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THE ESSEX STANDARD, AND EASTERN COUNTIES' ADVERTISER, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1863. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. LOxVDON MARKETS MARK LANE, MONDAY. Dkc. 7 the lads missed their trip by lying in bed too long.

The two left behind agreed to take a cab, and before starting they conspired to take possession of the cab between Beverley others from the establishment of a joint-stock company for the purpose of supplying steam apparatus to applicants, allowing them to re-pay the cost price by instalments extending over a certain number of years, on the principle of a rolling stock IRELAND. PRIESTS AND FAMILIES. Dublin-, Dec. A very remarkable will case has occupied the Court of Exchequer for the last three doys. The most eminent counsel hove been engaged in it on both sides.

Nominally the plaintiff is a priest, and the defendant a widowed mother, but in reality it is a contest between the two Churches which have fought so many battles in this country. The priest IS the Rev. Mr. Keon, who as called in to attend a man named Alaguire, for the purpose of administering to him the last rites of the Church. Maguirc was an iron-moulder, who m- of them would not he able to withstand the fury of I tie tempest of the 3rd iust.

Information has reached Shields that the Thomas Kennion, belonging to that purt, from Cronstadt for London, bos been abandoned in the North Sea, and that another collier brig, tbo Orlando, has been lost. The number of disabled ships, mostly from the north, taken into the Norfolk and Suffolk ports, is somewhat extraordinary and there is every reason to fear that when all is counted up it will be found that there is a sad loss of life through ill-found and leaky laden ships foundering at sea. Several ships have been seen" to fouuder, the mimes of which are unknown. LIFE-BOAT SERVICES. The following is a list of the noble services rendered by the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution during ihe fearful gales of last week: Bark North Shields, 14 men saved ship David While Clinton, oi New York, fishing-boot, of Tenby, 3 schooner Margaret aud Jane, of Dublin, bark Duke of Northumberland, 18; fishing-boat, of Filey, foreign intelligence AMERICA.

NjSj y.u:K. Nov. Despatches were received from Cincinnati yesterday to ihe effect that General Burnsi.le held KoQXritlc up to 11 "o'clock on Sunday morning- Tto siege still continued, but tlie Federal petition was not sa closely in-Vested as tiad been reported. The Confederates, whose lorcc was estimated at men, hud discontinued the attack from the south side of the river. General liurnside had notified the inhabitant that he intended to defend the town to the last extremity.

Some of the Washington papers of yesterday announced that the army of the Potomac had broken camp at daybreak, nnd, with 10 days' cooked rations, had marched towards the linni.t.n mnminir despatches (ram General Meade's the government of Lublin. Numbers of wounded Russian soldiers were brought into Warsaw on the 28th ult. Vienna, Dkc 8. Intelligence received here announces that engagements, resulting in favour of the Poles, have recently taken place between I Russian troops and the Poles, under Rudzki and Eininoniicz, in the governments of Lublin and Podlacia. Berlin, Dkc.

9 Private letters received here from Poland confirm the news of a sanguinary encounter having taken place nenr Ociesanki, in the government of Cracow, between the Poles under Rossak. and the Russians. The latter lost ISO men. An engagement is said to have again taken place near Nowoszka, in tlie government of Lublin. The fresh bands of insurgents appearing iu Luthauia are observed to be well equipped in winter clothing.

Breslau, Dkc. 9. Advices received here from Warsaw state that the chief railway station in the city had been surrounded by troops. Twenty of the railway officials were arrested and conducted to the citadel. RtiKSLAU, Dec.

10. According to news received here from Lithuania, the insurgent chief Sawa had been victorious at Dobejki and Uzpole, in the district of Wilkomiz. The Kvsinn-, The annual Christmas Show of fat cattle by the above club, in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, commenced on Monday with the customary private view, and was honoured in the morning with a visit by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Crown Prince of Prussia, and the Duke of Brabant, who were duly received by Ihe President, Lord Walsiug-bam the Vice-President, the Duke of Richmond the President elect, Lord Tredegar; Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, the Honorary Secretary Mr. Sidney, the Secretary to the Hall Company and by the stewards and judges.

As a whole, the show is fully equal to any of its predecessors in number of entries, superior to any yet seen at Baker Street or Islington, the cattle classes alone comprising 240 animals, or more than 60 in excess of last year. In point of quality, while the classes are good, there are few animals possessing the highest order of merit; and on the other hand there are several instances of plain and very ordinary batchers' beasts. Among the sheep Lord Walsingham's Soutbdowns, Mr. Cumming's Hampshire Downs, and Mr. John Overman's Leicester and Downs are described as the most meritorious.

Of pigB General Hood's three whites, bred at the Royal Shaw Farm, which take the gold medal against all comers, are extraordinary for symmetry in their fatness; Mr. Norland and Sir Thomas Lennard'a whites and Mr. Do la Rue's blacks ore of a very great marit, and Mr. Stearn, Mr. Druce, the Countess of Chesterfield, Mr.

Crisp, and other celebrated breeders, exhibit pigs fairly represeniing the wonderful precocity and perfection which have been attained of late years. Among the winners ol prizes are the following in the Eastern CEarl of Leicester, Holkhnm, Norfolk, 20, 2nd Devon steer, under 3 years; 10, 3rd Devon steer, above 3 years. Lord Walsiugbam, Thelford, Norfolk, 20, 1st fat Southdown wether, under 23 months 15. 1st ditto, not exceeding 200 lbs. weight; 10, 2nd fat Southdown wetber, under 35 months; silver medal for Southdown ewes (extra stock); and silver cup (20) for best pen of year-old Snuthdowns.

Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard, Aveley, Essex, 5, 3rd cross-bred fat wether, under 23 months 15, best pigs, not exceeding 8 months old-Mr. John Overman, Burnham Sutton, Norfolk, 10 for 3rd Devon steer, under 3 years; 25, 1st Devon Cow, above 4 years; 5, 3rd fat Southdown wether, under 35 months; 20, 1st cross-bred fat wether, under 23 months; 10 for ditto, not exceeding 220 lbs. weight; silver medel for cross-bred sheep (extra stock) silver cup (20) for best cross-bred sheep. Mr. William Heain, Laiuuam nan, norwicu, ist uevon steer, above 3 years; 15, 2nd Devon cow, above 5 years; 30, 1st Hereford steer, above 3 years; 15, 2nd Scotch'polled ox and silver cup (40) for best steer in any class.

Mr. William Symonds, Lambourne, Essex, 20, 2nd Hereford steer, above 3 vears. Mr. R. Wortley, Aylsham, Norfolk 30, 1st Devon Steer, under 3 vents 10, 2nd Norfolk polled ox.

Mr. North Waltham, Norfolk 20, 1st cross bred steer, under 3 years. Mr. T. Matthews, Merlon, iNortoiK 30, ist suorthorn cow, above 4 vears.

Mr. Oliver, Docking, Norfolk, 15, 1st Norfolk polled ox; 20, 1st cross-bred Steer, above 3 years. Mr. W. Mullen, Knapton, Norfolk, 15, 1st Norfolk polled cow.

Mr. C. S. Reed, Plumstead, Norwich, 10, 1st Irish steer 10, 1st Welsh heifer. Mr.

S. G. Stearn, Brandeston, Suffolk, 5, 3rd pigs, not exceeding 8 months silver medal for best pig (extra stock.) Mr. Thomas Crisp, Butley Abbey, Suffolk, 10, 2nd pigs, not exceeding 12 months. The Morning Post, in noticing the stock show, says: "There is one name missing, which has not been absent for many years, and in respect to which the agricultural world have" suffered a great loss we allude to Mr.

Jonas Webb, the founder of the celebrated breed of Babraham Southdown sheep, who is represented this year by Mr. John Clayden, and who exhibits several specimens bred from the late Mr. Jonas Webb's stock. In commemoration of the memory of Mr. Webb Ihe Memorial Committee have had a medal struck, hearing his likeness on one side, with Ihe fact recorded that he was born on the 10th 1796, and died on his birthday, Nov.

10. 1862, with the motto, Wo shall never look upon his like On the obverse is an effigy of one ot the celebrated Babraham rams, which is very beautifully executed." THE IMPLEMENT DEPARTMENT. The Times, iu its notice of the extensivo show of agricultural implements, says: A mere list of articles which attract attention would be or little value; but a few of the principal implement stands certainlv call for a notice. Steam-tilling apparatus, for instance, forms a marked feature in the exhibition. Mr.

Steeven's balance plough, with parallel motion for raising one set of shares out of work while the other set is being lowered into the ground between the journeys, is worked by Messrs. Garrett's stationary engine and windlass on Messrs. Howard's principle. Messrs. J.

and F. Howard have improved their steam ploughing implement by placing it upon tour wheels, by which the steerage is made easier and the plough steadier. To their cultivator they also attach ride ploughs, so constructed as to be double-acting, making a ridge whether travelling backward or forward. This firm is not only supplying a large home demand for steam cultivating apparatus, but has sent out these machines to Germany and France, to Italy, Spain, and has lately started two steam ploughs near Lisbon it hosother' sets' in India, and is sending several sets to Egypt. While the Britannia Works at Bedford are thus turning out this novel species of agricultural machine, in addition to the horse ploughs, harrows, and haymakers, for which they are famous, the steam plough manufacturing is still more largely carried on at Leeds.

Mr. John Fowler is very rapidly increajing his home trade, not only in the heavy land dis'ricts, but also upon light soils and the growth of the foreign demand for such a comparatively new invention is verv surprising. This successful labourer at the steam tillage problem now announces that his engines have broken ground (literally) in New Zealaud, at the Cape of Good Hope, at Melbourne, in Auiigua, Cuba, Barbadoes, Porto Rico, and Demerara, in the latter conntry having obtained a public premium of 1,050 as the most successful introduction of sleam power to the cultivation of the soil, while reports already come across the Atlantic of greatly increased yields of sugar from the use of the new machine. Others of Mr. Fowler's steam-ploughs have gone into Austria and Prussia and into the south of Russia.

In India some these engines are preparing the ground for cotton, tea, and indigo nnd in Egypt a large number of them (coolly as they are) have been despatched and set to work, to cultivate for cotton and take the place of the cattle destroyed by the great murrain. Mr. Fowler states that he is at present turning out from his works no fewer than four engines per week, and that in February the production will reach one per day, and these pieces of machinery, it should be remembered, are worth from 800 to more than 1,000 each. Such figures as those tell of the wonderful progress of our agricultural machinery, and the revolution tliat is being effected in the world old process of tilling the ground. The traction-engine," or the farm-engine, made locomotive 6n common roads, is now largely used for hauling both heavy steam-plough machinery and thrashing-machines from farm to farm; and it 13 prooaoie mat mucti oi tne present muou of our teams in harvesting and manuring will ultimately be aceomnlishcd bv the same engine that already ploughs aud grubs.

As an instance of the extent of our foreign trade in agricultural machinery, Messrs. Clayton and Sliuttleworth last year sent 120 ste'am-engines, with thrashing-machines, to their agency in Vienna, and these are now in use in Wallachia and 'Moldavia, and paftB of Hungary. The trade with Russia is stopped by the war, and the unsettled condition of that country but Italy is purchasing largely, and a great German trade" is springing up. Egypt appears, just now, to be one of the best markets for agricultural machines. Among the portable engines of Messrs.

Tuxford and Sons, for steam culture and thrashing, Appold's centrifugal pump is shown, proved by recent experiments to perform double the duty of the old scoop-wheel in raising water for drainage or other purposes. Messrs. Tuxford have brought out a new windlass for steam culture, in which frictional gearing is employed for avoiding breakages of the wire-rope, and the brakes are self-acting. Messrs. Hornsby show a large collection of engines, drills, ploughs, and their new root-pulper, one of the simplest and be9t machines out.

Ransomes and Sims have another fine stand of engines, ploughs, mills, and crushers, for various purposes, and their ingenious revolving corn screen with adjustable wiies. Of Messrs. Burgess and Key's reapers the most remarkable is that invented by M'Cormick, for delivering the cut corn in sheaf. This machine has worked most successfully in this country, nnd it is affirmed that during the very last harvest upwards of 3,000 have been sold, 200 of these being in Great Britain, 300 on the Continent, and 2,500 in America. Mr.

Sainuelson has a reaper on a very different principle, but for the same purpose, of delivering tbe corn in sheaf without manual raking this, also, has been a successful novelty during the last summer. Among oollections of smaller implements, Mr. Bentall's chaff-cutters, mills, and crushers are noteworthy, as being especially cheap in proportion to tbe capacity of the machines for work. Messrs. Ashby and Co.

show, among considerable variety of implements, their circular harrows, which revolve as they travel, more efficiently stirring and pulverizing the ground. Tbe proprietors of the Beverley Iron Works exhibit their improvement of the original Bell's Reaping Machine, now made to take a great breadth of com at once, and to be propelled by three horses. Their stoud is also distinguished by very improved harvest carts and other farm vehicles, with machine-made wheels. The show has been largely attended throughout the week. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CLUB.

On Tuesday tbe annual meeting of the Smilhfield Club was held in the Club-room adjoining the Hall, under the presidency of Lord Walsisgham. There were also present Lord Tredegar, Lord Feversham, Lord Beruers, Mr. C. Barnctl, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr.

Humphrey Brandreth, Captain Tanner Davey, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Rigden, Mr. Tow, Mr. Sainsbury, Mr.

Willmore, Mr. Coleman, Mr. R. Smith, Mr. G.

Turner, and numerous other well-known breeders and feeders of stock. The report of the council, read by Mr. B. Gmns, the Hon. Secretary, gave a very flattering account of the proceedings of the past year, and of the present position and prospects of the Club.

With regard to the state of the finances, it appears that the balance in bond amounts to 4381..14..3, to which has to be added tbe rent of 1000 paid by the Agricultural Hall Company, and ihe council confidently anticipated that, after paying all the prizes now awarded and the current expenditure, the balance will admit of a further increase in the prize-sheet next year. On the motion of Lord Tuedegar, seconded by Mr. George Tuhner, tbe report was adopted unanimously. Lord Bersers then proposed, and Lord Tdedegais seconded, the election of Earl Spencer os president of the club for the year 1865 and the motion was agreed to by acclamation. The vice-presidents were then re-elected, Mr.

H. Brandreth being appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of the Marquis of Huntly. The trustees having also been reelected, a ballot was taken, iu accordance with tbe new constitution of the club, for tbe seven members of council who should retire, and tbe names drawn were Mr. Beasley, Mr. B.

E. Bennett, Mr. T. Bennett, Mr. J.

Clayden, Mr. J. Giblett, Mr. W. Ladds, Mr.

R. Smith, and Mr. J. Shuttlewortb. Mr.

T. Bennett resigning bis seat, there were thus eight vacancies to be supplied, which were ultimately filled up by the election of the following gentlemen; Mr. C. Howard, Mr. H.

Smith, Mr. R. Overman, Mr. H. W.

Carey, Mr. J. Thompson, Mr. J. Robinson, Mr.

John Buckley, and Mr. Robert Leeds. Various matters of detail were discussed and arranged, and the re-election of the hou. secretary having been agreed to, a vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. THE JONAS WEBB MEMORIAL.

A meeting was afterwards held of the Jonas Webb Memorial Committee. Among those present were Lord Walsiugbam, Lord Berners, Mr. Hovermau, Mr. Dobite, Mr. Stratford, Mr.

Tburnell, Mr. R. Leeds, and the lion, secretaries, Professor Simon ds and Mr. Sidney. Tbe Hon.

Elliott York presided. It was reported that the sum of 996 bad been subscribed, and that the subscription list should stand open until after the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society. A committee was appointed to report as to the best form of memorial. The annual dinner of tbe Smithfield Club was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, on Tuesday, the Right Hon. Lord Walsisgham presiding.

There were also present Lord Feversham (President of the Royal Agricultural Society), Lord Berners, Lord Tredegar, Sir J. H. Maxwell, Colonel Fane, M.P., Mr. Humphery Brandreth, Professor Simonds, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr.

Brandreth Gibbs, Colonel Green, Mr. C. Stokes, Mr. W. Torr, and other persons of note as agriculturists.

The company was not so numerous asin former years, (hough the club was nevermore wealthy or prosperous than at present, and the absence of exhibitors, especially the most of those who bad gained prizes, was a subject of comment in the course of the evening. Among the toasts Professor Svmosds gave "The Father of the Club," Mr. C. Tower, of Weald Hall, fcssex, which was drank with mucn applause. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The Royal Agricultural Society held its annual meeting last Wednesday Lord Fevebsham in the chair. The members had increased 266 iu the year; tbe invested property was 16,488.. 17 .10, and tbe arrears 631. It was stated the country meeting next year would commence on the 18th of July, at Newcastle, the report was adopted, and tbe usual votes of thanks agreed to. CENTRAL FARMERS' CLUB.

On Wednesday evening the annual dinner of the Central Farmers' Club came off at Radley'a Hotel, Bridge Street, Blackfriars. Mr. H. Trbthkwy. of Silsoe, Bedfordshire.

occupied tbe chair, supported by Mr. C. Stokes, Mr. J. Wood, Mr.

Fisher Hobbs, Mr. S. Skelton, Mr. Hudson (Castleacre), Mr. C.

Howard, Captain Shearer, Captain Tanner Davey. and and r. Ramsay. The company numbered about 50 of the memoers. ihe health or Mr.

isher Hobbs was connected with the toast of "the Royal Agricultural Society;" and tanuuo uiucr lousis were given PROJECTED STEAM-PLOUGH COMPANY. A nnhli meeting for h. 7 V.7 o. ii i owhmii piouguing was a- Apout 1W gentle- Md R. Mr.

onowing resoiuiion was passed That considerable advantage would arise to tenant farmers and The supply of Wheat from Essex and Kent to this rni ng's market was moderate, and disposed of at barely ing marKet was moueroie i STSSSiW -L-asTw ies ot consumers, who 1 tur tluotatio'1- Barley, exception of the finest Malting, was rather cheaper. abom at late rutes- "bout last week's prices, 7 Wheat-Essex, Kent, Malt J. 42 4G: Malt, Brown and Sullulk, New White Old ditto 40 Pule S4 '2 48 Eaex A it fine selected, new 44 OM ditto 47 Red, new 40 Old ditto 44 Talavera 48 Dantzic St Konigsberg 45 Ditto, extra 48 American and Canadian 42 Barley, 30 Grinding, 26 34 Oats, Essex Suffolk. 20 Scotch Feed, do. 20 ditto Potutoe, do.

22 Irish Feed, do. ditto Potaloe, do. 10 Foreign Feed 15 ditto Poland 18 r.ssex, Uronn 52 llye, new 44 beans, Mazag ui, hm 48 ditto old Ik 50 Tick and llmron 50 ditto old 54 Pigeon, new VI 34 ditto old 33 Teas, (KM) Boiler-, new 28 hile. 38 Fine Sttflfolk 1 22 Maple, dim, 22 Crey, iiitto 25 n.0Li:,r Rest nmrks, delivered 22 '-'nd iliito I'l iniity 1 20 trench, 22 American, barret ir 4 iy There was a fair arrival of Foreign Wheat nnd small of ii Grain up to the end of last week. A small supply of Wheat at to-day's market the trade was very slow prices hardly so good as on Monday last.

The business in Foreign is also very limited at late rates. Maltin Bnt very slow of sale grinding and other sorts, if aiivihine again a little cheaper. Malt continues to be very freely and for anything below the very finest, lea money is' taken. Oats have undergone no change: tbe trade reni steady at late rates. Beans and Peas go off at is per or money.

A limited demand for Flour at last week's pricL JMXO.N ci MARK LANE, WEDNESDAY, Dkc. a. The arrivals of English Grain and Foreign Oats are ol Foreign Wheat good, and ol Barley considerable. Tc-iu market was very poorly attended, and the business transjri'! in all kinds of Grain was to a most limited extent nric be considered nominally lha i 1 tinylish. rorttim.

i Wheat Barley Oats I IU 210 1170 507'J Eagitff .,.) 110 lm KINGSKtHtD A I iy ARRIVALS IN LONDON i.Asl Ul.l.i,. II neat, ttuvlei. Malt. English. Scotch Irish Foreign English Scotch Irish Foreign a34 1340 letilKi JUijir.

lo 2iol in: J7. 155 8482 Tares, 21 mm I 'eat. 1061 I. insect. 32 1U88 PRICE OF SEEDS, Di.c.

7. Turnip, While, bush. Ditto, lied und Creen Mustard, Brown Ditto, White l'ures. Winter, bush. 13 14 lover.

Rid, Eng. 12 13 Ditto, hit. II 12 1'illo. li ieigi, I 8 10 Ditto, While 5 6 lleii-ll. CHI.

1 riluliuui, yewt. Canary, Tf qr Cinque feoin, new ftye Cross, iv L.iri.',w,,y 56 64 onaluitr, r. 30 32 Hempseed, ip i Linseeu, 1 Ditto, Italian 23 -ii Ditto nape uHj lMiglish, ion Kupesced, lust Linseed Uil-Cuke, ton Foreign ditto, ditto HAY MARKETS, Dtc. 7. Regent's Puik.

Smilhlield X. s. 4 15 10 5 10 4 I I 6 1 10 1 Clover i. 4 12 in 10 0 Straw ISLINGTON, MONDAY, Dtc. 7.

The total imports of Foreign Stock into London hM amounted to 2186 Beasts, 6360 Sheep, 440 Calves, and Pigs Owing to tbe recent itales there was foliim. ir supply of Foreign Stock exhibited for sale here to-day, the trade ruled lirm at in most instances full quotations. Vnt our own grazing districts the arrivals of Beusls Iresh up moderate as to numbers, aud there was a decided uuprovl ment iu tbe general quality of the stock: contoured itn u- day lout there was rather less activity iu the demund for aw breeds, and that day's quotations were not in all instance! ported, tne supply ol Sheep on sale was small, but the gmtr, quality of the stock was tolerably orinie: for oil hr.u trade was very firm, end a clearance was readily eiteeie.1. Ti. supply of Calves on sale was small, oud Ihe trade ruled in at inursuuy auvonce in the quotations.

Pis were iu uiwit. rate supply aud steady request at full currencies. uy the quantities of 8 lbs, sinking the offal. 5 5 I Veo1 4 -i Pork 3 6 1 i Suckling Calves, 15s 2os. Store Pigs.

205 Cattle at I Beasts 4860 i Sheep Calves 123 Pigs if Foreign uo. Beasts 626 sheep 1340 Calves lis i'iS, NEWGATE and LEADEN HALL, Dec. 7. Only moderate supplies of town and country-killed Mes on sale at these markets: generally speaking the trade is aud prices are about 2d per 8 lbs higher than on Monday By tho Carcase, quantities ol 8 lbs. s.

d. i. d. s. d.

s. d. e. Beef 3 0 3 8 4 4 Veal 3 8 0 3 4 0 4 8 Pork 3 6 4 0 TALLOW MARKET, Dec. 7.

Tha Tallow trade is very dull to-day, and a heavy fall hi taken place in prices. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 4ls r-cwt. Town Tallow is selliug at 40s and 3d net cash. rut has fallen to 2s Id per 8 lbs.

cwt.j s. d. cwt.) Melted Rough Good Town 'lultow Yellow Russia Tallow follow Graves UOROL'GH HOP MARKET, Dec. 7. We have to report the most animated demand for Hot during the last fortnight that has been experienced is the traut lor some years past, and ueorly all the new English Hops uuv beeu sold by tbe growers.

Tbe Foreign Hops tbis rear tmn proved a short crop, both as regards America and Bavuru occasioned by blight, and the quality of both districts is Vtiv inferior, consequently they have been neglected. (ffewt.) East Kents Mid Kents Wealds Sussex 1862's 0 0 0 Lo 0 7 0 0 0 5 10 5 0 Olds 0 a The total imports of Foreign Hops into Loudon lust wek were 486 bales trom Bremen, 311 (roin Hamburgh, frem Antwerp. 47 from Oslend, 334 from Rotterdam, 24 from 27 from Dunkirk, 180 from Boulogne, and 100 (rom New fork THE Wool. I HADE, Dkc. 7.

Tbe public sales of Colonial Wool were brought to a clojeir. Tuesday last. They opened with considerable animation, at advance of Id to ld per lb on Australian, aud of Id to Id hi lb on Cape produce. After a few auctions bad been held At actmty greatly increased, and superior Austrolian and Ne Zealand flocks realised 2d per lb more money than at tlie previous series. Subsequently the demand fell off, and tha rates then current were the same us at the commencement; hut the sales closed with firmness.

Privately there is leu doing English Wool; nevertheless, prices rule lirm. Tber wero no imports from the colonies last week, and only a few parcels were received from Continental ports. LlVEitpooi The increased stringency in the money inir-ket has somewhat checked the demand for Wool, the done during the nasi week bovine hn extent only; still, as manufacturers continue busy, holders tne raw material show no inclination to mxi-riil concession in price. Imports of Foreign this week 1895 balM, ravpra antes. PRODUCE MARKET.

1KA. Ihe public soles of Ten hnlil il, i somewhat slowly, nevertheless former prices have bn supported Privately the trade is quiet. For export there St o.vn. The row Sugar trade is much less aclive, and wuf so es nave town ci io is per cwt less money aa been taken. Crystallised Mauritius is quoted Ms to Mi yellow onto 41s Gd to 45s 6d.

brown 34s 6.1 to 40 6,1. foe Madras 41s to 48s, and whito Havanna. in bond. 33t to gfeui cwt. Kenned roods doll 1 i Cofkkk.

A fair average business is passion in prices rule firm. Good and Hn i -a ao8 6 'dOa. good middling "'ocua oos to loos, tfrazil i2s lo 84, aud Javi iM to 82s per cwt. Rick. Bengal Rice is very firm and is 3d to Gd perc: dearer than on Friday last.

Other kind of Rice Wpport previous rates, with a moderate demand. The quotations for Bengal produce is 8s 3d to is per cwt. uu it. A fhir business is passing in (Iff Fruit, and l.e quotations rule firm. Vostizza Currants have sod at Valencia raisins 29s to 43s, Muscatels 4u to 135s, T.rkev Fys JUs to 60s, and Jordan Almonds 7 to per cvt.

Saltpetiik. The demand is somewhat active and pneo bavo improved. On-3- Linseed Oil is dull at 37s 3d to 37s fid pjr cwt on ti spot. For other Oils the trade is in a sluggish state and pri have a downward tendency. Foreign refined Rjpe 1 1 to brown 38s 6d, fine Palm 36s Gd per cwt.

Gallipoli Olive to 0j per tun. French Spirits of Turpentine Cis per American refined Petroleum Is 0'd per gallon. PROVISION MARKET, the provision market has generally ruled cuiet during llW past week. Fine Irish Butter is offered qualilies are sold at a reduction of 2s per cwt. without le.idin; ii.

American being taken preference little nothing wos done until the latter part of ibe post week. I the advance in Fnesland directed the a.tenlioii of the trade Irish and American Carlows 110s to I Pis free on board. CO! Urstsll2s seconds 106s, thirds 100s landed. Fine Anient a quoted at 98s to 104a, good 94s to 90s, middling .) 81,8,1 Butl9r ''as met a dull tale; the finest Porstt A)Si an1 Devo'i H2s to Ills per cwt; the supply small. Of rresh Butter the supply is fair, but the quuliiv very middling; firsts have sold steadily at 16s, seconds ami est Country 15s per dozen.

Friesland Butter advanced in the early part of the week to 106s per cwt. Jersevs io fair demand at 96 to 102s, Normandy 110s to 118s per c'wt. Lard and Hams are unaltered an active besineas has been done in American at very firm prices. The Bacon market is very quiet best Warterford 53s free on board, Hamburgh it landed, new Ameriean singed 42s. The English Cheese trade is steady but quiet choice lump sell well, and really fine Cheese is much wanted, but other suris go off slowly.

American Cheese is not yet sought after it the cheapest in the market. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Friday, December 4. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Hobbs, E.

Ware, Hertfordshire, Bout factor. BANKRUPTS. Barnard. Leigh, bread baker, to surrender Doc. 22.

at the Bank Rel'amy. D. (ireat Yarmouth, butcher, Dec. Hk at the rupt i our! London. ado, Dec.

at be Count, Court, I Wgeti, Great Healings. Suffolk, blacksmith, Dec. 16, atllm bounty Court. Woodbndge. iti A II Rice, Watton, Norfolk, licensed vicluoller.

Dec. 17, at the Registrar's Office, Attleboroog.li. Tuesday, December 8. BANKKLTT. Bryant, Slradbrooke, Suffolk, superintendent registrar, to surrender Dec.

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W. E. Slice- Badleigh, Mr. llardacre. Printed and Published by John Tayi.ob, at his Printi" Office, High Strekt, Colchestkr, Esskn tbe resided of the said John Taylor being at Crouch Street, aforesaid.

FRIDA DECEMBER 11, 163. nyHEH. inn -to' 0 jg io 32 0 oi 'J 'j in 0 lo i (. WhitechOB, s. I 3 0 i 1 I 1 and Urimeltt.

ihey were to mount tne oox uuuer some u. The body they were to dispose of by throwing it into the roadside ditch. arrived at Driffield, and go off will, tbe proceeds. the vnoihs who took the doo-cart maWed to when thev It appears break it before (hev 'reached Driffield, and they left it in a field on the roadside. On Monday morning they took the horse nto the stable at the inn where they had put up, and went a horse dealer, to whom they offered to sell the animal, which of its class was a valuable one, for The dealer's suspicions were at once aroused, and he handed them over to the police authorities, who conveyed them to Hull.

The youths who had engaged tbe cab, and had conspired to murder the cabman, got the cab, but just at the moment of starting one of them became afraid, and he told tne cabman wnai lie anu nis com 1 panion had determined to do. The lad who was to have per petrated the deed then jumped out of the opposite door of the cab anil took to bis heels, tie was soon alter captnrea oy Detective Jones. The names of the three boys in custody are J. W. Wriggleswortb, Richard Lord, and J.

J. Reynolds, They have been remanded to gaol until the evidence in the several coses against tbem has been made complete. The prisoners are said to have been led to this extraordinary course of crime by reading (he lives of Dick Turpin and other such characters, and Ihey had determined to become burglars, highwaymen, and, to crown all, murderers. Their career, however, bas been cut short, fortunately for them. Wills and Requests.

The will of the Most Hon. John Marquess ToKindienri, of Ruynhiim I lull, Norfolk Boll's Puik, Hertford; and Stratford Place, London, was proved iu Her Majesty's Conrt of Probate by his son now Marquess Townshend, Ihe sole executor. His Lordship was an Admiral in tbe British navy, a naval aide de camp to the (jueen, and a magistrate for Hens. Piorfolk, and Staffordshire. He suc ceeded to the title in 1855, and died at the age nf sixty-five, His will, with a codicil, ore respectively doled Dec.

His Lordship has bequeaihod the whole of his property, real and personal, his sou ihe Marquess, leaving by the codicil legacies to Ins servanls. 1 lie will of Miss lawMIM benroder of Northbrook House, Soiulmmpion, was proved in London by the execul irs ami trustees, viz. the Itev 11. J. Julius, M.A.

and John Druce, solicitor, the acting executors, powe being reserved W. H. G. Bucahawe, Esq. the other execu tor.

The personally was awnru under iliO.DOO. The testratrix bus beqiieuihed a large portion of her properly io charitable tnstiiutioiis, part thereof being subject to ihe life-interest ol parlies who are legatee uuder the will. Of this, which she describes as her own property, after making some bequests to friends aim to servants, she leaves the residue to the nritish nnd Foreign Bible Society and, having power of disposal over properly under her fulher's will, upon the decease of her mother, leaves the iuteresi of port thereof to her sunt tor ner life, und her decease ihe principal to lie divided us follows: 5.000 In ihe British and Foreign Bible Society, tn ihe Society tor Promoting Christianity amongst ihe Jews, 1.000 to the Citv Missions, and io the Church Missionary Society. These four societies also lake ihe residue of her properly equally amongst them. There is an immediate legacy of 200 left to the poor of Beutley, and i.TOO to the pour of Wrecclesham, and upon ihe decease of her mother, very liberal bequests ore made to the pour of ihe undermentioned parishes, Bemley, Wrecclesham.

Furnhain, Aluerahoit, Unlisted, and Freiishom. Illustrated Xetcs. Government Outwitted. Our Government have got into a new difficully relative to Confederate cruisers, by reason of official carelessness if not worse. The Admiralty has lately been selling to private persons several steamers unfit for service.

The steam-sloop Victor was sold ostensibly for the China trade. She was repaired ut Sheerness, but on the discovery that the vessel was being titled out as a Confederate cruiser, was ordered to be stopped. It was too late. Last week the vessel hastily left Sheerness with mechanics and ship carpenters on board, hoisted the Confedrato flag and steamed into Calais harbour us the Rappahannock cruiser. The French Government refuse to interfere with the vessel, which we suppose will in due time, unless prevented by the Federal cruisers, sail away, receive her armament at sen, and prey upon Northern commerce.

It seems that the Ampbion, Phcsnix. and Cyclops have been sold under similar circumstances, and are no doubt intended for a similar purpose. The London Human Fike ok 1801. Mr. Love-lay.

Surveyor of risks to the Phesnix Fire Office, London, has devised a novel present for the Prince and Princess of Wales. It is a lithographed print on white satin (from his published surveys,) giving a ground plan of the buildings in Tooley Slreet, comprising Cotton's, Hoy's, and Chamberlain's wharves as they stood before the grest tire ihat occurred in June, 1861, with i brief history of that occurrence, which was witnessed more than once by his Royal Highness during its progress. On the plan are recorded some interesting events, such as Here tho fire begun," Here the lire ended," and Hero Mr. Bruidwood fell." It has also a facsimile of Mr. Braid-wood's signature.

The frame is of unique design, and of elaborate workmanship. The whole is enclosed in a polished rosewood and cedar case, lined with crimson velvet. Mr. Edward Foster, the Centenarian. Ihe Mayor of Derby (Mr.

T. Roe) has received the following communication in reference to Mr. Foster (a resident of Derby, who recently attained his 101st yearV. Nov. 25th, 1863.

Sir, In reply to your letter to Lord Palmerston of yesterday's date, I hove to inform you that a fortnight ago Lord Palmerston directed that a donation of 60. should be presented to Mr. Edward Foster out of the Roval Bounty Fund. I remain. your obedient servant, Evklyn Ashlky." Providential Escape.

I he child of the Rev. C. A. Fowler, of Canterbury, aged seven, fell out of an open window at the heirlit of thirty-air font from tha l.f sustained no injury. It is supposed that his full was slinhtlv broken by a turf bank which inclined towards the basement torv of the house at utimrt (,,.

he must have rolled thence down into the area. Kaii.way Compensation Cases. Three cases for compensation in tho matter of the late accident at Streatham on the Brighton Railway line were settled in Ihe Sheriffs Court on the 3rd inst. One case only went for trial that of a private in Ihe Coldstream Guards, who asked for 1,000, damages, and (he jury awarded him 350. The same sum was taken by consent for another nerson who ei flnn.

while a third, who asked for 400, received 100. IHE GitEAT EASTERN. The unfortunate firoat Ship has entered upon another phase of her strangely unfortunate career. It will be remembered that the Master nf tha Rolls hod issued injunction to nrevent the sale nf tha shin till the matters in dispute were settled bv the courts of law. Since then the Queen's Bench have decreed that Mr.

Parry, one of the creditors, had a right to execution of judgment," but Ihe Master of the Rolls, on being applied to, refused to dissolve the injunction. An appeal was thereupon made to tbe Lords justices, who after hearing parlies reversed the judgment of o. too nous anu uissoivea tae injunction that restrained the sale. Royal National Life-boat Institution. A meeting of this Institution was held on tbe 3rd inst.

at its house, John Street. Adelphi, Mr. Thomas Chapman, F.R.S.. vice-president, in the chair. Rewards amounting to 44 were eronted to the craws of the life-boats of ihe Institution at biley.

St. Ives, and Huuxley, and to those of shore boats for rescuing 52 lives during the past month from various shipwrecks. The Institution bod sent during the same period new life-boats to Pembrey, Eastbourne, and to Arklow, on the Irish coast. Payments amounting to onwards nf nno ordered to be made on various life-boat establishments of tbe Institution, and 500 stock was again tbis month ordered to be sold from its small funded capital to meet in part these heavy expenses. The committee ol the Institution are therefore earnestly appealing to tbe public for benefactions and annual subscriptions to help to meet the lor-'- nnd inrreinir expenses of tho Society's 125 life-boat establishments.

Remarkable Bibthbaj Cf.ledbatiom. Six hrnilmr re cently met together to celebrate ihe binhdnv nf ths eldoi mi. is Reciorof Harlslon, near Tarn worlh. The dav being Sunday hey oil assisied ill the performnni-e of Divine s-rvtce in morning. The Rector, the Rev.

R. II. Bloxam, said the Prayers and the Litany the Rev. A. Bloxam, Incumbent of Twycross, nwrnw me j.

oioxom, U.U., ri-ilow oi Magdalen Oxford. officiated at the Communion Service the Rev T. Bloxuui. of Rugby, read ihe Epistle; and ihe iwo laymen, Mr M. H.

Bloxam. of nmhnr nf UoiKin tto Mr. H. Bloxam, ol Shrewsbury, read the Lr stons for the duy. MISCELLANEOUS.

Tin: Akciiihsiioi- Elect ov Dtrnr in- Tlo mnii Dr. Trench is fixed for the 1st of in riiri.t Cathedral. The Danes resident in Great Britain will sWMv nr.m the Princess of Wales a magnificent vase, three feet six inches in height, wrought in oxydised silver. Prince Alfred is a keen racket-plaver, and since his residence at Holyrood Palace has, with Prince William of Hesse, TO "ueiiiiy in me racKet-court, Kose Mreet, Ldinburgh. Infanticide is so prevalent in Smilhamntnn fl.ar tin.

of Ihe town has offered 50 reward for whoever will give evidence that will convict any of the criminals. Aitis kicks. tn the window of a restaurant in the Avenne Victoria, Place du Chatelct. is a basket containing six pears, marked "Angevine pears, IDOf. the six that is 25f.

each ci ior a pear Lieutenant and Adjutant Fitzsimnp, who has given the chief evidence on the Crawley trial, is a irrandsnn of tha celnhrAtort Daniel O'Connell. English and Fukncu Compared. A com- porotive estimate of three years' emigration from France and England affords a striking result: France. England. 1852 under 10,000 1854 18,079 323,429.

158 13,813 113,972 Handsome Gift. Mr. William Jackson. M.P.. hno iyn 5,000 towards the erection of Ragged Schools at Birkenhead.

Tbe Queen has knighted Alexander Anderson, the Provost of Aberdeen. It is proposed that in future each man-of-war shall hn fitted with at least one lifeboat. Mr. W. F.

Windham, late of Follbrierir Hall, baa executed deed conveying the whole of his property to trustees for the payment of bis debts. A company has been formed for connecting Amsterdam by a canal with the North Sea. It is believed that the requisite funds have been provided by English capitalists. me L.onaon uazetteoi jfrulay contains the appointment of Arther Edward Kennedy, C.B.. to be Governor and Com.

mander-iu-Cheif in and over the island of Vancouver and its dependencies. The work of pile-driving for the embankment of tha side of the Thames has been begun opposite Lambeth Palace. Very shortly it is expected that works will be commenced to recover from the river the land on which new St. Thomas's Hospital is to stand. Tho agreement for the erection of the International Exhibi tion Building in the Alexandra Park has been signed by uumi nun uie Aiexanura rora company.

At the late anniversary meatimr nf tha Srwimv tha Copley medal (in pursuance of the Council's award) was" presented to Professor Sedgwick, in recognition of the services rendered by him to the progress of geology as a science during nearly half a century. mm siaieutnat tlie rederal General Grant is a native of rvirnemuir, in Scotland. Ilia father was a. farmer Grant disliking that occunotion enlisted intn lha l.if. Marie Escudier, a clever French author, thanks to his feminine Christian name, has just received an offer of marriage from an English gentleman, who, in his letter, expresses his love for the name of Mary," and bis "adoration of female The Royal Stile.

The King of the Greeks has written to congratulate bis father on bis accession to the throne. The letter commences with the usual formula among crowned beads, Monsieur mon Frere." THE SOUTHBKX Puess. Xewsnaners frnm lha Snntham States brought to this country bv the blockade runners are very reticent with regard to Confederate affairs. They are printed on one sheet, and probably for want of ink are quite devoid of sensational headings" which form such a feature of Northern journalism. Health op London.

Tbe deaths in London were above 1,100 in eocn 01 1 tie last tnree weens or Jinvember; they uei-iuieu iu iue wees tnac enueu Liec. to which is less uy man me correcteu iu years average. Extraordinary Longevity. The nbitnarv im i. -iv of the 8th inst.

conlaius some rare instances of .0 list is a gentleman 78 years of age, and on an average each 00 years aim six montns. nonces appeared, also of twn harinir int ul inn n.l lOQ ul kwu iu" oi age. Cei.LKCTiON of Income-tax The Government has com menced collecting the income-tax and. assessed taxes in Southampton by the aid of its own paid officials, who deceive a poundage instead of a regular salary. The plan has civen complete satisfaction.

Hampshire Telegraph A barmaid at a public-house in Fetter TLane has died from ni (teste an unopened note, to this effect you nrerach III? von a few lines. I heard fo my sou God ,0 blfM sermon to my soul. It was not so much spiking it, that struck roe." notienro in mmmmmm "as nau uie to count tho number of i i T. OF ords. A statistician has had the more SSPWS work of Corneille do nit contain Sh.t...

different words, and those of Molie're 8,000. the mo" r''l and varied of English authors. vT. rglies and comedies with 15,000 fc To nnV, rat haaof empl SfS5 ld Paradise Lost onlv con- Testament says all that it bas to say BenJamm Holding, who, it will be recollected, murdered his at Wcst Brorawich, was tried at Staffordshire "Sa on edDeaday. acquitted on the ground of insanity, in contact with concentrated sulphuric I Cid, takes a splendid red colour, almost equal to magenta.

I I THE GALE OF LAST WEEK. A storm of wind, unexampled in ils violence fot many years past, burst over the metropolis on the 3rd inst. The anemometer affixed to the Royal Exchange indicated a pressure of 30 lbs. on the square foot about eleven o'clock in the forenoon. Among numerous other casualties an immense zinc chimney was blown from the roof of the premises belonging to Mr.

J. B. Palmer, at tha corner of Botolph Lane, in Lower Thames Street; in an instant the brick chimney stack came down with a crash, ttriking a cab horse. Several persons passing were struck, and one man named Thomas Jones was severely cot about the head. A large stack of chimneys was blown down at the Queen's Arms, No.

203, Upper Thames Street. Nearly facing a building known us Broken Wharf the body of a man, with an umbrella lying by his side, was found on the bed of the river, supposed to have bean blown in and drowned. The engines of the London Brigade were called out to a fire in High Street, Shadwal), which was occasioned by the roof of a house being blown off. The inmates bad a very narrow escape. At eleven o'clock, when the gale was highest, a targe piece of lead was blown off the top of tho house of Mr.

Garrott, 59, Cornhill, and struck a gentleman just descending from an omnibus, inflicting severe injuries on his head. On the river there was great confusion and destruction of property. Off Blackwell two large vessels were driven from their moorings, and dashed against the pier, doing much damage to the Brunswick Hotel. Higher up the river the Celestial, just arrived from China, and laden with tea and silk, got athwart the tide, took the ground, and went over on her beam -ends. Some homeward-bound vessels, themselves bearing evidence of the violence of the storm, reached Gravesendon Friday, and brought sad intelligence of the destruction among ships which only a few hours before bad left the Thames.

A large outward-bound Australian ship, called the Fusileer, Capt. Cuvasso, with passengers nnd general cargo, bound for Port Phillip, struck on the Girdler Sand, some 20 miles below the Nore. Signals for assistance were shown, and the whole of the passengers were saved, and landed at Ramsgate on Thursday from a lifeboat. Another large ship, called the Demerara, Cnpt. Scovell, Irum London, bound for Greenock, was lost on the Shingles, and the crew were also fortunate enough to reach Ramsgate in safety.

A third ship, the Cornelia, outward bound from Bremen, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, and the fate ol her crew is yet uncertain. The briganiine Belle, Capt. Pyue, bound from London for Algoa Bay, was driven from her anchors in the Downs by the forco of the hurricane, and drove athwart a steamer, carrying away her foretopmast, and the captain, chief mate, and three men are missing. The second mate, one lady passenger, one seaman, and two boys were only left on board when the briganiine was fortunately picked up by the Napoleon steamtug, and a lugger called the Buffalo, ol Broadstairs, which remained by her until the gale moderated, and succeeded in towing the disabled vessel into Ramsgate. A large Calcutta ship, known as the Maxwell, to escape being wrecked on the Goodwin, cut away her masts and so averted her destruction.

She is insured for upwards of 50,000. The gale was equally severe in the provinces, particularly upon the At Yarmouth a sloop foundered in tho roadstead, with tbe loss of two of Ihe hands and a brig and crew were reported to have beeu lost on the Scroby Sands. At Lowestoft the steamer Norfolk, Captain Bolland, from Rotterdam for Harwich, with cattle, ic, in the service ol the Great Eastern Railway Company, was forced into tbe harbour, having been blown to leeward of her port. She came in in want of fuel, and with 25 sheep, four calves, and one cow dead. The brig Herald, of Whitby, Captain Shaw, from London for Hartlepool, in ballast, drove on tbe Mouse Sand about 5 on Thursday, and commenced filling with water.

The crew took to their boat, and were picked up about midnight by ihe schooner Pilot, of Goole, which brought them into Lowestort. At Beccles a granary belonging to Mr. J. Crisp, near tire railway station, had one of its sides forced in, and a portion ol the roof blown off. Charles Oxborough, a bricklayer, who had taken shelter from the fury of the hurricane, was killed, and a boy was seriously injured.

Between nine and ten on the 3rd inst. the down platform a' Forncett station, on the Great Eastern line between Ipswich and Norwich, with the waiting-rooms and all the buildings, which were constructed of wood, and which stood broadside to the wind, were blown completely over on the down line of rails, which were thus entirely blocked, and all traffic upon it stopped. Information was forwarded at once to Mr. Dutton, the district superintendent at Ipswich, who dispatched assistance to the spot, whither he wentiy the next train, and made arrangements for working the down traffic on the up line between Forncett and Flordon, and with a pilot engine and a pilot man, the whole traffic passed over the up line till late in the afternoon. Between 30 and 40 men were set to work clearing away the debris, and the whole building being constructed of wood, it was speedily taken to pieces, and by 4.15 the line was clear, and the down traffic resumed thereon.

A temporary platform was erected until the permanent one can be re-placed. No one was hurt by the fall of the buildings, and nono of the trains were delayed. In Staffordshire ihe gale raged with great fury. At Hanley, iu the district of the potteries, the high wind wos fur several hours accompanied with fearful flashes of lightning, loud thunder, and a heavy fall of hail. The wall of a factory fell, and did serious damage.

A shop front and the end ofa house were blown in, a house was thrown down, and several roofs were completely stripped. At Noi tinghain houses were unroofed, and walls and chimneys everywhere blown down. At Lenton, a mile out of the town, the roof of a barn wus blown over inlo an adjoining field a distance of many yards. Numbers of persons have been injured, but no lives have been lost. At Manchester, a Welch chapel in course of erection, and nearly completed, was almost entirely demolished.

A high factory chimney at Pendleton was blown down. A new house, nearly finished, was blown down ot Lougsight. At Peterborough one of the pinnacles of the Cathedral was blown down into the garden of the Bishop's Palace. At Liverpool there were numerous casualties among the shipping in the river. At Bristol a stono weighing 141b.

was dislodged from the tower of All Saints' Church, Corn Street, and was blown down into a crowded thoroughfare, but fortunately without doing any harm. At Clifton a chimney stack fell, killed a horse, and broke a waggon to pieces, but the driver escaped. At Birmingham the gale did considerable damage, and caused accidents by which many persons were injured. At a manufactory in Birchall Street, a chimney belonging to some premises adjoining was blown down and fell through the roof of a warehouse. A man and several women were injured.

One unfortunate girl whs dead when extricated from the mass of bricks and otber material. At Holyhead the storm was felt with great severity, and several vessels were driven ashore, in one instance with the loss of all on board. Tbe fate of the Harmony, from Ayr for Drogheda, and her crew was remarkable. About seven o'clock on the 3rd instant she was driven rapidly towards the lee snore, hlie passed close to the end of the Ureat Jiastern lettv mawpao? "vpanuic, ul "'ww gate a wap rarunt rauitio jetty. One boy only remained on board.

About two o'clock on Friday morning Constables Toohitl and Hughes, of the Anglesey police, were sent by tbe inspector along the shore to see whether any persons might be in want of assistance. They heard the poor boy on board the Hormony hallooing for help. By means of a rope they pulled him ashore through a tremendous surf, and in about 15 minutes afterwards the ship broke in a thousand pieces. Tbe crew of 19 men, of the Elizabeth Morrow, from Glasgow to Old Calabar, were saved by the lifeboat. At various parts of the coast tbe life-boats connected with the National Institution are reported to hnve been most ac-tiveiy and successfully employed in saving tbe crews of vessels wrecked or disabled in the gale The accounts and telegrams which come to hand from distant continental ports describe the recent gale as the most severe that has been experienced since the fearful storm in 1857.

The master of the Industry, Captain Bodily, from London for Hartlepool, which arrived' in the south roads at Lowestoft on Saturday morning, reported that William Cook, an ordinary seaman, of Wells, while furling the maintop gallant-sail, be low the Nore. lost Ins hold from the violence of the gale, tell from the yard upon the deck, and was killed on the spot. FURTHER INTELLIGENCE. Loss op a German Emigrant Suit with nearly 400 Lives Telegrams received on 'Tuesday afternoon in London from Lloyd's agent at Nieuw Dicp, on the Dutch coast, communicated the particulars of one of the most dreadful shipwrecks that have happened on that range of coast for many years past. The ill-lated ship was the Wilhelmsbork, Capt.

Kross commander, built in 1853, and of upwards of 1,200 tons burden. She leu Hamburg the early part of last week tor Australia, and is reported to have bad nearly 400 German emigrants on board, men, women, and children. She had also a cargo of general merchandise. It would seem that she bad scarcely cleared the Elbe before the awful gale of Ihe 3rd inst. wus encountered, and the wind blowing directly upon the shore, the ship evidently was unable to get an offing clear of the long line of low shoals which abound on this part of Ihe coast.

The ship was brought up at her anchor, but the high gale and tbe heavy waves, which came tumbling in from the North Sea, uo doubt quite overwhelmed the vessel, aud she was driven on the Terschelling sandbank, a dangerous shoal near theeutrar.ee to the Zuyder Zee, where she speedily began to break up, and of 400 lives on board only 44 are reported to have been saved. On this line of coast upwards of 100 coasting vessels aro stated by the agents to have been wrecked or stranded, oud many of the crews were drowned. Several wore bound tor England. The Yarmouth Fishing Boats. Intelligence continues to be received at Great Yarmouth of frightful destruction ol property and life by the late gale.

It appears that when the storm burst in its fury on the 3rd inst. there were from 80 to 100 tisbing-bouts off Winterton, and that in tbe course ofa few-hours tbe whole fleet was scattered, some foundering, others being completely disabled, while not a few lost several of their crew. On Monday evening there were still about 50 fishing-boats unaccounted for at Great Yarmouth, and tbe scenes presented on the quay in consequence of the assemblage of relatives and friends anxious to obtain tidings of missing boats and fishermen have been very affecting. A telegram was received on Monday afternoon to the effect that the fishing-boat Francis, belonging to Mr. Shuckford, oi Yarmouth, had been driven ashore on the coast of Holland, and it is believed that the whole of the crew had perished.

The Whim fishing-boats lost two hands, who were washed overboard the Swallow, 2 the Star, 1 the Fortitude, 1 tha Velocity, 3 the Catherine, tbe Harriett Todd, the Rosa, the Pelican, the Olive Branch, 3 and the Dido, 1, the mate. The following boats have been lost, although the crews are stated to have been saved The Twilight, the Indefatigable, the North Siar, the Fear Not, the Seven Brothers, the Fortitude, the Agenoria, the Miriam (one hand lost), the Napier, Sic. The loss in fish-gear, nets, has been very considerable. At the Sailors' "oino since tne otu mat. upwards of 61) sailors trom various wrecked vessels have been received and comfortably boused Two of the poor fellows were in snch prostrate condition that they bad to he nursed with tho utmost care; but with the attention of the superintendent, Mr.

Watson, and medical aid, tuey gradually recovered. Dec. 9. Considerable anxiety is felt at Great Yarmouth with respect to local fishing smacks, upwards of 40 of which are unaccounted lor. Yesterday the smack Vulture was towed into port disabled, and with only three apprentices on board, the four men belonging to her having been washed overboard and drowned.

During the gale the boys were ordered below, otherwise they would have been swept away by the terrific seas. Some cases of noble self-devotion have been recorded. Thus, on tbe morning of the 4th the smack Catherine bore down to the assistance of the smack Fortitude, of Yarmouth, bnt finding that the crew of the latter were too much exhausted to jump on board of (he Catherine, two men, named William Wilson and William Hemp, both married, lowered a boat and proceeded to their assistance. Just as they left the smack a tremendous sea swamped their boat and they were both drowned. Ultimately, however, with the exception of a boy, the crew of the Fortitude were rescued.

Intelligence has been received of the safety of the crew of the Francis. The crew of the Russian brig Usio, nine in number, have been received at the Sailors' Home, their vessel having been abandoned during tbe gale. The crew of the Belgian sloop Joseph, of Ostend, six in number, were also received at the Home. Both of these crews were rescued by fishing smacks. No fewer than 75 sailers have been received since Friday at tbe Home.

Hull, Dec. 8. On Monday morning the fisuing smack Uncle Tom, of Hull, arrived at this port from sea, having ou board Captain Vatcb and 12 of tbe crew of the bark Frederick Franz, of Mecklenburg. The vessel was bound from that port for London in ballast. She became disabled in tbe gale on the 3rd and on tbe following day was fallen in with by the Uncle Tom in a sinking state.

The crew bad been pumping for about 30 hours and were exhausted. The smack bore up alongside, and a rope was thrown out to the crew of the disabled vessel. One of them passed this rope round his body, but, instead of tying it, he merely held it with his bands. He jumped overboard, and was hauled towards the smack, but when near her he was carried away by a heavy wave and was drowned. At tbe same moment a man on board the smack had one of his arms broken.

After a time the captain of the smack ordered his small boat to be launched. This done, be got into her, but the other seamen refused to go in her, saying that it would be certain death. The captain, therefore, deter mined to go alone, when one of the boys volunteered to go with him. These two rowed the boat to tbe bark, and at much peril succeeded in saving the lives of tbe remainder of her crew. Ihe bark went down about (wo honrs after being abandoned.

On Thursday night the Foam, of Grangemouth, anu tne rlover, uaptain nuuson, ot Ipswich, went ashore inside Spurn Point, and the whole of their crews, with tha exception of one man, were drowned. i TTT continue Shields, Dec. 8. Ihe westerly gale continued to blow at omenis all Monday mgut, ana to-dav it is still very stormy. The large fleet of colliers which sailed from the Tvne cn lha iaft fcl .,,1 2nd inst, despite of the slorm warnings.

It is feared that' Wine ploycd a good deal in England. Although a Boman Catholic he wos very inattentive to his roliirinoii known to go to mass. About ll vears ago be married a Protestant, the ceremony having been performed by Protestant Clergyman in a Protestant Church. Their children were bap-tieed into the Roman Catholic Church, the mother herself presenting them at the chapel for that purpose. During the absence of the parents in England the eldest child was left in Dublin, in charge of Mrs.

Maguire's father and mother, who brought her up as a Protestant. After their return she sent them all to a Protestant Sunday School, with their father's fall knowledge and consent. Early in April he was attacked wttli i valvular disease of the heart, and bis case being hopeless the Rev. Mr. Keon was sent lor, at the defendant's suggestion, to give him the last rites of his Church.

He cutiieH on the 24th of April, and having discovered in confession that bis children were attending Protestant schools he refused to give him absolution until he signed a will consigning them to Ins custody, to be educated as Roman Catholics. A document of that purport was drawn up by the plaintiff, and brought by un me iuu oi April io tne living man, who signed it in the presence of two witnesses provided bv the nriest. and strangers to him. His wife was absent at the time, and ucvee nearu oi mis win until soon alter her husbands death, and while she was still nursing the youngest child she received an attorney's letter requiring' her to surrender the children to the Reverend Mr. Keon and two others, who had been pro forma joined with him in the mis ueiuanu sne reiuseu to comply, and intrusted the children to a charitable association.

The orient sought to get possession of the three children by means of a wru oi uaoeas corpus, nut I tie relurn made to the writ by the mother was deemed satisfactory, and the Court refused to enforce his claim till the validity of the will should be established. It was tried at the last assizes of the county of Kildare, bui the jury could not agree to a verdict. It has beeu now tried again, with a similar result, in Dublin. Mr. Whiteside ably pleaded the cause of the mother, and Mr.

Barry with not less pjiwer defended the rights of the priest. The charge of Baron Fitzgerald wus so clear and imnartial that it called forth loud applause in the court. His summing up of the facts admitted on both sides presents a case of grave importance and of greal public interest. The will did not originate with the testator it was suggested to him by the priest, who got it prepared and made ready for his signature At first he refused to sign, but his spiritual guide would administer to him the sacraments of the hurch on no other terms. The mother might Imve been made a lestainentary guardian, and the children might have been brought up as Roman Catholics notwithstanding; but she was excluded.

The guardians named in the will were the priest himself, a brother to the testator, and another person who was a stranger. Another stranger was procured to witness the. will. Mr. Keon, being at the time the spiritual adviser of the deceased, admitted that he would not have administered the rites of tht Church unless the testator complied with his direction.

air. Keon reinseil to disclose what passed between him and the deceased, as it occurred, he said, under the seal of confession. The jury were totally in the dark as to the main object of the inquiry whether the instrument in question was really the will of the deceased or not. They were ignorant," said the Judge, "in a case where, above all things, it wos necessary that they should be fully informed." The document was inconsistent with the whole course of the man past life. There was nothing so unlikely, as there was nothing so unnatural, as that the dying father should make a will ordering his voung children lo be "torn away from an affectionate mother, und consigned to the care of total strangers.

There was no room to douiit that powerful influence had been used to make the man sign the document, or that he did it under the most fearful pressure that can be brought io uear on me iiuman mum. uut it was argued on the part the priest that this influence was not "undue influence." ihat the priest was right in coercing the penitent into the performance of whatever the confessor might think was his dutv, bv making the administration of the last sacraments depend "upon tho act of submission to the authority ol the spiritual guide. It is obvious that this is a dangerous doctrine, for even those who believe in the infallibility of the Church will admit that individual clergymen may lake a wroni? view of their nnd may in the matter of will-making, as well as in other matters i secular nature, tie influenced bv motives not altogether pure, and may inflict the greatest iniurr on families and on society, and then try to evade responsibility by pleading the victi oi lueconiessionai. I he jury consisted of eiirht Proteslanta nnd fnor Cnmnn Catholics. It is stated that ten were for finding the will null and void, and that the other two expressed their determination to sit there till Christmas rather than agree to a verdict agaipst the priest.

Dublin Corresponded of die Times. AkO-TOEK CfLLKN Pastoual. Archbishon Cullen. in an Advent pastoral read on Sunday from the pulpits of all the Roman Catholic chapels iu the city, makes another in- uirect anacK upon uritish government Ireland. He refers to the bad seasons, scanty harvests, and general poverty with which the country has been visited for so many years as the threatening warnings of Heavenly anger, on account of the un-Christian political economy which guides the councils of our rulers, whom he accuses of degrading the poor, made in vjoo image, ueiow me uea3is ot the field.

It is their design, in his opinion, to sacrifice the well-being of Ireland, both temporal aud spiritual, to the necessities of the manufacturing interests of England and, unwilling to behold her an island of saints, they would reduce her to be merely the mother of flocks and herds. Times Dublin Correspondent. NAVAL AND MILITAKY INTELLIGENCE. MUSKETRY INSTRUCTION IN THE ARMT. Major-General C.

Hay, the Inspector-General of Musketry, having compiled his annual report for the information of His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Cnmmanding-in-Chief, of the progress of musketry instruction in the Army for the year 18G2-3, ending on the 30th of September last, "the elaborate relurn has, by command of his Royal Highness, been transmitted during the last few doys to all the military stations at home and abroad. The returns show the efficiency of both the cavalry and infantry. It appears the number of men exercised in the yearly course was cavalry, infantry, the non-exercised amounting to 1157 per being an increase of that of last year, which was 10 per cent. It appears from General Hay's elaborately-prepared annual practice returns that the 1st Dragoon Guards is the best shooting regiment of Ihe cavalry, its figure of merit" being 22T3, aud that the 49th Foot is the best shooting regiment of the infantry, its figure of merit being 51 54. It is true that the 2nd battalion 20th Foot occupies the first place in the table; but.

as the skirmishing practice of this battalion was executed in advancing from 400 to 2UU yards, and then in retiring to only 300 yards, notwithstanding on order had been issued calling attention (o the subject when the "course" for 18C2-3 commenced, Ihe battalion has forfeited this post of distinction, and the honour is awarded to the 49th Foot Regiment as the best shooting regiment, being No. 2 on the list. The best shooting company in the army for the year is No. 10 company 49ih Foot, its "figure of merit being 55-67. The best shot in the army in the yearly course of practice for 1862-3 is Sergeant Kay, 1st battalion 22nd Foot, who obtained 22 points in shooting in the first class and the best judge of distances is Corporal Jackson, 1st battalion 24th Foot, who obtained 27 points in the first class.

The Inspector-General concludes his able expose by remarking The shooting of the army has improved on last year's performances, aud the results of the judging distance practices are satisfactory. Another year's experience furnishes proof, it such were required, of the soundness and practicability of the system of musketry instruction which has for some time pist been iu force in the army and when it is considered that only 12 days in the year are devoted to this branch of the soldier's training indeed, only 34 hours for drill and practice, the results already accomplished are wonderful. During the recent cruise of the Channel Fleet round the coasts of the United Kingdom very great interest was manifested by the public at every port visited, more especially in the armour-plated ship Warrior, which alonereceived on board the following number of visitors: At Yarmouth. 15.0U0: Sunderland, 24,285 Leith, 47,049 Invergorden, 4,500 Orkneys, Lough Fovle, Greenock, 44,100 Belfast, Liverpool, and Dublin, 20,000. There was also received on board at the various pons from yachts and small vessels, of which no exact record was kept, an estimated numuerol The grand total was thus 301,634.

The greatest number of visitors on board in one day was 14,273, at Sunderland, and the greatest number of steamers alongside in one day was 194. SnoKBcnvsESs Experimksts. On Wednesday there was in important target trial at Shoeburvness, the target repre senting a purtion of Mr. E. J.

Reed's ship Bellerophon, that is about to be constructed iu Chatham Dockyard. Under the conditions of trial, such as they were, the target repelled both Armstrong and Whitworth. shot and shell, there being no complete penetration of the iron skin and teak backing. Among the visitors were the Crown Prince of Prussia, who roughed the trial out in the same fashion as other people, and after wards partook of the scanty and indiilereut Admiralty lun cheon without the least reserve or formality. Alajor Vicars, loth Koyal Irish, has been appointed Aide-de-Camp by the Governor-General of India, aud left England in his suite on Wednesday evening, the 9ih inst.

FOHECAsTS OF THE WEATHER. Admiral Fitzroy has just published a general memorandum containing an answer to many questions which have reached him about forecasla of the weather and their principles. In this memorandum he savs: Having ascertained that the principal atmospheric currents are incessantly in more or less circuitous but mutually opposed progress, sometimes sale by side but in contrary directions, sometimes superposed, one or other being nearest earth's surface, temporarily, and always having lateral as well as direct progression, we have a clue to their dynametry by observations at distant stations and by telegraphing to centre, somewhat like that which might be given in a tidal estuarv bv ships swinging iu advancing or receding tide streams to an observer at a fixed station. By the tension or barometric pressure, the temperature and oilier characteristics of the an at each station by the approximate knowledge now possessed of the set, turn or progression of atmospheric currents of their relative breadth horizontally, and of the circuitous eddies usually, or often, between their edges or boundaries one may tell what conditions of air exist within some hundred miles around say a sweep of 500 miles from London (as a centre), and, which is of far more value, what changes or movements are impending. The capability of doing this for about two lays in advance rests on the proved fact of a general lateral translation towards the east in the Temperate Zone, while northerly, southerly, or other (mixed) currents of air are in various movement, tlie practical results on earth suriace being usually composite motions.

By thus estimating the atmospheric area above, around, and within some hundred miles ot us, hy statical observations at the same hour, and by summary calculations of a dynamic character, all the principal motions and changes are brought within the grasp of forecast." I bis applies, however, only to general and principal averages, and does uot include local disturbances, extending over only few miles of atmosphere. With regard to the accuracy of the forecasts Admiral Fitzroy observes that errors, slowness in giving warning, or giving warning without cause must have occurred unavoidably in such uew and tentative experiments: "But there have been four special causes of occasional failure, which ought to be fairly considered. 1. A watch having been officially set to report on the results of each cautionary signal, has somewhat discouraged such speedy action as might otherwise have been taken in signalling, hut a record of their inutility should be compiled, rather than the contrary. 2.

Public offices are not open on Suuday, and only a few Wincinal telecranh Blations are then available. Hence there is sometimes unavoidable delay between Saturday and Monday. 3. No one or two pet- oo ainaysat tneir station all the year round from morning to night. The new nkb ing is hardly yet so familiar to many persons, however zealous, as it may be due tune.

Lastly, the telegraph offices are not 7' ume in me morning, or alter those hours at night: therefore official practical over so wide a range as ours between those times of the day. In conclusion, Admiral Fitzroy states that at present the cotumuuicalions of his office are utilized. nt hsJkt. ciated on the continent. At about ten o'clock in the morning (as soon as in London) Paris receives notices of wind and weather, from our most distant stations, and distributes them Two hours alterwards the French Government despatches our forecasts, and (if any) cautionary notices to more than 18 stations on the coast of France.

This British system has, therefore, incurred a large responsibility. As to the cost a' frequent question the Meteorologic Office of the Board of Trade, and for the Admiralty likewise, was established in 1855 with a yearly estimate of 4,200. This was for many duties, exclusive of those now superadded, not then contemplated. To include and provide for all with these additional objects, and their contingent expenses, Admiral Fitzroy now asks to have 5,800, being only 1,600 more than iu 1855-8, when meteorologic investigations bad not led to their practical utilization nationally. Education of Pooh Children.

The Exeter dioce san prize scheme for the encouragement of children's longer stay at school has already been found to work most satisfactorily. On Friday an examination of the children above 11 years ot age, and who must have attended a school forat least liO doys each of the two preceding years was held at Torre. There were 22 candidates from different schools, and the examiners were much pleased with the extent of knowledge which the juveniles had attained. Since ihe above prize scheme the progress has been very marked. First, seconds, aud third- class certificates, and prizes consisting of books, aud money.

were awarded scolding to merit. head-quarters deny that any movement whatever had taken place. It seems, however, certain that an advance had been determined upon, and the rations issued, but the recent heavy rains have so softened the roads as to render the movement ol artillery and trains impossible. Deserters estimate General Lee efiective force at upwards of GO.OUO men, and he is declared to be fully prepared for an advance and attack bv General Meade. It is reported that orders have been issued directing that all guerillas who mav be captured are to be immediately shot.

Accoonts from "Charleston to the 20th per the steamer Fulton, report the sea-wall of Sumter to be entirely destroyed, and the Immbardment still in progress. The Confederates were building bomb-prools in the ruins. Letters from Folly Island now state that it is not the intention of General Gilmore to take possession of the site of Sumter, he being satisfied that he could not hold it, but to completely destroy its aggressive and defensive power. FEDERAL SUCCESS ON LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. Nkw Yoke, Nov.

20. By the telegrams and official reports received up to this day from Chattanooga it appears that the knowledge obtained of General Bragg's position by the reconnaissance of General Thomas on Monday determined General Grant to advance his whole line, which movement he commenced on the following day. General Hooker, on the right, with the two divisions of Generals Geary andOsterhaus, carried the northern slope of Lookout Mountain, capturing from 300 to COO prisoners. General Sherman, who had previously passed over from the right to the left, crossed the Tfimessee, aud possessed himself of an eminence near the hern extremity of Missionary Ridge. These achievements caused General Bragg to weaken his centre, in order to strengthen the threatened positions of his right nnd left.

Yesterday two heavy columns were ndvanced by General Grant against the Confe'derate centre, and simultaneous their right and left were made by Generals Hooker and Sherman, which resulted in the Federal occupation of Lookout Mountain top, and, after General Sherman being twice repulsed, of the whule of Missionary RiJge. The latest accounts (to the 10 p.m.) report that the Confederates bivouacked two miles south of Missionary Ridge and General Grant declares to General Halleck tluit lie docs not consider himself premature in announcing a complete victorv over General Bragg. The Federal loss is admitted to he upwards of GOO, killed and wounded. The Federals claim to have captured 5,000 prisoners and 40 cannon. The Confederate loss in killed and wounded is unknown.

All accounts received this morning agree that for the present at least the Army of the Potomac is immovably fixed in the mud. Later Intelligence. Youk, Nov. 27. During the night of General Bragg retired from the position he had taken up, south ot Missionary Kidge, towards Dalton, in Georgia, destrovinc the bridges spanning the watercourses behind him, and also the si i es and material which embarrassed his movements.

General ruiau advanced in pursuit at 4 o'clock yesterday muruiug, and crossed the t'hicamauga river during the forenoon. li is now believed that General Bragg commenced a retro- jtrt.ue movement last week, and had removed his heavv artillery, the tact of which was developed to General Grant bv tin reconnaissance of General Thomas on Mondav last, and consequently his unprepared state for attack rendered impossible a successful resistance to the overwhelming force whicl was hurried upon his rear bv General Grant. The New York Daily Metes, in commenting upon the result. savs llow this detest may affect the Cor.federacv is determined by the past. It is but another battle foughtand lost, to be followed by others to be lost or won.

It is mauv thousands of brave men slaughtered, and thousands of women and childre will mourn the loss ot those they love it is nnolher red spot on tlie map to marK where a battle was fought; it is anothei red stain on the page of our history which nothing can evel t.i.h out; it may be a step nearer subjugation, it is a stei further Irotn re-union." The recent reverses to General Bragg, it is argued, will compel General to raise the siege of Knoxvill. and retreat to Virginia. Tlie assertions published yesterday that General Meade wa imidbouud midwav between the Rappahannock and the Rani dan arc contradicted by despatches from his head-quarters, dated the -'0th. which announce that the Army of the Potomac at dayiight on that morning commenced its advance to the l.opidan r.i three columns, intending to cross that river at many diiterent lords. General I.ee's head-quarters are at Orange Court House, with his line extending from White's Ford, on the left, to Mile Run.

on the right The iiieiinimd Examiner of the 23rd reports the discovery and frustration of a plot to lihrrute the Federal prisoners at Richmond, An intercepted letter showed that on a prearranged night, at the striking of the midnight hour, the prisoners were to assault and overpower their guards, arm themselves wi'h whatever weapons they could seize, and proceed towards Williamsburg. A co-operating cavalry force from Williamsburg was to meet them as near to Richmond as possible, when the united parties were to destroy the arsenals, gunboats. Government works, and the bridges over the James river, and in their retreat Williamsburg burn every hamlei on the route. Since the discovery of the plot the guards have heeu doubled, the militia placed under orders, and every cannon on the heights turned upon Bell Island. Ni Youk.

Nov. 2S. Despatches from the field of operations in Virginia state that General Meade crossed the Rapidan on the afternoon of the and morning of yesterday without serious opposition, and marched towards RobertstonTown, in the direction of Orange Court House, where it was believed General Lee was strongly intrenched. There were rumours in Washington yesterday that General 1. re had made a counter-movement, anil crossed to the north 5 de of the Rapidan.

and destroyed General cade's trains and -uiniunications, but they could not be traced to any anthenlic source. The Confederates offered no resistance to Meade's passage of the river. Heavy cannonading was heard yesterday near Orange Court House, lasting liom morning till night, but no particulars of the engagement have been received. Tlie Confederates have evacuated Fredericksburg heights. LeVsio) is cMimatr lv mruoB.

General Grant's victory has created comparatively little popular enthusiasm or public demonstration throughout the North. The Aer Yuri: rc-offirms that President Lincoln will announce in bis Message a plan for restoring the Slates to union, which will be in accordance with the furtherance of the emancipation proclamation. PROGRESS OF THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT. Tiie Times' Mew York correspondent, writing on the 24th makes some important statements on this subject. Dwelling on the electoral prospects of Mr.

Lincoln for the next Presidency, the correspondent says: llovevcr divided the President's councillors may be, and whatever tuUuenoo the Blair-Seard clique may still exercise upon the mind of a wary but irresolute man like Mr. Lincoln, there is in my mind little doubt that the Abolition cause is carrying everything before it out of doors. The arming of the negro regiments was a decisive, irretrievable step. The President ot Brown I uiveisily. in Providence, on the occasion ol tlie departure ot one of these swarthy legions from Rhode Island, did not hesitate to assert that "Ibis war.

whatever its mission was lit the outset, has now no other object than the abolition of slavery;" and Mr. Frederick Douglass, the well-known coloured oralor. stood up for the cause of God and liberty." by which he meant, as he explained, not only the emancipation ot the negroes, but also their initiation into the bodv or, in oilier words, the extension of the suffrage to the whole coloured race. The continuation of the war for another year or two will lead almost infallibly to such results. Abolition had a few, bold, uncompromising friends in the North years ago; but it had also a vast number of timid, shilly-shallying, lem-polillng well-wishers.

Had the Southerners never tired on I'oM Sumter, or had the Confederacy offered io come to terms after Antieimn, or even alter Gettysburg, Northern Conservatism would still have it in its power to belrieud the peculiar instiutii.n." But the war draws to weary lengths, luver givea way before ils iron tread, and the Notlh begin to fee that ihequiekest and surest way to compound with the rebellion is io ti ample it utterly, and to crush it aud slavery caase and effect once nnd for ever. If there ever was a wish strongly cherished in the hearts of the blackest Republicans, ii was tor an indefinite prolongation of the war. Southern valour ami constancy give them all they prayed for. The very heroism of the armies of the Rapidan and the Tennessee, the very endurance of tlie defenders of Sumter will, without some unforeseen intervention of Providuuce, end in their self-destruction Already there is no donbt that slavery, to all intents and has ceased to be in all the Border Slates; it is on its las', gasp in the oilier invaded regions. The correspondent then goes into some statistics on the subject.

FRANCE. Puns, 4. Three ships are now being armed to form a silii.ll naval division to blockade the coasts of Mexico as far as ArapuWu. The Hfuileur says: "A lamentable discussion has been entered into relative to the works on the Isthmus of Suez. Not content with opposing an enterprise in which French interests are engagi certain journals have cnmmi ted the great Mistake of seeking to make the public believe that they txprissed the ideas of the Government.

The Government meets this pretension with the most complete disavowal." Til PROPOSED CONGRESS. Paris, Di.c. G. The Memorial Dijilomnliijue of to-day says that Holland is the only Continental Power which lms to a certain extent followed the lead of England in the Congress ipiestioii. The King has replied that bis Government will lake part in a Congress, provided ail other powers do the same.

The Memorial also remarks upon a statement of the Frankfort Europe that a Conference of the four great powers and Sweden is proposed in London to settle the Dutio-Gcrinaiiic question, and says that France is quite decided not to take part at present in any othiir i-oiifereuee than an European Congress. As for Austria and Prussia, their firm resolution of immediately proceeding to Federal execution in Holstein excludes all idea ol their participation in a Congress." THE FRENCH SENATE. P.u:i. Dkc. 8.

The reading of the draught of the Address took place to-day in the Senate. It is a paraphase of tlie Imperial speech, in which it replies. The Address speaks ol the devotion of France to the Imperial family, and says respecting Mexico that: "The primitive object of the expedition was not to create an empire under the sceptre of a foreign Prince, but to defend our honour and interest, both of which Were menaced." A hope is expressed that the war indemnity to he paid by Mexico will cover the advances made. The initiative taken by the Kmperor on the subject of the Congress is eulogized The Addiess further says on this point England, however, has decided that she will abstain from taking part in the Congress. Her exceptional position allows lor, perhaps, to be less sensible than your Majesty of the dangers of the status olio, but the oilier Governments can only gain by establishing a state of things which will no longer be menaced nor misunderstood, whatever happens." The Address 'ays in conclusion: "The country will not disavow the words" of your Majesty, 'I speak iu the name of Fi GERMANY AN!) DENMARK.

FEDERAL EXECUTION IN HOLSTEIN. FiiAXKfottr, 7. The Federal Diet has passed, by siiirII majority, the resolution lor Federal execution III Holstein. reservinn for itself the settlement of the question of the succession. The order for the advance of troops into the Duchy was immediately despatched.

Fuaxki out, Dkc. 0. It is stated that the President of the Federal Diet has notified to the Danish Government that if in three days Denmark does not comply with the demands of the demands of the Diet, Federal troopswill enter Holstein. PuAUL'K, Di e. 10 The Regiment of Chasseurs has left this city for Theresienstadt, where the Execution troops are to assemble preparatory to their departure for Holstein.

The whole Austrian corps will march on the lath iust. PRUSSIA. lli.nLlx. Dkc. 9 In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the Finance Minister brought in a Bill authorising a loan of thalcrs to meet the expense of extraordinary military measures caused by the present state of things in Schles-wig and Holstein.

The Minister requested the speedv deliberation of the Chamber upon the measure. SWEDKN. Stockholm, Dkc. 8. Tlie Diet was closed to-day with a speech from theThrone.

His Majestv said Our interests are not vet i.iuiipr!itW- arc connected with the maintenance of peace and the rights of nation The Swedish nation feels deep sympathy and sorrow lor the dangers people of Denmark." POLAND been suspended for three months, on the proposal of ihe i of its altitude on the Polish Question i r. I i. KozlowsHi have had several of of that the was were to ofa the wvo Ring into still that of of more the by and hold was At were of He and of to year has anil is to a 24, a are see man they keep the to This into tend time silk, sum has in been ind is the king as king men of up If each ruins 3rd of and Mr with the the The was com the The 200 the the the and the ket the i I schooner Economy, of Port Madoc, saved vessel uud crew of lugger Vigilant, of Peel, saved vessel and crew of ship Jupiter, of London, schuoner Maria, of Amlwch, schooner Harry Russell, of Glasgow, saved vessel and crew ol schooner L'Esperonce. of Nantes, schooner Elizabeth, of Whitehaven, 4 bark Elizabeth Morrow, of Glasgow, 19; bark Confidence, of Liverpool, 23 total, 125, making a grand total of 332 lives saved by ihe lifeboats of the insliintiou during the present year alone. Besides these services, the lifeboats of ihe socieiv at Walmer, Eastbourne, Aberystwiih, Bnde Haven, Souihporf, St.

Ives, Lythsm, and Fishguard pm off ou Thursday and fcriduy last, in replies to signals oi distress, wiih the view ol saving life ftum various vessels, but ihev were nut afterwards required, these services are often attended with as much danger as when the lifeboat brings ashore a shipwrecked crew, the gnllunt men who man the lifeboats beinz oftentimes ihoronchlv exhausted indeed, in ihe case of ihe Walmer lifeboat the crew were out eleven hours, oud returned home nearly perished wiih cold. The Rauisgale lifeboat, which is on the plan of tbe institution, although nui under its charge, was ulso instrumental during ihe gale of Thursday aud fcriday last in savmg I1U lives trom various shipwrecks ou the coast. Aliogeiber, nearly 14,000 lives have been saved from various wrecks since the first establishment of the Lifeboat Institution, for which it has granted rewords Bouts of iis sieui life-saviiiz fleet (now numbering 126 boats; are found on nearly every dangerous point of our coust where they can be efncieuily worked. As cacti nieboat requires aooui 4'50 a-year to keep it up effectively, it will at otn-e be seen that a large auuual sum is ludispeusible tu the institutions continued progress in its good work. HERTS WINTER ASSIZE.

GREAT ROBBERY OF PLATE. The principal trial at this assize was that for the burglary at the house of the Hou. and Rev. Chetwynd Talbot, Rector of Hatfieid, in which the butler was charged as the robber. Ihe nronertv stolen was plate to the value ol atiout ibou.

The case was rather remarkable us a curious instance of circumstantial evidence. The prisoner, whose name is Soygee, and who appeared above 40 years of age, was placed at the bar indicted for burglary. The crime of burglary, it should be mentioued, may be committed by breaking out of a house as well as by breaking into it, the purpose being robbery; anil the indictment charged that the prisoner, having committed the robbery, burglarously broke out" of the house. Hi pleaded Not Mr. Claiik and Mr.

BvsBBT were for the prosecution Mr Woollktt and Mr. LuDLOW for the defence. The Hon. and Rev. Cbetwvnd Talbot is Rector of Hatfield, and the prisoner was his butler, and had charge of the plat and slept, either in the pantry, where it was kept, or a room which adjoined, called the housekeeper's room.

For some months past he had slept in the latter room, and be did so on the night of the robbery, nnd from the head of the prisoner's bed to the pantry door was only two or three feet. Some week or so before the robbery the prisoner asked for and obtained from Mrs. Talbot some green baize to make bogs to keep the plate in, and one of these was afterwards found, not with plate, but with burglarious implements in it. On Monday, the 9lh November last, Mr. Talbot was at home, and al dinner used the bread-basket, which was of silver, and some ol the plate, which was alterwards stolen.

Before going io tied that night he and his wife lighted their candles with a piece of paper, the remains of which they left in the hall, and which turned out tn be one of the links in the chain of circumstantial evidence, for it was found next morning outside i he house. About 20 minutes past nine the lady's-maid, Harriet Overton, saw the prisoner in the pantry reading, and wished him good night. Eliza Mil ward, the cook, had been out that night, and came home at 10, with Brown, the gardener. About half-post 10 the household appear to have retired to rest, and about that lime Harriet, the lady's-maid, "those bed-room was over tlio kitchen, heard a noise as of a chair being drawn along bricks. At a little past 11 o'clock, the cook, Eliza, beard a noise from the outside as of some one walking in the garden, the sound being of footsteps very near her bed-room window, at the back of the house; and she heard a rumbling noise towards tbo pantry, asif some one were up.

This noise, she said, lasted about 20 minutes, and gave her the impression that the butler was up and in the pantry, but she gave no alarm. About seven o'clock in tho morning of Tuesday, the lbth November, the gardener. Brown (who lived over the stable), went to the pantry window to ask the butler if he was going to light a fire in the sitting-room, and found tbe window open, and no one in the pantry. He looked in, and the bread basket was not there, and he must have seen it if it had been there. He went round to the front of the house and in front of the conservatory, and observed footmarks.

Turning back he met the prisoner coming round suddenly from the direction of the pantry, apparently in a very excited state, holding up his hands and saying, Good God, the house is robbed! the plate is gone!" The gardener, pointing out to the prisoner snrae of the footmarks, he put his feet on some of them until told by the gardener not to do so, as it would erase them. Going round to the pantry, the prisoner said "They had left the plate-basket behind," and which was afterwards found by him, as he said, under the pantry window, though, as already stated, the gardener swore it was not there. The police were sent for, aud the footmarks from the conservatory down to ihe lawn, within 12 yards of the pantry window, corresponded, according to the evidence, with (he shoes of the prisoner. There were no marks of violence indicating in any way or at any part of the bouse an eutronce from the outside, but the hasp of the pantry window was found to have been freshly forced up as if with a screwdriver, and a screwdriver was found in a drawer in the pantry. Tbe prisoner then went and told his master of the robbery, admitting that he had left the pantry shutters unfastened, and that be had found the plate-basket ontside the pantry.

According to the evidence of the gardener this could uot have been the case, and the basket, when produced by the prisoner, was found quite dry-One or two articles suggested to be the prisoner's were found outside the house; and some time afterwards one of the green baize plate bags was found with burglar's implements inside. No part of Ihe plate, however, had been recovered, and the value was estimated at about 650. Tbe case appeared to excite some interest. The Court was crowded, anil the Bench was full of country gentlemen. Mr.

ClaiiK, in opening the case for the prosecution, which he did with much ability, said the cose was one of great importance, not only from the magnitude of the robbery, but from its circunisiances, and especially from the position ol confidence in which ihe prisoner had been placed. He did not believe it would be disputed that there had been a robbery. Mr. Woollktt, for ihe prisoner, said he should not dispute it. The learned Judgr remarked that in a criminal case, and one so serious, be could not take any admissions.

Mr. Claiuc said it was manifest, and it could not be dis-puied, that there had been a robbery; and be believed ihe evidence, though entirely circumstantial, would, by a chain of numerous and curious links, bring home the guilt clearly to the prisoner. It was apparent that the robbery had not been committed from without, and must have been committed from within. The prisoner slept in tbe very next room to the pantry, and was the only person who slept down stairs. Moreover tie had isolated himself from Ihe rest of the house by keeping a door of internal communication with the pantry.

Ihe noise heard by the servants upstairs he could hardly have failed to hear down stairs; and there could be little doubt that it must have been at that time the robbery, by whomsoever it was committed, was in course of committal. It would be for the Jury to consider whether tbe prisoner could possibly have been ignorant of it. Of course the prisoner being known to be there no alarm was felt about the noise, and that was the very circumstance which gave such cogency to the case. The statement as to I he finding of the plate-basket would be proved to be false, and the only conceivable reason for the falsehood was guilt; and tbe only reason for the retention and production of the plate-basket by the prisoner was that it was part of Ibe contrivance, iu order to divert suspicion from himself. The case for the prosecution was that the plate-basket was not found, as tbe prisoner pretended, outside the house, bat (hat it had never been there at all; for if it had, as the prisoner suggested, been left behind by the robbers, it would have been outside all night, and, if so, it must have been covered by the hoar frost, and when brought in would have been wet, whereas it was quite dry.

Another important part of the case was that which related to the footmarks, which were all the mure observable because of the hoar frost upon (lie ground. And the footmarks to and from the pantry were alike, and were the prisoner's. The suggestion, therefore, in Ihe case for the prosecution was that the prisoner hud got ont of the house with the plate, and then, of course, returned. He was seen in bed by one of the servanls only a few moments belore just after the gardener came to the pantry he was met coming from the pantry declaring that the plate wus gone." The gardener had already observed the footmarks before the prisoner was out, and when the prisoner's attention was called to them be put his foot on them and was treading them out. No one could doubt that if the prisoner was not the actual robber he must have "put up" the robbery to use the expression which the police applied to such cases that is to say, that others had been put up to it by some one inside the bouse, and who conld it have been but the prisoner? The robbery bad been planned, and skilfully planned, and who could have planned and carried it out at that early time of the night but tbe prisoner? He must have been awake, between half-past ten and eleven o'clock at night, for be had not long retired to rest, and no one but he would have ventured so early to perpetrate such a robbery.

Whether he was the actual robber or not was not material, for if he were privy to it, and planned it, and took part in it, he would be guilty. Had any one heard the noise and come down to inquire, be would have replied from behind his lucked door that he was up, aud that it was all right, and thus further inquiry would be stopped. That was the very reason why he had managed it at so early an hour, which no one else would have done. The whole affair was skilfully planned, and could not have been carried out without his aid. No doubt there were others engaged in it.

Seven hundred pounds worth of plate could not be carried off without assistance. And verv likely the burglary would be performed by accomplished burglars. Tbe bag which had been found contained implements of burglary. No doubt burglars would never go on any such work without their implements, although it had so happened on this occasion that by the aid of the prisoner thev were enabled to dispense with them. Having perpetrated the robbery with bis aid they would naturally throw the useless tools aside; and had they actually used tbem traces of violence would have been found on the outside.

There were no circuin stances to cast suspicion on any one else in the bouse, and no one else could have ventured to attempt it ut such a time or could possibly have succeeded in it without tbe aid of the prisoner. Evidence having been given of the foregoing facts, Mr. Woollktt addressed the jury, and urged upon them that the case was one of suspicion only even if all the facts relied upon were proved, but that when carefully examined they one after another melted like shadows away. The learned Judge carefully summed up, and the jury, after some deliberation, found a verdict of Not Guilty. JUVENILE OF BOOKS.

BAD EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION. There are at present in the custody of the Hull polics three youths, who have been auDrehended on a charm of a burglary by breaking open the officers of the Electric and international telegraph Company in Lowgate, Hull, and stealing a sum of money. A youth concerned in this robbery is vet at large. One of the three in custody has just made "a most exlraordinary confession. When taken tn win i.

n-r Jones, he stated, in the presence of bis mother and tbe officer that he and the other boys broke into the il anu xuoi, ironmongers. Wat ham Stropt 14, .11 evenings ago. He held the light while the rest of the boys lu urean open me iron safe, ibev used oyster-kmves and crowbars, but, failing in opening it it was suggested that thev should use a fil Witt, 7h; ment they worked on the safe for more than an hour, but the u.c.a. uameu an tueir attempts. They therefore abandoned the safe, which container! hnn i'nn begau to the premises for the purpose of carrying off 1IK1 uv lurlunale enough to meet with.

In the cupboard they lound some bottles of wine, with which they refreshed themselves, and they then went into the shop, from which they took a number of large knives, spoons, forks, and other articles, and with this booty they decamped. Alter- and asked lfthe spoons were silver, but were inLrmn ikuil. plated. After having been in tbeis shop'they formed a plan of luem oelng deputed to make observation as to tne best mode of carrying out this design. Aa the stolen spoons were of little value they determined to bury them, and a bole was accordingly dug in the vard of tbe North-Eastern Railway Company, Paragon Street, but as one of the prisoners resided ut, ium.

piace, ne ma not feel comfortable about their remain mc um not leeicomiortaoieaooui tneir remain- mrr there a c. about a mile and a half on tha Humb.r bank. Before an opportunity offered of robbing the jeweller's shop the hds determined to rob the offices of the Electric Telegraph Com! pany, where one of them had been employed. They arranred at when tbe robbery bad been committed tbey should engaee dog-cart and drive to some out-of-the-way pl.CB Rg nir. forgotten.

The robbery was perpetrated, and about 16 off. It was agreed to leave the town on Sunday moraine last and for this purpose a dog-cart was duly sngaeed It decided that Ihey should set off at an early hour and twnf 3 ur, anu two of depopulation still continues in Poland. Viknna, Dec. 10. Advices have been received here confirming the news of the victory of Bossak's over 10 companies Russian troops near Ociesanki.

It is further announced Chmielinski has defeated three companies of Russian infantry near Szczekociny, in the palatinate of Cracow. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. Vienna, Dec. 10. The Vienna journals publish news from Constantinople stating that the Sultan's reply to the letter of Emperor of the French had not yet been despatched.

It stated to have been withdrawn. News had reached Constnntinonle from the Rlacl- ih.i numerous arrests had been made at Odessa. Great armaments in preparation at Kieff and Nicolaieff. GREECE. Paris, Dec.

4. La France publishes advices from Athens the 2nd slatintr a fact which m. bad feeling against the King. The Assembly is said to a vote ot sympathy on account of death of the late King of Denmark Leghorn-, Dec. 9.

The Greek Consul in this citv has published a denial of the statement made bv La France, that the National Assembly at Athens, had reiectfrt the mminn fe sympathetic address to King George upon the decease of the oi uenmarK. lie Consnl states that, on the con-X 93emDl.v has appointed a deputation to present to George the expression of its regret. The Greek Government has directed that all civil and military officiula shall go morning for ten days. Madagascar. Paris, Dec.

7. The Conslitutionnel publishes letters from Reunion to the Till November stating that nothing certain was known relative to King Radama. but the rumour that he wos living gained ground. The Queen had morgnuaticallv married the Prime Minister. Letters from the Mauritius add the Prime Minister was satd to have been strangled, after violent outbreak raised hy the nobles and great dignitaries.

Paris, Dec. 9. l.a France says: "The Prime Ministir Madagascar is said to have prepared a decree, at the request Mr. Ellis, prohibiting strangers from staving iu the island than three months." AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZF.ALAND. Melbourne, Oct.

24. The transportation question is causing intense excitement. Her Majesty's Ship Curaeoa has arrived at New Zealand. General Camerou has successfully attacked the position of Maories. INDIA.

ILLNESS OF THE VICEROY. Tlie Bombay Gazette of Nov. 14 says His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General Lord Elgin has had a dangerous attack of illness, caused, it is said, the fatiguing character of the route he has taken iu his journey towards the north-west frontier. A telegram from Lahore, dated the 10th reports 1 tie state of his lordship's health to be alarming, and holds out but slight hope of his recovery." Mr. David Sassoon, the well-known Jew merchant in Bombay, has offered to Government the sum of 00,0011 rupees on condition of Government giving an equal sum a site on the Esplanade lor the erection of a suitable building for the Mechanics' Institution and for public meetings.

The Bishop of Calcutta, as Metropolitan in India, was to his primary visitation iu the Cathedral Church at Bombay, on Tuesday, the 6th of December next. The expedition against the Sitlanee fanatics, under General Chamberlain, forced the pass; and on the 20th tilt, the picket commanded by Colonel Vaughan was attacked by the Benair people; in the acliou the hill men suffered very severely, their killed being estimated at 170 and many wounded our loss 22 killed and 50 wounded two officers. Lieutenants Richmond and Cliflvrd, were killed, anil two others wounded. a subsequent encounter Colonel Harding aud two officers killed. MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN NEWS.

A Coloured Armt Chaplain. A correspondent the SobSen' Friend mentions a Tennessee regiment, of the Confederate army, which has no chaplain; but an old negro. Uncle Lewis" preaches two or three times a week at night. is heard with respectful attention and for earnestness, zeal, sincerity, can be surpassed by none. Fkek Tkadk in Ihe impulse given to French commerce and industry by Ihe abolition of the system protection is becoming every day more manilest to the manufacturers of Paris.

The export's from the 1st of January the 1st of October equal iu amount the entire exports for the 1MG2. England and Belgium have particularly contributed to this development of French industry. England taken lace, plain and Scored silks, merinos, articles of ladies' dress, mercery, ribands, linen and cntlon cloths, bleached unbleached; gilt and plated bronzes, jewcllry, clocks and watches, porcelain, wrought steel, stained paper, engraved music, a quantity of chymical ingredients, such as potash, chloride of lime, nitrate of soda, and sulphate of copper; refined sugar, dressed skins, ami variety of basket work. It expected that the exports to England this year will amount loO.OOO.OOOf. more than those of the last.

Ill-organized Emigration. The Daily has letter from a son in Victoria (Australia) to his lather (Aug. 1SG3 1, for the authenticity of which it vouches. It gives very unfavourable account of the state of things in that colony, and especially of the prospects of female emigrants There have been no less than 400 single girls arrived this month, and it is shocking to see them iu the condition they in not one-third of them can gel employment. You will all the diggings swarmed with them, taking up with any that will keep them.

It is shocking to see such fine young women obliged to come to this. They come out here; know no one and if they do not get a situation within a fortnight they are sent out, as the Goverment depot can't them for want of room. There are no less than 200 married couples and 300 single women, besides single men, in depot at present, and the ships expected daily are supposed contain something like 3,000 souls. Whatever the poor creatures will do, God only knows. So mnch for emigration is a very sad state of "things.

We observe that iheJIe-buurue A ryus speaks of new emigration regulations to come operation on the 1st of January. They will, it is hoped, to remedy or mitigate present evils. The tra'ie with Japan, nolwitlistanding the misunderstandings which huie more or less prevailed for a long past, has been largely on the increase. The export ol tor instance, during tlie present season has reached tlie of 2.500,000. Japunesesilk, besides other good qualities, the property ot absorbing colour better than that produced any other country.

An economical way oflighting cities, it is stated, has discovered by an ingenious personage, who proposes to apply it to Paris. Baloons, from the cars of which are to emanate an electric light, are to be fixed at certain stations. hover over the citv, at the proportion of omi balloon to 60,000 persons; the city would be lighter at night than it often in winter by day Indian Expectations. A periodical issued from Society for the Propagation of the Gospei gives (but without date) a letter of the Rev. Dr.

Caldwell, missionarv in Tiunevellv, in which the writer says: All er the southern provinces the people are expecting the advent of a native an 1 the expulsion of the English in 1805. A written prophecy this effect is being copied out and sent from village to village, and every copy of the prophecy is worshipped a document of Divine authority. All that is known of this is his name, Vasanta Raja, King Vernal." Desektku in New York. No less than 5821 are advertised in New York as not having reported themeelves for sevice in the Federal army, although their names weie drawn from the ballot box as drafted is.cn. Thh of Fobt Sumteb.

The Richmond Inquirer of the 11th ult. gives the following review the several Federal attacks on Fort Sumter: Since the bombardment of Sumter commenced on the 17th of August to Thursday last shots had been fired at it, of which 12,302 struck. 2i of the garrison have beeu killed qnd G9 wounded. The flag has been shot away 34 times, the average weight of shot being the weight of iron 3.11G,000ib., or to each man killed, and for each casualty. tlie charges of powder averaged liib.

we have to man killed and to each casually. Sumter in laughs at her enemy, who still fears to pass her battered walls. Charleston has a valuable iion mine iu the fort. Knteutainment to Prince Alfred On the instant the Lord Provost of Edinburgh entertained to dinner at his private residence his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, and His Grand Ducal Highness Prince William of Hesse. The dinner party also included the Duke aud Duchess Buccleuch and Lady Victoria Scott, I lie Marquis and Marchiouness of Tweddale, the Countess Dowager of Morion Lady Agnes Douglas, Iord and Lady Dumfermliue, Hon.

and Mrs. Primrose. Mr. and Mrs. Dundas, Dr.

and Mrs. Lyon Playfair, Rjgut Rev. Bishop Morrell, Very Rev. Dean Ramsay, Major Cowell, and Captain Von Zangen. The balcony outside the dining room was transformed into a magnificent verandah and conservatory, and the tables were so arranged as to command an immediate iew of rich groves of exotics, with the mossy haul; and murmuring waterfall which tilled tlie background.

The band or the 92nd Highlanders performed during dinner in an adjoining pavillion. After dinner Mrs. Graham Lawsnn, daughter-in-law of the Lord Provost, held nn evening party, which was numerously attended, and after hearing some musical performances iii the drawing-room, the company assembled in the dining-room, which in the interval had been filled up for dramatic reading. Dance's comedietta The Wonderful Woman," was cn lecture the appropriate auxiliaries of costume and scenery, under direction of Mr. and Mrs.

Wyndbam, of the Theatre Royal, part of Crepin, the Cobbler, being sustained by Mr. J. Toole, who is at present performing iu Edinburgh. After supper, dancing was beguu, and kept up for some hours with great spirit. On the 3rd inst the Earl of Stamfortl and Warrin" ton's stud was disposed of by Messrs.

Tatlersall at Newmarket. race-horses numbered sixty-six, and realised guineas nearly 43G guineas each. The feature of the sale the Derby favourite, Camtnscau, who, after some spirited pel 1011. was linally knocked down to Lord Uurghley, eldest son of the Marquis of Exeter, for whom it was reported purchase was madp. This animal realised 5,100 guineas.

Earl of Stamford it will be remembered has given up horse-racing from disgust of turf practice. Clerical Meeting on the Liturgy. The Ven. Archdeacon Hone, Archdeacon of Worcester, convened a meeting of Ihe clergy of that archdeaconry at the Chapter House, at Worcester, on the 2nd on the subject ol the Burial Service, some portions of hich were objected to by some of the clergy. There was a very full meeting, nearly clergymen being present.

The Archdeacon presided, aud discussion was lengthy. Reporters were not admitted, and result only has been allowed to transpire. It seems that special objections were to the passage, Iu sure und cer tain hope of the resurrection to eternal life," uttered by the minister at the time wheu the eartli is thrown upon the colbn, the prayer before the Collect, which some clergymen con sider inappropriate in the case of the funeral of persons who were notoriously evil men. The division took place on the nuestion whether there should be anv alteration in the Prayer Rook, and a very large majority decided that it was not advisable to alter it. The resolution will be communicated to Bishop of the diocese, the Archbishop of the province, and ho W.il representatives in Convocation.

Home for Boys and Children. The Clare Mar Colonnade has beeu engaged by a benoveleut and linmaue gentleman, said to be a umjor iu the auny, as a home and refuge for some of the many thousands of destitute boys now without day or night shelter in the great metropolis. The infant nurserv on the same spot was opened on Monday at twopence per "day, for the care oi young children, uuder the management of Miss Hamilton. Ttphcs Fever. The Metropolitan Association of Medical Officers of Health have issued a premouiiory circular Willi a view to prevent as much us possible the anticipated spread of typhus fever, nnd to urge the local authorities to provide proper and lining accommodation for fever patients The New Railway Projects.

No less than 300 Railway Bills slunrt for adjudication iu the course of the approaching Parliamentary Session. With regard io the metropolian schemes alone it is roughly estimated that every metropolitan railway will require eleven acres of laud for road, und siaiioii; and surveyors say that this land is worth, with buildings that inusi'be bought to he destroyed, something approaching a million an acre. The Charing-Cross nnd Cuy branch of ihe railway which has already extended itself into the" centre of the metropolis lias cost atiout a minion ana a-half a mile, passing through the least valuable part of the meiropolis. The sums required to curry inlo effect these schemes of imaginative engineers and zealous solicitors are (says the Times) beyond all numeration. Sympathy at Sea.

'I he crew of the life boat at Filev.wbo went off to save two out of lhree fishermen capsized om their coble durinz the lau: heavy storm, have generously auded over to the widow of oue poor fisherman who was nrowued on me occasion ihe reward of it). .10. grained to Lifeboat Institution, for their prompt and MM.