The Aberdare Times

Mr. Andrew Burrell, 128, Ingram-street, Glasgow," has sent the following letter for publication Permit me to correct a slight inaccuracy in the list of saloon passengers who perished in this ill-fated vessel. There appear the names of Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick. Mr. Patrick, age 25, was not married, and there was no lady of that name on board. Mr. Patrick was my partner, and had recently given up his engagements in Glasgow to proceed with me to commence business in Melbourne. We took one of the two double-berthed saloon cabins, the other being occupied by Captain Martin, the commander of the ship Almost at the last moment a pressing business engagement induced me. after consulting with Mr. Patrick, to remain in Scotland till the departure of the next overland mail, by which I expected to arrive in Melbourne a few days be'ore the London. Accordingly I substituted in my place my youngest son, William D. Burrell, aged 9, who sailed with Mr. Patrick, and also perished. What makes this sad bereavement the more touching is that I had arranged that my poor little buy should go to Melbourne several months ago in charge of a lady who left Liverpool by a sailing ship, but he was so distressed at the idea of going without me that I complied with his earnest request to remain for the purpose of going with myself, an arrangement which at last I was forced with intense regret to forego. Thus, in those mysterious arrangements of Providence by which our plans are shaped, arrange them how we may, my dear boy perished in my stead, and I have been preserved to lament his sad and untimely fate. I was on board the vessel when she sailed from Gravesend on the 28th of December. It was a lovely day. The passengers and their friends lunched on board shortly before the vessel weighed anchor It was a happy party, and there was little appearance of that gloom and depression which usually attends the depar- ture of a vessel on so long a voyage, All felt confidence in the noble ship and her experienced captain, officers, and I crew and when those of us who were not to sail in her left the vessel it was with feelings of pride and confidence that our dear ones, from whom we had just parted, were in such apparent safety. I believe I was the last person to leave the vessel before she was towed off. Another gentleman, who like myself, had a young son on board, lingered with me on the landing steps at Gravesend watching the progress of the ship down the river. She steamed off most majestically, but remained in sight about an hour, gradually disappearing in the glorious golden mist of a most lovely winter sunset. The last we saw of her was her tapering spars and signal flag waving in the clear gray light of the approaching even- ing. Then we turned away rejoicing in the happy augury of a pleasant and successful voyage, and vainly trusting that all would be well with her and her precious burden. I had let- ters from Plymouth from my partner and son, both describing the severe weather they had encountered on the run round, but written in good spirits and in the full confi- dence of a pleasant continuation of the voyage. So secure did I feel on the strength and equipments of the vessel that though the gales which have prevailed almost uninter- ruptedly since she left Plymouth were enough to appal the stoutest heart, yet I never lost hope in the ship's safety. How terribly stupefying the news that reached us by Wed- nesday's papers of her total destruction can only be realized by those who have so suffered. But, heartrending as has been the awful calamity, I am sure I speak the sentiments of all acquainted with the vessel, or the line of which she formed a part, when I say that nothing that human skill or foresight could supply was neglected by Messrs. Wigram and Sons in providingfo,r the security of the passengers. What- ever may be our vain regrets now, I conceive it an act of simple justice to these gentlemen and all concerned in the "London to express our belief that all that money, skill, and courage could do was expended by them to avert the terrible disaster. Surely, too, those of us whose hearts are crushed by the awful bereavements we have sustained may soothe them by the Divine consolation that He who is a refuse in the storm and a covert from the tempest was mani- fpctlv in the midst of our dear lost ones, supporting them rnliriii that terrible agony of inevitable death, and pre- them to encounter it with that calm and heroic parin» jcjj those tender children, weak women, and c'mra5(L„Ti manifested during that sublime scene which has ^ynStically described in the newspapers.

mi,, western Morning News, in writing further on Lne rr ill-fated vessel, says the sub]e connecting the event with the west, as Details crop out of Engiand. in a way which shows with almost every p it)le is the sorrow which the loss ef how widespread anu i There are some alleviative the vessel has cau a family consisting of twelve incidents also We learn i near Penzance, had en- persons, residing at ban we their sailing ordera did gaged a passage in the Lonaoi the time> arrive not, unfortunately as they esteem the ghip at ply. sufficiently early to allow of theu J g tha(. haye to at_ mouth; they thus missed the boat, an ytvin„ \fjsg Bat- tribute the fact that they are among thei hv:1 t for chelor, of Union-street, Stonehouse, made an application for a passage in the "London," but was told that she was too late—all the berths were engaged. Unhappily for h ever, one gentleman was persuaded not to proceed itei had arrived at Plymouth with the intention of going; ana Captain Martin, who knew of Miss Batchelor's anxiety to go out under his guidance, sent to her and offered to her the relinquished cab. She went, and her relatives now deeply mourn what at the time was a cause of congratula- tion. In the "London" were £ 1,200 of drapery goods for a Mr. Rogers, a tradesman of Melbourne, shipped by his mother, a draper of St. Austell. The goods fortunately were insured. One of the passengers who has perished was, we learn, the son of the organist of Exeter Cathedral; and two others, Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Clifton, were residents in L&unceston. Mr, R. G. Trevenan and Mr. R. Irevenan and Mr. Walls were among the Cornishmen on board. We have reason to believe that the list of passengers published is not quite complete or accurate, but no more perfect in- formation is attainable; the owners, indeed, are even less exactly informed concerning some of the names than our- selves. The booking having been effected and changes made at the last moment prevents an absolute trustworthy list being prepared except on board, especially as some of the passengers travelled under assumed names. Thus, Mr G. V. Brooke, the celebrated actor, appears to have entered as Mr. Vaughan. Among the passengers who were drowned was Mr. A. Sandilands, a gentleman connected with a well- known firm at the West-end of London, and it is not a little remarkable that he had not long before sailed in the "Duncan Dunbar," which was destroyed at sea The passengers on board that being afterwards transferred to a ship called the "John Duthie," Mr. Sandilands again started on the same voyage but, finding that the weather promised to be extremely unfavourable, he left the vessel at Plymouth, and at length obtained the consent of his family to embark on board the "London," and has consequently been lost. Mr. Walter M. Edwards, late Midshipman of the

screw steamship "London," has written the following letter to the London Times, dating from Ashburnham House, Bedford A leading article of your paper, in speaking of the loss of the London," appears to cast blame (which is wholly unde- served) on the survivors, implying that they merely looked after their own interests without considering the safety of the passengers. The fact is that the chance of the boat's being saved was considered so utterly hopeless bv the cap- tain officers, and passengers that all held aloof, and, instead of a'rush being made to the boat, there were only two men, the doctor's mate and a Dutch seaman who tried in vain to enter. Some of the ladies were invited by the men to come with us, and would have done so, but I myself heard Captain Martin dissuade them from entering, for he said it would be only a more lingering death, as "the boat could not possibly live in such a sea." This was the only occasion en which his feelings overcame him, for through all dangers and diffi- culties his coolness and composure were remarkable. Had the passengers desired to leave the ship, the pinnace (hold- ing 50) was a larger an(isafer boat; but none cared to ven- ture in it. The article further infers that we left sooner than we shouid have done; but had we remained two minutes longer we should certainly have been engulfed with her for the waves were washing over her poop, and the main- deck was sprung when we left her. The boat was built to hold 12, and she was crowded with 19. The Times remarks on the above-" We publish this letter, though we made no such imputations as the writer imagines." Under the signature of Australiensis Olim," a I

right-thinking correspondent, speculating upon where the loss of the "London" will be felt, writes :— The full force of the fearful calamity in the Bay of Biscay has not been felt yet-far from it. The loss of the" London" affects us here as might the foundering of any other ship whose destruction was attended with such a tale of heroism and sadness but it will be far otherwise when the news has travelled to Melbourne and Sydney. In those cities, the names of most of the passengers are as familiar as the Prime Minister's in England, and their fearful death will shock bodies of society, not merely individual friends and relatives. One hundred and fifty thousand souls in Melbourne and Sid- ney will, as members ol one compact social family, hold their breath, shocked and saddened, when our January mail reaches Australia. The Principal of the University of Sidney, Dr. Woolley, a profound Greek scholar and deep theologian, had by long residence, as also by the amiability and nobleness of his character, become part and parcel of the social being of New South Wales. To him many hundreds owe the excellence of their education. As a large employer of labour in Victoria and New Zealand, Mr. Bevan bore a well-known name, and for years and years has numbered hosts of friends, and found work and wages for hundreds of his fellow men. There are few in Melbourne unacquainted with Mr. Draper, one of the leading Weslt-yans in Victoria, a man who had been chosen by that body to represent them in England at a conference recently held for a consideration of important matters con- nected with the well-being of that denomination. But to the general population of Australia the death of G. V. Brooke, the tragedian, will be an irreparable loss. By a theatre loving people he was little less than worshipped, and as man and actor was a favourite throughout the length and breadth of that land. There are many other names in that fatal list which carry general regard and at- tention with them in Melbourne and its populous neighbour- hood, names which will aid to cause that universal gloom which will make the second week in March one of the most painful in Australian history. There will be but one name for Captain Martin, I feel sure, and all tongues will speak of him as a truly heroic sailor. Say what we will of merchant captains, call them rough dia- monds or what we will, there is a might of character in every one who can inspire such confidence as Captain Martin implanted within every soul on his ill-fated ship. Those who have sailed with him have told me more than once of the nerve he possessed, of the proofs he ever gave that no storm, no danger, however perilous, could deprive him of a captain's greatest power, namely, the power of Inspiring confidence. I was once nearly wrecked myself off the coast of New Zealand the ship was striking on a bar every two minutes, we were said to be within seven feet of a sunken rock, the chain cables were crossed, the anchors were dragging, and a wind which you could almost see was roaring through the rigging. I can answer for myself that not for one second did I anticipate danger while I looked at the captain's face. I was told we were in great danger, and no doubt we were, but the captain'* face, manner, and evident knowledge as to what was best to be done, as to what could save the vessel, plainly told me that pluck, presence of mind, and seamanship could overcome this danger werei t within the power of man to avert it. Let us give Captain Martin his due. Truly, a man who can inspire confidence, as he did, by word, by act, and even look, rises to a kingly height, and ennobles the very name of sailor; and the Royal and merchant navy count many like him I doubt not. Ajid what of the passengers ? Shall we not say that in those men-aye, and in those gentle- women, England has lost some of the stoutest hearts and noblest souls God ever created ? Among the passengers on board the unfortunate steamer

"London" were a very recently married young lady, a native of Banff, and her husband, Mr. Grahame, of Uagunyah, near Melbourne—a gentlemen well known in the colony, and whose loss will be severely felt in it, he and his brother being perhaps the most energetic and enterprising agriculturists and wine producers in the country. Mr. Grahame was mar- ried only on the 21st of last month, and with his young wife left Banff on that day in high spirits to sail for their distant home in the "London." They joined the ship at Plymouth, and there were on board of her, including them, no less than nine members of Mr. Grahame's family, all of whom have been swept away at one fell blow. Great sympathy is felt iu Banff with the widowed mother of the short-lived wife and her family, who are in a state not to be described, and altogether the sad loss has created a great sensation In. and thrown a gloom over, our little town. Mr. Grahame was from the neighbourhood of Carlisle, and has been settled for a number of years past in Australia, where he was much respected and esteemed, and had either sent before him, or was taking out with him, persons conversant with the cul- ture of the vine and the manufacture of wine in France and Germany, as well as a large stock of'the most modern and approved implements of husbandry of all kinds, and his early and sad fate may, therefore, well be deemed a public loss. The Montrose Review says :—Among the passengers

who left the vessel before she sank, and thereby saved their lives, was a man belonging to M ontrose, named John Monro. Mr. Monro left Montrose some short time ago to go out to Australia, where he has business connections at the gold diggings. We have been favoured with a sight of a letter from Mr. Monro to his parents, which they received on Thursday morning, and which is as follows :— Falmouth, Jan. 16. Dear Father and Mother,—I have just arrived here. being one of 19 saved from the foundering of the "London' in the Bay of Biscay. There are 300 drowned in her, I think but the full particulars will appear in the papers to-morrow. I can say very little, for I have been in a dream for the last three weeks. I don't know what I have been doing, for I have been wet all this time, and hungry. I have lost all I have, and am here in rags. I will try and come to Scotland as soon as I can. All I can say is that I thank God for His goodness to me through all my trials, for I have had many lately. My respects to all inquiring friends,—I remain your loving son, JOHN MONRO. The following particulars respecting Dr. Woolley

are furnished by Mr. Charles Nicholson, of London :— Dr. Woolley occupied for many years an important public position in Australia, and succeeded in securing for himself during his colonial career the affectionate regard of a numerous body of friends and pupils At the time of his deith he was in his 49th year. After having matriculated at University College, London, he was subsequently removed to Exeter College, Oxford. There he took his degrees in 1336 —a first-class in classics. He was elected a fellow of University College shortly afterwards, and was the contem- porary of the present Dean of Westminster, by whom he was greatly respected, and with whom he ever afterwards con- tinued on terms of close friendship. On leaving Oxford, Dr. Woolley, became successively Head Master of Rossall School, in Lancashire, and of King Ed- ward's Grammar School at Norwich. This last office he re- linquished on obtaining the appointment of Professor, in 1852 in the University of Sydney, whish had been just in- corporated under an Act of the local Legislature. His duties in this last-mentioned position were most important, as upon him chiefly devolved the organization and successful working under circumstances of great difficulty, of a great national institution. I can bear my humble testimony as to the en- thusiasm, the untiring zeal, and earnestness with which he threw himself into the work that was cast upon him. He succeeded in a very marked degree in winning to himself and moulding the tastes and character of the young men placed under his control. The gentleness—almost feminine-of his nature, the warmth and generosity of his heart, his dis- tinguished attainments as a scholar, and the eloquence and earnestness with which he was wont to impart instruction, not only to the undergraduates of the University, but to the members of various popular institutions with which he was connected, are well known, and will be long remembered by hundreds of persons who now mourn his sad and untimely end. I grieve to add that my lamented friend has left a widow and six children, most inadequately, if not wholly, unpro- vided for. I could fain hope that some substantial manifesta- tions of sympathy for their condition may be forthcoming under the sad circumstances that have called forth these remarks. Mr. Elijah Hoole, secretary of the Wesleyan Mis-

sionary Society, writing from the Mission House in London, gives the following particulars, for the in- formation of the many families thrown into mourning by the recent calamity, and as a tribute to the memory of a great and good man." The Rev Daniel J. Draper, whose name is prominent in the narratives of the loss of the "London, was a Wesle.yan minister, well-known and highly respected in Australia, where he had been resident about thirty years, and had successively filled the most important offices in his own com- munity. He came to this country about eight months ago in the canacitv of representative of the Methodist Confer- ence of AusSsia Pto the AVesleyan Conference of Great Britain. In his native county (Hampshire), in Ireland, and Scotland, as well as in London andin other parts of England, he endeared himself to a large circle of friends by his genial disposition and his able public services. It is hardly necessary to say that his loss is severely felt, but the sorrow occasioned by his removal is mitigated by the comforting as- surance that he was enabled to afford spiritual instruction to his numerous fellow-sufferers to the close of his life. we know that he would count it "gain" to die in such a service. His amiable and devoted wife, who is also much lanentea, was the daughter of one of the first missionaries to Tahiti, who sailed by the ship "Duff" at the end of the last century. Mr. Draper has left only one son, now resident in Australia.

ARE MORMON MARRIAGES VALID IN ENGLAND ? In the Court of Divorce in London, the case of Hyde v. Hyde and AVoodmansee "has been heard, and was a case pos- sessing a singular interest, as it raises the question how far Mormon marriages can be considered valid in this country:— In 1847 the husband, who was then a lad of fifteen or sixteen, adopted the tenets of Mormonism, and he was afterwards ordained a priest of the sect. In 1851 he was sent on a mission to France, and afterwards he went to Salt Lake City. Before this he had become engaged to a Miss Lavinia Hawkins, who, with her mother, had preceded him to Utah. In January, 1853, he was married to her by Brigham Young, who ultimately sent him on a mission to the Sandwich Islands. Here the young man was reconverted to Christianity, and he wrote to his wife, begging her to leave the Mormon territory, and come to him. This she refused to do and two of her letters were read in court. In one of them she said— I feel miserable that you should be trying to put down Mormonism How strange it is that after your telling me of the corruption that existed at San Francisco, New Orleans, and other American cities, you should give up everything and wish to settle amongst such people I will toil to bring up my little son by myself rather than return to what you yourself have called accursed civilisation." Plurality [i.e., of wives] with all its abuses is better than the licentiousness which you say has such fearful sway that there is hardly a virtuous woman in California. My faith in Mormonism is stronger than ever Your own course is marked with that darkness which you used to say fell upon all that left this people. Are you happier now than when you were a Mormon I have tried to think Mormonism false, and to be convinced by your reasoning, but the evi- dence in its favour is too strong. In the other letter she spoke of the dea.th of her last remaining child she had had two, but one had died before her husband had departed on his mission and she said— I want family ties. I want to have little arms twining around my neck, and to hear soft voices lisp Mamma," and try to say Papa." You also are not fitted for a solitary life. If you are convinced of the falsehood of Mor- monism, take another wife—one that will be to you what I have tried to be. In 1858 the petitioner returned to England, and on hearing that the respondent had married the co- respondent Woodmansee, he had filed his petition for a divorce. On these facts Dr. Spinks contended that the court had power to dissolve the marriage. Being the first that either party had contracted it was not a poly- gamous connection, but was a marriage that would be recognised in a Christian country. He called- Mr. Piercy, of Holloway, an artist, who had mar- ried the sister of Lavinia Hawkins in 1819, and who admitted, though with some reluctance, that he had in early life been himself a Mormon. In the year 1853 he went on a sketching expedition to America, and spent three weeks at Salt Lake City, where the peti- tioner's arrival, in order to be married, was daily expected by the respondent and her mother. Witness, in fact, met him as he was returning from Utah. In 1857 witness read an account in the Deseret News of the petitioner's divorce and excommunication by the vice-president of the Mormon community, who, in a public discourse, said the petitioner should not lecture with impunity. Felt so alarmed for the personal safety of his brother-in-law that witness inserted an advertisement in the Times informing him of his divorce, and warning him of his danger. Witness added—I am perfectly acquainted with the constitu- tion of the Mormon body. It is ruled absolutely by Brigham Young and his two councillors. There are also twelve "apostles," and numerous inferior officers but Brigham Young and his councillors snub the "apostles" like menials. (A laugh.) It is usual for Brigham Young and his councillors to celebrate mar- riages between important members of his flock. I was never present myself at a Mormon marriage, for even when I was amongst them I doubted their right to marry people, and I would not submit to it. Polygamy was at first repudiated by the Mormons, and it only became known to the European members of the body through the reports of travellers. No doubt it is now practised. When I was in Utah I was introduced to as many as seven or eight wives at once. (A laugh.) Mr. Hyde is now the editor of an important country newspaper, and he is also the minister of a dissenting congregation. Mrs. Hawkins, who visited me last year, spoke to me about Lavinia's second marriage. I have also had letters from the respondent herself in which she has referred to it, and to the children she has had by the co-respondent. She did not, however, speak of her second husband, and I observed that she only signed her name Lavinia W." She spoke as if she considered that she had a perfect right to marry again. I believe that she is totally incapable of acting contrary to her conscience, and that her marriage with Woodmansee has been purely a matter of religious conviction. I am quite certain that the petitioner never had more than one wife, though polygamy is common enough in Utah amongst those who can afford it. The rule is for every one but Brigham Young to keep as many wives as he can support; but Brigham Young has publicly announced that he will take no more unless they can support themselves. (Laughter.) I have seen as many as four wives occupy a room not longer than that table, each having her bed only separated from the rest by a curtain. It is commonly reported that Mormon women who are unfaithful to their husbands are put to death, and that men have been shot for engaging in criminal intrigues with other people's wives. Except in the matter of polygamy, the Mormons are great sticklers for morality, and they don't like to lose their wives any more than other men. Mrs. Hawkins' deposition, proving the marriage amd the adulterous cohabitation, having been rMLd, Mr. Silas Martin Fisher, a counsellor of the SuprentO Court of the United States, was called as an expert in the law of Utah, but he stated that the Supaemo Court had no appellate jurisdiction in causes matri- monial over the Mormon territory. The American courts would, however, recognise a marriage in Utah when neither party was already married, but they would not acknowledge any polygamous union. Sir J. Wilde said he would take time to consider his decision. It would, however, be extraordinary if a connection which was essentially a polygamous one, and one that would have allowed the husband to take other wives, should be made the subject of a decree in a Christian country. The fundamental idea of mar- riage, such as Christendom recognised it, was that the parties should cleave to each other to the exclusion of any one else; and it seemed* to him very doubtful whether the matrimonial contract, as Christianity understood it, had been entered into by the petitioner of oil

WAITING FOR THE VERDICT. Captain Kaphael Semmf-s, of the "Alabama" is now the only prisoner in the Old Capitol at Washing- ton, a prison that during 1865 contained a, various timf s 13,500 State prisoners. Semmes is anxious for his trial to begin, but the Navy Department is qu;te dilatory in ordering it. He has mwiy friends who have already raided money for his defence, and supplied him with excellent. couusel. The Government hope to convict Semmes of a violation of the laws of war, by proving that the surrender of the Alabama." was a parallel case with the surrender of the United States' steamer Mercedit*" ttl thw Confederate ram at Charleston. The Merc^dita," was fomrery sur- rendered to the Confederate ram, but afterwards her commander and crew succeeded in running off with her. A board of Laval officers, of which Admiral Shubnck was president, afterward* pronounced the surrender valid, but while the" Mercedita" was not given up, her ship's company were regarded as paroled Confederate prisoners. Sejumes' friends do not con- sider this a para'lel case. They ¡¡..y he never surren- dered the Alabama," and none of her officers or crew were paroled. The delay on the part of the Depart- ment in ordering the trial evidently arises from want of testimony. They have advertised for all persons who were present at the battle between the "Ala- bama and the Kearsage to come forward, and, as Admiral Shubrick, who was president of the Court that decided the Mercedita" case is jilso president of the otf to try Captain Semmes, a searching investiga- tion will no doubt be made before he will be adjudged guitty. Semmes urges, in addition to his never having surrendered the Alabama," that he was afterwards paroled by name in General Joseph E. Johnston's army, and this puts an end to any prosecution for what might have occurred before.

Ulisallitiwous litttlligeiwt, HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. Loss OF THE SCREW STEAMER HERSCHEL.— This fine vessel, belonging to Lamport and Holt's line between Liverpool, Brazil and the Plate, was lost on the morning of the 4th of December off Cape Mal- donado. She grounded on a shoal about six miles from the coast, but, after getting off and while making for the portiof Maldonado for the purpose of beaching, the pilot unfortunately ran her a second time upon the rocks, when she filled and sank in deep water, only- her masts remaining in sight. All on board were saved, and the passengers secured the principal part of their luggage. The gunboats Triton and Dotterel left for the wreck as soon as the news reached Mon- tevideo. THE DARWINIAN THEORY—A contemporary informs its readers that an enthusiastic Darwinian has recently solicited the King of Prussia's pecuniary aid on behalf of degenerate mankind. He hopes to be able to improve the various races of Europe by strictly applying the principle of natural selection, by which Darwin assures us the lower types of organic beings are gradually raised into higher. But his Majesty, though ready to admit that there was great room for improvement, declined the proposal, probably remem- bering that one of his ancestors had completely broken down in a costly Darwinian experiment when trying to found a race of giants, by having^ all the tallest people kidnapped and brought to Berlin. THE CONVICT REDPATH—On Thursday in last week the case of Leopold Redpath came before the London Bankruptcy Court. It will be remembered that several years ago he was committed to penal servitude for a long period, for extensive forgeries on the Great Northern Railway company. At the time of his conviction his estates were seized for the benefit of his creditors and he was adjudicated a bankrupt upon an ordinary petition. The Great Northern Railway Company, in the hope of developing the estate to its fullest, took upon itself the task of paying the minor creditors, reserving any surplus that might come hereafter for its own benefit. The result has been that after all these years there is a sum of 1,154l. in hand to the credit of the estate. In the course of a few days the dividend will be duly advertised. It maybe added that the claim of the Great Northern Railway Company is 260,OOOJ., but they only proved for 40,000l. A NEW FOOD FOR FRENCHMEN !—The Parisians have shown they will not eat horse-meat if they know it, though they do indirectly, as chickens are very generally fattened on it. A new dish is now offered to them in the shape of bear's flesh. A butcher in the Rue de Tournon, named Lacroix, has a bear hanging up with his beef and mutton, and has arranged to have one sent to him every week from Siberia. Another bear is exposed for sale at a charentier's in the Faubourg Montmartre. In sjme parts bear's flesh is esteemed a delicacy. Dried, it tastes like insipid beef but some of the better cuts, when fresh and wellt-cooked, are excellent eating, with a flavour something like that of young pork. But where is the supply to come from ? Meat from Siberia would in carriage cost very clear and in Europe Bruin is dying out. Jacob Fili, the great bear hunter of the Engadine, seldom gets a chance of firing at more than three or four a year. NUMBER SIX!—A Canadian paper tells the following story of blighted love :-A New Yorker who had buried five successive wives m five different graveyards, and was courting an intended Nc. b, resolved one day to make a collection ofthe former spouses, and bury them all in one place. iiaving put the five coffins into one waggon, he drove for the cemetery, and unfortunately passed the house where his intended resided, and caught her eye. He bowed politely, but it was too much for the young lady, who vowed that after that she wouldn't have him anyhow, and she didn't. PRIZE MONEY. — The United States navy during the war captured vast amounts of property, and the prize money already distributed has made fortunes for many men. The property taken, however, was lost by the South and the blockade runners, and although the north has been enriched, so much has been wasted that the world is the poorer. Scarcely one half the prizes captured during the war have yet been adjudicated, yet exclusive of fees and expenses, always enormous in prize courts, over 30,000,000 dols. have been distributed, one half of which was paid into the Federal Treasury. The amounts received by some of the principal officers of the navy are as follows Vice-Admiral D. G. Farragut, 55,443 dols. Rear- Admiral D. D. Porter, 00,338 dols. Rear-Admiral T. Bailey, 39,098 dols. Rear-Admiral H. H. Bell, 12,207 dols.; Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee, 99,456 dols. Rear-Admiral S. F. Dupont, 58,476 dols.; Commander J. J. Almay, 54,431 dols., &0., &c. The largest single amount paid was the prize-money of Commander William Budd for the capture of the Memphis," 38,318 dols. The seamen in the navy have been paid sums varying from 13c. to over 1,000 dols. The highest sums paid to seamen were for the capture of the Albemarle" by Lieutenant Cushing in a picket boat. This capture netted the boat's crew 1,934 dols. per man. CATTLE KILLING AT BUENOS AYRES. — The correspondent of an American paper, writing from the Plate, says that at this season the cattle-killing- begins. It is the season of the best condition of the animals. and the best time for drying the beef. This year cattle are selling cheap. The first great sale of the year was 20,000 head at 5 dols. 40 cents, silver 4 daIs. 20 cents, and 1 dol. 90 cents, for bullocks, cows and younger ones respectively. Beef here is not exported except by salting in thin slices, and then drying, making what is called jerked beef. There is no reason in the world for supposing that good matured beef eannot be salted here and exported as from Illinois. Hitherto experiments have been made chiefly with young and poorly-fed animals, badly killed and worse cured. A LUCKY STURGEON !—SIX months prior to his death, the Czarovitch, the Grand Duke of Russia, caught a sturgeon, which was re-consigned to the waters of the Volga having a ring attached to its fins bearing the inscription that it was caught and set at liberty by the Czarovitch. It has transpired that a fisherman, on the night six months after the Grand Duke's death, which was set apart for general prayer, re-caught the sturgeon. It was given to the munici- pality, who paid the man handsomely and put another ring through the fish's fin, with the remark that it was to be set at liberty by any fisherman who caught it, who would be reimbursed. How many times will he be caught, in fancy, by speculative iishermen ? How VERY CRUEL !-A pianist of some renown was waited n in Paris, a few weeks ago, by a young man of distinguished mien. At that moment the King of Portugal was in Paris, and known to be paying visits eccentrically. As the young man would not an- nounce his name, the pianist concluded it was the King, and seated himself at the piano to astonish his Majesty on his entrance. "Don't disturb yourself for me, monsieur," said the aristocratic-looking young man; "I will gladly listen." The pianist, too de- delighted, played through his repertoire, and ceased only from exhaustion. The young man then rose and said, "Permit me now, monsieur, to present you" here the pianist thought of a grand decoration, but was rather desillusionne when he continued—"with the ac- count of our firm for 900f. for furniture, which you have owed just a year, and we shall be glad of a settle- ment." HIGH PRICE OF LAND IN LONDON. — Another illustration of the value of land in London is afforded by the history of a little piece at the corner of Lom- bard-street, formerly the site of Messrs. Spooner and Co's banking house. When thes* premises were pulled down tke ground was let to the Agra and Masterman's Bank, for ninety-nine years, at 6,600L a year. Owing to a change in the arrangements of that bank it was next sold to the City Offices Company at a premium of 70,000?., and a building is now to be erected upon it, at a cost of upwards of 70,000?., the gross rental of which is estimated at 22,000?., the London and County Bank paying 12,000l. for the ground floor and basement. ANOTHER ILL-ASSORTED MARRIAGE.—On Thurs- day last an elopement took place in the neighbour- hood of Belgravia between a footman and the daughter of his mistress. The London Standard of Monday says It appears from what we hear, the young man, who has a smart appearance, entered the service about two years gince, and during that period has been well cared for. On Thursday last the young lady as usual went out for a walk. the footman leaving akout the same time. On the return of the footman abomt two o'clock the same day, after the cere moay had taken place, he was called to account for leaving the hoate without leave, and discharged at the moment's notice, when on receiving that notice the happy bridegroom informed his mistress that with his luggage he would take her daughter's (now his wife) with him, which assertion so startled her that she has been very much indisposed ever Nothing had been heard of the newly-wedded couple since their departure. CHEATING IN ALL TRADES !—Fiah is just now extremely dear in Paris, owing to the tempestuous weather (writes a correspondent). A tolerable turbot costs 41. The wonderful phenomenon, however, of turbot served every day at the eighteenpenny dinners of the Palais Royal puzzles many brains. The ex- planation is said to be that the restaurateurs extract most of the salt from salted cod, and then serve up the pulp, smothered in sauce, as turbot. The customers who know that fish is dear—and do not expect anything very good for a small price—swallow the nondescript morsel, and it does them no harm. IDOLATRY IN HIGH PLACES.—The Queen (we are quoting from the Spectator) has presented a silver idol of the late Prince Consort, clad in armour like Christian in the" Pilgrim's Progress," to Prince William, the eldest son of the Princess Royal, as well as to Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales. Both images are adorned by the same verses, said to be from the hand of Mrs. Prothero. The statues and statuettes to the good Prince Consort are multiplying a little more rapidly, we think, than would have suited his own taste. If he can see us now, does he not tnink, at St. Paul of the Athenians, that we are "in these things too superstitious?" Would he not say that we were giving ourselves to idolatry, and his spirit be stirred within him?" SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI !"—A working stonemason, living in Liverpool, (Doyle by name) is said to be the lineal descendant of Dermot M'Morough, the last of the Irish kings. A police-officer in the Liverpool police for 3e is the direct representative of the celebrated Earl of Ulster, who caused such trouble in Ireland in Elizabeth's reign; and a barman in a spirit vaults near the Liverpool Exchange is the grandson of one of the most famous members of the Irish Parliament, and who was both an orator and a poet. ILLEGALLY REMOVING CATTLE.-At Leicester, on Saturday, Joseph Driver and Edward Adcock, cattle dealers, were charged with removing one cow, one heifer, and three bullocks from the parish of Wal- tham to the- parish of Syston, without a licence from a magistrate, on the 16th inst. The facts were very simple, as the following evidence would show :— It would appear that cattle dealers, butchers, and jobbers are inclined to think that on their obtaining a licence for the removal of cattle from one place to another, they are priviliged to remove them to any other place they choose, and there pursue their dealings with impunity. It was shown that in this case the defendants, who were partners in business, had bought five beaste. from Mr. Allen, of Wal- tham, and that an order was obtained for their removal on the above date by road to Melton Mowbray, and thence per rail to Liecester, but the defendants unloaded the beasts at Syston, took them to a field in their occupation, and re-sold three of them to Mr. Sheffield, of that place. It was said that such eases were of frequent occurrence, that the de- fendants had sold as many as 30 beasts at Syston during the past week, and that in this way the Melton cattle-market was simply transferred to Syston. The defendants, in reply to the case, said Mr. Allen, of whom they bought the beasts, booked them to Leicester. I hey told him they were sorry he had done so, as they wanted them to go to Syston, where Driver had a brother-in-law, and they there unloaded them. At Melton they asked a policeman whether they would be doing wrong in taking them to Syston, and he said no, and that they might unload them at Rparsby or anyplace They 'thought they were not acting against the orders by taking them off at Syston, as they did not exceed the limits of the order of removal, and the beasts were for immediate slaughter, or they would not have done so. The Chairman and the Bench were determined to con- vict in all such cases, and the defendants were fined 201. and costs, ll. 4s. 6d. in default of payment by distress, two calendar months' hard labour. THE NATIONAL DEBT.-The London "Daily Telegraph" is of opinion that the future surplus revenue of the United Kingdom should be devoted to the discharge of the National Debt. It would be difficult to imagine a more auspicious opportunity for the inauguration of such a policy. That the few customs duties which remain do not press injuriously on any trade is shown in the continually growing con- sumption of the articles which yield the largest revenue, such as sugar and tea; any check even to the more rapid advance in the latter being due to causes entirely apart from British taxation. No one grumbles at the duties on spirits, whether British or foreign though some cry is kept up against the malt-tax, it springs from a political sect; and if the income tax provokes objection, it is more on account of its inquisitorial character, and of difficulties in the assessment, than of the tax itself. Tne expenditure, on the other hand, may be safely lessened by a considerable amount, i-ince there is nothing at present to cloud the political horizon. REAL SENSATION TRICKS. — An aeronaut, named Buisley, recently performed some startling tricks at Sav. Francisco. Attached to his balloon, in- stead of the customary parachute or car, was a trapeze (two ropes suspended about two feet apart, with a stout stick connecting them at the bottom); and from that the balloon was cut from its anchorage and above the heads of the people he commenced his performance, hanging by his feet and hands to the trapeze, then again by one foot and by the neck. The balloon mounted to a great height, and when so far up that Buisley appeared to be of the size of a small child, he could still be seen clinging to the trapeze, first by his hands, then by his feet with his head down, then lying across it on his breast and back, imitating the motions of a swimmer. The crowd seemed per- fectly awed and thunderstruck by his terriffic feats, several ladies fainted, and it was not till it was seen that he felt or acted with perfect coolness and confi- dence that the people could make known their emo- tions, which found expression in shouts of applause. After remaining in the air between fifteen and twenty minutes at an attitute of over half a mile he slowly descended, and reached the ground in safety. I REMARKARLE COINCIDENCES. — A short time ago a Brixham fisherman, named Joshua Shannon, was drowned off the Eddystone in attempting to board the ill-fated "London," and a fisherman, named Edward Tittery, at the same time had a narrow es- cape. The unfortunate passengers on board the London" made a subscription in behalf of Shannon's widow. On the night when she was lost, however, in the Bay of Biscay, the father of the man Vittery, who was rescued at the accident just spoken of, was drowned. The house occupied by Shannon's widow also suffered most of any houses in the town from the gale, three of the windows being blown out, and the sloop of which Shannon and Vittery were part crew was one of those totally wrecked. Mrs. Shannon's father was drowned, and left her mother with a young family. DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF A SHIP'S CREW.— The second-mate and twenty-four of the crew of the ship "Argonaut" arrived at Greenock on Friday, in the screw-steamer Islesman," and reports that the ship left St. John, N.B., on the 1st December, and encountered severe S. W. gales. On the 24th Dec., the masts were carried away by the deck, and all attached. The-cabin was stove in, boats washed away, and all the I water and nearly the whole of the provisions were lost. The master and crew had to live in the forecastle I from the 24th December till the 9th January, and all they had to eat among them—twenty-seven in number —during that time was eighteen biscuits and a small piece of pork. The ship was waterlogged. On the 9th inst., she weaf; ashore, as clearly stated, at South Uist, the force of the hurricane blowing her clean over the reefs on to a sand beach. In being driven over the rocks, her bottom was knocked out. A fire was kindled on the windlass head, as a signal to those on shore that help was wanted, but as the people did not seem to have any boats, a small raft was constructed on the ship, by which three of the crew managed to reach the shore. They found that there were no small boats on that part of the coast; but, with the help of a fisher- man named Ferguson, residing there, and some of his family, a boat was dragged from Loch Boisdale, a dis- tance of four miles, over the hills, through the snow; and by this means all the Argonaut's" crew were saved. Mr. Ferguson supplied them with what little he could spare, and those who have arrived proceeded to Loch Boisdale, where they had to await the arrival of a steamer. Captain Mackenzie and his chief officer have remained by the ship. EDITORIAL DUEL IN AMERICA.—A communica- tion from Richmond, Virginia, on the 5th of January, says :—"An exchange of pistol shots took place to-day in the Hall of the Capitol, between Henry Rives Pol- lard, of the Examiner, and W. Tyler and William D. Coleman, of the Enquirer. Six shots were fired with- out damage, except knocking half a tassel off the cane of the marble statue of Washington. The House of Delegates was in session at the time of the occurrence, which produced great excitement. The parties were arrested by the Serjeant at-Arms and brought before the bar of the house. Pending the discussion of a motion to refer the affair to a committee, the House adjourned till to-morrow. SCIENTIFIC JOTTINGS.-M. Masso, an Italian agriculturist, has discovered an excellent way of feeding bees in winter. These insects, it seems, are exceedingly fond of rape-oil cake, a fact he discovered on finding certain sacks, in which he kept some, pierced with holes by the bees in order to get at the contents. He then put some on plates near the hives, and found the bees regularly busy making their balls of provisions and stowing them away and they went on so until the flowers re-appeared in spring. M. Masso observed that his swarms were never in a more prosperous con- dition than after having been fed for some time in this way.—The German papers announce the death, at Magdeburg, of a learned physician, Dr. Julius von dem Fischweiler, who in his will, has left the world the following scientific secret, viz., that his own great age, 109, is entirely to be ascribed to the constant habit of sleeping with his head towards the north, and the rest of his body in a direction coinciding as closely as possible with that of the meridian-that is with the heels to the south. From persisting in this habit the learned doctor considered that the iron contained in our system, finding itself in the direction of the magnetic currents which are constantly flowing over ma- the surface of the globe towards the north pole, becomes magnetised, and thus increases the energy of the vital principle.—M. Rigaut has just published a method of his for reproducing either old or new litho- graphs with great ease. The lithograph to be trans- ferred to stone is first laid face uppermost on a surface of pure water, whereby all those parts that are not inked absorb water. It is then put between two sheets of blotting paper, which carry off the excess of liquid; after which the lithograph is laid face downwards on the stone, to which it adheres perfectly with a little dabbing. Upon this another sheet is laid, moistened with one part of nitric acid and ten of water, and the whole is subjected to the action of the press. The nitric acid thus penetrates through the lithograph, and the stone receives its action equally in all the lights of the picture. A FRENCH STORY !—We are asked to believe the following story, which we hasten to do out of politeness ( An agent of change, in Pans, returning home suddenly the other day, and, on looking up at the window, saw himself at the window-himself in his own robe-da-chambre, and smoking his own pipe. He hastened up stairs, thinking that perhaps, in his hurry, he had left himself behind. He turned the key-lo there stood himself He fell half fainting into a chair, into which himself rushed embracingly. He came to his senses, and found that it was his long lost brother, supposed dead in America many years ago—of course. ATTACK BY A WOLF.—A strange event occurred three days back between Nant and St. Jean-du- Bruel, in the Gard. A man occupied in digging for truffles found himself suddenly attacked by a wolf of gigantic size, by which he was horribly lacerated and half strnngled. The animal then suddenly left him and threw itself upon a young girl who was guarding sheep at a little distance. Just then a sportsman with a double-barrelled gun came up, but hesitated to fire through fear of wounding the girl. The wolf then turned and attacked him, seizing his cheek be- tween its teeth and inflicting a severe wound. # The sportsman, however, succeeded in disengaging himself and discharged the contents of both barrels into .the body of the animal, which fell dead on the spot. The animal weighed something over 1101b. The man first attacked and the young girl are said to have died of the injuries received. A NARROW ESCAPE.-The "Union," of St. Servan (Ille-et-Vilaine) relates the singular recovery of a cabin boy, supposed to have been drowned at sea. The "Admiral Magon," of that port, left Swansea for Lisbon a month back with a cargo of coal, but the fol- lowing night, during a thick fog, was run into by an English ship, and the damage to the "Admiral Magon" being considerable, the crew hastened on board the other vessel, leaving behind them, in their precipita- tion, a boy named St. Julian. The two vessels im- mediately separated, and were soon invisible to each other, and the French captain supposed that his ship had foundered, and that the lad had gone down with her. A letter from the boy has however just been received at Saint-Servan. He remained on the wreck for three days, when he was rescued by a vessel bound for America. The latter was, however, driven back to Wales by stress of weather, and the lad was put ashore at Milford. He is now on his way home, with three cats and a dog, which he bad saved from the wreck. He relates that on finding himself alone he sat down and cried for some time, but then recover- ing courage he got up, hoisted a light, and finding that water was increasing in the hold, he passed the night alternately pumping and tolling a bell to attract the attention of a passing ship, if possible. The next day he displayed a signal of distress, breakfasted, and fed his animals, and then returned to the pump. The three days passed in that manner until his signal was seen and the lad rescued.

EPITOME OF NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. A lady, lately deceased, bequeathed about 7,0001, to the endowment scheme of the Church of Scotland for tne endowment of chapels of ease. The Birmingham Post states that a 61. rental fran- chise would raise the constituency of Birmingham from 15,497 to 40,303. The question has been raised as to whether news- papers cannot be prosecuted for publishing the obscenities of the Divorce Court in their columns. The Boston Cornier says that on account of the great increase of violent crimes in that city, nearly every person whose business takes him out after dark carries a loaded re- volver. A single firm in one week sold eight hundred pistols. The Order of Six Hundred Half Moons is a singular one, and has just been conferred by the Sultan on a Parisian singer, to the great delight of the Parisians. There is a proposal to establish a club, to be called De la Sainte Mousseline," in Paris, with the object of put- ting a stop to the mania of the Paris ladies for wearing ex- travagant toillettes. One of the principal regulations of the club is that compelling its members to dress with elegant simplicity." The French minister, M. de Lavalette, has refused his sanction to the establishment of a newspaper in Tours, although that city, which contains 40,000 inhabitants, has but one newspaper. There is a story going about that a candidate not many weeks ago was "plucked" at an examination for a clerkship in the Board of Trade because he was unable to give the length of a small river in Ireland. Another found on one of his papers-Who were Napoleon's principal Generals ? Where were they stationed in the year -? and where were they born? This last query so completely overcame his self-command that he coolly returned the paper to his examiners, with the contemptuous addition of—"And who were their bootmakers ?" The correrpondent of a Dublin newspaper describes a singular scene which took place in Limerick Cathedral on the occasion of the funeral of the Earl of Limerick. A mob broke into the cathedral, threw about the prayer books and Bibles, actually spat on the large service books, began to chant the llomish mass for the dead, and shouted that the cathedral would soon belong to the Roman Catholics. During the three days over which the Prince of Wales and eight others, noblemen and gentlemen, viz Lieut,-General Hall, the Marquis of Bowmont, Lord Hunting- field, Lord Colville, Lord Elcho, iNt P., Lord G. Manners, M.P., the llon. T. de Grey, .M.P.. and Major Grey, shot over Lieut.-Generfil Hall's estate, at Weston Colville, the kill of game amounted to 681 partridges, 402 pheasants, 324 hares, 404 rabbits, and one woodcock in all, 1,712 head. A youth of 13 years, named Thomas Armitage, was found hanged in his father's qedroom, at Bowling. He had suspended himself by a handkerchief to a bed-pole, and was quite dead. The reason for the suicidal act is not known. It is said that he was accustomed to retire to his bedroom to read, and was sought for on his being absent much longer than usual; and another story is, that at the Bowling Works, where he had worked with his father, he had been chaffed" on the ground of his being a "tall boy for his age," banter which he took to heart. The Army and Navy Gazette finds that the reduction in the army estimates will be "less thm was expected." The cavalry and depot battalions will not be touched, but about fifty infantry battalions will be reduced two- com- panies each. A Carlisle sergeant of police has been seriously in- jured by a drunken turnkey of the Carlisle Water Company thrusting an iron crovvoar into the sergeant's eye. The bridge of the nose was broken and the brain injured by the force of the blow, and the sergeant now lies in a dangerous condition. Mr. Benjamin, ex-Secretary of the Confederate States is studying English law, in the chambers of Mr Pollock in the Temple, Loudon, with the view of being called to the English Bar. The will of Sir Edward Fitzgerald, of Carrigoran, in the county of Clare, affecting 1)0,uOu/. of personality and between 7,0001. and 8,0cm. a year of real property, is disputed before the Judge of the Court of Probate in Dublin. The will is sought to be established by the widow, and is im- pugned by the brother of the deceased an the ground of in- formal execution and unsoundness of mind in the testator. Upwards of seventy witnesses, including many of the gentry of the county of Clare, have been summoned to give evidence in the suit. "Asad occurrence," says the Moniteur de l'Algerie, "hasjust caused a painful sensation here. An auctioneer went to the auction-rooms where he found one of his colleagues, to whom he addressed a few words. He then, without showing any signs of anger, drew a revolver from his pocket and discharged the contents of two barrels at the other, wounding him in,the arm. The moment after he blew out his own brains" with a third shot. The cause of this extraordinary occurrence is not yet known. The wounded man is hot in any danger. The John Bull, believing that considerable misap- prehension prevails as to to the probable course that will be adopted by the Bishop of Capetown, thinks it desirable to say that there is no possible douot but that the Bishop will fol- low the line of conduct of which his Synod approves, that is, he will offer Bishop Colenso to have his judgment revised by the Archbishop of Canterbury or by the Bishops of the United Church, but by no lay authority. Should Bishop Colenso re- fuse this alternative, and yet continue to exercise his functions as a bishop, the Bishop of Capetown will proceed to pronounce the sentence of excommunication which his synod has ap- proved. The value of toys sold in Paris for New Year's giftS is estimated at 20,000,000f. A distinguished Polish exile, General Count Zamoyski, has just died, at the age of 71, in a retired part Of London. He had been the owner of vast estates in Poland. The losses among underwriters and marine insurance companies by the late gale are said to be unparalled for their number. The house in which Byron and his mother resided in Aberdeen, during a portion of his boyhood, is now used as a printing-office, and a Columbian press occupies what was once the poet's bed-room. The Egyptian Government has just adopted the use of postage stamps. A widow lady, named Pottier has just died at Brevedent (Calvados) in her 104th year. She retained her faculties to the last. A nobleman appeared at the State reception of the King of Sweden, the other day, in a simple bourgeoise cos- tume, instead of the ermine and gold befitting his rank- Thinking to say a very hard thing, he apologised to hi^ Majesty by saying that, since the nobility had lost their pri- vileges, the nobles' uniform was unnecessary. Calm your- self," replied the King depend upon it you look muctt better as a humble bourgeois." The retort was very clever, and went home. As the Empress of the French is the leader of fashion we may expect that shooting will shortly become one of the pastimes of the softer sex, for at the Emperor's last shooting party at St. Cloud, the Empress, Princess Metternich, and Viscountess Aquado each took a gun, and knocked over a respectable number of birds. A decree of the penal section of the criminal tri- bunal of Venice, published in the official Gazette of that province, has forbidden the sale of "lithographic prints, coloured or not coloured, representing in various sizes Victor Emanuel, Garibaldi, and the defenders of Italy, SO well as the battles of Solferino, Magenta, and Montebello, and the geographical map of the kingdom of Italy in which are comprised, as part of the same, Venetia, Istria, Trieste, the Tyrol, and Dalmatia." The Winchester papers record the death of Mr. John Mercer La Parelle, one of the last three freemen of the old corporation of Winchester, aged 75 years. Dr. Peter Mackenzie, one of the oldest physicians practising in Liverpool, died suddenly on Frfday whilst paying a visit to a patient. Dr. Hutchinson, of Liverpool, was present at the time. Heart disease was the cause, Dr. Mackenzie having been a sufferer from this for some years. There is much talk in Paris of a game at lansquenet played at one of the clubs there, which began at eleven on Saturday evening, and ended at seven on Monday evening- Immense sums were lost and won at this game. Among the heaviest losses were those of a Russian amounting to 170,000 francs; an Englishman 75,000 francs; and a french- man, 30,0()0 francs. Several of the players won from 40,000 to 80,000 francs. The late outbreak of cholera at Naples caused a. con* siderable diminution in the receipts from visitors to Pompeii- In the three last months of 1864 these receipts amounted to 40,000 francs, while in the corresponding period of last yeat they only amounted to 400 francs. At Memphis, Tennessee, recently, a young lady named Denman, on the day preceding her intended bridal> went to inspect some machinery in the mill belonging to her intended husband, when her dress became entangled, Fhe wa drawn in amongst some wheels, and crushed tO death. The Australians are enduring a very hot summer. On the 21st of November the thermometer at Adelaide reached 113-5 in the shade, and 155"5 in the sun, as shoVII by the register at the Observatory. It is stated by the Indian papers that the Maharajah Jung Bahadoor has resolved not to go to England, because the Governor-General will not allow him to take 150 of II retinue with him. Had he been allowed, London would have seen a wonderful sight. The Maharajah, perhaps, will ne*» year condescend to go with less state; for he is anxious to send his sons to an English school, and to defy the orthodot, who say that by his former visit he broke caste. The French Academy has advanced as far as tbe word Aiialogie in the new edition of their famous dictionary- A meeting is held every Thursday, at which each word iØ separately discussed. The part already completed fills jilre bulky volumes in quarto, and it is calculated that the letter A will require eight volumes for itself. The entire wor» will be contained in about one hundred volumes whic* may be expected to appear in somewkat less than a couple of centuries An American oddity has been attempted in a. fashion* able saloon in Paris. At a certain period of the evening, when the dance is at the highest point of excitement, tbe orchestra suddenly plays a few bars of Marlborough." All engagements up to that time are thereby cancelled, and II new ehaite for partners has to be organized. The innoya- tion is not popular with either sex, and is not likely to live beyond the season. The following paragraph appears in a French pro' vincial paper :—"Dr. Pusey, one of the most eminent pr°^ fessors of Oxford, and one of the most remarkable men 01 the Anglican Church, has lately arrived at Bordeaux. After several interviews with his Eminence the Cardinal on ques- tions relating to the reunion of the Churches, he visited the convene of the Dominican Fathers, in the midst of whom be spent the entire Sunday." The grand prize of 60,000?. in the lottery annually drawn at Madrid has this year been gained by a rich Jlavànlll1 merchant, who held tickets to the value of 1,6001. The Quean of Spain has just presented the with a splendid gown of moire-antique, rose coloured, trimmed with maguificent blonde and tufts of green featnerf and marabouts. According to the Observer the Marquis of Norman<W is likely to move the address in the Lords; Lord Morley second it. The young Count Montalembert, nephew of tbe eminent orator and writer of that name, and son of the piis de Montalembert, who was colonel of a cavalry reg>' inent, and died of cholera in Africa three years ago, bJS iust entered himself as a novice in a Jesuit college. A new periodical, written exclusively in verse, will shortly be issued in Paris. The inmates of the debtors' prison at Brussels ha"" founded a newspaper, with the object of persuading tlle public that imprisonment for debt should not exist in a free country. The heritors and parishioners of Logie-Buchan bav £ presented the ftev. Mr. Gordon, minister of the parish, a handsome four-wheeled dog-cart, as a small token of their regard towards him. The London Review in an article on a new play at the Olympic Theatre, says: "If the piece fails in any par: ticular, it is as a show of legs-tbe ladies, with two ceptions, being singularly ill-provided by nature in this re- spect. This is as much a shortcoming in an extravaganza a small aliowaace of indecent dialogue would be in a modern French comedy." The ex-King of Naples, Francis II., in descending the staircase in the Farnese Palace, the other day, fell doØ and broke his leg. Our cattle are now perishing in Great Britain, spite of all the elaborate ''cures practised, to the value 150,0 £ per week, or nine millions sterling per annum. TlliØ is not a state of things which justitie51 inaction, or tolerancØ of inaction and as yet we have by no meani reached 00 worst. Since the census of 1860 the population of Rome baØ increased by y0,000. It has now 237,33s Inhabitants, 2,368 o1 whom are cardinals, bishops, and priests, 2 736 monks, 2,1:7 nuns. There is a vast trade across the North Americal1 plains. Twenty-seven firms are engaged in the During thepast year they sent off 21,509,"00 pounds assorted merchandise, requiring for its transportation nearly 5,0^ waggons, over 7,000 mules and horses, and nearly 28,000 oxen, employing upwards of five thousand men. The enforcement of the law prohibiting the imports* tion of foreign cattle has caused great dissatisfaction on the Canadian border. American drovers who purchased anim*1' in Canada suddenly found them stopped on the line, a11*1 suffered severe losses. At Leeds, a boy, aged eight, incautiously approached a spout at a malt kiln, from which a quantity of barley. fro& eight to nine feet thick, was flowing into a cistern, and* falling amongst the mass, he was suffocated in a very minutes. The will of Mr. George B. Elkington, electro-plated was proved in the London Court, on the Gth instant. The personalty was sworn under 350.0U0Z. The testator has made several liueral bequests to the charities of Birmingham and district. A theory has been started that the rinderpest is owing to the ravages of a species of worm. or entozoa, wbicD have been found in large numbers in the muscles and hearto ot diseased cattle. The subject has excited considerable b1" terest in the medical profession. While surveying a vessel at Shields, a few days a30* the surveyor discovered a nest of young rats snugly behind the planking. The wood was actually only one- eighth of an inch thick at the place and the surveyor'9 hammer lucki y went through it, destroying the rats, but iJJ. all probability saving the ship and the crew. It is asserted that not less than 750,000 dols. of th«' counterfeit one-hundred-dollar United States Treasury note* are at present in circulation. Among the donations by workmen in aid of tbB Bristol Royal Infirmary acknowledged last week is one Of list 9s. 9d contributed by the workpeople in the employ Of Messrs. Derham, Brothers, wholesale shoe manufacturers ot Bristol. Last year the amount thus given was almost SO large. The cattle disease is spreading in all parts ef 1101 land, notwithstanding the precautions taken by the author,, ties to prevent the admission of diseased cattle into thO country. The regulations issued by the Government on subject are but little adhered to, and in some places actlYo resistance is made to the officials who attempt to enforce them. At Hagestein the peasants rose against the troops and were only put down by the arrival of reinforcements. The subscription to the testimonial to Mr. Maclure^ Hon. Secretary to the Central Relief Committee, t0 upwards 0f C,0t0i. A pitce of plate will be purchased wit a part of the money, and the inscription upon it will probably be furnished by Lord Derby. One of the Paris newspapers relates that a party of Irishmen'went a few evenings back to a celebrated restaurant, and, representing that they were poor Fenians, asked for and obtained a dinner much below the price marked on th* carte but that they were so thirsty that they drank frofl1 500 francs to 600 francs' (202. to 2U.) worth of wine. "Poor Ireland exclaims the newspaper. An American critic, speaking of the Cheap Jack iO Dickens's recent Christmas number, Dr M:arigol.d g. Prescriptions," is plea'ed to say It is a ShakspeariaU power which plucks one true-hearted vagabond out of the crowd which till England, and makes him typical and iln- mortal. This is quite a Cheap Jack style of critical writing -upon a stump as oratory it would be first rate. At the Romford petty sessions, on Friday, Robert Williams, aged 27 a cabinetmaker, in the service of a Low don tirm, was fined 2oi. and costs for a gross assault on g, young girl named Charlotte Mai tin. a domestic servant, in 9 third-class carriage on the Great Eastern Railway, near Brentwood. The parties were in the carriage next to thO engine, and the defendant was probably prevented commit- ting a more serious offence by the engine-driver, Johi* Bullock, who during the journey had thrice climbed along the engine and tender to the carriage window, and cautioned the defendant. The advertising world of London thinks itself very large in its doings, and that its expenditure is unequalledr and yet our neighbours, who, it is said, know not the val»& of publicity in commerce like Englishmen, constantly do, and are prepared to do fabulous things in the way of adver- tising. To wit, a gentleman has just farmed the advertising for the Exhibition of 18U7 for two millions !i-(francs, n°5 pounds.) The Sunday Gazette states that Lady Palmerston b!\if declined the offer of a peerage in her own right, with re. mainder to her son, the Right Hon. W. Cowper.—The paper states that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will empl°? part of his surplus in sweeping away a number of sm^i* imposts that do not yield much and operate injuriously. sugar duty will probably be dealt with. A curious illustration of the march of intellect in England is furnished by the fact that no less than six pnZØ" lights are advertised to come off in this month of January* for stakes to the value of nearly GOOZ. A pitiful appeal1* made by a cleruyman on one of the metropolitan lines to directors to refuse their aid and co-operation, as the of moral depravity that arises in a locality from these exhlbl tions would be scarcely credited. Ihere cannot be ttf? opinions about the impropriety of railways giving facil1' ties. Earl Russell has made a statement respecting coming Reform Bill of a more definite characrer than *0^ which he has yet put forth. A deputation from Huddersâeld. waited upon the noble Earl to ask him to give their borough more members, and in reply to their arguments Lord Russe plainly told them that it was very d mbtful whether aI?^ scheme for the redistribution of seats would be included the bill to be brought forward, or whether it would n° hy confined to a simple extension of the franchise. He and colleagues had not yet come to a positive conclusion on t» subject, and he could only promise that if it should 05 determined to deal with the whole, question the claiin Hudderslleld to haye more members should be considered- i

INCIDENTS OF THE LOSS OF THE I "LONDON." The loss of the "London" is every one's sorrow who h-s read the harrowing statement of the survivors. Evervmind must have formed its own picture of the scene -the parents silently awaiting death with their dear children nestled around them—the calm resigna- tion of nearly all on board—the manly captain, un- flinching in his duty to the last—the veteran actor, brave in the hour of peril, leaning thoughtfully and rellectingly on the swaying door-the clergyman ministering earnestly and zealously the comforts of religion, and seeking to turn the minds of all in the few moments of their lives to hope in the future, and trust in the Almighty's forgiveness. It is a sad but a grand picture. It is one, too, which, with all the sorrow it causes us to read, is not unaccompanied by the proud reflection that our countrymen have honoured the nation by the glorious bravery, calmness, and Christian piety of their death and we must feel assured, from the display of these virtues, that the people of England have in them the fitness for all grand worldly actions and situations, accompanied by a simple piety which shows them worthy of the name of Christians. But one blot is on the whole scene- happily it was not cast upon the memory of this disaster by Englishmen. The men who flinched from duty have goue to their reckoning, and we will not, amidst so much sorrowing, with a passionate rebuke to their names, mar a scene, which, on the whole, has so much that is noble in it for humanity. But the following incidents, which we cull from various sources, will more plainly place the whole of the dread calamity before our readers '— It will doubtlessly be a source of consolation generally and to the relatives especially of the unfortunate persons who perished on board the" London" to learn that they, with scarcely an exception, appeared perfectly resigned to their hapless fate. This we are assured from the lips of Mr. Munroe and Mr. Maine, two of the passengers who so miraculously escaped, was the case. It appears that a kind of gloom prevailed amongst the passengers from the Tuesday -the day on which the masts of the ship were torn away. It was this disaster that first gave rise to apprehension on the part of the passengers, several of whom were heard to say that they felt they should never see Australia again. And as matters from this time grew worse, so the unfortu- nate passengers grew more resigned—a resignation that was the more readily arrived at from the incessant exhortations of the Rev. Mr. Draper. On the Thursday morning, about eight o'clock, the passengers—husbands and wives, and in too many instances with young children clinging round them-were assembled in the saloon, listening to and praying devoutly with the rev. gentleman, while the single men passengers and the crew were kept working at the pumps. As this work was almost incessant, a complaint arose that there were men below who would render no such assistance. These men were fathers, whose wives and fami- lies tenaciously clung to them as their only comfort. When requested to g" to the pumps, these poor fellows, with tear- ful eyes, would answer-" What am I to do?" How can I leave my dear children ?" An exclamation followed up by the piteous appeals of their wives and children, "Oh, don't take him away from us." "You go." Oh, do go and do what you can to save us." It would, says Mir. Munro, be impossible to describe the sceue presented on board that morning. Money, watches, chains, and other valuables were lying about indiscriminately, and were regarded as valueless. All on board seemed only to be calmly awaiting the last moment, In this sad scene there were instances of something more than death being thought of. An old man went down into the cabin half filled with water to fetch a carpet bag, and taking it on deck, placed it down near the spot where Captain Martin was calmly pacing to and fro. This circumstance, it seems, somewhat amused the captain, who, smilingly. said, "What, man, are you going to take that with you?" The passenger did not reply, but merely shrugged his shoulders. At a little before two o'clock, the hour at which the vessel went down, the ladies in an in- sensible state were floating about on the poop of the ship, and at this time both Mr. Munroe and Mr. Maine, look- ing out upon the little boat that was being tossed like a cockle shell-now close to, and anon twenty yards from the vessel's side-remarked that if they had a chance they would not get into her, believing it impossible for her to live. But; suddenly they felt the big ship leave as it were their feet, and then it was that they resolved to take chance in the small craft. As soon as Mr. Munroe got into the boat the doctor s assistant offered him zC500 if they would take him in. To this offer one of the sailors replied, "Keep your money and look after yourself." To this the assistant answered, "T am your doctor, and you are bound to take me with you." All this time they were pulling away from the ship which five minutes afterwards sank beneath the waves, and'although at this awful moment the small craft was some considerable distance off, still it is the opinion of the sailors that had they been one minute later in leaving the ship's side the boat would have been sucked down in the vortex. It is a matter of great surprise to those who took refuge in the boat that she should live in such a sea, and that, too, with seven persons more than she was built to carry. All the now wearied ere had with them were three bottles of brandy, one bottle of champagne, some fresh water, and a bunch of raw carrots. They had nnt started long, however, upon their dreary journey before their fresh water was destroyed by the [constant seas that broke over them. They consumed the bottle of champagne, and two bottles or the brandy during the Thursday night, and the third they could not find, so that they were left almost at the outset with but a few carrots for sustenance. Leaving the scene of the wreck, they put the boat's stern to the sea, and drifted due south dead before the wind, in the very opposite di- rection to that which they desired to make, but to have at- tempted to steer the boat would have been instant destruc- tion. They continued thus at the mercy of one of the most terrific seas that ever rolled in the Bay of Biscay till about twelve o'clock at night, expecting every moment to be swamped. At this hour the wind somewhat abated, and veered to SSE, but so black was the night that they could not see each other even. They all prayed for daylight, and as soon as dawn was seen breaking in the east it seemed to impart to the sufferers fresh life and a confidence that they would be saved, for, to quote Mr. Munroe's words, "I felt convinced that, as our little craft had lived threugh the dreadful night, she would live through any sea we might encounter." As the morning advanced the wind decreased in violence, and the black clouds that kept sending forth drenching showers descended almost to the sea. They saw the first ves- sel about four o'clock, but owing to the wind and tremendous sea over which they were being carried, it was impossible for the vessel to find them. „ „ About seven o'clock on the Friday evening they saw a schooner, n the port side, and held a consultation as to whether they should pull towards it, but Mr. King objected, andshortlyafterthatoneof the men in the boat jumped upand exclaimed, "There's another ship, boys." King still objected to facinc the weather, upon which one of the crew swore that it was their only chance, and that if King refused to make for it he would "stave th« boat in." King then said, Well, 1 go and they accordingly pul'.ed to the vessel that rescued them from their perilous position, and brought them safely to port to relate the sad disaster that has thrown a gloom over the United Kingdom.