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THULTUM W T> \RYQ, The Esterhazy jewels were sold by auction in London On Friday, and realized £ 57,760. 11: Longfellow's Dante" is so far completed that the proofs are in the poet's hands. -FILE operative joiners at Hull are on strike, their em- P ''TERS bavins? refused to concede to them the Saturday ^'holiday. It is announced that on the 11th of March anegro 6amed Adam Page died in King George county, Vir- ginia, who was 122 years of age. Six hundred and forty-nine officers of the disbanded armies have accepted Prussian commissions. U I»'SP 424 are from the Hanover troops, 154 from Hesse rectorial, G7 from Nassau, and four from Frankfort. It is understood that the route of the sailing* oj the Great Eastern has been changed. Instead of running solely between New York and Brest, she will sail be tween New York, Brest, and Liverpool, and vice versa. ADAH ISAACS MENKEN.—Mr. Newell, known in New 0rk under the ncn de -plume of "OrpbeusC.Kerr (pun on office-seeker)" has just secured a divorce in the court s fr°m Adah Isaacs Menken Heenan, who xa performing Mazeppa in Paris. THE KIXO OF DENMARK AND THE PRINCE OF WALFS.— The King of Denmark and the Prince of Wales, attend- ed by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppell and M. de Scheele, rode on horseback on Monday. In the afternooon the Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords. THE NEW CANADIAN GOLD-FIELD.-Some very fine specimens of Madoc gold in quartz and sand, just taken from the mines, have been shown in Toronto as well as Kingston. Jewellers there, as well as here, pronounce it superior in quality to either Californian or Austra- lian gold.-Ki,gston Whig. THE TORNADO CASE.—Madrid letters state that the Superior Spanish Court has confirmed the sentence of condemnation of the British steamer Tornado, pro- nounced by the Cadiz prize tribunal in December last, and against which the British Government has protested, regarding it as absolutely null and void. FATAL FIRE.-An elderly woman, named Tonyn, re- siding in Portpool lane, Gray's Inn road, was burnt to d^athon Monday night. She had been confined to her bed for some time, and when she was discovered the le,1 was in a mass of flame. She is supposed to have ul set a lamp left burning on a table near her bed. A Fox HUNT IN THE STREETS OF LONDOX.—On Mon- day morning whilst two workmen were going into W I'itehall-place they were startled by a fine young fox dashing past them at full speed. They immediately pave (.base, and the animal darted from one area to another, until, after a most exciting run, he was captured. RUMOURED FRESH OUTRAGE BY SPANIARDS. — The Slnpjring Ga ette says there is a rumour that a fresh outrage has been perpetrated by the Spaniards upon a British merchant ship, which is said to have sunk and a number of the crew drowned but as the report can- not be traced to any authentic source, tliere is some hope *'lat it is without foundation. r, TITF LATF JOHN GOTT, ESQ.—The death of John Esq., the head of the firm of Benjamin Gott and Woo"en cloth manufacturers and merchants, of <We to°k place on Monday, at Armley-house. The of th Bed, who was 75 years of age. was known as one toWoe most liberal and worthy citizens of his native chistory bears many records of his munifi- C Public spirit. })avjjj„Q,n-martial terminated on ?Tonday at Devonport, fix ui* Pen occupied four davs in the investigation of against William Fulcher, boatswain, of the ga] Additional), serving onboard H.M.S. Done- (SPr' "L,|ckferry, for indecently assaulting several boys b0 ants) on board the said ship, and for inducing one bo desert. He was found guilty, and sentenced to 'prisoned for two years in Exeter gaol, and to be sniissed from the service with disgrace. P ^ROTHFR IGNATIUS.—It appears that theaffairs of the ttev. J. Lyne,—better known as "Brother Ignatius,"— In connection with the Norwich Monastery, are being Illjilded by Messrs. J. H. Tillett and Son. Curiously Enough, Mr. Tillett is the leader of the Liberation par- ty in and about Norwich. The monastery scheme ap- pears quite at an end. The chapel commenced in 1865, is still far from completion, and the monastery itself bus once more become an ordinary dwelling-house. The dole to M. de Lamartine has undergone consid- erable modifications since it was first proposed. It now 1;TJppars that a perpetual annuity of 25,000 francs is to l.1: entered in the great book of the public debt, in the 'l'hT!le of the celebrated poet, as a national recompense. r 8 '"edification of the original scheme for presenting ttiartine with a sum of 400,000 francs was made for p. ^.P^Pose of preventing the national donation from filing into his creditors' hands. It is believed that 'h s 1 ill will pass in one sitting. STRANGE AFFAIR.—The New York Times of the 7th Inst., makes the following statement: A terrible case Of hydrophobia is chronicled in the Detroit papers. A little daughter of Mr. Alfred Woodruff, of the town of Greenfield, Michigan, was bitten sometime ago by a. ^°g, but no svmptomsof hydrophobia were firstshown. ta'-gth the poison, which, acting as a sub-cutaneous permeated every tissue of the system, broke 'la severe form, causing the most intense suffering, th cOlJsultation was had by physicians, who decided h ■ as the sufferer could not possibly survive, every hp s'deration of humanity demanded that hersufferipgil (](, ,e^ded by some moans, in accordance with which, a severe paroxysm, the child was smothered to 0 appears from an article in the Russian Invalidet e subterranean city found on the banks of the Sir- g arya has been repeatedly discovered before, but as 0(**> forgotten. It is called Yana Kent—i e. Newtown, 1 supposed to have been constructed by the Persian tb wbich, under the name of Sartes, even now forms rj, 0 "ulk of the sedentary portion of the population of £ urkistan. Yana Kent, with several cities in that neigh- ij,0t"'hood, is believed to have been destroyed by the bpa,;tai-s on their first appearance in the country, and, /■sides extensive ruins, includes a cemetery at some dis- "Jstance from the buildings. The Kirghisian nomads, ?°w scouring that region, have their own wayof solv- Ing this antiquarian problem, holding that the town in primeval times was destroyed by the Avenging Spirit punish the sins of the inhabitants. According to 'hem, these people have been swept from the face of the earth. Russian travellers have more than once noticed ''e s; oS but no excavations of any magnitude were ever made. '1 HE METEOROLOGY or MARCH.—Mr. Allnatt publishes account of the meteorology of March, and says that he last month was a season of storm and tempest and Illclrnient weather, such as has scarcely occurred within Ie lapse of half a century. The barometer ranged an inch and a half, from 29.25 up to 30.75. Though March ls generally a dry month, the amount of rain and of snuw which fell was enormous, and gauged about four 111(;hes, the weight being 400 tons per acre for the ^bole of England. The temperature, except from the ^nd to tlie 31st, was much below the average. The S> r>at gale from the north-east, which commenced ou 'p 12th and continued, with one day's intermission, to ke 18th, will long be remembered. On the evening of In 17th it gathered strength and burst into a tremen- dous hurricane, which culminated next morning at six 0 clock, after which it gradually died away, leaving the Cr,!ists strewn with wrecks- This was followad on the by another gale, and fresh storms continued to rage the equinox. On the 30th there was lightning In London, and thunder followed almost immediately. PROSECUTION OF THE ST. ALBAN'S CLERGY. — The fi^0P of London has taken a decided step in connec- the prosecution of the Rev. Albert Heriot M.A., of Wadham College, Oxford, in- r f St. Alban's, Holborn, by signing the letters ch- °1Uie Dean of the Court of Arches. The drges which Dr. Lusliington will have to investigate ele '^ie e'eva^on aQd adoration of the holy tal 'iUPll*s' The placing lights upon the communion cl •v' The use of incense. 4. The use of the mixed ^'Hhce, No charge is made in reference to the use of ^ci'ificial vestments, and it is understood that Dr. A. s"'p]ieri8, who wdl conduct the prosecution,objected l!il-!udir!g- wafer bread in the charges, inasmuch as t Idt would Lave required theevidence of communicants, vvhioh h»' was not inclined to resort. Sir R. Philli- the Queen's advocate, will appear for Mr. Mack- Oochie. The letters of request have been lodged in rflgistry of the Court of Arches, and the citation be completed without any delay. In all probability, us will prove the commencement of the bitterest hos- that the Church of England has ever witnessed.— horning Post. ATLANTIC AND GRFAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—A meet- of divisional bondholders in the Atlantic and Great 'estern Railway was held on Tuesday, "to assist in the Proceedings about to be taken for the foreclosing and of the railway." There was a large attendance.— Curtis informed the meeting that a committee of Visional bondholders had been appointed in conse- MUerieo of the dissatisfaction they felt with thecom- f^ttee of investigation appointed some weeks ago, that ,le bad been appointed chairman of the Divisional Bond* '°lders' Committee, and that the object of the meeting was to point out the advisability of selling the railway j s soon as possible. He pointed out that a million dol- was due by the company, that another million would e due in the course of the next six months, and that '? °nly solution of the difficulties was to dispose of the aU\va,y. jje moved a resolution to the effect that a com- Buttee he appointed to collect the coupons of the divi- L1'11' bondholders, and take such proceedings as might lought advisable for the foreclosure and sale of the j> Way.—Mr. Dunne seconded the motion.—Sir William chairman of the committee of investigation, -la s^atement respecting the operations of that body tj,'1 of such a satisfactory character that Mr. Cur- io J^kurew his resolution, and the proceedings ended tiofe,70* couiidence in the Committee of Inveetjga- WRECK OF THE EARL OF DUBLIN. The Earl of Dublin steamer from Glasgow to Dublin, went ashore NEAR Ballyhalbert, and parted amidships, on the nieht of the 80th March, during a gale from the north, witn a heavy sea. She will be a total wreck. HOLDINGS IN IRELAND.—A Parliamentary return just presented, in pursuance of an order made on the motion of Lord Naas, gives a statement, in the first place, of the purely agricultural holdings in Ireland, 608.864 in number: 174,989 valued at £ 4 or under, £ 190,877 over £4 and under £10, 123,784 at £ 10 and under zC20, 83,258, at £ 20 and over £ 50, 35,955 at £ 50 or upwards. The return gives, further, the number of tenements in the 798 towns of Ireland—viz., 392 towns with a popula- tion under 500 at the Census in 18(51, 280 with a popula- tion of 500 to 2,000, 82 with 2,000 to 5,000, 26 with 5,000 to 10,000, and 18 with more than 10,000 inhabi- tants. The number of town tenements is 272,381—viz., 156.973 valued at £ 4 or under, 85,1^9 at over £ 4 aud undA" £ 20 30.219 at £ 20 and rn«SF.rds. CHILD MURDER IN HULL.—At the Hull Police-coart, on Saturday, Elizabeth Nelson, a young woman aged twenty-three years, was charged with murdering herin- fant child, aged six weeks. Insnector Grace said that he was the inspector in charge of the Police-station on Friday. About four o'clock, the prisoner was brought into the charge-room in custody of Police Constable King, two women alsoaccompanyingthem. One of the women was named Ellen Coulon, and she said that^the prisoner was charged with murdering her child. i he inspector then told the prisoner that anything she might say might be used against her. Nelson said I threw the child into the Old Harbour, on Monday, at 6 30 p.m. I went round by North Bridge to the Garrison side to do it." He (Inspector Grace) understood that she had been confined in the Workhouse about six weeks ago. The body of the child had not been recovered, and the case was remanded for seven days. THE TRADE RETURNS FOR FEBRUARY.—The Board of Trade returns for February confirm the imp* ession that the general commerce of the company is satisfactorily active. The declared value of our exportations shows a falling off of only £ 669,991, or about 4 per cent., from the large total of February, 186fi, while over that of 1865 it presents an increase of 27 ner cent. The dimi- nution is occasioned entirely by the lessened value of our shipments of cotton. The value under the head of cotton yarns shows a reduction of 13 percent., and that of cotton manufactures 10 per cent.; but the quantity of the former exhibits an increase of per cent., and of the latter 10 per cent. Among the articles of which there has been an increased exportation are earthen- ware, 23 per cent.; machinery, 18 per cent; iron, 6 per cent; and woollen manufactures, 7 per cent. On the other hand, there has been a decrease of 11 per cent. in haberdashery, 15 per cent. in hardwares, 11 percent, in linen manufactures, and 16 per cent. in silk manufac- turers. The importations of cotton during the month were almost exactly the same in amount as in February, 1866. Of breads) uffs, the total under the head of wheat was only 1,423,169 cwts., against 2,164,007 cwts. in February, 1866 and of flour, owing to the smallnr-ss of the receipts from France, only 266,934 cwts., as against 089,422.—Times' City Article. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS.—The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom amounted for the week ending March 23rd, on 12,745 miles, to £ 629,393, and for the corresponding week of last year, on 12,498 miles, to £ 649,802, siiowingan increase of 247 miles, and a de- crease of £ 20,409. The gross receipts on the following fourteen railways amounted, in the aggregate, on9200 miles, to £ 531,828, and for the corresponding week of 1866, on 9039 miles, to £545, 351, showing an increase of 161 miles, and a decrease of 213,523. The decrease on the Caledonian amounted to £1208; on the Great Eastern, to £1776; on the Great Southern and West- ern, to JE293 on the Great Western, to 93317 on the London and North-Western, tt £ 4793 on the London and Brighton, to £742; on the London and South- Western, to £2286; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, to 23; on the Midland to £ 570; and on the South Eastern to £64.Q-total £]5,637; but from this must be deducted £1028, the increase on the Great Northern £ G1 on the Lancashire and Yorkshire; £ 222 on the North British; and 9803 on the North-Eastern leaving a decrease as above, £13,523. The goods ami mineral traffic on those lines amounted to £ 341,041 and for the corresponding week of 1866 to 388,515, show- ing an increase of C2526. The receipts for passensrers, parcels, &c., amounted to £ 190,787, against f206,836 showing a decrease of £16,Q49. The traffic receipts on fifty-two other lines amounted, on 3545 miles to jEl 04.451 Bhowingan increase of 86 miles, and a decrease of £ 6886. The total-receipts of the past week show a decrease of JE4805aa compared with those of the preceeding week, ending the 16th March. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT W IGAN.—On Satur- day evening a shocking fatality occurred on the London and North-Western Railway, about a couple of hundred yards south of the Wigan passenger station, and close to the Chapel Lane Bridge, a point which has become notorious of late years from the number of accidents which have occurred there. Just by the bridge, about a quarter to nine, the bank engine was standing upon a siding waiting for the passage of the express from Lon- don, due at 845, beforecommencing to prepare a Liver- pool goods train which had to be dispatched. The en- gine was in charge of a driver and afireman named Wm. Baxendale, and the latter about the time named left his companion for some purpose or other, and immediately after the express reached the spot, though fortunately the train was only moving slowly. Several carriages in the centre of the train were thrown off the rails and were dragged along for a considerable distance, plough- ing up the road as they went, until the engine, which, with four of the carriages immediately following, kept on the line, was brought to a stand just as the platform of the station was reached. Two third-class and one first-class carriages, all well occupied, were those which were shaken, but none of the passengers complained of more than slight injuries. Inquiry was, of course, im- mediately made as to the cause of the accident, and at the spot where the carriages first left the rails the fearfully mutilated remains of Baxendale were found strewn all over the road. He was completely disem- bowelled, he had also been injured upon the head, and several of the limbs were cut. A WOULD-BE DETECTIVE MENACING A GIRL-At the Manchester Police Court, a young man named Henry Wroe, was charged with attempting by menaces to ob- tain money from a servant girl living in Chorlton-upon Medlock Prisoner accosted the prosecutrix, and a man with whom she was walking in Brunswick-street. He said the two would have to go with him to the police station, but this they refused to do, the prosecutrix giv- ing him at the same time her address, and telling him she was a respectable person. The prosecutrix then turned towards home. The prisoner followed her, to ascertain whether she had correctly informed him, and afterwards he joined her friend. He told the latter he would forgive him on that occasion, but said he might want them at some other time. To the man's question as to what he lie had done wrong, the prisoner made a base insinuation against him, and twice stated thathe was a detective officer. The men then separated. At seven o'clock the next morning, the prisoner called at the house where the prosecutrix was employed, and informed her that she must go at once to the police sta- tion, and that the man in whose company he had found her had been locked up all the night. In answer to the girl's inquiry, he made a similar accusation to that al- luded to. He said that if she did not go to the station she would have to pay him five shillings, but added that as she was a poor girl he would let her off for half a crown. He was told to call again in the evening, by which time the prosecutrix had consulted her friends, and he was then given into custody.—In cross-examin- ing the witnesses, the prisoner persisted in charging them with improprieties, a course which led Mr. Fowler I to observe that ho was clearly showing the bad motive which had led to the offence with which he was charged, one of the worst which was known to the law.-It was stated that he was not an officer of the police force, and he was committed for trial. BOILER EXPLOSION ATBARNSLFY.—On Saturday after- noon, an inquest was held at the White Bear Inn, Barns- ley, on the bodies of Mr. James Wragg, aged 40 years, pork-butcher, and Samuel Look wood, A^ED 18 years, his assistant, who die 1 from injuries occasioned by Ih" ex- plosion of a boiler thereon the pr <■viousday.—Mrs. Wragg said, at the time of the explosion there were only her husband and Lockwood in the place where the boiler was fixed. At the time of the accident she was in the shop, and hearing the explosion, went towards the place, but was unable to get in by either of the doors. Site managed to enter by the window, when she saw her husband sat down, his logs and part of his body being covered with bricks. He was about four yards from the end of the boiler, soaked in water, and, on takinghold of his hand found that all the skin was off it. The skin was com- pletely stripped off one side of his face and down his b xly. On taking the bricks off him, he was able to walk with her assistance. Lockwood walked by himself through the kitchen up stairs, and appeared to be very badly scalded about the face. The boiler had been put down by Mr. G. Liveslv about four years ago, bat it had since been repaired. Dr. Geo. Smith and Mr. Stewart were at once sent for and they dressed the deceaseds' wounds. Both died within half an hour of each other, MR. Wragg succumbing first, at about three o'clock that (Saturday) morning. Mr. Stephen Bateman, a confec- tioner, said he resided next door to Mr. Wragg, and on hearing a report on Friday morning, HE ran towards the workshops from which it proceeded, and got in through the window. The place was then full of steam and smoke, so that he could not see any one inside, al- though he could hear some persons groaning. After it had partly cleared away, he then called out, and Mr. Wragg, recognising his voice, called to him by name to do the best he could to help him and Lockwood. After lie had assisted in removing the deceased upstairs, he examined the boiler-room, and found the end blown out, but all in one piece.—The jury returned a verdict. of Accidental death.—Mr. Wragg leaves a widow and eeverai ohildren. The autograph of Oliver Cromwell, sold at Worces- ter, fetched the high price of six guineas, which as tho signature was merely Oliver P. was at the rate of nearly a pound a lettor. Mr. Carlyle may be pleased to know that his favourite is not, in mercantile phrase, depreciated in the market, and that, in an autographical sense, Cromwells are looking up. A shocking case of brutality came before Mr. Raffles, the Liverpool Police Magistrate, on Monday. Ou Sat- urday two men, named Lawler and Lamb, while drink- ing in a public-house, began to quarel, and ultimately, Lawler, in a scuffle, bit off Lamb's under lip, and spat it on the ground. Though the prisoner could not deny the fact, and the lip torn off was produced in court by a surgeon, Lamb (shockingly disfigured) absolutely at- tempted to excute his assailant, and only consented to prosecutes when told by the magistrate that he would himself be committed if he refused. FORGERY OF A BILL OF EXCHANGE BY A MERCHANT.— A cotton merchant, named Armroyd, was, on Monday, charged at the Liverpool Police Court, with having forged a bill of Exchange for 972 10s. The bill pur- ported to be drawn upon Messrs. J. Martin and Co., of Liverpool, and on the strength of their names a local bill broker named Reis, advanced Armroyd £50. The bill was eventually sent up to the city bank at London, aud there it was found to have been forged. Armroyd was apprehended on Saturday, in a house in Liverpool. He at once acknowledged his guilt, and said that he must have been mad to have committed the forgery. THE TICHBORNE BARONETCY.—The Hampshire Adver- tiser of Saturday states that the chief witnesses who will give evidence in favour of the Australian claimant to be Sir Roger Tichborne will be the mother, the Dowager Lady Tichborne; Mr. Hopkins, the Tichborne family's solicitor; Mr. Lipscomb, the family doctor; Mr. Bul- pett, the family banker; the Rev. A. Bishop, for many years the incumbent of Tichborne Mr. Superintendent Everitt, of the Hants County Constabulary; and Mr. Baigent a Winchester tradesmen. There appears to be no chance of the claimant's being allowed to take pos- session of the title and estates without the decision of a court of law in his favour. He is still residing with the Dowager Lady Tichborne, at Croydon, in Surrey. Seve- ral members of the Tichborne family have been to see him, and have refused to acknowledge him as their re- lative. THE TRUSTEESHIP OF FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.—At the Liverpool County Court, on Monday last, Mr. Serjeant Wheeler, Q.C., delivered judgment in a case of import- ance to trustees of friendly societies. Richard Sinnott and others, thecommitteeof the Prince Arthur Friendly Society, sued Wilmot Reid and others, the trustees of the Society, to recover £ 192 16s. 3d. which it was alleged had been lost to the Society through the neglect of the defendants. The Society held its meetings at the house of George Cott, publican, 4, Stanley-street, Dale-street, Liverpool, and Cott was for several years treasurer. In January, 1862, the Society passed a resolution that the funds should be invested as they accumulated in the Post-office Savings Bank. In July, 1866, Cott, the trea- surer, became insane, and was removed to an asylum. On investigating his affai rs it was found that he had never invested the funds as directed by the resolution, and the sum sued for was owing by him. It was alleged that the duty of the defendants was to see that he did invest it as directed, and there was another allegation that the trustees had been in collusion with Cott to apply the funds of the Friendly Society in carrying oil a loan society, which failed. On Monday, Serjeant Wheeler heard that the plaintiffs (the Committee) were equally responsible for the disposal of the funds, and he, there- fore, gave a verdict for defendants, with costs, seeing that the second allegation had totally failed. SAD CASE OF ACCIDENTAL POJSONING NEAR BACUP.— An inquest was held at the Hare and Hounds Inn, 'iun- stead, on Saturday, before Mr. H. U. Hargreaves, coro- ner, on the body of Mrs. Nancy Brookes, wife of Wil- liam Brookes, aged 65 years, a retailer of oat-cakes, who died a few days ago. On the 22nd of January, the deceased called at the house of Mr. James Hargreaves, who was in the habit of supplying her with bread to sell, and she asked him for her Christmas pot. He remarked he would see if he had a glass of whiskey left iu the house at all, but that he thought Christ- mas was over. He would, however, see what lie could do, and he opened a cupboard and took down a bottle with a small quantity of liquor in it, which he supposed to be whisky. This he emptied into a wine glass, but it did not fill it. The deceased then drank, and' remarked that it wasvery strong, and immediately fell down unconscious. Hargreaves at once sent for Mr. Lord,surgeon, Boothfield, who admiuisteredanemetio and she was removed home. The deceased got apparently all right, and went about her daily work, but she had a relapse, and sank from the effects of poison on the 21st March, her body presenting a very discoloured appear- ance. After her death, her husband called in Dr. Stewart, who made a post-mortem examination of the body, and found that the deceased had been poisoned by swallowing a mixture of ammonia and caustic potass, of which she had partaken two mouths previously. The jury returned verdict of accidentally poisoned. SHIPWRECKS ON THE NORTH CORNISH COAST.—Reports from conespondents on the North coast of Cornwall given below leave little doubt that at least two other vessels have foundered in the British Channel, or have been dashed to pieces on the precipitous aud jagged rocks which go to make the north coast of Cornwall at once the terror of mariners and the delight of tourists. A Newquay correspondent stat s that on Friday and Saturday large quantities of wreck-timber were washed ashore on that coast, coming apparently from the west- ward of the Newquay. The wreckage consists of the greater portion of a deck house, painted white, with blue mouldings, the whole of a bridge of a steam ves- sel, about thirty feet long, the deck planks, beams, and sundry wreck but nothing leading to the identi- fication of the vessel, except a photograph containing the likeness of two persons in one frame—a man and a woman, the man being about thirty years of age, and the female twenty-four to twenty-six. A child is in the arms of each-the man holds a little girl about two or three years old, and Ihe woman an infant in long robes. A Hayle correspondent also writes that several portions of wreck belonging to different ships have been picked up during the past two or three days between St. Ives Head and St Agnes, and reported to the receiver. Among them are two ships' boats with- out names, painted white outside with black top streak, and flesh colo ;r inside also two lifebuoys, one in good condition, painted white, having thereon in black let- ters,"Chetah, of London." The Clietah is 7o9 tons register, and a sailing ship; the other buoy is painted light, bearing no marks, and in inferior condition. Some spring bottom and cane chairs have also been picked up. i he stern of a boat, with the name "Anne, of Jersey," has been found near St. Agnes. Also a letter written in Danish, dated Kjobenhavn (Copenhagen), 28th December, 1866, and signed J. O. Johannested," and a poop step ladder probably belonging to the Clie- tah. The steps are protected by brass, and two parts of other ladders have been found. It is believed, there- fore, that two or three vessels have met with disasters during the late gales.—Western Morning News. SINGULAR DEATH OF A PHYSICIAN NEAR DERBy.-An inquest was held on Monday, at Willington, eight miles from Derby, on the body of Dr. Watson, age 46, a phy- sician. On the Friday, Dr. Watson telegraphed to his solicitor, Mr. Burton of Nottingham, to come to Wil- lington at once, as he wished to see him. The Dr. said lie had heard many unpleasant things about his (Dr. Watson's) housekeeper, and he was determined to get rid of her that day. Mr. Burton seeing his excited state tried to persuade him to keep his servant, who had been many years in the family, but lie said he would not, and that she must go away that night. Mr. Burton therefore had no alternative but to pay the housekeeper her wages, and make her leave the house. Mr. Burton remained with Dr. Watson until ten o'clock on Friday evening, and then left him, the doctor giving him ill- structious to prepare a fresh will. Ou his wishing Dr. Watson good night, the latter said he must fasten all the doors, as theie was no one in the house but himself. During the uiglit lights were seen in various rooms, as if some one were searching about the house. Ou Satur- day morning, the neigh hours noticed thai the shutters were not opened as usual, and that the blinds were drawn. This slate ü:' things remained until five o'clock in the afternoon, when su.ipiciou was aroused. Mr. Osborne, of Etwall, a distaut relative of the doctor's, was then sent for, and on his arrival he obtained the assistance of a constable, and, with the aid of ladders, they effected an entrance into the upper rooms. They found the doctor lying nearly at the top of the cellar- steps with his head and part of his body just within the hall. He had nothing on but his shirt and stockings, and was lying on his leftside with his face downwards, his legs down the cellar steps (one being rather drawn up), and in his right hand was clenched a tumbler half- full of ale. He had evidently been dead for several hours. It is supposed that he had gone into the cellar to drink some ale, and, on returning up the steps, he became insensible, fell down in the manner described, and, being unable to move again, he lay for some hours in the cold and so died. Mr. Gisborne, surgeon, of Derby, and Mr. Burton, of Nottingham, were at once commu- nicated with, and they proceeded to Willington on Sun- day morning. The deceased was still lying in the same way as when found on the Saturday evening. Mr. Gis- borne said in all his experience he neversaw anyone die in such a very peculiar position although he must have ceased to live early on the Saturday morning, he firmly grasped in his right hand a tumbler glass half-full of ale. The deceased was a bachelor, and was possessed of very great wealth, and had no near relatives living. Until recently he had a good practice in Derby, and was for a short time one of the physicians to the Derby Infirmary, but his health failed him, and he resigned that appoint- ment some years ago. Two months ago he left Derby and took up his residence in a mansion which was his property at Willington. His habits for some time past had been of rather an eccentric character. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the above facts Mr. Arthur J. Peaborty,a nephew of Mr. George Pea- body, and for some time employed in the West as a journalist, has become a partner in the publishing house of Charles Scribner and Co. During the winter a committee at Athens has been collecting subscriptions for the purchase of two iron-clad ships, to serve as the nucleus of a national fleet capable of disputing the command of the Archipelago with the Sultan's navy. The Philharmonic Society has replaced Professor Sterndale Bennett with Mr. W. G. Cusins, who has made himself known at Court by acting as deputy for his uncle, Mr. G. F. A nderson, band master to the Queen, and conductor of the Court concerts. Five volumes have now appeared of the issue of the famous literary history of France, begun by the Bene- dictines of St. Maur, and continued in these days by a. literary committee that in the 24th volume has only worked its way into the 14th century. A sub-committee has been appointed to conduct the competition for the new government breechloaders con- sisting of Lieutenant Colonel Fletcher, Scots Fusilier Guards; Captain Rawlings, 48th Regiment; Captain Mackinnon, Depot Battalion; Earl Spencer, and Mr. Edward Ross. The committee will commence their de- liberations forthwith. The contest will be carried on at Woolwich. There are five college chapels in Cambridge where no note of music is ever heard; these are Sidney, Em- manuel, Downing, Trinity Hall, and Pembroke. At the last-named college there is a good organ, which, how- ever, is never used, owing to the puritanical notions of some who sit in high places. In an age like the present, when the smallest country church boasts its harmonium and choir of school children, however poor, it seems in- credible that such a state of things should exist in a uni- versity town. Nevertheless it is so.—Musical Standard. An important geographical work is about to be ex- ecuted under the superintendence of the War Depart- ment at Vienna. The old sea charts of the Adriatic being now very untrustworthy, the Minister has order- ed the Geographical Institute to fit out an expedition in connection with the Academy of Sciences, for the purpose of making a careful survey of the Austrian coasts of that sea. The Italian Government has also been communicated with on the subject, and is prepar- ing a similar expedition for surveying the Italian coast. The Jura says: Some English engineers have been during the past winter studying the pass over Mount St. Gothard, with a view of estiblishing a railway across it. According to their report the line could be com- pleted in five years it would be 400 metres above the level of the one first projected, and would cost five mil- lions less. The longest tunnel would be six kilometres (about five-eighths of a mile). These gentlemen were sent out by Mr. Fowler, the engineer of the Metropol- itan Railwav of London." From a parliamentary paper on scurvy we find that out of twentv-six specimens of so-called lime or lemon juice officially analysed by Dr. Dieken, R.N. and Mr. Harry Leach, two only are pronounced genuine. The adulterations or substitutions consisted severally of acetic, sulphuric, or citric acid, and those least harm- fully tampered with were plentifully watered or flavour- ed with the essence of lemon. It appears, neverthe'ess, that good juice can be procured for from 2s. to 2s. 6.1. per gallon, and that thirty gallons is a sufficient supply for a crew of that number proceeding on an ordinary East Indian voyage, the duration of which averages ten or eleven months. Mr. Charles Bianconi, the well-known Irish car pro- prietor, whose health has been in a precarious state for some time, is retiring from business, and has announced "n for sale his lines of road," more than 40 in number, all in perfect working order, the oldest having been esta- blished in 1819. Hewa.sborn at Milan, 81 years ago. He came to Ireland young, and began business as an itinerant printseller. He subsequently settled in Clon- mel as a carver and gilder. Observing the great want of cheap conveyances in the south, he started a public car between Clonmel and Cahir, and this was the beginning of the immense establishment which has had its rami- fications in nearly all the counties of Ireland. DARING EXPLOIT AT A FIRE.-A severe thunder-storm broke over the commune of May (Maine-et-Loire) at an early hour a few days ago, during which the electric fluicl. struck the apc-x of the clock tower. The sexton who was on his way to ring the Angelus, saw symptoms of fire and gave the alarm. The neighbours flocked to the spot to render assistance, but as the seat of the dis- aster was at an elevation of more than 200 feet, they were unable to do anything. However, a slater, named Viaud ascended the tower, and getting out of one of the windows in the roof, climbed up to the spire by means of the little asperities existing until lie reached the burning spot, and then, clinging with one arm to the iron bar, set to work with a hammer and soon put out the fire. After waitingsome time above to see that the flames did not again break out, he descended in safety. The damage done is but trifling. thp fluid having passed down the chain of the clock, burning it in for its whole length, and then entering the ground. THE WORKING MAN IN AMERICA.—Those who go to the United States, attracted by the high nominal rate of wages, should bear in mind that there are some very heavy drawbacks. Mr. Raymond, in commenting upon the subject of wages and prices in the United States House of Representatives the other day, stated that no labouring man could support himself and family with any degree of comfort in the United States, at the pre- sent time, for less than 1,000 dols per annum. The num- ber of persons, principally immigrants, who are at this moment living in New York without any employment, and dependent upon charity, is so great that the au- thorities are called upon to devise some means of pre- venting people from crowding into that city with the idea of bettering their condition in life. There are hundreds of Canadian families in the United States who are in a state of destitution, who would gladly re- turn to these provinces if they could procure the means with which to defray the expense of the journey. We may safely assert that New York is in greater destitu- tion at the present time than anycityin either England Ireland, or Scotland.—Qwbec Ga-.ette, March 6th. BELGITTM MENACED BY FRANCE—The following almost incredible gasconading passage appears in an article of the Pays:—"We declare that the very legitimate annexations of Prussia, founded on the profoundly ra- tional principle of nationalities, have had the necessary and foreseen result of placing that power in aterritorial situation from which France naturally derives a right to claim, and, if necessary, to take compensation—that is to say, to reconstitute herself in her natural limits and to re- take Relgium which beckons to us and is waiting for us. Is this clear ? If M. de Girardin h as no opinion on this mat- ter, we have one, and here it is. It is an opinion that may now be read in our columns every day. But we can only state our own views, and we do not go so far as to dictate to Government the day, the hour, the marshall- ing of the armies, and the plan of the campaigns. Still less do we reject the hypothesis of the possibility of a pacific arrangement. We will not insult the Govern- ment because it thinks right to exhaust all the possible diplomatic means before resorting to the always almost terrible and always almost uncertain arbitrament of arms. Let the Government choose its own time, con- ceal or only hint at its plans, disnlayor dissimulate its resources in a word, let it play the game with Prussia as it Dest can that is the Government's affair. It has the responsibility and should be allowed full liberty. But our business is to enlist in battle array behind the Government the sentiments, the honour, and the pa- triotism of France. There is no sensible man who does not consider the reconstitution of France in its natural frontiers as the most desirable thing possible for French interests, at least if this work can be accomplished with the free consent of the populations." AMERICAN ACCOUNT OF THE FENIANS.—At the present time the leaders are reported to be coming through the old rye. The number of troops already enrolled and uniformed is estimated at or thereabouts, each of whom is to have a farm when Canada is gobbled. Every man, on joining the organisation swears (in fact, they all swear more or less) that lie will remember the glories of Brian the brave, and slrilte whenever he sees a hat; that lie will also strike for his home on the first convenient, opnortnr ity; that he will have his rights, forcibly if he can, peaceably if iie must; and that he will deliver Ireland or die, or perish in the attempt. The great flank movement upon the Kingdom of Canada will take place early somefine morning; the army of in- vasion will be concentrated on Bird Island Pier the night previous, and will be conveyed over the river by the steamers Michigan, Commodore Perry, and Fes- sen den, which have been chartered for the purpose. These vessels will also be on hand with open scows to receive the Fenianists on their return. The artillery, which will be spiked to prevent accidents, will be dis- mounted and floated across. Onreachingtheotherside 40 rounds of pamphlets on the sufferings of Ireland will be issued to the troops, together with one day's rations of cold Queen's Own and mountain dew. They will then move for the Interior. After blowing up the Wellington Canal, in retaliation for 700 years of wrongs inflicted on their ancestors, they willmarch upon Suspension Bridge. Having captured and paroled the bridge, thenextthing will be something else; and then, in succession, Toronto, Hamilton, Quebec, and Montreal will rapidly fall. So will Niagara falls. In the battles which are to take place no quarter will be shown, as no one of the men is ex- p<vtel to have One about him. Afterblowingup all the smaller cities and towns into smithereens, preparations will be made for paying a visit to Ottawa, the capital. After the place has capitulated, General olNeillwilloc- ci;py Parliament Buildings as his head-quarters, and proceed to establish a new government, which will be k nov.-n as the United State of Ireland, with new scenery and music; air, Kingdom Coming.' No constitution will be adopted; this, it is thought, will most effectually O'ire all attempts at amendment, and thus enable the now republic to avoid the rock upon which America split, and all the people will spend their lives in peace and die baDpily.—Jkitfcdc Commercial Advertiser. — ATTEMPT TO THROW A TRAIN OFF A RAILWAY.—During the night between Saturday and Sunday, an atrocious attempt was made to throw a train off the Manchester and Sheffield line of railway. A return train was pass- ing the crossing between Dinting and Glossop, between one and two o'clock, when it came upon an obstruction which caused a severe shock to the passengers, though it is believed that none of them suffered very seriously. The train was going slowly, and the driver pulled up as soon as possible. On examination it was found that the obstruction had been caused by some malicious per- son or persons having lifted a gate off its hinges at the crossing, and placed it across the railway. The train was going down an incline, and had it been going at a greater speed a very serious result might have ensued. The railway authorities at once instituted an inquiry, which, it is hoped, may bring the offendors to justice. THE TRAFALGAR SQUARE DEMONSTRATIONS.—ON Mon- day evening, the usual weekly Reform League demon- stration was held in Trafalgar Square, London. The meeting, though the evening was very fine, was not larger than on other evenings when the weather was inclement. Mr. Beales, the president, again presided. In his opening address he called upon all who objected to the rate-paying clauses and to the two year resi- dence clause to hold up their hands, and the meeting was shown in this way to be against those clauses, and a unanimous vote was taken in favour of a six months' residence as the limit to qualify a person to vote. He entered at some length into a denunciation of the up- per classes, and was speaking with some bitterness about the operation of the game laws and the decision of the Shropshire magistrates in the the case of ex-Governor Eyre, when some cries of Question!" were raised. This interruption aroused the ire of the speaker, and he warmly declared that it was the question, for it was the question of the rights of the people against their base aristocratical oppressors, and it should be the ques- tion if the whole of the Reform League had to be made into a Jamaica Committee. He then continued, with regard to reform, that some members of the House of Lords thought the people were not so enthusiastic or so earnest about reform as they were, and were will- ing to take a less measure than had been asked for but he could assure the noble lords that this bill should be rejected altogether, or that it should be so stripped of its objectionable provisions as to be ma." e reasonably satisfactory to the great body of the people, or, he said, in a significant manner, that the agitation of the past should be as nothing to the agitation of the future. DARING BURGLARY AT BISHOP AUCKLAND.—A most daring robbery was perpretrated on Saturday night, or between then and on Monday morning, at the office of Captaiu W. D. Trotter, solicitor, Biebop Auckland, who is clerk to the Auckland Bench of Magistrates. On Sat- urday night, the doors were fastened as usual, and on Monday morning, when the woman went to clean the offices, she found the back door unbarred, but shut, while the front door was locked, and as soon as the clerks ar- rived it was found that the house had been broken into, the doors and cash boxes in every office aboutthe place, with one exception, had been ransacked, and nota farth- ing of money left. The clerks' office was in a state of disorder; £ 111 being taken from the desk the whole of the money being sovereigns. The amount taken from the county court office was upwards of jE90, but a number of post-office orders and some cheques were left un- touched. The whole of the rooms had been thoroughly ransacked, and the totalamount discovered to have been stolen from the phce was over £250. The office which appears not to have been entered is that in which the business of the building society is transacted, and where upwards of j6300 was deposited in a safe. The cause of such a large sum of money being left in the offices was that it had been received on Saturday too late for putting into the bank. A singular circumstance occurred in connection with the robbery in Mr. Trotter's private office, where the desk and cash box had been emptied. A sum of jB46 had been laid in a glass case, which singularly, escaped the hands of the burglars. In- formation was at once given to the police, and Lieu- tenant-Colonel White went to Auckland from Durham, and with Supt. Anderson inspected the premises. The police are diligently using their endeavours to discover the perpetrators of the burglary, but up to the present no clue has been obtained. There are no signs of the premises having been forcibly entered. The most probable surmise is that the burglar had secreted him- self in the place on Saturday, and waited until the offi- ces were deserted, and afterwards made his exit by the back door.-Newcastle Chronicle. THE LAST FIGHT WITH THE FENIANS.—CAPTURE OF A LEADER.—The last reported fight between the Fenians and the military appears to have brought out a little pluck on the part of the former. A Cork telegram says -Later reports respecting the conflict between the military and the Fenians, near Mitchell's Town, on Mon- day, state that no force except the military was em- ployed. The soldiers surrounded a wood where the in- surgents lay ooncealed. A long conflict with revolvers and rifles, from behind trees, numerous shots being ex- changed, took place. Three rebels were captured, one escaped across the river, and one prisoner died of his wounds. He wasnamed Toomey, and is said to have been a farmer nearYoughal. One prisoner CaptM'Clure for whose arrest a reward of j6200 was offered, was also wounded. Five soldiers, is is rumoured, are wounded. The Dublin correspondentof the Pall Mall Gazette says that" Captain M'Clure is a stranger," and one of the principals for whose capture the Irish Government has been most anxious. It is supposed to be under his gui- dance that the bands acted who tore up the railway line near Cork, attempted to burn abridge, and committed other desperate acts. The collision took place not far from Fermoy, in a district which has required special watching for some time. It is not improbable that M'Clure will be among the first tried in the Special Commission in Cork. A circumstance (adds the corres- pondent) which has occurred on the property of Lord Hawarden may probably be followed by similar occur- ences. A number of persons, for the most part farmers' sons, waited on his lordship's agent to surrender them- selves and express their regret for having taken part in the Fenian movement. They had been "forced" to join, or joined the "rising" on the night of the 5th, b:it IET irned to their homes the next morning, fhey could not bearthe continual apprehension of a visit from the police with warrants fortheircaptue, and took this step in conseqnenee. The GovernllleJ t permitttRd the resident magistrate, Mr. De Gernon, and Col. McNeill, to attend at the court-house of Dundrum. and witness the signing of a document by these men, expressingtheir contrition, and begging the magistrates to intercede with the authorities on their behalf. They were set at liberty again on entering into their own recognisances to appear when called on. Approvers have lately ac- companied the flying columns, and point out the houses of Fenians and places where they had taken shelter. The knowledge of this fact may do much to multiply these submissions. The Limerick special commission will open on the 23rd of April. CAPTURE OF TWO JEW SWINDLEltS AT SCARBOROUGH.— Through the adroitness and ability of Superintendent Pattison and Inspector Shiels, of Scarbro' force, two clever rogues have been brought to justice. They give the names of Joachim Hermann Siefeldand John Davis Whitkower, and both are German Jews. They arrived in Scarbro' about the middle of last week, taking lodg- ings at Mason's (late Jackson's) Temperance Hotel. On FIII.aythey commenced business in their own line, the first step being the hiring of a fashonabla lodging on the South Cliff for the prisoner Siefeld. On the same day Siefeld went to Messrs Marshall and Snelgrove's shop in St. Nicholas-street, and asked to be shown some goods, which he FHRN!D also like his wife to see. He eventually gave au order to the amount of j622 Is. He left his ADDRESS and the goods were taken by a shop- ma I to Siefeld's lodgings. He was given to understand thai payment was expected on delivery, and he accord- ii gly produced—not the money, but a cheque for the amount on the Westminster Bank. The shopman de- clined to take the cheque, and acting upon his instruc- tions, he did not leave the goods. The matter next reached the ears of police officers above named. Very little inquiry served to put them on the track of the swindlers. In the meantime Whitkower had been prac- tising a similar attempt on Mr. Watson, jet ornament manufacturer, Queen-street, of whom he ordered goods to the amount of £15 17s. In payment he tendered a check on the Union Bank for dEl8 6s. Mr. Watson also declined accepting the cheque; and shortly afterwards both men were apprehended as suspicious characters. On going to Siefeld's lodgings, Mr. Pattison found cer- tain packages and a carpet bag, apparently well filled. These he took possession of, and in the prisoner's pre- sence the carpet bag was opened, and in it was found nothing but paper, some broken bricks, and stones. A packet belonging to Whitkower was also composed of paper. Amongst other effects in the possession of the prisoners, there were several cheques upon the London and Westminster and the Union banks, for various amounts, but one of them was a blank of the London and Westminster, 'ihe cheques upon this bank were signed Levinstein and Co. and Mr. Pattison has as- certained from the bank that some time ago a small de- posit was made by a firm of that title, that the account has since then been closed, and that the cheque book was not returned. One of the cheques found on Siefeld was identified as that which Whitkower offered to Mr. Wat- Bon. In Whitkower-s pocket book there were found a receipted invoice for watches bought of Messrs. Russell and Son, Liverpool. The receiptacknowledged a cheque on the London and Westminster Bank for £ 25 17s 3d. Pawn tickets were also found referring to watches pawned, and quoting the same numbers as those by which the watches were specified in Messrs. Russell's invoice. There was an invoice for goods ordered of Mr. H. Morris, draper, Hull; and sundry memoranda re- specting goods ordered of tradesmen at Liverpool, Man- Chester, Bolton and Hull. Information as to the Union Bank cheques is still wanted they amount to about £90. Two foreign drafts were also found amongst the papers. They have been remanded by the magistrates at Scarbo' till Monday next, to enable Mr. Pattison to prosecute further inquiries. According to a Paris correspondent of the lnileperuV ance Beige, Victor Hugo's dramatic works are uboul to be restored to the 1 rench STAGE^ the necessary peri mission from the Government and from the author haY' ing been obtained. It is rumoured that M. Salamanca, the great Spanish banker, is about to send his large collection of choicd pictures to Paris, and to sell them by public auction. ¡ The gallery comprises 300 paintings, among which are Ie veral by Murillo and Velasquez. n ^TUE ^I W EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT. — Un .Monday, the Act passed in the last session took ef- ? ^0DS0HDATE the duties ofthe Exchequer and Epartments, and also to regulate the receipt, their an'R?F »8SUE °FPUBLIC moneies, and to provide for J T A ^-OFFICER called The Comptroller and THE CNMNTRNH11 APPOINted, and the offices of the Comptroller of the Exchequer and the Commis- sioners of Audit are abolished. The Comptroller-General ,S to examine the accounts with as little delay as possi- ble, and the public accounts are to be passed under new provisions of the Act. A sub-committee has been appointed to conduct the competition for the new Government breech-loader consisting of Lieutenant-Colonel Fletcher, Scotch Fusi- IIER X?AR,S' pAPTAIN Rawlings, 48th Regiment: Can- ^LN-RJAC ?R,I0T'' •^)EPOT Battalion; Earl Spencer, and £ ^DWARD Ross. The committee, it is understood, will forward their reports not to but through the Ord- nance Select Committee, who will be at liberty to ap- pend to them such comments as their larger experience upon this subject may suggest; but beyond this, the two committees will be perfectly independent, and the country will derive the advantage of the suggestions and recommendations of two responsible sets of advisers. The Post-office authorities have recently prepared a new form of deposit-book for the depositors in Post- office savings banks, and on the cover of this book is Pnnted a very full statement of the rules drawn up by the Government Insurance and Annuity Oflice. From this it appears that a man in his twenty-sixth year may purchase an immediate annuity of £5 3s. 9d., by a pay- F £ 1c°J°' AND,THAT BY PAY' an annual premium of £ 2 5s. 8d. until he reaches the age of 60, or until death, he may insure his life for JB100, to be paid to his representatives at his death. It follows from this that he may invest his £100 with the Government, so as to receive £ 2 18s. Id. annually for it until he becomes sixty years old, and £5 3s. 9d. annually for it after that time, and may yet secure the payment of the original sum of i.100 to his representatives at his death. Other ex- amples of this mode of investment are given by the Post- office authorities on the cover of the deposit book. EMIGRATION Fitom LIVERPOOL.—The emigration offi- cials at Liverpool on Monday completed their usual quar- terly and monthly returns of the exodus from Liverpool. .Uuring the month terminated there sailed from Liver- OQO T?-T UDIT £ ,D States 27 ships under the act, with -82 cabin and 6,219 steerage. Of the latter 2,381 were English, 88 Scotch, 2,581 Irish, and 1,169 foreigners. 1.1°. VLCTONA THERE was only one ship, with 3 cabin and 114 steerage passengers Of the latter 15 were English, 7 Scotch, 9O Irish, and 7 foreigners—making a total for the month of 6,628 emigrants. Of short ships 9 sailed to the United States, with 526 passengers 1 to New Brunswick, with 6; 1 to Newfoundland with 7; 2 to Victoria, with 34; 2 to the West Indies with 14; 5 to South America, with 84; 1 to the East Indies, with 20; AN 1 I-A? ^"CA' ■K ITH 22 ;— making a total of 22 ships anri LCJ passengers. During thequarter ending March, there sailed from Liverpool 69 ships under the act, with 13,162 steerage passengers, and 830 cabin; of these ships 66 sailed to the United States, with 829 cabin and LJ,»5Y steerage passengers; and 3 ships went to Victoria, O CA^1D AD" steerage passengers. To the Uni. ted States, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, West In- dies, South America, East Indies, and to Africa, there sailed 61 short ships, with 1,734 passengers, of whom ],187 were cabin and the remainder steerage. The total exodus for the quarter is 15,728, which when compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, shows a de- crease of 9,049. This decrease is generally attributed to the prevalence of bad weather, and the difficulties which were placed in the way of intending emigrants < by the recent Fenian disturbances in Ireland. OPENING PUBLIC-HOUSES ON SUNDAY.—The follow- ing is a copy of a bill respecting the sale of liquors on Sunday, brought into the House of Commons by Mr J. A. Smith, Bazley, and Mr. Baines. It is entitled J- X-,1, ]0R FARTHER regulating the sale of fermented and distilled liquors on Sunday in England and Wales" "Whereas the restrictions on the sale in England and Wales of fermented and distilled liquors during certain hours on the Lord's-day and certain other days imposed by the Act of the session ofthe eighteenth and nineteenth years of the reign of her present Majesty, chapterll8 in- tituled 'An Act to repeal the Act of the 17th and 18th years of the reign of her presentMajesty for further regu- lating the sale of beer and other liquors on the Lord's day and to substitute other provisions in lieu thereof,' have been attended with benefits, and these benefits would be increased by an extension of the said Act: Be it en- acted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, and by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament as- sembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. The provisions of the recited Act imposing in England and Wales restrictions upon the opening of houses and other places for the sale and on the sale of fermented and distilled liquors at certain hours on Sun- day, Christmas Day, Good Friday, and on any day ap- pointed for a public fast or thanksgiving, shall (subject to the proviso hereinafter contained, and except as re- gards fermented and distilled liquors when sold for con- sumption and consumed off the premises) be extended to the whole of the above-mentioned days, and as re- gards fermented and distilled liquors when sold as afore- said shall be extended to the times between half-past 2 and 8 o'clock in the afternoon and 10 and 11 o'clock in the afternoon on the above-mentioned davs and all the provisions of the recited Act shall applya-nd be con- strued accordingly. Provided, that where any person who bona fide carries on as a part of his ordinary daily trade the business of an eating-house keeper or other- wise of selling meat, confectionery, or other victuals to be consumed on the premises, nothing in this Act con- tained shall prevent such person from opening his house for the sale of, or from selling in the same manner as he might if this Act had not passed, any meat, confec- tionery, or other victuals for consumption on the pre- mises, or any fermented or distilled liquors forconsump- tion on the premises by persons who bona fide have pur- chased any such meat, confectionery, or other victuals." WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will of Sir George T. Smart, knight, the celebrated composer, and organist of the Chapel Royal, St. James's, was proved in the London Court, on the 21st inst. by his relict, Dame Frances Margaret Smart, the sole executrix. The per- sonalty was sworn as under £ 30,000. The will is dated May the 7th, 1862 and Sir George died at his own resi- dence, Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, on the 23rd of February last, at the age of 90. He has left to his niece, Ann Caroline Smart, an annuity of £ 50; and to John Gillam Booty, of Gray's Inn, solicitor, a legacy ofjElOO wherewith to purchase some token of my regard for him." The residue, real and personal, lie leaves to his wife. — The will of Mr. Jacob Russell, of Cumberland Lodge, Streatham Hill, Surrey, was proved in the Lon- don Court, on the 11th inst. by his relict and his sons, John Addison Russell and Jacob Russell, thejointacting executors. The personalty was sworn under £100,000. The will is dated the 11th of August, 1865, with two codicils, 1865-6, and the testator died on the 6th of Feb- ruary, at the age of 81. He bequeaths to his wife his leasehold residence, Cumberland Lodge, together with the furniture, except his Indian cabinet, which he leaves to his daughter Hannah. To his wife he also leaves a life interest in £ 20,000, which afterher decease is to be held in trust for all his grandchildren equally. The whole residue of his property, real and personal, is to be equally divided amongst his children on their respectively attaining the age of 21 YEARS—The will of Mr. William North, of Heathfield, Upper Streatham, and The Palace Road, Lambeth, was proved in the Lon- don Court, on the 14th of February last, by Mr. W. H. Withall, solicitor, Parliament-street, to whom a legacy of £ 100 is left for his trouble in fulfilling the duties of trustee and executor. The personalty was sworn under £ 40,000. The will is dated December 26, 1866, and the testator died on the 2nd ult., unmarried, aged 76. He has divided his property among 14 of his nephews and nieces, his sister, and three strangers in blood, in cer- tain specified portions.—The will of Mr. Alexis James Doxat, of Putney, Surrey, was proved in London on the llth inst. and the personalty sworn under 280,000; the executors and trustees appointed being his wife, Louisa Doxat; his brother-in-law, Mr. Lewis Doxat; and Mr. Lewis John Doxat, the son of the last named. These two gentlemen are the acting executors, and to each of them a legacy of £;500 is bequeathed. There are several legacies to relatives and friends. The real estate and the residue of the personal he leaves to his widow absolutely. The following are the charitable bequests :—To the Swiss Protestant Church, £ 3,000; the Society for the Relief of Foreigners in Distress, £ 1,000; the Swiss Society (Catholics and Protestants to share alike), £ 500; a caisse in Switzerland, £500; theBrorap- ton Consumption Hospital, £ 1,000 the Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, £ 300 Royal Oph- thalmic Hospital, £ 500'; the Royal London OphthalmIa Hospital, £ 500; Bishopsgate Ward School, £ 500; Ma- rine Society, £500; Truss Society, £ 500; London Orphan' Asylum, Clapton, £500; Female Orphan Asylum, West- minster, £ 500; the Clergymen's Widows'Society, £ 300; Brighton Hospital, £ 500; Westminster Hospital, £ 500 London ^Hospital, £ 500; Infirmary, St. Leonard's, Hast- ings, j6500 Royal Maternity Society, Chatham Place, £200; Lying-in-Hospital, York Road, Lambeth, £200; London Dispensary, Spitalfields, £ 500—all which lega- cies are to be paid free of duty. The wills of the under- mentioned persons were recently proved :—Mr. James Sparks, £ 90,000 personalty; Mr. Thomas Pickard War- ren, £ 70,000; Mr. Henry Fras. Walker, £ 50,000; Mr. Joseph Dart, £ 45,000; Mr. Robert C. Taylor, £ 30,000; Mr. Joseph Peake, £80,000; and Mr. CharlesF. Younge> £ 36,000.—Illustrated London News. —