [REUTEH'S TELEGRAJI.] NEW YORK, Dec. 19, Morning.—Advices received from Charleston announces that the Federals threw a large number of shells into Charleston on the 10th, pro- voking a heavy fire from the Confederate batteries. A severe gale had seriously injured the Confederate ob- structions in Charleston harbour—it was believed suffi- ciently to render them ineffective against the Federal fleet. The official repors of the coinmanders of the monitors during Dupont's attack upon Charleston, now published for the first time, show that all the monitors received severe damage, and if the attack had been con- tinued they would have been disabled. One commander says he was disappointed beyond all measure at the ex- periment of monitors overcoming strong forts, and con siders it was a fair trial. Hardee's army is estimated at 35,000, and is at Dalton, with pickets extending to the Tunnel. Wheelers is organising cavalry at Dalton for an active winter campaign. Grant and Shermau have left Chattanooga for Bridgenorth. The guerilla General Morgan has escaped southwards across the Tennessee river, 60 miles above Chattanooga. Sixteen of his escort were cptured. The New York Tribuae" asserts that as the Chesapeake was capture 1 in British waters she will be delivered to the British autlioiities but it was not believed the pirates would be allowed to put to sea again. Mr Seward has had a friendly inter- view with Lord Lyons on the subject. The Federals are falling back in East Tennessee before Longstreet, who has turned against his pursuers. The New Orleans papers contain an improbable report that the Mexicans had recaptured Puebla. DEC, 19, Eleven a.m.—Considerable anxiety is evinced by the public to learn the true situation of affairs at Knoxville. The statement in the despatch from Cutnherlond Gap on tlie lgtli to the effect that the Union citizens were leaving Knoxville leads to the belief that Longstreet is about to besiege the town. Guerilla at- tacks upon the Mississippi river steamers continue. The Brazil was fired into near Roomy on the 11th, and three woman and one man were killed and several wounded. The Jaimsch was burnt on the 6tli, but it is not stated at what point. I THE POLISH INSURRECTION. CRACOW, Dec. 29.-Advices from Warsaw state that the agents of General Berg- in that city have commenced enforcing the signature of addresses expressing toya. tv to the Czar. The first address submitted to the inhabit- ants for signature was taken round in the Jewish quarter of the town. Mgr. Rezewenski, the substitute of A rch- bishop Gelinski, was required by an agent of the Govern- ment to issue a pastoral letter recommending the signa- ture of the addresses, but he refused to comply. BRESLAU, Dec. 30.—Arrests continue to be made in Warsaw, particularly at the hotels. The National Government has made a fresh appeal to the insurgents in arms. Intelligence received from Radom states that Cbimielinski has been shot at that place. WARSAW, Dec. 30.—An order has been issued by General Berg that until the complete restoration of tranqnillity all the police authorities, including the bead of the police, shall be subordinate to the military authorities. The Cour-iier de W Ina of the 26th inst. announces that Lieutenant Dominique Malekki had been shot, having been found guilty of passing over to the insurgents. —— — I GERMANY AND DENMARK. Federal execution" in Holstem has now become a fact. The Saxon troops entered Altona on Thursday morning, and the Danes left the city as the Felleral forees appeared. The wishes of the people were unmis- takably expressed in the reception they gave the Sa';ons and the hoisting of German flags. A largo meeting was held in Altona during the day, and PrinceFre leri-k was popularly proclaimed. The members of the muni- cipal council and the magistrates take the same side, and even the military band of the Saxon troons played the Schleswig-Holstein national air. At night the city was illuminated. Notwithstanding appearaaces to the contrary, the proclamation of the Federal com mis- sioners declares that they assume the Government of Holslein and Lauenburg "without prejudice to the only temporarily suspended rights of the sovereign." They have warned the people in decided terms" against any premature mea-ures. They caution them not to proclaim Prince Frederick. Expressions of I sympathy, they say, they eannot suppr ss, but the Federal regulations must not be invided. The Federal commissioners havo ot over oue difficulty by directing that prayers shall be put up in the c urches for "the Government, its councillors, and servants." As the Danish forces retire, Duke Frederick is proclaimed in different places. Denmark is now in the midst of her troubles, internal as well external. The Ministry have resigned. The immediate cause of the rupture is said to be the pressure of England and Russia on the King. These Powers desire the withdrawal of the common constitution," and in his extremity the King wished to consult the Rigsraad. To this proceeding the Ministry were averse, and hence their retirement from office. They declared they would rather accept war, even should Europe leave Denmark isolated, than agree to a suspension of the constitution. Judged by the "Dagbladet," which has a semi-official p sition in Copenhagen, this is the feeling of the country. The Daghladet" is exceedingly bitter against the eonduct of England and Russia, the Victors of Warsaw and Sinope, of Copenhagen, in 1807, and Kagosima, and it declares that Denmark has no other choice but to make war." The latest news from Copenhagen declares that General Oxholm will undertake the formation of a Ministry, and the King has given up the idea of con- voking a Parliament. It is assertel at the same time that no withdrawal or postponement of the common constitution will take place. A Hamburg despatch says that Sweden, equally with England and Russia, urges the withdrawal of the constitution. I GREECE. A telegram with news from Athens show that the young King of Greece has, like his father of Denmark, found plenty of cares along with his dignities. Up to the present time Athens has been under the rule of the National Guard. Whenover the Government took any step that did not please that martial b dy, there were immediate threats of mutiny and counter-revolution. Of c urse, the work of Government could not go on under such circumstances, and the Ministers of King George wisely determined to break the power of the National Guard. It was resolved that the military posts of the city should be occupied by police and gendarmes instead of by the Guard. The latter conse- quently created disturbances, but the telegram leads to the suppositiou that the measures of the Government have been accompli hod. An address to tho King, requesting him to dissolve the National Assembly aud grant a new constitution, was circulating in toe pro- vinces His Majesty had received a deputation from the Ionian Islands requestiug him not to accept the union of the islands with Greece on the stipulated con- ditions. That is, he is begged to refuse the gift of seven fertile islands because he cannot have the fortifi- cations of Corfu as well. We suspect that the Ionians, so ready to demand that they should have a great I fortress, will not be quite so ready to find the means to irarrisoa it. The men who have already grumbled obout being asked to contribute £10,000 a-year to the King's civil list, willltardly agree to raise the hundreds of thousands a-year which the fortress now costs Eng- land. Corfu would be worse than a white elephant as ) a present for Greece. )

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. I INCE BLUNDELL AND CROSBY COURSING I MEETING.—TUESDAY. I Stewards: Messrs. Fisher, Hall, Tyrer, Jump, and Rairford. Field Stewards Messrs. Kaye and Anders. Flag Steward: Mr P. Taylor. Judge: Mr Bennett. Slippers: Messrs Hays and Billington. Secretary: Mr E. Halewood. Notwithstanding the upleasant state of the weather, a drizzling rain coming down most part of the day, the sport was very satisfactory. Subjoined is the return:— The INCE BLUNDELL CUP, for all-aged Dogs. FIRST TIES. Mr Hornby's Heiress bt Lord Sefton's Sola Mr Cunningham's Hopbine bt Mr Anders nas Brighton Mr Ander's nas Secession bt Mr Brown nas Mary Jane Mr Crowstnn's Crabsliell bt Mr Moore's Gamecock Mr Brown'<? Bright Morning bt Mr Jones's Just Ex- ploded Mr Brunditt nas Roger bt Mr Rainford, sen.'s Dread- nothing Mr Barlow's Blue bt Mr Mather's Mermaid Mr Higgin's Ghost lit Mr Voller's Venetia SECOXD TIEs,-Heiress beat Hopbine. CrabsheH beat Secession, Bright Morning beat Roger, and Blue beat Ghost. The CROSBY STAKES, for Puppies. FIRST TIES. Mr J. H. Blundell's Be Careful bt Mr Heaton's Host Mr Worrall's Wild Storm bt Mr Cunningham's Belle of of the Campbells Mr W. Blundell's Bermuda bt Mr Johnston's Jemmy Jackman Mr Robinson's Darkie bt Mr Jones's Jerry Lee Mr Isaard's White Lady of Avenel bt Mr Ainscough's Artillery Lord Sefton's Syringe bt Mr Hornby's Huncamnnca Mr Brunditt nas Black Bess bt Mr Hall's Holly Bough Mr Johnston's Jannock bt Mr Rainford nas Merry Begot SECOND TIEs.-Wildstorm beat Be Careful, Darkie beat Bermuda, Syringa beat White Lady of Avenel, and Black Bess beat Jannock. The BLUNDELLSANDS STAKES, for puppies. FIRST TIES. Lord Sefton's Simper bt Mr Crowston's Fiddlestring Mr Anders nas Lizzie bt Mr Hornby's Hecla Mr Jones's Jack Rogers bt Lord Sefton's Shindy Mr W. Blundell's Balmoral bt Mr Voller nas Rasper Mr Tyrer's Tramp bt Mr Johnston's John Knox Mr Hall's Holly Branch bt Mr Brunditt nas Crown Prince Mr Johnston's Jeu d'Esprit bt Mr W. Blundell's Buccanneer Mr Ains ougli's Antwerp bt Mr Worralls Whalebone SECOND TIES.—Simper beat Lissie, Balmoral beat Jack Rogers. Holly Branch beat Tramp, and Jeu d'Esprit beat Antwerp. The FARMERS' STAKES, for all-aged Dogs. FIRST TIES. Mr Brundritt's Bailiff bt Mr Kay's Kiteflyer Mr Jones's Just Lighted bt Mr Johnston's Joint Enter- prise Mr Johnston's Jessie o'Dumblane bt Mr Halewood's Merry England Mr Worrall's Wallasey beat Lord Sefton's Skylark Mr Mather's Mignionette bt Mr Crowston's Scarlet Runner Captain Hamilston's Bedoin bt Mr Kaye's Kildonan Mr Rainford's Blue bt Mr Johnstone's Jabbering Jane SECOND TIES.—Just Lighted beat Bailiff, Wallasey bt Jessie o' Dumblane, Spot bt Mignionette, and Blue bt Bedoin. WEDNESDAY. The meet to-day was at Crossbv; the weather was beautiful, and there was a large attendance. Some ex- cellent running took place, and the decisions of the judge gave every satisfaction. The following is the re- sult The INCE BLUNDELL CUP, for all-aged Dogs. THIRD TIES. Mr Tlomsbv's Heiress bt Mr Crowston's Crabsliell Mr Brown's Bright Morning bt Mr Barlow's Blue DECIDING COURSE.-Bright Morning bt Heiress and won. The CROSBY STAKES, for Puppies. THIRD TIES. Mr Worrall's Wild Storm bt Mr Robinson's Darkie Lord Sefton's Syringe bt Mr Bi-undritt nas Black Bess DECIDING Course.-Wiltl Storm bt Syringa, and won. The BLUNDELLSANDS STAKES, for Puppies. THIRD TIRS. Lord Sefton's Simper bt Mr W. Blundell's Balmoral Mr Johnston's Jeu d'Esprit bt Mr Hall's Holly Branch DECIDING COURSE.—-Jeu d'Esprit bt Simper, and won. The FARMER'S STAKES, for all-aged Dogs. THIRD TIES. Mr Worrall's Wallasey bt Mr Jones's Just Lighted Mr Bulmer's Spot bt Mr Rainfard's Blue. DECIDINO Court-,E.-Wallasey beat Spot, and won. The SECRETARY'S PURSE. FIRST TIES. Mr Higgin's L'zzie bt Mr Halewood's Merry England f Mr Kave's Kiteflyer bt Mr Brown nas Mary Jane Mr Ander's nas Secession bt Lord Sefton's Skylark Mr Jones's Just Exploded bt Mr Butler's Brighton SECOND TIEs.-Kiteflyer bt Lizzie, Just Exploded bt Secession DECIDING COURSE.—Just Exploded bt Kiteflyer, and won. A SILVER CUP, given by the Secretary, for the first four winners.—First Ties. Mr Worrall's Jeu d'Esprit bt Mr Worrall's Wild Storm Wallasey was then drawn, and the cup awarded to Jeu d'Esprit.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. SIR W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS MEET OX— Saturday, 2nd. Gresford Monday, 4th Penley Hall Wedaesdav, 6th Macefen Friday, 8th Aston Saturday, 9th Farndon Each day at 10.30. The CHESHIRE -.HOUNDS meet on Saturday, 2nd.. Withington Hall Monday, 4th. Holmes Chapel Wednesday. 6th Saighton Tower Thursday, 7th Ince Saturday, 9th Booth's Obelisk' Each day at a quarter to Eleven. COURSING FIXTURES. Lancashire, Lancashire 6th, 7th, 8th Altcar Club, Lancashire 13th, 14th, 15th Aplev Park, Salop 19th Hesketh Bank, (Open) Southport, Lancashire 22st, 22d

THB PROPOSED OXFORD-STREET RAILWAY.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of Oxford-street and the neighbourhood was held at the Court-house, Maryle- bone-lane, 01 Wednesday night, for the purpose of con- sidering the advisability of opposing a bill. called the Oxford-street and City Railway Bill'" which it is pro- posed to introduce into Parliament during next session. It proposes to give power for the construction of an un- derground railway from the Marble Arch t. Farringdon- street. Mr Peter Graham, whe occupied the chair, pointed out the great inconvenience to which the inha- bitants of Oxford-street would be subject if such a bill were passed. Mr Burgoyne moved the following reso- lution That the making of the proposed Oxford- street and City Railway would te destructive to the trade of Oxford-street and ruinoas to a large proportion of its residents." Mr Field seconded the resolution, which was agreed to unanimously. Messrs Michell, Gotto, Whitmore, Hindley, Galsworthy' and others, ad- dressed the meeting in opposition to the scheme and resolutions were also adopted, calling on the Metropoli- tan Board of Works, the vestry of Marylebone, and the vestries of the adjacent parishes to oppose the bill by all the means in their power. A MAN SHOT.-Great excitement was occasioned in the parish of Homsey on Wednesday morning by the fact that a young man of the name of Banks was shot in the Hornsey-wood-lane, Seven Sisters-road. It would appear that the deceased, in company with a young fellow of the name of Lamb, went out on Tuesday for a litile sport, the young man Lamb carrying a gun. When on tha railway bridge near Hornsey, the deceased got on a heap ef sand which was lying on the side ef the road. At that moment the young man Lamb raised his gun to shoot at a small bird, but it being out of reach he lowered it, and at that moment the deceased ran down the heap and received the whole charge on the right side just under hfs heart. Tha decrased fell, ex- claiming 96 Harry, Harry, come her," and then expired. Dr. Barker was immediately on the spot and pronounced life extinct. On examining the body it was found that there was a hole in the side about the size of a crown piece. The young man Lamb was then taken into cus- tody by Police-constable Moore, 212 N, and when at the police station Lamb was charged with feloniously caus- ing the death of John Banks. He was eautioned by Inspector Langdon as to what he said in answer to the charge, when the prisoner replied thut he was about to remove his gun, when the gun wen off, and the man dropped. He was sorry for what he had done. Infor- mation has been forwarded to Dr. Lankester the coro- ner for the district. {

OBITUARY FOR 1863. Our record of death's doings" for the year which is just drawing to a close is, we fear, both long and sad- Taking the upper ten thousand first, we find that their ranks have been thinned during 1863 to an extent far in excess of the annual average. In the catalogue of Royalty departed, we have te chronicle only II. single death, that of I1 rcderick diaries Christian, King of Denmark, whose name must hence forth disappear from the Almanach de Gotlia. Among the members of the peerage of the United Kingdom there have belJ1 no less than thirty deaths to be set against sixteen deaths in the previous year. The list is as follows The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Cottenham, the Archbishop of Dublin, Viscount Temple town, Lord Wateipark, Lord Reay, Lord Clyde, Viscount Massaree e, Lord Seaton, Lord Hat- herton, Lord Sandys, the Duke of Grafton, Lord de Sammarez, Lord Downes, the Earl of Lauderdale, Lord Macdonald, the Duke of Hamilton, Lord de Freyne. the Earl of Momington, the Marquis of Norman by. Lord Sudeley, Earl Beauchamp, the Marquis Towa- shend, the Marquis of Huntly, Lord Lyndlmrst, Lord Sinclair, Lord Chesham, Viscount Midleton, Earl Poulett, the Earl of Elgin, the Earl of Charlemont. Three out of the above titles, namely, the baronies of Lyndhurst, Clyde, and Downes, have become extinct, and the earldom of Momington, has become merged ia the superior honours of the Duke Wellington. The baronets deceased during the year number thirty five the following are the names Sir M. Bruce, Sir M. Blakiston, Sir J. Outram, Sir R. Hughes, Sir G. G. Lewis, Sir J. Louis, Sir R. Bateson, Sir W. L. Wraxall, Sir J. W. Pollen, Sir A. Warren, Sir C. E. Eardly, Sir A. Campbell, Sir A. Armstrong, Sir Isaac Grant, Sir J. R. Dashwood, Sir G. Bonham, Sir W. M. Stanley, Sir R. A. Anstruthcr, Sir T. Sykes, Sir H. Nugent, Sir J. G. Sinclair, Sir F. E. Scott, Sir T. G. Skipwith, Sir F. W. Slade, Sir H. Martin, Sir G. B. Warren. Sir T. P. Glyn, The Rev. Sir G. Shiffner, Sir St. Vincent Cotton, Sir D. Cameron, Sir A. Nicolson, and Sir F. H. Gilbert. The last four mentioned titles have become extinct. In the House of Commons the following deaths have occurred The Hon. William T. Bernard, (Bandon), Captain Gladstone (Devizes.) Sir G. C. Lewis, Bart. (Yadnor, &c), Mr. Western Wood (London), Captain Gordon (Berwick), Mr. Francis M. Calcutt, (county Clare), Captain J. S. Willes Johnson Montgomery Burghs), Mr. Beriah Botfield (Ludlow), the Right Hon. Edward Eilice, (Coventry), Mr G. W. Hope (Windsor), Mr. J. H. Langston, (Oxford), Mr. William Cnbitt (Andover), and Mr. George Potts (Barnstaple). From the various orders that compose the knightage the following names will have to be struck out Sir Charles Aldis, K.C.B., Sir Henry William Bellairs, Sir Henry William Bruce, K.C.B., Sir James L. Caldwell, G.C.B., Sir John Campbell, the Right Hon. Sir Cresswell Cresswell, the Hon. Sir George Elliot, K.C.B,, Sir George Leigh Goldie, K.C.B. Sir Robeit Hagan, Sir Hugh Halkett, G.C.H., Sir Johm Hanbury, K.C.B., Sir Henry Hope. K.C.B., Sir Joshua Jebb, K.C.B., Sir John Spencer Login, Sir Thomas Erskine Napier, K.C.B. Sir James H. Plnmridge, K.C.B., Sir William G. Power, K.C.B., Sir Henry Roper, Sir William Henry Sewell, K.C.B., Sir William Stevensan, K.C.B., Sir Warwick H. Tonkin, SirWilliara Wightman. Other members of the aristocracy who died during the year were as folliiws Viscountess Boyle, the Hon and Tev. Thomas R. Keppel, the Hon Mrs. Fitzgerald, Dowager, Countess Ashburnham, the Hon. Mrs. W. H. Yelverton, G. A. C. Dashwood, Esq., the Hon. Miss Stapleton, Lady Kathleen Tighe, Dowagi-r Lady Bolton the Hon. and Rev. Adophus F. Irby. the Hon. and ve y Rev. Dean Pakenham, the Hon. Robert Curzon, the Hon. Mrs. Cavendish (mother of the Duke of Devon- shire), Dowager Viscountess Andover, the Hon. Herbert A. Moreton, Miss Lousia M. Tollemaclie, the Hon. Charles Bruce, the Hon. Samuel Crichtour the Hon. Samuel Talbot, the Hon. Mrs. Planatagenet Cary. Dowager Lady Foley, the Hon. Lady Rushout, Via- countess Gough, Lady Olivia Sparrow, The Hon. Lady Maude, Dowager Lady Headly. Lady Elizabeth Borough Dowager Lady Kilmaine, Edward Fox Fitz Gerald, Esq., Major the Hon. H. Powys-Keck. Lady Frances Wade, the Hon. Mrs. Calliphronas, Mrs. James D. Brahazon, Mr T. C. Robertson, Lady Monson. Lady Margaret Jane StuaH, the H,)n. f,,nn-I The Dowa-er Lady Bunbury, the Hon. H. Nelson, ttw Dowager Lady Poltsmore, the Hon. lietrge lon^onby. Lady Elizabeth Dawson, the Dowager Lady Milner, the Hon. Mrs. Stratford, the Hon. Captain H. LidAell, Lady Sophia Hoare, Lady Amelia C. Marsham, Mr. Charles W. Beauclerk, Lady Seaton, Lady Catherine Wigram, the Dowager Lady Stanley of Alderley, Captain the Hon. Charles Sinclair, Robert H. Southwell, Esq., Lady Camilla Sinclair, Mr Joseph Weld, of Lulworth, Mr. John Labouchere, the Hon. Mrs. Musgrave, Lady Westbury. Vere Fane, Esq., the Dowager Lady Kirk- cudbright, the Dowager Covntess of Verulam, ME. William Beckett, La'¡y Beevor, Mr. T. A. Grattaa- Bellew, Mr. George -Fludyer, Mr George Forbes, Mr. Anselm, E. Guise, Mr. John White-Jervis, Miss Car- oline Lamb, Captain Francis Price, Mrs. F. W. Ord, Mrs. E. M. Brownlow, Mrs. Childers, the Dowager Lady Broughton, Mr. W. Gornier, Miss Catherine Scott- Douglas, and Cuptain Edward Wilmot. Besides the Archbishop of Dublin (already mentioned two members of the episoopal body have dIed during the year, viz:, the Bishops of Gibraltar and Quebec. Amongst the other notable personages whom deatk has carried off, first and foremost stands the name of William Makepeace Thackery, whose recent loss we are all mourning. Besides him we have to chrotncle the deaths of the Venerable Archdeacon Bonney, Mr. Justice Wightman, Professor Cockereil, R.A., Mr. Augustus Egg, A.R.A., Mr. James Wm. Gilbart, F.P,& (founder of the joint.stock banking system), Mr. Jamem D. Harding (artist in water colours), the Rev. Frederick Wm. Hope (founder of the Zo dogical Professorship at Oxford), the Rev. Alexander M'Caul Mr. Wm. Mulreadj R.A., Miss Julia Pardoe, Mr. Apsley Pellatt. the Rev. Dr. Raffles (of Liverpool), the Rev. Andrew Reed, the Rev. Dr. Russell formerly Head M ister of the Charter- house), Mrs. Thomasou (author of the Memoirs ol the Duchess ef Marlborough"), Mr. William Tooke. F.R.S.. the Rev. Richard A Wilmott. the Rev. Frede- rick William Faher, the Rev. Josiah' Forshall, Mr. J. HE Grfeen, Mrs. Francis Trollope (the novelist, Mr. William B. Turnbnll, Mr. James T. Wilmore (engraver), ancl the Rev. Henry Drnry. In the list of distinguished foreigners who have died during the year are the names of Mons. Billautt (the French Minister). General Pepe (of Neapolitan fame), the French General Bedeau, the Rev. B*. L. Beecher (fatl) r of ",j B .her Stowe).Delacroix (tha historical paint-vi. id r ";a Viceory of Egypt, Jacob Grinam D'sf. Sa "i*'l Houstoun (the American genera', Mi -ur.e Lamartme, Cireneral OTidino; i.-i YerTipt (tile eminent winter), Alfred V ^t^r V (the i oet) William Lowndes Yan- cey (of Alabama). ——— -——————

THE CHARING- OSS KATLWA .-A M ute inspectiou of this new lii. •v-.i's made on Wet ftJm- by the Government Ins v, Capta'n T R.E., previous to its being open" ¡ enger ?f. Considering that a Royal tr:iin f ? ? Cr'-wn PnnceM<t Princess of Prus^'a. l'i, tinHv :m,l suite, has passed over the entire leugtli of tirs railwav, the puhlic will be fully prepared to learn tlmt the official scrutiny has had a satisfactory result. But at the same time it may be as well to observe that the Royal train was signalled very carefully by hand, and that :he perfectly safe ac- complishment of the journey on that eccasion did not of necessity imply that all was in a state of thorough pre- paration for public tniBc. At noon on Wednesday a short train started from Charing-eross Station, canymg Captain Tyler, Mr Eborall (general manager), M. Knight (traffic superintendent), the Duk- of Sutherland Major Malcolm, R. E., and sever il g" 11 tie men either con- nected in some way with the Charing-cross and South- Eastern Railways, or having an interest in the occasion. The train moved very slowly, and stopped at the Wuter- loo-road junction, where the signals were inspected. These are Saxby's patent, and are on the same principle as the apparatus which WH" first adopted, we believe, by the Metropolitan Railway, Illld wilit-h has the peculiarity of combining the movement of points with that of signals. Some time was occupied in surveying the arrangements here, und the train then proceeded te London Bridge. The stations, points, and si*nials west all thoroughly examint-d by Oap-jm Tvler, who, with- out anticipating his report, expi'r'xsed general approvaL  g eiaera l aliprova l Shortly before five o'clock, the inspection at the London Bridge end of the line having been concluded, the party re-entered their couple of nvyt-clis: carriages, and re- turned to Charing-cr >ss. Tho result tlf tho Govern- ment Inspector's observations, which extended over more than five hours of the uav. is, us we have intima- ted, generally satisfactory. There are, however, soma few details which will rpquire altering in siw ir lanee with Captain Tyler's suggestion^, und, ther; re, the opening of the line, which :i'i i "irv;e 1- for Friday,* will not take place until ijoxt w

CONPP,DPPATPAoFNOY.Aues,, notuoe has been introduced in the north of Ireland, hev are raise* from American Seed, brought here by one of the block- ade runners, and have been natned Ia shape they greatly resemble the no" almost an?o?' but once favoured Ashler KidnpTs e:?  En 91 and and Wale> M. Mdlahon, Potatoe Se6l18 69, St, John's Market, LiTerpool.