The Express. — London, England, 1857-12-26 00:00:00

d i al time, daily filled with, of the howc4 wild Suet that wee devouring (sad yet puma by) children. This Wild Dust wee happily tutroducad into the pato sink roweled by boy., lad on by a Fnechosan. At last the Beast made Ms nruany, and ma scram the nags with the poor Preaches= in We swath, to the gnat joy of the pit, ton, sod pia:" The "omits basher" was now latrodooed ia real unmet, sad by the aid of the " good Ng," the" tricks and traps, elides and slaps, chap sad a w are" tune before u in quick euccusion. Psawatimus WWI after wards subjected to much improve ment tom the hands of Farley and Barryteors, who ruled We ibeethidse of the two mg rival hossia—Covent Gerdes end Dairy Less, Mother Geese may be nr•tiooed, per haps, as the mast esseessful of onr modern Christmas pieces Mr. T. Dlbdls woe lie author: hie maseeeript was Healed • 111111MMIlft 10103•• prior to its wpresserterios at Coated Cierdes, Is 1006. With some intimations it had a ran of 111 sights, sad i. rid to have put somet►in` like 20,0001. Into the pocket. of die managers. That true son of Motu•, • appeared in it es the Clown. " Rot Codliee" •ee asap for ths first tiros by Grimaldi, at Sadism' Wells, e• Easter Woodsy, April 11, 1019. Harlequin is, without a doubt, • remnant of the Laths relines; sad In the Italian theatre has pasted through all the vicisoltudes of ketone. He wee arighially ',presented as a ►nd of booby—the butt of the puformance, and hie me tier is described by 001401 it OS .‘ that of a poor devil who has picked up pieces of stuff, of &Menet colours to patch his drain" Under Goldoni he became en eatablishof wit. The French then adopted his, until Rich with great ingenuity gruel out a Harlequin entirely his own, render fag words seedless to describe his Minima or meaning. The motley hero was then always the fortunate lover, and did nothing bat run away with his mietrass, and gr.e dga•le with Ida magical woolen sword (which is supposed to ham some relation to the dagger or lath of the FM, In the old Moralities), to direct the mew to shift the mesas ban one form to another By degree., Harlequin meowed his present polities in our pantomimes; and the old styled loom locket sad trousers was improved by the Mt/eduction of the prevailing tight suit with variegated patches and wissigke. Clown Is evidently from the Melina Brigheila or Bean imenok, who represented parte of Intrigue, deceit, end knavery: anise wee a species of livery. The character descended bas from the Frock Pinot, who Irm equipped `white dogleg robe, which Grimaldi ahead by the addition of rod spots, and Martinis( the lowa prosses. It la con jectured that his painted face and wide me* in taken from the sadist maks. Pisteboa is mho of Voiotia okra, sad Wives his tron the drawers fanisely vas, Web, with the rod Wangs sad Alma, we the hoiden s the tot Jabot:Maw of the Adele* imam Is the Italian eceetdies b repreeented the Whin and oast parte where desks we wont. Colmabble was krumly the a. St b lb. Italian imillainve the casposked Harlaittia. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (now ova oww PHIS, FarOAT Evr.qtwis, TIM being Christmarday, the Bourse and public offices are closed, snd there are no evening paper,. There is not a breath of political news stirring to divert people's attention from the holy day, which everybody seems to be enjoying to the full. The weather is fine ; a light frost, just sharp enough to make the streets dry, but with nothing bitter about it. The Boulevards are crowded, and although it is to be feared that the financial and commer cial crisis mast have left very many families extremely short of cash, the ifrennes merchants are, to all appearance, doing as much business as nasal. Speaking from personal observation, I should say, however, that there are not so many toys and gimcracks of great prise exhibited in the shop windows as there have been of late years, but there Is • plentiful supply of common and mss appro priate plaything,. There are certainly fewer feseigeen in Paris now than there have been at this mew of late years. The churches were very sewed het eight to hear the midnight masa. At Bt. leek Ned the Idadsleise eebody could get is who W est ems two bows tam the service. Crowds waited sheet the deers till see &sleek in the morn• log, sad mat away ifeepreisteL The jeered, is some of the French colonies have bee. misbehaving thsaselves. The honest de la dreedelespe bee been impended for fifteen day", sad at Ilertiablee the aszelte Ojkialle has been see ponied far Mese days, and the 11-race croatre lifer tar e meth. The Mertifewe publishes an imperial decree far the erganiatiem of the Imperial Asylum of Sevens far the widows of high civil and military functioning@ who have died in the as of the state. Any peruse applying lisr adagios must prove hoe quality if widow, ar widowed or an married tisagimer, of a civil ar military functionary, and that she is at lease 36 }ern of age. The admission to the Chit ties of Severn gives a right to a furnished upset. meat. The number of apartments to be conceded is lad at 78. Widows may retain with them their gamarrisd daughters and their moos, but the latter only to the age of 12. If they have no children, they ' may, by special authorisation of the Minister of State, have • female relative with them. Each apartment is provided with a room for • servant. Any person who marries renounces her right to her apartment, and any grant of admission which I. not acted on within two months becomes null and void. ITALY. THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES. (nor ors ow. NAPLES, Dec. IL I moat for the present leave all other subjects and apply myself in the first place to a description of tbs earthquake which occurred in this kingdom on the night of Wednesday, the 16th, and which threatened the destruction of Naples. I think I mentioned in a former letter that the cone of Vesa au had been destroyed by the shock of an earth pike felt slightly here on the night of the 7th inst. Well, nothing more had occurred in the interval, the old mountain smoked his pipe as usual, and people Went oat to see the flare-up which he mode. On Wednesday night last, however, I was writing when the table began to shake violently, the lamp to rock, end the bells of the house to ring as if they had been palled by a strong hand. The walls of my room, Fro, viably lured backwards and forwards, and creaked as might a boat straining heavily at sea. There could be no doubt as to the cause of these awful phenomenon, and I rushed out of my house. There had already been two shocks up to this time, then same a third so strong that I thought that the house weld have fallen and buried me in its ruins. Some rues were rated on the ground, and in nearly a keetiag state leaning against the wall, to whose Movements they wielded, rocked backwards end for tified... in a cradle. By this time people were seeping rapidly into the streets, and making inqui ries as to each Other's experience. Everyone came to leek at Vesuvius, but the mountain gave little man ia it threw out but little fire, and seemed sulky mad 's teamy . I t was not an agreeable prospect in new in returning to one's own house, so that I re el/ad to walk the streets, and the scene which pu lsated itself will never be effaced from my memory. They were fall of emulous, trembling persons, wens hatl-tbresevl, some in their shirts, some wrapped IP is sheets oe blankets, and some in gipy dream in which they had escaped Me drawing-room or th e theatre. All the ens fall inf enrages, which were occupied by p Aslant abandoned their houses. At every 1h .1, 6 14 _Nowa awe were lighted, round which were nstunemad ban thy to ens hundred persons of all 11116 1 M. A painter might have found wondethl Mahn if he had been so inclined, but, alas, other te were uppermost. Leaving the Riviera di 'rya, I went into the city, and found there the THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DEORKSZR • Sti, 185?. same state of excitement to exist. The palace yard, the Largo Castello, and other open pluses were full of carriages, in which their inmates were reposing foe the night. Hundreds of persons were couched on the steps of the churches, and later in the night the images of the Saints were carried in procession, whilst the people sang Litanies. As the houses were in many instances left vacant, the refuse of the population, who are always ready in times of anxiety to profit by the fears of the more timid, began to create con fusion in order to rob. Republican cries were raised of " Viva i Tornesi," and many houses were entered. Strong patrols, therefore, of the police, gendarmerie, and military paraded the streets, and much praise is due to the authorities for maintaining oraer. Moat of the population passed the night in the streets, and the next day brought with it the same wonderful sammerlike weather that we have had for the lest two or three months. During the day great anxiety prevailed amongst the provincials to know to what extent their families might have suffered, and the telegraph office was so besieged, that a sen tinel was placed before it to prohibit all persons from entering. On walking through the Toledo, crowds were assembled looking at the fissures that had been made in some of the lofty houses. The monastery of the Jesuits gave similar indications of the terrors of the preceding night, and I was told that the great bell had been rung by the shook. Ac ccording to an opinion entitled to some respect, the electric current had travelled from south to north, Naples having been at the extremity of it, so that intelligence from the Calabrias was anxiously ex pected. The Odicial Journal of the night of the 17th says that no news had been received at Salerno from Sala, Lagonegro, or the Calabria% notwith standing repeated inquiries by the electric tele graph. On the Dame evening the following letter to the directors of the Ojteiel Ammo( from the aireetors of the Royal Astronomical Observatory at Dip di Monte was published:—" I hasten to apprise you that last night at 10.10 p.m. the shock of an earthquake was felt, which lasted from four to five moon& This was followed by another of mach greater intensity after an interval of two minutes, lutist about twenty seconds. Both shocks were undulatory, and in the direction of from south to north. The destructive character of this shock is shown by the fact of two pendulum clocks of the Observatory having been stopped, whilst three others continued in movement, as also by the fissures at the bass of the tower on which the equatorial ma chinery is placed. Two other light shocks were felt at 3 and 3 on the following morning." On the night of the 17th, as there was a common expectation that the shocks would be repeated, great numbers of people passed the night in the streets. On the morning of the 18th more details were brought into the city, which I condense. The electric telegraph had been interrupted between Eboli and Sala, from which latter place very afflicting intelligence had been re ceived. Three lives had been lost, and the prison and the barracks had been opened from top to bottom. In Atena half the houses had fallen; is Padula more than 100 houses had given s = and it is not known how many persons had • ed. In l'otla the disaster, were immense an the victims numerous, amongst whom was the brigede of gen darmes ; in Anions, Petrosa, and Caggiano the deaths and ruin of houses were very many; in Salerno, too, numerous houses had fissures opened, among which were two churches, the Palace of the Intendeusa, and the barracks of the gendarmes ; the belfry and the church of Bolden!' also gave way, and two women in a neighbouring house were killed ; in Campagna many house were injured. Towards the evening of Friday (last night) news arrived from Basilicata that in Potenza great destruction dad been occa sioned, many houses had been thrown down, and a large number of persons, how many is not known, had perished. The telegraphic despatch from Bari is imperfect ; it runs thus greater part of the inhabitants ate. ." This intelligence is but from other and very reliable sources I hear that the disasters have been greater than are given out. Every moment brings notice of some fresh misfor tune, but I must reserve farther details for my next letter. In this capital most of the houses bare suffered more or lees, and every place in the imme diate neighbourhood has some diameter to recount. oblong* about hi. mouth, .id Ms boo via somovist Hie lonleitp thanked the jars for thefr palliest atteelloo, sod the court adjourned. The hell wee crowded through eat the day, and 'ergs numbers thronged the rota& ot the Court •honaa, weal, awaiting the remit of the trW. THE POLK% COURTS. THIS DAY. MANSION-H 01782. Williams Tampa's and Seery Oaksr wwe brought before the Lord Mayor, is the curtody of bliehmi Haydres, the de tective ;Aker. Toe pvl;onays had bun bvenght op on a former day, bat Coker, having been seized with severe illness, was sent to the infirmary. • • • . .. • • - - -• been seen taking • handkerchief from the pocket of a gentleman of the name of Roberta and handing it to Thompson, from whom it was taken by the °Hoer. The modem of Coker, upon being milked about him, said mho wee surprised to hear the statement of the robbery, as aim believed that he had not got out of prison, whine be was met about lime months before. The Lord Mayor mid it was quite clear that the miaow@ had been la the habit of acting in the streets, mad sestescod each to be tm t , with herd labour, in the Home of Correction. P C. Worths's', who was charprl 'with having stales a a sovereign, which It wes believed he had wallowed, wss brought up again, and The Lord Mayor having ascertained that the sovereign bed not been found, told the prosecutor that the releaser mast be discharged, and that he had already be 'n severely punished. The Prisoner—l hope your lordship won't cast no slur upon my character. The Lard Mayer—l tad no slur upon you. Yon are &- The primer—l am an innocent man, my lord. Jews Lreltherf was charged with baring stolen a goose. The prisoner wee mot deliberately to take the gouge from the maw at Mr. Howard, of Leadenhall Market, and upon Woe tianheedell he shammed drunkennees, and mid he did net Mew Moder he bad bought the goose or not. The pertem said—l work in the docks, and was drink. lag all dug, mad spat se. in that way. My wife than gave ow 4e., le bey a goose, and I did so, but I do not know the perm I psi for It. The alts of the prisoner mid her husband bad told no thing bet the truth , but her statement fell to pkges , before the gesetions of the Lord Mayor who said to leer Yea came here in the hope of a.ttlissr this Mow by SIMLA:Is. Yon say you gave him 4e. to bay a goose far your mud you have not had as much oast In year room se would reek ft." - 11teprisoner win then eentenoed to Imprisonment for ell weeks es a rogue and vegabesd, his lordship telling the wet at the ease thee that the would, in all prAtbility, be henettett by the Amen of nob a drunken fellow. GUILDHALL. A earpenlir or the mit; otßsVs:rfilest- lane, vas charged with sa result epee a woman and her brother. Mr. ILewle mid the worths had arranged their dlfiresees. The conelable pot in • medial certificate showing that the woman wee NMI in the hospital, with evreml severe incised wounds upon the heed. Alderman Ceder said it was too scions a matter to be so lightly dl,poetd et. James Conrad aid—l was in Fleet-line on Thursday night list, whim soy Teter, Mrs. Griffiths, warn easaultad. We were going to have casting to drink, and knocked at the radio-house kcthatparpoae, but, a it weapeat 12 o'clock, could not get say. We wire coming away, when the primer, who was standing In hie door-way, seed, neves the —," end immediately struck um on the head with • large can sod knocked me down. My alder ease to Boo ted. me, sad she was also knocked down, het I cannot tell whether it wee the prisoner who 'track her or the Mend he had with him. The blow was struck with • beer-cen. My Metre and I weal to the hospital to have oar heads dread. Crosesmunined—l saw the tall man who snack me down at Pratt's public-how, batl am not aware that I Mcked his bear•cisa over. I know be. beer fell over after he threw me down. I cannot moiled exactly, because I had had a little beer. My sister dragged the prisoner off ms by hie hair, to rated ms, sad very likely he was swinging the can about to protect himself. Have received compensation be= the defendant, and I am sstiefled. Alden:Ws; Carter said the witnem might be satisfied with the thrashing he had received, and probably he deserved It; but such an arrangement could not affect the care at the worasa in the hospital. The witness's wits produced a mesa of hair saturated with blood, which the said had been removed from the heed of the injured woman. Alderman Carter said he could not part with the defendant at present without bail. He therefore remandsd the priemer till Saturday next. dirtily Tho nested. prisoner put in the required auretise, mad was base- Romany or £3O. Patna Howley •I:•iiii;;;;Qing;t 7, Londee- Goldwa-lens, 81. L ake'., was plead st the bar Dean Mr. Cart* clurpd with being concerned with two other tom new in settedy,ta elealleg hem the parson of Mrs. North- Add • parse IS one and between 30a. end 410 u, et ilieskis es the 1511 hut. Fran the evident%to sneezed that the ' and hie two oreepenieste were et ens of the rind ions et Ritchie em the 16t1 Wt.., ant respectably attired, when they der ' terosely manned to pick the pocket of the prose earn:, end them amps. They took the tes. to some up to to and when they arrived at the Gnat Northern Railway terminus at King' Lesley, one of the railway constables. apprekeerkett e = them, sad tekhig them before the Mid& megistades, they were committed for trial. The contrived to amps detection until last evening, whey from the deseription that had been rent round to the different police dodoes he wee apprehended by polkeemtetable Mattock, 162 0, when he did not deny the charge. The purse was not found. The inspector of the HitaLia police was now in attendance, sod asked that the prisoner might be given into his custody. The who hid nothing to say in he defence, wee aderdto be conveyed before the Ritchie magistrates. THE CHRISTMAS TISTITAL. The passages of the court were very mush crowded this wansing with Use fried' of pews. who were looked up upon difwent charges, mostly arising out of drankannasa. number of night charges wire as fidlows division ; 11, N 14, 7, and G 34 ; total, 66. The Manchester Guardian, of this day, publishes 1 1 the prosprctua of a Working Man's College at Mene►eeter, the committee of management including Influential and pub 80-spirited gentlemen of all denominations. The scheme of studies br the drat term covers a very considerable part of the ground appropriate to • liberal English education; sad the same of the gentlemen who hare undertaken to liked in the various departments furnish guarantee for the character of the instruction which the college will offer. The institu tion is cat proposed to be entirely gratuitous; but the rate M which the feu are flied pieces It. advantages within reach of students of ea extremely bumble social class. The Council of the Society of Arts have fixed to hold s conference of representative, frora institutions In Landon and the neighbourhood, with a view to the organise. tics of local boards in connection with the eaarninationa• The conference will tato place on Monday evening, the 11th of January, when the attendance of two or three represen tatives from each institution is invited. Rapresentarives from institutions not in union with the society are also invited to be present. The Council of the Society of Arta bare assented to the proposal made by the Institutional Association of Lan • mabire and Cheshire, that they may be allowed to bold the preliminary examinations for 1868 in Lancashire andlChsehire la Ender week, six weeks before Whitanntide, instead of twelve weeks before, as laid down M the programme; the report to be furnished to the council not keg than five weeks baby. Whitsuntide. Early next month will be published a " Handy Book on Property Law, In a Series of Lettere," by Lord fk. Leonard's. In the seven years—from the rise of the Pre-Ea its honey to the present time—the Liverpool Academy has bestowed it. prises In the following manner:— W. Holman Hunt, " Valentina mating Silvia from Protects, and reproaching him for Me falsity," 1861. I. E. Millais, "A Huguenot, on IR. Bartholomew's day, miming to shield himself from Danger by wearing the Roman Catholic Badge." 1852 W. Holman Hunt, "Claudio deliberating the Terms of the Pardon offered to him through his Sister Isabella," (Measure for Meactire. Act 3, se. I), 1853. Mark Antony, " Natures Mirror," 1&51. Augustus L. Egg, "The Life and Death of Buckingham," 1855. Yord Brown, "Christ Washing Peter's Feet," ISM. J. E. Mil lais, Bli n d Gi r l," 1867. Six Pre-Raphaelite picture. crowned in seven years, and only one picture of the natural School l -4 Mammas. Toe ROYAL INBTITUTION.—The Friday evening lectures at the Royal Institution will probably (says the Literary Gazette) be arranged all follow.:-- Jan. 21. Pro foesor Tyndall, "Oa soma Pbysieal Properties of lee." Jan. 29. W. IL Grove, Esq., "On Molecular Impree alma by Light and Electricity." Feb. h. Edwin Leu kemia, M.D., "Os the Drlnbing Waters of the Metropolis," Feb. 12. Professor Faraday, on a subjet not yet decided U . Feb. 19. Edmand Beckett llenison, Egg ••• On name nalllmproveteents in Loris since the Great Exhibition of 1851." Feb. 26. Rev. Professor Baden Powell, "On Rotatory Stability and its Applications," illustrated by the Argentite of Pmfesew C. Pima Smyth. March 6. Professor C. P. Smyth, "Account of the Astronomical Experiments on the Pea of Tense& in 1856," illustrated by Photographs. March 12. William S. Carpenter, "On the Lowest (Rhimmod) Type of Animal Life, con sidered in its relationsto Physiology, Zoology, and Geology " March 19. Henry Thom.. Buckle, Esq "Os the In 6anarw of Women on the Progress of Knowledge." March 26. key. John Barlow, "On Mineral Candles and other Prodnete maanfactind at. Belmont." 001MOCI4L TRAVILLUIP BENIVOLILY2 INBMUTION.-(THIS DAY.) Thle morning the anneal general meeting of the =nOahe above exmilent inatitution was bad st the on al l'avorn ; Mr. WALTIne 0. B. Greene, coo of the tins-presidents and inestuar y pureing. The minutes of the lest haff-yearly meeting baring been road and confirmed, the report od the board of management for the hat half-year IMO reed by Mr. CZAILLEO Neon, the secretary, from which It appeared that la June of the pe ewit year one annuitant of 401. per annum was eluted, sad that at this meeting there were five candi dates seeking to become recipients of the charity, but only two could be elected, and the meeting would have. to determine in the canal manner which of the five should have the preference. The annual bell and supper the board of management have fixed for the 11th of January next ; the ball will take place at the London Tavern, and will be under the especial pa tronage of the Lord and Lady Mayoress, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, and Sir Jamas Duke, Bart., M.P., the President of the Inetitntion. The report concluded with an t appeal to the commer cial community for additional ttseisiaace, m order that more claimants might be placed upon the charity. The report was unanimously adopted, after which the fifteen and board of manst for the ensuing year were elected. Mr. Gunter, We chairman was re-elected treasurer, sad Mr. J. L. Emu. honorary solicitor. The meeting then to the election of the two annuitants referred to in the report. The dinner in aid of the schools connected with the above Institution will take place this evening at the London Tavern, and Mr. W. M. Thackasy has promised to preside. NAVAL AND MILITARY CHATIMIL, The Lays tidal luta at tiiiikekystil Wag : n a rky dr Lamb at is. AlrashmAy low eurkqed Mires ,Is essieestem la harrairg S old irk, l imesedsil Iwo& newly MS For erwei sreShe gar rue Irriede et era have bass or d imam dr seereery esemsdess rid& re air sill Is s deg& et raft N mkt Ile lons dts •••• Wings et the Wk. do menu et the works the were Ms frown* lairr7o. is gamma wfith ism praarail dam taglamilaw lees reerk which or. heir pwwkw dm mil sight, drireriss Mw tow et wow pot mime. Tie prop wen at work kat sight, wire ere et am be sisirs mid cereqrsce miss that the rube rest ems baled, s. woes, *hag st the ma ot is Is. pa Waste. DlZ ir e visite et is-day warms has bre esgerul is the engines e .d (llt which, It Is herd, wUI be re weritirg war WOOLWICH, Dsc. 26. The workmen employed at the Laboratory de partment al the Royal Amnia val be aletred • holiday to teetwor, harm rarer have her dr leer thmeraeat to tare up the tire by welkin err bean. ADIIIIIALTT, Doc. 14,-Coarr or ROYAL Mt annut.—Gealionsa Coiel near ?. Norton to be oreed Ilwaterme.--Orsete. 01111111111111 AT ?Ili ROYAL ARTILLERY BAR &acme, Weeiwtcs.—Teatenhay meeting se a result of the Maim ef the Camel mmemdleg the 110 .y al Hone AMU" M Wooled* the talleurtag were diani- Wei le the eareemeasieland dicers sad men of that _ breach d the Nevis. To each savant major, 10 shillings; teach aargweat, seven shilling.; each corporal, fin ablllinp; sack siva**, If married, three ; and to each Matiel6 shillings, and IS kettles of whit. l .e, IITORCCIIENTS FOP INDIA.—The 71st Highland Light ['Santry, now stationed at Malts, and the 02w1 High. lands. at Gibraltar, sze to proceed to India by the overland routs.— ClinterlSerstior °sett.. Warr Noarout MILITIA.—This regiment left Norwich on Wednesday afternoon In a swim] non of up wards of thirty casinos foe the north of &stand. The regiment, which is upwards of 600 strong, a divided into three parties, Lientsuant-Colonel Cortese proseding with three companies to Chester; Major Bedingfold with three other companies to Liverpool; and Captain Marsh= with two .spanks to Stockport. The Sadiserters will be at Chests, end the depot of the regiment will raisin at Norwich. Tito MlLlTll.—Volunteering to reginenta of the Nag is now open from all militia corps, either embodied or dis embodied, span the same taros and conditions ea those laid down during the late war with Rusk. The Unite) Serried Gazette own that " the atom theolopros rages in nine parts d Ireland with almost ungetralieled intensity, and that we may expect to hear of eeoc very serious commotion. At Castlebar both Catholic and Protestant soldiers go armed to their respective place. of worship, each anticipating a public disturbance dories the hour. of divine worship. The 4th Kidd's.' Militia is ea the alert." -- • • • The Leicester Militia, under Lieutenant-Colonel King, that were expected at Cork on the 20th inst. in bee Mcjesty's Ammer % uloon, arrived on the 2:3ni. This delay has mimed the Wateefrd Artillery, that were to have marched from Kinsale w kfonkatown and embarked for England on the 22nd, to be countermanded; but they will embark in the Vulcan for Falmouth and Deroaport, under Colonel Palliser, on the 24th or 26th. The band of the Royal Elthoeue Militia played at the Cork Theatre. to a enact crowded be... as the 22nd, fur Mr. Barney Wtiltasuis complimentary boadt. Tits CONDEMNICD COMM: Bute.—The execu tion of John William Beath tar lbs weeks et Chlaiotto Parley in Leigh Woo& bre both lath Ow Vusidsp, Ye 12th of January. On the pristmer's Mara to Wilton gaol, after the trial. the clothes Welch be had worn during the day were takes off, and he wee attired in the prison garb. It was re ported, and on good authority, that before the trial Soak roads • theterthat to is probseithal drifts admitting his guilt, but affirming that the two tritium's Hancock and Jaime, who ware called to depths to hievlng ems llra in company with • woman in the vicinity of Nightingale Valley between five and viz o'clock on the night of the marlin ware migrates ; that the tragedy was not perpetrated for several boas attertheda, sad th at Yr. Rodd L oran, the wiergetta, was wanly owned when he stated his opinion that the body bed sot bee deed mock more than twenty-four boars +bee be sew keel, on Saturday morning, the 12th of asplweler. Boots bes also negatived the suggestion I nvis cs she part of the peasseetioa, shuttle knife found in his butler's poetry at Daysetry was the inetroment with which the unfortunate girl's throat was ant. He says that the musk, wen completed with • ruse, width be afterwards thre • away, and which math have ethapsd the worth which war made in Loeb Weida for any articles ml enlaced to throw light upon the mystery with which the use was so long surrounded. ME idGLESIGIM POISONING CASH GLASGOW CIRCUIT COURT. (Brien the Lard Jogles Clerk.) THE PRISONER POUND GUILTY: OF DEATH. THIRD DAT.-THORSDAY. The court met this morning at nine o'clock. Frederick Penney, Professor of Chemistry in the Aflame den Univedity, was examined by Mr. Clark, The reports of the analysis had eatidled him of the pretence of prussic acid. "I am aware," he added, "It his been said by Orfila that prosaic add may be produced by decomposition alone, bat I don't concur in that view. Special investigations bays boa sods to decide the point, but the results, without ex ception, have been negatived. Moreover, we would be fre quently meeting with pram& add in our =dyad of animal substation after death, if this 'peculation had any foundation." This dead the clue for the crown. There was no evidence for the defence. Mr. Henke than soldromed the jury for the Crown. All the evidence came to or point, and it all pointed le the prisoner. The deceased, Agnes Montgomery, was palmed by some prom Who was in her oosapayf The pri soner. She wee poisoned by some or in the pommies of wrote add. The prisoner was In pommies of %smile told, which be hod purchased. She yea prowl by are ono who locked her in. The prisoner locked her IA She was palmed mil fall to the ground, In the perm* of some oat The prisoner was present. Who lifted bee to her seat ? The pawner was the only perm moist who could have done that. Therefore, be said, the panel woe guilty of the murder of Agnes Montgomery, and he naked them for • verdiol of guilty accordingly. Mr. Moncrieff, for the defence. mid the first part of the car to which he would address himself was, whether Arm Montgomery died of police I' The jury moat be ended whether the charge by the crown was proved. HS did ant even think suicide was excluded, and there have beta may instances of muds in which the objections by the arra counsel had all existed. Some natural cause raid aim ap art for the death. The theory kr the crown is supported by medical evidence entirely ; but he thought they would have min the fawn la the address on that subject. Thane wee en exclusion of suicide, apoplexy, or epilepsy. But the ' mere absence of congestion of the lash did not prove that apoplexy had not happened. There wars many cart of death which were utterly unintelligible to medical me; sad might it not happen that In this cam it might have Ira one of them ? He was of opinion that mimic acid wax act 1 1 the muse of death. The length of attack wan not only beyond that of any average case, but at the extreme length of the average of the Wiest, In the chemical testa there was failure. Fortunately (or the prisoner there were two different independent gentlemen em ployed. Tho WA inlays condoct the diet analysis about the same time as Dr. Madegan. They find, but may be mis taken, that ramie acid is la the etconsch by the three testa. Dr. Madman is oily able to lad it by or—and that the most delicate. To early ae pey, tree two cirri manta should not dilr en pr. Then4sa the sir time, Dr. Markman, a mark the, Sala prank add la the !puma by th e sulpha? font; lint a month before this Dr. wicink r oould sat Sad it. They should have ford It more seedy than ha but did net, sea was • mcatk earlier He found it although a math kr. Bare ears in • theory of Orfila, that prude aid le generated be the body eater death, ar it may be be the materlals rod as a SW. A. ‘, ll though t Ordlia's gamy was In this case —that it wee {rested ta the apisendialag tlllO mang Me ralyrs. Again so far far ;hie ors bear re wart motives could be excluded, tt wen entre* ressery that they arid be proven. Not cashed been shown by the Crown. 'The pawner had always been on the best of terms with dermal. It wee said that the primate had prude acid ; and the prisoner apparently mad some disguise In pang it. He lowha was getting a dai mons thing, which required some stratagem, but he could have got it for any innoceet purpose with just se mock aecrecy. He might wiah to am what It was like after the conversation about it, but it requires la be proven clearly that he got it for au evil pmpesw Tam it is mid he kart a good opportunity to admWidr the ,poisca • bat that wee sot all; he mint be proved to bar aborigine al It. He was in the room and certain monads went bred, but he (Mr. IL) did not think that these had any barker the ema Clear and law both rid they beard the MA sad ere caii)ook the door and go away, but arks, of them arected the sera with any harm done be say hums bit But se Huy afterwards found Ares wee is it • warbir that they now ere up a theory that the miaow did her harm f There Is no proof that the primmer bolt the key, sod they had as rowan, except sa sale eansiries, ens mama tbs. be did ; it le perketly parr that the deaseed lad held the deer. But the bey le bead oar a err or near err the pet- Kiser kiad to pan. It is said by the mews that be was men to do it ; bat if he wished to comma the key a .H, why did he not rather throw it into the bum, over whir he had to per and where It earl haw bra are securely hid Ae to the anyplace Mat the phial ford Y the walk at the book pees re " the" ph 1, Mat was most ant*, kr ars seas mm would have =let phial thin, gild. a T ton isesaleata afar wait a deed as that la beck prima be err& • tge eridts, a lisle agreed dal those Ere pat dews r airs of guilt. It wee aim said Mr cam the Era of Agnes Moatremary be rag lie bead. sail his cralemana shearal when it was arra of. 13A i ae int re, k the meddea cry stead km. Bea denied in lMe sar kd, was savoy for the s rs, strange that he was not suspected at e. sad that he ebould pan from hie Bagisehri bride, twelve doe Aar, with the beet of fringe, en Me bat of arra This was ell that the pommies made of this put of the re • sad he (Yr. IL) could only soy Mat it was • very allikeiradeeka en whkh to build up a cl= 6 :l be bsid raeohnka alit the jury moat be of evorythar bear proved as 'Matey as possible, end, atlas that were are, the basalt of any doubt must be gives to the prisoner. He asked at thefr hands a verdict of not proven. After the jury had smear of redreelueent sad returned into court, . Tr Laird Judos-Owl' posseitil to ern sp. He mid Ordirse of the jery, tire fa ertsady ass girt peculiarity in this are—Wet the dewy* of to. tree of tar dee Is I lot- Mimi by siiiitert amps of slaisatedai pure arid is two behiduaS I wet tyre proprod to bra separatei the ernes If I had bra neoired to der by die aura hr tho prisoner, bet ao objections were Mrs. Isr bow rat, bon the way in which Mr. licerkeles wargai kb era, that it eta most advantageous for the lemsr allow to.. to go together, thus trying to throw pe distweell as the trivet charge by treating lightly those which wen bus so. It b a mar sorter fact oonsactr with this car that • tire error the prisoner tends for presto acid, without say asearty or pretext for using it. W. sour ander the evidence in coontetion with the menhir, M the Am instance; and then, if that it re tosehree, the Saw two charges will wear a eery Mart aspect. Than hem Mee a great deal of theory in this are— both madloa, sad IS to ths motive of the ; hut blow lug your obliged's r ye. do, you will feel that ell yes bow to do with an to. sera] feels. It is neither arms of motive nor any diaries of medical testimony that you bar to do with. It is with facts alone. When the facts are proved, your relict must te in accordance with, and guided by them, and by no notions shout the improbability of any odesen or arra of motive. This latter is always • dangerous field for man to enter Into. Man knows not the depravity or malignity in the human heart, and number, of criminals would recaps because one cannot understand what led them to the commission of their crime. The Lord Justice-Clark then proceeded to comment on the evidence at coividerahlo length, pointing out the trier salient point. to the jury. What become of the writ acid purchased by the primmer I' For what ;tumor ins It bought—how was it need—and what became of the phial f They had the fact, if they thought it proved, of prussic acid being found in the stomach. On the 23rd be meads for more prattle add. [Hors his lordship referred to the charges of attempting to poison the Meson/ No doubt it was rid ,—What wen the motive to this eithw he nor they could penetrate into the human heart. It was extraordinary this man, having got a second quantity of perm acid, should be ford tampering with the life and health of other people by administenng it to the ?dross— for that the poison wen In that pint bottle he held to be proved bevond the potability of doubt. That second phial we. not left in the hors Of course, it could easily be thrown on the reed en a dark night. As to the mu - " of 11;s, it wig t have been the result of a strange desire or morbid heling to be powdered of power over the life of other. —which had been known to influence many people convicted of poisoning, and the couclu•ion to which they arrived at es to his having administered the poison was not to be affected by the rirounuttaace that they were unable to account for such a thing. There was nothing to render the oommieron of this crinahighl7 improbable. on account of the previous character onto prisoner, but what they bad to deal with woe the facts of the car. It was a matter of great satisfaction to him in a ems of this sort that it had been investigated and =with such skill d diligence, and that the chain of an brought forward bad bcen so complete, notwlth rending the information had not been given for a long pe red OW the cracurrenos. He loft the cue with the utmoat sesihoto la the handsel the jury, believing that whatever Fmk they came to would be the nearor approximation to whet woe true, and perfectly satisfactory to the ends of *dim The jury then refired, and, after an absence of ten mi nute., returned with a verdict unanimously finding the LiKeiGuilty of Mer ea Murder charged in the Bret count of lai r letatiat. _ _ Ths Lint Jsetirmillerit then addressed the primmer, lm pier's( Id= to mead the remainder of his time In st emless indeed his poorltlnn at the foot of the scaffold. Hs thew seemed the black cep, and sentenced the prier/nee Is be at the public piece of execution in Paisley, ea Thesy, the 14th January. His lordship, In passing essimes. @Reared mneh affected. The primer, who received the sentence without emotion, was thew removed. During the day he maintained the mine /bad leek which be had exhibited en the two prim:one days of dm kW, Ism at the moment the jury retired to con sider their medial, what a slight wpm movemeet was STATE or TRADE (Prom the Ifachester Chanties of this day.) MARKETS FOB MAPITIFACEDRES.—There Iran observable on 'Change yesterday (Thursday) some what more of that disposition to believe that we have passed the worst, and are approaching a better state of things, which showed itself last week. We also find some sellers 'peaking of rather more briers ' or offers on inquiry. Th ere is however more of the l ast than of either of the others; and much of the inquiry is made merely with a view to ascertain =tenons. We have always an increase of this when the d mail is telegraphed, and alsojnet at the period of stock taking. Many ermine, manufacteirem, and agents, however, complain that they do not meet with any of these signs of better things, but remain as Bat, sad are just as unable to sell, as at any time during the last week or two. Al though, however, not a few are nacoeseiousaly trying to per suade themselves into a favourable view, we gather that some of the indications referral to are real. Partially, a little mon Is being done in goods • for instance, in long.clothe sad certain kinds of 36-inch cali cos. Prices remain as they were. Two or three Witten in the print trade have occurred, and one connected with the Levant. The amounts are small. (Prom the loaf Mercury of this day.) WOOLLESO.—Leans.--We have bad no alteration of any consequence In the trade during the current week. A few buyers continue to visit the market, but they purchase nothing of any moment, and the ge nial tone continuer exceedingly dull. Stock-taking will DOW absorb the remainder of the year, and nothing more in the way of bunnies need be evened during the next week at so. The reduction In the Bank of Eng load's rate of discount gives universal sande:lion. It will loosen the springs d trade, and we have confidence that • sewn of grad improvement improvement will now take plaos. (From the thefordokin d g d this day.) POTTZIIIII.—Ths sauce moot the millers and forgemen employed st th e MUDD works Ras Potteries end neigh bourhood, sad which at one period last week threatened eertway to disturb the sees of the district, swats to be DOW chiefly eoellned to the men engaged in t he fr'OD trade. lon Saturday the hands employed at the extmetve iron works at Lidsgrares " struck" against the proposed re daction, so that in the meth of the district, inclading the Re 'medals Works, there must be, it is said, at least 1,000 persons out of employ In the Iron trade. The hands at the Shelton liar Iron Company's works are alio ont ; but the 'Wm amongst the Whin generally may be mid to have tseiminated. The colliers at Langton and neighbourhood, many of whom bad gone in het week, and would doubt less have oceetinoed at work If they had tot been so Improperly intardered with by a body of the turn-outs from , have now generally mennaed their employ meat. The Name remark applies to the men at the collieries of Earl Granville. On lloadey worming a number of them presented themselves at the " Big Pit," with the intention of going to work, bat it was not convenient, in consequeon of repairs being carried on In the workings. Om Wed nesday morning, however, work was resumed, though not quite to time usual extent. A correspondent from one of the Pottery towns, lamenting the great loss and inconvenience occasioned to their (milieu end others by the caseation from labour of es large a number of workman, sem in a conversation he had a day or two since with the principal of a large tore concern in the district, the latter obeerred "that the mono refusal to work at this time was doing him a great service, for if they were willing to work he had no orlon for them to go on wan and if he found them work it would be for stock, and with th, a °Widow abase by It," and this, rye the wetter, is proba bly the ems with ether imam. The deportee which generally wvades the manufse taring trades of the district b f the continued decline in the price of metals. Os Monday a further reduction woe announced in the price of tin d de. per cwt., making the fall in the pries of that metal 264 per ton in little more than two meths. The prios of common block is new lOU. 6d. ; refined blocks, - ills. 61. per cwt. To the list of failure. previously published must now be added the names of Molars. HodgEts and Soma, of West bromwich, sad Messrs. Fletcher Brothers and Green, of Birmingham. The total failures in the iron trade within shoat six weeks in this district amount to twenty-one, making a total of liabilities of very little duet of a million, and a total loss of eery nearly one-half. L rely two of these failures, Means. Sony and Mr. T. H. Pemberton, are the creditors to be paid in full, after welting some time for their money. The statement made by Mr. George Robinson, who haa been appointed enmities solicitor to the Wolverhampton Bank since its stoppage, at the meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Wright and North, indicating the principles on which that bank will act with respect to insolvent firms, will be read with interest. The bar, on behalf of It. shareholders, cannot engage to wind up at one to every came where blame may attach to firms; they must act so as to make as much of the esteem as pos sible. They cheerfully accept such offers as those of Messrs. Golly and Mr. Pemberton, who promise, if allowed time, to pay in full, and the state of whom affairs _gives satisfactory ground far believing that they are able to accomplish this, and are prepared to mid them fa their Worm. Where, in the conduct of Minnow, such forms demos or digressed to integrity has been shown r destroys all confidence, or where anything like preference or concealment has been shown, bankruptcy is the only alter native. When the losses have been so great that the firm has left neither capital nor credit to form a bane for future operationa the bank will insist upon such affairs being at once wound up; on the common-senso principle, that business cannot be profitably carried on without capital, and that attempts to bolster up such firms would only lead o renewed and increased losses. In other cases, in which them is milling property, which has been opthM by the capital of the creditors, and is capable, if worked properly, of paying all the liabilities of the firm in the course of a few year', they M ein upon this being dons, or that the estate, shall go into bankruptcy. (From the Leiesten Aswan/ of yesterday.) Taa HOBIIIRT TRAMS or LEICISTZIL.-111111111k nothing bet mock-taking going forward in the warehouses. Beninese completely oat of joint, and perhaps we never experienced a Christmas when commerce was in a more penetrate state than at present. There certainly can be no immediate change for the better whilst every day's news bring account* of fresh failarea, the sleet of which cannot yet be ascertained. We regret to announce that an old Bristol house, that of Yr. Ormadde, comfactor, has beau compelled to succumb to the meat pressure prevailing ha the mousy market, his creditors having received from him au intimation that ha in usable to meet hie esgsgememta. HL liabilities, is ►ear, amorsat to about 26,000 . 0.--Brirtal lifrreery. RAILWAY RECEIPTB.—The traffic returns of run ways In the United Kingdom for the week ending De cember 19, amounted to 415,340/., and for the corre sponding period of lest year to 428,9001., shoving a decreer. of 13,6601. The gross receipts for the eight railways having their termini in the metropolis amounted, for the week end ing as above, to 178,0661., and for the corresponding week of last year to 181,4451., showing a decrease of 3,3891. The decrease on the London end North Western amounted to 6,4891. ; on the London and Blackwell to 241. ; on South Elute, n to 679..; total, 6,0921. But from this meet be deducted 1801., the increase on the Eastern Unmake, 6961. on the Great Northern, 1,276/. on the Great Western, 3/. on the London, Brighton, end South Coast, and 6491. on the London end South Western, together 2,7o3l4kaving the decrease so above, 3,3891. The receipts ea the other line* in the United Kingdom amounted to 287,2841., and for the corresponding period of 1866 to 247,6451., showing a durum of 10,1711. in the receipt* of those lines which added to the decrease on the metro politan lin e*, makes the total decrease 13,6601. as compared with the corresponding week of 1866. GREAT WESTERN TRAEFIC.—TheD3 is no ques tion now that the &side for this half-year will he Rill 35,0001.1 n excess of that of the corresponding period last yaw. Under the dreumeterioes such an amount of Increase is very setkleekty. It indicates that the increase will be kep who& sediarry times return. It is a good sign of future selmseemeat for the Great Western that the tmffic of the peering wedge continues to increase while that of most other lines decreases. This week the traffic is 28,2471. mrsinat 26,9734 for the corresponding week last year.— Sersped. GREAT WESTERN AND SOUTH WESTERN RAIL WAY* COMPIIIITION.—We have been given to understand that the competition between them companies for the Wiry month traffic, including, of course, that of the Channel Islands, results in a loss to the latter company of something Mks 2001. a week, or at the rate of 10,0001. a year, and to the former company of 4001. a week, or at the rate of 20,0001. a year. Have the companies no mutual friends who can step in between them, and put an end to so costly a game -- Esrpata. MONEY MARKET. The Stock Exchange is closed and the day m been kept u a strict holiday. The return of the Bank of England for the week ending Wednesday, December 23, compared with the previous weekly return, shows the following results : Circulation issue Circulation active 19,267,120 Decree's 386,440 Public deposits Other deposits Government securities in banking department Other lecurities in banking departm ent 28,088,186 DfC11•110 1,176,766 Coln and bullion In both departments eleven day and other Una 876,438 Decrease 17,316 The Rest Not. in emrve ••:• .. • 7,426,670 Inasme 1,669,496 Total reserve (notes & cone) in banking department 7,971,161 Diereses 1,688,866 The improvement in the position of the Bank is going on with extraordinary rapidity. The increase in the reserve of notes and coin in the bankins department, which last week was 1,880,6781., is this week 1,688,8661. The increase in the coin and bullion, which last week was 1,381,3661., is now 1,302,426. The increase in the reserve is easily ex plained, the " other securities" having decreased 1,176,7641., whilst the deposits have increased 668,8461. The total stock of coin and bullion is now fully ten millions and three-quarters, and the re serve is nearly eight million& The over-issue of two millions of notes still appears upon the face of the return, bat was doubtless cancelled the following morning, when the directors lowered the rate of discount from ten to eight per cent. Deducting these two millions the reserve will stand at close upon six millions --a very respectable amount. As there is no reasonable doubt that the resources of the Bank will continue to increase rapidly, a fresh re duction of the rate of discount will be looked for, from week lo week. BARK Or ENOLAND.—do tee bib V:e., d 32. fur the week end mee nu !toter Word . . 04483.199 N.B.—Or wisa two reldlonthrelnueduader the autholtrof tbetetter from the IL* Lord of thermion:, the Chao. cella of On LactAgna. mat % wawa so leo Ad Ten sal in. on Welasolog. Den C. 1 . 17 . ani no:. War Boorolibio 'MUM Gold. Coto nod ADAM 06,et3.790 "a PnydistaVOgaal--igAilW is .. .......... 11.142.040 Mile Deo*. (India E4 C=.lPl` . l= Debt, Red Div. Amu. T.411.11/7 Other Depoeitii . 13.161.1111 Ilene emend otheiDilla 816.4311 1:4 - 17113.1u Dec LW. aX,03.11 1 1 - (l;dmiZet Ovad 'Odds As■= .492761 add sad 7.1 a."" • a;:::gI 6Z2,16$ l IL 30.111 HALI• Chlsetigger. MINES. The Stock Exchange being closed to-day, we have no statement to give under thin head. RAILWAYS. This being a general holiday in the City, the Stock Exchange is clobed. TALLOW MARKET. This is • plural holiday in the City, and all the dealers ire gest. We have, theridote, no report to sake. COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS DAT.) Trade has been unusually brisk this week, but no arenas. In ynae.Lve taken place. Supplies of Cluledinas OVOTITIMS and other things have been abundant. Peers consist of Cha umootal, Boma Rance, Easter Barri, and Ne Plus Mourn West India &haddocks and other foreign produce still con tinue to arrive. Pomegranates fetch 3d. and 4d. each, sad &haddocks Is. di. to 3v. a-piece. Kent oohs sontinua good; prior range nearly the same se le week. Barcelona nuts fetch 20s. per boahel, and Brunette, ditto. vegetables are some good brooch, which mane from 11,7 to 3s. 6d. per dozen. Asparagus, rhubarb, and seeksle may also now be obtained. Winter greens of all sorts ere plentiful. Cucumbers are scarcer. Spanish onions may be had at from In to 2a. 6d. per dozen The potatoe trade it better for all " top maples: Cut dowers consist of meant* gardenias, heliotrope., poinsettia pulcherrima, geraniums, violets, mignonette, heaths, primulas, camellias, and risen APP 44 &I to 6 1 (I = lS,pe eir Ltl k to Se Awls. p. lealf ion Is to S. ft Peon. Per Ma,Leor Onamkra ,lo .4. l W l . 6l Lamwpwitos..l.oo3. • wiMMWM INlt!riOtWOliWtOs .- . • VIONTAILMO. o.lrN. t tor doz., le 03% 14 Is p I °Atm p. bead]. la to la II Drood l. er MN* to 34 Lea, tor bomb, 34 to 34 =p. dos. Pooch. blo b Artlobrtrr, tom, Id to Id *room, p. hell dem I. 1111•110 t.. per W.. 63 66 64 to It OM* Per 1150 64 to Id Umiak. per ma . bob =.p. boodle. 84 to 103 Littler. Om, p. won. Is 6dbo It 3 ' .. tow SO. to 140. Madly% pot ocsec 14 to It 64 prebea • totoft Al Padirtoo, turnip. psi dos . 1. to IP pot sot, 4. to Or Homo maw F.• b.s. 1663 63 6 . °snob. bmatt. 44 to ed Kombrocrer. p. p It. ts to h 64 Turolto. pi booed SI to 44 Partiar. Itor 6.6636. 3 4 to 4 , 1 =tp. Iwo, la to It 63 Moriotrot. gram p.. boo, 34 16 . 44 om lo th . la to la 34 I eararrlo., Id to le ass*. per doz.. Is to Is The British Banner of Thursday states that the Rev. Thomas Blaney sailed on Monday last from Liverpool for Australia, in the Sultana. is company with the Rev. Mr. Poore and a large party of missionaries and friends. Mee. }Roney accompanies her bnaband. The Rev. James Marshall, who so recently seceded from the English church, has, we bear, become a member of the order of St. Charles Borromeo, of which Dr. Manning is the superior, end is attached to the chuck at Bay•water.—Cliflon Chronicle. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dzn. 21.—This day had audience of her Mejeaty, the Count de Platen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Sweden end Norway, to deliver his credentials to which audience ha was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, E.G., her Majeety's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affair. Dec. 22.—This day bad audience of her Mejsety . His Excellency Perak Khan. Ambassador Extraordinary from the Shah of Pen* to take leave : to which andienoe be was introduoed by the Earl of Clarendon, E.G., her Majesty's principal Secretary of Stets for Foreign Affairs.— Gazette. . Foninow-orricz, Dec. 23.—The Queen has been pined to approve of Mr. Archibald Shanks Scharr as consul at Glasgow; of Mr. Omma Walton' Ewen as vioa-coned in Loudon; sad of Mr. Robert Richards Broad, jun., as vioe-consul at Falmouth ; —for the Republic of Salvador.— Owns. PRINCIPALSHIP OP GLASGOW COLLEGZ...-ThiS office, vacant by the death of the Venerable Dr. Miamian, has, we rejoice to learn, been conferred upon the Rev. Dr. Thomas Barclay, of Currie. Dr. Barclay hoe segued the honour by hie ability sad scholanhip. He is known to be an excellent linguist ; and has of late years devoted much attention to biblical criticism. Bois a capital man of business and an enlightened educationist. Bat we mu still more ap propriately in these columns express satisfaction that Dr. Barclay has no. been found to forfeit the honour by having been long distinguished as one of the ablest and staunchest of the very few advocates of reform and liberalisation that adorn the church courts. —Seaman. THE SEACOLE BALL AT BRISTOL.—From what we can learn there will be a very fair balance to hand over to poor Yrs. %mole (1001. or so) from the premeds of this brilliant affair. There were four hundred and sixty-one persons present, and the Duke of Beaufort and others took wean' • Icket., that were not used.—Bristol Mercury.. . ~ TI IE CASE OF JANE STora..—A public subscrip tion In behalf of this poor girl—the victim of the recent murderous assault at Tor—is to be set on foot ; aasuggeeted by us last week. The poor girl to mutilated and disfigured for life, and will, after her confinement, be thrown upon the world in a state of utter destitution. She is a native of Easier, in which city resides her mother, a widow, whom humble circumstances will not enable bee to give her SauggerK — eltghtest 7ssisUnoe.We feel enured that Esnians should have a band in this matte; and now, in their Christmas festivities, will mark their sympathy for the victim of base and murderous designs. It is hoped that a sufficient sum will be realised to purchase a small annuity for the poor girl.— Woolens Times. A CALCULATING MACHINE FOR THE REOIS TRAR-GENERAL.—I. may be remembered that a calculating machine by en illiPlllotl.ll Swedish inventor and engineer, M. Schen; was breught to this country two years ago for ex hibition. Scientific men praised it, and Sir. Bab ba ge him self had the generality to commend it as admirably adapted to the end proposed. The machine was one night exhibited ,at the meeting of the Institute of Civil Engineers. An American gentleman who was present saw the machine, heard the testimonies given to its value, and in a few days it was on its way to the Lowell Observatory. Since that time the offer to the British government to construct a more per. feet instrument has been renewed, and the publication of a volume of various tables has made the practical uses of the Invention better known. We are glad to hear that an order has lately been given to M. Schatz to make a machine for the Reg-General's office. This liberality is due, we believe, to Sir George Cornwall Lewis, who brought the matter to the notice of Major Graham and Dr. Farr.— Literary Genetic TILE COMMERCIAL CRISIS AT WARSAW.—A Wor my letter of the 17th, in the Melee Oesette, says:—" A dome firm, have suspended payment here, and great 11A. IS ellen prevails, as it is thought that Mu) commercial trigs will extend to Ening" II 0