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TIlE SECRETS OF FREEMASONRY. 10 The Monde would have its readers believe that the fol- VV' Of S is tho oath taken by every Freemason on the day A his reception :—" In the name of the Supreme °hitect of the world, I swear that I shall never reveal secrets, signs, touches, words, doctrines, and usages 6-, the Freemasons, and that I shall observe an eternal ^nce with regard to them. Should I prove false, I j^bmit to the following punishment That my lips be ^ned with red hot iron, my hand severed, nay tongue out, my throat cut, and my body suspended in a v during the time that a new brother is being ad- fjitted in order that my treachery may be branded, and p example serve as a terror to others that my body then reduced to ashes and flung to the winds, so M'at the memory of my treachcry may utterly perish." ,,{>on this the Dcbats of to-day very caustically remarks 'his oath is not only horrid in itself, but it has the 8erious fault of calling to rnind the old formulas of ex- l°<hmunication, and is couched almost in the same terms (hich M. Veuillot lately used in devoting Father Pas- ^Slia to the infernal gods. The Freemasons therefore 'Iss 'ss Hot merely ass issins, tliey are, moreover, plagiarists. c, ter taking the oath and when the band that has ^ered the eyes of the postulant is removed he sees the 1 ^wn swords of all the masons present pointed at his J^ast, and he hears the brethren crying out, 'May God relish the traitor.' But the venerable' then calms his (b-or by assuring him that the swords are only meant J the traitor, but lie adds, 'if you should betray tho \!ft ot the society you will be safe in no part of tha from the avenging weapons.' The Monde draws conclusion 'Freemasonry therefore ar- Ws the right of employing the sword, and of putting Vjj- ath traitorous members. Now what is the act by Lieh we kill a feliow creature except in case of war, S^'niate self-defenec, or iu the execution of a judical °hee P What shall we call it ? It is murder—it is as- a^^tion. Freemasonry, therefore, claims the right of in clination." This, pursues the Dfhots, is conclusive, \fe ^"e know not what answer the Freemasons can give. ,1UP s.hall confine oui^elves to asking the Monde one Jo sti°n, which cannot embarrass so well-informed a Wlie e and when have assassinations been. iljj. 'fitted by Freemasons? The assize courts, unhappily, SjJr((:'t00 many instances of murders instig.ued by tho jeaf detestable passions, such as cupidity, ha red, and fj- °Utly, but we find 110 cases of murder instigat d by Oo^sonry. The courts of jus'ice would surely take if^5IS;»nce of them if they existed. But' perhaps the if n's *hat t'ie judges, the bar, the jurors, police are affiliated to the sect, and shut their da, 8 *° its misdeeds. If this be so, society is in greater ijj ^ger than it supposes, and the Monde, iu particular, fa, Ce it possesses no means of escaping from that terrible r) e which no doubt it expects 011 account of its impru- Q^t revelations.

WHOLESALE MUKDEKS IAT BERLIN. It A letter from Berlin contains the following extra- ordinary statement :—Berlin has lately become an 1111- ^ersirable residence for persons of a very nervous ^mperament Within t ie last rew weeks no less than ?itie persons have disappeared without leaving a trace j^hind them. In no one instance have the circumstances such as to suggest the probability of suicide, nor the secret police succeeded in obtaining any the mystery. The supposition is not a very to 6ea^e °ne but it is hardly possible to come L other conclusion than that there is an organised lid of professional murderers somewhere in the city, who on their trade with a di?gree of skill unprecedented cj 'le annals of crime. Burke, Bishop, and Hare,were ^vfr fellows in their way, but they had a eompara- Ve'y easy task in disposing of their machinations. arrangements for supplying the anatomical schools ^his cJty are not such as to allow of our looking for e3cplanation of the mystery in that quarter. As is no evidence of any struggle, indeed no evidence tjj^ything, it is at Ie ast highly probable that the vie- have been chloroformed. It is true, we cannot as- if ^6 with certainty that they have been murdered but, « **ot, where are they ? It would seem as if the Prus- detectives are not quite up to the mark. Single are undoubtedly committed iu London, and the y/betrators remain undiscovered, but I doubt if such j>^0!esale .-rime as the present case suggests would be in London now-a-davs without our detectives on the scent. Tnc persons who have disappeared lO* partly to the middle, but principally to the asses- Tliey are as follow: A servant at the Ho? PUl'e Institution; a copperdinith fr^m ivyritz, Cotne to Berlin to buy tools a merchant from a w ^Urg; a basket maker of Berlin the daughter of weaver, a young girl of 13; a tailor s ap- -P,d b' L; a coachman; a young Boston merchant, who a a lieutenant in the Federal army and, lastly, J°a(J tailor of Ber.iu. This is getting rather lie- 'is to bo °^e> or I should begin to hope that if the decade CoilnciIin0laPlete, the tenth may at least be a privy ^°rk i °r a count, in order that tho police may set to '■Thiiggi' earnest for the extirpation of this Berlin

^LF\VTEJIIOUS JJISAPI'EARANC'K OF A PLTOFKSSOK AND v»lFE.—A sad castastropbe seems to have deprived 1 11 of Nuremburg of a worthy and higly-esteemed V We. Professor J.L. Hoffmann and his wife set out on V^rney to Spain at the beginning of August, the com- foment of the holidays of the college, at wluch Pro- ^offrnann was a distinguished teacher. They tra- 'through Savoy and the South of France, by ship Marseilles to Barcelona, and thence by land to Valeu- V^'O'rice the second and last letter, dated 24th August, Sood healtl 1, and as future travelling route Alicante r0T'' Cadiz» Seville, perhaps Murcia, Granada, &c. f°«te ns b<;cn given in this letter to send letters ^^anteto Toledo, which were complied with. rom ^eli 0 tidings have been received, and all trace of the tra- ,SLeems 51ot return by the 2nd 1 hen ^ie sc'100' re-opened and Professor IIofTmann's eKan, the fears of his friends became serious, and >i were set on foot, which resulted in the infor- that the postc restante letter for Toledo was ^fci-eh18 for. This seems a confirmation of the worst ti^etlr118'0118' ^^tricial steps have been taken to learn tofel;; Illg certain of the fate of the missing couple. of Honmann's name is known beyond the walla 5 reV1}3erg as that of an excellent philologist and ptlj Mrs. IIofTrnan, too, cultivated literature ■ll0cessI and many of her poems have been pub- s e.reinllX Album" of the Niirembtrger Literarische j .iot^ bear that Lieutenant Frey has started on ^■e Spain in search of them, or of some know- b^^ted0?061"11'11? their demise. Not only has he been _inave readily, but has been furnished by the Jrteliejji Qlnistry with letters of recommendation to the Bft8, anthorifcies. Tho young King of Bava- „ta*es a warm interest in the success of

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. On Tuesday, a collection of oH coins in a pot or earthen ware was discovered at Mettermeh, at the Mo- selle. The dates on these coins are 1532, 1553, 1554, and 1555, and the following are the inscriptions on tlJem Hpnricus II. Dei G. Francor, Rex," "Max. Z. Rom. Jmper." "Pbilipp. V. Hispan. Rex," and "Augustus Dei G. Dux Saxoniae." The Princess of Wales, accomnaniedby Piincess Hilda of Anhalt and Prince John of Glucksburg, and attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, visited the French Gallery, 120, Pall Mall, on Saturday, to view the thirteenth annual winter exhibition of cabinet pictures, the con- tributions of British artists. The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Princess Hilda, of Anhalt, and Prince John of Glucksburg, dined with the Duchess of Inverness at Kensington Palace on Saturday evening. CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the Foreign Office, Whitehall. The Minis- ters present were :Earl Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argvll, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Earl de Grev "and Ripon, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right HON. T. Milner Gibson, and the Right Hon. C. P.Yilliers. The Hon. George Elliott and Mr. C. G. Barrington, of the Treasury, will'be Earl Russell's pri- vate secretaries. Mr. Elliott filled the same position at the Foreign Office, and Mr. Barrington has been for several years private secretary for Lord Palmerston. Mr. R. A. Kinarlake communicates the following an- ecdote illustrative of the liberality of the late Premier, and of his sympathy wita oppressed nations. At the termination of the Hungarian war in 1849, in which General Guyon, a native of Bath, took a prominen pnrfc, and when the joint military operations of Austria and Russia compelled him, with Kossuth and others, to tako r, fuge in Turkey, and to then place his sword at the disposal of the Sultan against the assaults of Russia, Lord Pabnerston wrote to the gallant Englishman thank- ing him for his heroic services, and having learnt that he was penniless by reason of his wife's property having been confiscated by the Austrian government, sent him a cheque for £500. The Custom authorities in Belfast have seized two tierces of pistols onboard the Fleetwood steamer, Prince Alfred. One of the casks was consigned to a hardware merchant in that town but that gentleman, it is said, denies any knowledge of the consignment, and states that he has received no invoice of the goods. The tier- ces were removed to the Queen's Warehouse by the Cus- tom's officers. Some of the pistols were revolvers, and they were all of a superior description. It is reported that, before the departure of the Prince Alfred from Fleetwood the officers of Customs at that port took possession of seven or eight cases of rifles and one or two tierces of pistols, which were either on board the steamer, or about to be put on b oard. TAKING IN A GOVERNMENT.—Of all the smart" in- stances of Yankee ingenuity, perhaps the smartest is the trick played upon the authorities of New Brunswick after their recent offer of a bounty of three dollars for the snout of every bear killed within the colony. A large number of snouts were recently brought in, chiefly by Indians; but in course of time it was discovered that most of the trophies were imitations only, cunningly manufactured of india rubber and gutta percha, by clever manipulators in the State of Maine, who sold them to the Indians at half a dollar each. The profit on the trick was handsome, but as the Blue Noses (New Brunswiclcers) have long boasted that they could not be outwitted, the snout manufacturers are perhaps enjoy- ing a satisfaction beyond that of mere pecuniary gain.- Athenmum. THE HOARDED WEALTH OF THE SOUTH.—The Times' correspondent in New York collects a. quantity of curious evidence to show that the South is not nearly as poor as it at first- seemed, that it has hoarded gold and plate to a very largo extent, which it would not bring forth while the policy of the North was doubtful, but which Mr. Johnson's clemency is tempting out from all sorts of queer hiding-places. The New York Daily ATeics-a paper always violently Southern—testifies very strongly to the reappearance of this hoarded wealth. The Southern newspapers are full of discussions of investments, the planters are paying their old debts contracted before the war, and beginning to buy so largely in the North as to be some of the best customers of New York. Instead of dying in the last ditch," they seem to have buried their reserve of bullion there, which was no doubt the more sensible course of the two.—Spectator. A GREAT ROGUE AND A GREAT FOOL.—At the Ilford petty sessions, on Saturday, Patrick Gray, a respect- able young man, was charged with having stolen 5s. from his employers, Messrs. Butcher and Girlin, coal merch- ants. The prisoner pleaded guilty, but declared it was only a mistake of his in not entering it in the books. He was recommended to mercy, but notwithstanding, he was sentenced to two months' hard labour.—It as then stated that a lady in court wished to receive back some articles in the prisoner's possession which he had from her during their courtshio, and they were to have been married the next day.—Mr. G. Fry Who is the lady ? let her st ind forward.—Miss Eaves I am the lady, sir.- This statement appeared to astonish the court, since she was evidently between 50 and CO years of age, and gray hair, the prisoner being only 19.—Mr. Frv Well, what do you want?—Miss Kaves I wish to have the watch and other articles found on the prisoner and belonging to me given up. He took them from time to time, but the watch lie had to get repaired.—Mr. Fry Way, you are old enough to be the prisoner's gi-andmother, and you were to have been married to him to-day. Why, how old at e you?—Miss Eaves Over 40, sir.—Mr. Fry And a good deal over 41, I should say. Why, the pri- soner is only a boy. It seems to me you have had a lucky escape, for he is a yrreat rogue, H nd yon are a great fool.—The articles applied for were given back to the lady, as they evidently belonged to her. TESTIMONIAL TO MAXZiNi.—It may not be generally Irnown, says the Observer, that for some months past the countrymen of Mazzini have been raising a fund to pre- sent to him a token of their gratitude for his life-long devotion to the cause of Italian independence, and of their admiration for his character—as likewise by way of protest against the disgrace to Italy of his continued banishment. Many thousands of Italians have already enrolled themselves as subscribers. What more espe- cially concerns us, however, is the fact that a number of Signor Mazzim's English friends desire to participate in this expression of respect and esteem for his character and services. It is intended to address a letter to the Italian committee, signed by .dl who feel disposed to join in this testimonial. Those who have drawn up this letter have done wisely in so wording it, as that ab- solute accordance with all Mazzini's political opinions is not made an essential condition of subscription. We heartily hope that it may be sufficiently successful to form a not unworthy expression of English appreciation of one who has done and suffered so much for his country. That this will be so we cannot doubt, as the subscribers axe such names as t ose of Messrs. J. S. Mill, Samuel Morlev, T. B. Potter, P. A. Taylor, M.P.; James White M.P.; Mr. Jacob Bright, and Professors Cairnes and Masson, with many others. The following is the text of a letter from Garibaldi in favour of this project: -1 join with all my heart in a testimonial of gratitude from the Italians to the illustrious citizen whose life does not include an hour which has not been devoted to Ibaly, a. pure inspiration for the national cause, an example to us all in the path of liberty, and a glory for the great Italian family. A WEALTHY CTFROYMAN.—The will of the Rev. Ro- bert Moore, M.A., Canon of Canterbury, and Rector of Hunton, Kent, and of Latchingdon, Essex, was proved in the London Court on the 18th Oct. The personalty was sworn under £ 250,<>00. The executors appointed are Mr. John Moore, his son; Mr. WiUiam Moore, his nephew (these two are the acting executors); power being reserved to Catherine Harriet Shaito, his daugh- ter the wife of the Rev. John Duncomb Shafto, M. A., Hon. Canon of Durham and Mr. Henry Talbot Moore, his nephew, also to prove hereafter. The will is dated September 18, 18G1, and there are six codicils, which with the exception of the first are in his own hand- writing, the last bearing date the 2/tli of June, 18G5. He died oil the 9th September, at the advanced age of 88 He was the third son of Dr. Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury. He stood at the head of the list of Canons of Canterbury, being appointed thereto in 1804. He was rector of Hunton since 1702, and of Latchingdon from 1804 The joint incomes of these two livings were returned at £ 1500 per annum, the canonry averaging a likeTum He was also, for a long period, a principal Registrar of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury-a sinecure appointment performed by deputy and upon the formation of the Probate Court he received a com- pensation pension of £ 8000 per annum, which pen- sion reverts, to some extent, to A iscount Canterbury, a grandson of Archbishop Sutton, by whom he was nominated when an infant-, and was the only son of the first Viscount, who was Speaker of the House of Commons. The testator has bequeathed the hulk of Iiis property chiefly to his son and daughter before c named. There are legacies of tsooi) to each of his five granddaughters, £ 5000 to each of his two grand. sons, legacies to other relatives rind friends, and also to his servants. To his nephews, who are his executors £200 each. He has bequeathed £ 300 for the benefit of the schools of Hunton, endowed by Bishop Portens, and since re-erected by himself, and leaves R100 for the poor of Hunton. To each of the following insti. tutions £ 100—namely, the the Canterbury Hospital the Canterbury the Maidstone Infirmary, and the Maidstone Ophthalmic Hospital. All legacies are to be paid free of leeacy duty. The residue of his pro- perty is to be divided equally between his son, John Moore, and his daughter, Catherine Shafto, who take a life interest therein, the principal to be held in trust for the ultimate beuefit of their ohildreu.—{iwstrateci EXTRAORDINARY CAREER.—At the Thames Police Court, London, on Saturday, Joseph Broadbent, alias West, aged 40, who lias been for a long time the occupant of a small house at Old Ford. Bow, which he has dignified by the name of "Clay Hall Works," and who has also rented^an unfurnished office as "Broadbent Brothers and Co." NO. 36, A1 dorm anbury, City, was charged with de- frauding mnny tradesmen of goods and money by false pretences.—Inspector Kerri-ey said a warrant was granted for the apprehension of the prisoner in August, last, since which time h. had been too active for the officers in search of h'm, but be was once caught a fort- night since by Lambert, a police constable, 311, K, in the Bow Road. The prisilllr;r, on being accosted as Mr. Broadbent said "Oh d ~ar Tie Broadbent, Broadbent, what an odd name, mine is West," and ran away. It appeared that the prisoner ha 1 victimised many trades- men by representing he was the head of the firm of Broadbent Brothers, Clav Hall Works, Old Ford, Bow, and 3P>, Aldermanbury, City. He obtained supplies of everything he requested, and presented cheques for the debts he owed, receiving balances of his victims, for each cheque was made out a sum over and above the amount owing by bim. The cheques were in every instance returned dishonoured. Three cases w?re cone into, and it was stated that there would be 20 or 30 more of a similar character.—The prisoner was re- manded. A MAN CUT TO PIECES ON TITE MIDLAND RAILWAY. -011 I- riciay Atr Whiston held all inquest at Borrowash near Derby, on the body of a, man uuknown, whose re- mains were found on the main line of the Midland Rail- way noar to Borrowash Station. The station-master at Borrowash, on Thursday, w11"n the 10 20 p.m. goods train from Derby to Riisrbywns anproacliing Borrowash Station, perceived something fall ug as if it were the ash-pan under the engine, which did not excite much at- tention at the time. as engine drivers wore the parties to drop the pan when required. After, however, the train had passed the sta ion, the station-master Dr ceeded down the line to put out the back signal, and Oil arriving at the bridge he perceived something white on the line of railway. On going a few yards further ho came in contact with part of the bone of the man's arm, apparently from the shoulder to the elbow. Five yards further he discovered the trunk of a man lving- between the rails, and with the head severed from the body, and and also the loit arm cut of from the topof the shou der. The right arm was crushed to a mummy, and both legs were separated from the body, Ongoing a little further up the line he found the head off the unfortunate man close to the rails in the six foot. The station-master procured assistance, and tho remains were gathered up, put in a box, and conveyed to the noah's Ark, Borrowash, to await a Corone-'s inquiry.—The Jury returned a ver- dict of accidental death. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE NEAR DERBY.—A GIRT, AND HER MOTHER BURNT TO DEATH.—A very sad affair oc- curred at Littleover, two miles from Dover, on Saturday afternoon last, by which two lives were sacrified. It appears that Miss Osborne, daughter of Mr. James Osborne, of that village, and who is 2t years of age, was reaching something from the chimney piece when her clothes caught fire, and she was immediately enveloped in flames. Her father was in Derby on business at the time, and she ran upstairs to her mother, who was ill in bed. The flames caught her mother's clothing, and both poor creatures were then in s, blaze. The daughter ran downstairs and into the gardeu, and clung to one of the trees. The tree to which she clung was burnt through and broke down, she falling with it. Every portion of her clothing was burnt off her body, excepting her gaiteis and boots. The mother, who was scarcely able to walk, crawled downstairs to the first landing and was found sit ting on the last stair, literally burnt to a cinder her features not recognisable, and tho stairs on which she sat were actually burnt through The dan-liter, the scalp of whose head came off, and who was otherwise dreadfully burnt, lingered for a few hours, when death put an end to her sufferings. Dr. Taylor ot Derby, was called in, but his services were of no avail'. An inquest was held on the remains of the two bodies at a ate hour on Saturday evening, before Mr. Coroner Whiston, and a verdict-of" Accidentally burnt to death" was returned. DESPERATE SUICIDE IN THE HOUSE OF DETENTION TI1 A BURGLAR.—On Saturday afternoon an inquest wag held at the House of Detention on Charles Gustaldi, alias Dubois, alias Duvant, who, with another had been committed from the "rlbomurh street Police Court for t!:e robbery at the Earl of Fife's and Lord Eldou's, and who was well known to the police as having been oti- gaged in all the robberies at noblempn's houses in the metropolis for some time past. By tho evidence of t e officials it appeared that on Thursday before deceased was found within half-an-hour after anofficerhad visited him hanging from tiie window in his cell. From tho ex- amination made it appeared that deceased having made a noose in his handkerchief, had passed the other end of the handkurchief throuch it, thus forming a second and sliding noose, which lie must have placed rouud his neck, then mounting up ,n the stool provided for him to sit upon h" had placed the free end of the handkerchief, in which he had tied a knot, under the "happer" or lid of the window, which is curiously shaped, presenting the appearance of a wedge, the lower end being sunk in the wall, and the upoer end projecting into the cell and having (as before staled) a lid to it. Then to prevent the flap from rising and freeingthe handkerchief hejam- med a. wooden SPI JOil between it and the stonework into which the window had been let. The deceased had told the legal adviser who visited him in nrison that he was the Frenchman who oscaped from Newgato some timo ago, letting two Englishmen out with him. He seemed much depressed at tli- prospect of transportation. The jury returned a verdic- tha' (1(,, ased committed suicide whilst in an unsound sHte of mind. A'S\U!.TING A HU RAND KOIi NOR 15K'V0 A FKNIAN. A singular case was heard before M ■. D'IJvncourt, tho metropolitan police niii$irs'r.<te. on Saturday. Athin, spare, young fellow, who did not to be more than 17 years o)a,go,appbed 'or two summonses against his wife, one being for wilfully tearing his shirt, and the other for assaulting him. Mr. D'Evncourt asked him how long be had been married ? The applicant with a strong Irish aoent, i.(, irly allfl he was sorry to say that lie had never bad a happy day with his wife since that untoward event occurred She was a Roman Catholic, and he was a Prote,;tant, and this was another instance of the ill arising from mixed mar- riages. She wanted him to turn Roman Catholic, and because an would not, for he was a, staunci) upright Pro- testant, she ill-used him, and what could be do against her, for she was ever so much older than he was and was as big as a house.—Mr. D'Eyncourt When did she last ill-use you P-Applicant Yesterday, sir, and that was because 1 would not turn Fonian.-(A laugh.) She said she wanted me to I urn Fenian because the Go- vernment being afraid of the Fenians would soon be after me, and she would soon be quit of me if not for life at lease for some years, ani then she would be as comfortable as the days are long. But there's no rea- son for her joy on that score, for I am determined not to be a Fenian, and a terror and a nuisance to the Go- vernment of the country.—( A laugh.) -Mr. D'Eyncourt: Why don't you et some mutual friend to interfere between you, and if you can't live happily together, agree to terms for a separation -P-Applic,,Liit The very thing I wanted ;to do, and yesterday, when at home, I wrote to my friends at Liverpool to come and take me home again, as I was afraid of my wife, and said that I would allow her 2s. per week, but she 110 sooner saw the letter than she ill-used me, followed me all the way to the Post-onice, and there in the presence of a large mob tore the sleeves out of my shirt, said I was an un- dutiful husband, and that I was a Fenian in disguise but that is all untrue. I can assure you I go in fear of my life, and if 1 am not protected from her violence I shall be murdered outright, as she is old enough to be my mother. (A laugh.) Do grant- me the summons and that, 1 think, will uo her good, and sober her. Mr! D'Eyncourt granted the summons for the assault, and the applicant then left the Court. THE GARROTTE'ROBBERY NEAR DERBY.—Mr. Samuel Walker-Cox (brother to Mr. Cox, M.P. for Derby), was garrotted by two men about a mile and a half from Derby Mr. Cox being on his way home to Spondon. The men took i-d0 in notes and gold and a silver watch. The violence used caused great sensation throughout the county, and the police have since been actively engaged ill tracing the garrotters, and we are glad to stale their efforts have been crowned with success. On Friday ■ afternoon Police-constable Wood, of tne Wakefield bo- rough force, was on duty in, Kirkgate, ui that town, when he saw two men in company with a notorious ?arot. ter who hadjust served live years'penal servitude. Having read a description of the men wanted at Derby, he at once suspected they were theparties, and with the assistance of another officer they were taken into custody. The man gave the names of George Clarke, of Sheffield, aged 21; William Callaglian, of Bath, aged 34. From iuforma- tion received, Police-constable Wood came by train the same (Friday) evening- to Leeds, and ct the M'alt Shovel beerhouse. York-street, in that town, he app.eheaded two women who gave the names of Mary Ann Joyce, and Mary Ann D inn, alias "Maggie," both of whom had been seen seyerd timl s with the prisoners. A strong fact against tho accused is that on the night Mr. Cox was garotted, the two women were at Croft's"lodgings-house Walker-lane, Derby, and wiiiie they were in the act of frying some fish two men came to the door, said some- thing to the women, and the latter left the fish, went away and never returned. At the "Wakefield Railway Station, on Saturday, Callaglian said to Detective Davis, Don't you know me ?" Davis replied that he did not recollecr. him, and CulLighan answered, "J have known you for fourteen years, and I could tell of a thing or two that would soon make you know me." Clarke "also aaid in reference Lo the women, supposo these women are frightened to death, they have' no occasion,, they know nothing about anything of the sort; they are regular flirts." On Saturday afternoon the men were taken to Derby, a large crowd awaiting their arrival at the railway station. Mr. Cox has identified them. Both the females were seen passing through. Aehboura witb; jttojuea thejawaitfg after efe robberj The Koyai Bank of Dublin, at: er consultation wiTfttne law of the Government, has refused to honour the cheque of 0' Leary, one of its depositors, who is in prison on a charge of bi rli treason, but is unconvicted. He gave his cheque on Friday last to his solicitor for £ 500 all this cheque the Royal Bank dishonoured, alleging that the Attorney-General so ordered. LORD DUDLEY AND THE GAME QUESTION.—Lord Dudley has iust granted permission to his tenantry in Worcestershire to kill the "ane for their own use on their respective farms. He stinu'ates, however, that none of the game shall be sold; but if their is any surplus, after supolvincr the tenan's md their friends, it shall be given to the roor of the parish in which it is killed. DEATH FROM A FALL IN CHCRCH.-A srtd occurrence 'happened at Christ Church, Macclesfield, on Sunday. As the congregation were denartincr, after the evening ser- ViM, an old woman, nanwd Elizabeth Lowe, 71 years of acre, missed her footing whilst descending the stairs lead- insr from the gallery, and fell heavily down one of the flights. She was taken up in an ins' nsible state, and bleeding pro'usely from some internal rupture. She died the same night. The corporation of Dublin on Monday pa sed a re- solution joining in the general sentiment of respect and gratitude, which, apart from all politic il considerations has been called forth b: the demise of Lord Palmerston, and expressing tie sympathy and condo ence with Lady Palmerston. The extreme Catholic party, who had ore- vented this resolution from parsing on a previous day, confined their dissent to hisses from the gallerv. It was stated bv the mover of the resolution, as an instance of Lord Palmerston's liberality, that he had subscribed £ 2,000 to the Slieo Bundoran Railway, for the purpose of developing the resources of that part of the country. THp. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO EXTORT MONEY TROM A RAILWAY COMPANY.—AtSouthwark, on Monday, George, Loseby Worth, alias Captain Middleton, alius Booth who formerly kept a large drapery establishment at and who bad latterly resided on his freehold property at Li 'htwater, near Bacrshot, was placed at the bar for final examination, charged with attempting to extort £ 200 from the South-Eastern Railway Company by pretending he had a brother severely injured by the Staolehurstaccident. Thema ristrate committed the pri- R op er f'or trial. H agreed toaccentrpsponsiLle bail, himself Ic in £ 200, and two sureties of £ 100 each. The required sureties not being forthcoming, the prisoner was com- mitted to Horsemonger lane gaol. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A GAMEKEEPER. — About half-past five o'clock on Monday evening last, a poacher living at Leamington, known as "Cuck 10," and who has been repeatedly convicted for breaches ofthegame laws, was seen to shoot a hare by an under-keeper of the E rl of Warwick, named Pritchard, the offence taking place in the township of Beausale. The keeper went up to him to search him, when a most desperate struggle en- sned, the poacher fighting for liberty and the keeper for his life. The latter stuck to his man, and the former used his gun as a bludgeon, inflicting two serious wounds upon Pritchard, one of which completely broke his arm. The poacher then escaped and the keeper was only just able to reach the residence of Mr. Led- brook,' head gamekeeper, before be fainted. He has since been seen by surgeons who state his wounds to be serious, and a warrant has been issued for the apprehen- sion of the poacher. FATAL PIT ACCIDENT.—Two MEN DROWNED.—On Saturday an accident oocurred in a pit at Braidenhill, near Airdrie, whereby two men lost their lives. It appears that three men named respectively Robert Beveridse and William Mitchel, Glenmavis, and John Montgomery, Drumgelloch, had been engaged in sink- ing a shaft from an ironstone seam which had been wrought, to the Kiltongue se:1m of coal, which lies con- siderably lower. The new shaft had reached the depth of ten or eleven fathoms, and the men above-named were on Saturday engaged in their work at the bottom Of it, when a dam or lodgment of water in the ironstone seam above them burst its bounds, and the water Poured down the shaft upon the unfortunate men. Peverid<re and Mitchell were drowned instantaneously, but Montgomery managed to seize hold of the plummet line, and by that means sustained himself in the water until lie reached a scaffolding about two fathoms above the place where they had been working. Beveridge has left a widow ani three children, and Mitchell a widow but no family.—Scotsman. ARRIVAL OF THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS OV PRUSSIA.—Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, witli their youthful family, ar- rived it Gravesend on Saturday afternoon, in the royal yacht Osborne, after a very tempestuous passage. In consequence of the adverse weather their Royal High- nesses were several hours Inter than was expected. On their arrival at the Waterloo terminus of the South- western Railway they were met by the Prussian am. bassador and the Countess Bernstorff, and M. de Katto, the secretary of the embassy. In the Quoin's carriages the Crown Prince and Princess at once left for the Prus- sian embassy, on Carlton-house-terrace, attended by the Count and Countess Bernstorff. Their youthful family went to Windsor Castle, according to previous arrangements. The Countess de Hohentnal, lady in waiting to the Princess. Count de Eulenburg, and Captain Norman, in waiting on his Royal Highness, M. Kusserow, secretary, and other members of the Crown Prince and Princess's establishment are oc- cupying apartments at Maurigv's Hotel, Waterloo- rvla.ee. On Sunday their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince andPrincess of Prussia visited Her Majesty at Windsor Castle. In the afternoon their Royal High- nesses attended divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James. At seven o'clock the Crown Prince and Princess left the Prussian embassy to dine with their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marl- borough House. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT A COILIFRY. THREE PKW°INS ^,L1'ED-"An in >uest was opened on Saturday, nt v\ vlam, near Newcastle, 011 the bodies of three persons who had lost, their lives in a disastrous explosion which occurred on Thursdavafternoon, at the colliery of Captain Biackett, at, Wylam. The unfortunate deceased, named respectively Anthony Curley, a young man 21 years of age a brakesman in the Horsley Wood scam; W. Blackburn, the fireman, aged 17; and Ed. Best, a tub rope boy (who braked the drum), aged 13; were a) i at work tog-ether down the pit, about ifve o'clock. At that time J. Threw, ahewer, and a little boy were making to the engine when they were suddenly thrown to the ground. Their lights were extinguished, and with some difficulty they made their way in to the boiler, when a. lamentable sirht presented itselt. Curly, Best, and Blackburn were found lyingin three different parts of tho seam. Blackburn was 25 yards from the engine, and was frightfully burnt. Curly was Sitting jn a st00ping position, about 7o yards from the engine Best was found sitting about 85 yards ofl the outside, and was also scalded in a dreadful manner. Potts, the back overman, who was in the same seam at the time, immediately gave the alarm, and had tha three unfortunate men brought to bank. Dr. At. kinson was sent for, and did all that possibly c'uld be done to relieve the sufferings of the poor fellows but their seahls were of such a serious nature that the wh"le of the men died before twelve o'clock thf same evening. Blackburn, the fireman, was the onh support of his father and mother, who have suffered a severe loss by the death of their only son. Curly, thE engineman, was much respected by all who knew him, and had been employed atthe colliery from boyhood, lhe boy Best had his life insured in a life insurance So- ciety, and was also a member of the Permanent Relief nnd. On the accident becoming known, tlie other men working in tho pit were immediately brought to bank, where a sad scone was witnessed while the three injured men were carried to their respective homos, followed by a^ mournful train of the inhabitants from the village. The inquiry was adjourned. NF AFALJACCIDEVT IN THE EUSTOX Roan, LONDON.— Oil Monday afternoon, Dr. Lankester held an inquest at University College Hospital, London, on Eliza Grif- Jin, aged futy-one, whose death has been alleged to have been caused by the reckless driving of a cart by a man named Wllham Pelchcn (in custody on the charge) a general dea!er, residing at 30, Little James street, Lis- son-grove. Ironi the evidence of a number of witnes- ses 1 appeared that between six and seven o'clock in the evening of Friday, the 20th instant, the deceased was crossing the Euston road, near: Brook street, at which time a Paddington omnibus and other vehicles were passing along. At this moment the accused, who was described as being at the time the worse for liquor, was seen to drive round the end of Brook-street at a rate of at least six or seven miles an hour. He dashed across the road, as the driver of the omnibus believed, to pass in front of him to go down Fitzroy street. At this mo- ment the deceased was crossing in front of the omnibus, and she was knocked down by the shaft of the cart under the h out of the horses of the omnibus, and before it could be pulled up the wheels passed over her. The de- ceased was taken to University College Hospital, where she was received by Mr. Henry Ilaruold, one of the sur- geons. Her ,eft leg was dreadfully lacerated, and she had received other injuries of which she died on Friday. The accused, on being called upon to make any state- ment he thought proper, denied that he was driving at a rate exceeding our to five miles an hour, instead ot six,or seven. Ile was then going into Fitzroy-square, but the bus was so close that he could not cross. To avoid it he then turned to the right, and the deceased came in contact with his shaft, and being frightened she fell backward, and the bus' passed over her. The Coroner said that these species of occurrences were be- coming so very numerous, and reckless driving in our public thoroughfares was so much on the increase, that the only way was to deal severely with drivers who were proved to be culpable. This man had certainly placed himself under a strong suspicion of carelessness, and if the jury thought that he was answerable for the death of this poor woman it would be their duty to bring in against him a verdict of manslughter. The jury after some deliberation returned a verdict of accidental death but, at the same time were of opinion that the accused irivin^ n ° Yer^ &reat recklessness and carelesa ACCIDEyr'A.:m PANIC AT A. CRAJ'E"Un Suna.ay STen. ing, an anniversary Sunday-school service was being held at the large Primitive Methodist Chapel, known as Clowes Chapel, Hull, and a temporary wooden gallery had been erected for the accommodation of the school children. About the commencement of the service, the gallery gave way, and many of the children were preci- pitated to the floor. A panic ensued, and many persons rushed to the doors, thinking that the building was about to fall but the doors were locked, and the con- gregation were requested to return to their seats, which they accordingly did. It was ascertained that, although a number of children had been more or less bruised, no bones were broken. Loss OF NINE LIVES IN IRELAND.—A shocking boat accident occurred at Mullaghmore on Tuesday night last, which resulted in the loss of nine men. We are not in possession of the whole of the harrowing circum- stances attending the occurrence, but this much we aro informed, that on the night in question three boats' crew from the neighbourhood, went out for the purpose of fishing for herrings, and the "tako" being unusually large, they put into Mullaghmore to dispose of them. Not succeeding in this. they put about again, with the view of proceeding to Ballyshannon, when a violent gale set in from the N. W. Two of the boats, being heavily laden, soon filled with water and went down, and nino of their crews found a watery grave. The third boat escaped. The catastrophe has thrown a gloom over the whole neighbourhood. Some of the men have left fa- milies to deplore their loss.—Sligo Independent. CAPTURE OF A BURGLAR.—On Saturday, a man named William Greaves, a sawyer, from Worksop, was brought up at the Police Station, Gainsborough, charged with housebreaking under rather singular and aggravated circumstances. The prisoner had been lodging for the last six weeks at a public house kept by Mrs. Spray, and seems from the first to have intended to commit the robbery. The Friday night was the time fixed upon for carrying this intention into effect, there being then a larger amount of money in tho house than usual consequent upon the half-yearly market and fair having just been held. After all had retired to rest the prisoner got up, and, proceeding down stairs with a light broke open the bar by means of a chisel, emptied the till, and helped himself to some drink. He then took up a carving knife, and was going up stairs with the view of getting possession of the cash box, which was in the landlady's bedroom, when he was pounced upon by two policemen who had been concealed in the house, and who had been watching all his movements. WIFE MURDER IN CORNWALL.—A horrible murder has been committed at the village of St. Just, near the Land's End, the murderer being Sergeant Goodrye, of the local rifle corps, and the victim his wife. On Wed- nesday week, the body of the deceased was found dead in the kitchen of the house. It appeared that on the previous evening both had been drinking, and the ser- geant states that he left his wife in the kitchen at mid- night when be went to bed, and that he was awoke in the morning by hearing his wife call the children, but that on going down he found her dead. A coroner's inquest was opened the same day, before Mr. J. Roscorla, county coroner, and adjourned until Friday, for the purpose of a post mortem examination being made, when the evidence adduced was to the effect that the deceased had been stabbed in the womb by a sword or bayonet. The jury returned a verdict of Wilful murder" against the sergeant, who was apprehended and brought before tho county magistrates at Penzance on Saturday, when, after a lengthened sitting, he was committed for trial. The dreadful occurrence has created the most intense excite- ment throughout West Cornwall, where the prisoner was well-known as the drill instructor to the St. Just Rifle Corps. He was formerly colour-sergeant in the 36th Regiment. SERIOUS GUN ACCIDENT NEAR SUNDERLAND.—On Saturday morning, about ten o'clock, a gun accident of a serious nature occurred near the vftlage of Fulwell on the road leading to Whitburn. A young man, named John Cowens, nineteen years of age. with a companion, a year or two younger, named John Bowlt, both of whom were employed at Mr. Scott's bottle works, went out for the purpose of shooting-small birds by the sea side, each of them having a gun. When Sl jne dist nice from Fulwell, they commencedto run along the ro id, Cowens two or three yards before Bowlt, who carriedhisguu, which was loaded with small slut, by his side, and the trigger was cocked. He made some remark to Cowens, which caused the latter to turn to one side, when suddenly Bowlt'sgnn went off, lodging the larger portion of the charge in his compan- ion's thigh, and the remainder in the lower part of his body. Cowens walked on two or three yards, and then fell down on the road. Bowlt was greatly distressed at the occurrence, and rendered him all the assistance he could, until a man, named Thomas Graham, of South- wick, came up with his coal cart, when the young man was removed tot-he house of Mrs. Brown, the B'ue Bell, in t110 village of Fulwell. BonL then went in search of a doctor, and in the course of a' out twenty minutes or half an hour, Mr. Penman, surgeon, residing in Dock-stre t, Moukwearmouth, wasiuatteudance. Cowens objectingto be taken to the Infirmary, Lllr. Penman got him conveyed in acab to his lodgings. atthr- house ,f Joseph Tindle, tailor, in The Curtain, High-street, Bishopwearmouth. Mr. Pcnm m remained a considerable time with him there, and extracted a portion of the sliot from his thigh. Sub- sequently he was attended byDr. Wilson, who on Satur- day night extracted seven shots from the wound in tne tuigh. Cowens had on a pair of very thick trousers at the time of the accident, which no doubt lessened con- siderably the force of the charge, and his coat lao was shattered to rags by the shot. On Monday he was going on as favourably as could be expected. GREAT G.\LE AT BRIDLINGTON.—On Saturday fifty sail of ships were riding in this bay for shelter, with a north wind blowing. The sea was quite smooth but early on Sunday morning the wind shifted to E.S.E. (a bad wind for ships lying in the bay), when all the vessels except four—three brigs and a barque-went or to sea. The wind began to blow hard, and gradually swelled into a gale, the sea running "mountains high." It was soon made evident that one of the brigs was dragging her anchor, and that she must come on shore. The eoast- guard apparatus and a coble were got out and taken to the nortii sands, where the vessel was expected to drift. She drifted in that direction shortly after the coble and apparatus had got to the ap 't and struck on what is called the "RockEnd." The coastguard fired two splendid shots from lie apparatus. The first just touched the rigging, but the 11 en on board could not catch the line before it was blown away. The second shot went across the mainyard o the brig, and all the cr 'w were landed safely. Soon after this had happened, a flat bottomed barge, with three hands on board, were seen coming from the south side of the bay under a tremend- ous sea. It was thought that she was going to try for theharbour, but sin-changed her course, and came on shore on the sou' h sands. Luckily fi tr her she did so, for had the captain attempted to take the harbour mouth there is no doubt that 11 hands wouid have been drowned. The lifeboat was made ready, but the barge drifted so near to the lifeboat that two or three of her crew swam on shore, so that the lifeboat services were not re- quired. The barge proved to be a vessel which had left Bridlington harbour on Saturday, coal laden, but meeting with a foul wind she was obliged to return. Just after the barge had struck the bark before named parted from her anchor and came on shore about two hundred yards off the brig. The apparatus was got ready, but the tide was falling fasf so they did not fire. A coble, well-manned, made a splendid run through the sea at the risk of the lives of the crew, and brought all bauds on shore. Great credit is due to the sailors and coastguardmen for their able assistance in saving life. It was expected that the other two brigs would come on shore, but the wind and sea went down, and the wind shifted to the west. The brig was the Garibaldi, of London the barque was the Frederick, of Blythe. A NOULE RESCUE.—A report from St. Ives, Cornwall, dated Friday, contains the following:—At daylight this morning, the wind blowing strong fromN. N. E., with a heavy ground sea on (reports Mr. James Young), a ves- sel was observed on shore on the western spit of Havia Bar, from three to four miles distant. The sea was making a clean breast over her, and the crew were supposed to be in the rigging. The St. Ives lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was at once launched and manned. In crossing the bar with the Drogue out a tremendous sea threw the boat end over end. She soon righted, and all managed to get on board. The crew lost two oars, grapple, anchor, and ropes, and had two crutches broken. Rowing four oars, she got under the lee of the vessel, which was the French brig Providence of Granville, 9S tons register, Captain Challet, from Car- diff for Dieppe, with 138 tons of coals. Being only four instead of six oars, with the heavy sea and strong under- current, they found it impossible to get alongside An hour passed in signalling the Frenchman to send a rope by means of a raft. When this was done the coxswain signalled to haul on board the lifebuoy, intending to take them off through the water, but could not mikehimself understood. Two of the crew now endeavoured to reach the lifeboat by means of the connecting rope one was got on board safely, the other was within four or five yards, when a fearful sea broke on them and upset the boat a second time. She righted instantly, but the poor fellow was gone and never seen again. The one they had on board held fast, and the crew once more re- gained their scats without accident. The commun:cj,- tion with the ves-el had" not been broken, and the life- boat again hauled up as near as possible to her. The captain and two men then took to their boat, when the second wave capsized them. Through a fearful sea the lifeboat was hastily hauled ahead, and the three men were most fortunately picked up. Two of the crew were said to h ive been lost, but from the lifeboat they never saw more than five on board. The steam tug Warrior, of Ha vie, had her steam up inside the bar, but could render no assistance. The crew of the lifeboat landed at If ylc thoroughly exhausted, when the carriage was despatel el for the boat. A more meritorious ser- vice had never been rendered by this boat. During the whole of the time the lifeboat was on the bar, the shores and hills were lined with spectators from the neighbour, iiPS e and the adjacent country,

MLLTUM is PARYO. J, A wall-painting, representing the Last Judgment, lias been discovered in Bedfont Church. The population of Sweden, i>y the last census, was 4,070,061, and that of Stockholm 128,576. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., left his residence in Whitehall-gardens, on Sunday, for Dublin. A Paris letter says that upwards of 20,000 persons have left the French capital for Versailles on account of the cholera. The Russian archimandrite, Michail, has published in the Russian language, at Moscow, a refutation of Renan'a Life of Jesus." A party of scientific men is to be despatched by tho French government to explore the River Gambodia to its source in Thibet. A telegram from Gibraltar states that the medical board of health has imposed a quarantine of five days on all ships from England. The profits of the Exhibition at Alton Towers amount to enough to defray the cost of completing the Wedg- wood Memorial Institute at Burslem. His Excellency Sir Frederick Williams, of Kars, Lieu- tenant Governor of Nova Scotia, left on Saturday by the American steamer from Liverpool for Halifax. The Earl of Derby, owing to his late severe illness, from which he has not yet regained his lost strength,, was unable to attend the funeral of Lord Palmerston. Mr. George Grove has collected about £3,000 towards the expenses of the Palestine Exploration Fund, and the expedition will shortly start to the scene of its inte- resting labours. M. Boquillon, the librarian at the Conservatoria des Arts et Metiars, has gone to Italy on a scientific mission. His chief object is to study the MSS. of Ga- Lileo at Florence. The colossal equestrian statue of Prince Eugene was unveiled at Vienna on the 18th inst. It is two-and-a- half times the size of life, and is by the well-known sculptor Fernkorn. Another Industrial Exhibition for the south east of London was opened on Saturday in the Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital by Lord Sydney, the lord-lieuten- ant of the county of Kent. The Continental journals report the death at Baden oiL the 18th Oct. of Mdlle. Clementine de Rothschild, dangh-j ter of Baron Charles Meyer de Rothschild. The de-I ceased was only 20 years of age. The Emperor has conferred a commandership in tho Legion of Honour on the Sovereign of Camboge, who acknowledges a sort of French protectorate, as an ally and neighbour of the Anuam dependencies of that Em- pire. The Courier de Drome says that a waterspout which burst near the river Ardeche has caused great des- truction; cradles, articles of furniture, and pieces of timber were seen moving rapidly down the river towards the sea. A copy of a letter from the Foreign Office, stating that all restrictive measures on United States vessels of war in British ports are to be given up, has been trans- mitted by the Commissioners of Customs to the various outports. The Times, in its account of the funeral of Lord Palmerston records that as the words, "Dust to dust, ashea to ashes," were pronounced, the chief mourner, as a last, precious offering to the dead, threw into the grave several diamond and gold rings. The Russian journals state that the cholera, which has during the last two months visited the southern provinces of the empire, is gradually making its way north, in spite of the lateness of the season. It has appeared in Berdyt- chewa, a town of Russian Poland. We (North British Mail) understand that Her Ma- jesty has, in addition to expressing her assent to sub- scribe a rate upon the agricultural value of the Balmoral estate to tlie Aberdeenshire Rinderpest Association, given the sum of £ 50 towards a fund for compensating those unfortunate persons who may have lost cattle bj ilie pestilence. A farewell address was given at the Freemasons' Tavern, London on Saturday night, to Professor David Masson, of University College, on the occasion of hit leaving London to occupy the chair of Professor of Litera. ture and belles lettres in the University of Edinburgh. The chair was occupied by Mr. Stansfeld, M.P. The attendance was very large. S 11 ring the past week there were 68 wrecks reported^ iug the total for the year up to this time 1,691, and how many lives lost is not stated. Before the end of the year the total will probably have attained to double the average loss before 1850. and that with all sorts of im- proved appliances, successfully used in the ships of the self-insured companies, and those of large uninsured owners. The intelligence of the Shenandoah's depredations amongst the Arctic whaling fleet had caused a great sensation at Honolulu. Thirty whalers had been re- ported at Honolulu as captured, 26 of them being burned and four bonded. The restoration of the Hawaiian flag by the British Rear Admiral Thomas was celebrated with becoming joy at Honolulu, and the foreign repre- sentatives took part in the festivities. Au iuterestiu; antiqnarian discovery has Ijuat been made in the bone house at Ripon Minster. Beneath the Cathedral chapter-house some workmen lighted upon three curious stone grave coverings. One is said to be as old as the twelth century, and on the side of a Mal- tese-shaped cross a siv rd is carved. The two smaller stones have covered the remains of young persons. The large one, however, is the most curious, and the form of the cross is exciting much speculation amongst anti- tjuarians. According to the Pefn'e, the Emperor Maximilian, in order to recompense the Indian tribes of the Sonora for the courage and devotedness which they showed in up- holding his cause, has decided that fifty young boys belonging to the notables" of those tribes shall be Ijrought up and educated in the city of Mexico at his expense, and that the six who prove that they possess most diligence and capacity shad be sent to Europe to receive there, up to the age of 18 years, a more finished education. The Moseoi» Uazette publishes a biographical sketch of Lord Palmerston, in which it declares that the late Prime^Minister of England was the systematic and im- placable enemy of Russia. "It was lie," it says, "who opposed the conclusion of the treaty of Paris after the Crimean war, because bethought its provisions were not sufficiently decisive against Russia. The violent mea- sures he adopted against Greece in 1850 were inspired by his desire to put an end to Russian influence in that, -n( country. There are also many reasons to justify the con- clusion that he instigated the Poles to rebel against Russia in 1862 and lSGS." The China Telegravh affirms that the fibre so wel! known in India and China under the name of China grass can be used to mix with cotton with great economy Ex peri me 11 ts with it have been made 111 Rouen, and the chamber of commerce there has reported in its favour, as being cheap, strong, and easy to dye. One spinner professes his willingness to take a ton a day, and the only question is as to the quantity procurable. At pre- sent this is limited and although it might be increased indefinit ely, we question if the fihre will prove in the end cheaper than cotton, which grows in half the countries of the world, and is everywhere thoroughly understood. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by Princess Hilda of Anhalt and Prince John of Glucksburg, and attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, visited the French Gallery 120, Pall Mali, on Saturday, to view the 13th Annual Winter Exhibition of Cabinet Pictures, the contribution of British artists. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Hilda of Anhalt, and Prince John of Glucks- burg dined with the Duchess of Inverness at Kensington Palace on Saturday evening. The Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Hilda of Anhalt, and Prince John of Glucksburg, with the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey and Major Grey in waiting, attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal St. James's, on Sunday morning. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MINISTRY.— We have reason to believe that at the Cabinet Council meeting- held on Saturday no opposition was offered to Earl! Russell's proposals for the reconstruction of the Minis., try. If we are correctly informed, Earl Russell will as" sume the office vacated by the death of Lord Palmerston. Lord Clarendon ill be the new Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Gladstone will consent to continue in the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons. In other offices, even to the Irish Secretaryship, we believe, there will be for the present little or no change. Her Majesty's pleasure on these arrangements was, we suppose, taken by Earl Russell on Sunday, as we observe from the Court Cir- cular that the new Premier had an audience of Her Ma- jesty at Windsor on Sunday.—Tim<' MR. GLADSTONE'S VJEWS ON BANKING—The Glas- gow Herald states that Mr. Guthrie, of Applebv, having sent lus Analyses of Money auti of Banking" to Mr.' Gladstone, received the following; reply from Hawarden: — 1 have read the paper you have been good enough to forward to me, and the previous communications of your views on the subject of the currency. To free "banking as I understand it, I attach the highest value but I do not comprehend iu that phase an unlimited issue of notes, that is to say, an issue limited only by the discretion of the parties issuing. The limitation of the quantity of paper issued by reference to some other standard of a positive character, is in the opmion of the Government, and I think, in the opinion of Parlia- ment, an essential and indispensable part of our legis- lation on currency. As respects note issue in London, I believe the opinion of the Bank of England to have been modified of late years. I know that the late Go- vernor had no fear whatever of allowing any porti on of the country issues to be made in London, J. do I" kuow the opinion of his successor."