Monmouthshire Merlin

THE GREAT EASTERN IN A GALE. The special correspondent of the Dai7y News, describing the voyage of the great Eastern to Berehaven, says'The 1\'lud freshened in the night, and Tuesday morning was rough and squally. The Great Eastern passed the Eddy- stone Lighthouse just after breakfast, soon after which the pick and blinding rain so increased that the number of °ok-out men was doubled, and the dismal screech of the fog ^histle was heard every few minutes. This lasted until a *ernoon,wJien there was a gleam of'sunshine, and the men cheerily of the weather clearing up. The great vessel ad begun to show symptoms of increasing "liveliness," «nd the possibility of her pitching if the sea was rougher egan to be admitted. We had passed the Lizard Point noon, and had now to face the miffbty waves which ame tumbling in from the Atlantic The sun soon went in again, as if satisfied with a hastv oeep at the great ves- uiabt Jth lc.!ed themselves into a stiff gale by mid- head squalls and showers, while the heavy erori tk f furiously against the sponsons, and cov- kn. 'he tort part of the ship with spray. There were da .W.w s'ept through the discordant noises of Tues- 3^ night. The great ship behaved gallantly, but her J^acity was undoubted, and she made night hideous with strains and groans. These were of the most varied t lid extraordlllary character. Sometimes continued double Docks seemed to be given on the ironwork outside, at lhers myriads of sea demons were apparently punching, Jfping and hooting in the remote caverns of her hold, ^le paviors hard at work with their hammers, coal- eavers empting sacks, omnibuses, Pickford's vans, and .^Oaway locomotives first rumbline to and fro, and then aying a series of collisions, claps of thunder, the gashing of failing timbers, and an awkward squad undisciplined volunteers at rifle practice, ghosts impelled to wander forth and clank their chains, were *eeining]y at work above, below, and on all sides ofthe Sapless people who tried to sleep. It all meant nothing. When the foiled slumberers met on deck in the dead of night they found all to he eoing well; and that even *ue two heavy waves which caught the ship at 1.30 and 8.t 4 had done no damage. There had been at first a heavy Ambling crash, and then a perceptible quiver through *he vast bulk of wood and iron-work, not unlike the tremble preceding the butchered ox's fall. But by the time two W three passengers had rushed up on deck this had sub- sided, and all there was to see was the water left by the wave, and the heavy stately up-and-down movement of stern and prow. The deck, though considerably clearer than when we left the Nore, is still hampered up with as many wooden houses, sheds, and workshops as would hold some hundred souls. The effect of this mass of buildings, as they tossed up against the sky, was as if some genii had taken up a small village bodily, and were low dandling it in his hand. For the Great Eastern does not roll when carrying her present heavy weight. Her movement is a slow and steady pitch, which sends er up and down much like the fashion of a swing boat *t a country fair. The gigantic waves whichcame tumbling in _ur'ng Tuesday night and Wednesday morning would H'ade "bad weather" for any other vessel in the 0*lrl- Captain Anderson said that for summer it was strong Atlantic gale; and there is no doubt that the ^reat Eastern behaved splendidly under decidedly ad- lad' ci''cumstances. The fact other being more heavily forward than aft explained her pitching and even w^p.the waves were largest there was no difficulty in BPa to and fro. Standing on the sponson platform, n, paddle-wheel, these waves looked literally like obtains at play, as they plunged and tossed angrily j? ^ards, now lickin°- the vast sides of the mighty Great almost to her ^bulwarks, now rushing many feet £ elow her water-line, as if they were longing to show her These waves so increased in magnitude, and the ea.d wind gathered strength so steadily, that the stewards rade the usual preparations for severe weather. The '°ng tables in the grand saloon were spread with wooden 'rames for fixing the plates and glasses; both ladies and gentlemen betrayed a morbid eagerness to vaunt their Perfect health a snug little luncheon party was made up on deck, who ate Roman fashion, lying at full length on their sides—not, it was carefully asserted, because those engaged in it were feeling unwell, but for the reason that the sea air was found more bracing than usual and the great vessel went on plunging with the same suergestive- Oess of a monstrous swing boat. For hours there was not 8. sail in sight. Sea and sky, both angry and lowering, lIJade up the only prospect, and when dinner was an- nounced most people looked forward to another stormy night. But another hour changed the aspect of affairs. The wind went down, and the sea became comparatively still.

SHOCKING KAIUVAY ACCIDENT.—^ YROMA^-S I-ISWS CUT OFF Mondav morning, a shocking accident oc- curedat theDaiton junction ofthe Richmond branch line of railway. A farmer named Megg, living near tne station, had driven his wife with a basket containing but- ter and eggs for the Darlington market. She entered the line by a gate about 300 yards' distance from the station a:id was crossing it with her basket. She must either have been deficient in hearing, or else the sharp curve leading into the station must have prevented her hearing the approach of the train until it was too late. celora flhe could get out of the way the train had knocked her down, and the whole of the carriages had passed over tier I-leg-13, which were lying across the rails completelysevenng them from the body. The woman was picked up, taken into Strain, which was delayed some time in consequence of what had occurred, and brought on to Darlington, where Jihe received every assistance, but her recovery is doubtful. THE WAR AND OUR ROYAl, FAMILY.—The Princess Helena was married on Thursday, at Windsor. The scene ■^as in one respect a strange one. All present had jut c lead the announcement in the Moniteur, an i many mcjt have felt as if marching in lace andjewels to their mili- tary execution. There was Prince Frederick of Holstein the political life of whose family that peace finally ends; *he King of the Belgians, whose dominion may yet be re- quired for compensation; the Duke of Edinburgh, whose Prospective throne has been swallowed up the Duke ot pa-rnbridge, whose sister sinks from the wife of an independent Sovereign to a German peeress; the Saxon and Hanoverian Ministers, whose countries and courts kave ceased to exist; the Austrian Ambassador, just aware of final defeat; the Prussian Ambassador realising :^at his master is first among Kings; and, finally, the ,Queen herself, just informed that one daughter is sure of "imperial crown, and another sure that she will noyerj we-"—&r>*et<atw\ A large number of Fenian prisoners were on Monday conveyed from Cork Gaol to Mountjoy Prison, uucJer a strong escort of constabulary, by order ol his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. The Oft Deutsche Post states that the Austrian Minis- try of War has ordered 50,000 needle-muskets tor the Austrian army. They are in course of completion, and will be delivered at the rate of 2.000 a day. The Sligo Grand Jury have adopted an address to Lord Kimherley, congratulating him on the success ol his government of Ireland during his entire tenure ol office, but « particularly during the last twelve months. The Daily News mentions Dr. Russell as the corres- pondent of the Times with the army of Austria. Dr. Rus- sell, we believe, has not left this country. Captain Brack- ,s. enbury, R.A., is the actual correspondent of the limes. —Standard. HipDOphagists will now have an opportunity ofindulg- ing in their favourite pabulum. The French Govern- mont has officially authorised the sale of horseflesh in France, both by butchers and restaurateurs, subject, how- ever, to severe regulations. The liquidator of Agra and Masterman s Btnk, has notified to the depositors that he is prepared to issue certi- ficates of the respective amounts due to them. The cre- ditors of Overend, Gurney, and Co. are anxiously awaiting some similar arrangement. By command of the Queen, a State concert was given on Monday evening at Buckingham Palace, to winch a party of nearly 800 was invited. Her Majesty tftfeen Emmaofthe Sandwich Islands was to have been present at the concert, but was prevented by indisposition from attending. Her Majesty held a Privy Council on Tuesday, at Os- borne, which was attended by the Lord President (the Duke of Buckingham), the Earl of Malmesbury, and the Earl of Devon. The outgoing ministers of the houeehold had audiences with her Majesty, as also the present ministers belonging to the household. THE MURDER IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—The adjourned inquest on the body of Thomas Smith, son of Mr. Thomas Smith, of Whiston Eaves Hall, near Cheadle, Stafford- shire, who was murdered on his father's estate on Thurs- day week, was held on Tuesday, and resulted in a ver- diet ofwiltul murder against the prisoner, William Collier. The Herald says: Intelligence has reached us of the bursting of another heavy cannon at Shoeburyness. The 600-pounder Elswick shunt rifled-gun has gone at the eighth round. Five hundred pounds, plus considerable et ceteras, a shot is dear experimenting, and would make war handsomely costly tor even the British nation, it artil- lerists could indeed be induced to bring such weapons into position. Wicklow, like Roscommon, has had a maiden assize There was but one bill, and that merely for petty larceny, sent up to the Grand Jury on Monday. The bill was thrown out, whereupon the High Sheriff presented Mr. Justice O'Brien with a pair of white gloves. The learned Judge stated that it appeared from the report of the County Inspector that but seven offences of a serious cha- racter had occurred in the county since the last assizes. In reply to a direct and courteous communication from Lord Derby, we understand Chief Baron Pollock has ex- pressed himself willing to resign his seat in the Court of Exchequer; and a vacancy is thus offered for the eleva- tion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly to the bench. As a mark ol national respect tor the manner in which he has sus- tained the judicial character at its very highest standard, the retiring judge, we believe, will he invited to accept the hereditary distinction of a baronetcy.—Daily Tele- graph. The Army and Navy Gazette says that the Royal Com- mission on Recruiting has closed its proceedings, so far as the taking of evidence is concerned. The report will probably not be framed for some time-The Gazette re- grets to learn that His Royal Highness the Field-Mar- shal Commanding-iu-Chief has been suffering from a serious attack of illness this week.-The new Board of Admiralty will consist of the following, viz.The Right Hon. Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bart., G.C.B., First Lord Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.B., First Sea Lord; Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres; K.C.B.; Rear-Admiral George Henry Seymour, C.B., Rear-Admiral Sir John C. D. Hay, Bart.; and Mr. Earle as Civil Lord. COLLISION AT SEA AND Loss OF LIFE.-ToRQUA V, Tuesday, July 10.—At midnight, last night, her Majesty's ship Amazon came into collission with the Dutch steamer Osprey, when about twenty miles offTorquay. Both ves- sels sunk. Thirteen men of the Osprey, with three child- ren of the captain's, are reported lost. All the officers and crew of the Amazon are saved. PLYMOUTH, July 10th., -The Cork steam shipping company's steamer Osprey Captain Bertridge,on a voyage between Liverpool and Rotterdam, and her Majesty's screw sloop J agon, from Spithead, for Halifax camein collision 30 miles off Torauay this morning in a fog. Both vessels foundered. Their crews have been saved, and were landed at Torquay thi? evening, 12 of the Osprey's passengers were drowned. THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—The following telegram h 131 been received by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited) from Mr. R. A. Glass, managing director of the Tele- graph Construction and Maintenance Company (Limited). VALENTIA, July S.- "Shore end of Atlantic Cable laid. Insulation and continuity perfect. Weather tine. I The William Cory returned to Berehaven at 3.30 a.m. All vessels will complete coaling at Berehaven to-mor- row night, and proceed to sea to splice main cable to shore end on Wednesday morning, weather permitting. All going well. VALENTIA, July 9.—The Albany arrived here yesterday afternoon. Has landed stores for this station, and sailed to day at noon to join the Cable Fleet at Berehaven. Her Majesty's frigate Racoon, Captain Armitage, is in this harbour, and will proceed to sea to assist in the operation of splicing on Wednesday next. INCENDIARISM IN LIVERPOOL.—I £ 30,000 WORTH TF COTTON DESTROYED.-—On Tuesday, Kendrick Williams, COTTON DESTROYED.-On Tuesday, Kendrick Williams, a looker, employed by Messrs. Harbord and Son, ware. house owners, of Liverpool, was charged with wilfully setting fire, on the 20th ult., to a large warehouse in Brit. ton-street, which at the time contained about ^70,000 worth of cotton. The fire burned very destructively for some time, and stock to the value of £30,000 was con- sumed. It was noticed that, shortly before the fire broke out, Williams went into the lower storey, and, suspicion being attached to him, he was arrested. He at first de- nied all knowledge of the fire, and as he had been active in assisting to put out the fire, suspicion was allayed until, other events transpiring subsequently which tended to criminate him, he was arrested and brought before the magistrates. A formal confession which he had written, was handed in. It was to the effect that he had made some mistakes in his accounts, and that this preyed upon his mind so much that he took to drinking. On the day of the fire he was intoxicated, and, scarcely conscious of what he was doing, and before he locked up the warehouse he threw a fusee into the bottom room. He expressed the keenest regret that he had caused such mischief. The case was remanded. WORKHOUSE INFIRMARIES. — The report of Mr. H. B. Farnall,C.B. on his recent inspection of the metropo- litan workhouse infirmaries is published. Mr. Farnall directed his inquiries to ascertain the number of cubic feet of air allowed to each patient. Various authorities which he cites think this should be from 1,000 to 2,000 feet; but it appears the infirmaries of the metropolitan workhouses give upon an average only 555 cubic feet to each patient, with a superficial area of 49 feet for each bed the greatest cubic space of air given to a patient being 2,260 (at Chelsea), the lowest being 206 (Marylebone), while the greatest superficial area given to a bed is 251 feet, and the lowest 18 feet. The workhouse infirmary at Chelsea, belonging to the Guardians of St. George, Hanover Square, is characterised as the best in London, giving an average of 893 cubic feet to each patient, and an average area of about 70 superficial feet to each bed. Upon the whole, Mr. Farnall is thus enabled to report that the medical officers of the metropolitan workhouses do their duty to the best of their ability; but, in many instances, their duties are very arduous, and their salaries inadequate. Mr. Farnall thinks that pauper nursing should be wholly abolished, and a sufficient staff of properly trained and paid nurses should be appointed for every workhouse in- firmary. He has come to this conclusion because he finds that a great many of the pauper nurses now em- ployed cannot read either the printed or the written labels on the bottles of medicine which they are entrusted to administer; because they are, as a rule, feeble old wo- men, who know nothing whatever about nursing be- cause their previous careers have, in many instances, been vicious; because their love of drink very often drives them to beg, or buy, or rob the sick of the stimulants which they should give them, and because their treat- ment ofthe poor is, generally speaking, not characterised either by judgment or by gentleness. It appears from the conclusion of the report that the Poor Law Board has no power to compel boards of guardians to build infirma. ries for the sick poor, or to oblige guardians to elect and pay resident medical officers, or to enforce their paying for drugs out of the rates; and therefore, until these powers, and other powers similar to them are conferred on the board by the Legislature, sufficient infirmaries for the sick poor are not likely to be built. Mr. Farnall has frequently failed when he has recommended a board of guardians to build a new workhouse. There are always one of two reasons, he says, which the guardians adopt to avoid building one of these is that the times are so bad that the ratepayers cannot bear the necessary taxation; the other, that the times are so good and pauperism so low that there is no necessity to build a new workhouse. Mr. Farnall is of opinion that the Poor Law Board should have power to order sufficient sick wards to be built for the poor, and to be paid for out of the rates in the metro- politan district, and to establish and maintain in such sick wards, and out of the rates, a sufficient staff of medical officers and trained nurses, together with such drugs and medical appliances as they may consider necessary, with- out the consent ofthe guardians. He thinks that hos- pitals should be built wholly apart from the metropolitan workhouses, for the reception ofthe sick poor, and that the cost of building and of maintaining these hospitals and of supporting the sick poor in them, should be defrayed by a common rating of the metropolis, based on its rateable ._u-' The following members ot tlie (jrovernmentdo not vacate, their seats in the Honse of Commons upon taking office Mr. Corry, Colonel Taylor, Mr. Ward Hunt, Lord Dal- keith, Mr. Eirle, Mr. E C. Egerton, Mr. Adderley, and Sir James Fergusson. ATTEMPTED MURDER AT LIVRRPOOT .-Arthur Bay- brooke, a youth about 16 years of age, was on Monday, charged before the Liverpool magistrates, with attempting to murder his aunt, by stabbing her in the side w.ith a carving knife. The prisoner resided with his aunt, Mrs. Phillips, the wife of a captain, at 26, Harewood-street Evertou. Owing to his violent temper, he and his aunt were constantly quarrelling, and on Sunday they had a serious dispute about his treatment of the children. He apparently brooded over this during the day, and at night when he went to bed, he took the carving knife with him. Between two and three o'clock in the morning, the prisoner rose, and proceeded to Mrs. Phillip's bed- room, where she was fast asleep. He then drove the knife with all his force into her side and ran away, but she noticed him before he could leave the room. He ran into the street, was stopped by a police officer, and taken back to the house, where Mrs. Phillips was found to be in so dangerous a condition that a magistrate was sent for to take her deposition, as Drs. Lyth and Woods, who were in attendance, were doubtful if she could live till morning.—These facts being detailed in evidence, the prisoner, who made no defence, was remanded for a week. ATMOSPHERIC RESISTANCE TO RAILWAY CARRIAGES. -One of our American contemporaries states that at are- cent meeting of the Boston Society of Arts, Mr. S. R, Calthorp demonstrated by experiment the value of an in- vention by which atmospheric resistance to railway trains may be to a certain extent avoided. Bodies of various shapes were fastened to the end of a horizontal arm, which was made to revolve in a circle of fifty feet circumference by a uniform motive power. A pendulum beating half seconds with a strong tick gave the audience a measure of the rates of speed, at which these bodies made ten re- volutions. A box with an area of 22 sq. inches perpendi- cular to the plane of motion, made ten revolutions in 51>!í beats, while another box with an area of 68 sq. inches similary placed, made ten revolutions in 80 beats. Then a box of the same size as the last, with a cone fitted upon each end so that each apex was parallel to the plane of motion, made ten revolutions in 48 beats. Two pasteboard models, the one representing a railway train of the usual shape, and the other representing a train of Mr. Calthorps' improved construction, made 18 revolutions, the former in 60 and the latter in 48 beats, equivalent to the rates of 12-97 and ]5'84 miles per hour. The members of the so- ciety were reminded that the atmospheric resistance in. creases as the square of the velocity, and the consump- tion of fuel as its cube; so that the importance of apply- ing the principle illustrated is much greater at high than low rates of speed. An account was also given ofa suc- cessful experiment made on the Boston and Lowell Rail. road with an hand car fitted up so as to test the value of this improvement. Professor Pierce and the president ex- press their confidence in the correctnsss and practical value of the results of these experiments. SINGULAR PHENOMENON.—A correspondent sends us the following account of a wonderful phenomenon that has occurred in the neighbourhood of Cawood: On Saturday last, about noon, at Ozendyke, near Udleskelf, a singular looking cloud, of the shape of an elephant's trunk, appeared in the air just overhead. It was wide at the top, and tapering off to a very small point at the bottom, within 150 yards from the earth. This appear- ance continued about fifteen minutes, all the time re- vin volving very rapidly, and making a noise like a large manufactory at work. It was apparently extending tnd getting nearer to the earth with its tail, when all at once it seemed to burst and emit what we thought water, causing a great mist though it was more like a large steam-pipe than anything, when the steam is let off. Immediately after there was a very alarming whirlwind or a tornado, tearing up everything in its course. The first thing we saw it strike was a large poplar tree in Mr. Farrar's farm, which it nearly stripped of its branches' breaking off the boughs, many of which would weigh more than a quarter of a ton each. These it carried more than 100 yards high, and afterwards dropped at a distance of 100 to 300 yards, forming a circuit round the tree. It afterwards went in the direction of Mr. Farrar's orchard, where it did great destruction to the fruit trees. These it twisted round like a cork-screw, although many of them are as thick as a man's body. It afterwards passed in the direction of the river Wharfe, which it crossed, taking a large quantity of water up to an immense height. After crossing the river it laid the meadow in Bolton Inns (about 100 yards wide) quite flat in a straight di- rection. It then re-crossed the Wbarfe near Bolton Clough, and was seen again to take a quantity of water up higher than the loftiest tree in the neighbourhoodf. All this took place in the presence of eight or ten people. —Leeds Mercury. THE EMPRESS IN THE CHOLERA HOSPITALS.— A Paris letter gives the following account of the recent visit of the Empress of the French to Amiens:—" At the station but five persons-the Prefect, the Mayor, the Bishop, the Procureur General, and Madame Conneau- received Her Majesty, who instantly drove to the Hotel Dieu. She not only entered every cholera ward, but stood for some minutes by the bedside of every patient, and, taking the hand of each—in most instances already damp with the dews of death-bent low to catch the answers to her thoughtful inquiries. As she was about to quit the hospital she perceived two little children weeping bitterly. They had just heard of' the death of their last parent. The Empress, kissing the forehead of the little girl, immediately said, Je Les adopte." Among those who were showing symptoms of convalescence was a young English girl sentenced to three months' incar- ceration, and who had been removed from the town pri- son to the hospital on being seized with illness. The poor girl, encouraged by the sympathising expression and gentle kindness of the Empress, ventured to implore her to intercede for her release — which of course she is cer- tain of obtaining. From the Hotel Dieu, Her Majesty went to the prefecture, where the ladies of the town as- sembled to see her. She excused hersel ffrom the ceremony of presentation, regretting the shortness of time at her dis- posal, and, merely bowing as she passed through the salon partook of a hasty luncheon and started with as little delay as possible for the charitable refuge in the Faubourg Nozou, thence to the Maison des Petitres (ear des Pauvres which visit was specially gratifying, as its inmates are of the very poorest and lowest class of society. Thence to the Maison de Secours de Notre Dame de Saint Seu, to Cazette, and then to St. Jacques. At each of these in- stitutions it was remarked that she remained longest by the side of the dying and of the worst cases. To describe the enthusiasm excited by the visit to this plague-stricken city is impossible. For hours after she had quitted the sick wards the poor suffering patients repeated to each other the words of encouragement and of religion and con- solation this gracious woman had poured on their despair- ing hearts. Before reaching the station she insisted on stopping at an orphan house, and though evidently much exhausted, got out of her carriage and remained sufficient- ly long to see all the children and bestow words of appro- bation on the Committee, which had met, scarcely, how- ever, venturing to hope that after so much fatigue and painful excitement her strength would permit of her visit. THE AGE OF LAW OFFICERS OF THE CROWN. The rumour that Sir Hugh Cairns would bethenextoc- cupant of the Marble Chair—a seat, by the way, that has long ceased to exist save in the poetic imaginations oflegal biographers—occasioned some public remark on the "com- parative youth" of the Conservative Attorney-General and some erroneous inferences concerning the average age of Chancellors on first receiving the Seals. Born in 1819 Sir Hugh is still in his forty-eighth year; but had he verified report by becoming Lord Derby's Chancellor he would not have been remarkable in history as a singularly youthful holder of the Great Seal. Lord Keeper Guild- ford, Lord Jeffreys, Lord Somers, Lord Cowper, Lord Hardwicke and Lord Thurlow (to say nothing of pre-Res- storation Chancellors and Keepers), held the Seals before they bad reached our present Attorney-General's age. Francis North wriggled into the Keeper's office on very b^j terms, when he was only forty-five years of age; Lord Jeffreys received the Great Seal, as the reward of his services on the Western Circuit, whilst he was still in his thirty-eighth year; Lord Somers grasped the "pestiferous lump of metal" when barely forty-three years old; Lord Cowper—whose youthful appearance caused his Queen some annoyance and her courtiers much amusement on his first elevation to 'he woolsack—was Lor I Keeper in his forty-second year Lord H;irJvviek.> was a year younger than Sir Hugh Cairns on receiv-in? the S -als Lord Thurlow also was only forty-six years when he be. came, for the first time, custodian of the ciams regni. Lord Keeper Wripht—the most obscure rerson who hils held the Great Seal in recent times—was only fortv-six when he entered the office which he may be said to have illustrated by his dulness and coaspicuor s want of parts. Charles Yorke was barely forty-eight when he became Lord Chancellor-for three days. Of twenty-eigat holders of the Seal who have flourished sincr Sir Orlando Bridge- man's reign, ten were under fifty ye?rs of age on entering the office; and only nine had reached fifty-five years of age when they were summoned to preside over the Chancery. In the later years, whilst the number of com- petitors for the office of the Great Seal has been rapidly increasing, financial reform has shorn the prize of so many golden charms that candidates are seldom will- ing to accept the desired office until they have gained from practice at the bar that requisite measure of wealth which can no longer be acquired from the emoluments of the Chancellor's place. Consequently, notwithstanding the number of our elevations to the woolsack since Lord Eldon's retirement, our eminent lawyers, on taking the last and highest step of professional advancement, are usually attended by age as well as honour. Lords Camp- bell and St. Leonards would never have been Chancellors had they not survived the appointed term of threescore and ten. Lords Chelmsford, Truro, Cranwortb, and Westbury, had all of them seen sixty years or more when they mounted the woolsack and it is not probable that England will again see a series of boy-chancellors—like Jeffreys, Somers, and Cowper. Lord Chelmsford was born on April 15, 1784, and is, therefore, in his 73rd year—a mere youngster in comparison with our vigorous Chief J|»roi»,—Aitynmwii ——. Sir Andiew Buchanan, Her Majesty's Ambassadoi it St. Petersburgh, Lord Augustus Loftus, Ambassador it Berlin,and Sir Arthur Magenis, late Her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, have been trade G.C.B.'s. Sir James Clark, Mr. Erskine May, and Mr. Pressl v, late shairman ofthe Board of Inland Revenue, K.C.B.'s; and Mr. Booth, formerly one ofthe Secretaries to the Board of Trade, a C. B. THE LONGTON BANK FAILURE.—The stoppage of the bank of the Messrs. Harvey, Longton, Staffordshire, though at first deemed cf comparatively small signifi- cance is likely to produce consequences, which on the first report, could not be foreseen. The more it is looked into, indeed, the worsp the case appears. Imprimis. there is the now revealed fact of excess of issue limit, com- bined with the falsification of returns. Messrs. Harvey were authorised to issue notes to the extent of ^5,624, and their last returns gave £4,978 as the amount of its outstanding notes; but the limit has been far exceeded, and the actual issue is over ^17,000. The total of over- drawn balances is about ^633,000, and it is much to be feared that the attempted recovery of the sum will bring down many firms. Mr. Harvey, it may be remembered, took a very prominent part as Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons in the Royal ceremony at Hartshill on the 25th. Four days afterwards he left his home, and on the 30th left Southampton for New York, simply writing to his wife to inform her of his departure. Pending the preparation of a balance-sheet, the liabilities are roughly pstimated at ^80.000, and Mr. Harvey's property being mortgaged, the estimate of dividend has gradually sunk to Is 6d in the pound. CURIOUS MATRIMONIAL COMPLICATIONS. — The Queen's elde, t on-ttie Prince of Wales-is married to a laughter ofthe Kins' of Denmark, who has bpen deprived of a large portion of his territories by the King of Prussia; father of the husband of the Queen's eldest daughter, and this mutilation of Denmark was effected nominally in the interest of the Duke of Augustenburg, whose younger brother, Prince Christian, has been married to the Queen's third daughter, the Princess Helena. 2. The Queen's first cousin, the King of Hanover, has been deprived of his kingdom by the same King of Prussia, in whose army the Queen's son-in-law, the Prince of Prussia, is a com- manding officer. 3. The Prince Alexander of Hesse, who commands the Federal army raised to opncse the King of Prussia, is brother to Prince Louis, the husband of Prin- cess Alice, the Queen's second daughter. 4. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Prince Albert's brother, and bro- ther-in-law to the Queen, holds command in the King of Prussia's army now invading Hannver, which Kingdom by the way, until the accession of Hur Majesty, formed part ofthe territory of the Kings of England. And lastly. Prince Teck, recently married to the Queen's first cousin the Princess M arv of Cambridge, holds a commission in the army of the Emperor of Austria, and may at any time have to leave his bride for the seat of war, to fight the King of Prussia, who has the Queen's son-in-law and the Queen's brother-in-law both officers in his army. A WOMAN IN A BOG FOUR DAYS AND FOUR NIGHTS. —One day last week, as a ploughman in the employment of Mr. William Sutton, ofBallinteskir, of the Sugar Loaf Mountain, was crossing a part of his master's farm, he found a woman in a most exhausted state, sunk to her waist in what is known as a shaking bog. With the as. sistance of a couple of other men, he got her taken out and removed to a neighbouring cabin. The case was re- ported to the Enniskerry constabulary, who at once brought a doctor to her assistance, under whose care she has been sufficiently recovered for removal in a covered car to the Loughlinstown Hospital. It appears she is the wife of a journeyman painter, resident in Dublin, and that as she was occasionally somewhat idiotic, he placed her under the care ofa family named Cassidy, residing near where she was found, but he removed her to his own home about twelve months ago. On the Friday previous to her being found, she left her home to see the Cassidys, and not knowing the locality, she left the main road to take a short route across Mr. Sutton's farm to Cassidy's residence, and in crossing the bog, got swamped, and the more she tried to extricate herself the farther she sank, and had to remain in that state for four days and four nights. As may be supposed she was, when found, in a most frightful and painful state. Her head, arms, and part of her body remaining above the bog, were fright- fully burned and blistered with the sun. Her legs, bauds. and the part of her body which was sunken in the bog were also fearfully parboiled. From her sufferings for want of rest and nourishment, she was quite insensible wh 'n found. FEARFUL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT IN LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday, Mr. Devey, deputy coronsr for Liverpool, held an inquest on the body of Mr. Thomas Bradley, an elderly man, lately living in Rishton street, Everton, who was killed on the evening of the previous day. It appeared that the deceased, having to go from Everton into Liver- pool, went to the corner ofPrivory Road, where an Om- nibus belonging to the New Omnibus Conveyance Com- pany was standing ready to start to Dale-street. There were-three horses harnessed to the omnibus, and the driver, who had just got down from the box, and was standing upon the step of the public house, at the corner of the street, had hitched the reins round the brake pedal. Mr. Bradley's getting up to take his seat, frightened the horse", and they started offat a furious pace, turned sharp- ly round the next corner, into a street which runs at a most dangerous decline down to Netherfield Road North, and dashed down the steep at a pace which the witnesses described as being nearly 20 miles an hour. Mr. Bradley, with great presence of mind, seized the reins, and did his best to stop the horses, but the impetus of the descent was too great to be checked, and they flew across Nether- field Road, and crashed through the window of a grocer's shop, opposite. One horse was killed in the collision, the other two were so much injured that it was found neces- sary to kill them on the spot, and Mr. Bradley was thrown violently to the ground. He was carried borne, and died about two hours afterwards. It was stated that the driver and conductor of the omnibus were both sober, and that the latter made an attempt to stop the horses at first.— The Jury found a verdict of accidental death, making a presentment with regard to the negligence of the driver, and the advisability of compensating the sufferers. CAPTURE OF A GANG OF COINERS. — Mr. Superin- tendent Pattison has effected the capture of three persons at Scarbro' who, there appears every reason to believe, have been somewhat extensively engaged in passing bad money in Scarbro'. Their names are Michael Ripton, a lad, fourteen years old, Alfred Edgar, and Mary Edgar. Several tradesmen have recently suffered loss by unwit- tingly taking counterfeit coin, but the guilty parties suc- ceeded in avoiding detection. The youth Ripton went to a Jram shop for some brandy, on Thursday night, for which he tendered a bad half crown. The landlord questioned him as to the money, which he said he received from a gentleman for whom he wanted the brandy, and offered to take the coin back. This lie was allowed to do, but he failed to return. He again attempted to pass the half-crown at another public house during the same even- ing when the landlord—Mr. J. W. Brown—detained him and gave him into custody. He told an ingenious story as to his connections, mode of living, &c. In the meantime Mr. Pattison received information that led him to apprehend the other prisoners, believing all three were connected. E Igar had nearly £ 17 of srood money in his possession. Mr, Pattison searched their lodgings, where he found a box containing papers in which there was no doubt coin bad been wrapped, and it was stated that the box was known to contain coins when received in Scarborough by the prisoners. Several chemicals, such as are commonly used by coiners, were also found, as well as a small galva- nic battery. It was shown, too, before the bench, that when the lad was at Mr. Brown's hotel, the man Edgar was not far off, and that as soon he learned that Rip- ton was in custody, he hastened home, took a parcel out of his room, and went forthwith to a neighbouring out- house. This place was accordingly searched, and coun- terfeit coins to the amount of nearly £12, in crowns, half- crowns, florins, and shillings, were found amongst the soil. The prisoners stand remanded. MURDER IN STAFFORDSHIRE. On Saturday, Wm. Collier, who is charged with the murder of Thas. Smith, 4he son of a land owner, at Whiston Eaves, was brought up at Cheadle, before Mr. W. S. Allen, M. P. and Mr. John Ademthwaite. The prisoner lived with his wife and family in a small cottage, and tilled about 30 acres of land near to Mr. Smith's farm. Evidence having been given that the deceased and a labourer were out on Thurs- day morning to watch, as the prisoner was suspected of shooting in Mr. Smith's preserves, a labourer, named Moorcroft said he found two barrets ofa gun in an empty drain in a field on the prisoner's farm. The stock of the gun had been broken off at the thin part. He observed hair, but no blood on the barrels.—A policeman, named Goodwin, deposed to finding a gunlock and piece of gun- stock near to the place where the body was found.—Wil- liam Gaunt, sergeant of police, deposed that he found a piece of a gunstock amongst the ferns, near to the place where the murder was committed. Near to the body he found two gun wads, which had apparently been used. In the prisoner's house he fonnd a gun- wad punch. The wads found fitted the punch.—Mr. Rupert Mellor, gunsmith, of Hollington, deposed that, in November last, he sold the prisoner a double-barrelled gun. The portions of a gun produced were parts of that gun, and fitted together. On a private mark of his own underneath the barrels he found a little blood. He also identified the ramrod as the one he sold to the prisoner-—Mr. Thomas Webb, surgeon, of Cheadle, deposed that he made a post rlWTtem, examination of the body of deceased. His face was covered with blood. There were three large wounds on the forehead, and the skull was completely beaten in in two places. There were two shots in the upper and back part of the head these, however, would not cause death. He produced sixteen pieces of bone which he found in the skull. The injuries were terrible, and would result in death almost immediately. He thought that one heavy blow was given behind, two or three on the top of the bead, and three or four blows on the front. The wounds were such as would be caused by the blows from the butt end ofa gun, and the first blow would perhaps kill thedeceased.—The pri- soner was then remanded.—Miv Flint, the county coro- ner, opened the inquest on the body of the deceased at the house of Mr. Smith, sen., on Friday evening. The inquiry was adjourned, THE MIDDLE LEVEL.-It will be remembered that, la the spring of 1862, considerable excitement was occasioned by a great flood in the fens near Lynn. A litigation has'been pending ever since as to the liability of the Middle Level drainage commissioners to compensate the sufferers by the disaster. This litigation, it is agreed, shall now be ter- minated on certain condition' of which the first is that the appeal in the case ofCoe v. Wise he withdrawn, and the second, that the proceedings in all the actions to be stayed, except in such cases as the arbitrators may appoint. THE MINISTERIAL RE-ELECTIONS. — MR. DIS- RAELI'S ADDRESS.—The following address to the electors ofBuckinshamshire lias been issued by Mr: Disraeli:— "To the Electors of the County of Buckingham.—Gentle- men,-Her Majesty's Ministers having, as they allege lost the confidence of the House of Commons, have resigned their offices to the Queen, and Lord Derby, by Her Ma- jesty's command, has formed a new Administration. Her Majesty having been graciously pleased this day to entrust to me the seals of Chancellor of the Exchequer, my seat in the House of Commons has become vacant, and I now solicit the honour of your electing me for the eighth time your representative in Parliament. Although the state of affairs both at home and abroad is not free from anxiety, I have every expectation that with prudence and firmness on the part of her Majesty's advisers, this country, under Divine favour, may continue to enjoy prosperity and peace. —I have the honour to remain, gentlemen, your obliged and faithful servant,-B. DISRAELI." THE Two MINISTRIES.—The Queen held a Council at Windsor Castle, on Friday, at one o'clock, at which the Members of the late Administration—consisting of Earl Russell, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Lord Cranworth, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Claren- don, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Marquis ofHartington. the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, -Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. T. Milner-Gibson, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiersr- attendedL and resigned their seals and other badges ol office. The Hon. Henry Brand, late Secretary to the Treasury, was introduced and sworn in as a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his seat at the Board. Her Majesty held a second Council at three o'clock, at which the new Ministry, consisting of the Earl or Derby, the Duke of Buck- ingham, Lord Chelmsford, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Stanley, Lord Cranborne, the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, Lieut-General the Right Hon. J. Peel, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Marquis ol Abercorn, the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, and Mr. Gathorne Hardy, were introduced, and received their seals of office, and kissed hands on appointment. The Earl of Carnarvon, Viscount Cranborne, Sir Stafford North- cote. and Mr. Gathorne Hardy had previously been sworn in as Members of the Privy Council. Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council. Lord Meuthuen and Colonel Cavendish were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Prince of Wales and Duke of Edinburgh were present at the Coun- cil, and afterwards left for London, attended by Major Grey and the Hon. Eliot Yorke. THE BREECH-LOADERS IN THE ENGLISH ARMY.— Now that there is such a rage for breech-loaders, it is but justice to recollect that we owe to Lord De Grey the fact that we are so forward in our arrangements for introduc- ing them into our own army. After the Dano-German war, Lord De Grey resolved to take steps for arming th6 whole of the infantry with this vastly-improved weapon, and, in spite of very formidable opposition, he succeeded in having a committee appointed to receive tenders for the conversion of the Enfield into a breech-loader. As we know, there were several competitors and a great deal of imperfection, even in the plan which was most approved of But these imperfections have, we believe, disappeared, and we have every reason to think that we have got a really efficient breech-loader in the Enfield converted on Mr. Snider's plan. It is but right to say that Lord Hartington has not been slow in following up the initiative taken by Lord de Grey, and one of his last official acts was to provide for a large supply of the con- verted weapons, w e have no fear that General Peel will dissent from the course adopted by his predecessor, and we are confident that the British army will be the second in possession of this weapon, which is now to tha Enfield as the latter was to Brown Bess.—Army and Navy Qaz- ette.—The Pall Mall Gazette says:—The needle-gun ii well known to our War Office authorities, and the trials which have been made with it in this country have been very unsatisfactory. For anything like long-range shoot- ing it is absolutely useless, while its shooting qualities at shorter ranges are very much below the standard which we have adopted. For a breech-loader it is a slow arm, its rapidity of fire being not quite one half that of the Snider-Enfield, and little more than twice thatofa handy muzzle-loader. It is no exaggeration to say that of the various breech-loading rifles which have been submitted to the Select Committee, the Prussian needle-gun, even with some recent improvements, is one of the most de- fective. Its defects, indeed, were so conspicuous that it was thought unnecessary to carry out with it any exten- sive experiments. A committee of French officers, we believe, came to a precisely similar conclusion. And yet it is with this arm that the great battles in Bohemia have been fought and won, and with which the overthrow within a few days of one of the mightiest military natIon. in the world has been in great part accomplished. To us this should be a source, not of anxiety, but of satisfaction. We are not, as is sometimes incorrectly represented, be- hindhand in this matter. Neither France, nor Italy, nor Austria, nor Russia, has taken any decided steps towards arming her troops with a t^eech-loading rifle; and Prussia is the only nation of any importance in Europe whose armies are so equipped. We, on the other hand, are now actively engaged in the production of an arm superior to the Prussian needle-gun at all points, and one of which the efficiency in every respect has been laboriously and conclusively established. Our means of production are practically unlimited, and we trust that General Peel will inaugurate his reign at the War Office by so applying those means as to ensure our army being furnished throughout, within the present year, with a breech-load- ing rifle at present without its equal as a military arm in Europe. MR. DISRAELI AND MR. GLADSTONE AT THE MAN- SION HousR.-On Friday evening, the Lord Mayor en tertained the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the Duke of Edinburgh, to- gether with a numerous company of distinguished guests, at a banquet, which took place in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House. The King of the Belgians, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Edinburgh, briefly responded tc the toasts of their health. — The Duke of Edinburgh re- ferred to the great shipping trade of London, and remarked that it was one of the special duties of Her Majesty's men of war to defend those ships wherever they found them in any danger. (Cheers.) Let me tell you, my Lord Mayor," added His Royal Highness, amidst loud cheers, that, as one of the fellow citizens, I shall always be to the front in defence ofthose ships." Mr. Disraeli responded to the toast of" Her Majesty's Ministers," and Mr. Gladstone to that of"the House of Commons."—Mr. Disraeli, notwith 5 standing their "encounters," spoke of Mr. Gladstone as his right hon. friend. The new Ministers, he went on to say, were animated by a sincere desire to do their duty to their Sovereign and country, and they hoped that by a policy prudent and at the same time firm, by one tem- perate in its general tone but vet decided when neces- sary, they might preserve to this country prosperity and peace.—(Loud cheers ) There was no country more in- terested in these blessings than one which was situated near to us, and the amiable and accomplished Sovereigns of which had honoured them by their presence that night. (Loud cheers.) He trusted that those blessings would fall on that country, for he was sure that every Englishman was interested in the welfare of that nation.-(Cheers.) Mr. Gladstone, after some introductory remarks, said :— Perhaps if I were to attempt to pronounce a glowing eulogy either upon the past or the present House ofCom- mons, I might be permitted to efface from my recollec- tion, or at least to throw into the shade, an incident which occurred about three weeks ago.—(Hear, hear.) But it is not necessary for me to regard this or that particular oc- currence. The character of the House of Commons is too closely associated with the character of the country, its history forms too large a part of the history of the country to make it necessary to say that it should be a subject of any elaborate effort to secure for its name the welcome which it is always sure to receive from any assembly of Englishmen. (Cheers.) I must now thank the right hon. and distinguished gentleman near me, who is the leader of that house, for the kind terms in which he has been pleased to refer to me, and I assure him that I have in- finite satisfaction in reciprocating, and heartily recipro- eating, the sentiment which he has been pleased to utter. (Cheers.) I believe that our countrymen out of doors do us but justice when they entertain the conviction, i warranted by the facts of the case, that amidst those con- flicts into which so many of us enter, and in which we are engaged from night to night, the ardour and the eagerness with which we fight are not to be taken as indicating personal animosity.—(Cheers.) The House of Commons has, at all events, this special claim on public approval during the present year, that we have been more than usually lively in our transactions, and have attracted a considerable share of public attention. If the House of Commons on any occasion goes astray, or if on any occa- sion it rises to the full height of its vocation, its praise and honour must be this, that it is the mirror of the people whom it represents, and on this day, my Lord Mayor, when you entertain a sovereign in whom we cordially re- cognise a distinguished and worthy representative of a sister country, it is with satisfaction that we remember that England, if she has sometimes in particular passages of her history helped to mislead the nations of the earth, may, at all events, in the modelling of representative in- stitutions, have done them some service; and it is with thankful satisfaction that we perceive in more than one quarter ofthe earth, and perhaps in none with such dis- tinction or success as in Belgium, under the guidance ol its enlightened sovereign, that assemblies have been organ- ised resembling, as we think, in every essential feature our own House of Commons, and that they are rooted in those countries as freely and as genially as if no portion of their idea had been copied from abroad, thereby testify- ing that they are founded on principles as broad and as deep as human nature itself, and that they are destined in this our day, and in all future times, to contribute large- ly to the greatness and happiness of mankind.-(Loud ehe«rs.)^ ———' —

MTJLTUM IN P-A R V O. The Earl of Lanesborough died on Saturday afternoon, at his residence in Stanhope-street, Park-lane, after ashori illness. Mr. Frederick Prideaux, barrister-at-law, has been ap< pointed reader on the law of real property to the Foui Inns ot Court J Their Majesties the King and Queen ofthe Belgians returned to Brussels on Saturday last, after a short visit to this country. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury received a select circle at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in Stratford-place. Lord Monson has lately intrusted Mr. G. A. Rogers with the restoration of the magnificent carvings execa by Gibbons for his lordship's Gatton estate. About 250,000 oysters have been laid down on th., new oyster beds at Poole, in Dorsetshire. The beds ar< now covered with sp awn. This is good news for oystef eaters. On Monday morning Lord Chelmsford was sworn in i ^secon<3 time Lord Chancellor of England at Lin- coln's Inn. There was a very large attendance of the bar and of visitors, The Æolus, frigate, has been fitted as an hospital ship, and moored at the entrance to the riTer Itchen fbr the use of seamen on board of German steamers calling at the port of Southampton- A negro melodist named Henry Chappel, of Clement's- lane, Strand, was killed a few days ago by falling out of his room window. He was seated upon the sill, and being drunk, overbalanced himself. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs Gladstone, left their residence in Carlton-house-terrace, on Saturday, on a visit to Lord and Lady Cranworth, at their sent near Bexley, Kent. The functionaries of the German Association of Natur- alists and Physicians have sent out circulars announcing c'n that the forty-first meeting which was to be held in Sep- tember next, will not take place. Mr. Cummings, the tenor singer, has carried off the hrst, or thirty guinea prize, given"annually by the Catch Club mr a five-part glee. The second prize was won by Lord Beauchamp for a four-part glee. A little steam vessel, with a capacity of only 12 tons, called the Moligne, has accomplished a trip from Bristoi to Pernambuco, in safety in 43 days. She is to be used in the coasting trade at Pernambuco. The first meeting ofthe royal commission on the con- sumption of coal took place on Saturday. Most ofthe members were present, and Mr. John Campbell, of Ialay. was appointed secretary to the commission. A number of convictions have been obtained against the directors of joint-stock companies in Bombay, at the instance of the registrar of such companies, for noncom- pliance with the regulations of the new act, the penalties imposed being from X12 to £92- The,.Prince and Princess of Wales and household will leave Marlborough House, on Monday next, according to previous arrangements, for Sandringham, where their Royal Highnesses purpose to pass a few weeks before going to Scotland for the autumn. It is announced that Mr. Jones, at present sub-librarian at the British Museum, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Pannizzi as principal librarian. It is, however, understood that the appointment is,to a certain extent, provisional, and not to effect any subsequent arrangements. "It is now rumoured," says the Orchestra., "that the Royal Academy of Music will take up its temporary abode at the South Kensington School of Arts. Professor Stern- dale Bennett, we hear, has been offered its direction as successor to Mr. Lucas, who has retired." In the financial year ending with March, 1866, the duty on probate and wills of administration amounted to 1,D80,/7O, an increase of nearly £ 70,000, over the pre- vious year; and the duty on legacies and successions pro- duced £ '2,604,331, an increase of £ 266,000. Of the total beat given out by the combustion of his food, a man can make a fifth available in the form of ac- tual work, whi le it has never been found possible to con- struct a steam engine that could utilise m re than a ninth of the energy of the fuel burnt under the boiler. Gradually the contents of the iron museum at Sotrtl ivensincton, known as the Boilers," are being removed, preparatory to its being taken down and re-erected for dis. trict museums in a more permanent form. The contents of the education division were cleared out last week. The Northern Whig states that no new cases of the cattle plague have made their appearance in the infected district ofDrumra, and that the restrictions imposed on that locality by the order of the Privy Council will be removed in the course of a few days, owing to the absenoe -f disease. We learn by a recent communication from India that the young native students who present themselves for ex- amination at the Universities established in the three Presidencies show a very hopeful and commendable apti- tude for science perhaps more so than for literature.— Athenceum. In order to lessen the chance of breakage in railway ax es a French engineer, M. Lucas, proposes that the axle-tree should be made of a number of separate bars only welded together at the extremities, thus givina greater ease under such strains, and rendering it hurhly improbable that all the bars should break at once. The moveable ambulances of the Prussian army con- torn 22.000 bed,. By degree,, a. the patient™^ they are transferred to the stationary hospitals, of which I ^e,n l),ave a'rueady been established, containing about 6,000 beds. The principle in the Prussian military ser- vice is to avoid the crowding which produces the hospital epidemics. r A human sacrifice is supposed to have taken place ia the person ofa Mahometan boy about seven years of age in a room adjoining a "Kalee" temple at Luckipassa, India, the boy having been discovered in such a position as to lead to the above belief. A reward of £ 50 has been offer- ed for the discovery oftbe perpetrators of the horrid deed. The priests are suspected. Oabgr, avi says:—" The needle-gun is not so recent an invention as has been stated; it has how been in use in the Prussian army for nearly ten years. Other German governments have attempted to introduce it in their armies, and there was indeed no difficulty in making the fire-arm, but the fulminating matter in their cartridges evaporated after a few weeks; while the composition used by the Prussians, and of which the manufacture is kept a secret, remains good for years." At an inquest held at Rath, Carlow, a few days ago on the body of a child, the medical man who conducted the post-mortem examination said that each hand of the child had an extra finger; that one foot had six toes, the other seven on opening the cavity of the chest he found the heart on the right side, both lobes of the lungs en- circling it, whilst all were surrounded by the intestines the liver, very large, nearly filled the entire abdominal cavity the brains and other organs normal. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the offi. cial residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Down- ing- street. The Ministers present were the Earl of Derby the Lord Chancellor, the Duke ofBuckingham, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Hon. Spencer Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, Viscount Cranborne, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Right Hon. Sir J. Pak- ington, the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Lord John Manners, and the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy. At the last monthly dinner of the Societe des GeM de Lettres in Pans, it was resolved that each member should have the privilege of inviting, on future occasions, any English, German, Italian, or Spanish author who might happen to be in Paris at the time, and with whom they might be acquainted. Each member will thus have the privilege of bringing a friend with him. Lady authors attend these literary feasts, which are said to be thorough- ly unique in their way, having no parallel in this or any other country. Professor Agassiz has recently received a largeand im- portant collection of the fishes inhabiting the Paraguay region, made by the Emperor of Brazil when he wascar- rying on war against that country. In an autograph note to the professor, accompanying the present, the Emperor says: I have given instructions that the fishes I collected should be sent to you-for it was with this thought that I collected them. It is a slight homage that I pay to science, and I shall be most happy if br placing the fishes in your hands you will make better known the rich nature of my country." The Pall Mall Gazette states that baronetcies have been conferred upon the following gentlemen -—Mr Ed- ward St. Aubyn; the Rev. Henry John Ingilby, of Ripley Castle, Yorkshire, and Harnngton, Lincolnshire, latereo- tor of West Keal, near Bohngbrcke Mr. Charles Henry Tempest, of Broughton Hall, Skipton, Yorkshire, and Broomlands, Nantwich, Cheshire (this gentleman sue- ceeded to the property, but not to the title, of the late Sir Charles Tempest); Mr. Dudley Coutts Majoribanks, of Guisachan House, Beauly, Inverness-shire, M.P. forBer- wick-on-Tweed; Mr. John Ennis, of Ballinahowen, Water- ford, governor of the Bank of Ireland, and chairman of the Midland Railway of Ireland. LORD STANLEY AND KINO'S LYNN.—On Saturday Lord Stanley issued the following address to the electors of King s Lynn:—"Lord Russell and his colleagues hav- ing resigned in consequence of their unwillingness to t??ii amendments introduced into their Reform Bui by a majority of the House ofCommons, Lord Derby has been honoured with Her Majesty's commands to form an administration. In that administration I have accepted the office of Secretary ofStllte for Foreign Affairs. Mv seat in Parliament is therefore vacant, and I have once more to ask of you a renewal of that confidence and sup- port of which on seven former occasions you have not thought me unworthy. I sball take an early opportunity of waiting on you personally, and reserve until then all turtoer exolauations,