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dcgtiome of jUto& Miss MARRIOTT has appeared at the Theatre Royal Glasgow, in The Wife's Secret, Hamlet, &c. MR. SOTHERN has been "starring" at the Prince of Wales's, Glasgow, in The Hero of Romance. SENATOR AND PROFESSOR NELATOH -A&S operated with his usual talent, and consequent success, on Lord Lincoln. THE REV. PROFESSOR JELLETT, F.T.C.D., has been appointed a Commissioner of National Educa- tion, in the place of the late Bishop Higgin, ef Derry. PRIVATE LETTERS from Italy contradict the reports of Garibaldi's illness. The General is stated to be in the enjoyment of good health. EARL GRANVILLE, the president elect of the Shropshire Chamber of Agriculture, will preside at the annual dinner, to be held at Shrewsbury next month. THE ELECTION of magistrates and the re-ad- justment of committees of town councils took place on Saturday in nearly all Scottish burghs. THE NUMBER of persons arrested outside Moni- martre on the 3rd was 62, and not 300, as Figaro stated. Of these 37 have since been discharged. CAPTAIN GROSVENOR, M.P. for Westminster, has met with a hunting accident in the Midland Counties, happily not of a very serious nature. A NEW DRAMA, founded upon Mrs. Wood's noTel of East Lynne," has just been produced at the Vaudeville Theatre in Paris. THE OPERA Iphigenie en Tauride, has been re- vived at the Theatre Lyrique. It was originally pro- duced in 1779, and dedicated to Maria Antoinette. MR. BENJAMIN WHITWORTH, M.P. for Dro- gheda, has been personalty served in Manchester with the petition of Sir L. M'Ciintock against his return. COLONEL BERTIE GORDON, of the 91st High- landers, has been granted a pension of Y,100 a year, vacant by the death of Colonel Dsverell. A MONTREAL TELEGRAM of Thursday says the St. Lawrence is now closed opposite the city, and naviga- tion is suspended for the winter. THE FIRST NUMBER of the new London evening paper, The Echo, which is published at one halfpenny, made its appearance on Tuesday, the 8th inst. MR. WARREN, the new judge of the Courb of i I i Probate in Ireland, in the room of Judge Keatinge, will enter upon his judicial duties early next term. THE PRINCE OF WALES has kindly forwarded a large hamper of game to the Charing-cross Hospital for the use of the patients. AN ADDRESS to the Right Hon. W. E. Glad- stone, M.P., is in course of signature by the women of Lancashire. CAPTAIN JESSE JONES, a Waterloo veteran, baa just died at Colchester, at the ripe age of eighty-oue. Captain Jones saw servics. m the Peninsula. THE PRESENTATION to the rectory of Ashley, with the vicarage of SilverleK now vacant, has lapsed to the University of Oxford in consequence of the disquali- fication of the patron, who is a Roman Catholic. AT THE Hertford Petty Sessions, Charles North and Robert Bennett were each sentenced to three months' hard labour, for playing pitch and toss in the street. THE Jesuit priests in the United States are reported to be preparing for the reception of numbers of their 'brethren, who, expatriated by the recent revolution in Spain, are coming to this country. THE title to be conferred on the new Irish Peer, Celonel M'Clintsck, is Lord Rathdonnell, of Rathdon- nell, in the county of Tyrone, one of the earliest pos- sessions of the family of the M'Clintocks. THOMAS FALLON and Daniel Duxbury have been committed for trial on the charge of murdering Thomas Whittaker, in Frances Anne-street, Blackburn, during the election riots. AT the coroner's inquest held at Aberystwith, on Wednesday, a verdict of wilful murder was returned against William Richards, who shot Butler, the game- keeper, and who is still at large. MISS MARSH, niece of Lady Anstruther of Balcaskie, preached an eloquent and deeply impressive sermon to a crowded and greatly edified audience, in the Union-hall of St. Monance, on Sunday evening. IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, the State Asylum for Lunatics has been entirely burned. The asylum con- tained 350 maniacs, of whom six (all women) were smothered. Home is the title of the new piece written by Mr. T. W. Robertson for Mr. Sothern. It will not be played at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool, prior to its production in London. HElt MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been most graciously pleased to forward the munificent donation of X100 in aid of the Swiss Inundation Relief Fund. The total amount already subscribed is X2,853 Os. 8d. THE screw steamship Great Britain arrived in the Mersey on Saturday, after a most successful passage from Melbourne. She was only fifty-three days on the voyage. REAR-ADMIRAL WARDEN, C.B., is to relieve Rear-Admiral Buckle, C.B., at Queenstown, the last- named officer having been placed on the retired list, owing to his having attained the age of 65 years. VICE ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS SYMONDS, K.C.B., the newly appointed Commander-in-chief of the Channel Squadron, is a son of the late Sir William Symonds, for many years the Surveyor of the Navy. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, on the recom- mendation of Mr. Disraeli, has been pleased to award Mr. Harrison Ainsworth a pension of £100 a year, on the civil list. THE sales of English Wheat noted last week were 64,060 qrs. at 51s., against 71,546 qrs. in 1867 at 68s. 5d. The London averages were 52s. 5d. on 4,947 qrF. A MUNICIPAL DISRUPTION has occurred at Ayr. Six members of the town council resigned and left the meeting in a body, in consequenee of a gentleman named Rae having been elected junior baillie. SNIDER AMMUNITION to the extent of seven lakhs of rounds has been sent on by an urgent order from Delhi to Peshawur, instead of being stored at Ferozepore. THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS for the annuities from the Bengal Medical Retiring Fund for 1868, are Drs. Green, Dunbar, Guise, and D. Macrae, and on the retired list, Drs. Oakley, Hubbard, and Littler- A CIRCULAR has been forwarded by the execu- tive of the South Yorkshire miners to the whole of the proprietors in the district requesting them to reinstate the five per cent. which was conceded by the men in May. THE REV. J. STOUGHTON has retired from the editorship of the Evangelical Magazine, and is succeeded by the Rev. Dr. James Spence. The Rev. Paxtop Hood also ceases to be the editor of the Eclectic Review, the publication of which is temporarily suspended. THE Messager de Cronstadt states that the en- tire expanse visible around that place is covered with a compact sheet of ice. Communications with Oranien- baum are kept up with sledges. THE ROME CORRESPONDENT of the Morn ing Post has learnt that there are to be five Roman Catholic sees in Scotland, and that Dr. Errington, formerly the coadjutor of Cardinal Wiseman, will be "Archbishop of Glasgow and Primate." THE Gourrier de Mostaganem of the 3rd inst. gives an account of the wreck of the English steamer Hotspur at the mouth of the Shelif. It says that no lives were lost, and that there is reason to believe that the steamer itself will be saved. MARSHAL DE M'MAHON, Governor General of Algeria, now at Compiegne, is said to demand a sum of 3,000,000f. to purchase food for the natives during the winter, and prevent a renewal of the sufferings of last year. THE NUMBER of new members returned to the House of Commons exceeds that at any general election for many years. In 1859 only 131 new members came back from the country in 1865 there were 196; while at the present election the number is 224. ON SUNDAY morning and evening, the Right Rev. Dr. Jacobson, the Bishop of Chester, preached sermons at Hindley Parish Churnh in aid of the sufferers by the recent explosion at Hindley-green. The church was crowded, and a very large proportion of those present were dressed IN mourning. THE THREE MEN charged with carrying on a manufactory of ferged bills of exchange, have been re-ex- amined at the Mansion-house. Evidence was given as to the forgery and uttering of one bill for iCl56, at the con- clusion of which the prisoners were again jemanded. NAPOLEON A CANON.— With reference to a paragraph extracted from Once a Week, with the above heading, a correspondent writes that, if the Clergy List" is to be believed, her Majesty the Queen is a cursal" canon of St. David's Cathedral. GENERAL SS-ERMAN publishes a long report on Indian affairs, the substance of which is that hope of peace is absurd, and that the Indians must inevitably be exterminated, unless all the tribes can be settled, on reservations-a work which must be left to the army. THE HON. KEVERDY JOHNSON visited the Birmingham Cattle Show on Tuesday. His excellency was received by the members of the council. At a meeting of that body, subsequently, Earl Coventry was elected President for the ensuing year. A BATTLE HAS BEEN FOUGHT in Arkansas between the State militia (composed of Radicals) and citizens, in which the latter were defeated with a loss of nine killed, several wounded, and 3S prisoners. One militiaman was killed. A SUDDEN ORDER has been received at Wool- wich stopping the proposed reorganisation of the Ord- nance Select Committee and other contemplated altera- tions in connection with military reform, until the feel- ing of the new Parliament can be elicited on the subject. AN INQUEST has been held in the board-room of St. George's Hospital on Robert Boyes, aged 51 years. The deceased was crossing the road in Piccadilly, when he was knocked down by a cab and run over. Verdict, Accidental Death." MR. WILLIAM ABBOTT, the unsuccessful Con- servative candidate for the city of Cork, has contributed the sitm of Y,700 to various local charities and institu- tions of the place, amongst others .£100 to the Pro- testant Orphan Society, and £100 to the new cathedral. THE Pall-mall Gazette points out that during the nine months, from February to October inclusive, of the present year there were run for at the different race meetings in the United Kingdom no less a sum than.2312,526 15s. THE Saint Public of Lyons states that Count de Barbantane, deputy for the Saone-et-Loire, being shut up for a considerable time in a mad-house, his con- stituents are petitioning for permission to replace him in the Chamber. THE DUKE OF ABERCORN has filled up one of the vacancies in the National Board of Education, by appointing the Rev. J. H. Jellett, professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Dublin. Mr. Jellett has been a supporter of the mixed system of education. THE Delhi Gazette says that during the last three years the amazing number of 1,604 tigers, 2,637 panthers, 1,439 bears, 427 wolves, and 1,295 hyenas have been destroyed in the Central Provinces. In the same period, 1,751 lives have been lost by wild beasts, and 1,874 by snake bites. IT IS ANNOUNCED that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has determined to confer the honour of knight- hood upon Mr. Peter Tait, of Limerick. Mr. Tait is a Liberal-Conservative, and has just unsuccessfully con- tested the City of Limerick. He has beenfmayor of that city three years in succession. THE JURY at the inquest on the body of Cap- tain King, who was shot at Sligo borough election, has found that the pistol went off accidentally during a struggle with Mr. Webber. They expressed great sympathy with Captain King's family, and censured the police for not giving him an escort. THE Louisville Democrat announces that that journal has been sold to a new proprietor. In the same number Mr. Harvey, the retiring editor, takes leave. He says, "The worst sin I have on my conscience is helping to make great men out of very small material." THE trial of the six men charged with an alleged murder at Altrincham terminated at Chester, on Satur- day, in an acquittal, the jury, no doubt, being of opinion that the fatal wound received by the deceased man Jenkinson was inflicted by one of the prisoners in self- defence. IF THE CHURCH NEWSPAPERS are not misin- formed, Father Ignatius is about to have his wishes gratified. A priest of the Church of England, it is announced, has presented him with an old monastic house and five acres of land, all in good repair," near St. Albans. THE Army and Navy Gazette says that the appointment of a British naval officer to superintend the navy of the Shah of Persia is still in abeyance. It was offered to Captain E. B. Rice (1855), but his appoint- ment to the command of the steam reserve at Portsmouth has interfered with this arrangement. IT IS RUMOURED that the Queen has signifiect her intention to confer upon Rear-Admiral Tarleton the honour of Knight Commander of the Bath. Admiral T"r.;tnn was in command of the Euryalus when the I) J t.: of Edinburgh was on board that frigate as a mid- shipuiah. Ol" nESULTofthe general election has been to exclude several railway directors from the House of Commons. The losses are, -however, very nearly balanced by the election of many members of Parliament more or less connected with the railway interest. The total number of directors-,in the new house is 116. BEFORF.'LEAVIN G PARIS for St. Petersburg, the Marquise de Caux (Madlle. Patti) intends giving a concert, the proceeds of which she means to devote to the subscription now being raised by the friends and admirers of Rossini to erect a monument to the memory of the maestro. AT A SALE of musical instruments at the Hotel Drouot, Paris, a violin by Straduarius was knocked down for 2,400fr., a Bergonzi for 700fr., and others at equally moderate prices. Several bows by Lafleur, Peratti, &c., went very cheap, and a Tourte brought only 55fr. Two COUNTRY BUTCHERS have just been con- victed at Guildhall of having sent putrid meat for sale in the London market. One was fined X20, with X5 5s. costs, and the other was sent to prison for a month, without having had the option of paying a money penalty. MORMONISM is trying a strange expedient for excluding Gentile light and consequent perversion. This is nothing less ambitious than the invention of a new alphabet. There have recently been delivered at Salt Lake City 10,000 copies of certain school-books printed in the new language. THE GALE.—During the fearful gale on Sunday a vessel was wrecked in Mount's Bay, when the lifeboat (Richard Lewis) went off and saved nine of the crew. At the fit attempt the boat was upset, but a second crew of thirteen men instantly jumped in and manned the oars. THE Stamford Mercury is informed upon good authority that steps are being taken by some of the leading laity in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, for the presentation of a testimonial from the laity and clergy to the Bishop of Lincoln, on the occasion of his, translation to the diocese @f London. I'HE Council of Charing-cross Hospital have resolved, on accepting the resignation of Dr. Chowne, to mark their gratitude for his thirty-three years of unre- mitting service, by nominating him an honorary Life Governor of the institution, and by presenting him with a testimonial. RUMOURS OF A REVOLUTION in France, and the death of the Emperor, created a panic on the Stock Ex- change on Saturday. These reports do not appear to have had any foundation except in the fact that offers to sell were general on the Stock Exchange in the morning. THE ARCHBISHOP DESIGNATE OF CANTERBURY has consented to preach oa Sunday, the 13th inst., at St. Luke's Church, Berwick-street, Soho, and on Mon- day, the 20th, he will hold a general ordination at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. These will be amongst his last official acts as Bishop of London. A FORTUNATE MEMBER, known net to speak particularly well, was asked How did you get on with your speeches?" "Very well," he answered. "When I got to a hitch, I said, 'Mr. Gladstone, an a then every one rose and cheered, and I thought what I should y the while." A BRUTE.—On Thursday an inquest was held at Bolton respecting the death of Catherine Ann .Finch the wife of a butcher, who had hung herself through her husband's drunken conduct. He appeared at the in- quiry in a state of inebriation, and the coroner only refrained from rebuking him because words would have been wasted on a man in that condition. WHOLESALE POISONING.—The great poisoning case of Marseilles is now being tried at Aix. Three married women in a respectable position in life are ac- cused of poisoning their husbands with drugs supplied to them for the purpose by a cunning man and a female fortune-teller. The women do not appear to have had any ill-treatment to complain of; they simply wished te get rid of their husbands in order that they might pursue their gallantries more securely. The case is reported at great length in the French papers, and is attracting much attention in France. RAILWAY EXTENSION.—In a very few weeks the section of railway between Kensington and West minster-bridge, a portion of which belongs to the Metropolitan Railway and the remainder to the Metro- politan District Railway Company, will be opened for public traffic, an official inspection having already been made of the works, which are now nearly completed, j AN EFFORT IS BEING MADE by some members of the High Church party to induce Mr. Gladstone to refuse to confirm the appointment of Dr. Jackson to the bishopric of London. It is said that Bishop Jackson does not wish to leave his present diocese, in which case there will not be much difficulty in making new arrange- .ments. SHORT TENURE OF OFFICF.-The Irish papers mention that on the day Mr. Disraeli prepared his re- signation Dr. Ball was made Attorney-General and a Privy Councillor, Mr. Ormsby, Q.C., Solicitor-General, and the Hon. David Plunket, Law-Adviser in succession to Mr. Shaw, Q.C. These gentlemen have had the satis- faction of holding their various offices for about twelve hours. THE DEATH of the Rev. John Louis Petit, M.A., a name well known to old Cambridge men, is announced. He was educated at Trinity College, and took his B.A. degree in 1823 (the year in which Airy, the astronomer royal, was senior wrangler), when he was twenty-fourth senior optime in the mathematical tripos. This was in the year before the classical tripos was nstituted. DIAMONDS AT THE CAPE.—Diamonds are being found in the chief Watubslis country, and a report states that one has just been found of very great value. Several have been discovered within the last eighteen months, valued at from £ 50 to 4500. Many think it is singular that no small ones are found but as the stones are found by natives, it is very easy for the small ones to escape their notice. THERE seem to be serious difficulties in the way of the production of La Devote, the new comedy by M. Victorien Sardou, which was to have been brought out before the close ef the year the censors, not knowing what to do with it, have referred it to the minister, who, it is said, wishes, in turn, to throw the responsibility upon the Emperor. By THE DEATH of Major-General Sir William J. Ridley, on the 23th ult., the following promotions will take place :—Colonel Thomas Brooke, half-pay, late of the 12th Foot, to be major-general; Major A. Leahy, Royal Engineers, to be lieutenant-colonel; and Captain J. Whittaker Barnes, 73rd Foot, to be major in the army. ACCORDING to the Toronto Globe Mr. A. M. Stephens, of Owen Sound, has been exhibiting an im- proved Snider breech-loading rifle, in which the motions are reduced to three-cocking, loading, and firing. It is said to be capable of discharging forty rounds a minute, and the inspectors of musketry are to ex- amine it. MR. DOULTON.—The Nord announces that the appeal in the Doulton case will positively be heard by the Brussels Appeal Court on Friday, the 18th inst. The proceedings are likely to be of great length, and special arrangements will, it is thought, be made for prolonging the sittings of the Court beyond the usual time, if necessary. A WORD IN SEASON.—Chief Justice Chase, in a letter to a Southern friend, advises the Southern whites, or "proprietary class," to recognise the citizen- ship of the negroes, and, making this concession, to take vigorous, measures to restore Southern prosperity. Had this been done thiee years ago, Mr. Chase says, the South would have been richer to-day by hundreds of millions of dollars. A TEXAS paper announces the arrival at Gal- veston of a consignment of coolies shipped from China under ordinary bills of lading. Two-thirds of these persons are females, one of whom is said to be very beautiful;" and the journal from which we quote adds that the consignees purpose selling them at auction, to pay freight and charges. AT A RECENT MEETING of the shareholders in the Credit Foncier, it was agreed, after much discussion, to present a requisition to the directors, calling upon them to convene an extraordinary general meeting to consider the company's affairs, to pass such resolutions as may appear best for the shareholders' interests, and to alter or amend certain articles of association. THE INQUEST on the body of Mary Grant, who was killed by a soldier during the riots at Newport while she was trying to save her child, who was also attacked, has been opened at Newport. The evidence went to show that she had been wantonly bayoneted while she lay on the ground, and the inquiry was adjourned that the military account of the matter might be heard before a verdict was come to. RAILWAY ACRUSS ASIA. The New York Tribune states that the Emperor of Russia has sent two civil engineers to the United States, who are to examine the operations of the Pacific and other great railways in that country. The Emperor," it adds, contemplates building a railroad from China, across Asia, to the capital of Russia, his purpose being to prevent the United States, with its railroads and steamships, from monopolising the whole China trade." THE STEPNEY MURDER.-After the lapse of more than eight years the memory of the Stepney mur- der is revived. The Master of the Rolls is now called upon to decide who was the heir-at-law and next-of- kin of the unfortunate Mrs. Emsley, who left no will. The question is whether the intestate was the daughter of a man named Spencer, or of one Samuel Williams. The case was opened in the Rolls Court on Saturday afternoon. THE RECENT ATTACK AT RIVERSTOWN,COUNTY CORIL-The Dublin Gazette offers a reward of X100 to any person who shall give such information as shall lead to the arrest of the four armed men who entered the house of Mr. Johnson, Riverstown, County Cork, OR November 19th, and who carried away arms. A further reward of JB50 is offered to any one who shall give such private information as shall lead to the arrest of the said four men. M. GRIMAUX, deputy-mayor of Rouen, was found a few mornings back dead in his bedroom. He was lying in an arm-chair near an open window, with a candle burning on the chimney-piece. He had ap- parently felt indisposed during the night, and got up; then, in all probability, being seized with a feeling of suffocation, he was letting the fresh air into the room when he fell backwards and expired. He was in his forty-third year. THE ALLEGED BURGLARY AT ISLINGTON.— After some days of anxious investigation into the alleged mysterious burglary in Halliford-street, Lower-road, Islington, the police came to the conclusion that the whole affair was the work of the two youths who pre- tended to have been assailed by a burglar. Onejof them admitted that this was the fact, and that fear of pun- ishment prevented them from disclosing their freak earlier. FROM MADRID we learn that, owing to a reduc- tion in the wages of the workmen employed by the municipality of Madrid, there has been a strike, but it was hoped no disturbances would result. At Tarragona a monarchical meeting has been interfered with by the republicans, and the governor was compelled to call out cavalry to restore order. It is now settled that the elections are to take place on the 15th January, and that the Cortes will meet on the 11 th February. SWISS HONEY—One of the latest tricks in trade has been successfully tried in Germany. Accord- ing to the Chemist and Druggist, a number of itinerant dealers have found a large sale for what they call Swissland honey," which, although it has a fine taste and a beautiful appearance, is said to be merely starch converted into sugar by means of sulphuric acid The imitation is not deleterious, only it is not honey at all, and therefore British consumers will do well to be careful how they buy "Swiss honey." PERSECUTION OF THE PRESS IN FRANCE.—■ The Peuple, of Marseilles, has been prosecuted for r, manoeuvres a l'intjricitr in the Baudin subscription affair. M. Gustave Naquet, the editor, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, 500f. fine, and interdiction 8f civil rights during the period of the penalty. M. Chappuis, the gerant, was fined 1,000f. An appeal will be made to the Court of Aix. NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.—The Duke Df Norfolk comes of age on the 26th of the present month, when there will be great rejoicings at Arundel Castle and in the neighbourhood. One the Duke's first acts, upon attaining his majority, will be to lay the foundation-stone of a large Catholic church at Arundel, which is to cost £ 50,000, and is to be built at his grace's expense. THE NUMBER of elected members for the newl parliament is now 658, these including the double return for Horsham. Of the total, 386 are Liberals, and 272 are Conservatives. The Liberals are twenty more, and the Conservatives twenty fewer, than they were in the last Parliament, when the numbers were 366 and 292 respectively. The numerical majority was then 74, it is now 114. j AT THE Ilford Petty Sessions, Edward and Thomas TurnbuU, lightermen, were charged with breaking into the Victoria Docks, and stealing llcwt. of tobacco, value X240. They obtained an entrance into the Docks by boring a hole under the fence and cutting through the floor of the tobacco warehouse and were seen leaving with a bag containiug tobacco in their possession, and captured after a desperate resistance. FATAL QUARREL BETWEEN SCHOOLFELLOWS. —A melancholy incident has just occurred at the Col- legiate School of Enghein, in Belgium. During a quarrel between two of the pupils, aged 16 and 13 respectively, the elder boy struck the other a blew on the face. The latter, in the heat of passion, took his penknife from his pocket, opened it, and stabbed his adversary in the region of the heart, The unfortunate youth expired a few hours after. FATAL AcCIDENT.-On Thursday, as Michael Hansbury was working at the staith, at the foot of the tramway at Lundhill Colliery, used for shooting coals into the canal boats, on an elevated position, he slipped and fell to the ground, receiving injuries which caused immediate death. It is somewhat remarkable that this man fell from the same place about a year ago, and, though much injured, was able to resume his work in a few weeks. LONDON AND RIVER PLATE BAK-At a special meeting of the directors of the London and River Plate Bank (Limited) it was resolved to declare a dividend of five per cent. for the half-year ending the 30th September last, together with a bonus of 3 A per cent., making with the interim dividend of 5 per cent., paid in June last, a distribution equal to 13* per cent, for the year. CIVIC TASTE.—At a recent Court of Common Council it transpired that the famous patriotic speech of Lord Mayor Beckford, carved in letters of gold on the monument raised to his honour in Guildhall, was white- washed out as a matter of taste by the City archi- tect when the decorations for the Sultan's visit were carried out. Notice of motion was given for the restora- tion of the speech. AN INCENDIARY MILL.-A saw mill on the Shediac River, in New Brunswick, recently set fire to itself and was totally destroyed. A freshet lifted the gate, which started the mill, and the rapid and con- tinuous revolutions of the circular saw, the belting of which had been left on, are believed to have heated the boxes to such an extent as to set the contiguous wood- work on fire. INDIAN TRAMWAYS.—At the meeting of the Indian Tramway Company the directors' report was adopted, and a belief was expressed in the possibility of a successful termination to the negotiations with the India-office. It was also stated that the guaranteed interest of 3 per cent. is likely to be increased to 5 when the question of the extension to Pondicherry is settled. AN INQUEST has just been held at the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, on James Smith, a prisoner. He had worked on the tread wheel for two months, with occasional rests, and during that period he lost 31b. or 41b. of flesh. On the 22nd of November he was taken into the convalescent ward, suffering from cold and bronchitis, and four days after he was admitted into the infirmary, where he died from inflammation of the lungs. HENRY KNIGHT, a dressmaker," of Char- lotte-street, was summoned at Bow-street on Saturday by the sanitary inspector of the district to answer the charge of keeping the young women in his employment at their work after half-past four on a Saturday after- noon. This was the first case under the new Act which had been dealt with at the Bow-street Court. Mr. Knight made no defence. He was fined 10s. and costs. AN OUTRAGE IN UTAH.—A Salt Lake special to the Democrat says the hanging of the roughs at Bear River City on the 11th ult., previously reported, created great excitement, and on the 20 th ult. a mob of some 200 men burned the Frontier Index office and gaoL The citizens armed themselves and fired on the mob, killing two, and wounding a number of others. It was feared the whole town would be burned. The women and children were fleeing for safety. Bear River City is 80 miles east of Salt Lake. THE CUCKOO IN HANOVER,—A communica- tion from the city of Hanover states that to imitate the cry of the cuckoo has become seditious in that State. Two young apprentices were the other day brought before the Court of Appeal by two Prussian gendarmes, who complained of being insulted by the note in ques- tion. After a series of vocal experiments, in which the counsel of the two parties took part, the court quashed a sentence of imprisonment pronounced by an inferior tribunal, and set the two accused at libertv. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSALISTS.—A conven- tion of New England and New York Universalist clergymen and laymen is to be held in Springfield, Massachusetts. It will be the first gathering of the kind ever held. Topics are to be discussed with special reference to the prosperity of the Sunday schools, and the best means of creating an interest in attending Divine service. A new college is in contemplation, to be located at Mount Gilead, Ohio, by the General Conference of the Universalist denomination. FIRE IN CLERKENWELL.—About three o'clock on Thursday morning the Welsh Harp Tavern, in Ayles- bury-street, Clerkenwell, was discovered to be on fire. The inmates escaped from the premises, and the engines promptly arrived, but, owing to the quantity of spirits in the place, the flames extended with unusual swiftness, and before they could be subdued the entire bar was burned out. The contents were destroyed, and the remainder of the tavern seriously damaged by fire, water, &c. The origin of the fire is unknown. A TITLED PREACHER.—Lord Cecil has adver- tised preaching twice each Sunday, and on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, in the theatre, which he has rented at his own expense for those days. It appears his religion does not consist merely in preaching, as it is stated that a few days ago in a neighbouring township, while visiting, he found a widow who was in danger 01 losing her farm, it being mortgaged far 100 dollars; Lord Cecil presented this poor woman with a cheque foi the amount, and secured her a receipt in full.—Toronto Globe. VENICE.—The Italian Chamber has determined, by a majority of 159 to 61, to spend eleven millions of francs upon the enlargement and improvement of the arsenal of Venice. There was a very animated debate, some members maintaining that Italy would profit little by the measure, and that Venice herself would be com- mercially injured. The Government held the contrary view, and had, in fact, introduced the proposal. The Corresjpondance Italienne is of opinion that Venice has now a future ensured to her, worthy of her glorious past. THE Epsom DIFFICULTY.—From the latest information received, this question is still in dispute, and Mr. Studd firmly refuses to listen to any compro- mise. He still adheres to his original proposal to let the land on a twenty-one years' lease, with an annual rent of zCl,000, and a bonus of X2,500, from the 1st of January, 1868, while the rent would not-commence before the 1st of January, 1869. The bonus, in reality, therefore, deducting the "thousand" for 1868, is only .£1,500, and of this sum Mr. Studd offers to give XI,250 to the race fund. -Bell's Life. AN INVESTIGATION pointing to suspicion of robbery and murder was opened the other day at Horselydown. A man who bore the appearance of having been a ship's captain was seen late at night, wearing a massive gold chain, in the company of some women of losse character, and a few hours later he was found dead at the bottom of Battle-bridge-stairs, his body partly immersed in the Thames. His gold chain had then disappeared. The inquest was adjourned in order to furnish time for the police to make inquiries with a view to show how the man came to his death. OUR WOODEN WALLS.—The old war vessels which used to lie in Chatham Harbour have almost all been removed. The Chatham ordinary having been abolished, there is no further use for the Magpie, which was employed as a tank-vessel for supplying water to the vessels in ordinary, and she has been dismantled. The only old vessels now lying there are the Gloucester, which is used as a police-ship and receiving-hulk, and the Thunder, floating battery. The Dove, Government lighter, has been dismantled, as there is no further use for her at present. A SAVAGE DOG.-On Thursday a messenger, named Nelson Davies, 13 years of age, in the service of the Magnetic Telegraph Company, and stationed at Denby Dale, was ferociously attacked by a dog, which belonged to one of the railway porters. The boy had been playing with the dog, but at last it flew at his throat. To save his throat, the lad uplifted his hand, upon which the animal seized him by the thigh, and tore the flesh in a frightful manner. A man hastened to the relief of the boy, and the owner immediately after. wards took the animal away. Davies was at once re- moved to Huddersfield by train, and then conveyed to the infirmary. His injuries are said to be of a very serious character.