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MULTUM IN PARVO, A new comet has been discovered at the Observatory at Marseilles. The French decimal system of coinage has been atJopted in Roumania. MaJame Ristori has signified her intention of re- 12 months longer in the United States, and at e et»d of that time of retiring from the stage. a,A}etter from Naples states that amongst the arrivals ^6 Hon. Mrs. Norton and family, and two sons of r' Gladstone, one of whom is M.P. for Chester. The famous state manufactory of porcelain at Sevres p to be henceforth carried on in a new building in the 15th °f St Cloud' wllich wil1 be inauffurated on March The Dukes of Richmond and Rutland.were invested at Osborne, on Friday, with the riband and badge of the Order of the Garter, and Mr. Richard Mahns was ^flighted. The Perseverance, of Liverpool, bound from Barrow ba^e|t0n-laden Wlth iroiijPre, was lost on.the George s bank, Southport, on Saturday morning last. I he crew were saved. The Irish emigration from Queenstown has oom. menced at an earlier date this year than usual. Last Week three steamers sailing thence for America carried away 350 persons. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Havelock, V.C.C.B. has been appointed Assistant Quartermaster General in Canada, in succession to Colonel Wolesley, whose period of service has just expired The ship Tanjore, which arrived at Southampton on Saturday, brought fourteen Japanese princes and seven Japanese conjurors two of the latter are women, the first that have ever left Japan. The passage that was discovered some time since be- neath the York Tower of Windsor Castle, is in course of clearance by a party of sappers, with a view of did- covering its terminus and purpose. Nineteen cases of cattle plague have occurred at Is- lington, and on Saturday night a committee of the Me- tropolitan Board of Works ordered all the animals on the premises, 45 in number, to be destroyed. Lieutenant Brand, who landed at Southampton on Sa- turday from Jamaica, is described by a correspondent as A pale slender young man, apparently about twenty- six years of age." He was not dressed in uniform. It appears that during last year there was a payment of legacy and succession under one will of the sum of £ 150,260; the same estate contributed £42,000 to the probate duty, the property being valued at £ 2,800,000. On February 20th it will be exactly fifty years since the celebrated historian, Leopold von Ranke, took his doctor's degree at the rather early age of twenty. The occasion will be celebrated in Berlin by his friends and admirers. Mr. Roberts, formerly senator from Texas, has com- puted the recent murders of negroes in that state at 2,700. At one post in the same state eight officers of the Jreedmen's Bureau have, it is baid, been successively Murdered. The marriage," says the Europe, is announced for rrP'ilnext, of Emma, daughter of Baron M. C. deRoths- c • Consul-General of Bavaria, at Frankfort, to her 13aron Nathaniel de Rothschild, of London. M.P. AK r°nLi0nel- is suun^ Tas found on Saturday, atGreenhithe, which party wk6 to be that 0^ Bates, one of the unfortunate to set IT? *ere lost on Christmas night in attempting then lying°a^the ehip't0 whieh they belonged' thi^ Princess of Wales will hold the drawing-rooms The nar' They will not commence till after Easter. nfueen will hold courts at Buckingham Palace, the i e aa last year. The Prince of Wales will most likely a levee before Easter. Mr. N. O. Coope, of the firm of Indie, Coope, and Co., brewers, Burton-on-Trent, has (says the Nottingham Journal) contributed a donation of £1,000 towards the intended new school for the middle classes, to be built at Denston, near Uttoxeter. Two large floating cisterns constructed at Cherbourg have arrived at Havre on their way to Paris. They are intended to supply the aquariums of the Exhibition with sea water, and during its continuance will make constant trips between the sea and Paris. The Court Circular confirms the announcement that the Prince of Wales will for a portion of the year take up his residence in Ireland. Though this has been de- termined upon, the details connected with the event have not as yet been entirely decided upon. The Canadian Parliament has recently enacted that the doors of all buildings used for public assemblages shall be made to open outwards, to prevent the danger of their being olosed and fastened by the pressure of a crowd within, in case of fire or other alarm. Mr. Henry Thurstan Holland, of the Northern Cir- cuit, has been appointed legal adviser to the Colonial Office. The office, which has been created by the pre- sent government, precludes the holder of it from prac- tising at the Bar. The salary is £ 1,200 per annum. Ireland has made her railways for one-third the cost, and Scotland for little more than half the cost of the f^nglish railways—a result which might be partly expec- ted from their larger proportions of single lines, the greater ch eapness of land, and in Ireland the lower wages °f labour. The ex-Grand Duke of Tuscany has sent in a claim to the Italian Government for the restoration of his Personal property, which he values at about 50,000,000 of lire. Among the articles he claims are three Ra- phaels and a great number of exquisite works of art in silver, gold, and precious stones. Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison has resigned his seat for East Suffolk. The Hon. Baronet was elected in July without opposition, and the cause of his retirement is his continued indisposition, which is so serious that he has been forbidden by his medical advisers to under- take Parliamentary duties this session. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, in reply to a depu- tation which waited upon him to urge that the Irish railways should, if possible, be purchased by the State, declared that the Irish executive were all in favour of the purchase of the railways by the State, and that he should give his best support to such a project. The Queen will, on Wednesday the 27th inst., hold a court at Buckingham Palace, at which Her Majesty will receive the corps diplomatique, the members of Her Majesty's cabinet, and other official personages, with their families, to whom notifications of Her Majesty's intention will be sent by the Lord Chamberlain. It is stated that, of the specie held by the Bank of England, the proportion of British silver currency has within the past few weeks experienced an unusual in- crease—a circumstance due, doubtless, to the prevalent distress in the metropolis and the influence of strikes in throwing workmen out of employ and diminishing the demand for coin for wages.—TMMM. VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALKS AT TRENTHAM.— Bis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on Saturday terminated his visit to the Duke of Sutherland, leaving Trentham station by special train at a quarter past one. The visit has been quite of a private character. His Royal Highness and his noble host went shooting at Lilleshall on the Thursday and Friday, the Duchess of Sutherland accompanying them on the latter day. The following statistics of the great International Exhibitions in London and Paris, have been recently published in Paris. The London Exhibition of 1851 contained 71,000 square yavds, and it cost 7,500,000 francs that of 1855, in Paris, contained 115,000 square yards, and cost 11,000,000 francs; that of 1862, in Lon- don, contained 120,000 square yards, and cost 15,000,000 francs and the Paris Exhibition of this year will oc- cupy an area of 146,588 square yards, and is expected to cost about 20,000,000 francs. MR. Jr. TFRIFIHT, M.P., AND MR. DAWBY SRYMOUR, :M .P.-The newly-issued number of the F'ortll içthtJy prints, in com pic-nous place and type, the follow- ii.g honourable retractation and apology Two UH- considered charges were made against Mr. Bright in the November number of this Review. I represented him as having said, first, that' all the land of England is in the hands of 150 proprietors and secondly, that 'the poor only are fit to legislate for the rich. I am happy to retract both charges. It is needless to add lp that I very sincerely regret having made them. H ENRY D. SEYMOUR." It is said that the celebrated Father Passaglia has been "converted," and the faithful at Rome are in great glee. The poor ex-Jesuit has told the Monsignor Ghilardi, bishop of Mondovi, that he recognised his g errors and transgressions, and desired to make repara- tion, condemning himself to confinement in a Carthu- sian conventfer the rest of his days. Passaglia, though his orthodoxy in religion was above suspicion, has been deemed a heretic because he had come under the penal- ties ordained by Pius V. who pronounced excommunica- .tion against all who should advise the Pope to resign the temporal power.—Pall Mall Gazette. EMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND.-There is ample room and verge enough in Now Zealand for a large in- flux of industrious and well-disposed young men, and especially of young and vigorous women. The future success of the oolony greatly depends on the character of the men whoare sent there. There is still, as there always has been, in New Zealand, a great disproportion of the sexes; the men predominate. We have often in these columns urged the necessity of sending respeot- able females to this colony. We again prav fOi m:itte- on the attention of the humane and benevolent among us. It requires no arguments to show the.advantages which would accrue to the thousands.inthiB country wile are unable to earn a decent living.—New Zealand- flMfr miner, The Inland Revenue Commissioners in their report, just published, call the attention of the Government to the fact that the cheap railway trains, which were orig- inally exempted from duty in compensation for com- pelled lowness of fares, are now most remunerative, and they more than hint that the exemption should not continue. The Inland Revenue Commissioners assume in their report, just published, that our four wheeled cabs are a disgrace to the metropolis, but the only suggestion they can give in the way of a remedy is an extension of the powers given to the police or the more active ex- ercise of their present power for prohibiting the use of objectionable carriages and horses." BROTHER IGNATIUS' AMUSEMENTS.—In the case of Watney v Lyne, tried a few days ago, it was an action to recover for damage done to some furniture in a house tenanted by the defendant, and a considerable part of the damage was said to have been caused by the owl of "Brother Ignatius." j670 was claimed, and the jary found for the plaintiff for £ 20. On Monday an aplica- tion, made by Mr. Serjeant Parry for a certificate to en- title the plaIntiff to full costs, was granted. ALLEGED STARVATION OF A CBILD.-On Saturday, at the East Riding magistrates' meeting, a man and his wife, named Haldenby, were charged with not sup- plying their male child, eight years of age, with sufficient food. The child wasfound in a very emaciated condition weighing only 36lb., and several of the neighbours of the prisoners deposed to it not getting enough food and being cruelly beaten by the mother. It appeared that the child's life had been insured for £10. The inquiry was adjourned, the prisoners being admitted to bail. At the Southwark Police Court, on Monday, Robert Lott, a boy 12 years of age, was charged with attempt- ing to murder Jane Bourne, who is about the same age. The children were schoolfellows and close friends, but latterly the girl had somewhat neglected Lott for another boy. This roused Lett's jealousy, and he threatened to do for" Bourne. One day recently, when they had left school, he got a hammer and struck the girl on the head until she became insensible. She was taken to the hospital and had her wounds dressed, when she soon recovered.—The boy was committed for trial. Most extensive alterations are at the present time being carried on in Windsor Castle. Among others we may mention that the exterior of the covered way con- necting the Round Tower with the Castle, which was from age almost worn away, is being entirely refaced, and the wall between the Military Knights' residence and King Henry the Third's Tower is also being re- stored. The new grand staircase, which has been in the course of erection for some time past, is gradually approaching its completion, and will, when completed, present a most grand appearance. The whole of the grand quadrangle has been relaid with gravel.-Court Circular. EXTRAORDINARY EFFECT OF THE BITE OF A BAT. Some years ago, a young girl named Amelia Lee, whilst Eractising singing in the parish church of Spalding, was itten by a bat which alighted on her face. Since that time she has been frequently attacked with fits of long sleep, and will remain in this state for some weeks. These attacks have become more frequent. On Sunday, during the hours of Divine service, she fell into one of these fits, and was conveyed out of church. The case is a very remarkable one. We understand it is a paraly- sis of the brain and presents a case of interesting study for the medical profession.-Lincolnshire Chronicle. It is well known that the Queen devotes much of her leisure to the cultivation of fine arts, and it has more than once been rumoured that Her Majesty has directed her talents also to the pursuit of literature. The pre- face to the collected speeches of the late Prince Consort if not actually written by her Majesty, was at least in- spired by her, and her reputation for literary skill has on several occasions given ground to reports that Her Majesty has intended that her name should be included in the roll of royal authors." A rumour of this kind is again current, and we understand that it is very gen- erally believed that her Majesty is actually preparing a book of her own composition for the press, and is more- over engraving the plates by which it is to be illustrated. —Edinburgh Courant. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—At the Liver- pool Police Court, on Tuesday, a young woman, named Ann Embert, who lived in Beresford Road, was brought before Mr. Raffles, stipendiary magistrate, charged with attempting to murder her son, a boy about eight years of age, and also with attempting to commit suicide. The case was not fully gone into, a remand being ap- plied for on account of the required witnesses not being in attendance. The evidence went to show that, on the previous day, the prisoner went to a druggist's shop, and obtained a quantity of laudanum, which she carried to her residence and administered to her son. Directly afterwards she went to the shop of another chemist, and obtained more laudanum, which she drank herself. Soon afterwards the other inmates of the house, per- ceiving that she and her son manifested peculiar symp- toms, and were relapsing into a state of unconscious- ness, sent for a medical man. He at once saw that Embert and her child were under the influence of some powerful narcotic, and he administered a strong dose of antimony as an antidote. Fortunately the remedy soon proved effective, and the lives of the unfortunate woman and her offspring were saved. She was well enough to be removed to the lock-up in the evening, and the little boy was sufficiently recovered to be produced in court, on Tuesday. The mother, when placed in the dock, presented a most dejected appearance. When asked what she had to say for herself, she said she was very badly off, and this led her to commit the rash act. She was remanded. THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONS OF THE PRESENT REIGN.—The session of parliament which commenced on Tuesday is the thirtieth held during the reign of Her Majesty. The last of William the IV. was prorogued by the Queen in person on the 17th of July, 1837, and the flirt parliament of Victoria was opened by Her Majesty ou November the 20th, 1837. It was prorogued personally on August 16th, 1838. The sessions of 1839,1840, aud 1841 were opened and pro- rogued by the Queen in person. The new parliament of 1841 was opened and prorogued by commission. The session of 1842 was opened and prorogued in person. The session of 1843 was opened by commission and pro- rogued in person. The session of 1844 was opened in person and prorogued by commission. The session of 1845 was opened and prorogued in person. The session of 1846 was opened in person and prorogued by commis- sion. The session of 1847 was opened and prorogued in person. The new parliament of 1848 was opened by commission and prorogued in person Sept. 5,1848. The session of 1849 was opened in person and prorogued by commission. The session of 1850 was opened by com- mission and prorogued in person. The sessions of 1851 and 1852 were opened and prorogued in person. The new parliament of 1852 was opened in person and pro- rogued by commission Aug. 20,1853. The session of 1854 was opened and prorogued in person. The ses- sions of 1855 and 1856 were opened in person and pro- rogued by commission. The session of 1857 wasopened and prorogued by commission, as was also the new par- liament of 1857. Thesessions of 1858 and 1859, the new parliament of 1859, and the sessions of 1860 and 1861 were each opened in person and prorogued by commis- sion. From 1861 to 1866 the sovereign neither opened nor prorogued parliament, but last year she emerged from her retirement. THE POOR-LAW BOARD'S NEW OaDBa OF Ac- COUNTS.—Some of the changes to be effected in the ex- isting mode of keeping the parochial and union accounts are shown in Knight's Official Circular, from which the following extract has been taken" As regards the ac- counts of collectors, the overseers or guardians may re- quire a collector to keep an additional book, to be term- ed the instalment rate receipt check-book,' from which receipts are to be given whenever rates are received by instalments. The overseers may also require demand notes' to be printed in the rate receipt check-book, which are to be filled up to correspond with the reoeipts, and to be detached and left with the ratepayers when payment of the rate is demanded. Clerks to guardians are required to kefp a petty cash-book.' A form of tha treasurer's book is prescribed. It is to be balanced quar- terly, to be laid before the guardians once every month, or oftener if required by fiem. As regard: the accounts of the master anad .nission and discharge b ok for vagrants prescribed to be kept when vagrants are not entered in the admission and discharge book. The form of day-book is altered, and a separate account, termed the master's account of rcceipt and payments is to be kept. A re- ceipt check-book is to be used for receipts for sums paid to the master. A separate account, termed 'the neces- saries and miscellaneous account,' is to be kept in res- pect of all articles, goods and materials received for use or consumption in the workhouse, other than provisions, clothing, materials for repairs, and such articles as are entered in the inventory book and farm account. Re- lieving officers are to keep an outdoor relief list for va- grants, in which is to be entered the relief given to va. grants. All the accounts of the union and of the officers are to be closed at the end of every half-year, that is to say, up to the 25th of March and 29th of September in each year inclusively, 'when such days occur at the end of the week established by the practice of the union, and at other times at the end of such week first completed next after such days respectively.' There are numerous minor alterations in the books and accounts which we are unable now to notice. The order takes effect from the 25th of March next, but it is provided that until the 29th of September next the guardians and officers' may keep their accounts and books of account in the forma now used by them respectively, or adapt them where necesBsary to the forms prescribed as nearly as may be. This order, which may come in force at Lady-day, inti- mately afFects- not to say itdel-anges-the bookkeeping duties of many thousand officers acting in the various tinibns of England and of Wales—overseers, collectors, iclerks to guardians,workhouse master's, relieving officers, and others. Fortunately-a guide through the intrica- cies of the new system is promised in the shape of an "exemplification," by Mr. Danby P. Fry, the chief in the legal department of the London board. An American telegram notices the death of the well- known writer, N. P. Willis. Mr. Willis began his lite- rary career at the age of sixteen, when he published a small volume of sacred poetry. He subsequently edited various literary publications, such as the The Legendary and the American Monthly Magazine, better known in Europe as the New York Mirror, into which it was finally metamorphosed. Mr. N. Willis spent some time in Europe as an attache of the French Legation at Paris. Many English readers, especially of the present gener- ation, know less of Mr. Willishimself than of his strong minded sister, Mrs. Parton, otherwise Fanny Fern." THE EUROPEAN CAPTIVES NOW IN ABYSSINIA.—The following is an extract from a letter from Egypt, dated December 24, which appears in the Dublin Express I saw a man in Suez, the other day who had just come from Magdalla, in Abyssinia. He had seen and spoken to Colonel Cameron, Mr. Rassam, and the other cap- tives, three weeks ago. He said they were not in chains, were comparatively well treated, and were allowed exer- cises on horse and afoot. Of course, he said, they were in confinement to the place. This man (an Abyssinian) bore a letter from Colonel Merewether, saying that he was a friend to the English, and had been of great as- sistance to him in the Abyssinian difficulty." MORALITY IN SPAIN.—Mr. Grant Duff remarks that "Spain retains less of the real Spirit of Christianity than any other country." Taking morality to be the real essence of Christianity, he might have said the im- morality of the Spaniard, more especially one particular form of immorality, among the upper and lower classes of society, and of the priests, is far beyond that of any other European country. As one slight testimony of this, we may bring the sorrowful but solemn acknowledge ment of the archbishop of one of the largest provinces in Spain, that he only knew of two priests in his whole diocese besides himself who led decently chaste lives! While it is also worthy of note that no country in Europe, we believe, can show so enormous a proportion of foundlings and foundling hospitals.—Conhill Mag a- zine for February. A SOLDIER'S WIFE ON THE STAGE.—A French ser- geant-major, named Grangier, of the 69th Regiment of the line, has just been tried by the military tribunals at Marseilles for desertion. While at garrison at Rome in 1863 he had fallen in love with a young Italian girl, and married her without the consent of his commanding officer. The wife afterwards came out on the stage, and having met with considerable success, her family in or- der to get rid of the husband, whom they now looked upon as an impediment to the young woman's career, induced him to desert and go to Naples, under the pro- mise that his wife should join him there, and where they were to remain until his pardon had been obtained from the Emperor by the intervention of Mddle. Patti, a friend of the wife's. Grangier waited in vain at Naples, and finding that he had been abandoned gave himself up to the French consul in that city. He has been sen- tenced to two years' hard labour, the minimum punish- ment for the offence. THE YOUNG MEN OF FRANCE. — REMARKABLE STATISTS.—The Paris correspondent of the Express writes :-I have just seen some statistics of 1864 which strikingly bear out the assertion that the number of men which the Emperor proposes to take annually for the army amounts to almost the entire product of able-bo- died youth which France can produce. It will astonish many to learn what a large proportion of the young men who are forced to draw lots every year and liable to serve as recruits in the order of their numbers are re- jected by the medical inspectors. In 1864 the number of men liable to serve was 325,000. Of these were re- jected :—18,106 below the standard height; 30,524 weak constitution, consumption, Ac.; 15,988 mutilated from birth, hernia, &c.; 9100 hump-backed and flatfooted, 6988 blind or deaf; 963 stammerers, 4108 insufficient teeth; 5114 for syphilis and cognate diseases; 5213 goitre ¡ and scrofula; 2158 cretins, lunatics, and paralytics; 8236 divers incapacities. The total youth of the year unfit to serve in the army was 109,000 odd. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN INDIAN A.-CHICAGO, Jan. 16th.—Ahorrible affair occurred at Valparaiso, Indiana, about forty miles from this city, on the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne railroad, the details of which are as fol- lows :-A man named Chauncy Page, a jeweller, of Val- paraiso, some time ago had a difficulty with his wife, which led to a separation. The wife went to live as a servant in the family of an old mam residing in the vicinity. About nine o clock, on Monday night, Page went to the house were his wife was living, and suc- ceeded in obtaining an interview with her. A quarrel ceeded in obtaining an interview with her. A quarrel arose between them, during which he shot and killed her, and then murdered her mother, who was present by sliootmg her with a revolver. One a^uuui says uiaJ he afcerwards made an attack upon the old man of the house and his wife with a poker and beat them to death. He also attacked a young girl, who managed to make her escape, but in a mangled condition. Page then set fire to the house and fled to the woods- He was subse- quently captured. A MARRIAGE IN HASTE.—On Saturday, Oct 27 a dam- sel of 23 summers, was a passenger to Maldon, her ma- ternal home, by one of the Maldon coaches, and a stair wart miner, hailing from Cornwall (" near England"), took a seat by her side. They were strangers to. each other, the man being from Bendigo, on the look-out for li is brother, and never having been in Maldon before, However, they enjoyed a pleasant chat, and it is to be presumed became mutually enamoured of each other. At all events, it is a fact, that on reaching Maldon a whis- pered conversation took place, and the damsel, instead of going home, took the arm of the swain, and proceed- ed at once to the residence of a minister, who, upon satisfying himself that both were sane and of mature age, agreed to tie them up. When called upon for their names for the marriage lines," the question had to be mutually asked and replied to. The lady then went for the ring, while her lover of an hour gave the neces- sary information. The ring was got; and in something less than four hours after meeting for the first time the two were "no longer twain, but of one flesh." The happy pair departed for Bendigo.-Australian Paper. A NOVEL MODE OF SWINDLING.-The Impartial of Bruges gives the following account of a trick success- fully played off on a shopkeeper in that ancient city, which is set down as un void, la confession :—Two ladies presented themselves at a shop in the Rue St. Jacques, where the elder of them made purchases of goods, and then, taking out her purse, found that she had omitted to bring out with her the needful funds; she requested that one of the assistants should be sent home with her for the money, and a shopwoman accordingly accompanied the new customers. They then went into a Carmelite convent, where the elder of the ladies asked for one of the fathers by name, and on his coming to her held some private conversation with him. In a few minutes the father made a sign to the girl to follow him. "Go," said the lady, follow the reverend father, he will pay you the amount." The girl complied, and accompanied the friar into a room where she was asked to sit down. I am ready," said the Carmelite, to hear your confession." I don't want to confess," said the girl. I want the money." What money ?" said the friar. The price of the goods purchased by the lady who brought me here." I know nothing of that," said the friar, "she told me you wished to confess, and, being deaf, desired to do so in a private place." The explana- tion was complete; the girl rushed out to find* that the ladies" had made good their escape, taking with them their cheap purchases. STRIKE AND RIOT IN BELGIUM.—The Journal de Charleroi of Saturday says Yesterday morning, a strike took place almost instantaneously in all the metal works of Marcliienne, including the works at Couillet. This strike is attributed to a notice which was posted throughout the various establishments, and intimated that the wages of the men would be reduced by ten per cent from the 1st of February, owing to the depressed state of the iron trade. In the first moment of the ex- citement some reprehensible acts were committed at the works of the Monceau-sur-Sambre Company, and at the rolling works of Bailleux, Marchienne, Wilmar, and on the premises of M. Victor Gilleaux. The work- men required that the fires should be put out. '1 hey marched in procession and sang songs. In conbequence of a friendly conference, it was agreed between M, Siuits, manager of Couillet, and his men, that the works should le open on ]\loiidst< At other place,; the fiies were put out, ai.f) it wa.~ j', arc. I that an attack would be luadc on the important mill at Marcliienne. About four o'clock, M. Clautrian, the mayor of the town, addressed the workmen, telling them that the effect of their conduct would be to stop the whole of the metal trade, and that they would be the first to feel the effects of such stop- page, but they would not listen to him. He is a good fellow," they said, in the Walloon language, "but he would lead us astray." A body of the workmen then proceeded to the rolling works of Wilmar and Victor Gillieaux, and the grates of the puddling furnaces were unhinged, and the machinery stopped. The mounted police were on the spot since the morning, but they con- fined their action to temporising in order not to increase the excitement. It was thought that prudence and cir- cumspection would be more efficacious than a display of force. A body of 40 of the lltli regiment of the line in gar- rison at Charleroi were, however, called out to occupy the Gillieaux works, where the windows had been broken and stones thrown at the police. The officer in command received three blows from stones. Towards night the men dispersed, and returned to their own homes. At Acoz, Cliatelet, and Chatelineau there are no operations going on this morning. The night passed off without disturbance, but it is reported that the men will meet again at five in the morning, and that there is an under- standing between them and the coal miners. A post-, script states that the coal pits at Blanchisserie, Sacre Madame, and Dampremy are abandoned, and that the men are marching on Marchienne. They require that the bag of flour should be sold at 30f. Cavalry is ex- pected from Mons, and the troops of the line have pro- ceeded from Gilieaux to Marchienne to protect the mill. Telegrams state that affairs have since assumed a more serious aspect. A violent conflict has occurred between the troovo and workmen, and gome lives have been lost. Mr. John Martin, one of the Young Irelanders of 1848, and head of the body called the Irish League, writes a letter to an Irish paper, in which he declares his belief that the Fenians in Ireland would soon give their adhesion to a repeal movement to which the Catholic bishops and clergy were committed." He pro- poses a revival of O'Connell's agitation, and condemns the National Association. If Mr. Bright and the re- formers really wish," he says, for Irish help in their agitation for a reform of the English Parliament, they must first agitate to repeal the Union." FRENCH NEWSPAPERS.—The Gazette de France pub- lishes a long statistic respecting the provincial press from which it appears that there are 267 country papers in France. Out of that number 51 are independent; all the rest are more or less in the dependency of the gover- ment. Aocording to French law all sales of land and property, certain contracts, and other documents, must be published as advertisements. These are all called announces judiciares. In the provinces the prefects have the privilege of designating the papers in which they are to appear, and naturally give them to their friends. Aa the withdrawal of this privilege would be death to the devoted organs, it can be seen at a glance what I a tremendous hold it gives the subordinates of the Home Office over provincial journalism. The printers of the Paris press have met, and drawn up a patition, which they intend to present to the Senate. "In this document," says the Liberte, they reduce their pretentions to the extreme wnimv.m, and, instead of demanding impunity in all cases, simply ask not to be put out of the pale of the common law, not to be treated more rigorously than assassins and robbers, and not to be deprived of the benefit of extenuating circumstances. They solicit a cessation of the pecuniary responsibility when the offence has been committed by solvent and resident authors and editors. Lastly, they ask to be res- ponsible only in default of writers, arising either from their desire to remain unknown, or from their not offer- ing sufficient security for the payment of the fines incur- red." THE COST OF AN OUTFIT IN LOUISVILLE.—A corres- pondent of the Louisville Democrat, complaining of the very high price to which clothing had risen, represents that if he wants to take a trip to Europe, and to go pro- vided with a few things-say a black suit of supeifine West of England cloth, a wearing tweed suit, an over- coat, a silk hat, a pair of boats, a pair of goloshes, a dozen pairs of French kid gloves, and a dozen socks— he will be charged 324 dols. for thelIllil LOUIsenlle. His plan, therefore, for a trip to Europe is to buy over there." He says he can go from Louisville, via New York, to Liverpool (in second cabin), get these clothes there, and after paying for them have enough of the 324 left to pay his fare both ways between Louisville and Liverpool, and 80 dols. over to spend while staying in the latter town. AN INFERNAL MACHINE FOR WAR.—General Daulle of the French Engineers, has written to La Liberty an account of a cannon with divergent tubes to throw mus- ket balls. The-number of these tubes will be in propor- tion to their calibre, and they are .,0 arranged that at a distance of 600 metres the balls will Le spread over a space of 15 metres, and at nearly equal distances from each other. The charge of powder is calculated to pro- pel two balls at once from each tube, the trajectory of which will be the same as that of a large project ile from the same cannon. Thus a field-piece will be capable of holding 16 tubes and discharging 32 balls at once, which at a distance of 600 metres will strike upon a space oc- cupied by 50 men in two ranks, those of the second rank being liable to be struck by the balls which pass through the first. This new cannon is of iron, this being a more durable metal for the purpose than bronze. MATRIMONY IN FRANCE.—The Paris correspondent of the Globe writes :—" Matrimonial wrecks in Paris are sadly frequent, and yet they have not only no effect in discouraging matrimony among the foolish people who take a liking for each other, but they do not lessen in any degree the business of the agencies (peculiar, I believe, to France) which undertake to supply men with wives, and women with husbands, for a commission of so much, just as a horse dealer will engage to procure anybody any sort of an animal for-per cent. of the price. In almost every newspaper you take up, you may find advertisements of offers of service from these agencies, and besides, a number of people practise, more or less; continuously the same matrimonial profession, as it is called, without advertising. The fraternity actually send out circulars announcing that they have such of such parties on hand, exactly in the same style as a grocer makes known that he has laid in a new stock or Brazilian coffee. One of these documents, which has just been extensively spread in the north of France, stafoa -ri" f At —is at this moment charged to find wives for a r rench Prince, of irreproachable manners, aged 34, with a fortune of from £ 32,000 to £ 40,000 a judge, with £ 6,000 several doc- tors, with jB2,000, and so on.' What the circular says may be true still it is hard to believe that a Prince can have need of a matrimonial agency to find a wife, when the market is fearfully overstocked with feminine candidates for wedlock. THE EMPBROR MAXIIULIAN,The Memorial Diplo- matique publishes a long article describing the motives which led the Emperor Maximilian to contemplate ab- dicating and subsequently induced His Majesty to re- consider his determination. After giving a summary of the events of the last few months down to the recent Conference of Ministers and Members of the Council of State, held at Orizaba, the writer goes on to say The conditions on which the Emperor Maximilian consents to maintain the Imperial Government in Mexico, are the following :-The convocation on a most liberal basis, of a national committee charged with de- claring whether the Empire is to be continued, and of deciding on what form of government shall be adopted for the future the creation of sufficient resources to cover the Budget without having recourse to the ex- pedient of loans which in the present circumstances would have no chance of success the formation of a national army by means of a military conscription; the preparation of laws necessary for realising a vnst system of colonisation intended to develope the natural resources with which Mexico is so richly endowed the equitable accomplishment of the engagements contracted with France,and the settlement of good neighbourly relations, with the United States. The Emperor did not deny the difficulties opposed to the practical execution of that programme, which he considered as the tonclistone of the vitality of the empire. Of the twenty-two members of the Conference, twenty adhered formally to the con- ditions proposed by his majesty, and engaged to employ their influence to obtain the co-operation of the country in fulfilling them. The Conference then separated, on the positive promise that, while awaiting the decision of the National Congress, the Emperor should abstain from all measures of a nature to imply on his part a preconceived intention to abdicate. In fine, the attitude assumed by the Emperor may be summed up as follows: His Majesty consents to maintain the struggle on con- dition that the nation provides him with the means of arriving at practical results. He seems to say to the Mexicans, 'Notwithstanding the calamities with which our country is beset, nothing is yet lost if there remains the determination to save its honour; I will stay at your head if you rally closely around me, and if you adopt as your guiding principle the maxim, God helps those who help themselves." THE TRIBUNE IN FRANC E.-In the Paris Legislative Chamber, workmen are now employed in putting to- gether the pulpit from which in other times, and down to'the coup cletat, orators were wont to make their speeches and it is said the materials, marble and ma- hogany, are the same that composed it when 'first set lip. The history of this tribune is curious. It seems to have been Originally made for the Hall of the Five Hun- dred. The bas-reliefs that adorned it were, on its over- throw, taken to decorate the platform on which the chair of the President of the Chamber was placed. They consisted of two female figures—one the Muse of His- tory, writing; the other Faiii e, blowing her own trumpet. The Gallic cock strutted before the ladies, and between them was a port of altar, at the foot of which was the double-faced Janus, one side turned to the past, that is, to'Hii-tory; the other to Fame, p rsonifying the future; and on the top was tlie ima^e < f Liberty. When the Five Hundred wei e thrust out of doors, or out of win- dow, by the bayonets of B^i-.a:>a.te's grenadiers behind them to acceleiaLe their speed, the duties which the topmost image was assumed to perform became a sine- cure. The tribune was then taken down, and the frag- ments were stowed away in the cellars of the Legisla- tive Palace, but not, however, before some far-sighted official had numbered in black paint the marble slabs of which it was composed, so that when the Chambers were again re-established under the restoration these slabs, the very existence of which had now been for- gotten, were taken out of their hiding place and set up once more in good order. Under the July government the tribune was removed to the new Chamber of De- puties, which is the identical Legislative Chamber of to-day. It was not used under the republic of 1848, for the Constitution and Legislative Assemblies were not held in the present building, but in the courtyard in what was called the pasteboard hall," which, like the constitution of the period, had been huddled up in a hurrYJ and was only intended to be temporary. The coup d'etat of 1852, like the coup d'etat of Brumaire, fell heavily on all three-the pasteboard hall, the tri- bune, and the constitution. The Legislative Body was installed in the place it now assembles in; the constitu- tioc quite evaporated, and the tribune, again taken to, pieces, had its dis:cta membra once more consigned to the catacombs. This time, also, some other prudent hand marked the pieces as before, so as to be forthcoming whenever the "political ediface" came to be "crowned." They have slept there for some fifteen years, and have once more been disinterred by the architect of the Le-, gislative Chamber, by order of the Emperor, communi- cated by its President, M. Walewski, to its architect, M. DeJoly. The benches where the ministers, or rather, councillors of state who spoke foi the Government, used to sit are removed, and will be sent down to the same dreary abode where the tribune lay so long; and the Ministers will resume their old plaoes on the front seata of the Qi A supplement to the London Gazette, published on Saturday, contains an Order of the Privy Council, dated the 1st inst. directing that, from and after that date, animals, whether intended for immediate slaugh- ter or not, may be moved within the metropolis at a distance not less than 100 yards from the outward bound- ary of any place in the metropolis said to be infected, in accordance with the provisions of the Order of the 24th of March last. TEN SUICIDE AT THE SALISBURY HOTEL. — On Monday, Mr. Deputy Payne opened an inquiry at the Barlow Mow Tavern, Salisbury court, Fleet-street, on the body of a gentleman named William Davenport,who committed suicide on Friday morning by throwing him- self from the window of a second floor bedroom at the Salisbury Hotel, Salisbury square. Among the witnes- ses examined was Mr. J. G. Davenport, who said de- ceased was his brother. He was 32 years of age, and a bachelor. He was a merchant, and had been abroad six years, during which time witness had not seen him. Deceased had been in England about a fortnight, and witness was daily expecting to see him. Shortly before he came over to England he had an attack of brain fever, but he had quite recovered. He was generally a man of calm mind and temperate habits. The Coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Tempor- ary insanity." The Court of Exchequer has decided, in strict ac- cordance with former decisions, that public bodies are liable for the acts of negligence of their servants, even although they have only public duties to perform, re- ceive no payment, and have no funds out of which the damages can be paid. The vestry of Bermondsey were constructing a sewer in Blue Anohor Road, when a Mr. Juniper stumbled, in the dark, over a heap of dirt left by the workmen, and ultimately died of the injury so done to him. For this an action was brought under Lord Campbell's Act, and a verdict obtained for damages to the amount of j6873. But how are they to be levied in such cases ? Against whom is the execution to issue where the defeudants are a public body having no funds ? Will the members of it be individually liable P If not, what is the worth of the verdict ? If they are who will undertake a gratuitous office for the public service ? The subjectdemandsimmediat 3 legislation.—-Law Times. THE NEXT GREAT ECLIPSE.—To facilitate observa- tion of the annular eclipse of the sun which is to take place on the 6th of March next, the Royal Astronomical Society have published a diagram of the path of the annular phase, from which any one interested in the phenomenon may ascertain the names of places at which the complete form of the ring will be best seen. It will first become visible to the inhabitants of Madeira, then to those of North-western Africa, whence it tra- verses the Mediterranean, strikes Italy just to the south of Naples, crosses Dalmatia and Bosnia to South-eastern Transylvania, passes over Jassey, enters Russia, and stretches away between Moscow and Kazan to Siberia, where it ends near Cape Severo, on the desolate shores of the Arctic Sea. From this it will be seen that the path does not come near the British Islands. At Green- wich the eclipse will begin at 17m. past 8 in the morn- ing, and end at 8m. to 11. The time of greatest dark- ness will be 28m. before 10, when somewhat more than seven-tenths of the sun's surface will be obscured. As there will be no other annular eclipse to equal this, visible in Europe, during the present century, it be- comes the more interesting to astronomers generally.- Athenaeum. The Commissioners of the Inland Revenue, in a re- port issued on Monday, express some surprise at the great increase of the consumption of spirits in Ireland as compared with the quantities consumed in England and in Scotland. The proportionate increase in Eng- land is -544 per cent.; in Scotland, 3'44 per cent.; and in Ireland it is 8-68* per cent. The export of spirits from England has suddenly been diminished by nearly 2,000,000 of gallons. The distillers attribute the fact to the very low prices of Prussian spirits made from potatoes and roots, "and which," says the Commissioners, though extremely coarse, and in every respect inferior to the productions of this country, are taken in large quantities for fortifying wines, and for mixing with such spirits and liquors as have sufficient flavour to disguise the unpleasant taste of the adulterating material. They are much used in this country for fortifying wines in bond. The Commissioners come to the conclusion that in England there are consumed two bushels of malt per head, and about half a gallon of spirits; in Scotland seven-tenths of a bushel of malt per head, and more than a gallon and a half of spirits; and in Ireland, four tenths of a bushel of malt, and eight-tenths of a gallon of spirits. ^FIRE IN LINCOLNSHIRE.—The quiet little village of half-past twelve, thrown into a state of great-exefte- ment by a fire occurring on the farm of Mr. Joseph Dan- by, situated in the most populous part of the village. The flames rose high in the air, illuminating the coun- try for miles around. Horsemen were then dispatched Brigg and Redbourne for assistance, but the fire had got the mastery long before the engines arrived. The Brigg engine arrived first and with all possible expedi- tion placed the hose in connection with a main that runs just past the farmstead, and so at once obtained water. The Redbourn hose arrived some time after, but being in the hands of a person who appeared to be inexperiencd, was of little avail. Notwithstanding the efforts of Mr. Superintendent Knight, assisted by police- constables Martin, Moulds, and Archer, the Brigg Fire Brigade, and a large number of people, it was found impossible to save any of the stacks. It was therefore thought best to turn their attention to the buildings which surrounded the stackyard. There is another farm about fifty yards from Mr. Denby's, and this seemed at one time in imminent danger, and would have cer- tainly caught fire had the wind changed. The box part of a thrashing machine (which cost £150) was des- troyed, nothing being saved with the exception of the iron. Seven stacks where completely burned, consist- ing of wheat, beans, oats, and barley. Mr. Danby is fully insured, the damage being estimated at between C700 and £800. MONUMENT TO ROBERT OWEN.—The local board- room in the little town of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, is just now made the scene of monthly discussions upon the public character of Robert Owen, the well-known social reformer. The controversy arises out of a project set on foot about three years ago by a party of gentle- men from Manchester, who paid a visit to Newtown, to view the locality in which Robert Owen was born, and where after a long and eventful life, he went back to die and who, finding there no other memorial of his life than a simple tombstone, organised a subscription with a view of erecting a suitable monument in a cen- tral part of the town. The list was privately subscribed, and in a very short time had reached the sum of £ 300, when an unforeseen obstacle to further progress pre- sented itself. It transpired that some of the leading in- habitants of the town entertained religious scruples as to the claim of their townsman upon the posthumous gratitude of his countrymen. They conceded that Owen had done some good in his lifetime, and admitted that he had in some degree proved the disinterested charac- ter of his philanthropic designs by sacrificing a large fortune in their pursuit; but they said he was a visionary and a sceptic, and, as such, they declined to take any steps towards providing a site for the proposed memo- rial. A long correspondence ensued, the result being that the memorial committee gave up the design in dis- gust, and the sum already subscribed was lodged in a bank, where it has remained to this day. Within the last month, however, a feeling more favourable to the project has gained ground in Newtown, and a definite proposition is now under consideration which not only includes the grant of the required site, but also provides for the institution of a local subscription to supplement the fund raised in Manchester. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—The meeting of the ehareholders in the Anglo-American Telegraph Com- pany was held in London, on Tuesday; Mr. C. Stewart in the chair.—The report, which has already appeared, having been taken as read, the Chairman, in moving its adoption, said that in the report the Directors congratu- lated the e-harpholders on the result of the enterpriae, and they did so with great confidence. The three sub jects which had been contemplated when they started the Company had been accomplished. The new cable had been successfully laid, the old cable had been re- covered, and the profits realised since the opening of the line on the 28th of July were more than 25 per cent on the capital. The contract entered into with the Tele- graph Construction and Maintenance had been fulfilled to their entire satisfaction. The line was in the most perfect order, and it transmitted messages more readily than they could be read. Whether a machine could be invented to surpass the human eye and brain, he did not know, but at present the human eye and brain were not competent to read the messages received. The com- munication beyond Heart's Content was defective, but considerable improvements had been made, and by arrangements with the Electric and Magnetic Tele- graph Companies they would have separate and inde- pendent wires between Valentia and London, which would be devoted exclusively to Atlantic business to be worked by the staff of this Company, and unity of ma- nagement and undivided responsibility would thus be secured between London and Newfoundland. The capi- tal raised had been expended, and there was no charge against revenue standing over prior to that date.-The report was adopted, and a dividend of jEl per share or 10 per cent on the subscribed capital, was declared.- In reply to a question by a shareholder, the Chairman stated that if they obtained the line between Placentia Bay and Boston they would be protected from competi- tion. With regard to the tariff, they began with 20s.t they came down to 10s. they would probably come down to 5s.—(hear, hear.)—and he would not have them to go away with the impression that that was the lowest price per word. They would, in fact, work down till they got at the price that was best for them and the public. That was the best way of preventing competition. The re- duction from 20a. to 10s. was satisfactory, for it recouped any loss. The average earnings were about jESOO pei day. I General Peel has presented Eton College with -4 Russian trophy in the shape of a cannon captured at oebastopol. TTRENCH :Mnams.-A bout 700 miners are employed by Messrs, Schneider at Mazenay. Their valges, on an average, are about 3f. or 2s. 6d. per day. It is an out- lying district, which has not the benefit of many ad- vantages afforded by the town of Creusot. The employ- ers have, therefore, taken much trouble to provide for the wants of their men. A canteen or store has been established, where all necessaries are sold at cost price. Houses have been built for those who have families, four tenements in a block. Each lodging contains two rooms a closet, and a cellar, and has attached to it a very small garden. This accomodation lets for between 6f. and 7f. a month. The unmarried miner is taken in and done for by the tenants of these houses in what he appears to consider a very satisfactory manner for about Is. 2d. a day. Ivor this sum he has lodging, washing, stipu- lated quantities of meat and wine, and bread "d dis- cretion. The iron mine wo A is very popular, and; commands th.6 services of &s fin.6 & class of labourers as we ever saw. Though not as highly paid as the forge 1 and machine-shop hands, their wages may be considered high for France.—The Engineer. FOREIGN COMPETITION.—Whether the manufactu- rers of England are still to prosper and increase, or are henceforward to decline, is a twofold question, depen- ding first on the abundant supply of that raw material which has been her vantage ground over other nations, and, secondly, on the constancy and energy of her work- ing population—on their intelligence, and on their willingness to meet the world's competition with that steady pluck which we have heretofore claimed as a national characteristic. The first of these questions was lately the theme of much discussion amongst men of theory and men of practice, but is now hushed be- neath the umbra of a royal commission. We had heard enough of it, however, to conclude that the danger threatening our manufacturers was tolerably remote, and that in any case there was little left for no to do sn the matter, as men cannot avert the inevitable. The second, however, is a question which can be answered by the working man, and by him only. How far his employers heretofore were accountable for that narrow- mindedness which leaves him an easy prey to a oiaitfc little better than sharpers, we do not pronounce; but we are convinced that England's industrial position is now in jeopardy more from the superiority of work- people in some other nations in mental cultivation, general information, and common sense than from as; material cause. -Engineer. DOCKYARD MANAGEMENT.—We have reason to be- lieve that Mr. Seely is busy collecting all the informa- tion he can derive from practical men of experience, with a view of bringing forward early in the session a motionconnected with the management of the dockyards, and we suspect that the facts which he will be enabled to establish will be of so stubborn a nature that the authorities will be put on their mettle to beat him. Apropos^ of Mr. Seely, we may state that the nary ballast (Seely's pigs), must not be confounded with modern ships' kentledge "-a mistake the dockyard officials committed, and others who should know better have done the same. As shown by the parliamentary return which Mr. Seely moved for, all the navy ballast in our dockyards was purchased prior to 1815 and much of it probably centuries old, made at a period when iron could only be produced from the richest ores by the process technically known as cold-blast." In truth. before the hot-blast furnace was invented, the mode of making indifferent or bad iron was then unknown. Now, on the contrary, the very refuse and cinders of former days, as well as the poorest ores, are all converted alike into marketable iron, but of very doubtful quality. It must be admitted the inquiry into the above statements has been brought about and to light by the instrumenta- lity of Mr. Seely's practical knowledge and criticisms last session. Also great credit is due to Sir John Paking- ton and the present Board of Admiralty, who have in- vestigated during the recess, with considerable tactait4 judgment, the assertions made by the M.P., for Lincoln. By a simple and comparatively inexpensive process seve ral samples of navy ballast* have been puddled," 01 converted into malleable iron, such as bags, billets, Ac. which have turned out of high quality and of extraordi- nary tenacity.-Army and Navy Gazette. GIRL GRADUATES."—The Temple of Medicine is likely to be besieged by fair invaderrf entering through the hall of the Apothecaries' Society. Three ladies this week passed the preliminary examination in arts with credit. They were examined by Dr. Buchanan Dr. Griffith, and Dr. Brodribb, in Euclid, arithmetic Eng- lish history, and composition. Latin translations, and Will! Jn1ú,u YLt « £ e assured that their propositions" cal accuracy, that their Latin translations were very well rendered, and that their views of history were marked by the soundest constitutional opinions. If they prove as orthodox in medical art as they are aCesrate in constitutional history, there will be nothing to alarm the most conservative minds. The troubles of these ladie are yet to begin. Grammar, history, and" Euclid" present only abstract difficulties. The hospital-ward and the dissecting room. the post-mortem house and laboratory, are not sO easily carried by storm. But they are very far from being impregnable. What woman has done woman may do, The path has been traversed, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty, by Miss Gar- rett and, combined, these ladies may, with ordinary resolution, succeed where only singular force and deter- mination sustained their pioneer. We have always thought that the medical profession is one for which ladies are less suited than either the church or the bar, but it is less jealously guarded and, if they please to in- cur its difficulties and disadvantages-greater for their sex than for ours-they must fight the fight; and one can but admire their courage. Hitherto it has been un- derstood that the medical career for ladies almost in- volved a lay vow of celibacy but we understand that two out of three of these young ladies are disposed to give an early refutation to that theory, and are, in fact, already under engagement to unite their fortunes with members of our profession.-British Medical Journal. NORTH-WEST AMERICA AS A GRAZING COUNTRY. A letter from Red River, in the Montreal Gazette, gives the following account of farming in the settlement:— The farmers here, as a class, are much more inde- pendent and comfortable than those in the newer and settled portions of Canada. Many of them would be considered wealthy, cultivating 300 or 400 acres. For grazing you may own 10,000 acres if you like for uo- thing. Ordinary farmers will have from 80 to 100 head of cattle and horses; one I know has over 500 head of cattle, giving neither trouble nor expense, being turned out on the praries. All the teaming and transport busi- ness is done with carts and cattle. Over 4,000 carts of English merchandise came into the Red River by way of St. Paul this summer. They go down laden with furs when there is no down freight for them.' As a stock and sheep raising country this is even ahead of Australia, and the grass is much better. All that is required to make a fortune speedily and easily, is the capital and enterprise. It really seems an outrageous shame that this magnificent country should have been so long kept in the back ground. The many (considered overdrawn) sketches of the resources of this country are I assure you not at all so. Its boundless rich prairie lands; its valuable and scattered groves of timber, oak, i elm, pine, &c., its magnificent lakes and rivers, abound- ing with game and fish of every kind; the best of beef only 2d per pound, and a prosperous and healthy cli- mate, all give attractions for the emigrant (leaving out its well-known but yet undeveloped mineral and other wealth); and better than all, its productive arable lands, ■ which ate estimated broad and fertile enough to-feed -i forty millions of people,' which no other part of Arner- i ica can boast of, Only let an influx of emigration once begin to flow towards this (British)' Land of the Weet j and, a part of the grand Confederation of British North America, which we all hope soon to be, we would ra- pidly be in position to bid defiance to the soaring spread eagle from Halifax to VancoAver." •CONSECRATION OF THREE BisHO ps.—On Saturdays j three bishops were consecrated in Canterbury Cathedral, to take the pastoral care of the dioceses of Calcutta, Victoria, Hongkong, and of Grafton with :ArmadaJei'í in Australia, and the ceremony was one of the most- impressive character. The laity filled the chancel, and the clergy, in number about 150, arrayed in their sur- plices and hoods, sat within the rails of the communion table. The students of the Missionary College of St. Augustine, of whom two are young men of colour, were grouped at the foot of the archiepiscopal throne- A procession of the choristers, capitulary clergy, ecclesias- tical officers, and suffragan bishops the primate to his seat, the service The • epistle was read by the Bishop of Rochester, and the gospel by the Bishop of Oxford. The Vicar of Isling- ton, the Rev. Daniel Wilson, then amended the pulpit and preached a sermon, taking as his text the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th verses of the Acts of the Apostles. The sermon being over, the candidate bishops, wearing their black gowns and doctors' hoods, were conducted to the vestry, and returned at the close of the anthem robed in their rochets. The Bishop of Oxford and the Bishop of Rochester then presented the Rev. Robert Milman, D.D., of Exeter College, Oxford, to be consecrated.. bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland, for the diocese of Calcutta. TheRev.C.R.Alford,D.D., of Trinity College, Cambridge, was next presented as Bishop Designate of Victoria, Hong Kong, by the Bishop. of Oxford and Bishop Smith, the former prelate of the see, being his sponsors, and the same ceremony havinjf" then been gone through, the Rev. Dr. Sawyer, of Oriel; College, Oxford, was in his turn presented and sworn. This portion of the ceremony over, they again repaired to the vestry, from which they returned in full episcopal robes, lawn sleeves, and chimere, when theyknelt in front of the altar rails dnriup the Litany- The choir-; then sang the anthem, Vcni, Sancte Spiritus, where- upon the archbishop came to the front, and, Masted by the Bishops of Oxford, Rochester, Montreal, Dunedin, Illinois, and Bishop Smith, completed the solemn rite of POAIECRATJON.