The Brecon County Times Neath Gazette and General Advertiser for the Counties of Brecon Carmarthen Radnor Monmouth Glamorgan Cardigan Montgomery Hereford

COLLISION ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. An alarming collision took place about three-quarters of a mile from the Guildford Station on the Alton and Winchester branch of the South-Western Railway. It is necessary to state that from a point below Guild- ford, where it branches off to Dorking, to another point near Ash, where it diverges to Reading, the South- Eastern Railway runs its trains over the metals of the South-Western. The Guildford Station is used by both companies for the booking of passengers, and at certain periods of the day the trains arrive and depart pretty close to each other along the same route. As an extra precaution, on these eight or ten milas of line be- tween the junctions the system of block signalling has been for some time in use, and accidents have been very rare. On Thursday morning the 7.25 South-Eastern train from Reading was approaching Guildford, when the connecting-rod between the tender and the engine broke, and the train was brought to a stand about 700 yards from the Alton Junction, and at a spot where there is a curve of great radius. It is supposed that the train must have been standing some minutes unpro- tected by the guard's signal, when-the 7.55 South- Western train from Alton was heard approaching. The guard of the stationary train ran back to give warning of the danger, but was not in time to stay the advancing train, which immediateiy afterwards came into collision with the other. Fortunately, there were but few passsengers in either train. Those in the South-Western were uninjured, but about nine persons in the South-Eastern were more or less injured, and several of the carriages were splintered and stove in, and the buffers much broken. Assistance was promptly rendered, and the injured passengers wjjre taken to the waiting-room at Guildford Station, where the 'wounds of some were dressed by Dr. Sells, while others re- ceived surgical assistance at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, not far distant. The persons injured were a Mr. Matthews, of Ash Vale, whose shoulder was dis- located Mr. Ingram, of Blackwater, who was wounded over the right eye; a soldier of the 62nd Regiment, named John Parker, who had a contusion of the face; and James Ovens, of Hartley-row, who recieved a cut under the right eye. Some five or six other persons complained of the shaking they had received, but ap- peared otherwise uninjured. The line was cleared in a short time, and the ordinary traffic resumed. Subse- quently Mr. Godson, superintendent of the line, came to Guildford, and with Mr. Dyson, the stationmaster, entered into an investigation of the circumstances which led to the accident. Between the Alton Junction and Pinks-hill, a point two miles nearer Ash, signalling takes place, and a misunderstanding is admitted by the signalmen at these posts; but, on the other hand, it is contended that full reliance should not have been placed on the block signalling, which is not intended to super- cede all other precautions, and that the guard of the South-Eastern train ought to have properly protected his train by the usual signals while it was stationary. The instructions in such a case are, it is said, very clearly laid down, and we believe that, in the event of an obstruction of a line caused by a breakage, as in this instance, it is the duty of a guard to instantly go back with a red flag and detonating signals to a distance of at least a thousand yards, and to set those signals at given distances between the place of obstruction and the point where he stops with his danger-signals. How far these instructions were carried out will, doubtless, be elicited by official inquiry.

THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. The articles of impeachment to be laid before the Senate by the managers who shall be appointed by the House of Representatives to prosecute him will be sub- stantially as follows:—1. That he has violated and set aside the Constitution and laws of the United States, which he had sworn as Executive to support. The chief specification as to violation of the Constitution is that he has appointed to office men whom the Senate had re- fused to confirm immediately after such refusal, the Constitution declaring that all the appointments of the Executive shall be made by and with the advice and consent of the Senate." The chief specification with regard to the violation of the laws will be that he has appointed to office, and is now paying oat of the Con- tingent Fund of the War Department, men who have not, and who are notoriously unable to take the oath of Io)alty, thus violating and setting aside a law of Con- gress passed July the 2nd, 1862, and yet unrepealed, providing that no man shall hold any office, military, naval, or civil, unless he has first taken the oath that he has never given support, countenance, or encourage- ment to the enemies of the country in armed rebellion. Another specification under this head will be that he has refused to sustain the Civil Rights Bill since the same was passed by Congress over his veto, or to instruct his agents in the South to respect and enforce its provisions, through which neglect various instances of flagrant denial of rights and perpetuations of wrongs meant to be prevented by the said Bill have ensued. These alleged instances will probably be mentioned in detail, and the testimony of military men adduced. 2. That he is guilty of high crimes against many American citizens whose lives have been cruelly sacrificed by him in his illegal pursuit of a partizan purpose. The first specification will be that by sustaining the Mayor of New Orleans and his police—all of whom were ex-rebels—in suppressing a legal assemblage of Unionists in New Orleans, he was the real cause of the slaughter in that city of 378 unarmed men, among whom were the most eminent and devoted patriots of Louisiana. Another specification will refer to the similar massacre at Mem- phis. 3. That he has been guilty of gross and serious misdemeanours in language and behaviour to an ex- tent injurious to the peace and order of the country, and degrading to the office he holds. The specifications here will be mainly these—1, denouncing the servants of the people in Congress assembled as satraps," as a body hanging on the verge of the Government," as equally guilty with the traitors of the South," and as "guilty of the New Orleans massacre;" 2, declaring publicly that he could with safety have made himself dictator if he had wished; 3, giving pardons indis- criminately to rebels against the Government at the solicitations of a woman of loose character, and 'others who made it a business to obtain and sell them, and other abuses of the pardoning power; 4, giving to the country as the regular report of General Sheridan on the New Orleans massacre a garbled copy of the same. with the intent of concealing a statement very damaging to himself in the same; 5. habitual drunkenness to the extent of interfering with his duties as President, and also of bringing dishonour on the country by wild and incoherent harrangues, made while in a manifest state of intoxication. In support of this allegation the speeches made at his inauguration and at Niagara and various other places visited during the President's recent western tour will be adduced. It is probable that a leading manager of the case will be the Hon. Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, a gentleman who led in the prosecution of the late Preston L. Brooks, of South Carolina, for his assault upon Mr. Sumner in the Senate Chamber, which resulted in his expulsion from the House of Representatives. Mr. Bingham is said to be a man of considerable legal learning and an able speaker. It is believed by some prominent men in Washington that the President will resign rather than have a trial proceed.

Francis If. has renounced keeping a representative at the Holy Sec. The ex-King of the Two Sicilies has suppressed the functions of Charge d'Affaires filled by M. Gravina. Economy is said to be the reason. DEATH OF A CONVICT INMILLBANK PENITENTIARY. —An inquest was held in the Millbank Penitentiary, on the body of William Frederick Mason, alias T. Jarvis, aged 44, who died under the following circumstances :— Deceased had been brought to Millbank from Home- monger-lane Gaol on the 9th of August, 1865, under penal servitude for five years, for stabbing the school- master and Scripture reader at Woking Prison, in order to come before the judges to speak of the harsh treat- ment he had received. He was unable to perform any labour, as he was a paralytic from infancy, being de- prived of the use of his legs, and was admitted into the infirmary on the 26th of August. The nurse was sup- plied with ointment composed of extracts of belladonna and poppy to rub on the body of the deceased. It was proved that deceased was of a discontented turn of mind, and had applied to be removed to another ward where there was society, he being in a cell by himself, but was refused. On a post-mortem examination a quantity of the poison of which the ointment was com- posed, was found in the stomach, as well as a piece of paper in which it is supposed that he had wrapped the oiRtment previously to swallowing it; and on the medi- cal man saying that he considered death was occasioned by this poison the jury returned the following verdict That the deceased died from the effects of a poisonous ointment taken by himself, for the purpose of producing illness, but not with a suicidal intent. SINGULAR CAPTURE OF A SALMON.—On the 10th inst., as Miss M. A. Richards, or Bridgford-lane, near Nottingham, was driving through the flood near her father's house, she observed a silvery object under the cart wheels, which, on further examination, proved to be a large live salmon, forty-five inches long. It had been washed out of the Trent by the flood.-N ottingham Journal. THE MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT.—A meeting was held at Woolwich. Notwithstanding the in- clemency of the weather sixty poor outcasts were present. The following ministers and gentlemen took part in the proceedings of the evening :—Captain Browne, of the Royal Arsenal, Captain Hawes, Captain Gardiner, Rev. Balgarnie, and Rev. G. Small. Four girls were brought to town the same evening and placed in a home and applications are beinj," made daily by others to be rescued from their wretchcu of life.

THE CANDIOTE REFUGEES. On Saturday last a meeting of the committee which has been formed in the City of London for raising a fund for the relief of the unfortunate people, upwards of 12,500 in number, it is said, and mostly women, chil- dren, and aged men who have fled from Candia in con- sequence of the insurrection to the mainland of Greece and some of the adjacent islands, was held at Gresham House, Old Broad-street, Lord John Hay occcupying the chair. The committee is chiefly composed of merchants and bankers in the city, commiserating the distressed condition of the refugees, and they are in constant communication with an Anglo-Greek Com- mittee at Athens, formed for the same humane purpose, at the head of whom is General Sir Richard Church. The sum subscribed in the city up to Saturday was L7,050, and of that L5,100 has been remitted at intervals to the Relief Committee at Athens, in three instalments of £ 2.000, XI,500, and £ 1,600, the last-named sum having been remitted on Thursday last, to be expended by them in providing food and other necessaries for the refugees, at a rate not exceeding X500 weekly; and this is calculated to last until the 6th of March. The homes and villages of these innocent people have been destroyed in a struggle in which they took no part, and, deprived of the means of subsistence, they have had to flee the island for the sake of their lives. The humane conduct of Captain Pym, of Her Majesty's ship Assurance, in conveying 320 of the unfortunate people from the island to the Pirasus, is now well known. They were nearly all helpless women and children, who had implored him to take them on board. A similar act of humanity on the part of Captain Butakoff, of the Russian frigate Grand Admiral, is related, and respect- ing which the Relief Committee at Athens, composed of Englishmen and Greeks in equal numbers, state that many of the women and children must have perished, even after they were conveyed on board, had they not met with a degree of care and kind treatment which would have been creditable to a regular hospital and experienced nurses. The Greek Government has co-operated with the Relief Committee by making all vacant buildings at their disposal available for the shelter and accomodation of the refugees, and the Russian Consul-General at Athens has also placed a spacious building at the dis- posal of the committee for the same purpose. These temporary asylums are visited by members of the com- mittee daily, two of whom are present at every distribu- tion of the charity, and the inmates, among whom are women and children, who have been natured in com- parative affluence are visited gratuitously by three physicians at least once a day. The inhabitants of the villages and towns to which they have fled for safety are likewise generously exerting themselves to provide lodging and the bare necessaries of life for the wretched and perishing refugees. At the meeting of the com- mittee on Saturday, at Gresham-house, a letter from the committee at Athens was read. It stated that the refugees taken on board the Russian frigate the Grand Admiral were more than 1,000 in number, and that 800 arrived at Athens on the 29th of December, 200 having been previously landed at the Piraeus. When received on board they were in a most deplorable condition, border- ing on starvation, from want of food and clothing. The Greek frigate Hellas afterwards conveyed 800 of them to Ægina, where arrangements had previously been made by the Relief Committee at Athens for supplying their wants. While the London Committee were sitting on Saturday a telegram was received thanking them, on the part of the inhabitants of Ibrail, for their benevolent exertions for the relief of the suffering Cretan refugees as was also a letter from a German Count, who at his own expense had advertised the official statement of the committee, and wished to know where he was to remit the money raised in consequence. Before the committee separated they passed resolutions authorizing an appeal for help in the emergency to the various city companies, and to the foreign ambassadors in London, believing it an occasion well calculated to excite their commisera- tion and charity.

BEACHING OF THE GREAT EASTERN. The big ship was, on the 19th, placed on the grid- iron at New Ferry, just above Liverpool, on the Cheshire side of the river. The gridiron, on which the ship now rests, was constructed about three years ago, when the vessel was first overhauled in the Mersey, but has since been altered, :trengthened, and very much improved. There was a very high spring tide, and although the ship was drawing 18 feet 6 inches of water on an even keel, there was quite sufficient depth on the shore to render the operation of beaching a safe one. She lies broadside on the grid running parallel with the river. About nine o'clock a.m. all was in readiness, and the ship left her moorings. Sir James Anderson, thG com- mander of the big ship, attended to the navigation, while Mr. Brereton, the successor to Mr. Brunei, and Mr. Yockney, carefully watched the engineering depart- ment. Four steam-tugs (two on each side the Great East-) ern assisted to keep the vessel in position, as with scarcely perceptible motion she neared the beach. The screw engines only of the big1 ship were worked. Tie screw boilers have been taken out of the ship, and are to be replaced by new ones, and the screw engines were con- sequently worked from the paddle boilers. The big ship took the grid about ten o'clock. She was placed with great nicety in the exact position fixed upon. Every- thing passed off without the slightest accident, and the beaching may be said to have been accomplished in the most skilful and successful manner. The Great Eastern is kept in position by two massive dolphins. Although her sides and bottom are rather dirty, the lines, bolts, and rivets appear in excellent order. The gridiron is perfectly flat for 60 feet wide, and the big ship rests in perfect security upon it. Every precaution has been taken to prevent accident. Thousands of men are at present engaged on the ship, and she will be ready at the time specified to trade between New York and Brest. Her first voyage after she comes off the grid- iron will be from Liverpool to New York, with goods and passengers.

REWARDS TO PRUSSIAN GENERALS.—The money voted as an acknowledgment of the services of the Prussian ministers and generals was paid to them on Christmas-eve. Count Bismarck received L75,000 and the Minister of War, General von Roon, General von Moltke, General Herwarth aon Bittenfeld, General von Steinmetz, and General Vogel von Falkenstein, L30,000 each. One account gives Bismarck zC60,000 and von Roon zC45,000, Count Bismarck and General von Roon have already been beleagured by agents who have estates for sale. The King has also given each of the above- mentioned ministers and generals a very handsome vase, from the royal porcelain manufactory. DEATH OF AN ITALIAN MILLIONAIRE.—The death at Padua is mentioned in the Italian journals of AT. Silvcs- tro Camerion. He leaves a fortune of £1,680,000 sterling. More than half of it goes to a nephew hitherto not in good circumstances, and the remainder is bestowed in legacies, bequests to religious institutions, and in making provision for the numerous servants of the de- ceased. M. Camerion could scarcely write his name, and fifty years ago he was working as a common labourer on the formation of the postal road between Rovigo and Polasella. FEEDING A CITY.-The New York Sun has been describing in a series of articles how that great city is fed. The estimate is that the actual table expenses for each day for every man, woman, and child of the popu- lation averages 37 cents, per head, divided as follows • —Meat supply about 16 cents. fish supply, 2 cents. eggs and poultry, 2! cents.; vegetables, 3 cents. fruit, 1! cents.; bread, 7 cents. tea, coffee, and sugar, 5 cents.—the total sum expended daily by the city in eating, 370,000 dols. DEATHS FROM EXPOSURE.-On Saturday last a coro- ner's inquest was held upon the body of John Jones, who on Thursday night was found lying in the snow on the highway between Wellington and Coalbrookdale, in Shropshire. A witness stated that about 8 o'clock on Thursday night he was walking along the road when his attention was attracted by a black object lying in the snow, and on getting nearer he found the deceased in a state of insensibility. He was removed as quickly as possible, and a doctor sent for, but he was then in a hopeless state of collapse, and died at midnight. The deceased was a carpenter living at Ketley, and formerly held a good position as foreman in an extensive building firm at Oakingates. Two day. earlier an inquest was held on the body of a young man named Jervis, who was found frozen to death in the same locality. At 8 o'clock .on the night of his death Jervis, taking with him his banjo, started to walk to Oakingates from an adja- cent village. At 9 o'clock he was met by a man to whom he made the remark that it was very cold and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the next day he was dis- covered lying dead in the snow, near a" disused cabin situated close to the turnpike road. The poor fellow's legs rested on the banjo, which partly guarded them from immediate contact with the snow. Mr. Henry Green, the shipbuilder, has give zC6,000 towards the building and endowment fund of a new church at Poplar to be dedicated to St. Stephen. The ladies of the new district have presented a magnificent stained glass window for the chancel, at expense of 200 guineas. The seats in the church are all free. THE DEATH OF THE LATE BISHOP OF CALCUTTA.— The committee appointed to inquire into the circum- stances attending the death of the Bishop of Calcutta, have reported that the blame is mainly due to the com- mander of the steamer Koel, who has been relieved of his command. WHEAT FROM CALIFORNIA,-Cargoes of wheat arc now arriving at the principal Atlantic seaports from California, the freight being less than the cost of trans- port of wheat bv railroad from Chicago so that Cali- fornia wheat successfully competes in New York and Philadelphia with that grown in the Mississippi Valley.

LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were scantily supplied with wheat, which moved off slowly, but at full prices. There was only a limited inquiry for barley, oats, beans, peas, and flour; nevertheless, the quotations ruled firm. The Continental markets have continued steady for wheat at full prices. At New York, the value of both wheat and flour continues very high. The supply of English wheat on sale here was small. The trade, however, was quiet, at the rates of Monday hst. With foreign wheat the market was moderately sup- plied. The demand was in an inactive state, at late prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at pre- vious quotations. For good and fine barley the trade was firm, at full currencies. Inferior qualities met a slow sale, at late rates. Malt sold slowly, at previous quotations. The market was well supplied with oats. The trade ruled quiet, on former terms. Beans met a slow sale, on former terms. For peas the trade was quiet, at late rates. Flour was in fair demand, at last Monday's currency. CURRENT FKIUJSS. Per Qr. WHEAT. s. B. FELS. 8. s. Essex, Kent, red, 1865 55 68 Grey 88 Ditto, 1SG6 59 61 Maple. 40 43 Ditto, white, 1865 57 71 White 41 45 Ditto, 1866 51 67 Boilers 41 45 Foreign, red 55 65 Foreign, white. 40 44 Ditto, white. 60 73 RYE 32 36 BAELEY. OATS. English, Malting 38 50 English Feed 24 31 Chevalier 50 55 11 Potato 28 38 Distilling 33 35 Scotch Feed. 24 31 Foreign 32 52 „ Potato. 30 36 MALT. Irish black 21 25 Pale 72 78 „ white 22 32 Chevalier 78 80 Foreign Feed 24 31 Brown 58 63 FLOUR. BEANS. I Per Sack. Ticks 42 45 Town-made 56 60 Harrow 45 to Country Marks 50'52 Small. 48 52 Norfolk and Suffolk 46 48 Egyptian 42 43 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. LONDON, Monday, Jan. 21.—The sup plies of meat are by no means extensive; nevertheless the demand gene- rally is without activity, although full prices are realised. Last week's imports consisted of 32 packages from Ostend 421 Rotterdam, and 19 Hamburg. Per Blbs. by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef.. 3 0 to 3 6 ID. Mutton.. 3 2 to 3 10 Middling ditto 3 8 to 4 0 Middlinprditto 4 0 to 4 6 Prime large do 4 2 to 4 6 Prime ditto., 4 8 to 4 10 Prime sm. do 4 8 to 4 10 Veal. 4 0to5 6 Large Pork. 3 4 to 4 10 Small pork ..4 0 to 4 4 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. LONDON, Monday, Jan. 21.-The arrivals of Beasts from Norfolk and various other parts of England was confined to 1,000 head from Scotland 76 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland 108 oxen, cows, and heifers. "We were [very scantily supplied with sheep. Prime Downs and half-breeds moved off freely, at 21. per 81bs. more money, whilst the value of longwools was freeiy supported. The top quotation was 6s. 4d. per Stbe. The few calves in the market sold slowly, at from 5s. to 6s. per 81bs. There was a slight improvement in the demand for Pigs, at full quotations. Per 81be. to sink the offal. a. d. e. d. a. d. 8. d. Inferior beasts.. 3 10to4 2 PrimeSouthDown Second quality.. 4 4to4 10 Sheep 6 0to6 4 Prime large oxen 5 0to5 6 Large calves.5 0to5 4 Prime Scots, &c.5 8to5 10 Prime small do. 5 6to6 0 Inferior sheep ..38 to4 0 Large hogs 3 6to4 0 Second quality.. 4 2to4 10 Nt. smallporkers4 2to4 6 Coarse wld.sheep5 0to5 8 Lambs — Suckling Calves 20s. to 23s., Quarter-old store Pigs 25s. to 27s. each. PROVISION MARKETS. The weather continued very severe all last week. There was a brisk demand for all kinds of foreign butter, and prices advanced 4s. to 10s. There was more done in Irish: but the sales were chiefly for the milder sorts. Carlow ana Kilkenny sold at 110s. to 114s., and Clonmels at 1149. to 120s. Limericks were si jw at 98s., and the inferior kinds were quite neglected. Bacon was dearer 18. to 2s., but was not an active sale at the advance. Hams were in moderate demand. Lard was wanted at 2s. to 49. advance. r AICES OF BUTTER, CHEESE, HAMS, &C. BUTTER, per cwt. s. s. CHEESE, per cwt. a. s. Friesland 116 to 120 Cheshire ,,78to88 Jersey 90 114 Dble. Gloucester..74 78 Dorset — — Cheddar ,80 90 Carlow — — American 66 74 Waterford — — HAMS York 90 98 Cork — Cumberland .90 98 Cork — Cumberland .90 98 Limerick — Irish Sligo. — — BACON.— Fresh, per doz., 14s Od to "Wiltshire 64 68 188 Od. Irish, green 56 60 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO MARKET. LONDON, MONDAY, Jan. 21.—These markets are scantily supplied with potatoes. The demand, although by no means active, is very firm, and high rates are realized. Last week's import was confined to 65 tons from Nantes. Regents 100s to 140s per ton. Flukes 1308 to 1606 „ Rocks. 90s to 110s „ WOOL MARKET. CITY, MONDAY, Jan. 21.—We have again to report a very inactive demand for all kinds of English wool. Home spinners have taken very limited quantities, and scarcely any business has been transacted for the continent. The stocks now held in the manufacturing districts are much reduced. Current prices of English wool (per lb ) — FLEECES.—South Down hoggets. Is Hd to Is Bid Half-bred do. Is 9 to Is lold Kent fleeces Is 8d to Is 9d South Down,ewes and wethers Is 7d to Is 8d Leicester do. Is 7d to Is 9d HAY AND STRAW MARKETS. LONDON, Saturday, Jan. 19. SMITHFIELD.—Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Supply limited. SMITHFIELD. CUMBERLAND. W^HITECHAPEIII Meadow Hay 60s to 958 65s to 100s 60s to 95s Clover. 80s to llos 80s to 115s 85s to 120& straw 36s to 44s 38s to 45a 36s to 44s TALLOW MARKET. Town Tallow, per cwt., 46s 6d, Rough Fat. per 8 lbs., 2s 3id; Russia candle, per cwt., 45s. 6d.; melted stuff, 34s rough ditto, 18s 6d; Graves, per cwt., 16s; Good Dregs, 6s. COAL MARKET. Best house coals quoted 27s., and seconds, 23s. Prices Wallsend, Haswell, 27s.; ditto, Harton, 25s. 3d. ditto Tons tall, 25a. 3d.

ADVENTURE WITH A SNAKE,-The Avoca Mail has the following" A somewhat remarkable case of pre- sence of mind in a female occurred near the township the other day. A young lady, desirous of a walk after the heat of the day, took a stroll, book in hand, along the western bank of the Avoca. Being deeply inte- rested in the book she was reading, she heeded not that her steps had left the beaten track, and that, instead of the winding pathway, she was wading through the long grass. Our heroine was proceeding at a very leisurely pace, when she was startled by treading on something which gave abundant signs of life by a most extraordi- nary process of wriggling, coiling, and uncoiling, all of which movements were performed simultaneously, and in so dexterous a manner as to be highly amusing to any person not an actor in the scene. Observing at the first glance that she had trodden upon a snake's neck, about an inch or an inch and a half below its head, and that from the position in which it was then placed it could not turn its head sufficiently to bite her, she bravely made up her mind to detain the reptile a prisoner until assistance arrived, and with Spartan-like courage carried out her resolution. In about twenty minutes' time she was relived from her arduous task, and the snake, which was nearly four feet in length, was speedily despatched with the thick end of a fishing-rod. The danger passed, the fair stroller expressed herself none the worse for her adventure, although she declined to pursue her walk any farther that evening."—Melbourne drgus. A BENEFACTOR.—The Rev. Christopher Nevile, of Thorney, Lincolnshire, has given zC200 to the County Hospital as a memorial to his daughter (who lost her life there as the lady superintendent of the nurses), provided that money be found to put the hospital into a healthy state, and meet the expenses of a really good system of nursing." The first of these conditions seems to be sadly necessary, and is, indeed, under con- sideration, for he also says-" There can be no doubt as to the bad state of the drainage. A faithful servant of mine, 13 years ago, got safely over a severe operation, and within three weeks I attended his death-bed from the worst kind of low fever. Mr. Hewson told me at the time that this was such a frequent occurrence that he was very near giving up the hospital altogether. Two ladies have recently lost their lives from the same cause." THE CHOLERA AT DEMERARA.—" A Victim," writing of the contemplated relief, asks Why does not the Government send Indian troops, who would be unaf- fected by the deadly climate of the West Indies, and why are not the European colonists made to organize Volunteer corps in their own defence, as has been done in the much more important place, New Zealand ? In England, our Volunteers drill till late at night; in the West Indies all business is over at 4 o'clock, so that the colonists have plenty of leisure to prepare for their own defence, and a drilled European would put to flight a hundred of the blacks. Why, thefore, should our English soldiers be murderously sacrificed, while those who ought to defend themselves do nothing ? The West India colonies were warned many years ago by the Home Governm nt to provide for their own defence. What have -ey done ?-Umted Service Gazette.

ATHENAA. | ) Rossini has composed an 0 Salutaris for Madame [ Alboni. The tiers parti in the French Chamber, is preparing to establish an organ of its own, entitled La Verite. The Header states that the grant to the Master of the Rolls for the National Series of Chronicles and Memorials is to be cut down this year from zC2,000 to xi,ooo. A collection to be sent to the Paris Exhibition, is being organised at Venice, to consist of objects and antiquities connected with the history of that city, from the earliest period to the end of the last century. MM. Erckmavni-Chatrian, the well-known French novelists, are engaged on a series of historical novels, of which the scene is laid in the time of the great French Revolution. During the recent French surveying expedition, carried on by the Astrolabe and Zelee, the difference in the magnetic inclination between Mount Wellington and Hobart Town was found to be no less than 23J deg. Archbishop Manning has written a letter to the Star, in which he has no connection, direct or indirect, with the new Roman Catholic paper, the Westminster Gazette, and that he has never written a line in its columns. It is stated that some important fragments of the Gothic version of the Pauline Epistles, by Ulfilas, have lately been discovered by Dr. Reifferschied, of the Uni- versity of Bonn, in the monastery of Bobbio. As Ulfilas was bishop or apostle of the Goths in the fourth century, it would appear that this discovery is likely to be of importance to theologians and church antiquaries alike. Messrs. Trubner have published a second series of the Biglow Papers," containing a long and very in- teresting introductory dissertation on the Yankee dialect, and a portrait of the author. This second series, Mr. Lowell announces, is the last of the "Biglow Papers," unless, he adds, he should complete the original plan of the series by bringing out Mr. Sawin as an "original Union man." An Indian paper, the Mofussilite, asserts that Captain Grant, the explorer of the Nile, has refused the Star of India, and that, though at Agra at the time, he did Dot present himself at the installation on the ground that Sir Samuel Baker had had a higher honour be- stowed on him for a discovery in which he, Captain Grant, in conjunction with Captain Speke, had long forestalled him. Mr. Charles Rieu, Professor of Persian in University College, one of the soundest Oriental scholars of the day, has been promoted to the post of Keeper of the Oriental Manuscripts in the British Museum. The trustees haye also promoted Mr. R, H. Major, whose name is so well known as an authority on all matters connected with geography and the history of navigation, to be keeper of the maps and charts which are contained in that establishment, and which form an extensive col- lection of very great importance. The Italian government is one of the greatest pub- lishers in Europe, and this is the time of year when volume after volume of imposing magnitude, ample margin, and portly type issue from its press. Official persons, senators, deputies, and others to whom all these publications arc sent, need a set of book-shelves on pur- pose for their storage. The thing is done in a most liberal way, with a great profusion of paper. It is said that about 6,000,000fr. are annually expended in government printing and publishing. From the Athenceum we learn that the Treasury has sanctioned the expenditure of C20,000 for the transfer- ence of the iron boiler" buildings from the South Kensington Museum to a piece of parish ground, near Victoria Park, in Bethnal Green, where will be formed a museum for the use of the East of London. The committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund have de- termined to form a museum for the exhibition of such articles as will tend to illustrate the Bible. The Science and Art Department have undertaken to provide space for this purpose at South Kensington. The Russian Geographical Society has been busy in explorations of Asia, and the results give rise to ques- tions of local and general interest. They have now an uninterrupted chain of observations and explorations along their Asiatic frontier from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea from the valley of the Ousourri and the peninsula of Corea to Tourkistan and Khorassan. Their expeditions have been peaceful, and with the ex- ception of the Khokans they met with no impediments. Their scientific knowledge has been augmented, and their commerce greatly increased. The final pacification of the Caucasus is the crowning result of the year, and by it friendly relations are now established on the frontier nearest to Europe. The reports of a separatist movement in Bulgaria receive some confirmation from the appearance of a pamphlet entitled La Bulgarie devant l'Europe," which has just been circulated among some of the more promiHent French politicians. In this pamphlet it is urged that Bulgaria is entitled to at least as independent a position as that of Roumania and Servia, as its civi- lisation was once on an equal footing to that of those countries, and had only been retarded in its development by the Ottoman rule. It is somewhat significant that this pamphlet was printed at Bucharest. The most widely-spread periodical m Germany is now undoubtedly the Gartenlaube, which announces to its readers that it begins the first quarter of the new year with more than 200,000 subscribers, while it finished the last quarter of the old year with the respectable number of 170,-000 subscribers. The Gartcnlaube appears weekly, and counts among its contributors many of the first names in literature and science besides this, it gives good illustiations. It is not a political paper, but a truly patriotic one, which uses its great influence by promot- ing the highest interests of the German nation. The prohibition of the paper by the Prussian authorities has been withdrawn. Trubner's American and Oriental Literary Record -contains one or two interesting bits of information. It says The Rev. Dr. J. Isidor Mom' rt, rector of St. James's Church, Lancaster, Pennsyh uia, is engaged as ^editor upon a work which is much I. eded. His de- sign is to issue in eighteen large volumes, at the rate of two volumes per annum, a 'Theological and Ecclesias- tical Encyclopedia," which will cover the whole field of theology in all its branches, divisions, and sub-divisions, with its ;auxiliary sciences. It will be Christian, as 4opposed -to infidelity and Rationalism Protestant, as opposed ito the corruptions and innovations of the Latin Church.; Catholic, as opposed to all sectarian tendencies. Every Christian communion will be heard [in its pages], and, if possible, by her own sons.' He has secured the co-operation of all the most emi- nent theologians of every orthodox denomination in Americaof many prominent English theological scholars; ;and of such men as Professor Tischcndorf, Dr. Hagenbach, Dr. Van Oosterzee, »md other well- known continental divines." Mr. John Francis writes to the Pal- Iter's Circular, to give his opijiioii-fouiided on long .miliarity with the facts of the.,ease-that the repeal o. the paper duty, by cheapening good periodicals, has almost extinguished the exciting and immoral publications of former days. He states In the year preceding the repeal of the duty-1860-1 counted a list of sixty publications of a notoriously objectionable character issued by one print- ing establishment alone, all of which are now discon- tinued. There are at present thirty publications of the Roving Jack' class, with an average weekly issue of 7,000 each. Among them is one called Black Bess.' This is a great favourite, and, I am assured, reaches 30,000 per week; but I have included this in the 7,000 as the average issue. This, you will perceive, makes a total issue of 210,000 or 290,000 less than the weekly issue of one of our newspapers. It is worthy of re- mark that the greater number of these publications, although most of them are of a vulgar, exciting, and diSelyUafSaithCptC1'' "f 9^ imm0ml *nmeT was made o Lff duty ,on K three immoral publications, which JSSVi Several sncressful Mr • ,kmd have been equally un- "TpSgry. colMou Cole and Mr. CharlcsA^S"^ 7 complete, will, I am satisfied, bear m* isnow that immoral and unwholesome publications nevei-were aud *«-*» The publications now indexed, and ready to be sent to Paris, comprise 1,143 newspapers proper; 165 religious publications 67 publications containing novels, tales biographical sketches, &c.; 45 commercial iouriials; 32 scientific publications, including those of the learned societies 23 political and general reviews 22 serial reissues; 21 agricultural and botanical journals; 19 medical publications; &c. It has been determined to add almanacks to the collection. A special catalogue is now preparing for the English department of the Exhi- bition, for which Messrs. Adams and Francis are the agents. All publications at the close of the Exhibition will be returned to South Kensington, and will be there retained as a [permanent record of this department of English literature for the year 1866. As an addition to this collection, Mr. Joseph Cundall has been re- quested to assist in making a collection of all the illus- trated books, including the Books for Children, which have been published in this country during the year 1866, the Executive Commissioners undertaking to pack and send these books to Paris, and exhibit them in glass frames specially prepared, and, if they are not pur- chased, to bring them back free of charge. They will also cause the titles of the books, and the names of the Publishers, with price, &c.,to be entered in the Official Catalogue. The classification and index to the period- icals is being carefully prepared by Mr. Charles Alston Rollins, brother to :Mr. Wilkie Collins, and author of A Cruise upon Wheels." Mr. Henry Cole, the Se- ctary to the Royal Commissioners, is entitled to the Qanks of our publishing arms for thus affording them ready and inexpensive mode of representation on an -Vwasioa of so much importance.

THE LATE OCEAN YACHT RACE. On Thursday evening, the 17th, a dinner was given at the Grand Hotel, Paris, by a number of American gentlemen, permanent residents and temporary sojour- ners in Paris, to Mr. James Gordon Bennett, jun., the owner of the Henrietta, and the winner of the recent ocean yacht race. At eight o'clock the subscribers and a number of invited guests took their seats at the table, which was splendidly spread in the Salon du Zodiaque. Among the persons invited, besides the principal guest of the evening', were his Excellency Major-General John A. Dix, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States Colonel Warren Koffman, Secretary of Legation Hon. J. G. Nieolay, U. S. Consul at Paris and General Dodge, U. S. Consul -t Hamburg. Mr. G. N. Kings- laud, of the New York Yacht Club, presided. At his right hand was the guest of the evening, Mr. G. Bennett, and at his left the Minister of the United States. The room was beautifully trimmed—festooned with the inter- national flags of France and the United States. The menu, which was one embracing the choicest dishes and the rarest wines, and containing two new dishes in- vented for the occasion—" filet de boeuf a. l'Union," and 11 cotellette de HoRiard a la Henrietta "-ivas elegantly printed in blue letters upon white satin. After the dinner had been discussed, the president gave The health of our guest of the evening. May his victory, nobly won, be a prestige of many triumphs in the future. In proposing the toast the president expressed his admiration of the result of the recent yacht contest; and, speaking of Mr. Bennett, said that he bad accom- plished a feat unequalled in the annals of maritime sport, an undertaking from which more timid spirits would have shrank. Mr. Bennett, in rising to reply, was received with enthusiastic and prolonged cheers. When these had sufficiently subsided for him to be heard, he said "Mr. President and gentlemen,—I thank you most heartily for the very kind and flattering manner in which you have received me, and for the terms in which you have been pleased to express your pride and grati- fication at the success of one of your countrymen. On behalf of my associates, the gentlemen who accompanied me, and on my own, I thank you heartily." At the ball of the Tuileries on Wednesday evening the Emperor and Empress congratulated Mr. Bennett on the successful result of his voyage.

A Neapolitan fisherman named Porto has just been tried at Algiers for the murder of a woman named Bossa, wife of a countryman of his, both being settled in Algeria. The woman had been instrumental in se- ducing Porto's wife, and the husband, being unable to discover the paramour, took revenge on the woman by stabbing her to the heart. He made no attempt to escape after the crime. He was condemned to seven years' imprisonment and the payment of 1,000f. damage. A WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.—An inquest was held at Manchester on the body of Eliza, wife of Thos. Cheetham, a labourer. On Wednesday evening the de- ceased, whilst sitting at the fireside, fell asleep. Her two children began to play with bits of chip by putting them into the fire and lighting them. One of these chips must have fallen on the mother's dress, which took fire. The unfortunate woman was so seriously in- jured that she died the same night. She was aged 40 years. The jury found a verdict of accidental death. COST OF P AIUSIAN IMPROVEMENTS.— Since accession of M. Haussman to the Prefecture of the Seine, the budget for the capital has assumed enormous pro- portions, if compared with the figures of only seven years ago. During the year 1852 the ordinary receipts rose to no more than 52 millions, and in 1857 they did not reach 73 millions. At the present time the income is more than double, amounting in 1866 to 141.500,000fr. The annual revenues from the city for 1867 are estimated at more than 143 millions. The receipts and disburse- ments together exceed 240 millions. FRENCH VIEW OF THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOIINSON.-The Temps (Paris journal) says The desire to live on good terms with France is at present perhaps the only point on which the ex- ecutive andA legislative powers of the Union are accord. In every other respect the struggle con- tinues, and is becoming envenomed, and we now hear that the President's impeachment has been formally pro- posed. Events have advanced rapidly since last month. It seemed that at that moment a sort of pacification had come over the public mind, and that the Republican party, satisfied with having almost annulled the authority of the President, was not disposed to attack him personally. There is reason to suppose that its animosity has been excited afresh by the veto which the President has just opposed to the bill conferring the snffrage on the blacks of the distriet of Columbia, which is under the immediate'rulc of the Federal legislature. Will the rigorous measures commenced against Mr. Johnson be carried to extremities P We hope not. That the chief of the executive power of the Union has committed faults, and even serious ones, we are convinced with every one who has observed American affairs impar- tialy but we doubt whether he has gone so far as to incur the rigour of the Constitution the Congress has besides, every means of carrying its resolutions without having recourse to so extreme a measure as the removal of the first magistrate in the Republic." The following, from the Panama Star, sounds very- alarming :—" Guano is disappearing so fast that another two and a half or three years at most will probably find the Chinchas deserted and guanoless." Ichaboe has been exhausted long ago and so, despite the wrathful threats of Professor Liebig and other savans, we must come back to "the battle-fields of Europe," and rob Germany of more of the bone-dust, our supposed carry- ing off of which caused such an outcry awhile ago. Whoever suffers, at any rate the Chinese coolies will rejoice. Poor creatures when the future which awaits them is explained to a kidnapped cargo at Canton, not one in ten will sail. We wonder what they think when ,they have to begin work in ten feet of guano filth, with an atmosphere so strong of carbonic acid gas that not unfrequently, when a workman has drawn his load to the cliff's edge, and is tipping it down the funnel" into the ship below, he loses his head and slips through the tube himself, dying, of course, before he reaches the hold. SHOCKING AFFAIR IN A BALL-Room.-A shocking scene occurred at a ball at Thurrnastow, near Leicester, given by a gentleman of that village to a party of friends. It seems that the ball had not long begun when the dress of one of the ladies caught fire through being brought into too close contact with the fire grate. Becoming terrified by her situation she rushed about the room, and ignited the dresses of three other ladies, which, being of such light material, were speedily in a blaze. Mr. Jacques, house surgeon of the Leicester Infirmary, who happened to be one of the party, aided with others, extinguished the flames as quickly as possible, but not before the ladies had been considerably bumt-two of them seriously so. Their injuries were at once attended to. but they are not yet pronounced out of danger. The scene in the ball-room may be more readily imagined than described. It is hardly necessary to add that the occurrence of such a catastrophe had the effect of bringing the evening's entertainment to an abrupt ter- mination. A young woman was returning to her home in the Rue des Filles Dieu, Paris, the other night, when t he was suddenly stabbed in the right shoulder by a yt u g y 11 man, who made his escape. A little later another y<.uii!i woman was stabbed in the breast under similar circum- stances, in the same street. At two in the morning ? young man of 23 gave himself up at the Prefecture of Police as the author of the two attempts, and exhibited a pair of compasses covered with blood as the instru- ment with which he had accomplished his crimes. In his pocket was found a manuscript entitled" Reflections on Death; general considerations on the punishment of the guillotine." This document, of which he says he is the author, tends to prove that the most agreeable of all deaths is that on the scaffold. He is supposed to be in- sane. CHAPLAINS IN WORKHOUSES.—A deputation consist- ing of Mr. Hodgson, M.P., Mr. E. Potter, M.P., and Mr. Charles Howard, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, at the offices of the Poor- law Board, Whitehall, on Thursday, and presented a memorial praying for the suspension of the order of the board appointing a paid chaplain to the workhouse at Carlisle, an appointment to which the board of guar- dians in that city is strongly opposed. After hearing the statements of the hon. members in support of the memorial, setting forth that religious ministration was efficiently given under the present system, Mr. Hardy consented to defer issuing the order for six weeks, on the promise that Mr. Hodgson would, in the meantime, report the opinions expressed 'at this interview to the board of guardians. SKATING RINKS."—A Canadian writes to a contem- p,rary: It may not be out of place to state the mode adopted at Toronto, Canada West, to prevent, in great measure, similar calamities to that which has happened in the Regent's-park. A few years ago a breach was made in the eastern part of the peninsula forming the cs i ,.oronto> causing the ice suddenly to break up. bevei al lives were consequently lost. This led the lovers of skating to form themselves into clubs for what are are called skating rinks. These rinks are formed by making an enbankment of earth from one to two feet high round vacant level ground near water, which is run or pumped into them to a few inches in depth. Being shallow the water soon freezes, and after the ice becomes rough a little more water is run over it during the night, so that it once more gets a smooth surface. In this way skating can be enjoyed many weeks longer during the season than in the ordinary way. Most of these rinks are enclosed by a high broad fence, and have connected with them a small house with a fire and refreshments. Some are lighted by gas at night. A small fee is charged for admission. They have had the effect of keeping nearly all persons off dangerous i and I thiuk Wiight be adopted in this country."

GREAT DISTRESS IN LIVEllPOOL. The Liverpool Courier of Saturday says ;—" Day by day during the last few weeks we have had to call at- tention to the increasing destitution in Liverpool. This, indeed, is now widespread, and has reached a degree of unprecedented severity. In the most populous districts of the town violence has been feared, not from the many, but the few. The cotton porters—thousands of whom are without any employment—were said to be contem- plating a demonstration, not of physical force, but passively,' as the Reformers at Hyde Park, and a day was even named for them to assemble on the Exchange flags. This absurd idea was abandoned, and we have now the pleasure of announcing that a meeting will be held this (Saturday) afternoon in the Common Hall, Hackin's-hey, to decide upon the best means of afford- ing relief to the cotton porters who may be out of work at the present time.' Yesterday the quiet gloom which has characterised the poorer districts of the town for the last week was disturbed by alarming symptoms. So early as nine o'clock knots of ineii-.ipi),treiitly labourers —began to congregate in Gieat Homer-street and Nethcrfield-road. They went from shop to shop and begged bread, but as their numbers increased from six and seven to 20 and 30 the petition became a demand. The whole neighbourhood was soon alarmed by exag- gerated rumours of these occurrences, but the prompt action of the police prevented any serious consequences. Among the places first visited was Mr. Ledman's bread shop, at the corner of Nursery-street and Great Homer- street. A party of 40 desperate-looking fellows entered it and demanded bread. Only the baker was in at the time, and he told them that he could do nothing for them until the master came in. Some of the men then said they would not interfere with him as his master was out, but as soon as the master returned they would be up again; and if he did not give them bread they would have it by some means or other. At twelve o'clock about 30 men went to the shop of Mr. Hunt, 214, Great Homer-street. They demanded bread, and said if he would not give it them they would take it. He foolishly (gave them some loaves to get rid of them, and they then proceeded in a body to another shop in the neighbourhood. Information of this occur- rence was immediately taken to the police office, and Major Greig, Superintendent Ryde and Hancock, with a detachment of police, proceeded to the spot. A con- siderable crowd had collected in Great Homer-street, but the police easily dispersed them, and there was no attempt at violence. In Scotland-road, about the same hour, a crowd of- several thousand persons collected, and the shopkeepers, almost in a panic, hastily closed their shops. In this respect there was no distinction of trades, butchers, bakers, grocers, and even pawnbrokers, being suddenly seized with a desire to shut up. We should mention, however, that many of the shops in Great Homer-street closed at ten o'clock, that was, when the first ugly rumours got out, but the movement did not become general until the afternoon, and then for some hours few windows were shutterless from Byrom- street to the extreme end of Scotland-road. The crowd in this district was dispersed almost as rapidly and as easily as the smaller one in Great Homer-street, and in the face of a good body of police the shopkeepers were able to laugh at their own fears. The shutters, how- ever, were notnemoved until later in the day, and some of the shops continued closed. A small scrimmage took place in Burlington-street. About two o'clock a cart full of coals was proceeding along that street when it was surrounded by a crowd, the strappings undone, the shafts thrown up, and the coals upset. Here, again, the police interfered before much harm was done, and four men in the crowd who proved unruly were taken into custody, and removed to the Rose-hill Bridewell. They are William Edwards, John Hedley, John Carter, and Daniel Jones, labourers they are booked as being riotous, and one of them is an old offender. Another man who has fallen into the hands of the police is P. Cassidy, who was in the large crowd in Scotland-road, and threw stones at the police. He was taken quietly away to the Athol-street Bridewell, and as no attempt was made to rescue him, it would appear that few, if any, of the rioters were acting in concert. By eveniiag the streets had resumed their wonted appearance, and there was no prospect of further danger."

MURDER BY STARVATION. An inquest, disclosing details of a case of apparently deliberate child starvation, has just been held in Shire- newton, Monmouthshire, and has resulted in the com- mittal of the mother, on:a charge of wilful murder. The deceased was a girl named Eliza Clanfield, and was stated to have been over 14 years of age. Her father was a farm labourer, in receipt of 10s. a week, in addition to a cottage rent free. The mother had an opportunity of earning another shilling per day when she chose to work. Evidence was given showing that the family nevertheless lived in a shocking state of filth and destitution. The children (of whom there were several besides the deceased) were usually kept in bed till about midday, when they were permitted to get up, and each received a piecejof bread, which, except on rare occasions, was all they got from the mother till noon next day, though they sometimes picked up a few scraps from the neighbours. They could not remember when the scanty clothing they wore was last washed; but their father's shirt was usually washed once in six weeks. The daily fare of the mother was described by several wit- nesses as being of a totally different character. She seldom set down to her breakfast without having a rasher of bacon, and invariably had meat and potatoes at dinner. Her husband was a quiet, steady, hard-working man, but she had driven him to live out of the house, at the same time compelling him to allot her 6s. per week out of his wages, leaving with him with only 4s. for his own maintenance. A witness deposed that a short time before Christmas-day, Mrs. Clanfield met her and com- plained bitterly of the burden her children were to her. No one," she said was tormented with such young ones as she was." The young devils would neither live nor die, and she swore she would kill them. On being expostulated with, she said it was better to kill them right out than to starve them, and added that as sure as she had a jug in her hand, she (witness) would hear of something bad before long. On the 10th inst. Mrs. Clanfield went to the house of a neighbour and told her that Lizzie was dead." On going back with her this witness found the deceased lying 011 some sacks in the room where the family lived. She was covered with a sack, her single garment consisting of an old calico frock which she had j long outgrown. A post-mortem examination of the body was made which placed beyond all doubt the fact that the child had died from sheer starvation. She was naturally a healthy child and had no organic disease, The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Mis. Clanfield, mother of deceased; and on Friday week the prisoner was removed to the county gaol to await her trial at the assizes.