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VARIETIES. The easiest and best way to expand the chest is to have a good large heart in it. It saves the cost of gymnastics. Never play cards with the ladies far money ;'most of the dear creatures have very winning ways. The oddest mnemonic curiosity is, that a woman, who never knows her own age, knows in half an hour that of all her female friends. A shrewd old gentleman once said to his daughter, Be sure, my dear, you never marry a poor man but remember, the poorest man in the world is one that has money and nothing else." money and nothing else." Q What were the feelings of the Minotaur after devouring the King ot mncmi -a— > • suffered from a lass-he-chewed !"—Punch's Almanack, THE SCHOOLMASTER'S DIFFICULTY. A country dominie had a hundred boys and no assistant. "I won- der how do you manage them," said a frietfd, without help. Ah," was his answer, "I could manage the hundred boys well enough it's the two hundred parents that trouble me—there is no managing them." THE GKEAT EASTERN."—" Dove," sais I, this is a great ship, ain't it ?" She is big enough," sais lie quite cool. Fast as the wind," sais I. Well, not unlike the wind," he said, onsartin and not to be de- pended upon. Take a large cargo." Yes, a prodi- gious heap of coals to feed her." "Grand spec, am she ?" Well, yes, a large spec on the ocean see^her at a considerable distance." She'll pay well, her capa- city is so great." P'rliaps so she has more capacity that her owners, and ought to pay well, for she has done nothen but pay out yet." Where will you see such a splendid gilt saloon as that of hern ? Well, the House of Lords and the whiskey palace at San Francisco are in as good taste as that is." But isn't there a splen- diferous mirror in it ?" As an ornament to an At- lantic hotel, I approbate it first-rate, for it will make every mother's son of the passengers seasick; everything will appear to be in motion, and when she rolls, they will seem to be turned topsy-turvey. There is no part of the arrangement so cheap and perfect as that; their fare will cost nothing. Misdirected Letters, tn the CTNETMEAL.—When may a man be said to have had a good supper ? When he has bolted the door and tucked in the bed clothes. Is, A CURIOUS FACT.—Touching the railway tunnels, cue curious fact is noticeable, the strong smell of spirits imost invariably pervading the carnage soon after entering into darkness; for which no cause is dis- coverable in the unconscious faces which so anxiously reward one another, as we emerge into open day.- « » among the Factories," in the National Magazine A ROMPI ACENT YANKEE.—1 was treating Hiram to a steak supper after a hard day's hunting last autumn at which I noticed he did sorry justice to^the What Hiram," said I, "through so soon not eaten enough, have you?" "Well," he replied « you have bin to college an' ort to know all about such thC*; an' I'm an ignorant man, and don't know but lqetle. Ef you think I haint eat enough, I'll begin How TO SUFPLY THE WANT OF LATIN.—SN' Michael Malcomb, with a fine outside, had a commonplace mind, and was devoid of all polite learning. So, one day when presiding at a justice court at Kirkcaldy he was rather hard tested by a sharp-witted shoemaker whoni he, WM condemning to a fortnight's imprisonment for some trivial offence. I want to know," said the culpri; ^dressing Sir Michael, what is the meaning of those j 1 .tin word, in the sentence Giye that fellow two to, contempt of court;' cned the oonscou. baronet. LIN ]?T, rybody must admit that Lady LADY FrA>KL ^;1v „n but a strong-muded Frankiin w »"<• yiieard on anecdote of her sensibility Jet w,e „ a short time since, when her ■which is deeply &fftf<sUnc.. learn the l'atf of ladyahip was waiting moat ^her the brave men she had despatch nhvsicians was ban. fell ill, "bil., held at her residence. Oue of thise g h.f,lt l,„r pulat, b,gg«l her Mf.tap h« hand. HIT freqm-nt refusals occasioned him disappointment in ascertaining the precise state ■_ fever, th& t he to k the liberty gently to expan e fingers, and he then perceived that they were grasping a small miniature of Sir John. <• Mad, m," exclaimed the gentleman, with deep sympathy, my prescription must be unavailing if you are determined to keep before your eyes an object which, although deservedly dtartoyou, Bervea only to confirm the violence of your distressing symptoms." SIr," replied the noble woman, "this picture has been my sole comforter ever since the depar- ture of my husband, and I am deteimined it shall be inseparable until, il he be dead, I am so happy a8 t0 {ir0n after him into the grave. —Court Circular. PATERNAL DUTY, lhe whole duty of a father may be summed up in a few woras?*hdueate your child in accordance with the know n principles of right, as revealed by God directly, and ascertains by man directly or in- directly; educate so as lo bring out the whole of the faculties, ph\sical, menial, moral, and spiritual. There is no need to multiply terms; to educate is to draw out, to unfold, to dirtct, to entice, it may be to compel, though, it all the former be well attended to, the latter will iaiely be needed.—Inzc Fssays on School Science in Pnssel's Family Paper. NOT .RELATED —General Zaremba had a very long Polish name. The king having heard of it, one day, f.tpd him good-humouredly, "Pray, Zaremba, what is O general repeated to him immediately CwS name. "W said the King, the devi^i himself never had such a name." I should presume not, sire," replied the general, as he was no relation ol joine."

ffiMtttw in jjgarw. Q A few weeks ago the British Association for the Advancement of Sciencc pass ed a resolution praying the Board of Trade to consider the possibility of watching the rise, force, and direction of storms, and the means for sending, in case of sudden danger, a series of warning telegrams along the coast. A few days ago, at a meeting of the Council of the Association at Buck- ingham Palace, the Prince Consort in the chair, this resolution was again brought forward, and after some debate, was referred as a special recommendation to the care of the Board of Trade. We helitve that Lord Wodebouse will go to Paris as second Plenipotentiary at the approaching Congress.- Times. Died, at Edinburgh, on Thursdny, Mr. Thomas De Quincey, the celebrated author of the Confessions of an English Opium Eater," GOLD IN WALES.—The Vigra and Clogau Copper Mining Company for some months past have been quietly working the St. David's lode, at the Clogau Mine, near Dolgelly, for gold. Nothing to value as to visible gold has been discovered until a few days since, when some remarkable threads of gold were found on the south side of the lode in strings of quartz. The half-yearly meeting of thi* Royal Agricultural. Society was-held on Friday afternoon, Colonel Challoner in the Mr. Braadreth Gibbi, acting Secretary, read the Report which stated that the Society consists, at the present time, of 79 life governors, 123 annual governors, 933 life members, 4082 annual members, 18 honary members, making a total of 5240 members, or an increase of 79 names since the last half-yearly 'a meeting. The funded property of the Society amounts to stock, standing in the names of the trustees, in the New Three per Cents." The Volunteer Rifle Corps of Oxford University, now 340 strong, assembled on Thursday in the quadrangle of All Saint's College, and thence marched to Cowley for practice. The Prince of Wales was present on horseback, and on his arrival tne corps formed and gave him a general ,alute, AmllNG THE IiusH.—I'h.' I Fa t erf or d Mail states that a memorial is now lying for signature at the County and City Club house, and that when a sufficient number of names have been affixed it will be forwarded to Lord Carli le, praying for his Excellency's sanction in order to form a volunteer corps in the city of Waterford. The Viceroy is quite helpless iu the matter. Until the law is changed nothing can be done. Mr Thomas Baziey, M P., lor Mamdi strr, has, in a Mr Thomas Baziey, M P., lor Mamdi strr, has, in a reply to an invitation to join the Volunteer movement, done his best to throw cold water on the whole thing; and preferring to hire defenders, he suggests that Manchester should subscribe a fund and give the Government a battery of ten guns. The e, with 100 men, he says, would be more effective than 10,000 volun- teers He offers .£100. CARDINAL VVISEMAM.—With reference to the duration of Cardinal Wiseman's sojourn in Home, it is stated in the Free- man's Journal that a general impression prevails that his Emi- nence is not likely to return to England as a permanent place of residence. The state of the Cardinal s health and other circum- stances will, m all probability, iuduce his Eminence to select Home as the scene of his future labours. Tile Panne and Prniu».s» Frederick William arrived in Berlin on Friday in excellent health. The la-t ot xVapoleon s Mamelukes was blliied other day at Meinn, in the department of the Seine and Marne; his name was Abdullah, aad he was born at Bethlehem in 1776 It is mended to torm a Spoirr iastnuuon at Caabell like the Mozart one at Frankfort. 1'11. Duke of Beaufort intends giving a silver cup to the best shot with the carbine in the regiment of Royal Iiu.sars when next called ont on permament duty.—Court Journal. A surprising horse-driver, all adopted .-oa tit ihV late Andrew Ducrow, is about to appear in London after a long absence from England. Glusg-.w nas already its3,000 armed and drilled v lun- teers. Edinburgh has it, 2,000. The newspaper press corps of Glasgow numbers over 200 fighting men. The engineers of that city are already forming an artillery corps and gating their cannon cast. M. Wiih-wski, his fiends assert, has sent a despatch to i Turin, setting fortli that the said Congress la a work of concilia- tion; but the choice of JVl.Cavour to represent Piedmont would give i umbrage to the Emperor Napo eon, to the Pope, and to the Emperor of Austria; and that, consequently, he hopes he may f count on the good-will of Piedmont not to send as her represen- f tative her patriotic and her al).est statesman, M. Cavour. Whatt a change Two complete batteries of Sir W. Art-oh, £ .»»>« I have been completed, allli forwarded by the overland route to China. _I-Li=:rj»-tK"»a'"v,J!r\rnnMceoff Harwich, the Armstrong t gUTTint atrtro mil«* a"* ■■ o THE N I-, W Soi.iciTon-UENnncAE,.— i Ailierton Q.C., M.P., has received the appointment of Solicitor- y General, nmdered vacant by the appointment 04Sir Henry Keatinff to the judicial bench. The learned gentleman is the 1 srn oi'the late Itev. William Atherion, a distinguished Wesleyan s Minister, and some time President of the Conference. r The Uhristman vacation at EtUQ College commenced on Tuesday last the 13th Inst., on which day tile whole of the students, upwards of BOO, t'.ot then-departure. v The envoy of Prince Danioio ot Montenegro has been 35ThTlirnneror of Austria has sent to the Schiller Com- < mittee of Paris a most magnificent edition of the poet's works, just J printed at the Imperial Press of Vienna. i Mr. llussell, the Times correspondent, is busy prepar- t his diary of the Indian Campaign for publication, a d it will shortly be.ssued, in two volumes, by Messrs.' Iloutledge. He has received £ 1.503 for the work. The Froneh papers publish, on behalf oi M. de Lamartine, a contradiction of the report, which, it seems, has c been circulated, tnat he proposes to deliver public lectures. He ( has artived in Paris, fro, Macon, and is working at his serial the Entrelienit Litteraires." There is to b» a new journal, Illustrated, started at the 1 beginning of the new year. Its proprietor is to be a Mr. Mtixivell. J Forty°ingots of gold, worth about £ 30,000 an i £ 540 t in coin, was recovered from the lloyal Charter on Friday. The ad vices from Marseilles states the failure of the Franco-Beige Sugar Refinery of that port has caused great trouble and discredit. The uiguager, it is said, is in prison. Baron de Meneval, the French Minister at Munich,* has resigned his post. This diplomatist, not being able to over- Come his grief at the loss of his wife, is about to proceed to Rome, where, after a certain time of preparation, he will enter into holy orders. There has been a report that our Government, not 1 approving of the proceedings of Spain, in forcing war upon Morocco, has brought forward the strong and long-neglected financial claims we have upon her, so as to give her a blow in the moment of trial or, at least, to hold a strong hand over her. It is needless, perhaps, to say that,lll official quarters, this assertion is denied most positively. It is stated that the Peruvian government have made arrangements for the introduction of 25,0 Irish emigrants in the country. It is stated, in military circles, that a large iucrease in the force of the artillery is zib,yut to be made. Of tt-o students who we,nt in last, week at the txamina- t.oii tor ordinary degrees of B.A., at Cambridge, one-third were rejected. it may be remembered that Dr, Cumming has fixed the end of the world for On dit, but it may be a malicious in- vention, that he has just taken a house on a lease of fourteen years. We are glad to find that tho regulations recently pro- mulgated by the Horse Guards respecting i" the army will be adapted to the naval service. A circular u;, the-subject will, it is expected, be issued iu a few dajs. Lord Palinerston just" pupped" in at the Corner .-the other daj, and astonished the sporting youths by his apparition among them. He was, however, only on the look-out for a friend evidently. 1 Mrs. Farquharson, a lady well known in the fashion- able, if not the literary world, is about to confer an obligation of no mean value upon the public, b, the production of bome originat memoirs of the Court of Ilenry VIII. A great meeting of ttic Catholics, it is said, is to be held in the metropolis in January, to present an address to the Pope. Government iutends to piiretimge the estates of Mr. Bayly and Mr, J. Pelcher, to enable them to incrva^e the Shorn- clitFe Camp. This supports the assertion that Dover is to be the strongest fortification in England. The Bruton legacy, of the value of £50,000 has been claimed by some poor people of Tipperary. The private busiuess in Parliament for the ensuin" session is an increase over last year. Three hundred and twenty notices for private bills, consisting of railway and caaal and mis- cellaneous bill., have been deposited, and 2)2 plans lodged, being an increabe of thirty over the last st ssion of Parliament. The Empress Dowager of liussia honoured Garibaldi with an interview during his stay at Is ice. The King of Prussia, who still remains at Potsdam, has somewhat improved his health, but the intended journey to England has been entirely given up. Their lioyal Higumssts the Duke and Duchess d'Aumaln are about to honour the Duke ai,d Dnchess of Suther- land with their company at Tie. tliam, Stalfordsliiie. a It is said thai tile Great Ship Company imve entered into some financial arrangement to relieve them from theyre". uf current claims. Their liabilities to be met immediately SUrE ;,i to reach £ 43,000 against which they have only £ 1,100 m a.re rLds oi their bankers. There is, however £ 7, 42 due from tne na s0 that £ .>6,058 is the exact sum to be provided. It of shares issued is £ 30J,2a8 remains to Tiil) .11110un 0 be,VsU!d\Ti W JUDGE.—Tile vacant seat on the bench, iu f'h late Mr. Justice Crowder, lias been tilled by the the room ot t" soiicitor-Ge;ier.ii, Sir Ilemy Keating, t'le s appointment" J)ISSENSIONS IN Sr. GEOKGE'S XN-XHE- THBIVEI'I" e %ver0 four servfees, as usual, at the EAST.—On ^ul(ieoi"e's-in-thc-East, at one of which the pa.ish church ot 01. ct°r, officiated. That conducted by Mr. Rev. Bryan King' «-flUietiy, but the other three, 111 whicn the Hugh Allen passed on <1 ,gaged, were interiup ed by hissing regal,r parochialclergyy j ruceeding entirely from bojs aud coughing, the i'iterl upon the matter as a goo. joke, and girls, who evideatly i'» Sc,rvico a large body of people fol the e:ofe of the evenl, he stre-ts to Hie Mis ioii-nouse, in lowed the choristers through tn aud iiootir.g they weroguihy Wellclosc-squate, but beyond hissm0 04 "0offence. T^ia in preparing a project ol lhe Council of State of 1 rt ,r, e;jI)tcialiy ou articles of 'aw reducing the Custom's duUe. n Primary necessity. ,,1 „f Ireland have Tho direct"us of the ProvHiCl<> ;f.year ending in declaieci a dividend aud bonus for „uin> hnstmas equal together to 11 per cent, pe 'V j0Q ou Sun- FIKES. —Two large fires occurred.in Qf life "'glit last. The parties were insuired au took place, "4mf

AUSTRIA PAST AND PRESENT. (From The Times.) To endure reverses with dignity and to prepare for netv struggles with patience has always been the character of the Austrian M onarchy. The part which this Power played in the French revolutionary war was, as we now behold it by the light of history, far from ignoble. "Though defeated in four bloody wars, com- Ii pelled to admit the conquerors twice into her capital, and to give up a Princess of the Imperial House to a successful adventurer, Austria still retained strength and resolution to bring 200,000 men into the field at the crisis of Napoleon's destiny, and deal the fatal blow to his tottering power. The events of that time have always been among loyal Austrians the subjects of a always been among loyal Austrians the subjects of a kind of pride which we can scarcely comprehend. A nation like our own, accustomed to victory and wide- spread dominion, can hardly imagine a monarchy which congratulates itself Gn merely having held its own, and an.army which triumphs because it has been able to recover from defeat. Yet this vitality has given Austria no little prestige during forty years, and it is even now a consolation to those who are brooding over the issue I of the late Italian war. The reverses sustained during this campaign are, perhaps the most signal in modern history. The genius of the Frst Napoleon, and the I revolutionary ardour of the French of his time, have been always supposed to account for the campaigns of three months or three weeks which prostrated the Ger. I man Powers, and the national pride of the vanquished attributed all reverses to those vigorous elements being brought into contact with the old pedantic strategy of brought into contact with the old pedantic strategy of the eighteenth century. But in 18-59 both sides were on an equality. It cannot be said that the French had any advantages which might not have been secured by the Austrians. The Austrian organization had been held up as an example by military men, their artillery was spoken of as the best in the world, and their engi- neers have always had a high and a well deserved repu- tation. Yet the result was what all the world knows. The Austrian officers, it is not denied, began the cam- paign with the full assurance of victory; even after the march to Turin ha i been abandoned there was hardly a doubt that the line of the Ticino would be held for months, and that Piacenza and other frontier posts would be impregnable to a French army. Yet an active campaign of about seven weeks was sufficient to shatter the power of Austria in Italy, and compel the Emperor to assent to conditions which only the policy of thp conqueror prevented from being ignominious. We can learn so little of the real feeling of the Aus- trian authorities that it is impossible to say whether the ( old courage under reverses still exists after this most fatal campaign. Perhaps this is the case perhaps the < Imperial family, the army, the priests, and the chiefs of the administrative system-for these are all who can now be called Austria —persevere in thinking that Solferino is a disaster as reversible as Austerlitz or ( Wagram. They may console themselves with the i thought that French ascendancy depends on the life and continued vigour of a single man that the Italians may s display an incapacity for self government which will permit their renewed interference at some future time J and, as is usually the case with the vanquished, they r may explain away their defeats by proving that, if such i 1 movement had taken place in one battle, or such a I :orps had been ready in another, the result would have t jeen widely different. But we, who look on the whole £ 'rom a distance, are able to form a clearer judgment; n Lnd it is worth while to consider whether the Austria of n he present day has the same chance of recovering (_ >owei and ascendancy in Europe as the State which so men renewed rue tKc L1i.r3t should the result of such reflections be unfavourable to lie stability of Austrian power, it will ffive no £ rratin« Wcu. Wo all kn«w the value i igainstrnore aggressive Powers, ana, 11 moimn r»u. >olicy has incurably enfeebled the Empire, the coun- c lellors of the present Sovereign are only so much the nore worthy of our indignation. 0 The present position of the monarchy seems most 1 jrecarious. The great security of Austria, in former i vars, and the cause of her exceeding vitality, was the t ittachment of the provinces. Hungarians,. Slaves, and k sven Poles fought with good will, and the defeats of the v Empire were deplored in every part of It. The case is t low very different. It may seem paradoxical to say it, s )ut no people throughout the Empire identifies itself c vith the Crown or the common army, or looks upon the s [talian campaign as a disaster and dishonour to itself. J rhe name of Austria is now so identified with a mere s )rganization, or system, hated by every people under its c jontrol, that there is rather a feeling of hope aroused by 1 ;lie fact that its weakness has been demonstrated. What t s really defeated is the retrograde, centralizing, priest- c lidden Administration which has been in force during II ;he last ten years, and no people throughout the Empire 1 He likely to be enthusiastic in restoring its prestige. t rhis is the true danger of the Austrian Monarchy. With the help of a contented and loval, or even an 1 xcquiescent people, she might have some hope of regain- < ing her power in Europe. She could always say to i France or Russia, We are 38 millions; we have a large and well-organized army although not brilliant in battle, we are stubborn, and we will hold our own, as we have done before." Hut with her least disaffected provinces sullen and apathetic, while half the monarchy is on the brink of revolt, what language can she hold to her two rivals ? Close in to her capital lies Hungary, and it is not too much to say that Hungary is a hostile country. Reconquered in 1819 by the help of Russia, the Hungarians have lost everything the possession of which reconciled them to Austrian rule. The old con- stitution has been abolished, the Diet suppressed, Ger- man supremacy—the supremacy of a rival and disliked race established, the taxes have been increased to sacli an extent as almost to involve the confiscation of property, the country has been drained of its currency, and Aus- trian notes substituted; and, above all, the power of the Romish priesthood has been immoderately increased iu what is to a great extent a Protestant land. Hungary suffeis all the ills which a conquered country can en- dure, and would perhaps willingly accept the sovereignty of the Czar in exchange for the bigoted rule of the Viennese Court. In such circumstances it is natural enough that the people should take advantage of Austrian weakness and embarrassment, opposing passive resis tance when the Emperor's troops are present in force, but ready to resist in the field whenever they shall be called away elsewhere. But it is not Hungary alone which is in this situation. The least advanced and rest- less of the Austrian provinces are beginning to grow tired of her dominion, which brings them neither domestic prosperity nor external glory. To be ground down by taxation, to feed a ruthless conscription, to be drilled into servile obedience to a hierarchy of officials and all that the armies of the Empire may be swept out of Piedmont and Lombardy in two months, is more than human nature, even in Transylvania or Croatia can bear. Russian influence also, we may be sure has not been wanting to increase the discontent of these provin- ces. All want to be free from Austria, or rather from the degrading system which bears her name. Austria, then, goes into the Congress having lost Lombardy, the protectorate of Central Italy, and being threatened with the loss of so much more that the next ten years may see her a minor State. J We speak of those with whom obstinacy is deemed concessions while Ute're is ye't'ti,^ adviS6 S°me „t)lhe Austria,, powerful, but it must be bv tho principles which are the salvation of81^" Emperor should reflect that his whnl ations. lhe meat is an anachronism. this gloomy emulation of Phillin ?JCI10u8l110 for&ake himself the head of a State which ^h-dl vr from the varying n.aionalities^ ^Strer,St" All that the provinces want is i>„ composed, those municipal institutions which" fovernnient» un<1 insure it. Why should the Vu ^e° pare necessary to a system which has proved to be nit 1? Perseverel" cannot obtain a General out 0fV„T y btae»'-whldl sand, soldiers, nor a decent finan "an^ hundred thou- legions of officials ? fa"AnCler out of so many

WRECIK ,ON THE BLACKWATEU BANK-CAHOUE Dec. il.— The ship teonmontli, CUM, ^AHO.TE, !et.sood, bound .0 savanna/ XNO™ H A*' NIAATEL'RON' the Blaokwater Bank last;.M|LT. NT, A'NMCA.^TRUCK 17 of the crew arrived in their BOAT« 1 but he himself ami three of his s » Black water Eight Ship. The LIIEHL?" "NI,L,0F4U National Life-boat Institution was tun t 01 we heard of the wreck bat she HAS „ FEA AS S°°!L closes.0 rep0rt 8Uy tUrlLer parllculars beforrthe'pos" FRAUDS UPON BUILDING AND MONEY SOCIETIES. Mr. Charles Hinks, Secretary to the Professional freehold Land and Building Society, has absconded, after robbing the Society and others to a very large extent. For many years past Ilinks has been connected officially with Land, Building, and Money Societies, of many of which he was the founder. For the last f mr or five years he has also been largely interested in mining speculations, for which he seems to have a peculiar iik;tig. He held shares in gold, c-oppyr, tin, lead- coal, and ironstone mines, was a direct »r of several Com- plies, and a promoter of others. In 1853 he removed to London, passing there as a mine-owner in South Staftordshire," but he returned to Birmingham in 1854 fhdir.g probably that his mining operations could be more profitably conducted if combined with the plunder of building and land societies. Many persons have often wondered where Hinks, who was 01 finally a working tailor found the money for his speculations, and occa- sionally some one more suspicious than his fellows ven- tured to doubt whether the means were emit by. Nevertheless Hinks was trusted, and permitted to borrow money in all directions loaled wuh lucrative office*, and left in many instances, absolutely without check, more tbau one society with large funds at stake being conducted by him 011 what he called the self managing system," which in point of fact meant that Hillks was committee, secretary, trustee, and treasurer, all in one. Thus untrammelled, lie drove a thriving trade with the money of other people, who, unconscious that tiny were daily being robbed went on pouring into his hand their little savings, scraped together with much sen-venial, and relied upcm as a fun 1 for sicknes or old -ig or as means for commencing in business. At last n discovery was made which at one b!w shattered liinks'* seeming prosperity and the confidence or his dunes, lie S8 °n t'e uNo' 5> BuUdui* Society," held at e> s Coitee-house, N*whulNstreet. The S i- de. y, like others of its class, receives not onlv weeklv payments from members, but also oHPosits from monoved persons, to whom it pays 5 per cent. interest. A strict au'.ot, seemingly the first of its kind, conducted by Messrs. Hartley and Laundy, revealed a few weeks a^o the unexpected fact tbafof the sum Hinks had revived as loans on deposit, about £ 1,000 had never been n-id to *LTHJ"SH ■»"'? J>«> MLRI; been regularly paid to the respective lenders. The ori- ginal defalcation, tbe money taken to pay interest, and ot.ier frauds, bring up the total loss sustained by tbe So- ciety to nearly £ 2,000. This discovery set other So- cieties to work ami it was found that in almost every Societj where Hinks was engaged some fraud had been commuted. For example, a Money Club, at Hawlev's WiUrn «?n'8ep ff8 if' £ 2'0yv' 8everal rao,,ey societies at Wilkinson s Coffee-house, Newhall-street, have been de- frauded of nearly £ 3,000, the Professional Land So. ciety lost about £550, the Birmingham Temperance Society (of which Hinks was secietary) zCI50, and nu- merous private lenders have been deprived in some in- stances of every shilling of their savings. Altogether, £ fnnrtnV<V .l.otual de^1cat1°ns amount to little less than £ 10,000, of wnich perhaps £ 1500 were covm-ed by gua- rantees, Mr; Haw ley being security to the No 5, Build- ing Society for about £ 1,000, and the entire loss of the Professional Land Society eing secured by a policy in the Guarantee Society. Hinks, it is believed, is now in but it is not supposed that he has much money in his possession, his ill-gotten gains having been rnain^y expended in reckless speculations.—Birmingham

OE. c which has just taken place at Rheims, which illustrates J in r.n^iiHnn nf the French ( numier' named Defei t, were indicted 011 a 1 charge of brutally ill-using their daughter, a girl cf 17; 1: !h:-y vc-rc described proprfctr>'rrii, nnd relatively \rr!l y i fF. The acte d'accusation describes their fortune as re- I lativelv large, living in a house of their own, and farm- i ing their own ground. Tiuy have five children, the v Jäest, Mary Adelina, being about. 17. It is a well- c kno.vn fact that both man and wife treated their children c with frightful severity; they had been seen beating ] them mercilessly in the fields, an 1 to punish one of his 1 sons, a lad of 13, the father once threw him into the canal, and pulling him out after a time, beat him with a 1 stick until animation was restored. In the month of s July last, however, the eldest daughter, Addina, whosj < appearance of ill-health was ascribed to the, systematic cruelty practised upon her, suddenly disappeared, A re- port immediately sprang up in the village that she had been murdered. This report came to the ears of the authorities, an investigation took place, wid here is what it led to:—When the authorities penetrated into the house, they found the girl Adelina lying on a co.tch, in a state oi such debility and emaciation that a physician was immediately ordered to see what was the miller with her. What he discovered led to the acte d'accusation described :—" The physician discovere that Adelina was in a state of emaciation which denoted long an-i eruel sufferings. On the left side of the neck, on the hands, on the right elbow, on the thighs, were the miirks of re- cent wounds, inflicted both by blunt and sharp instru- ments, by the reiterated contact with the fL,-Jt ot some substance in a state of combustion. Oo the left cheek a strij) of the skin had been torn off, about seven centi- metres long, by one broad. This, it was subsequently as. certained, was the result of a cut from a heavy cartel's whip, inflicted by the mother. But worse than all, the loins, the subvenal portion of the Inch:, the thighs, down to the very knees, were one mass of perulent matter. On Other parts of the body, and among others on the sub- abdoruinal organ, n less than 18 scars of wounds Wc-re counted. The physician wss puzzled to account for the peculiar appearance of these wounds and festers, wiiieh could only be explained by the coustantly repealed com- bustion of the flesh. He subjected Adelina to a treat- ment based upon that hypothesis, an 1 lound it answer, ) and, by dint of cioss-questioning, she revealed the atro- cious treatment she had bct-n subjected to. I niuy sdd that her rtvalations were subsequently confirmed *>y the admissions of the prisoners. From the statements of Adelina it appeared that she had been brought up in her grandlather's house until she was eight yeats old, and from that time the brutality she underwent commenced. She was employed in driviug a plough, and fl >gged^ with a catl-borse whip when her strength gave way. There is evidence of this, as also of her father having beaten her with a pitch-fork. At the commencement of the is evidence of this, as also of her father having beaten her with a pitch-fork. At the commencement of the present year, however, the cruelty of her parents as- sumed a regular and systematic character, denoting pre- meditation. Every day-morlllng, noon, and niglit-hcr father tied htr up in a dark room used for breadmakmg, and there used to flog her on her thighs and the lower part, of her person ^vith a martinet (cat-o-nine-tails). There is evidence of her father having on one occasion tied her up by the wrist, so tbat her F^61 were »ir y 0 the ground, and, having previously lifted up er c O es, Deat her with the martinet on all parts o er person. There is evidence, moreover, that in the mou 0 last, both her father and mother dragged her into a low vaulted room bebiad the kitchen; she was taen slapped naked and securely lashed, face downwarus, to a «ARPEN- teiing table red hot coals were then taken LRO^ THE FIL« and placed inside her thighs, close to the skin, LIE motive for this torture was to extort from her a con- fession ot her having yielded up her virtue to one of aer father's workmen. The pain caused by the bums PORTED a confession fiom her, but as soon as she was set tree she recall, a her admission, and protested her ^"Xand the following day these tortures were repealed, and then her mother with a piece of linen, steeped in nUric acid, washed the'wounds caused by the lash an £ J^ ™"ls' A week later the same thing again took plac th, unna- tural mother using aauafo.us in lieu o mu ac,d. Or, another occasion she was again tied 0* n cm the u e and the mother seared the inside of h„. thy.s and the lower part of her back with a red hot snovel-a glass ol nitric acid was then slowly poured upon the wounus. But there is worse to come. For a long time Ade.iua had been made to sleep, or rattier to use as a bed a otal box nrovided -vith a lid, about a yaid aud a haif long and h it vud (70 centimetres) broau. A thin utter 01 = th-oulV substitute for a muttress, and with *d riu" '™k|.v 1 Q,J ttlia she was forced to jay down, wiih her !T«°0U°r«,' «»S« 'J'" describes another assault committed uy 00 their daughter, aud the ni these uuua v.ed it. It is uitciiy indescribable 111 dicai evide eVidence fully corroborated the state- meataof the aets d'accusation with the exception, how- men ts 0 ever, of Adelina herself, who, doubtless under the influence of terror at the sight of her father and mother, ai.eged that her previous depositions were untrue. The mother, who was examined, admitted that" she had only thrown a glassful of vitriol over her thighs." Both husband and wife were sentenced to hard labjur for lite.— Sun-

BRU tAL OUTRAGE UPON A FEMALE. At the Yori Assizes, on Friday last, Joseph Bri-"9 (2/; William Shaw, 23; George Chappel, 21 Sa-aaei iVirnsnaw, 23; Charles Cooksou, 20; ana John Warden, 33'DVv'ere .(3',arge«i with having, on the 6th of November," at Raisirick, committed a rape on Sarah Ann Burrow. Mr. Foster, ill stating the case, said its details were of unexampled orulality and atrocity. The prosecutrix is 22 years of age, and is respectably connected. She lived witu her uncle at Halifax, as ins housekeeper, and had a cousin named Martha Ann B,irrov, wuo also resided a? Halifax. On the 5th of November the latter was visited by a young named Aileu Twceddale, who was courting her, and he invited her aud tbe prosecutrix to visit his sister the next day. at Brignouse, and take tea. There b i'ig no afternoon train, it was arranged tnat thy girls should walk to Brighouse, and be met on the road by f weed dale. The yoang women left Halifax '.etween 4 and 5 o'clock ou the afternoon qf Sunday, tie 6th of Novem- ber, and arrived at Brighouse about o, they not having met with Tweeddale. Tiiey walked about the road, and ultimately proceeded to the house of Tweeddale's sister, who having waited for them a considerable time, had left home. The prosecutrix and her cousin tiieu went to the railway station, intending to return h')Ilie by the train which leaves Brighouse at 7 o'clock. Taey went into-the waiting-room, and in a short time Twesddaie j:>iued them, and explained the reasou of his having missed them. He insisted that they should not return by that train, and persuaded them to g J into the Rail- way H 'tet. They had some slight refreshment, and remained taking until the young women missed the 9 o'clock train, by which they intended to go to Halifax. It was therefore necessary to walk tiiither, but, as it then rained vety fast, they waited until nearly 10 o'clock, in the nope of the weather beuomiag more favourable. While they were staying there a young man named Joseph Wood, an acquaintance of Tweeddaie, who resided between Brighouse and Halifax, entered the room, and it was proposed that fweeddale and Wood should accompany the girls home, Martha Ann being escorted by i'weeddale and Sarah Alln hy Wood. They h ad to pass under an aTchway close to the station, and as they passed it they saw congregated a number of men. Having passed through the archway, Mary Ann Burrow discovered that she had left a veil behind her. She returned to the hotel to fetch the veil, when the prisoner Briggs struck lwr on the back. She called him a low. lived villain, and after she had procured her veil the parties went forward in the same order as before. They had to cross some fields by a footpath, and then they had I to enter an enclosed footpath, between two high walls, about 300 yards long. In passing through one of the fields the prosecutrix gave place to two men, who passed them. One of them, who would be identified as the pri- soner Briggs, seized Tweeddatabythe collar, when Tweed- daie made the observation that it was his uncle. The prisoner Snaw would be proved to be the man who was with Briggs. Almost immediately after this the prose- cutrix was seized by the prisoner Ciiappeli round the waist, and other two men behaved towards her in A brutal manner. She, however, with great resolution succeeded in getting away from them. She heard her cousin screaming violently, and, with an amount of cou rage'and resolution which appeared not to have been Ify. J-Veedda!e tmd-Wood, she dstshwd itt among (Cookson) down who was Hoianrg -ac., x,laa larm-uouse I'J-JMI-UU') .made her way uji tue field to a a person named Pitchforth. In a field beyond the foot-' by six or seven of these men. and the}' drove her down into the middle of the field. She was thrown down, and while held by five men, Briggs aud Suaw committed the offence imputed to them. Alter a long Series of otuer outrages, she made her escape and Ian to tiie house of Mr. Stott, a blacksmith. The poor giri was then in a most pitiable condition. She was dreucbed througu with wet, her bonnet and clothes were lorn and covered with mud, some trinkets she wore broken, and she was in such a state of excitement that stie could scarcely speak or make lieiself intelligible. Mrs. Stott treated her very kindly, put her to bed, and took every possible care ot her until the following morning, when sue went home, and the proper stops were taken to bring the parties to justice. Mr. Foster did not doubt that tue jury, if L::ey found the case pfoved, would do their duty, and the Jaw would take care that atrocities "like these were not per- petrated in a civilzed community with impunity. Tiie prosecutrix (a well-dressed, good-lookn-g young woman) daring the greater part of her i-Xaintuaaou ap- peared to be deeply oistressed, and excited the commis- seration of the Court. Tiie opening statement of Mr. Forster was corrobo- rated by witnesses; and it did not appear that T.veeddale and Wood took any part in resisting the savages t.y whom the females under thc-ir protection were ttius attacked. Tne sentence if the Court was, that the prisoners be kept in penal servitude, Briggs for 25 years, a:id tne other prisoneis for 20 years each.

COMMITTAL OF A DAiii^G SWINDLER. I At the Public Ofiice, Moor-street, on Friday last, before T. C. S. Kynnersley, W.James, D. Malms, and W.Gougb, Eqt-s., a young man ot fashionable exterior, who gave toe name of Arthur Walters, but has several aliases, was charged with defrauding several tradesmen in t.,18 town. Tneie is no doubt but that the prisoner is an accomplished swindler, who has obtained credit at hotels in different parls of the country under the assumed title of Sir William Beddingfield. At the Lamb Hotel, Cheltenham, he was accompanied by a young woman, whom he introduced as Ludy B-ddi: gfieid. The pair sta) ed there a week, and obtained goods from vatious tradesmen in the town. Their hotel bill amounted to JM 10s., and they of course decamped without paying it. On the 26th ult., the soi-disant Sir William came to Birmingham,, and took up his quarters at Corbett's Hotel, New-street. lie stated mat his name was IJowell, tbat he had just arrived from Worcester, and that en alighting at the station he discovered that he had lost his purse. He asked to be allowed to remain for a day er two, until he could obtain a remittance from bis employers, Messrs. Horsfall and Son, of Liverpool. He stayed until Tuesday, when he came in late, and said be had received a cheque for .£50, but had not been able to get it cashed. He continued at Mr. Coibett's till Thursday, when his bill was presented to him. He evaded the payment, however, left the house, and did not return. On the following day he called upon Messrs. Barrs and Sons, of Edmund-street, and stated that he was the African agent of Messrs. Horsfall and Son. After inspecting some umbrellas, he wrote an order for a quantity in the name of Messrs. Horsfall, requesting that some patterns should be sen; to him fit Dingley's Hotel, Moor-street. Half-a-dozen were sent to the address, and from these Walters selected one es a pattern, and another which it was understood he would pay for, at the same time ordering two dozen more to be sent to Messrs. Horsfall in January. The prisoner pawned the umbrellas the same day. He was appre- hended by Detective Alexander on Monday last, and a packet of cards engraved with the name "Sir Will. Beddingfield" was found upon him. When charged with obtaining goods by means of a forged order, he replied that he knew he had done so, and it was all f-diy be had no money, and could not live upon air." It was proved that he had no authority to order goods for Messrs. Horsfall and Son, though he was formerly in the employ of that firm. Another charge against the prisoner was that he had ordered two dozen waiking- sticks in a like manner from Mr. Gardner, of Digbeth, "nd obtained two for his own use, one of which he pleaged immediately alter wards. In this ease a written order was also given, kilned in the name of Lowell, fcr Horsfall and Sun, of Liverpool. The prisoner was torn- mined lor trial til the sessions on boih charges.— ■Birmingham Gazette.

INON IN LINCOLNSHIIIE. — 'i tie neighbourhood of Ku ioii Liudsey, Lancashire, has beeu fuuud Lo abound Willi iron ore. On the esiutesot Air. i'. M. iuciiaiQsou, aiui .vir. E, Tickier, ore has been di covered >iel(;n,g a very heavy percentage of 11011. Works are to be COII.- uieuceii, and sau^uiue expectations are euter>amed as to the results wnich vud be achie\ed at t..eu.. S.uintsare to be AT once uegun to laciutate sod improve the railway communication.

far.-itero and tturdmers' ffiotama 4. AGRICULTURAL STATisTics.-Agriculr,,™ ■ • experiencing the tru'h taught in the bistor? of fi/11//?01 manufactures—tb t roachiuerv is in th0 1 °th«r best friend of the labourer. This truth Uf* T1211 tl,e more impressively bv a review of aerio.iltL K ev,?n than it is by the case of anj indi>i<Jua[ farm £ neral|y we produce s and consumers 2J,0ij0,00i) of .n this island, on a great farm' wlfi we k""?* IIHIp of such statistics as we possess descrihT y ^I'E 19.000,00d arable acres, and probably 88 nei,r,y mass employing as firm laborers indoors and «,ft "k 9.0 0 10 men and 12't,000 wu -:en, 300,000 lads and 70 Ofttl ?'r ^r aver,i4ii)^ t},e;n by 'heir probable wa«es as'h!2 been done before, let us sav equ:i! iu a„ m«n, or one to every 17 acres ot arable *„ i A '00<) much pasture. We ii-m) ji.j,| ,lsfl -i n"ear|y as W..r, atvillllly i, ,„UZrl"2,X' saving machines at an est!r .ordinarv rate an i .year at least 10,000 i.or-es are added »o the Lr n"* steam-power of the cou.ury, wii ch mu,t certli'1 place b >th iniaia's an I men to so ne extent w" t ikeo tiie flaii out ot'rhe hand of the laoon'rer and'th* reapmg-liojk jomg; ou nuny a f irm hI waUs b,t *een t .o l.es of Z no 1?°™ sows the s^ed-hedoesbuta portiouofthe^Vo^'frf t!ie harvestiuij—and yet so far from hein^ able tf pense with his assistance be is more iu demand than ever he has been. 1 have ha i returns STe b5 all tbJ Ibading; manufacturers of steam-entriiiM for agricultural Witllin the past four Upwards of 40,000 iiorse-puwer has been aided to t'ie forces used in agri. cul ure i„ steam alone. If I mav sin^ip m Ciayton & Shuttle worth of Lincoln Garrett Mess™» T1U'f Gra,lt"aui. R^aome of loswich,Uan!i luxford of Bos ou, they alone are furnishinL lbS borse-power annually to the farmer. M™! among the first io start the locomotive^ agrTcul^ral steam-engine, inform me that, for the earlip*-««»» ,• • of it they are indebted to Mr, John Morion ofGlo?.11 cesterslure, then agent to the late Earl of Ducie, who 20 years ago recommended them to put these little upou wheels, thus foreseeing the iiineW DglBeS made locomotive to the circun s^ H-e? • rI°Wer8 culture, Messrs. Kansome. o?TpSh the eatuest to receive the cornmendatioris and the orizlt and'^ow 'the1 l^!lSO':iety °ffEn«!aad OUvfon nf f nianutacturera of themr Mes^S I Lincoln, send out 10 of them each week wl* 400) horse-power per annuno. 1 Of Keaptrs a rsiti since 1851 Burgess & Key have sold upwards Of 1900 of their improved SrCor.^ckW^ of which til were sold last year; and they nowlrnM four times as many orders as thev did lo CrosskiUs have sold ;>00 of Bell's reaper" and JWO^f DrJv6hS: h881"8' Gfrrett have sold COO ofHusseyV Dray has sold more than 800 of their "ussey s Hussey 250 of Wood's c.ever0 iirtle%LTpPerhave°r^0nf sold last year and the Cuthberts, of Bedale thn just beaun the manufscture of their equally clivl? machine, sold 100 before last harvest and could have soW four times as many. In all, probably 4000 rearing mL chines were at work last harvest, capable of outturn?™ m a day than 40,000 labouring mea, and vet them «. sucb, i,as u,. i„f[„ ^°iZ £ t iiZV curing harvest men Notwithstanding aii this add-on to the forces and the machinery of a<*ricultur« ™ labourers are required, and as more labourers are Z rise.-Afr- J""c- Monon at the 'l.ilt'I ofd, ts. SLOWER GARDEN AND SHr.UBBERIES--Now that the k' "vl )> Ul» «eotIier is favourabl. « if the .oil ne wing or tiie kinds chamiin^. For fhr,il holes should be made capable of containing three or four bai-row-loatis of vveii prepared soil. loam of good q-iality is the chief this aQJ a portioa of ri. roc-.on manure, and, ri at Madr nnit or- Trench, w hie-ii e a^t-ayey nature. 15 frost sets of the spring cropping, iaringirml^ap^Mt^eoS^if spot wLere it ,s to t-e used, or as uear as Mo sible to it- W nat is not required for immediate digging stiould be piled ill suia I uioumis an 1 soiled over to prevent loss iiotu evaporatiou. j\ever uncover tender vegetables after tile itreaKing up of frost uutil they have become completely thawed, and even men do not uncover sud- douly leave a very light pro ectiou on tnem for a day 01 l-.o in order tu iuure LikH1 gra iua.lv tosuniigiit. It is always desirable to get as much pruuing and nailing done tieiore the approa^li 01 spring as possible lose 110 favourable opportunity therefore ot forwarding these operations tor, besides the advauva^e of having that kind <d work done before lhe bu-y season, the garden wii. present it much uoaier appearance titan it would otherwise have. FORCING UnPARTMEXT.-PlKERY.-Water plants in pots as little as possible at tins season; where the general stociv is grown ;u tais manner it is a good plau to cover the pots over two or tiiree incoes with the p,un.:iiig m iterial wnere the bottuui-heat will permit tnat to tse done u obviates tue necessi y or watering so irequeutij". ViNEiii.s.— tj.se fire-iieat sparingly ia houses w!;ero tue uit is >ipe, t>ut sufficient must used io prevent the a,oi-,uie or ti.e aiino.>phe.e being frozen to itits ",lasS inside the house, tor if tins is ailoweu t i happen .he tuoi- ure uu thawing is Ualj e to Lirop opou tiie tiunciics, injuring ihe tilouiu ..it.i causing tiie berries io decay. Admit air on every favourable opportunity, and ex a m ine ihe Oiinehes ot.en auo care.uliy so as to make sure of removing deoa\ints berries Lttemonient it call be perceIVed they are affected. Where forcing is fairly commenced be car fui to maintain a properly moist state ot tiie atino.-phere, and this must be es- pecially attenued to in the event of severe weather, particularly wiien the buds are bursting. Tiie evapora- ting trough*, niuat be kept constantly supplied with w-ter, and the patiis, bed, &c should be frequently and it a so be advisable not to have the tender foliage too near ttie glass if the weather changes. It' fermenting material is used for warming the border tiiis must be weti covered with dry litter to protect it from frost, and turned occasionally, adding some fresh as may be necessary to keep the heat in the border regular. It will be advisable, however, to have some dung aud leaves thrown up k. heat, as there would be some danger 01 chilling tiie bed by turning it in the event of frosty weather, and mixing it with the dung or leaves which bad not commenced fermenting. Houses which it is intended to commence forcing the beginning of next month should also have some fermenting materials placed on the borders so as to encourage the roots a little before the vines are excited, which will be of great service towards getting the buds to push strongly aud without loss of time. STRAWBERRIES Where these must be obtained as early as nossihlo eav by the end of February, a lot should now be introduced Any bouse or pit will do, provided a temperature of from 45° to 50° can be maintained with a moist atmos- phere. Let them also have as light a situation as possible. LIFTING FRUIT TREES. -This is, I am aware, not a new operation, but it is oue not very generally practised. It is I think preferable to root pruning, for this reason in root pruning only the strong and easily reached roots are divided, whereas in lifting the whole of the roots I that go down into the subsoil, and tend to produce strong gross shoots, are all severed. Fruit trees of all sorts, varying in age from 20 io 40 years, have been Jifted here with the most favourable result Some of them were unhealthy, but fre.h soil and shallower planting have rendered them all that could be desired 1 hey are in every instance well furnished with bloom buds. Some of the trees which were lifted last autumn. principally greengage plums, were almost the only trees of the kind in the gardens that had a crop of fruit on them. They were planted against a west wall, and withstood, unprotected, the severe frosts of April last and produced more Iruit than they nave done for years, while on others protected, i-nd much more favourably situated, the fruu was almost wholly destroyed. For instance, the apricots on south walis, protected with a net and beecu boughs, v.ere all killed. The check which they receive in the operation of lifting is, 1 think, ot service io them. It retards liie opening of the bloom ia tpiii,H, and assists no doub: greatly in hardening the 1 wood an<t buQH, thereby enabling them to withstand spriug trost better. Triennial iiiuug 1 think is the best I sjslem, as the trees are then kepttu a healthy, fruitful slate, and a crop m. y aimus; always be depended on.- l1em'V bauvy, <JUH., ,bltardclocs, 4mcrsham, Bucks in the Garuet'vrs' Uhronicle.

HOLLOWAV's OiMMiiKx AND riLLS—Sore throat, quinsey, uiptlierite —bore throat, wiLh more or less boaiseuess, has fur twenty years been treateil with lhe above remedie.- \wlli a uegree oi success tar surpassing fiiat, of any other mode of treatment, The cures have I been so reuiainaole, speedy and nuineious, tbat, it was predicted a liew iiiseaso. drpthente, consisting of small ush coloured uiceis 111 the interior of the throat, might I be arrested by tlio seme means, and such has been the case, ihis disease, iu It" first atage, beems oen mor amenable to Holloway s Ointment and Pills than simpler forms o inflammatory sore throat.