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MULTUM IN PARVCFI Privateers have been prohibited from entering the haj. bours of the Sandwich Islands. The Rev. Samuel C. Ilooley has been licensed to the perpetual curacy of Sturaton, in Norfolk. The Hawaian Government has declared its strict neu- trality with reference to the American rebellion. Mr. Samuel Jellicoe, for many years the actuary of the Southampton Savings Bank, died on Monday last. SIERRA LBONE.—The Bishop of Sierra Loone is en- deavouring to establish the Church on a self-supporting system. The Poems by a Painter," announced by Messrs. W- Blackwood and Sons, are said to be from the pen of Mr Noel Paton. Two men named SLiers, father and son, hive been crushed to death while assisting to start a water wheel at South Harting, Sussex. The blankets for the Federal troops in America have been ordered from this country; 29,MO have already reached New York. They cost two dollars each. The final incident in the Forth tragedy took place the other day, when the child of Lnrd Forth an-I Nlrs. Lloyd died at Longford, near Gloucester, where it had been placed at nurse. The Rev. James Ctimm'npr, professor of Chemisiry at Cambridge, died on Sunday, in his 85th year. Ho took his degree in the year 1800, and was elected professor of chemistry in 1815. A note from Dr. Monk to the York papers apprises us that the Minster Choral Society, ot thit ci.y, has been obliged to suspend its public performances, owing to I want of patronage. t The Bishop of Durham has been appointed a Com- missioner of Durham University. The late bishop was named in the Act, but all futuro vacancies were to be filled by the Crown. The Argentine Congress has passed a decree imposing an additional duty of 1; per cent. ad ra'orem on goode hitherto taied at 15 per cent., and of 3 per cent, on goods hitherto paying 20 per cent. In the night of the 4th th" chapel of the Chateau Frolisdorf, the residence of the Count de Chambord, wae plundered of its sacrel vts-s, Silver chandoiie.s, and everything else of value that it con, aiiied. THE FEDERAL MARINE.—There is at prL'sent a great demand among seamen tor berths ou board vessels bound j to the Federal ports of America, occasioned, it is said, by the high wages offered by tiio Federal Government. A royal decree in the Jladril Gazette appoints a com. mitteo to select and s-nd to London the Spanish pro- ductions which are 10 appear in the approaching Exhibition, the Duke de Verugua being appointed presi- dent of ;t. The Kev. W. Keys, of Scarborough, states in It lettpr to tho 'limes, that at that wat^riiwr place tho late gila has left eleven widows and twen-y chiidren o be provided for, and it is feared that this number may yet be augmented. At Nlatti-ball Bargh, Norfolk, an age! woman namnd i Howard, was killed by a man named George Basham, who struck her when she interfered ta protect her husband from the fellow's violence. 13a .-ham has been committed for manslaughter. It is stated that, with a view of introducing an im. proved system of education in.o her Majesty's ships vessels of a certain class will in future bear upon their books two pupil teachers, who in due time will be rated aa teamen s schoolmasters. Large supplies of conical shot, common and segment shells, with other stores, are daily landed at Sheerne* for the 100-pounder Arms: ronir guns, whien are ordered to be mounted on the sea iaea of the lortilications at the entrance to the river Medway. It has been already announced that 500 Zouaves are to be attached to the expedition to Mexico. It appears that among the different regiments of that branch of the army. not less than 3,000 applications for forming part of the 500 have already been sent in. A well-known merchant in Glasgow, who has been speculating largely in cotton of late, is said to have net- ted during the last few months a sum not less than £ 50,000. He has now retired frrm the held, leaving it to others to try their hand.eot, It I'al,rr. The Danish government nave ordered two iron-cased pun jro-n lii_• T.iam-a Shibuilding Company. They aretc) be -isi tons burthen, shell-proof, and coated with 2i-inch plates. They are to be armed with one 68. pounder and two-id-pounders.—Army and Xavy Gazette. The Delats contains a somewhat lengthy article, in which the French government and the French nation are urged for a hundred reasons t) counteract the influence of England in Madar;a«c.ir. Tue utmost stress -13 laid upon this, tie future liberty of the seas being declared to cepend upon it. It is stated that King Francs of Naples has resolved to change h:s residence from Rome to Venice; and it is certain that the Duke of Bordeaux has offered him the Cavalli Palace, on the Grand Canal. In any cas6 the Queen will come to Venice to visit her sister, the Em. pi ess Elizabeth. On Saturday, at the meeting of the Manchester city council, a resolution was unanimously passed to the effect that her Majesty's home Government should be I petitioned to give their aid and assistance to the con- struction of a railway from Truro in Canada to River du Loupe a distance of 350 miles. I We understand that the Maharajah of Cashmere has ordered four complete stands of bagpipes, with tho requisite number of reeds and chanters. It is the inten- tion of the Maharajah to organise a corps of native I pipers on his return to India, having become a lover of I pipe music during his stay in ScotlanJ. Edinburgh ,Courant. RAILWAY REFORMS.—On Saturday last, in pursuance of the suggestion made by Mr. Fo bes, the manager, the trains cf the London, Chatham, aad Dover Railway Vere provided with carriages for the special accomnio- dation (f ladies. First and second class euriages were ilso attached to the trains for the exclusive uso of smokers." Mr. Gardiner, the secretary to the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall, has retired from office after many years' service, and the Council, in order to mark their appre- ciation of the manner in which that gentleman fultiiled his duties, have awarded him a retiring pension of £ 1,000 a vear. Mr. Bateman has been appointed successor to Mr. Gardiner. SACRILEGE.-Some thieves broke into the vestry of Christ Chu: ch, Salford, on Saturday night, and miB- j chievously destroyed what they could not safely carry away. Fortunately the communion plate is not kept in the church, and the only silver articles taken awav were the tops ot tbechurchwardens' s aves. The incumbent of Christ Church is Mr. Canon Stowell. The Gazette de la Croix of Berlin, of the 6th, spates that the Duke de Magenta, before leaving the Prussian capital, sent by way of keepsake to the page who had been attached to his service at the coronation at Koenigs- berg, the cigar case which he had carried in his pocket at the assault of Sebastopol and the battle of Matrenta, and accompanied the present with a very kind letter. The mini ter of the Free Church at Banff (the Rev. Mr. Smellie) recently denounced the volunteer movement in that locality from the pulpit, saymsr that so lar as Banff was concerned it was a dipgrace and a curse instead of being a blessing. A grand voiuuteor ball was to 10 held in the town on the following eveninsr, and Mr. Smellie requested his hearers to have no connection .with it. A private letter from Belleville, in the Beaujo'ais, of tne 7th inst., states that the wine-growers in tal. district, to the number of 150, were to meet ti is week to make arrangements for seeding samples of their produce to the London Exhibition next year. They hav deputed ih>: i managers and agents of the English w ne company established In the Beaujolais to represent them on Lile occasion. "Wo are aware, from private sources," says Arts't i Birmingham G>iz,lte, that there is a movement on too: in this country Joi- assisting the Hungarians, and that it has active emissaries in this town. Secret correspondence is being carried on with tl:e leaders of the Hungarian party, and arms have i-e(-u purchased in considerable quantities, and aro understood to have safely reaelie 1 their destination." Ear] Russell arrived in Cambridge on Saturday ht fthout five o clock, on a visit to the Rr-verend till :iasteI of Trinity. The earl was nnf..rtnri. tely suffering all Suo- day fr. m a s"vcre co d, which ccnano i him within d<>or- i and'his ciroumst in .e cave ri3-to rumours tha" be was eerions.y ill he was, however, :tpp irontiy in his health on .Monday, when he iett Cambridge for Londoc by the mid-day tiain. Sir Jami'S Bruce says—" Lay a line from the innuth j of the 'bevrrj to Newcastle,' and so {il¡ite round the :er- resti:,i i:iol;e; and coal is t. be found everywhere He.lr thnt Hn?, and s?-ec any.vhurc .;?. T:!0 ?m. inn-, -v th respct f,? other parts, may be 0. (\<C2 t., geoiog s" in j respect t? o-h?r  co t ..re? L .'? s?-! in determining where ?r.td. ?'v.? irou, and diamond mines are to be fnuml:'  are to be found. Mr. Bmee an inim mc piece of advice to ,7;z., "to m?. use 01 ih? pocket ù;nra, as uiie r?:.cstvt.i'j5 nf .'r? n_'h t? south. RESIGNATION- 01, p Jrsr:RE HILT..—On jL.ncWv there was a nuiKiu- w 11. h w is vel, vt.:u i'liv Uel.e.ed in Westminster 1 Ui ta..i ilr. Justice liiii will r.* ire from .lie •encbet-re L e c, ze of Lie pre en" it,r.ii. far. learned jue.ge had a severe art c& of puaivsis, a lev months ;igo, ana has be 11 in a verv tee:-i ■ state of I r-i th ever since. I- is Lrener.i'v sup;I L,1; t e ft .i ia the event of -%fr. F, i ice i will be succeeded by Sir Wi;:i ,m Atlu it. n, )1. P. ti-e present Attorney-General, the rtto:-ney-?eurr dsi.iv. b -ing as a matter of course, conferred noon Sir lloundell THE NEW DRlXKIXr. ONNRXAXCE IX PATIS.-Sinet the drinking oidinaneehas been issued, I learn irom a person in a position to be iufortre 1 to its e&cts that the weekly returns of crr,,o iurr,i-l eJ bv the c»m- missaries of -police to the prefecture have seii-ih.v .•i*-ii. nished, and that wife-hcntinir, •••hien was be.omin:; iiMre freri«nt than it was som.* yei's -:8- c-ised m ral arr*»• dissfments. --k t qe i,ei,) the plan «f punui.iiu those who sef to men drinking at their counte.* a (iiilllk- titv of sniritnous liquor snrfi ient to int. xicste them is ex. elb-nt in practice, and works much tie ter th-n that ot lining the man who r, av h ive, ov ii:g to \<. i. oil- on ■ :s. been str--ngly tem ped into tsiking a t o c'~ ~>t imcsicat.cj.' uuk.—Lciicr^ 1«. Is. ? ;t  M. ?.. Lord Granville arrived m London on Saturday after. t noon, from Windsor Castle. ¡ Deerfoot will, it is slid, ran in no more handicaps, give nothing away, and only run long distances. Rather extensive alterations and ronovatioM are con ¡ templated in some portions of the mtenor of Windsor Castle. th Ladv Llanover has now nearly ready for t. ssne the second Dart of Urs. Delanv's Autobiography consisting secon pa o. chi fl .t' th C t J of three portly volumes, dealing chiefly with the Court of Queen Charloi-te. THE PKINCE OF WALKS'S BIRTHDAY. — The guns at the Tower and in St. James's Park, London, were fired on Saturday morning, in honour of the 20th birthday of the Prince of Wales. It is announced that the Prince will leave Cambridge next month, and that shortly atter- wards his Royal Highness will proceed to Constantinople, and make a tour through Turkey. THE COURT. The Prince of Wale3 arrived Ai; Windsor Castle, from Madingley lla.l, Cambridge, on Friday afternoon, attended by Maj :r-General the Hon. R. Bruce and Major Teesdale. The Duke of Oporto and tho Duke of Beja paid a visit to her Majesty privately, to receive her Majesty's condolence on the death of Prince Ferdinand of Portugal. The Queen, accompanied uy the Grand Duchess Alex- an Ira aud Prince, s Alice, drove out in an open carriage on Tuesday morning. In consequeuce of the deep nuuni- in:? the usualJèlt dejoie in honour of the Pr.nce of W'a.es'a birthday did not take place. Th., Prince Consort, with the Grand Duke Constautine, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Cambridge, went out slutting, attended by Lord Methuen, Maj jr-Geniral Seymour, Aide-de-C.tmp Liitke, and Colonel the lion. A. Hardiuge. Earl Granville and Lord Sydney had the honour oi accompanying the royal pa. ty. Tue Grand Duke Constantino and Grand Duchess Alexandra of liu sia took leave of Her Majesty, and, with the Grand Duchess Oka, ieft the (jatic in tiieifternoon, attended by Comtesse Komarowski, Mlae. de Bibikcff, Mareciial de la Cour Tcii.tjhenn, Conseiller Prive Haw. rowitz, and Aide-de-Camp Lu ke. Tue Duke of Cam- bridge took leave of the Quen, and returned to London, attended by Colonel JL'yrwl.i:t. Tbe dinner party in the evening included the Prince of Wales, tiio Princess Alice. Ladv Carol-in^ Hnri-inrton. LaJv Augusta Bruce, Lieut.-General the Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles and Miss Phipps, Major General the H m. R. Biuce, Colonel tHe Hon. A. N. and Lady Mary Hood, the Dean f Wi ".tisor and thp Hon. Mrs. T. M. Biddulph, Colonel and tho Hon. Mrs. Pousonby, Major idphiustone, R.E.. Maj. ieesdale, R.A., Mr. Woodward and Mr. Ross. Tne Queen and Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, the Princes3 Alice, Prince Arthur, a: d Princess Helena, the L idies and Gentlemen of the Couit and the Domestic Household, attended Divine service on Sunday mo ning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Cu-i. tney preached the sermon, SEVERE STOR.Al.-Oil S ir.day forenoon, between ten and eleven o'clock, London was visited by a severe stoi m. The sky became suddenly overcast, loud pe.tiii of thun- der loiiowed, and a deluge of iain and naii fed. In soma pirts ot Lonuon the str.ets were il joded to the deptn "f about a loot. The violence of tilt) w:ul was very t Few easutlities are, however, repoitei. In the public parks considerable injury has blkU done :o the trees, aud in the river several barges and .-nia.l boats have been driven from their moorings and injured by coming iuto colLsiÆ with each other. The storm was mos- vioieat on the Surrey side of thu Thames, where many skylights and windows were bro.e' by the violence I,i,h wnich the large bailstunes wore driven ag 111st them. Along Bankside, SoutllWark, Lambeth, and iierniondsey a great amount of mislh.at was done to the c.-llar stocu of various publicans. The rain entered a new y-erected building in Lombard-street and si .ked a qUCl.nt: y of lime. The heat so produced set the house on tire. Tue engines of the brigade, however, were quic riy in attendance, and the flames were speedily extinguished. At Netting Hill the inhabitants were ignoiant of tho fact that a violent storm had been raging in other parts of tho metropolis. Shortly before noon the towa and neighbourhood of Chatham were visited by a perfect nurrioane of wind, hail, and rain, accompanied by several loud pea:s of thunder and extremely vivid ligntniug. For nearly half an hour the rain descended in immense sheets of water, more resembling the fearful storms of tropical climates than anything usually experienced in those latitudes, quickly flooding most of the stree: sand lanes in various parts of the town, and in the neighbouring city of RJ- chester. The wind during the time raged with fearful violence; but no damage to property has been reported. At Portsmouth also there was a neavy gale of wind from the south-west, accompanie l with thunder and lightning, hail, and tremendous rain squalls. THE MAN WHO SAVED THE QUEEN'S LIFE."—A ludicrous attempt is being made to exait inco the cha- racter of a hero one Joan Tu: ner, an insane inmate of St. George's W orkhouse, who died recently from injuries he sustained through accidemally iailmg down a flight of steps. The circumstances immediately aitendanc upon the death were I emai kauiv simple, but the coroner per- mitted the son ot ti.e deceased to make a rambling ex parte statement witu regard to his tamer's previous history. He asserted "tuat in her Majesty the Queen was in her carriage, accompanied by Prince Leinmgen, when the horses took at tue top of Highgato Hill, and dashed down the steep. Turner, who was then landlord of the Fux public-house, ai Highgate, witnessed tho occurrence, and rushing into the road, seized the wheel horses by the head, and afforded Her Majesty an opportunity of alighting from the vehicle. The next day he was summoned to Buck. ingham Palace and rewarded with a donation of XiO, Sir H. Whately granting him permission to commemo. rate the event by placing the Royal arms outside his house. Turner, however, considered this a very inade- quate recognition of his services. In the hope of obtain- ing some further reccmpenia ho made constant a pplica- tions to the Prince Consort, of which no notice whatever was taken, and the neglect so preye 1 upon his mind that he ultimately became imbeci.e." upon the strength of this unsupported statement, certain prints are seeking to excite popular sympathy on behalf of Turner's famLY, and have not hesi ated to utter remarks in disparagement of Her Majesty and the P.ince Consort. It becomes our duty, thereiore, to deny the truth of the story. Turner, it is admitted, rendered a slight service to the Queen, tor which he was promptly remunerated, and his loss of reason is attribu able not to fancied neglect, but more properly to causes of a totally different character.—Ltady Telegraph. MURDER NEAR ANGLESEA.—On Friday night a murder was perpetratedat Lianfactuly, Anglesea, under the follow. ing eireamstances:-An old man upwards ot 70, occupied a small farm called Garnedd, in the above parish. His daughter, a widow, with four caildren-two sons and two daughters—resided with him. Recently she married a man named Richard Rowlands, who also came to reside at the farm. The deceased, Richard Wi.liams, left noma on Friday night to call at an adjoining farm, cal ed Gaerwen, to arrange about getting an engine to thrash his corn. Ho left Gaerwen at nine o'clock smoking his his pipe, and took the direction for home, to which he never returned. At daylight on Saturday morning his daughter sent her son to ascertain when deceased left Gaerwen, and on his way to that farm the boy found the body of his grandfatuer lying in a ditch. He ran home and gave the alarm. Medical evidence proved that deceased had met a violent death, there being four wounds in the head and the skull fractured. Several pools of blood were found on the ground near the body. It was proved at the inquest that Rowlands, the son-in-law, came home to his h"use at Garnedd at seven that evening, went out again, and returned between nine and ten o'clock, asked for water to wash himself, and then went to bed, as did the rest of the family toon after. The blows were believed to be g ven by a hammer. No inquiry was made aoout deceased until next morning. Prisoner went to the spot and assisted to convey the body home. He had previously cautioned the servant maid not to say he hud been out at all on the 1. riday night. Doceasod h .d given the accused notice to quit his house, but no quarrel appears to have taken p:ace. Marks were found on tho prisoner's clothes, but tae inspector could nut say that they were marks of blood. A hammer was found in tho dairy, with which the wounds might have been indicted, The accused did not account for his absence from home as the time of the murder. One witness deposed to hearing a loud cry, and anotner to seeing a light, as tiom a lantern, near the spot where the body was found. The jury, after halt an hour's cons.deration, returned a verdict of Guilty of wilful murder against Richard Rowlands. "Tows I .>.SD" GOWN' RIOT AT CAMBRIDGE.— The birthday of the Prince of Wales was ceieorated at C.imb' luge, on Saturday, by illuminations, fireworks, and other marks 01 rejoicing. Ode icport sayii: ''it, however, but cue spirit both town and gown with regard to the pr.nee, the members ot these bodies were by no means agreed amo.igst themselves, and the rallying cry of 'Town' or 'lTuwù' was heard at intervals, and an occasion;.1 sitinnisii took j.ia.'e in tue evening. The town rabble w re doaiiT all tney could to pro- voke a row, and in t. utli ike ^o-vnsmeu were bv no means disinclinei to u»uulgo tiu'iuseivvs and rneir opponents, About half-past eight a c. m,j xt p'.ia.anx of gowasmea iormed ne.iriy ovp.'Sire Traiity, and ii'ii.ing a;m-a'd-  to ei-2ar arm, i.cj .rding to m? u-u t-.t?.i'c- j-'rd' j;l to clear tile street by marching :1 r.g aOiwst to its whole widtn. Tne town, h.iweve. had uius;e:vd in strength, tue 'li:¡e' was bLIOU Oru-ceu, an.] .«■ oitcu u en lieu op- posile Messrs. Foster's Iiasei.utd in victory tc the gownsmen, who proceeded along ;a trrun.p.iHnt career, w.Ui an OvCj.-ionni ye or two, to uemulisn soiaeopposing t..wi:»ineii, ua;it, :.>a-sing by the Jdarket aiii and tne Cury, they reacnei OI\¡:I\st.i.i.:e:llt.e tney were met by oads, a»m a..er a gaii.mt tig.. -.vi_re obliged to beat a letreat lel'.iv tho superior numbers of the toe: some took refuge ia Sidney, o.lieis nude down Gicen- etreit for Trinity ana Cain*, maintaining a iun. ing iigut as they went, but several Were serroasiy mauled btio. e they could rc.cil tne shelter of the colleges, some minus their academicals, which were left in the hands of the victors, '.i.îu.s Yi..L-; the most serious part of tne affrav, but as there w¡¡.o 110 biudgeon play, nothing more serious I resultc-d than 1 iy ioilov.s on a guiae of tisti- cutis amongst numbers, in the shape of cut and bruised faces and bloody n .ses. These were peutiful enough. Amongst the rest, the porter of Caius iceeiv,d a vio.t-,iit blew in the fac-a from one of the town roughs. Means were now tulreii by the authorities to conti..e with n the cohere walL, all .he students as tuey entered, when 110.h- ilig more of a serious chaiacter r- sued, ;.n.l the bei.i- i,e.c,ziL tic- gownsmcu r--vtr. n-j to the oyai From nine 0V.0. a ih.? of the L:r.iv<.r-.ity Itnies, of \11ieh his lloyat j.r:2*ri.:Cos .s n.r-. -roioiicl, continued ■nptoe.eviii t.> loy.u, nat •• ..i, .lid aii-s and naew utks \\eie bangin^ Ui),LiL Hit iniamght. The Rev. William Gill has been appointed to tie living of Barton-le-Clay, in Bedfordshire. The Rev. J. F. N. Eyre has been appointed to the per. oetual curacy of Denholme-gate, near Bradford. Mr. H. J. Adams, M.P., has been appointed Custoe Rotulorum of the Isle of Ely, in the room of the Duke oi Somerset, made Lord-Lieutenant of Devon. Lady Franklin, the widow of the great navigator, has paid a visit to Nevada in North-Western America, and was received with marked distinction by the territorial legislation there. A correspondent of the OpMMtt ?a?tona?? writes from Turin to say that, in crossing the field of battle of la- genta, on All Saints' Day, he found the crosses placed above the graves of the French soldiers illuminated, in accordance with an Italian custom to place lights, at that fete, on the graves of perilonsloved or honoured. THE BISHOP OF NEW ZEALAND'S FAMILY. — The wife and eldest son of Dr. Selwyn, the worthy and energetic Bishop of New Zealand, sailed for their distant home at the Antipodes from Plymouth, on Saturday evening last. Mrs. Selwyn has been in England since May last. The bishop's son, after some years of Eton education, has recently taken his B.A. degree at St. John's College, Cambridge. JUVENILE SMOKERS.—The New Admiralty Regula- tions, page 344, contains the following'" Officers under 0 ghteen years tf age, and boys, are not to be allowed t) take up tobacco, or to smoke, either on shore or afloat." We hope the order may prove efficacious, and arrest the now all but universal habit; but it takes a great deal to put the youngsters' pipes out.-United &r.- vice Gusette. THE NAVY ESTIMATES.—The navy estimates to be laid before the House of Commons next session are now in the course of preparation, and we believe i.hat, as nothing has occurred since the noble lord the Secretary of the Admiralty made his different statements during the last sitting of parliament which would warrant any economy in reference to our naval preparations, we may fairly assume that the total will not be less than that required lastyear.-Army and Navy Ga'.ette. THE TREATY OP COMMERCE BETWEEN FRANCS AND PRUSSIA.—M. Declercq, sub-director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, charged with the negociations relative to the treaty of commerce between France and Prussia, has returned to Paris from Berlin. Tho negociations have net as yet led to any result—not on account ol Prussia, which has shown a strong desire ti come to au understanding with France on the subject, but owing to the opposition of the German Powers of the Zollverein. MAZZINI.—Ma^zini has addressed a letter to the work- men of Parma, in whicn, as usual, he advises them to be patient until power shall have pas. ed from tbe hands of a coterie which has never had faith in the people, or com- munity of feeling with it regarding its sufferings, its love, and aspirations, into those of men, designed, no by their riches or rank, but only by their capacity, virtue, and devotedness to the welfare ol all." Rome and Venice, as a matter of course, occupy a prominent place iu this letter. Mr. ITalliwell, not content with tho purchase of New Place, Stratford on-Avon, prtpose3 a National Shak- spere Fund," extending to the sum of from £ o0,UUU to £ <M,( 0 by which means are to bo secured the original great garden ot Snakspere, formerly a'tiched to New Place, Anne Hathaway's cottage, and other pr. perty; whilst, to complete the work, he further proposes 11 11- brary and museum, properly endowed, in which he woulJ have placed the records of the great dramatist that are scattered about the town of Stratford, along with 1 host belonging to the corporation. No single sub-crjption is to be under £5. GENERALS TURR AND GARIBALDI.—General Tun has addressed the following letter to the JIunarch'a Na. tiunale of Turin :—" Turin, November 7. Sir,—I see in your journal of to-day a paragraph which concerns my- eelf. To avoid all equivocal interpretations 1 think it necessary to repeat the words uttered to me by General Garibaldi, and which I have reported to my colleaguei and other friends :—' I do not • hink we ought to carry armed insurrections either to Venetia or to Rome- But I think it necessary that, in place of this, we should arm by every possible means, and prepare to act, on thf occasion, vigorously and together, towards conquering the entire right ot the nati. n. My motto is ever, Italy with Victor Emmanuel! Let him who thinks otherwise withdraw from the CcmmtLee, aud act as he pleases; but let him not avail himself ot my name."—I salute you. and remain, &c., S. Tuuu. j DEATH OF GEN Lit AT, Dorc r.?. — We regret to an. nounce the death of Geueral Sir Howard Douglas. lie died on Friday, in tho jtiI year of his age, having been born in 1776. His career, military, political, and scen- tific, had been both long and distinguished. Ho entered the army in early life, served m Portugal and Spain in 1808 and 1809, formed part ot tho ix;jedit:ou to VVal- cheren in the following year, returned to the Peninsula in löll, and seived there untu the cj"5(J of the ampaiin cf 1S12. He was Governor of New Bru:isv.-ieic from lditf to 1829, was Lord High Commissioner of the ionian Is- lands from 1835 to 1840, repiesented Liverpool trvlU 1:! to 1847, aud was the author of many scientific treati-es. especially on fortification and fcunno y—a subject whidJ occupied his attention until the very close of .h.6 long and active life. On POISONING OF WATCHMAKERS BY COPPER.—Dr. Perron, of Besanfon, has made some researches on the above subject, which are of interest. For several years the manufacture of watches in Besanfon has greatly in- treased; there are now about 300 watchmakers, who employ about 3,000 workmen. These workmen con. tinually handle gold and copper, and statistical obscrva- tion has proved that mortality by consumption is exceed- ingly great in this class. Out of 200 deaths in watch- makers, no less than 1z7 are caused by tuberculosis, and of the deaths by consumption in the whole population ot Besaneon, the watchmakers furnish 40 per cent., while the proportion of the number of watchmakers to that of the other population is not five per ceut. Dr. Perron believes the following to be the cause of the great mor* j tality. The sitting posture which the men are obliged to retain for so many hours in the day, and the necessity of remaining iu a cold room without exercise; the irritation of the lungs by metal dust; and the paroxysms of fever caused by the absorption of copper. The latter is thought to be the most important cause, by Dr. PerroD.—Malical Times and Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—At the Bow-street Police Court on Monday, Mrs. Barbara Catherine Wilson was placed at the bar under a remand, charged with inter- marrying with Captain William Langham Le Hunte Wilson, her former husband, Jonathan Gotobed, being still alive. The paiticulars of this case are of the most extraordinary character, Mrs. Wilson having been com- mitted for trial by a Bench of Magistrates sitting at Haverford-west, on the 11th of April last, on a charge of conspiracy with a man named Brown to palm off the child of Brown and his wife upon her husband, Captain Wilson, as son and heir. From the evidence given at Haverfordwest (evidence on which Mrs. Wilson was committed for trial to the Central Criminal Court, whence by a writ of certiorari the case has been removed to the Court of Queen's Bench), it appears that Captain Wilson is a gentleman about 30 years of age, residing at Minchmhumpton, where he has property to the amount of £ 7,000 a year, and suffers so mucn from mental disease as to be almost an imbecile. The object of palming off the child was to obtain possession of the captain's pro- perty. No evidence being offered, Mrs. Wilson was again remanded to Saturday next. A NEW COMET.—The following notice of a newly ob. served comet appears in the Edinburgh Scotsman:— West Linton, Peebleshire, Nov, 6, 1861.—Sir,—Last night, about half-past while riding home to West Linton from Carlops, 1 disco.ered in the eastern horizon a large and very conspicuous comet. At that hour it occupied a point of the horizon due east, and was but a few degrees above the earth's seeming level. It is situated immediately beneath those three stars which used to be most popularly known as the Lady's Ell. wand," and a short way distant from the eastern rest of the Milky Way. Professional duties so occupy my time and attention now (indeed always) that 1 am totally unable to give the stranger any investigation in au astro- nomical way, or to give auy particulars regarding him. Would you, then, be Kind enough to give this note in. sertion in your columns, in oruer that those able and willing to do so may let me and others know the history and intentions of this (to mei new denizen of the skies? Is he the long expected comet of the fifte nth century come at last ;1 am, &c., ANDREW BONTHRON, M.D." EXPECTED VISIT OF THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH To MANCHESTER.—When the Empress of the French visited Manchester about twelve months ago, she informed the mayor of that city that when she again came to Eng- land she would certainly revisit Manchester; and on Saturday the Town Council of that city, in a vote of I thanks to the retiring mayor, Mr. Aid. Curtis, passed tho following:—And this council also congratulates Mr. Aid. Curtis upon the visit paid during his period of office I by her Majesty tho Empress of the French, and upon tiie opportunity afforded to him as the representative ot this treat community of offering a most respectful and conh\l welcome and testifying in com non with his fel- low-ciuzens, not only tiie respect felt for her Majesty I but also the Jcire universally entertained that t1 friendly alliance happily existing between this country J 1. J an d Fiance might iv- strengthened and perpetuated." In replying Ja. Aid. Curtis said: With reference to the late visit 01 tne Empress of the French, I can only say ,t will most probably be your good lortune to See her Ma- jesty here again during the eusuing summer, acoom- pamed, too, by her distinguished husband. DEATH OF GEOFFROY ST. HILAIRE.—A telegram from Paris informs us of the death of the celebrated French naturalist, Geotfioy St. Hilaire, son of the famous 1 Etienne Geoffroy Sr. ililaire, who died in 1814. The do- ceased was born at Paris in ldrlo. The example and the teachings ot his lather inspired h m even in his childhood with a taste for tne natural sciences, to the study of which he devoted himself with uutiring ardour and rè. markab e success. In 12G he presented to the institute a memoire upon the mammaiia, and he was but twenty one when elected a rot mber of the Acad, my, which W,8 then presided over by his father. He was successively Piolessor ot Zoology at lhe Museum, Director of the Menagerie, Inspector-general, Cou cil or of th Univer- sity, .('m'Jng the later movements with which his name is more e peciaily connected, was th establishment ct the Imperial Zoological Society ot Acclimat.s itiou, of which he was the pres dent. "The decease nas oftm caused amu ement, both in his own eouatry and out of it, by the ei tinacious efforts which he made t introduce t. e ot horseflesh ns a stapl article ot human t. od en more than one occasion he presided at t,jn<i'ys ttheia holies suppLoa material for almost every dish.

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