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MULTUU IN PARVO. Rossini has co d "0 S mpose an 0 Salutaris" Herr Christian Kellerman r» i e repute, died at the close of th Q Vlolimst of soma Her tour through <5 6 ^ear" Charlotte Patti b» 0Qtnern France being finished, Th«Ee».E in Liverpool—rf i to be the oldest clergyman A DINN °N BUNDAY> AT FCHE A&E OF 78. which the nr;^8 ^en near Paris the other day, o- fat. p "Cipal dishes were shark, horse, dog, and Wgan^'n 11 as ^0en introduced in association with the London. service of St. Andrew's Church,Wells-street, On RPANY bouses were unroofed by the and Trtir a destructive floods occured at St. Austell andIpi!ath of Mr- Wm. Perrins, one of the firm of Le» tersh■ ltls- the originators of the celebrated Wo sauce," is announced. tinuj!Ces ^r°m Venice state that great destitation con in that city. Out of a population of > 30,000 have applied for relief. Lord Clarendon, passing through Paris, on his way C m Italy, paid a Visit to M. Gutierrez Da Estrada, tormerly minister of foreign affairs in Mexico. Pore salt in abundance has been found in South- western Kansas. One report says it completely covers the ground forming a crust, and can be shovelled up by Cartloads. It is stated by a contemporary that Sir Morton Peto IS about to retire from the representation of Bristol, and that the candidate for the vacant seat is expected to be Sir Henry Hoare. The crown of the Queen of the Belgians is causing a sensation. It is composed of forty-five pearls, of forty Magnificent diamonds of immense size, and five thou- sand emal) brilliants. Mr. Edmond Beales has addressed a letter to the Ivines, vindicating the Reform League from the charge blade by Mr. Lowe, M.P., of having fastened upon him statements which he had not made. Sir Charles Murray, the British minister at Copen- hagen, has received from the Danish government four 'etiers written by Lord Baoon to Christian TV., in 1620- J62l, and has transmitted them to Lord Stanley. F The ship Harvest Queen, from Swansea to Baltimore, foundered on Saturday evening off the Head of Kinsale. One seaman was picked up clinging to a spar, and brought into Queenstown by the Henry, from Limerick. A book club in Baltimore is about to publish a new and complete edition of Poe's works, for which, it seems, _hev have some valuable poems never before printed, p is also proposed to erect a monument to Poe in that Cltv. „ At, the Liverpool quarter sascions, Albert Turvey, °^rly a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Eason, Barry, cotton brokers, of that town, has been sent- imprisonment for embezzling about last' the property of his employers, in November of Her ^y'lPW believes that it is the intention ensuing • s Government t0 propose, early in the Clause" ag snc^ alterations in the Conscience effects that aw» Iemove the objections to its practical men. Present so strongly felt by all Church- men entitled a model bill, has lately Office, as i trf'^r tlie direction of the Private Bill mencinc on Vt, ^il's in t,ie next sessiotl» com- and a sun l ^bruarv. It contains 3") clauses private bin^ment of special clauses introduced in some co,^ect'ons at the British Museum have lately .Q, enriched by the valuable series of Diatomacefe, ["c" belonged to the late Dr. Greville. This, with the solleetion of the late Professor Smith, also in the Mu- seum, forms the finest collection of Diomataoese in the tforld.—Examiner. One of the two surviving brothers of the late Walter Savage Landor has just died. Henry Evres Landor was the third of four brother. of whom Walter Savage was the eldest for some vears past he had been blind. He was nearly 87 at his rJpath but his more famous brother lived to the age of 90. GREAT FIRE AT MONTREAL.— On Christmas-eve, a terrible fire occurred at Yicksburg, on the Mississippi river, destroying over fifty buildings and other property, rained at 2,000,000 dols. and rendering one hundred families homeless twplve persons were burnt to death ir killed by falling walls, and six buildings have bean ilown up to arrest the progress of the fire. The Daily News does not believe in the project of th'i "•erorm League to make a demonstration atWestmir- ^er Hall, of persons all carrying petitions for reform, ■though an earnest supporter of the cause of reform, 'he Daily News denounces the scheme as a piece of charlatanism, warning the working classes against it. and denouncing all attempts to overbear the delibera- tion of Parliament. EMIGRATION FROM SCOTLAND.—The total emigration .r0™ the Clyde for the year ending 31st December, 1866, is being a decroaso of 2,434 compared with last year. Thirty-eight steamers have gone to the United 2 rV7nS'c'W^'1 passengers ten to Canada, with >"70; five sailing ships to New Zealand, with 663; one f(° Queensland, with 411 and the remaining 461 in g ort ships" to various parts of the world. — Glasgow The House of Lords has made a qualification res. ecting the £ 50 a day penalty clause in railway bills by hmiting the total penalty to 8 per cent upon the esti- mated cost of the works, together with interest at the rate of 5 per cent on the balance from time to time re- •paining unpaid from the date of the act to the date of "^Payment. No such limit has yet been adopted by House of Commons. The subject, however, will pro- ably come before the House on the meeting of Parlia- ment. Tilit ALABAMA CLAIMS.—The Tim,es of last Tuesday Cpntaing the following announcement :-We have autho- £ lty to state that, in reply to a communication received .rorn the Government of the United States, Her Ma- ]esty'a Minister at Washington has been instructed to ascertain whether that Government is prepared to ac- cept the principle of arbitration upon the ponding differ- ascertain whether that Government is prepared to ac- cept the principle of arbitration upon the ponding differ- ences arising out of the late civil war, provided an agreement can be come to as to the points to which such arbitration should apply. UNJUST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—A circular has just been issuei from the Home Office, requiring from the cities and boroughs in the United Kingdom, a re- turn giving full particulars of the number of persons convicted therein, during the quarter ending the 24th of June, of having unjust weights and measures, show- ing the nature and tbe extrnt. of such inaccuracy, the amount of penalty imposed, and stating whether the whole or pait thereof was given to the informer and also giving the amount of salary received by the in- spectors. ANOTHER BCILKR ACCIDENT. — Godson, the stud groom to Mr. Joseph Kitchen, of Dimsdale, Westerham, was killed there on Sunday by the explosion of a circu- lating boiler, in the saddle-room. Godson was recently with Mr. John Scott, of Whitewall, and had a narrow escape with life at the Terrington steeple chases, where the horse he was riding broke his neck. Only a few months ago, Mr. Smithson sent him south as trainer for Mr. Kitchen, and it was while Io< king after the proper care of his horses that he met with his death. The frost had stopped the circulation of the water, and it is stated t le boiler had ex ploded at a pressure of 4001b. As illustrations of the extraordinary influence of a covering of snow in protecting vegetation, even trifles are worth recording. In a flower bed in a garden on the side of one of the Surrey hills, the plants of a crim- son flowering verbena were found, after the thaw of Sunday, to be perfectly uninjured by the bitter frost, though a keen ea t wind had been blowing over the snow that covered them for many hours. On Friday night, a thermometer, hanging about four feet from the ground, hard by the flower bed in question, registered 3! deg. below zero, so that the change -to a rapid thaw was one of the most sudden on record.-Pall Mall Gazette. THE BENEDICTINES.—Last Monday. Prior Cyprian (Mr. Dundas) applied for and obtained a summons against Mr. Newick for an assault. The applicant stated that Mr. Newick, a short time since, went into the Benedictine chapel, at Montpelier, with his hat on. He requested him to take it off, telling him that he, (Mr. D.) would have to take it off, if he did not; and uPOn that Mr. Newick drew out a stick, and throw it at him. On Sunday evening Mr. Newick came with ty or sixty others to the chapel in Trenchard-street, and began pulling him about. He pushed him, appli- cant, twice. Mr. Dove, anoth er member of the Benedic- y^t0rnity, aUo applied for a summons for'an as- eault but as he could not tell distinctly who his assail- ant was, the application was refused. On Monday morning a singular feat of pedestrianism was performed by Hammings, a medical student, who undertook for a wager of < £ "10 to run four times round outside the railings of St. Clement's Church, in the Strand, London, during the time the church clock struck the hour of 12, and chimed the usual "Lass o* Gowrie." At the first stroke of the bell he commenced his task at a brisk pace, and increased the speed, finally accomplishing the feat before the clock had concluded, and won the stakes. The distance round the railings is 170 yards, and the four laps made the distance actually travelled over one third of a mile. The church clock occupied three minutes' time in striking the hour and completing the subsequent chimes; and the pedestrian had nearly 20 seconds to spare when be finished the race. — LILIAN. OA 6ne —t i Sanqaei to Lord COie, in xjnnis casion of his attaining lua paJontyJ-!Ln0e of the people kiilen stated, as evidence of"t^^g^rnnient, that of the country of Fermanagh in a]ariJ1 ^ey had 1,0 di,po.itio,,m«n,tetedto ™»_The Loss OP A SCKEV AN(J FROM Glasgow for Lisbon, ship, Captain Rhy a ieak and foundered at s$a, with coal and iron, ^oat s;xty.fiv9 miles south-west fWt The captain and crew, after boing four hours ° were rescued by the Dutch schooner Lam- bertha, and'were brought into Queeustown, on Tues- day. The act suspending the Habeas Corpus Acts in Ire- land will expire on the 26th of next month, at the end of 21 days after the commencement of the approaching session of Parliament. It was the first act passed last session, and it may be anticipated that one of the first acts to be passed next session must be one for the further continuance of this exceptional measure for the protec- tion of peaceable men.—Tines. I FEEDING A CITY. —The New York Sun has been del scribing, in a series of articles, how that great city is fed- The estimate is that the actual table expenses for each day for every man, woman, and child of the population averages 37 cents per head, divided as follows — Meat supply, about 16 cents; fish supply, 2 cents; eggs and poultry, 2 Scents; vegetables, 3 cents; fruit, 1 M cents; bread, 7 cents tea, coffee, and sugar, 5 cents—the total sum expended daily by the city in eating, 370,000 dols. The Calcutta correspondent of the Times states that the Government of India has declined to interfere with the revolting, and, undoubtedly, sometimes murderous practice of taking dying Hindoos to the Ganges, im- mersing them, and choking them with the holy mud. Relying on the two partial representations of an orthodox Hindoo authority, Sir John Lawrence has de- cided to leave the matter to Hindoo opinion. The Bengal Government, on the other hand, urged that in all cases of taking the sick to the Ganges notice should first be given at the nearest police office." NAMING PAUPER CHILDREN.—The guardians of ona of our metropolitan parishes, the other day, having to settle the transference of some pauper children from one industrial school to another, met with two girls chargeable to the parish, named Mary Unknown" and Polly Pancras," and it was proposed to change these names to the same as those borne by the church- wardens or some of the guardians, but this was opposed on the ground that some people might look upon the matter in an uncharitable light. It was, therefore, re- solved, after a long discussion, that the names of the girls should be changed to Mary Smith" and Polly Jones.Pall Mall Gazecte. THE COST OF A HINDOO WEDDING,-At the sitting of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, recently, Pandoorung Trimbuck, a man belonging to the Sepoy caste, applied for his discharge. His debts were It 1336-13-It', and his assets nil. The learned commissioner (Sir Charles Sargent) asked for some explanations in reference to an item of RI,500 in the schedule for money expended on the marriage of the insolvent's daughter. His (insol- vent's) income appeared to be R900 a year only, and thus he had spent nearly two years' earnings upon the wedding ceremony. The insolvent said his daughter had become of a marriageable age, that he had found it very difficult to find a husband for her, and, therefore, he had to spend a large sum of money on the ceremony out of the money, lie had to present the husband with clothes and some cash. His lordship granted the order for discharge.-Times of India. THE SNOWSTORM IN PARIS.—The streets in Paris on Sunday night were so slippery that horses could not keep their footing in them. Most of the hack carriages gave the matter up as a bad job, and instead of plying on their usual stands, got home as best they could. Some private coachmen had the precaution to get their horses rougli shod, and I have not heard that the Em- peror and Empress, who were at the Opera Comique, had any difficulty in getting back to the Tuileries. But the vast majority of the public which issued from the various haunts of pleasure at any time between one and five in the morning not only could find no car- riages, but could scarcely walk home. Women in dom- inoes, and white satin shoes were in many plaoes com- pelled to make a painful progress by crawling on all fours. As day dawned on the Boulevards, carriages with broken shafts were seenhorseles.-i.and many horses were running about loose and bleeding. Now the thaw is decided, and the streets, though slippery, are every- where practicable both for horse and foot. MISS CARPENTER IN CALCUTTA.—The native papers take a keen interest in Miss Carpenters visit to Calcutta. She has visited most of the female schools in the city, and has shown especial interest, as was to be expected, in the female and male branches of the Brahmo Somaj The Indian I/lirror, however, considers it "disgraceful that so few natives have visited Miss Carpenter, and hopes that educated Bengalees will give her a testi- monial of their gratitude. Miss Carpenter has adopted the suggestion of Miss Pigot, the head-mistress of the Bethune school, for establishing female normal schools. She lately addressed a meeting of native gentlemen on the subject in the Brahmo Somaj rooms. She thought the female schools of Bengal inferior to those sbe had seen in Bombay and Madras, but spoke highly of missionary schools. Her plan,as given in the Indian Daily News, is that government should establish a boarding institution, with two distinct departments for Europeans and natives, who should be allowed to adopt their pecu- liar national or caste customs. An accomplished English lady must superintend the general working of the in- stitution. The education and training should be con- ducted by a trained femalo teacher, thoroughly conver- sant with all the new educat ional methods of instruc- tion. No interference must be illowed with the religious sentiments of either leamiers or scholars both must be protected, and the feelings of Kuropeaus must be regarded as well as I nose of the Hindoos. Both Eng- lish and the vernacular should be learnt by all the in- mates of the institution, and a portion of each day should be spent in the actual teaching of children in some of the neighbouring schools. The meeting ap- proved of the, plan, and appointed a committee of five native gentlemen to carry it out. THB WHITBURN LIGHTS. — The official report of the inquiry held respecting the 1". H "f the Margaret and Jane on Whitburn Steel, on the coast of Durham, has just been issued. It reads as fo.lows :—" The Margaret and Jane arrived about four p.m. on the evening of the 30th November off the coast of Durham, and sighted the high land about Seaham. The weather was hazy, and the master, according to the evidence, took a cast of the lead in 15 fathoms. From this position he steered N.N.W. and N. by W. for the Tyne, and at five p.m. or somewhat later, a revolving light was seen, first from the mainyard, and subsequently from the deck, which was taken for, and no doubt was,the light at the entrance of the Tyne. The night was dark, and the land obscured either by thick haze or by the smoke from Sunderland— a not unusual circumstance about this part of the coast —rendering it difficult to make out the light clearly and distinctly. 'J lie course N. by W. which would havo been perfectly correct had the light seen been clear of Souter Point, was continued, and shortlyafterwards the ship was stranded on the Whitburn Steel Rocks, inside of Souter Point. The crew were rescued by the Whit- burn Lifeboat, and no lives were lost. Upon making the land the master communicated with a tug, the Helen, of North Shields, which followed the vessel till she struck, and, although within thirty yards of the Margaret and Jane, it does not appear that he warned f the master of his danger. The loss of this ship is therefore, to be attributed to hugging the land too closely, and not to the exhibition of any false light. The Court having weighed the evidence carefully, and taken into consideration the master's defence, saw in this case some extenuating circumstances; and, although itdid not consider the master altogether free from blame, inasmuch as he should have exercised greater caution, and hauled out to seaward till the light he saw became more clearly defined, it is not disposed to take a severe C view of the case. It gives the master credit tor his pre- 1 vious good character, which has been evinced by his J obtaining another ship, and which crmm ind he hay now forfeited by tue necessity of th:s inquiry. In returning Mr. Shield his tiloii a suitable admonition would meet the merits o! the case, It now only remains for the Court to report upon the alleged' appearance of lights calculated to mislead sea- ] men on this part of the coast. This subject has been already investigated by the proper authorities, and it has also been much discussed in the public prints. It would have been unnecessary to notice the subject in this report had it not been that the master of this ship, in his deposition made before the receiver of wreck, attributed the loss of his ship to the exhibition of a false light,' which he stated had been displayed in the vicinity of Souter Point. It, therefore, became the duty of this Court to ascertain, if possible, what grounds there might be for this allegation. For that purpose it had before it experienced persons, pilots, and others, very pompetent from their local knowledge to afford it information on this important subject. After the most careful investigation it has come to the conclusion that the only foundation for the assertion 'that a false light' had been exhibited in that vicinity may have had its origindn the fact that, to a vessel when too much in- i shore to the southward of Souter Point (a practice t which greatly prevails with a westerly wind), the glare or reflection of the lofty light at the entrance of the Tyne is visible in some states of the atmosphere over the high land of Souter Point. This appearance ought not, and certainly would not, mislead a seaman of or- dinary experience or observation. The prevalence of hugging the land to the southward of Souter has led < ships into danger, and will continue to do so. so long as ] Tessels shut in the Tynemouth Light before they are to < the northward of Souter Point. In conclusion, the Court have only to call attention to the evidence of Messrs. Harrison and Blair, both of them pilots of long stand- ] ing, who are of opinion that a light on Souter Point ( would greatly fa^Uate the navigation of this part of the j«oa»V^_ *—; ————— J The Westminster Gazette (the new Roman Catholio paper), believes it to be a fact that the government do not intend to bring in a Reform Bill this session, though they are willing to meet the question by re- solutions of the house, or by appointing a commission." The last splits in the Cabinet were purely on questions of finance." A dissolution before resignation is one of the courses resolved on, in order to appeal from the House of Commons to the country." At the Metropolitan Boards of Works, on Friday, the report of the Fire Brigade for the past year was pre- sented by Captain Shaw. It stated that the fires had been 164 fewer than in 1865. The proportion of se- rious" to "slight" damage, 626 to 1,012, bore a favour- able comparison with that of the previous year-namely, 512 to 990; and Capt. Shaw thinks as the brigade hl3- comes more perfectly developed the amount of damage done by fires in London will be still further reduced. POLITICAL GossIP.-The John Bull has reason to be- lieve that Her Majesty will in all probability open parliament in person ar.d that among the measures to be announced from the throne will be one for the con- federation of the North American Colonies, not only the details of the new constitution of the confederation having been agreed on by the delegates, but the finan- cial basis in which the maritime provinces are so inter- ested having been arranged on a satisfactory basis; measures affecting Ireland, besides those for reform of the poor law and bankruptcy, to say nothing of the re- presentation of the people. We understand that the Lords of the Admiralty have informed Mr. E. J. Reed, the chief constructor of the navy, that it is their Lordships' intention to increase his salary, and to provide for his being placed on the highest grade established in the public service with reference to his superannuation, whenever his health or length of service may induce him to retire. It will be gratifying to Mr. Reed and his friends to know that their Lord- ships accompanied the announcement of these marks of their favour with a very handsome acknowledgment of the manner in which the Chief Constructor has hither- to discharged the important and onerous duties attached to his office.— Army and Naxy Gazette. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS WITH CHINA.— (Russo-MONGOLIAN ROUTE.)-The Russian Telegraph Administration announces that Russia has appointed an agent at Pekin, who is authorised to send forward all messages going to or coming from China. Messages for China are sent by wire as far as Kiachta. Betwean Kiachta and Tien-Tsin a postal route has been opened (by way of Ourga, Kalgane, and Pekin), by which mes- sages can be sent forward as letters four times a month -from Kiachta to Pekin on the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th of each month from Pekin to Kiachta on the 4th, llth, 20th, and 27th. The postage is fixed at Is. 61. between Kiachta and Tien-Tsin, Pekin, or Kalgane and vice versa. Estafettes between Kiachta and Tien- Tsin cost Xi 7 for one horse, and X 2 5 for two horseg. Messages by the above route to China can, we under- stand, be given in at any of the Electric and Interna- tional Telegraph Company's stations. THE VICTORIA CRO'S.—The Gazette states that the Queen has signified her intention of conferring the Vic- toria Cross on Private Samuel Hodge, of the 4th West Indian Regiment, for his bravery at the storming and capture of the stockaded town of Tubabccolong, in the kingdom of Barra, on the River Gambia, on the even- ing of the 30th of June last year. Colonel D'Arcy, of the Gambia Volunteers, states that this man and another, who was afterwards killed-pioneers of the 4 h West Indian Regiment—answered his call for volunteers, with axes in hand, to hew down the stockade. Colonel D'Arcy having effected an entrance, Private Hodge fol- lowed him through the town, opening with his axe two gates from the inside, which were barricaded, so allow- ing the supports to enter, who carried the place from east to west at the point of the bayonet. On issuing to the glacis through the west gate, Private Hodge was presented by Colonel D'Arcy to his comrades as the bravest soldier in their regiment, a fact which they ac- knowledged with loud acclamations. THE NATAL SCHISM.-It may interest our readers to know what the Natal papers have told as to the per. sonnel of the clerical vote for and against the election of a new bishop. For Mr. Butler were (1), the Dean, Mr. Green (2), Archdeacon Fearne, who for a year has teen inoapacited by ill health from taking any duty in the diocese; (3) Mr. Walton, formerly a Wesleyan (4) Mr Barker, while the three last, Mr. J. Robinson, Mr. Rolfe and Mr. Taylor, are the thr-e clerical cuckoos introduced t_ by Bishop Gray into the Natal diocese, for the very pur- pose of opposing Dr. Colenso during the lattcr's absence in England. Against this election were (1) Dr Callaway- M.D. a missionary, and a great Zulu scholar, who has, if we mistake not, translated the Zulu fairy tales into English; (2) Mr. Newniiam, M.A. of Cambridge, an English theologian and ripe scholar; (3) Mr. Elder, of Cambridgo,ordained before he leftEngla id,and approved by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; (4) Mr De La Mare, also ordained in England, and sent out by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; (5) Mr. Tozer, a former incumbent in Lincolnshire, and also sent out by the Society for the Propagation of the Gos- pel Mr. Jacob, son of the Archdeacon and Canon of Winchester, who stated that he voted against the step by his father's advice (7) Mr. Lloyd, M.A. of Oxford, the oldest clergyman in tue colony. Bolides these, the Rev. A. Tennesen, and the Rev. E. Robinson, were not present, because they have always adhered to their proper bishop, and the Rov. Mr. Raugli wrote to oppose the election, but was prevented from attending by ill- health. It is pretty evident that a cleat- majoiity of the clergy, ten to eight at the very least, are against the Bcliism, and this in spite of the three clergymen foisted into'the diocese by Dr. Gray during Dr. Colenso's late absence in England.—Spectator. THE LITERACY OBITUARY FOR 18G6.—The Literary Obituary of JUiG shows iewer eminent names than usu- al but the melancholy record has of course to be made. Mr. Thomas Love Peacock, once the intimate friend of Shelly, and himself a writer of no small ability—a wit- ty novelist and a ripe seliolar-expire i towards the close of January. Early in March, Dr. Wnewell, the learned and largely gifted Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, died from the effects of one of those horse accidents which have recently been very common, and from which within the last three months, Professor Sevvlyn, also of Cambridge, has been a sufferer. The Rev. Mr. Keeble, the author of "tho Christian Year," and one of the most distinguished of High Church clergymen, was re- moved from amongst us on the 29th of March, the day before Good Friday, and Mrs. Keeble, who was very ill at the time, followed her husband to rest on the llth of May. In the same month, a consumption of long stand- ing brought to a close tho life and labours of Mr. Philip Stanhope Worsley, a charming poet, an accomplished Critic, and an able translator of Homer. On the 18th of May, Father Mahony, better known as Father Prout,' under which name he was one of the wittiest con- tributors to the magazines informer days, died at Paris it the age of sixty-one. George Lillio Craik, the Pro- fessor of English Literature in Queen's College, Belfast, and the author of many admirable works, expired on the 25th of June, in his sixty-seventh year and in August, the Rev. Dr. Neale, well known for his literary labours in promotion of High Church views, reached the close of his earthly career. We have also during the year the Rev. Dr. S. R. M aitland, an antiquary and writer on the ecclesiastic,J history of Britain; Dr. Petrie, an Irish antiquary, and author of a treatise on the round towers of his native country; Mr. George Henry Francis, some time editor of the Morning Chron- icle, and a writer in various other publications; Mr. Charles Maclaren, formerly editor of the Scotsman; Lady Honby, authoress of a well known book about rurkey; Miss Cummins, an American lady, authoress )f "The Lamplighter" and other works; Mr. Edward rinsley, one of the most enterprising 0" the young pub- lishers of London and Mr. Sep mus Tennyson, a brother of the Laureate, and himself an elegant poet.- London Review. TALES FROM PATT is.- Ta Pit i-ie relates the following itartlingincidentM. Sam relates that he was stand- ing at a ball given at the I'mlenes, talking to the great jhemist, Dr. Lisfranc, when lie perc ived him suddenly become pale and move fr >m his position. M. Sam, "ancying that his ¡,end IlId been taken ill, followed hi .a out to t',1 Salie Jes M .rechauK. There having re- sovered his equanimity, 'I" said, J have just seen a Jeautiful young bride v. ,I, !.l/Jg' with her second iius- Dand. Now I am peiiec. Ij convinced she murdered hor irst husband. It had been a love match but the young man discovered that he had made a fatal mistake, and lis health visibly declined. One morning, he was found lead in his bedroom, which his wife had filled with lowers, and especially with hyacinths. Their poisonous :inanations had evidently killed him. On being sum- 1 saoned to examine into the causes of his death, I ] perfectly remembered my having related in his wife's < aearing a case of poisoning produced by those very flowers, and on learning that a scandalous intrigue m her part had been the cause of all his misery, I nave not got the slightest doubt that the wretched voman took this mode of regaining her liberty. This .ragic anecdote recals to me another, which one of the j irst physicians in Paris related a few days ago as hav- t ng occurred to him during the course of his practice. He had been for some time in attendance on a wealthy j merchant, whose illness, though of a painful nature, was aot dangerous. Much to Dr. N.'s surprise, the symp- ] :oms became complicated, and M. X. got rapidly worse, j Dr. N. asked to see the mixture his patient had been < .aking during the night, and remarked to the servant ( ,hat the glass from which he had apparently drank was lot clean. 'No one sir, touches it but madame,' re- i jlied the servant. Pouring a little water into it, Dr. ( N". put it to his lips. He then asked to see Madame X. f done. She was young and very lovely. "Is my husband t vorse ?" she inquired, with great apparent anxiety. f Yes, madame, but he must improve rapidly. Do you j near, madame ?-in a week he must be cured.' Tuo v ady's fair cheek grew very pale. 'But, doctor'—. 'You I lave understood me, madame; good morning.' The 1 satient recovered within the given time, and M. and c Vladame X. gave a ball last week, and looked as jolly a c :ouple as you could wish to see.—Paris correspondence if the Morning Star. I It appears from a statement made at a meeting of the London trades, on Friday night, that tho late reform demonstration cost £6fi5. A fall of snow, said to be the heaviest during many years, occurred in Liverpool on Saturday night and Sun- day. In some places the snow was two feet deep, and tue drifts were five and six fe^ MSRIOUS ACCIDENT AT THE YORK EXHILLLTION.— The first accident in connection with tho erection and taking down of the Fine Art and Ind'is'ia) Exhibition building in the city ofYoik,oceurred on Friday afternoon to ilr. Simpson, one of the contractors, and proved of rat her a sciious character. Mr. Sinl nson is ono of the firm of Messrs. Shaw, Young, and Simoson, and while superintending the taking down of the building, one of the upright posts, about 50 feet in length, was observed to be falling. Mr. Simpson, as well as the men, endea- voured to get out of the way, but he did not succeed in doing so, and was knocked down by the ).o.t, which struck his head. His temple was cut and bruised, and he was otherwise injured. Mr. Hornby, surgeon, saw him soon afterwards, and directed that lie should be conveyed to the hospital. COLLISION ON THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. — On Saturday morning, a collision took place on the Metro- politan Railway at Farringdon-street station. The up train, which was due at Farringdon-street about 9 40, arrived at, its proper time, and on its way to Mnorgate- sfreetwas detained at that station upwards of five mi- nutes. It was just about to move forwards when the next train, which had left King's Cross, came un, and ran into it. There was a considerable fog at the time, and it is believed that prevented the driver of the engine of the second train seeing the arm of the semaphore signal out, calling on him to stop, and indicat ing there was x block at the station. He had alieady reduced the power of his steam, but it was not until the tail of the first train met his view that he entirely shut it off. The re- sult was a collision. At least from 20 to 30 persons were cut about the head and face, and had contusions of vari- ous descriptions. Two gentlemen, named respectively Burrage and Steel, are described in one of the papers as having received peveral severe cuts about the head and face. A third was also severely injured, and so much shaken that he was ordered by his medical adviser to be taken home in a cab, and at once placed in bed. THE FKNIAN CONSPIRACY—Thomas Kavanagh, at whose house in West Road, Dublin, a quantity of arms and amunition was recently found, wns committed for trial on Saturday. Some important documents addres- sed to the nrisoner from the Wexford Road branch of the Irish People tiewspaper, were discovered concealed in the arm-cases found in the house- The trial of Pri- vate O'Brien, of the 8th regiment, by general court- martial, at the Royal Barracks, commenced on Satur- day. He is charged with desertion, re-enlisting under a false name, and with Fenianism- He pleaded guilty to the two first charge. Colonel I' ielding acted as pro- secutor, and observed in his statement that, although there might be a difficulty in proving the prisoner took the Fenian oath, it, would be proved he induced others to take it. Palri-k Murphy, clnrged with having posses- sion of a Government rifle, and a unifoi m'of the Middle- sex Rifles, London Tr;sh Brigade, was again brought before the Liverpool Magistrate, on Saturday, in conse- quence of a communication having been received from tho Home Office, requesting the Magistrate to deal with the case under the Volunteer Act. The prisoner was, however, again remanded, in order to wait the ar- rival of witnesses from London. FATAL TERMINATION TO A LOVERS' Qu ARREL.-On Saturday, the coroner of East Cumberland held an in- quest upon the body of a young man, named James M'Quin, a blacksmith, and lately employed at Jarrow, who had hung himself from the bedpost in his mother's house. His mother said he came home on Wednesday night, in very low spirits, crying, and saying that his sweetheart and he had quarrelled. Next morning, when witness was out, he hung himself.—Jane Duffy said she and M'Quin had been intimate for some time. On Wednesday night she was in company with him, and on parting he put his arms round her waist and lifted her up but the ground being slippery, they both fell. She was hurt by the fall, and became angry, and told him to mind what he was about. He asked if she was any worse ? I am no better," she replied. Are you offended p" he then inquired. "Yes," she answ ered, "I am and I'll go into the house." M'Quin replied, "If you are offended, I can't help it,"—and with that they shook hands and so parted. He was always very jealous of her, if she spoke to any one; but he had no cause.—The Coroner suggested to the jury that they should take a humane view of the matter, which they did by returning a verdict of Suicide whilo in a state of temporary insanity." COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— On Saturday morning, shortly after three o'clock, a collision of a serious character took place at Newark station, on the Great Northern line. It appears at tho time mentioned a down luggage train, on its way to Manchester, containing light goods, stopped inside the station to take in water. A dense fog prevailed which prevented the signals from being seen, except at a very short distance, and the driver of another luggage train, on the same line, found himself close upon the train which was taking in water, and the distance being too short to make a stoppage, a collision took place. The engine of the second train ran with tremendous force into the guard's van of the stationary train, and com- pletely drove the top part of the van, in fact, every- thing but the wheels, on to the trucks a dozen yards ahead Fortunately the guard had just left the van. One of the firemen was much shaken, but the other escaped unhurt. Three or four of the trucks were smashed, and at daylight the scene was that of a I-e-,u- lar wreck. Balps of cotton goods, wool, &c., lay scat- tered about, whilst the trucks were nothing but broken wood. Under the engine, which was broken in several places, were a large number of truck wheels, including those belonging to the guard's van. A SUPPOSED FENIAN SHIP AT BuixnAM—There is rarely smoke without some firo, and as a a story was started relative to the capture of a Fenian ship in Tor- bay it is right the public should know exactly how it originated. A bngantme, and named the Melodia, Mr. Jones, master, from Antwerp to Dublin, with bark, TmA 'T days since for the purpose of gettmgcleared. On her arrival, however, the Customs officer of the port, Mr. H ITallott, having reasons, which were strengthened by the fact of her having left Ant- werp on a voyage to Dublin, to snsnect her character, resolved to make a search. Mr. H. Hallett accordingly procured the assistance of the coastguard, and proceeded on board, but failed to discover anything to confirm the suspicion further than the fact that although she was a vessel calculated to carry 170 tons of cargo,( she had but sixty tons on board. The captain at once proceeded on » scarcely 'iad outside the bounds °f the harbour when he was boarded by the chief officer of the coast guard, Lieutenant T. D. Sullivan, R.N. who bad so arranged matters as to have two men ready for active service, fully armed and equipped, and with an adequate supply 0f provisions to last their voyage to Dublin. these men weie ordered to remain on board, ^"nTr nuV0 un1'' t'dngs were satisfactorily arranged al 1 ,in' le caPfain seeing the grave aspect of affairs offered to return to the harbour and submit his vessel to further scrutiny, but Mr. Sullivan told him he had no wish to detain him, and that if he was an honest and loyal trader he need not fear the presence of the officers, as they would not molest him and having provided their own food they would cost him nothing, the only object being to frustrate anything like assistance being rendered to the notorious Stephens. The gallant officer landed, and the Melodia proceeded to Dublin with the officers on board, since which nothing has been heard either of the vessel or of the coastguard officers. THE THAMES EMHANKMEXT.—Mr. Bazalgette, the engineer, has mad.' a report showing how the Thames embankment works are going on. On the northern em- bankment (contract No 1, between Westminster and Waterloo Bridges) about 3 730ft in length of iron caisson and timber coffer-dams have been constructed or are in srta?0s of Progress 2.^3 ft. of the low-level sewer 2,123ft of the subway, 2,92T>ft. of i he sewer hitherto dis- charging on the foreshore of tlu- river, and 2S4ftof the flushing sewer have been completed. About 3gfc. above Trinity high water Illlrk of the Westminster steamboat pier for a length of .$I0ft. have been comoleted -Ir,ft. in length of the Charing Cro-s steamboat pier and 3-)Cft of the river wall have Lc-en brought to h"igiil s vary in°- 1ft to 4Xf't. below Trinity mark. The Adelphi landing stairs ls™gJ~V0'Y*bly fillinS t0 the extent of from < 100,000 to 500,000 cubic yards has been carried behind 1 the walls and works of the embankment. The works that are dependent upon the operations of the Waterloo and Whitehall Railway are still in the same condition as at the date of the engineer's last report, the company not tiaving proceeded with their works in the interval except to prepare an iron box for fitting on to the river and of the line. The upper parts of the embankment works to the westward of this point are waiting gene- rally for stone to complete them. The Christmas holi- lays and the weather have delayed the works. iC8,296 worth of work has been done during the last month. But little progress has been made during the past month with the Isle of Dogs branch of the low-level ] sewer, in consequence of the contemplated alterations in the line of the sewer near the East and West India £ Dock entrances, upon which subject the engineer of the Board and the engineer of the Company have been .n communication. The value of the work completed is i59,588, of which sum £3,213 represents the progress j'1'10 P^'njnth. Fair progress has been made at the fVbbey Mills Pumping Station. The value of the work .s computed at 98,230 £ 5,230 being for the progress luring the last month. On the southern embankment L length of 2,270ft of the dam and staging has been driven o a depth averaging 15ift. Within the dam about 16,000 i t. in length from the river wall have been brought up to evels varying from 17ft. 4in to 6in. below Trinity high- < vater mark, and about 300ft of the wall have been f nought to a level of 3ft 9 in above that mark. There lave been 520 rods of brickwork laid, 60,000 cubic feet I .f stone bedded, and 236,000 cubic feet of timber, 13,000 t ubic yards of clay puddle, and 185 tons of iron used. a On Saturday, Mr. Knox, the police magistrate, at M arlborough- street, delivered a judgment of some im portance in reference to the supply of wines and re- freshments to balls at later hours than those permitted by the Police-house Closing Acts. Mr. J. Foulger, a licensed victualler, was charged with supplying wines and refreshments at a ball at the Hanover-square Rooms between the prohibited hours of one and four in the morning. The facts were not denied, and Mr. Knox now decided that the latest act which made that pro- hibition did not interfere with the previous act of 1864, under which the publican had not exceeded his powers. The summons was consequently dismissed. DESTRUCTION OF A PORTION OF THE PORTLAND BREAKWATER.—From an early hour on Saturday morn- ing the wind blew great guns from the south-west, ac- companied by one of the roughest and highest tides that has been known since November, 1824, when the Es- planade was partially destroyed and three men were drowned. The sea had been breaking over Portland Breakwater all the morning with great power, when, at about three o'clock, a portion of the staging, which connects the two portions together, and through which ships are destined to pass when the work is completed, was washed away, as was also a staging around the circular fort at the outermost end. About three hours after another portion succumbed to the strength of the storm. A light, well known to mariners as the "Jack in the basket," situated at the entrance to Wey- mouth harbour, was also washed away, and the coast is strewn with portions of timber from this structure and the breakwater. NARROW ESCAPB OF THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF CORK.—The Earl and Countess of Cork had a narrow escape at Wakefield on Saturday. Raving been, along with a party of other distinguished visitors, on a visit to Mr. W. B. and Lady Margaret Beaumont, at Bret- ton Hall, near Wakefield, they were returning in a saloon carriage from Haigh to Westgate Station, in order to meet the 10.37 a.m. Great Northern express for London. The saloon carriage had been attached to the unhooked engine, and was being pushed along towards the standing train, when another train came up from Leeds, and, as the breaks would not act, in con- sequence of the slippery state of the rails, it dashed at considerable speed into the standing coaches, sending them forward with some force into the saloon carriage then being shunted to its place. The violence of the concussion was sach that the roof of the guard's van was knocked comp!ete!y oa", and several persons in the train were more or less bruised. The Earl and Countess of Cork, however, and the other occupants of their coach, suffered only the temporary inconvenience of a shaking. ANOTHER COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN NORTH STAF- FORDSHIRE.—A serious colliery accident, resulting in the loss of two lives, occurred at the Sytch Colliery, Burslem, on Monday morning. This colliery is of some- what small dimensions, and is the property of Mr. Wood. There are only six men employed in getting what is termed the red shag" mine, consisting of coal and ironstone. Early on Monday morning, four miners, James Yates, Isaac Mansfield, Samuel Yates, and Geo. Simcock, began to work in the bottom level drift, about seven yards from the down cast shaft. At about eleven o'clock they bad made a hole in the mineral for the re- ception of gunpowder previous to a blast, when the roof suddenly fell in, burying the two men—James Yates and Isaac Mansfield-beneath some eight or ten tons of the fallen material, and killing them instantly. The other two men escaped unhurt. Both of the deceased had only worked in the mine about four days. Yates lived at Latebrook, near Burslem, is 35 years of age, and leaves a wife and four children Mansfield resided at Tunstall, is 29 years of age, and has left a wife and one child. Great difficulty was experienced in recovering the bodies, but this was done in the course of the after- noon. MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION IN DUBLIN.—An explosion of supposed Fenian "munitions of war" took place on Sunday, in Essex-street, Dublin, which was attended by serious results both to life and property. It appears that on Friday night a stranger engaged a room in tha house, No. 8, Essex-street, from a tenant named Ed- ward Connolly. He placed a small box in the room, left the house, and did not afterwards return. On Sun- day, Connolly's curiosity being aroused by the non-ap- pearance of his tenant, he was induced to examine the contents of the box. On removing the cover, he found two round bottles, carefully corked and secured at the top with chamois leather, which it is supposed con- tained "Greek Fire." Beneath them in the box was a paper parcel which on being touched, exploded with such violence as to knock down the walls and partition in the room. The glass in the windows was also broken and the people residing in the house were either all knocked down, or violently thrown against the walls by the force of the concussion consequent on the explosion. Connolly was seriously injured about the head and hands and is not expected to recover. Upwards of 20 ball cart- ridges were found in the room after the explosion. No clue has yet been obtained to the owner of the myster- ious box. DESTRUCTION OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, CROYDON. -The splendid church of St. John the Baptist atCrov- don, was on Saturday night almost totally destroyed by tire. The church was situated in the lower portion of the town, at the end of Church street, near to the old Palace of the Archbishops of Canterbury, and was of remote, if not unknown antiquity. It has always been regarded as one of the finest examples of ecclesiastic architecture in Surrey. The building was surmounted by a lofty tower of flint and stone, and the pillars and arches in the interior formed a splendid arcade. In the chancel were some monuments of remarkable antinuitj and beauty, among them those of Archbishops Sheldon. Grindon, and Wbitgift. Only a short time since the interior of the church was restored and beautified at a very large expense. So disastrous was the progress of the fire that in a few minutes after the outbreak, the entire edifice was in such a blaze that all hopes of sav- ing it were unfortunately dissipated. The fire, which is supposed to have originated from the over-heating of a flue near the communion table, was first discovered at about half-past ten o'clock. In an hour, the building was a complete ruin, nothing but the calcinad wall and tower being left standing. During the progress of the fire, Fireman Lancaster, of the Local Board's Brigade received a compound fracture of the leg from a portion of the ruins falling upon him. The parish papers and communion plate were saved. DEATH OF THE LATE BISHOP OF CALCUTTA.-The committee appointed to inquire into the circumstances attending the accident which resulted in death of the late Bishop of Calcutta have made a report to the fol- lowing effect — The stage from which the accident occurred was not the stage by which it was the inten- tion of the commander of the yacht that the bishop should land. It also appeared that Mr. Platts had pre- pared a good and proper landing-stage, provided with man-ropes and lights, leading from another part of the Gunduck to the Koel, and thence to the shore; and there seems no reason to doubt that Mr. Platts states correctly that he did bring to the notice of the late bishop the existence of this good landing stage, anc that it was his intention that the bishop should, on his returning to the vessel, embark by this stn.g?. But ad- mitting this stage to have been in itself in every wa] secure, it did not appear to have been the best arrange- ment which could have been made, as it would have been preferable to haul the Gunduck close to the bank, or to place the Rotas where it would have been in con. tact with the shore. Moreover, the arrangements made by Mr. Platts to receive the bishop on his return, and to see that he did cross by the Koel's stage, were alto- gether insufficient. No doubt, if Mr. Platts had been made aware of the bishop's approach, he would have taken proper precaution to see that he embarked on the proper stage but he did not take sufficient mea. sures to have himself informed in time of the bishop's return. The Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal did not consider it neceBfary to punish Mr. Platts for his want of forethought. The feeling that this most lamented accident might possibly have been avoided by the exer- cise of greater caution on his part must be sufficient punishment in itself, and will, it is hoped, be a caution which he will never forget. In all other respects Mr. Platts' conduct seemed to the Lieutenant-Governor to have been unexceptionable. But the officer chiefly to blame is, the Lieutenant-Governor thinks, Mr. Nider- ham, the commander of the Koel, who, though strictly charged to be most careful in his arrangements for the 1 bishop's landing at the different stations, seems to have thought only of going ashore before even the vessel was made properly fast, and hurrying to Calcutta with his wife, who moreover was on board the vessel in direel ] contravention of the standing orders. The Lieutenant- < Governor agreed with the committee that Mr. Nider. j Lam s-conduet is altogether inexcusable. It was his duty to Temain on board, and to make arrangements j by which this accident would have been rendered < impossible. The excuse that he went to Calcutta or duty simply aggravates his offence. He must be wel; j aware that the plea of duty is altogether unfounded. His duty was to remain on board the vessel till he l received orders from Calcutta, and if he had any doubt an the subject ho could have cleared it up by a telegram < ;ent to the master attendant. Mr. Niderham does not < appear to be a person fit for the responsible charge of a steamer, and he should at once be relieved of his com i mand. As to landing stages, the Lieutenant-Governoi j agreed with the master attendants that a safer stage car not be devised than one properly constructed of three < ar four planks abreast, and protected by a hand-rail. A ] stage of detached planks is not only more easily carried j and managed than a fitted platform, but is safer in every < way, and is not liable to capsize as a fitted platform ] might do. It now appears, however, to the Lieutenant. Governor that the planks should be prepared for the re- jeption of iron stanchions, and that hand-ropes with 1 stanchions attached should be kept in everv steamer. No communication should be allowed between th,e iteamer and the shore till the hand-ropes are affixed, i and constant watch should be kept on the stage night < ind day.. a a j FCRGEEY OF RUSSIAN NOTES. — At the Thame. Polite Court, on Friday, two foreigners, named Adolphe Kroger, alias Grocer, and George Tapplass, were charged with having in their possossion 107 five-rouble notes, which had been forged, with intent to defraud the Russian Government. The forged notes are said to be very cleverly executed. The police went to the house in Whitechapel, introduced them to the prisoners who lodged there, and, after a search, succeeded in finding one genuine five-rouble Russian note in a small bag in possession of Kroger, and 107 forged Russian notes for five roubles each, exact imitations of the genuine note, but on different paper, secreted between a bed and a. mattress.—The prisoners were remanded. It appears that this latest discovery is an offshot of the gigantic fraud on the Russian Government, about which tha public have already heard something. It will be re- membered that about a year ago some persons wera prosecuted at the Central Criminal Court for having in their possession a large quantity of similar notes, and according to the belief of a gentleman connected with. the Russian Consulate, all the notes were printed from the same plate. It appears that the forged notes have been circulated to a large extent in Russia. DEATH OF MR. ALEXANDER SMITH.—Mr Alexander Smith, author of 41 A Life Drama," and other poems, and secretary of the University of Edinburgh, died at Wardie, near Edinburgh, on Saturday morning after an illness of several weeks. Mr. A. Smith, who was the son of a pattern desigrer, was born at Kilmarnock 011 07 cem^r, 1830, so that he had just entered hia 37th year. He received a fair education in youth, anil showing uncommon talent was destined for the Church, but a severe illness led to a change of purpose, and young Smith was put to his father's business. While engaged in preparing patterns for a lace factory in Glasgow, he began to cultivate the Muses, and his first work, A Lifa Dram a,was published in the Critic in 1852, and after- wards in a volume, with other poems, in 1853. In 1855 he published, in conjunction with Mr. Dobell, "Sonnott on the (Crimean) War," and also in 1857, "City Poems" and Edwin of Deira." At a later period he distinguis- bed himself as a prose writer, publishing in 1863 Dream-thorp," in 1865, "A Summer in Skye" and Alfred Hagart's Household." He was also a frequent contributor to Good Words and other serials. In 1854, he was appointed to the office of secretary of Edinburgh University. He married abont ten years ago, and hag left a widow and family. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF COAL IN HULI At tha Ball Borough Sessions, held before Mr. Recorder War- ren, on Friday, Thomas Beck, a keel owner and coal merchant, was, indicted for stealing about twenty tons of coals, the property of Messrs. Bailey and Leetham, shipowners, Hull. The most remarkable feature in the case was that the offence charged against the prisoner was committed previous to his conviction on a charge of a general nature, preferred at the Hull sessions, in. April, 1866. Besides this fact, it was proved that a civil action had been brought by the prosecutors, while the prisoner was still in gaol, for the recovery of the amount due to them in respect of his defalcations. Tha prisoner had been in their emDloyment for nine or ten years, and during the whole of that time had supplied to their steamers thousands of tons of coals annually. For this work he received a penny a ton commission, the prosecutors paying the colliery owners for the coals. It was contended on the part of the prosecution that the prisoner was their servant, and bad no business to sell coals to any other persons, but it was admitted that he had done so, and with their knowledge. The parti- cular offenoe charged on this occasion was selling 20 tons of ooals, part cf a cargo of 60 tons purchased by the prisoner for the prosecutors, to Messrs. Earle, of HulL For the defence it was contended that the prisoner bought the coals on his own account, and had a right to sell them to whosoever lie pleased. During the trial, Mr. Leetham said that the prisoner's defalcations amounted to about .6-1,500. Thejury found Beck guilty, and he was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment. THE SCUTTLING OF THE SETERN.-At the Mansion House, on Friday, Lionel Holdsworth, Charles Webb, Thomas Berwick, and Joseph Stansfield Dean, who stand charged with conspiring together to scuttle the ship Severn, with intent to defraud certain underwriters, underwent a further examination before Mr. Alderman Finni8. Mr. Lewis, jun., again conducted the examina- tion Mr. Buchanan defended the prisoners Webb and Berwick; and Mr. Beard defended the prisoner Holds- worth. The principal evidence given on Friday was that of Mr. Wilmot, a shipbuilder at Newport, and of Ellen Moon, barmaid at the King's Head there, both of whom spoke to seeing the prisoners Holdsworth and Berwick at that Hotel in March last, just before the ship sailed on the voyage to Hong Kong. This was to confirm the evidence of the captain of the ship, who has turned approver, and who had previously deposed to seeing Holdsworth and Berwick at Newport just before the vessel sailed, and to Holdsworth express- ing his belief that she would never reach her destina- which event he (the captain) should receive T I J> George Douglas, an insurance broker at Lloyd s, proved that he effected an insurance for ^1,500 on twelve cases of revolvers, &c., alleged to be part of the cargo of the ship, and that he did so by the direc- tion of Messrs. James Fraser and Co. The insurance was effected with the London and Caledonian Insurance company. He also effected an insurance for £1,300 on the freight-namely, X500 with the Albert Marine In- surance Company, £500 with the Home and Colonial, ?J? £ 300 at Lloyd s. The twelve cases so insured bj Mr. Douglas for £ 1,500 were afterwards proved to con- tain common salt of little value, and no guns whatever. Mr. Louis Lumpton, an insurance broker at Lloyds, proved that he effected an insurance on the ship for £ l'000,by the order of the prisoner Holdsworth. Mr. fhilip Webley, of Weeman-street, in Birmingham, gun- maker, deposed that he had never sold either the pri- soners Holdsworth or Dean £1,500 worth of guns, aa they had stated, or any guns whatever. The prisoners were again remanded to Monday, when they were all committed for trial. FEARFUL SCENE AT THE MOUTH OF THE TTNB On Saturday night last, at Shields, the wind suddenlj chopped round to the S.S.E. and a fresh came on, and shortly before midnight the wind bad increased to a. gale, which between midnight aad two o'clock on Sun- day morning was an actual hurricane. It was accom- panied by blinding showers of sleet and hail, the lat- ter driven before the fierce blast cutting like a knife. The sea was running mountains high, and about mid- night, as the storm was gathering in force, the pre- ventive officer on the look out saw a vesseljdriving ashora tQki i •south of the south Pier* immediately burnt a blue light, and three guns were fired from the Spanish Battery to call out the Life Brigade. The preventive officer and the pier policeman got the apparatus for the saving of life down to the pier, but the gale was so strong that they had to crawl on their hands and knees to do so. About twenty of the Life Brigade were soon mus- tered, who increased to between fifty and sixty in a short period. By this time other vessels were ashore, and by about two o'clock four ships, with their sails all blown to streamers, were grinding themselves to powder and bumping and beating against each other and the pier sides in a frightful manner. The vessels which were thus so wrecked and which were in peril of falling to pieces and drowning their crews were the Mary Mac of Whitstable, the Cora, of Whitstable, the Lucerne, of Blyth, and theMerghee, of Whitstable. All the lifeboata were got out and manned and pulled down into the Narrows, but the force of the hurricane was so great that after contending with it for above two hours their crews were obliged to put about, completely exhausted, and leaving the saving of life to the life brigade. This was a most difficult and perilous undertaking, as the lines bad to be fired against a head of wind, the piers were covered with ice, and the gale was so strong that the men could hardly stand, and the crews on board were 30 benumbed with cold that they could make little effort bo help themselves. The crew of the Mary Mac got one boat out, and put a boy into it to steady it but it was atove^ under the ship's quarter, and the painter break- ing, it drove away with tlie lad in it. He was washed out, but he held by the gunnel until it drifted into the broken water, when he was knocked off by the fierce seas and drowned, the boat going to pieces. The crew of the Cora, which vessel was alongside the pier, managed to swing themselves ashore the crew of the Blyth brig, acting under instructions from the Life Brigade, got aboard the Cora and were hauled ashore on the lines. I'hey had not been 10 minutes out of the brig when she slid over with her decks to the sea, and the waves had such an immense power over her that they literally tore her in two, and pitched her stem on an end like i boy standing upon his head. All the crew of the Merghae managed to spring on to the pier, all ex- cept one lad belonging to Canterbury, who was on tiis first voyage, and who was so paralysed with fear ;hat he durst not follow the other men. He got into the rigging. But the vesser immediately heeled over, and after be was swung two or three times backwards and forwards in the air by the motion of the ship she broke to pieces and he was swallowed up in the sea, and drowned. After stilting over the sand about half a mile 'rom where she struck the Mary Mac got into a posi- tion where a communication was opened with the shore by one of the seamen throwing a lead line to a man, who plunged into the surf to get it, and a cradle" was got )ff to the ship upon a hawser, which was made fast, and the seaman were all brought to land by the life brigade rhe poor half drowned crew were taken to the Half Moon public-house, where warm clothing were prepared for them, and after being comfortably refreshed with hot :onee they all recovered, and have been going about to lay looking after the ships' stores. The Merghee and the Lucerne are broken up and the Mary Mac and the Cora ire wrecks. A Whitby brig struck on the sand during the Jourse of the morning. Great crowds of people have been to the shore to see the wrecks of the vessels, which jive an extraordinary idea of the destructive energy of the sea. The body of the boy belonging to the Mars Mac has been picked up, and some stores have been gathered, but infinitely little will be saved in propor- tion to the value of the vessels wrecked. The cause of the loss of the vessels was the masters mistaking the south for the north pier, having lost sight of Tynemouth ight in the blinding ehowers, —^