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WRECKS ON THE NORFOLK COAST. During very strong winds with snow storms at Caister (Great Yarmouth)—states the Rev. G. W. Steward-a vessel was observed coming up Hemsby Hole with colours of distress in the rigging. She was making for the shore at Scratby, but was signalled to keep away, and to take the land at Cnister, which was the only place where it was practicable for her to come ashore. The Birmingham No. 2 life-boat of the National Life- boat Institution, stationed at Caister, was then got ready. The ship as she neared the land appeared to have sprung a leak, as the crew were observed pumping, She came ashore nearly opposite this place in the midst of a most terrific sea, and the life-boat was at once launched, and, with the assistance of a large number of persons on the beach, she was hauled off in spite of the wind and weather, and the shipwrecked crew of five men were rescued from their perilous position by the life-boat in a comparatively short time. The sea was breaking 20 feet high alongside the vessel. The coast guard had fired two rockets with the view of effecting a communication with the ship, but had missed her. She was the schooner Clyde, of Yarmouth, and was bound to that port from the north with a cargo of coals, and she will most likely become a total wreck. The weather was terrible; the worst I have ever known. This morning a coastguardman arrived from Yarmouth with a message, to the effect that a large ship was lying at anchor in the breakers off the South Denes requiring immediate assistance, and asking that the Caister life- boat might be at once taken to her aid. The coastguard had fired seven rockets, which had failed to reach the vessel. It was blowing a very heavy gale of wind at the time, with thick squalls of snow. The beachmen at once mustered, and with the assistance of the Scratby men, who had come over to Caister at daylight, the life-boat was launched after very hard work, and then proceeded in the direction of the stranded vessel. Meantime it appeared that the Yarmouth surf life-boat the Duff, which also belongs to the National Life-boat Institution, had gone out to the ship, and with the assistance of a steam tug, had got her clear of the beach, and had safely taken her into Yarmouth Harbour. After going through the breakers of the Inner Barber Sand on her way, the Caister life-boat, on reaching Yarmouth, saw that the ship was in tow of a steam tug, and therefore returned to windward in the midst of the heavy gale and snow storm. Mr. Matthew Butcher also reports that the Yarmouth large life-boat, The Brave Robert Shedden," of the National Life-boat In- stitution, was also launched to a vessel on the Scroby Sand, but it proved to be a wreck, with all the crew lost. On returning she fell in with a vessel in distress that had lost her mainmast, and was happily successful in taking her into Lowestoft Harbour.

THE RECTIFICATION OF FRONTIER. The Augsburg Gazette says :—On the 24th July, M Benedetti, ambassador of France, made a communication to Count Bismarck, of which the following are the main features :—The Netherland territories having belonged till then to the ex-German Confederation to be excluded from any new political union with Germany, and Prussia to renounce her right of garrisoning Luxemburg. Re- trocession to France of the territories of Sarre Louis, of Sarrebruck, and its coal basin, both obtained by Prussia, at the Second Peace of Paris. Cession to France of the Rhcnan Bavaria and Hesse, the sovereigns of those states to receive compensation in Germany. Those territorial claims embraced a much larger extent of terri- tory than the one France was compelled to restore to Germany in 1815. In getting possession of the Rhenan Bavaria and the coal district of the Sarre, France would have obtained two fortresses, Landau and Sarre Louis, and also Mayence, the bulwark of Germany. Moreover, once Luxemburg having ceased to belong to the German Federation, Holland would have bad no longer any in- terest to pay the expenses of the fortress of the Grand Duchy, which would have then to be garrisoned by the French, or demolished. The Augsburg Gazette adds that it is a matter of public notoriety that the territorial compensations claimed by France have not been with- drawn, and that the day when France will deem proper to press them again is, perhaps, not far distant.

DEATH OF TWO WOMEN FROM EXCESSIVE COLD.— Mr. W#J. Payne, deputy coroner for the City, held two inquests at the Bell Tavern, Poppins-court, Fleet- street, touching the respective deaths of Catherine M'Donald, aged 68, and Mary O'Neil, aged 80. In the case of the deceased M'Donald it was proved that she was a widow, and lived in a room at 6, Harp-court, Fleet-street. The parish allowed her 2s. a week and a loaf of bread her rent was 2s. 6d. a week, and which sum she paid out of 4s. a week given to her by her son. She declined to go in the workhouse, and she would not live with her son, because she did not wish his wife to know that he was doing anything for her. She was found dead in her room. Dr, S. C. Reed said that he was called in after the deceased's death, and he found her body very much emaciated. There were no coals or fuel of any kind ia the place, which was poverty stricken. The deceased was frostbitten, and had died from the excessive cold. There was no other cause of death. The Jury returned a verdict that deceased died from the effects of severe cold. The woman Mary O'Neil was also a widow, and she lived in a room at No. 3, Crown-court, Fleet-street, part of which she sub-let to women lodgers. The West London Union allowed her 2s. a week, a loaf of bread, and sixpenny-worth of tea and sugar. It appeared that some two months ago one of her lodgers, in attempting to go away without paying the rent due (the amount of which was not stated), threw her down and injured her ankle. A lady who used to take her a little food occasionally on going to her room found her dead. Dr. S. C. Reed deposed that the deceased died from natural causes, but that her death was hastened by exposure to the severe cold. The jury returned a ver- dict of Natural Death, accelerated by exposure to the cold. A YOUTH FROZEN TO DEATH ON BOARD SHIP.—Mr. Humphreys, the coroner, held an inquiry at the Wel- lington Tavern, Cannon-street-road, relative to the death from the excessive cold of Frederick Johnson, aged 15. Captain William Hartley, master of the ship Islander, at present lying in the London Docks, said that the deceased was a native of Barbadoes, and he shipped under witness in March last in the West Indies. This was his first winter in so cold a climate, and witness laid out dE2 10s. for clothes and bedding for him last week, so that he might not succumb to the severity of the cold. Witness saw him last alive on Saturday the 12th. He was then in good health. Philip Hall, ship's steward, said that he left the deceased alone on board at three o'clock on Sunday. Witness should have gone back that night, but he slept ashore, and went on board in the morning. He found the deceased lying in his berth in the cabin, quite dead. A blanket was across his knees, and he was partially dressed. A ship's keeper, named Mackenzie, saidjthat at seven o'clock on Sunday night he went on board the Islander and asked deceased if his fire was out, because the rule of the dock was that all fires should be out by nine every night, and witness thought he would see to the matter betimes. Deceased answered the fire was cut, and that he would soon turn in." Mr. J. Arthur, surgeon, said that he was called to the deceased on Monday, the 14th, and found him dead in the cabin of the Islander. He had been dead some time. There were plenty of blankets, &c., in the cabin, but deceased had only one over his legs. He had evidently become numbed by the cold and falling asleep from the consequent drowsiness died from the exposure. The glass that night registered 19 de- grees of frost. The Jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from exposure to cold while asleep at night on board ship. DESTITUTION AT LIVERPOOL.-The prevailling hard weather at Liverpool, combined with a long continuance of east winds, has not only inflicted great hardships upon the numerous poor in the town, but has thrown some thousands of dock labourers, stonemasons, and others out of employment, and the destitution amongst the working classes has consequently grown to an alarming point. It appears that there are now between 4,000 and 5,000 inmates in the workhouse, and several of the wards are overcrowded, while throughout the town at large the daily recipients of relief number upwards of 20,000. At the last meeting of the Liverpool Health Committee it was suggested that some employment might be given by that body to the people who are out of work, but it was urged in reply that such a course was without the province of the committee, and that on a previous occasion when such a plan had been tried it had cost the town upwards of zC3,000, while the average proceeds from the work of each person was at the rate of lOd. for each 2s. expended. The chairman of the committee remarked that the committee had on hand, however, spades, pickaxes, and other tools for about 1,000 men, which they would gladly lend gratuitously to any body who might desire to give the requisite em- ployment. To-day a meeting of cotton brokers and others is to be held on the Exchange, to devise measures from the more prompt and efficient alleviation of the wants of the suffering population. XATAL ACCIEENT AT LIVERPOOL.—A frightful and fatal accident occurred at the Lime-street Station of the London and North-Western Railway, at Liverpool, by which a brakesman, named Zephaniah Hall, 30 years of age, lost his life. As is perhaps generally known, the trains at that station are hauled up a tunnel by steam power pulling an endless rope attached to the train. Hall was on the footboard of a carnage of 10.45 train for Manchester, ready to attch the rope to the car- riages, but on entering the tunnel he came in contact with some scaffolding (the station being in progress of enlargement) and was hurled to the ground. Several of the carriages at once passed over the body of the poor fellow, who was of course killed on the spot. His re- mains; which presented a sickening spectacle, were gathered up and deposited in a shed, where an inquest was held on them, and a verdict of Died from injuries, how received-there is no evidence to show returned,

THE REGENT'S PARK ACCIDENT. I THE INQUEST. I The coroner's inquisition on the 40 bodies recovered from the water and viewed by the juiy was resumed on Monday at Marylebone court-house. Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central Middlesex, assisted by his deputy, Dr. Hardwicke, took his seat about 10 o'clock, when the names of the jurors were called over. The galleries and other unreserved portions of the court were opened shortly after the commencement of the proceedings, and were soon filled. A plan of the ornamental water, which had been prepared by the local surveyor, was laid on the table for the use of the coroner and jury. Inspectors Hindes and Sylvester attended on behalf of the com- missioners of police; Mr. Young, secretary of the Roval Humane Society, watched the proceedings for that institution; and Mr. Russell was present in the interest of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The coroner said he proposed to hear the evidence of persons who were on the ice at the time of the accident, and evidence as to the probable cause of the breaking of. the ice, representing which there were many theories, including one which attributed the unsound state of the ice to the breaking of it at the sides for the purpose of taking water. He would also take evidence as to the pre- sent condition of the lake, and entertain suggestions as to the measures which would prevent such accidents in future. Some persons mentioned the desirableness of having the lake emptied, and as inquiries had been made as to whether Lord John Manners, the FirstCommissioner of Works, was in town, he wished to state that Mr. Russell, the secretary to the commissioners, was present, and he would tell them that the government were anxious to do everything they could to assist the efforts which were being made to recover the remaining bodies, and that there was every disposition shown by Lord John Manners to entertain every mode of procedure for preventing such accidents. Mr. Russell said the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works had every desire to give all the information in their possession, and if they could furnish any papers or other assistance they would be glad to do so. Lord John Manners was out of town at present, but he would return to-morrow, when no doubt he would attend to any com- munication from the coroner and jury. A juror said he had been told that private individuals supplied money on the previous day for the purpose of having the ice cleared off. He wished to know what steps were being taking by the government at present. Mr. Russell replied thas a large number of labourers and park constables had been employed in removiHg the ice and facilitating the operations of the searchers. He was not aware that any gratuitous services were given, except in one case where the diving apparatus invented by Mr. Heinke was offered to the government by that gentleman, and at once accepted. Evidence was then adduced with respect to the state of the ice, and the cause of its breakage by Mr. Lawrence Barnett Phillips, Mr. Charles Whiteford, Mr. Alderman Nisbett Shaw, Mr John Spencer, Mr. Charles Edmund Thomas, and Mr. Alfred Ward. Mr. Young, the secretary of the Royal Humane Society, was then examined, and after explain- ing its objects read a statistical statement, from which it appeared that, in the past twenty years in the Ser- pentine, Hyde-park, there had been 1,265,240 skaters, 250 immersed and rescued, 4 deaths, 3 broken limbs, 148 severely cut or braised. In the long water, Kensing- ton-gardens, 436,722 skaters, 199 immersed and rescued, and 9 who had been severely cut or bruised. In the round pond Kensington-gardens, 248,231 skaters, 125 immer- sed, 1 broken limb, 1 severely cut or bruised. In the Re- gent's-park, 1.251,493>katers, 125 immersed and rescued, 1 drowned, 4 broken limbs, 58 severely cut or bruised. In St. James's-park, 999,609 skaters, 1,216 immersed and rescued, 10 drowned, and 43 severely cut or bruised. Total, 4,201,295 skaters, 2,125 immersed and rescued, 15 drowned, 8 broken limbs and dislocations, and 259 severely cut or bruised and who received medical atten- dance. The secretary further read a statement to the effect that respecting the accidents from bathing during the same time, 119 bathers had been rescued, 196 suicides rescued, and 43 ditto prevented. Total lives saved, 338; and bathers drowned, 24; suicides drowned, 120; totnl lives lost, 144. After reading the above statement, Mr. Young con- tinued his evidence with every recommendation and suggestion to prevent accidents of a similar fatal cha- racter again occurring. Mr. Charles Rurrows, the acting superintendent of the D division of police, before the court adjourned, asked permission to make a brief statement in reply to the ob- servations that Mr. Young had made with reference to the power possessed by the police. He said the police had power to arrest any one on the ice who was guilty of ^trespassing, doing wilful damage, or committing any other offence against the law. He had done duty in and about the Regent's-park, for the last twenty years, and he had never been applied to for assistance by any of the Humane Society's men. In reply to questions from Mr. Young. Mr. Burrows admitted that he bad told that gentleman he bad no power to prevent the people going and re- maining on the ice where it was considered to be unsafe. He did not understand that Mr. Young had made an application to him to interfere in any authoritative form. The Coroner said he proposed now to adjourn until that day week. In the meantime, though he hoped it would not be the case, other bodies might be found. Five of the persons whose names had been published as missing had turned up, and he trusted that the others would be discovered to be still alive. The foreman of the jury asked whether it would be necessary to take some steps to bring their opinion under the notice of the government? The Coroner said he did not think that any resolution they could come to would induce Lord John Manners to act more readily than he was already disposed to do. They had heard from Mr. Russell that his lordship was most anxious to do all that he possibly could in the matter, and he (the coroner) felt convinced that after what had occurred something would be done to render the ornamental wal;ers, and especially that in the Rcgent's-park, less offensive in the hot season and more safe in winter. Mr. Young announced that the Royal Humane So- ciety had appointed, or were about to appoint, a com- mittee to inquire into the whole subject. The court was then formally adjourned until Monday next, the 28th inst.

EQUALIZATION OF METROPOLITAN POOR-RATES. The President of the Poor-law Board has appointed Friday next, the 25th inst., at 12 o'clock, at the offices of the Board, Whitehall, to receive a deputation from the Tower Hamlets Association for the Equalization of Metropolitan Poor-rates. BRADFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—The annual meeting of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce was held last Monday at Bradford Mr. H. W. Ripley in the chair. Some formal business having been disposed of, the meeting was adjourned till evening, when a soiree took place in the saloon of St. George's Hall. Lord F. Cavendish, M.P., and Mr. W. E, Foster, M.P., were present. The chamber had received from the government, as a gift, a large collection of the textile products of India, which excited a great amount of in- terest. FIRE IN NEWGATE-MARKET.—Shortly after one o'clock on Monday morning a coffee-house in the occupation of James Cable, in Newgate-market, was discovered to be on fire. The inmates escaped with much difficulty, losing everything they possessed. The flames speedily passed through the house, and communicated to the premises of Mr. Neal, butcher, which also were con- sumed. Six adjoining houses, tenanted by various tradespeople, sustained considerable damage before the fire was subdued. The losses are covered by insurances. THE ACCIDENT TO THE CALAIS LIFEBOAT.-The lifeboat at Calais, to which the unfortunate accident happened on the 17th inst., is not a self-righting life- boat—but was built in London in 1860 on a plan specially prepared by Monsieur Legrand, the imperial naval architect, for the Humane Society of Calais. A PLEASURE TRIP TO Cl-IINA.-We (Panama Star) learn that a party of gentlemen will arrive by the steamer Henry, Chauncey, from New York, with the intention of proceeding to San Francisco, and thence by the first steamer to Japan and China, on a pleasure excursion. SAD END OF A PROMISING STUDENT.—Great excite- ment has been caused throughout Holland by the death of a cadet, named Mestingh, in the Military School of that kingdom. This young man had greatly distin- guished himself in his studies, and bad carried off the first prize, and for a long time had been the object of the dislike and jealousy of his schoolfellows, as well for that reason as on account of his humble birth. Some time since, during the hour of recreation, he was stripped by the other pupils in the playground and subjected to the most ignominious outrage and, driven to despera- tion, he poisoned himself. Eleven of the pupils have been placed in confinement, and the master of the school has been dismissed. A RAILWAY TRAIN BURIED IN THE SNOW.—On Sun- day afternoon a local service train running between Margate and Ramsgate on the London. Chatham, and Dover line was completely hurried in the snow in the cutting at the Margate side of Broadstairs. It would seem that a gale sprung up in the afternoon, in an easterly direction, which caused the snow to drift into the cutting to a considerable depth. The driver of the train, which consisted of the engine, tender, and three carriages filled with passen- gers, being unconscious of this fact, let the train run into the middle of the snow, where it was brought to a stand-still, and the engines and carriages became nearly buried in snow. The passengers were with some diffi- culty extricated from their awkward position. The snow continued to drift all night, and, with the excep- tion of the funnel of ]ie the engine, nothing is now visible of her. It is anticipated that a week will elapse ere the train is extricated

THE LARGE WOOL ROBBERY. John Clegg, foreman to a rag merchant, and who stands charged as a receiver, with a guilty knowledge, of a quantity of wool, alleged to be part of a much larger quantity, of the value in all of about 1500, stolen from the warehouses of Messrs. Gooch and Cousens, wool warehousemen in a large way Of business in Haydon-square, Aldgate, was brought before the Lord Mayor for further examination. The case had been repeatedly before the court, and the material circum- stances stated in evidence have already been reported. Mr. Sleigh appeared as counsel for the prosecution (in- structed by Messrs. H. W. Vallauceand Son, solicitors, of Tokenhouse-yard); Mr. Cooper, barrister (instructed by Messrs. Wontner, of Bucklersbury), and Mr. Poland, barrister, watched the case for Mr. Stocker, a rag merchant in Halfmoon-street, Bishopsgate, in whose service the prisoner had been, and to whose premises the wool, of which the prisoner was alleged to be the receiver with a guilty knowledge, was taken in the first instance. It was afterwards found in the basement of a warehouse in the occupation of Mr. Butler, in which paper and mixed wool are stored, and into which it had been lowered entirely without his (Mr. Butler's) knowledge, or that of any of his servants, from a floor above in the occupation of Mr. Stocker. For that purpose a trap-door separating the floors of Mr. Stocker from those of Mr. Butler, and which had been secured on Mr. Stocker's side of the door, was broken open. Some of the wool in question was pro- duced in court, and a warehouseman in the employ of the prosecutors was called to speak to its identity, but he could not do that with any certainty. Mr. Maude, who is in the wool trade, was called to speak to the quality of the wool produced, and he pronounced it to be "scoured Cape." He said, in cross-examination, that Mr. Stocker had bought wool of him and his brother, of all kinds, scoured Cape among the rest, and worth, perhaps £ 1,000 in all. Mr. Stocker was called for the prosecution, but did not answer. Mr. Poland, his counsel, explained that Mr. Stocker was present during the whole of the previous examination, and was ready to present himself as a witness if he had been called. He was never called, and he went away at the close of the examination, under the impression that at the next examination the only evidence to be adduced would be evidence as to the identity of the wool, which could only be given by the prosecutors or some of their servants. Mr. Sleigh asked for a remand until Mr. Stocker could be called, sub- mitting that the circumstances were pregnant with sus- picion. Mr. Cooper opposed the remand on the ground that if the prosecutors had been at all likely to identify the wool they would have done it before that. The Lord Mayor said a robbery had been proved, and wool, supposed to be part of that stolen, was found secreted in a warehouse where the prisoner was employed. The case was a complicated one, but the evidence, as it stood, was deficient. He remanded the prisoner under the circumstances, but acceded to the request of Mr. Cooper, his counsel, to admit the prisoner to bail in two sureties of Eioo each. The requisite bail was tendered and accepted.

METROPOLITAN RELIEF ASSOCIATION. In accordance with a request contained in a letter from the Bishop of London, a meeting of the Committee of the Metropolitan Relief Association was held al; the Rooms, No. 21, Regent-street; and a meeting will be held every day during the prevalence of the great dis- tress which unhappily exists in various parts of London and its neighbourhood. Mr. Thomson Hankey, M.P., presided, and there were present the Hon. Arthur Kin- naird, M.P., General Gascoigne, the Rev. T. J. Row- sell, M.A., rector of St. Margaret's, Lothbury; the Rev. Prebendary Burgess, B.D.. rector of Upper Chel- sea; Mr. Kingscote, the Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys, M.A., chaplain to the Bishop of London; the Rev. J. V. Povah, M.A., rector of St. Ann's. Aldersgate; Mr. Thornton, the Rev. Mr. Creigbton, and other gentlemen. The Chairman said that all present would have read the letter of the Bishop requesting the daily meetings of the committee, and he need therefore make no remarks upon it. The committee would at once proceed to con- sider the applications which had been received. The first was from the Rev. Edward Day, M.A., in- cumbent of St. Mark's, Old-street, who gave an appalling account of some portions of his district. A grant of £ 30 was made. The next application was from the Rev. Dr. Capel, a gentleman ministering amongst the German Lutherans of Whitechapcl and its neighbour- hood, of whom there were about four thousand. It was explained that Dr. Capel's application would not strictly come under the sphere of the society's operations, but the committee at once generously relaxed their rule, and granted ESO. A third application was from the Rev. C. Rivington Holmes, M.A.. incumbent of St. Michael's. Bromley, a district whose population has in- creased during three years from ten to sixteen thousand, nearly all being labouring men, who earned from 30s, to 35s. a week when there was work to do, but who were now in deep distress. For this case a sum of zF.30 was granted, and a sum of X30 for the district of St. John, Bethnal-green. The Rev. Isaac Taylor, M.A., incum- bent of St. Matthias, Bethnal-green, represented the distress in his district as being something terrible. He saw cases of starvation by the dozen daily. There bad been no actual death from hunger, but this was avoided only by the soup which was given out from the mission houses established there. Houses were stripped of their furniture in every direction, and not one family in a dozen had a blanket. A sum of X40 was granted. Tales of misery were told by the Rev. B. Kingsford, rector of Shadwell. to whom a sum of C35 was granted by the Rev. J. L. Ross, rector of St. George's-in-the- East, to whom X35 was awarded; by the Rev. Oswald Sharpe, of Clerkenwell, to whom a sum of X30 was granted; by the Rev. Robert Maguire, incumbent of St. James's, Clerkenwell. who was voted £ 50. The Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys said that, at the request of the Bishop, he had personally visited most of those districts, and no language he could use would describe the misery which prevailed. An applicatiyn was made on behalf of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, by the Rev. H. Blunt, the rector, and, after much discussion, a grant of X-40 was made, the committee expressing a hope that a parish like St. Andrew's, with valuable endowments and a large num- ber of prosperous shopkeepers, would endeavour to waive any claims it might be supposed to have in favour of urgent cases in more destitute districts. A donation of 300 guineas from Mr. Caldecott, and 100 guineas from Mr. Head, of Stepney, were ack- nowledged. Mr. H. Kingscote called the attention of the com- mittee to the dreadful sufferings of the people of Mill- wall, where the dead were actually lying unburied in consequence of the poverty which prevailed. The dis- tress, he said, was of the most awful character. He suggested that a circular should be sent out inviting information in reference to the state of every poor metropolitan district; but on the representation of the chairman, the matter was not pressed. The Rev. Mr. Rowsell (who is acting as honorary secretary) said that during the last few days he had visited many of the destitute districts, and from the clergy he had heard that had it not been for the grants made by the society, they would have been entirely un- able to tide over the time of bitter distress. It may be mentioned that applications of the most pressing character are flowing in, and that large sums will be required to meet the demands upon the committee during the next week.

EXPLOSION EXTRAORDINARY.- A Greenock smack went ashore near Tobermory in the late gale. It was | laden with lime, which, becoming saturated, fired, and blew up the deck. The hull is a complete wreck.—Scots- man. ARREST OF A BALLET DANCER IN JROJIE.—MJlle. Salvioni, the ballet dancer, fulfilling an engagement at the Argentina Theatre in Rome, has been arrested by i order of the Pontifical authorities, under the following, circumstances. She dances in a ballet entitled The Countess of Egmont," and at a certain part of the performance has to embrace one of the characters, who is supposed to be her lover. The lieutenant of the vicariat, being apprehen- sive (says the Italie) that the public would be shocked by this amatory exhibition, ordered Mdlle. Salvioni to discontinue it. She refused, alleging that the person she embraced was a woman like herself, though dressed in male attire, and that the audience were aware of the fact. To punish her disobedience, the lieutenant sent four gendarmes to arrest Mdlle. Salvioni, and the arrest would appear to have been made on the stage, and during the performance, for it is stated that several persons quitted the theatre, fearing a disturbance. As a great favour, the rebellious danseuse was allowed to remain under arrest in her own house instead of being sent to prison, but next day, when she went as tbiual to the theatre, she was escorted by four gendarmes. Her re-appearance on the stage was greeted with thunders of applause. PLYMOUTH.—On Tuesday night, the Rev. W. H. Bonner attended at the Mechanics' Institute, Plymouth, as a deputation from the Reform League, and delivered a lecture on the present aspect of political affairs. Mr. Eldred Brown presided. The hall was well filled with people. THE QUEEN AND THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.— Her Majesty is expected to leave Osborne about the 4th of February for Windsor Castle, and on the 5th will pro- ceed thence to London, in order to open Parliament in person. The Queen's journey from the south will, it is anticipated, be performed by way of the London and South-Western and Great Western line. Her Majesty, it is understood, will return to Windsor Castle after the ceremony, and remain at the palace for the night. The Royal journeys in each case will be by special train. The Queen will probably reside at Osborne till after the 10th or 12th of next month.

THE MURDER NEAR NOTTINGHAM. At a special sitting of the Notts county magistrates t on Saturday last, John and Mary Watson were brought up on remand, charged with the wilful murder of Mr. H. Raynor at Carlton on the 17th of November last. Mr. Cranch appeared on behalf of the prisoners. Mrs. Raynor (widow of the murdered man) and her sister were present during the inquiry, attired in deep mourn- ing. The mother and sister of the female prisoner were also in court. The appearance of the prisoners was very quiet and attentive. They were accommodated with seats in front of the dock. There were forty-three witnesses to be examined. The female prisoner was said to be enceinte. The court was crowded, and con- siderable interest was. taken in the proceedings. Ann Raynor (widow of the murdered man) said there had been a great deal of unpleasantness between her husband and the male prisoner about a copper which the latter used for his own purpose! but which was the property of her husband. Her husband was a rent col- lector, and he had often to put in bailiffs when rent could not be obtained. There was a dispute between her husband and a Mr. Marriott about the house at Carlton. While she and her husband lived at Carlton they had their windows broken and were otherwise annoyed. Her husband did not use a purse, but generally a white bag for his money. When he left home on the day of the murder he had a watch with him. Fred Brown, her husband's clerk, had been ex- amined about the white bag. She had a conversation with Brown about the bag previous to his examination before the magistrates. She simply told him to speak the truth. Mr. J. Heywood said on the afternoon of the murder the deceased came to his shop in Broad-street, Notting- ham, for a chain and a padlock, and told witness he was going to lock up a copper at Carlton. Rebecca Martin, of Carlton, saw the deceased enter Watson's premises on the afternoon of the murder. Police-sergeant Holland said he had endeavoured to ascertain whether any one had seen Raynor alive after he went into Watson's house, but had not been able to do so. Herbert Stevens, a railway porter, proved finding the body on the rails. He saw a stranger walking across the line about seven o'clock on the night of the murder, but it was not Watson. The stranger walked towards Col- wick, an adjacent village. Police-constable Luck, stationed at Carlton, searched the pockets of Raynor, and found some coppers in them. The coat and waistcoat were bloody. He heard detec- tive Fisher ask Watson if he had seen Raynor on the night of the murder. Watson said he did not see him until he was dead. Mr. Watson said Raynor came to her house on the Saturday evening about a quarter past five and said-" Dame, how is it you did not bring me some greens to-day ?" Mrs. Watson told Fisher that a Mr. Marriott had followed Raynor from Nottingham on one occasion, and threatened to kill him. Dr. Thompson made a post-mortem examination of Raynor's body. The face, hair, and moustache were saturated with blood. There were several bruises on the forehead, which might have been caused by a poker (pro- duced) or a blunt instrument. On the neck there were marks of repeated strangulation. He thought the deceased had been stunned and then strangled. He bad examined the hands of both the prisoners, and was of opinion that neither of them possessed sufficient strength in their hands to have made the marks. He examined Watson's clothes, which were in some places torn, as if he had been getting through a hedge. On Mrs, Wat- son's dress there was blood, which felt stiff and starchy, Dr. Davidson, of Carlton, went to Watson's house after the murder, and saw Mrs. Watson sitting quietly by the fire side, sewing. He told her of the murder. She said that Raynor had been at her house at six o'clock in the evening. On going from the house, witness met Mr. Watson, and told him that Raynor had been found murdered on the line. He replied, I have been to be shaved," and did not seem at all confused. Neither of the prisoners were at all excited. Dr. Alfred Swain Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, said he had made a report of a quantity of articles, numbering between 50 and 60, submitted to him by Superintendent Palethorpe. The report lie had given in was a minute analysis of the articles. He found spots of blood upon a lilac dress, a pair of corduroy trousers, a woman's hood, a towel, a table, and other articles. He examined a coat of Raynor's and a number of hairs. One hair was that of a cow, the other that of a dog, and the third that of a human being. The blood on the dress, the trousers, and other articles had the appearance of human blood. He compared them with his own blood and the blood of Raynor and they corresponded. The blood upon the I table was similar to that upon the woman's hood. In his opinion the spots of blood upon the lilac dress, the corduroys, and the woman's hood weie not the same as that contained in the bottle sent to him containing goats' blood and other articles for black puddings. They differed entirely from the black pudding mixture. In the spots of blood found upon the articles of clothing there was more salt than in the black pudding mixture. In the lilac dress there would be a difficulty in bearing out the statement, because the spots of blood found upon it woro eo 9,}t>U-onJJ' tho JriUtfion of.. grttin of blood. There was a great absence of tibrine in the black pud- ding mixture which was found in the articles submitted to him for analysation. The blood upon the table ap- peared as if it had some from a living body. There would be great difficulty in detecting the difference be- tween human and pig blood. The only difference was, that a globule of pig blood was the 84.000th part of an inch less than that of a human being. It was impossible to say if this was pig blood, as there was no practical rlitference between the two. Some pieces of plaster from Watson's house were amongst the articles he examined. In them he found stains of blood which corresponded with the analysis of the spots on the articles of cloth- ing. On the coal rake found in the prisoners' house there, was the appearance of something charred. A hat similar to that -orii by deceased was amongst the articles given to him by Superintendent Palethorpe. He (Dr. Taylor) burnt half of it, and it produced a similar char to that found upon the eoal rake. Thomas Marriott said he never followed Raynor from Nottingham to Carlton, and threatenelÍëü kill him. He had a dispute with the deceased last spring about the premises, but it was settled. Police-constable Offlow stated that he examined the fields near where the body was found. He found heel marks and covered them over. He also found 4.1,d. in the hedge bottom. The grass in the fields appeared flattened all one way, as if something had been drawn over it. He saw the footmarks compared with a pair of the prisoner's boots, and they corresponded. A number of twigs were broken in the hedge, as though something heavy had laid at the top of it. The twigs were lean- ing towards the railway. Superintendent Palethorpe spoke to male prisoner's boots exastly co-responding with the footmarks found in the fields. He searched Watson's house and found spots of blood on the female prisoner's boots. Sergeant Brown said be was at Watson's house on the morning after the murder. Mrs. Watson had on an apron stained with blood, and he took possession of it. The poker was bent, and he took possession of that also. He found several other articles stained with blood. When the fourth pair of Watson's boots were found there were two spot,, on them. Prisoner looked at them very carefully, and said, "It's not blood, is it?" This was before the word blood had been mentioned by anyone. Elizabeth Poole, upon searching the female prisoner, found a white bag containing £ 7. Frederick Brown (Rayner's clerk) identified this bag as being the property of his late master. Thomas Simpson sold a hat to Raynor last summer. The hat produced was a similar one in every respect. Superintendent Palethorpe said the hat produced was part of the one he sent to Dr. Taylor. The other half he kept himself. Elizabeth Kellam said she met Raynor on the night of the murder. He was walking towards the Carlton railway station about a quarter past five o'clock. Upon being formally charged with the murder, the female prisoner said, I wish to say before this court that I am innocent, and I am ready to swear it, and shall do so until the time of my death. My hands are clean. I swear before my God that I have neither touched Henry Raynor or his clothes. As to the blood found upon my garments, it was not his blood. I never saw Radnor dead or alive after I saw him when my mother and the boy Claringbourne were with me." Both the prisoners were then fully committed for trial at the next assizes.

DR. WILLIAM MARSDEN.—The death of Dr. William Marsden, of Lincoln's Inn-fields, is announced. His name is identified with the foundation of the Royal Free Hospital and the Cancer Hospital. He was born in 1796, and was an M.R.C.S. 1828 graduated M.B. at Erlangen 1838; was a member of the Royal Institution, senior surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital, principal surgeon to the Cancer Hospital, London and West Brompton, and medical referee to the Defence Assurance Office. He was author of a work on Malignant Cholera." VALUE OF CITY PROPERTY IN 1566 AND IN 1866, —" In the year 1566, Sir Thomas Gresham proposed to the corporation of London to erect, at his own expense, a commodious building for merchants to meet and transact their business, provided the corporation would provide a convenient and suitable spot for the same. The City readily acquiescing in this proposal, purchased 80 houses which formed two courts leading from Corn- hill into Threadneedle-street, called New Saint Chris- topher-alley, and Swan-alley, for £ 3-.532, and sold the old materials of these houses for £ 478."—(" Harrison's History of London "). The ground occupied by the present building is about 40,000 feet super, the above price would therefore be about Is. 6d. per foot. The present value of the site, at a low estimate, is at least zC20 per foot, or £ 800.000. being an increase of £ 2.650 per year on an original outlay of £ 3.000.—C\tu Press.

SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE. A most exciting scene was witnessed on Thursday the 17th at Calais. The day had been clear and fine, but a furious gale was blowing from the north, and a heavy sea broke over the whole line of coast. At five o'clock the people moving about the harbour were starts led by the news that a ship had run ashore near th West Pier. The crew were said to have lashed them- selves to the rigging. Captain Wale, of the General Steam Navigation Company's steamer Triton, which was detained in the harbour in consequence of the bad weather, proceeded with his crew to the pier head, and were followed by the crew of the Pioneer (Dover) steamer, and men belonging to other English ships in the har- bour. On reaching the end of the pier the wreck was seen to be about 200 yards off. The vessel proved to be the Trois Soeurs, Captain Chauvelain, of St. Nazaire from Rotterdam, laden with a cargo of manganese. The cries of her,crow for help could be plainly heard on the pier. As soon as the English sailors saw the distressed position of the wrecked men they cheered lustily, and intimated that an effort should be made to rescue them. They then started off for the port lifeboat, which was stationed on the sand some distance off. It was got out, and with the greatest difficulty dragged over the snow, which lay thick on the .9 ground, to a point from which a launch might be effected. Then the Triton's crew volunteered to man the boat; but the French authorities would not accept their offer. After some delay, six Frenchmen put off in it; but having pulled about half-way to the vessel, they returned to shore, and left the wrecked mariners to their fate. The English sailors had been looking on, half mad with excitement; and when they saw the failure of the Frenchmen they got themselves ferried across the harbour to the East Pier, where the lifeboat which was presented to the Calais authorities by the English Government was stationed. On reaching there they found that the boat was locked up, and their inquiries for the person holding the key were fruitless he was nowhere to be found. The sailors then determined to get at the boat without the key, and tearing the railings down, they dragged it down to the water and launched it safely. It was manned on the instant by English volunteers, who pulled off with such a will that the great crowd which had by that time gathered on the piers shouted their applause. The boat rode gallantly as she passed rapidly through the water, but just as her crew was preparing to bring her up to the vessel, she was struck by a heavy sea, and thrown bottom upwards. All the thirteen men who had manned her were seen struggling in the water. The excitement of the crowd on shore became terrible. English and French alike shouted and shrieked, and ran hither and thither about the piers. The capsized sailors could be easily seen. Some of them were holding on to the boat, others supported themselves on the oars which they had been able to seize, and others again were seen attempting to swim shorewards. A lot of sailors belonging to the Triton and Pioneer steamers and other vessels made off to the lifeboat which had been abandoned by the Frenchmen. This they launched, and pushed off in it to the rescue of their struggling com- rades. They were more successful than they were ex- pected to be. They picked up six of the men. Two others were saved by means of a rope which Captain Wale threw to them from the piers. Unfortunately the other five were drowned. The names of four of them were, Matthew Hopkinson, chief engineer of the Triton steamer, Wilson, chief mate of the Pioneer steamer, of Dover John' Lumsden, mate of the brig William, of Blyth; and James Anderson, mate of the brig John Coggin, of Whitby-these two vessels are lying in the harbour; the name of the fifth man is not known. Those who were rescued were half dead with cold and the exhaustion consequent upon their struggles. They were taken to the rooms of the Societe Humaine, and received prompt and kindly attention there. The crew of the vessel which had run ashore had one by one been dropped into the sea. When the lifeboat had landed the English sailors, it put off again to the rescue of the wrecked men, and succeeded in reaching the vessel, but only one man remained alive. He was carried to shore in safety. The body of the engineer of the Triton has been washed ashore, and sent on to Lon- don for burial.

SERIOUS FIRE IN THE CITY.-About eight o'clock on Saturday morning last a fire broke out at No. 4, Skinner's place, which is approached by a gateway in Sise-lane, Watling-street. The building itself, which had for- merly a large garden in front, is one of great antiquity, and in the olden time was the residence of wealthy City merchants. The fire was discovered by the servant- girl while at work, and the flames quickly extended over the ground-floor in the south wing, occupied by Messrs. Farmer, Painter, and Pape, Australian merchants. They then spread to the first floor in the offices of Messrs. Rolt and Lewis, solicitors, and afterwards reached the offices of Mr. E. SandelL accountant, on the second floor. The engines from the Watling-street station were soon on the spot, accompanied by Captain Shaw, and others followed in rapid succession. In the meantime a number of books, documents, &c., were saved from destruction. By ten o'clock the firemen succeeded in arresting the progress of the flames, but not before one side of the building had been destroyed, and considerable damage done by water to the houses Nos. 5 and 6, partly occupied by Messrs. Mayer and Co., agents for foreign paper manufacturers, and Mr. James Murray, wine merchant. The origin of the fire could not be ascertained. THE ACTIONS AGAINST EX-GOVI-:RNOR EYRE.—An application was made on Saturday to Mr. Baron Bram- well, at the Judges' chambers, Chancery-lane, by, Mr. Rose, solicitor for ex-Governor Eyre, in respect of the indictments to be preferred against him for his conduct in Jamaica, the nature of his application being that all further proceeding in the actions brought by Mr. Phillips and Dr. Bruce, of Jamaica, to recover damages for false imprisonment, flogging, and other injuries sustained by ,,g them at the hands of Governor Eyre during the late re- bellion, might be stayed until the plaintiffs had given Mr. Eyre security for his costs. The ground of the ap- plication was that the plaintiffs were resident beyond the jurisdiction of the court, and could not therefore, be taken in execution for Mr. Eyre's costs in case he should be successul in the actions that were pending against him. Mr. Birnie, from the office of Messrs. Shaen and Roscoe, of Bedford-row, opposed the application on behalf of the plaintiffs. After hearing both sides, Mr. Baron Bramwell decided that the application was both pre- mature aad irregular, and ordered it to be adjourned sine die. THE SNOW STORM IN Y ORKSIDRE.-By far the heaviest downfall of snow in the North and East Ridings oc- curred on Thursday night, and the roads are all more or less impassable. The work effected towards cutting out the imprisoned railway trains in the Speeton cutting has been undone, and yesterday morning the line which had been cleared was again blocked up. There are drifts quite ten feet thick in places, and the goods train which first stuck fast is quite covered, only the top of the engine funnel being visible. The passengers have returned either to Scarborough or Driffield, and some of them who wished to be at Scarborough were about thirty hours on the journey, one whole night being spent in the snow. A telegram states that the line was yes- terday obstructed from Seamer Junction to Filey. Gangs of men were yesterday at work both from the Seamer and Bridlington end, but, as snow continued to fall, it was not expected the traffic, even on a single line, would be resumed yesterday. The Malton and Driffield line is open, and the Hull traffic is all worked this way. The Whitby line is also open, but the snow is so deep that the carriage steps cut through it. On the Thirsk line there is also a great amount of snow. The storm is seriously impeding the coal traffic, and supplies are very short. METEOROLOGY IN ICELAND AND FAROE.—At a meet- ing of the council of this society, held on Tuesday, Mr. Buchan, the secretary, reported that the different sets of meteorological instruments supplied through the so- ciety by the Board of Trade to three stations in Iceland and Faroe had been received, and observations had now been begun to be made at Reykjavik and Stykkisholm in Iceland, and Thorshaven in Faroe. He also reported that he had received nine months' very complete obser- vations, beginning with January, 1866, from Mr. Thor- lacius, of Stykkisholm, and three months' observations of sea temperatures made at Reyll-iayik.-Edinburgh Courant. FRENCH CUSTOMS DUTIES ON PASSENGERS' BAG- GAGE.—After consultation with the Treasury and Cus- toms authorities the government have come to the reso- lution not to comply with the request made to them by the influential body of peers and members of the House of Commons, which has addressed them asking them to put in abeyance the regulations for the examination of the luggage of passengers coming into this country from France during the period of the Great Exhibition at Paris. 0 THE NEAPOLITAN MONASTERIES.—The Neapolitan Monasteries disappeared with the last day of 1866. The suppression was completed without any incident worthy of record. Very little, indeed, remained to be done, as most of the monastic establishments had been already vacated, and there were not more than seven or eight where the fraternities continued to reside on sufferance. The lay brethren will receive their pensions, and be turned into the world to employ those powerful sinews which are proverbial at Naples in healthy and useful labour, while those in priests' orders in some cases con- gregate together, as in the case of the fraternity of St. Martino, who have taken a house near the Castle of St. Elmo. Wherever a church was attached to the monastery, two or three priets, and as many lay brothers, have been left to continue in the offices of religion, the selection having been made under the direction of the civil authorities.