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DESTRUCTIVE GALE. PrHdr'a Bard, on I Vlrtualling SHIPPING DISASTERS. Aiour tBMtod ship, tbo Primroso Hill, which raa term dovm tho Channel on Thursday, was last nlghtipbserrcd to be In distress o3 tho South Stack. A steam llfebcat from Holyhead put off to her assistance, but failed after threo attempts to rarh her. Tho Primrose Hill had a crew of about 20, only ooo of whom has been rescued.

Tho ship was obscrred by tho incoming steamer Hibernia to put out anchors, but in conacqocnco of tho hcary sea running at tho timo tho anchors finally yielded and tho vessel was forced on to tho rocks. Tho steamer was nnablo to get near enough to render any assistance. Tho officers of tho IJibcrnia say that no ship could possibly bare lirod in the situation of tho Primrose Hill. When tfioTriorcwe Hill struck her mast immediately went by tho board, and tho vessel herself noon split in two and liroVo up in a few minutes. The yolitary survivor of her crew was saved through the efforts of tho men in charge of tho life saving apparatus.

The wrecked vessel belonged to the Primrose Hill Company and was built at Livcr lool in 1SSG. Her registered tonnage was 2,333. A later telegram from Holyhead says that tho disaster is more serious than was at first supposed. Chief Boatman Pinch, on returning from tho sceno of tho wreck, reported that tho ship dropped anchor and drove ashore about a mile south of the South Stack. Mountainous seas wero then running, and noyoonor had the vessel touched tho rocks than tho three after roasts went overboard and ho broke iu two.

leaving tho foremast standing. In Jlhreo minutes this also went, and tho vessel became a total wreck, breaking into taatchwood. Tho. crew about 35 in number vrcro nudolcu together on tho poop, and a huge sea washed them away with tho exception one sailor, who was thrown upon tho rocks and sustained "terriblo injuries. Grills, the coast guard, who went down on tho rocks and was dished about by a wave, was badly hurt.

At midday yesterday, at Bade, in Cornwall, barque, the Capricorn, of Trieste, with all her sails torn, was. seen about two miles off the harbour. Sho drifted shorewards, and at quarter to 2 a tremendous sea struck her and washed nine men overboard. ith great difficulty a rocket line was thrown overhor amidships and another over her bow. Tho crew either did not understand orhe lino fouled, as they did not avail themselves of tho help sent.

At p.m. ono man, Edward Fsaevis, able seaman, of Leghorn, camo 1 safely along the hawser sitting in a sling. Tho ship, ho said, was bound irom Cardiff to Bilbao, and was 1,000 tons gross burden. Sho sailed on December i and carried 14 hands threo Italians and tho rest Austrian. Thero were still on board last night tho captain, an Italian seaman, and two boys.

Little hopo was entertained that they would be saved, for, although the galo had moderated somewhat sinco tho morning, a heavy sea was raging at nightfall. Tho vessel showed no sign of breaking up and was apparently oa tho sands. A revere pale was felt oxer the British Isles and Franca yesterday, and presented features of more' than ordinarr interest, oa account of the direction taken by its central area. It was evident even on Thursday afternoon that a depression cf crest depth was approaching, for the barometer in the W. of Ireland was falling with exceptional rapidity, and the wind shifting to the direction proper for the front cf a coming storm.

At 6 the central area had not quite reached Ireland, but a galo from S. was already reported in the 3.E. of Ireland and; in the Scilly Islands, and the temperature in those regions was rising fast. At a.m. yesterday the centre of the swirl, had reached the N.

of England ami the southern parts of Scotland in those regions the barometer was as low as 2SGin. and less. In the Shedands, on the one hand, it was about and in the Scilly Islands, on the other; it was nearly 23' tin. Further to the southward the readings were still higher, to that at Biarritz the resdipg was near 50 0 lin. and at Lisbon it exceeded 30'3in.

The wind was then blowing a hard gale from N.W. in Ireland, from W. and W.N.YV. in the English Channel, "from S.W. in the S.E.

of England and OTer the southern parts of the North Sea, and from S.E. in the X. of Scotland. At p.m. the tha Goraort shore, to Clarence Yard with three men on board with orders to I draw fresh beef.

The boat, however, unable to male any i war in the teeth of we gale, was blown to leeward and I CIOUIM on UW NHBDH Ull USUI Ol un UKW The accident was witnessed from the Osborne, Iioyal racht. and the racht's eic, with a line from' tho yacht. was sent to the rescue of the men, who were soon after wards taken on board the Osborne. A boat the same time a hopper barge returning into Portsmouth liar boor drifted oui oi aer course ana ran into we stern ox toe leaser. t.b.d., tender to tho ernon torpedo school, doing con siderable damare.

Three sailors belonging to the Russian cruiser Grotaoboy, at present lying in Plymouth Sound, had an exciting experience during the height of the gale. The ship is coaling before proceeding to the China Station, and to faciliute this work all the ship's boats are lowered and attached by a rope to each other at the stern of the ship. In view of the boisterous weather which prevailed on Thursday night the captain ordered hands to be told ofi to the boats as watchkecpers. Early yesterday morning three boats, each containing one away from the rest owing to theparting of a rope, but remained secured to one another. The sailors, realising their perilous position, at "considerable risk got Into the largest of the boats and cast oil the other two.

Alter attempting in vaia to reach their ahiD thor drifted into Ikmsand Day, and were assisted ashore by the castguardamen. During the greater part of the day communication was stopped between tho tho re and the warships in Devon port Uarbour. and in several Darts of the West of England the telegraph wires are damaged. It was reported at Plymouth last night that rockets and flares had been sent up from the Eddystoae lighthouse, a large vessel Deisg in distress in the Channel. During the gale on Thursday night signals of distress were shown by the fishing lugger lienor, which had lost her sails, had her rudder damaged, was leaking' badly, and' hclDleulr drifting aahore oil iiU Ives.

Tho lifeboat James Steiens So. 10 rescued the crew of five men, the lugger becoming a total wreck. The barre Hope, of Rochester, while being towed into Harwich last tught, bans: in Dovereourt Uay, the hawser parting. The crew, numbering two men, were rescued with vorae ui menu dv tne vtaitoa meooau several vessels have been assisted into the port with minor losses, aod lighters in the harbour are submerged, The Peuarth lifeboat pat out yesterday afternoon to the assistance of two steamers in the Uristol Channel near Clcredon, and after being out six hours returned to 1'eaarth with nine of the crew of the steamer Zesiro, which had collided with another steamer. At Ilfracombe and at Tenby tho storm was severely felt.

Several vessels in the harbour at Ilfracombe wero stove iu, and much damage was done. to projwrty in the streets, the town clock at iuracombe was blown in. Throughout South Wales much damage was done by the gale, the low lying parts of eaui were hooded, and in one instance a laniiiy had to be rescued through tho bedroom windows. Telegraph and telephone communication is seriously interrupted indeed, ail the telephone trunk lines are down. Yheu the gale was at its height the steamer i'enpol, of Falmouth, was driven ashore botwe en Aberavou and Briton Ferry.

The crew were all safo aboard when the receding tide was about to leave the vessel on the sands. The coast of Pembrokeshire was Tisited on Thursday night by a gale, and the schooner Neptune, bound, from Aberdovey to Litllehampton with slates, early yesterday morning. 1 he four members of her crew had tor tow escape. The master states that the vessel, which waa owned by Jar. John Williams, ol 1 ortmadoc.

dragged her anchor at 5 a and shortly afterwards was daiicd arainst the rocks, the sea at the time running very hich. 'lho vessel waa afterwards driven from this perilous position, and was thrown against the Newton Sozes iron pier, causing her to founder. The crew, with great difficulty, managed to Bare themselves, but they lost all their belongings. A potty officer named Charles Pitwood, belonging to the cuardship Hood at Pembroke Dock, fell overboard during the galo yesterday morning and was drowned. A severe gale sprang up suddenly in Aorta Wales on Thursday and prevailed during the wholo of tho day.

Considerable damare was sustained by property owners. and the streets were strewn ith broken chimney pots and slates. Ice coast train service was almost disorganised. The branch connexions down the Welsh valleys were missed through the late running of the main line trains, and an additional service was put on. The Irish Channel tramo waa also considerably delayed.

At Khyl the old ballroom and the licensed premises in the Winter Gardens were almost demolished, the roof being blown oil bodily. Colwyn bay promenade was covered with large boulders brought up by the heavy seas. At Aberystwith the lifeboat crew was called out to the assistance of a fishing smack. When the crew had beea out about 20 minutes three of the men were washed overboard and several oars smashed. The men returned to the boat alter a hard struggle.

The lifeboat then drifted ashore and ultimately came to beach broadside. The men were quite exhausted with their struggles. Meanwhile the smack had run ashore and her crew of three men rescued. At Llonelly the beach Is strewn with paraffin wax and other wreckage, and it is feared that a vessel has foundered in the bay. i r.

centre was found to bve travelled to the North Sea, and, went Trevine. near St. David's Head, yesterday while the gale showed a tendency to decrease in London, morhin and three of the crew were drowned. The it had completely luhed over the western and northern cantata and eicht others were saved by the St. David's parts ol the coontry.

At Aberdeen the wind was bmk i rocket apparatus irom W.3.W., end at ValenUa Island it was actually i Th, gbipTing sheltering in Barry Roads has suffered backing again towards Two points i of by the gale. Ono vessel had her yardarms and interest are observed: (I)The slightness of the rainfall at niizzenmast blown down, whilst another, in Tenterin the port, struck the breakwater and sustained serious damage. IRELAND. A Dublin correspondent morning tne coast at all of the stations from which reports have been hitherto received the largest quantities reported being 0 65in. at Valentia Island acd a little more than OMOin.

at Blacksed Point and Malin Head in most other places the fall was less than 0 2'm. In London the sky actually cleared while the wind was riiing, and it was cot until the gale had veered to W.S.W. that any rain fell and the gusts were fiercest. (2) Temperature changed abnormally. In London (to take one case) it did not exceed Sldeg.

on Thursday, and by 6 p.m. it had fallen to 19dcg. In the night it appears to have risen to and then went down to kct did not subsequently exceed SIdeg. throughout yesterday. The air, too, was for the greater part dry at 8 s.b.

yesterday the dry bulb recorded 47deg. and the wet and at 6 p.m. the dry bulb again recorded 4deg. and the wet 41deg. Our own barometric diagram testifies to the intensity, of the changes in pressure as tho disturbance advanced and then passed on, for the vortex passed so much more directly over cur islands than that of the storm of a week previously.

Sir Cuthbcrt Peek telegraphs from Rousdon Observatory, Devon, that his anemometer registered miles an hour at 10 50 yesterday morning. Loss cf life acd destruction cf property are reported iron ail over tne Kingdom. append accounts ol the more striking occurrences ENGLAND AND WALES. The full force of the gale was felt in Loudon between evta and nine in the morning. On the river a number of barges broke loose from their moorings, but its full force seems to have been felt in the suburbs, where a good deal cf damage was 'done to property.

A number of injuries sustained by passengers through the streets were treated at the various hospitals. The gale was felt severely in the Bristol Channel, and the four masted iron barque Pegasus went ashore on Laveroock Point, near Cardiff, early yesterday morning. When the ship grounded the boats were prepared, and one of them, containing five men, was being lowered when the tackle broke and the occupants were thrown into the water; Crouch, the third mate, is believed to be the only cne of the live to have survived. He was rescued by a tag after having been in the water nearly an hour. The gale in the Bristol Channel had, last evening, lasted 15 Lours.

Two small craft were swept ashore by the force of the storm at Dura ball Island. The Regina with copper ore for Gloucester, foundered at the mouth of the Avon early yesterday morning. The captain and cew, however, got free in tho small boat and escaped to Avon xaouth. At Watchet Harbour damage to the shipping and Harbour amounting to thousands of pounds was done. rVot long after thoN tide had reached half flood the break water began to give way, acd in a short time tho wholo of what is known as the straight portion was a complete wreck.

A series of casualties quickly followed to the shipping in the Threo vessels moored near the old west pier quickly 'broke adrift, and were driven aeainst the craft lying near tho eastern pier and. wharf. The Josephine Marie and Mary Lander soon foundered, while five other craft were driven in confusion into the corner between the pier and the wharf The English Channel was yesterday swept by a couth westerly gale, the intensity of which has not been equalled for Eome years. At high tido encrmous seas clashed over the sea walls, promenades, and piers at Dover. Tho night mail services wero carried on uninterruptedly, although the steamers made very trying voyages.

The early morning boat from Calais was ordered to proceed to Folkestone, but the Dover pier was tsed by the Ostend mail packets and the French service. The steamer Calais took the latter There being a great quantity of mails and baggage, it wis decided to send the I o'clock Calais service ria Folkestone, end the large steamer Empress was sent from Dover in order to take the Boulogne passengers at the same time and thus save one voyage in the weather then, prevailing. The Dovcr mail boat ofSctals made similar arrangements. At low tide last night there was aa exciting scene in the outer harbour, where a large ncaber of vessels of all kinds were straining at their taoorings consequent on the heavy seas rolling into the harbour. The telegraph ship Alert, which was moored to jne of the quays, was at one time in a very dangerous position.

The hawsers were broken, and. the vessel rolled heavily and collided several times with a barge before fresh hawsers were got out. The mail steamer Victoria, which was sent from Dover to Folkestone yesterday to take the Calais and Boulogne cervices, had an especially severe experience. The vessel was a got alongside the pier, although heavy seas were coming over the structure. The mails and baggage were fthlntMd vhn tiim tn MVinfr thtt of her moonnes.

came into collision with the nierand telegraphs that yesterday Kingstown was swept for several hours by a severe storm of wind and rain. About noon, however, the gale, moderated. A smack belonging to Cork, w'th coal, sailed from there on Thursday for Croashaven, and, owing to the gale, sought shelter at the south side of Rocky Island and there dropped anchor. The wind shifted and a tremendous sea swamped the versel, which sank in shallow water. She had.

a crew of six, four of whom took shelter in the rigging and two got into a boat and laid astern until 8 a.m. yesterday morning, when they were all rescued, by tho Government steamer Cambridge. At Waterford considerable damage was done to the shipping in the harbour. Three barges, ono of which contained a valuable cargo of sugar, were wrecked, but' po. lives were lost.

The Great estern Kail way Company mail steamer from Milford was 12 hours overdue at the time of telegraphing, and no tidings had been ascertained as to her whereabouts. The' battleship Black Prince, lying in Queenstown Harbour, sustained some damage last night. Her winter awning was injured to the extent of about XC00, and she threatened to break from her moorings through the violence of the storm. TEE WEATHER Forecast or toe Gcooul tain eh otxr thi BBxrxsn Isus roams Next Tnarx Dats. At first fairer, colder, with occasional showers strong westerly or north westerly winds, moderating Later, temporarily quieter weather, becoming stormy and rainy with the approach of fresh disturbances from the Atlantic temperature still above tha normal.

Tho present general barometric type over Western Europe is particularly favourable to the successive passage of serious disturbances with strong winds and attendant rains over the whole area. METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE REPORTS. Wbuthxk Cuxbt, Friday, Dec. 23, 6 p.m. 1 1' i "WA Bar.

Blaa EYy 'A rlI Sta Ear hiw (AW In above chut dotted Coti are Uoban." or Iio of equal xnBriml retnor. the taluw which the? indicate beinftifta Ifurea at Um cod. tha, 30 4. Tb aaSa Wmperalara glrta in Arar. The rrcwed Use tn apparent n.o,rornt or tf diftuiDaac.

maa, MAIL SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE fresh or itroac. North westerly or northerly winds, decreasing In force seme rain or sleet colder. No bright sunshine has been registered to day at any of our stations. Forecasts or Weather for Sattrdxt, Dec. 29..

Scotland, Lsolasu, N.S. iand N. Wales), and RFXASD, N. Westerly winds, strong, perhans KKQlAXD, ri.tu. ana a gale; squally somesnpwers; ratner cooler.

I 1 EscLASp, S. (London V.5 T.f! coo. equslly kom. wer; in places, Esglam, S.W. (and 1 Weaterly or south westerly s.

ana ire i. winas, iresu or strong; squally; LA3D, some rain. The signals are still flying on all coasts. Ths Times Orricx, 12 r.u. SAC ISO 5 or THS JORDAN BAROMITER (CORRKCTD) dwriso the past twevtt roub u0pr3.

December 2s. 4 V.H. K. M. 2 arhM IL i 10 1T 4 CI DM.

318. 317. 3X6. SIS fautained some damace. The captain headed his vessel to sea to escape the dangerous shallows, on which big waves were breaking.

An order was signalled that the vessel snouia proceed to the Downs, but it is believed irom ins coarse the steered that the seeding to Calais. Thero was no communication Folkestone and Boulogne vesterdav. both of these bar bours being rendered unapproachable by the heavy seas. At low tide last nicht the state of the sea at Dover had ranch Improved, and the ateamer Leopold, from Ostend, with two mail and passenger services, which arrived just after 81 o'clock, was able to disembark them at the most protected of the landing tages. Tho vessel had had terrible voyage scross the North Sea.

At 10 o'clock last tught all the Channel services were being resumed. At Deal shoot 200 vessels were yesterday sheltering in the Downs. At Portsmouth during yesterday's gale a dinghy was Xroa ths AtsTSSus cutter dpt. waica as lain, en. SPEED AT SEA.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, The letter of your New York Correspondent on this important subject looks at the question solely from the point of view of the passenger in a mail steamer. The object of tho international regulations for preventing collisions at sea is the safety of all' vessels navigating the seas. It is quite certain that if the Campania had been going at a less rate of speed she would not have cut through the Embleton like a knife, and 'there would probably have been time to save the crew, if not the vessel. Neither is speed always synonymous with safety, as he seems to think.

The La Bourgogne was steaming at a high rate when she collided with a sailing vessel. The mail steamer sank and the sailing ship escaped. tho half speed of tho Campania, 923 knots, is more thaA the full speed of an ordinary tramp steamer. If, therefore, it is right for the Campania to steam at this rata La a fog, it is right for the tramp not to diminish her speed at all. The logical result of your Correspondent's interpretation of the lCth article would be to nullifyit altogether and to allow masters of steamers to proceed at any rate of speed they think fit in a fog.

Your Correspondent writes as if the decision in the Campania case were based on new grounds. On tho contrary, it follows any number of decisions which have interpreted the lCth article in a similar manner. If the case had been brought before the Admiralty Judge of the United States, it would have had a similar result. Your Correspondent also writes as if tho voyage across the Atlantio were one through a fog from beginning to end, and so as if this decision wero going to affect tho Atlantio trade. Mr.

Justice Corel! Barnes's decision will no more have this effect than those of his predecessors. I am surprised also to find that your Correspondent is not aware that the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House spend a substantial portion of the year on the sea, inspecting the lighthouses around the English coast, and so are constantly in contact with all phases of steam navigation. Your Correspondent appears to think that tho opinion of lawyers and laymen in the Admiralty Court is of no value. Why, then, does he write on this subject with such assurance and with so little knowledge Your obedient servant, 'December 26. R.

Comuercial Traytixfrs' Sctiools. Mr. T. F. Black well (president) took the chair at tho Cannon street Hotel yesterday over the half yearly court of the Commercial Travellers' Schools.

Mr. If. A. Evans, (secretary) read the report, showing that the total receipts for the year ended September were 14,570, of which 4,206 were renewed subscriptions, 3,440 donations, acd 4,167 dividends and interest. The total receipts showed a decrease of 3,630 as compared with the previous year, which was accounted for by the difference in the dinner receipts of IS9S and and the amount of 1,000 given by Mr.

T. F. Blackwell in 1898. When the schools reopened in January the number of boys 514. SIS.

sis. 311. it St .29 5 23 4 .293 29'2 L.29 0 Temperature ako Uygsometric Casumos or the Air is Losion. December 23. Tempejatnr.

jToori of Noon p.m. Midnight Air. Dm. 47 42 point Det S'J 34 30 Ten, ion of Vapour. in 20 cubic of ur.

WUht of Drrinf 'rfnaiiir Vapour row (if. Air tvn 10 cubic ffett (Satura tion a 10CL lorhe Drains. Grains. Per Cent 233 23 8 78 22 15 59 1G7 20 11 63 Min. temperature, 42deg.

Max. temperature, Mdeg. December 29. Sunrise, Eh. Emin.

Sh. 57mln. Age of Moon. First quarter, 1 48 ajn. LONDON (M.O.Obs), Dec.

28. 29 33, rising rapidly. Temperature Oldeg. 45deg. Wind a fresh gale.

Weather rough, dull, squally. Rainfall, 0'llin. strong gale all day. BERLIN, Dec. 28.

2916in. Ther. 41 Gdeg. SS'Sideg. Slight S.W.

wind, rain. Mr. Brodrick and Rifle Clubs. Mr. Brod rick, M.P.', Secretary of" State for War, has been approached by the Guildford and District Rifle Clnb with respect to the application of tho Gun Licence Duty to members of rifle clubs, which, they submitted, was an unjust and iniquitous tax when applied to members who had purchased military rifles in order to obtain greater proficiency at the ranges.

The following reply has been received Sir, I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to inform you with reference to your letter of the 17th inst. that exemption from Gun Licence Duty is authorized in respect of each rifle, or miniature rifle, belonging to a rifle club or miniature rifle club aHliated to the National Rifle Association, on condition that the rifle is the actual property of the clnb and is used only at the rifle ranges. I am to add that the above exemption does not apply to rifles which are tho personal property of individual members of a club. Any further information on the subject may be obtained on application to the secretary of the National Rifle Association. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, H.

Ad YE." captain was pro I and girls in the institution would be 34s. lha board borne inconvenience was caused by a breakdown which lication between had, after careful consideration, decided to make altera occurred on tho Central London vRallway about 9 o'clock tions in the' educational system at the schools which would place the teaching of the children upon a sounder and more modern basis, sad which could not fail to benefit the boys and girls in their future careers. Among other matters, greater attention would be given to the physical development of the children, and to tho training of "hand and eye. Tho committee of the United Kingdom Commercial Travellers' Association had offered a special ward annually to the boys for proficiency in commercial subjects, and this the board had accepted. Mr.

Gilbert Purvis moved the adoption of the report, which ho looked upon as most satisfactory. Mr. W. W. Thompson seconded the motion, and it was axiecd to unaaimoualv.

(From Llotd'b, THE MAILS. The P. and s. Naxiw, for Bombay, left Gravesend yesterday afternoon, and tha StTSDA left Sues yesterday morning. The EotttY from London for Bombay, arrived at Marseilles at 9 m.

yesterday. The Malacca, frem London for China end Japan, arrived at Port Said yesterday morning. The ARCADIA left raves en i for Sydney yesterday. The Orient Line s. Acstral, from Sydney for London, arrived at Naples st 7 sun.

yesterday mail left by train, and is doe in London to morrow (Sunday) night. The Royal Mail s. Atbato, from Southampton, arrived at Jamaica at 7 a.m. yesterday. The Union Castle Line s.

Saxcer, from Cape Town, arrived at Southampton at 4 40 pjh. yesterday. Tho Gaika, for Table Bay, left Grayesend yesterday morning The New Zealand Company's s. Papaboa, from Wei llnrton, for London, arrived st Montevideo on Thursday. Tho Anchor Line s.

FcRNrssii, from the Uyda for New York, eft Moville at 2 10 p.m. yesterday. The tfibby Line s. CHEiHlSX, from Rangoon and Colombo for Marseilles, London, and Liverpool, passed Perim at 5 a.m. on Thursday.

The North German Lloyd s. Darmstadt, from South ampton for Sydney, arrived at Fort Said yesterday morning. Tho Tea ve, from Southampton, arrived at New York at 11 p.m. on Thursday. MISSING AND OVERDUE VESSELS.

TseCEMSXES Mitcsiu, of CantiX official Xuabr K.3S7. Richards raatUr. which fiilJ from Barry Dock for Havre, with a carta of coal, ea Xovcntxr 16. IXC. paMd Um Lixard tha follow irx day: ial tb Pool, oflcial IT saber jUdrod muUr, which taiiad from Londoa for Pool, with a earro of wheat.

Ac, ea Sot ruber 3, 1303, and bare act aioc bota hoard of. were potud jMtrJaj at Liojd'l miaiinz. Tho axiiit Coasc st. of St John. official Snmber 13X160.

Myrdon maitar, which rvporUd to bar trea Oporto for St John, X.F.. on Aimrt Ci. 13X1 is cocxidertd very mach oreidBe. WRECKS, CASUALTIES, 4c Falaouth, Dwc 27. Carina Qciex or CAXsata.

from TaeopSIii (diCrat). enterinr port in to, parted cabi aod fall acreia bow of banjno CaowK or Ixsta. frem Si a f'raoeisco, iamaiitu her head. Qaea cf Caabri is cut down to water', eds. aad fcaa beca btached.

Hacttbolm. Dec SI Steamer Oxalosuad for Hall (lathi), itrasded. Crew farad. Warping. Dec 23.

Tnii mominf ai ttMOpr ColujTliA (ceaOlt waa proreedinf up rirer. the ran aibsre at the Lartader entrance. Starrer Commercial Dock, where she now Ilea. Barry, Dec 3. Steamer MaSaK raa acrooad ea the eastern breaawaUr when enterinf the bar boar.

Baltimore, co. Cork. Dec 22. Schooner AarsiO ass Zau petted mcoricn and drirea ashore Black Cock. Vessel seriously damaced.

toll of water; Dee 8. Steamer Joeax broke adrift la Alexandra Dock and collided with steamer SoCTBOASTB. Latter aUahtly damaced, Port Talbot. Dec 2. Steamer PssroL drove asaore darlac hurricane leat Bi(ht between Aberaron aad Brltonferry, and remains.

Fleetwood. Dec 23. Ship TBEASCSsa, armed frem Pamboro. reports beery weather lost dcckloed. Portland.

Dee. 2S. 6teemer Esscuiu. Xotterdaa for Bilbao, sheltering in Portland Beads, drove on breakwater this morninr. Leita.

Dec 23. Eteamer arrired from PhSa delpbja, was struck by a beery sea la tha Atlantis 'and had bridrea. Ac. damaced. Steamer Nostb Etas, from Bamhdrr.

reports ha rise strock a sunken wreck ia tha Elba. Eriybefi. Lee. 2a Eteamer Cioccvjrms is ashore oa Black Bock. Killybefs Harbour position danceroos.

East ireenwich. Dec 21 As steamer Oaika was proceeding dawn rirer this morslns she collided iith Messrs. Cory end Bons'tnrre reads in Galleons Beach, breaking aboat 70 berfes adrift end inVlnj sererat Steamer proceeded. Milford Haven. Dec 21 Schooner Sirrni, Aberdorey for Litllehampton.

drare afainst pier in this harbcur end was die meiUd. Crewsared. Schooner Alics Moot. Portmadoe for South ampton, ashore on shingle beach. Will dry at low water.

Car 413. Dee. 28. Banjae Pcoasts (mini, for Sharpness, went ashore at Lareraock Point Boated at hixh water, and is now anchored in the Outer Coadx. On of tha crew picked ep with life, belt on.

York, Dee. 27. steamer LXA5DCK hat arrired hers consider ably damaged owins to heavy weethar. Del, Deo. Ketch reported as Johx Bzsa, of Pfrraocta, assisted into Ramscata leaky.

Charleston. S.C.. Dec. 1 eteaaer DAV1STST alhore at the mouth of tha harbour. Astoria, Dec 21 Ship WAVzarRsc, from Va'paraiso, arrived with foretopaaa yard, oa chain plate, three topsails, and a Quantity cf running (ear carried away.

Eciily. Dec 21 There a larze with small sails set with sijnals of distress Cyinr, which cannot be made out for haze, eiiht mles 8.W. of St. Anea Lichthousa drifting south. Wind saw Strong gala tiih see.

Briitol, Dec 21 Trow Bslxascs and dandy Loss art ashore oa Dunbell. Flataolme Island. Dee. 21 A large four masted beraue passed up this morning, erideatly dracginf anchor end driving before the gale. Sails all In ribbons.

Four tugs in attendance A barque is between here end Sheep Holms, with fore and miszen mests gene, only main. met tending, sails all In ribbons. Vessel is labouring heerily. end is being rapidly driven towards Borrow Sands. Tug in attendance.

Later. Barque has since driven aibore on Berrow Sends. Bolybeed. Dec 21 Mail steamer CoXXACOKT. in coming Into ULs PSUfAB.

tHk.lombarSr. Blver Plate frees rjvwrpeet. gte Eamaya, Baamoa Ajraa tr Cetfssheahrytha.i slnssae eveJTTfl UOtei istVpOTCei MALTA. J7ta. tulf of (.

a. Gibraltar. kLAKILA. rta Morven. a (rapsosadl.

XewTork. WCASTLi 27th. hreabaty. Cwrarstaw. ODESSA, rth.

Mymothan. a Astwarn, PiiKT SAID. 28th. Pegu, Oyda tram Baxoesv rCO ET fcOCWD. 2SXh.

et. Mary's Bey. Aloe Bay. JtOTTKKDAM. Sih.

rerabeaa, Xew Tork. HAXTO. tela. CaUnla. United State.

ISRimU 24TS. Hnanos Airea. a. TABLE BAY. Zitb, Wiaiaeid.

Iquiine, z7tt. cf Vnica, a Loodeo. TOCOriLLA. 2i Earl Cadagaa. ChaaaaL HOME ARKIVALS.

AKDEOSSAT. 17th. Carta, BrrCa, AVE. Ifth, HighlaJids. Cairo.

avBOhaa. AVoNMoCTM LwCK. 28th Potomac, Jfaw York. Lora lierty. AlmerU.

hBUTOLi.23tb Ihtyd. a. AJelendne. GKAVrbEND. iTtn.

Anrlo Vine. Libeu for M.D. Cacirna, i. Vmmmm. atft.

KewL. a xepecn ror se.w. aua atelegaforX.W. Lydsa Mdlington. Rostock for B.W.

luohid. a. BuacswaJ tor 8.CJJ. Orind. Oeaoe fur P.VT.

Chesapeake, aad TencarvUM." a Philadelphia for Purfleet Orrona. ForUaod. lor TJ. Seima. Be.timsfw Ansa.

PmlMn ijya tar B.C.U. Tain. e. SteUla for IJ. GitttSOCX.

ZTta. Brave s. Cediz Jomsbcrr. Sarina. 22th.

untarian. a Boetoa ASroce, BULL. 27th. Htio, Gotheobort Polaris. i HambortEos.

nan. 1 TBVylCH. Ti iesta stoakov. Ubau Seetoo. Oacarshamn.

Tory II is nr. aruoe. rrli Hxrinn h. Rlasmwfnr MsTbouma LI VEJt POOL. 27th.

Uaadaley. s. Begooo Madie. Load on. 2Sta.

Kuika. I naive CeCadonian. Saw York. LY.N 77 lh. Jrev s.

rhileda. ja. M.WPOKT. 27ta. AngU.

MancltrokaJL s. Oporto. QUaUCNsxowx, 27th. eehawken. a.

Aavr York, WAh'aEA. 27ih. Vera. s. Cove.

HOME SAILINGS. RT.TTTT 11 T.rfil Laa Palmes. UKAVliilD.27ta, Adler. a. Brseo.

tSUJ. Sor.I GkhE.MK. 27UL Gleamor. a. 8eroijWelirda a.

Cothea tiurg Kol Perez, s. Oporto Cevoar. a zuo am denaira vie uiw poo: surneasia. ew Tork. HULL.

11 Aieiandna. t.i VEKFiKir. 77tk vanawne. Ifswuort saws Moretia. a.

Penlio ten 1 raaciaco. a XVea aaa os rvaimene srupene lticde. Christiama Earl cf Zetland. Frem an tie. 2SUX Ucnu SDbere.

a. a. 2(ewcesUa, MAXCUI STEK. 2.ta. Mnrtie 4r City.

a. Melifer, Mirilil.UhRiit'nv, wfiimL a tianna. aWH)KT, 27th. Orient. Peyeaadu Saa, Uuedatoup.

rusi isuiui, tun. um. i eiuu. VUaXNoroWX 27th. City of ttembars.

a DubUa. hMIELTM. 2Tth. Elswirk lvdra. a KT West.

SUJiUtKlJtND. 2Uh. jueea Wilre lmirta. a. Belli more.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TausDat. I To atoaaow. 41 nun. past mia.

pest 7 1J nun. pest 7 Eveaiaf 19 min. past Morning Stasias AS IRISH TRIBUTE TO LORD ROBERTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOTES. Sir, You wero good enough somo time ago to publish a letter in which.

I stated tliat preliminary stcp3 had been taken for repairing and partially restoring Lho ruined French church in Watcrford, tho burial placo of Lord Koberts'a family. Tho movement has now taken a practical form, and a committee has been appointed at a public meeting to carry it out, tho DoJto of Devonshire, her Majesty's Licatenant of the County Waterford, being president, and the Marquis of Water ford vice president. An appeal for funds is published In your columns. According to our architect, Sir Thomas Drew's, estimate, about 3.000 will bo required. It is hoped that soldiers and sailors from all parts of tho Empire who have served under Lord liobcrts will unite with his Irish and other admirers in contributing.

It is believed that no more suitable tribute or esteem couia do paia to i extreme degree of the defect to which I ventured to call attention. For tho Information he requires I may refer him to Faraday well known lecture our great Irish soldier, and ccrUinly none wiU k1 2I0DEEX LANGUAGE TEAOWXa. TO THE EDITOR. OP THE TDEES. Sir, Your correspondent Mr.

E. Lyttelfrm says that no abstract CTpressIoa can bo turned into Latin or Greek without careful thinking what its exact meaning is. Ia French or Ginaa on the other hand, tho precise equivalent can bri found te a dictionary." I am sure that he would not willingly come tinder the. censure he passes upon Sapcre Audo by refraining from rivinr' facts in support of his opinion. It would Iri highly: interesting wero ho to send you a pj Gibbon or Lamb, or ono of Shakespoar or Milton's sonnets, translated into French by the method of dictionary oquiralcnts, and without inquiry on tho part of tho translator into tho exact meaning of tho author.

I think yon wordd5 desire to find space for so edifying a production and then some of tout many Fwnr r. might be moved to say what they thought of it. I am, Sir, yours, IOTA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, It appears to ras that if cormty enraclls, chambers of commerce, guilds, corporations, aad other public bodies in this country ara to employ public moneys to further tho study of a modern Iacgriag, that ago should English.

Your Sspert Audo rtiminds us that Year alter year a ember of foreign indents and teachers return from our shores to their native cormtrv after having scrroired a very fair cormnaoToT Ehlisi well as aa insight into our social and fif customs. The result ol tha wide information and of tha' easy handling of tho foreign language thus is shown in the success which such men and women obtain afterwards as teachers of Engliab in their own cctry" Let them come by all means, give them buraarfrg, attract them by every possible inducement, aad then when they are proficient send them forth into all tie world to preach ths gospel of the English tangs to every creature. The day would then soon come when the commercial correspondence of the world would ba ia English only, and foreign clerks as extinct as great aaLi. But to set a premium on the cultivation of fcreNa languages and to dam up the world wide diffusion of cur mother tongue is well in keeping with the vaexries of your modern educationist. The commercial tongas of the world is destined, I believe, to bo English soa dar in spito of all attempts to subsidise breach or German by bounties from English pockets but that day is, doubt, delayed, and our money foolishlylnd us patriotically expended by every such endeavocrl Let not Babel, be the watchword.

I am, Sir, yours, Lincoln, Dec 26. R. HARKEAilHILL. PRESUMPTUOUS JUDGUEST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir, I am greatly indebted to Canon Lyttelton for furnishing so admirable an examplo of an bo more truly appreciated by him. Tho building will not bo used as a place of worship except in connexion with the funerals of members of the JCoberts family. I enclose an illustrated pamphlet giving full details. Copies of this can bo had on application to Air. Biggins, City hail, Waterford.

I am. Sir, yours truly, H. S. CASHEL AXD WATERFORD. The Palace, Doc.

27. stitution in 1854, and published (with others) by Parker and bon, in lboo. la case he should not have heard of Faraday, I may add that a notice of him will bo found in "tho Dictionary of National I am, 45ir, your obedient servant, rR.CJ5. NAPOLEOX. harbcur.

wes in collision with steamer, damaginc one plate on port I'M written sioe. im crew ci scnoener eexjixzxAH aroa ajuaaeiz. neve oeea leaded here by steem UfeboeL Schooner Baa Joaara draased enebcra bat Is now boldlnc, Terbert, Dee. 28. Brixastina ToFass and schooner Jass Walts parted cables last nijht In Terbert Boedi aad drora ashore atGlm.

Bwaasea, Dec 23. Crews of Lurra, of Fadstew. R. W. T.

of Plymouth, an1 Gossr Lass, of Ilfracombe. lust leaded at Hamalea by lifeboat. Vessels will probably be saved. Feuta eMai ls. Dee.

28. SCASDrSAVTAS, s. of llartlapool (coal), ontward bound, collided with ferry company's laatiac Newcastle, doisx considerable dscoaje to letter former proceeded. Bridfweter, Dec 23. Dxvox, for Bristol, dririnf aahora Born hara south side pier.

Falmouth. Dec. 21 Barjue Fjord. CardiS for IUo Janeiro arrived with rigxins damaged leaky. Copeahacen.

Dec 28. Barque JarAjr. West Hartlepool far Utau (coals), round Middeicrundea. Ues sustained dsmece. Weymouth.

Dec 23. Astilliso, I was ia collision to day ia tho roads with a Danish three mesial brifentine raxryinx evraybow sprit, jibboom. and heed jeer attached, end reported to have carried away bowsprt of ketch BaiLUAXr. of Guernsey. Crew of Daoiah vessel are on boerd the Spanish steamer.

Bilbao. Deo. 21 SilxaiA.v. and Acsrai, a. have beta in eol lisicn.

Both vessels ara demweL Gibraltar, Dea 28. PniLLis AJf ti, a. arrived here to day with main steam pipe broken. Hoyleke, Dec 23. Trawler TJtxu aLutta ashcra.

El par chart Liverpool Bay. Crew safe. 2wQuay. Dec 2S. exijrx, Iqniroa tor rs'nctata' (saUpetnV treaded bera Crew landed.

Boda, Dec 28. Barque Caraicoaso. Carii2 for fit raalda Los ado. ashore near Bude. One man laved.

Every andearoor beint made to rescue others. it ol head, Dea. 83. British ship farxBoss HILL, Liverpool Vehcouver (eenerstX drove ashore oa tixh rocky cliff, XVt mi as east of South Stack and immediately broke in two sol tank in avefathoma et water. As she bru ke the four masts felL Only cne able seaman.

John Peterson, saved ell the remainder cf the crew, numbering perished. Wreckaje waihinf ehore end also some carlo. Queenstown, Dec 3. Victisia. i Dunkirk for Wew York rsnar arrived here short of coal end with sundry deck damage, PASSINGS HOME AND FOREIGN.

CKTR ARTJL11AS. 27th. UmlaiL London for NataL DAltDaXELLKS. 25th. Enaestour.

Swantee for Udeei TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, Mr. Clement Shortar has called attention in yonr columns to certain rristsVes in recent publication! relative to Napoleon in exile but does not your correspondent himself fall into error when he vrrites the name Wharton as that of tha first of tha Englishmen of education vrho, he says, had written of tha voyage of the Northumberland? The name of tha sor'eon who wrote. aboat tho voyage Vras Warden. Cockburn, Binghsm, snd Glover's diaries are only of interest inasmuch as they reveal the state of mind of i these personages subordinata actors in tha final scenes (of the greatest drama ever played in history.

There is another ofScer, not named by 3Ir. Shortar, about the voyage of the Northumber land. It is the captain of the Ross. His letter descriptive of the voyage does not fall behind the writings of the other authorities named in tha inability It reveals in its writer to comprehend tha true nature of the part imposed upon him. Mr.

Shorter remarks that it is painful to find that Napoleon fell into the of men so utterly different from Captain Maitlsnd." Different indeed they were but if any person will take the trouble to study even such records of tha time as have been published daring the last 20 years he will find tt accident played only a small part in the fact of difference, and that tha ill mannered and un chivalrous actions which yonr correspondent deplores were tha natural and expected outcome of a prearranged selection. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, W. F. BUTLER, IJrotnant Gttieral. Faroboroush, Dec.

26. SHAM PATENTS. MACADAM ROADS IN LONDON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, Tho present condition of many of tha so called roads around the metropolis leaves much Macadam to ba desired.

Ths frost may be upon as and their condition of rottenness may be made more apparent. Horse owners find to their cost how difficult at the present time is traction upon such roads. On a newly and, to the eye, perfectly made surface one frequently observes, for a foot or mors in front of a heavily laden wheel in motion, tha road knuckling and bending, whilst every stone shifts its relation to its fellow. Even the interstices between tha stones are made plain there is, in short no bind. Why is it thus Is tha art of road making lost, or is the condition of tha roads a consequence oi tha system in vogue In so far as Hccheimer.

K.ractuior Hamburg cipeerndem. ew York tor Kotteruem wumate, for Lor dou Keueria Marii Tberrsia. a. Bremen for Xew York. DU.NNET iEAl, 26th.

feu a. Sew Vork for Flushing FEKNANDOhORO.NHA. iithOraria, Liverpool for Valparaiso Milton. Lota for Liverpool. GIBRALTAR; 28th Deucalion, a.

Clyie aad Liverpool for Shenchei C.en t.raham. Madras for London. LA rALMAd, 22cd. benflshire, a. Lundon for Wellinrton, LIZARD.

27lh. 1 oriinto. Sew York for UuX 2 to. Assyria. 1'bUsdrlpbia or Hamburg.

ro.MKUUKS. 23th. Cuica. London for Sydney. lOLNT.

28th. SUTordala. reman dine for Rotterdam. FOREIGN ARRIVALS. ALEXANDRIA.

27th. Boyne, s. AMS1 KKDAM. 27th. Toiosa.

Newport tws. AN INDIAN PORT. 2ita. Mexican i rinea, Betua Guedleae. Maiseil'es.

AS! OKI A. 23rd. Like. Rio de Jaceiro. BALTlMuRa.

2th. Menme. a. lilasjow Tritoaia. GUsxow.

27tb. Charles T. Jones. Menine. BAKCELONA.

24th. Aliceo.te, a. Manila. BOMBAY. Icchdsae, Baltimore.

BRKM EJf. 2Bta Cento. Galveston Neptnoe, Galrerton Wilminjton Hannover, a. CALCUTTA. 2Eth.

Wertburi. bemturg. COLOMBO. 26th. WiiUem ptorrs, Pbiadelphia Arera.

ew Y'ork hejpuw tarry City of CUculta. Clyde Menrerri, a. Perry. COLON. 27lh Mira, LiverrooL CoyUl MB 2eth.

Tnhoous. CerdilS. DUKBAN 25th. Horiiton. London.

KLB 2Elh. Tceben, Uuayaquit Maraaheau, a. Liverpool for Para. FKKMANTLE, ICl Devon, l. London.

TUXCrlAL 23rd. King Dsv.d. Barry. HIBRALTAR, Briton, Falmcuth. BAVRR.

iith Hudaersneld, l. Mob3e aadXorfoX HONG KONU. fek Licg.s StanLe, MACtlU. 6lh Tnnysoo. KioUrande.

MALTA. 24tk eteUa, a. CardiS. iSth. BUirmors, Foil for Rotterfam.

MAk EILLES. 27th. BoUviv s. Xew Tork forNaplea. MKLBuCRNE.

27th Cornwall, a. New Y'crk Gulf of Aaeod. a. HulL MOBILE. nth.

Otle. a. Malaga. MONTEVIDEO. iSth Horteosras.

a. LiverpooL At. Af AK 1. 2th Oopack. Manila for beat tie.

NATAL. 27th Cocrella, Calcutta. NKW OK LEANS. 27th. Lcndesborocfh.

a.Cenea. NEW YORK. 27th Mrsabe, s. London. 2Sth.

01deebert. a. Bremen Alsetia. u. Naples Fteidig.

Betaria. PALhKMO. 27th. Karamaaia, Leghorn, PAKA, 27th. Amazonerue, New York.

PORT SAID. 28lh. Indrevehi. Norfolk. for MajuIa Treiyon.

CardiH for Colombo. RANi.OON. 27th Sierra Cadeca, IaverpooL bT. MICHAEL'S. 27th LincluUen.

Norfolk, Va. for London Cemprrdown, Lira La for PortlAcd. Me. Imnvaaolata, Haml org for Cbarl3ton. BT.

VINCENT. CV, Uth. Manilla, Santos for Genoa Sirio, Boeoos Ayres Bcllanoch. Montevideo for Antwerp. BANTANDER.

27th. Jecinta. s. Liverpool Mine. UverpooL EINUAIOKE.

iSth. Gymenr. New lork Petria, t. Antwerp Meronca. 6waosea Rnigbt Errant, a.

Ncrfolk. SUEZ, isth. Sheikh, bomUy or Xmnkirk Mahratta. a. Cat cotta for Dundee Clan p.u Madras for Loadan Wcisseo fela, a Calcutta for Hamburg Maine, a.

TAbLE BAY, nt AklgeU a. London. VERA CRUZ. 27Ul Danen. hongs ton.

FOREIGN SAILINGS. ANTWERP. rTth. Brtmerhaven. a.

New Tork Ocean. A Balti mcrr. BALTIMORE, 2sth. Glanfcafren. limerick.

BATAV LA, 22th. Duke cf DevonshirN a. Brisbaaa from London. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, Tha leading article oa sham patents (December 21) contains much food for thought.

How difficult to define true invention 1" It is eveodiScnlto form a judgment of invention in individcal cases and impossible to generalize. Tha lata Professor Tidy wanted to give a legal definition of poison told his sndienca that they would gain the Ist idea of a poison by considering what was sot a poison. This process of elimination might ba adopted with reference to patents, as it is comparatively easy to say of a large number of patents that they are clearly notlhe subject for a patent monopoly by reason of being obviously old' or trivial. Tha Talent Act, 1SS3, has placed patents within tha reach of the many, and (omitting parts of hundreds) tha following are tha numbers of patent applications ISSf 17,100 1838,17,100 1383, 19,000 1SS8, 20,900 1S0O, 1S3I, 22,800 1892, 21,100 1833, 23,100 1S94, 25,560 1835, 23,000 1396, 1S97, 1900, 23,700 (up to December 27). From ISiS to 1833 the avers 53 number of applications was 5,520 per snTitiTTi.

A departmental committee has recently beea fitting. with Sir Edward Fry as chairman, and ono of tha points under reference" is to deal with patents obviocalv old. Efficient means will, no doubt, be suggested raring the coming Session by which sham patents will bo checked. and it would ba very desirable if another subject could be dealt with at tha same time namely, sham patent agents. Efficient control of patent agents would have a wonderful effect on tha evils to which yon refer in your leading article.

It is of national importance that true invention," jhould ba fostered, and it is a little hard to sea on principle why true invention should ba tared. Last year there was a surplus of soma 120,000 from tha. Patents, Desijgns, and Trade 3 larks Department. Tha Trada Marks branch runs at a loss, and consequently trada mark pro prietors.are subsidized by inventors. Ia spite of this, there is a handsome surplus.

In return for this I would ask that inventors (in which term I will include pseudo inventors) be protected from sham patent agents by aa efficient control. I am, Sir, yotzr obedient servant, GEORGE BELOE ELLIS. 55 and 56, Chancery lane, Dec 27. THE LEGAL POOR OF LONDON. neb.

1 sliaaaAeT. 8. i rn(UrTM. P. scDhi.v LafMjnidaji und tiatn.

co nLnDaiorT TOKiz ara concerned, there enats tKa gorerning body paving for urn wucQ anotner governing ooay speods. Not only are the foundations of tha road at times st but the madiine crushed' granite is rolled down by brute force without the least attention being given to" the necessity of the intervening spaces between tha stones being filled with a similar substance, but of a different size to that employed in the metalling. The practice, too, of placing hogging of some more friable material on tha top and tha whole being rolled into an attractive surface, induces a county engineer to justify his certificate for the payment of his county's funds. What other step could ho take how can he hope to suBciently satisfy the Local Government Board of his doubts and objections, and what must be the strength of his rasa to warrant that department withholding its con sent to the paying over of tho county's contribution It is time that something should be done to remedy the existing state of things. Many practical experts asssreaiy Know that the methods adopted in construction I from economical considerations ara often tha most I expensive in the long run.

ii.as inrraace, wa haa some department whose especial TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, After reading your interesting report, I ask to allowed to repeat some remarks I made at the recent Poor Law Conference held on December 7 at Whitehall, when Miss Alexander's paper was read on our Metropolitan Poor Law Infirmaries. I then said, while entirely agreeing as to tha present abuse of these as institutions intended for paupers," or destitute persons," but resorted to now by those far above these classes, who pay for admission, I considered we were ia great measure to blame for this abuse by providing no other place to which such persons especially) could ba admitted on payment, as none exist in this part of England, snd two or three such homes only are to be'f ound. farther north for men. lit proof of this fact I may say I have received applications from 'men, chronic or incurable cases, asking for admission to such homes, and offering payments varying from 150 a year, 60, and down to 5s.

a week, which a respcctabla artisan said ha was willing to pay. Now, can wa wonder that such persons resort to tha only institutions "which can sad will receive them, and is not the obvious remedy for this state of things to supply Eomes which it 13 believed would" ba self supporting when onca started Ian not witn out hope that something will ba begun in tHs'direction before long, and thus our Poor Law building" may be reserved for those for whom they are and were intended. A a MM 11 UCU. yesterday morning, near rotting hill gato Station. An examination of the tram being made, it was found that part of the brake gear of ono of the coaches had become detached, and was touching the' central rail in which tho ivmi, IimiVm rv! BSTON.

27th. Ces trian. LiverrooL had the effect of cutting off the current from the east cZu Endfr lifem Msiara. bound track and causing all trains to come to a standstill. CALCUTTA.

25th Braconshire. jiew York. Traffic was not resumed until 10 15. While waiting for the current to come at Oxford circus for about 20 Vu. bo minutes the majority of the paRsengers left snd sought oaLLK.

iSth. Ciaa Mackay. London from CUeatta, to finish their journey Citywards by omnibus, only to find OUsfow. that it was ravins aid that tha caaibrisesi, folL yJ L32: extravagant practices, we might reasonably anticipate, would give place to a better state of thinr, Faithfully yours, JAMES BIGWOOD. 115, City road, London, Dec.

23. The Cheque Bakk. A meetinc of th harev holders of tho Cheque Bank is called for Monday, when a resolution wiu do sunmixiea in favour 01 voluntary i liquidation. a Should tha v7Hrn aaent to winding up Is practically a foregone conclusion than lionidators will ba aDtointed. Tha bans: a st.n botn? kept open for the rurposa of answering tha inquiries of customers, but not for financial transactions.

On inquiry at the bank yesterday an. assurance was given that all cheques sent to tha liquidators would be met. The Loss or the Japanese Dredger. Messrs. Lobnitz and Co.

(Limited), shipbuilders, of Renfrew, write to say that it is not yet known how tha Japanese dredger Santo was lost, but, as a possibility of salvage is reported, it is thought that tha vessel may have gona ashore in a fog. Tha Sento was a sister ship to Drsgua No. 1, which lately navigated round Cape Horn 'from tha builders' yard to California, a distance of 13,000 miles. The loss of the Sento is the first loss tha builders have had with any of tha dredgers they have built and despatched to all parts of tha world. Woutx axd BETTrao.Street betting, which has long been a nuisance at Leeds, has at last extended to women, and yesterday a case of tha kind cams before tha Leeds stipendiary magistrate.

r4ir? toman and his sister, Ellen Storman, were smsmaned for sssfmMinE for batting ia Lowerhesd row, Leeds, on December 19. Ia imposing a penalty of 40s. and costs oa each defendant, tha stipendiary raid it was tha first t'Tt ha had had to fina awfWBafl.iotuM.oiiacs3a. nearly 50 years ago ia the workhouses of that day, a too great and excessive change has taken place but thankful as I am for the results, I shonldearnestly deprecate making our Poor. Law Institutions attractive, or ia any way losing sight of the maxim, that our legislation should rather ba deterrent.

Your obedient servant, LOUISA TWINING, formerly Guardian of Kensington. December P.S. I cay add that numerous homes for infirm and incurable women exist, bat ia most of these the payments ara too high for tha classes I am considering. Lauxch of a Steamer. On Saturday last, tha 22nd Messrs.

Bartrsm aad Sons launched from their shipbuilding yard at tha South Dock, Sunderland, a large steel screw steamer for Messrs. Turner, IWghtman, and of London. Sho is of the "specially sgtheaed spar deck type, with poop, long bridge, and topgallant forecastle, and It of tha following dimensions hsnrta, breadth. 48ft. and depth moaIded.2Sft.6ia.

Sha has been bailt to taka tha highest class in Lloyd registry. Tha arrangementa for loading" and discharging, carso comprise eight large steam winches, made by Messrs. John Lynn and Co. (Limited), Pallioa, Sender land, and supplied with steam fronva patent Mercdita donkey boiler, working at 1801b. pressure.

Special attea tion has beea paid to tha ventilation, so that cattle may ba carried ia comfort sad safety. The acccrnmodatiCn lor the captain and officers is ail placed oa top of tha bridge deck. Tha engines will he" supplied by Messrs. John Dickinson and Sons (IurdtedJ, of Scnderlaad. Tha boilers are of extra large six and work at wlbprss sare.

As tha Tassel left the ways sha was rmt 7.tVI by fr, Oeart Bartrani. CrnvWlersd..