The Express. — London, England, 1860-12-25 00:00:00

Till IRISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM At tile .lieteibutiou of pries, at Quetan's C* 11 •Ille C•vit, oa Friday, the president, Sir R. Kars, seeds the following rerumbs, which at the present jemotexe are of wee thee usual importance. After uoticaag the respective merits the eroviecial college, he said, is relermiee to the r %rennet.* for the tied service : I o some institutions • system of special instruction in the eillecta .4 exantiantwo has lecu iotroduced, which super mho to a great extern t the on:inary course of education, and which has certainly the mere of sharpening op the 4:Audi. tate retie:fitly for Oust cue definite object, and isemasing hi. chests of sumer at stab an examination. This system ha, however, tonne aria ...nous disadvantages. it is very ••••11 for the cam:elate abu •occeeds by means of it, but for those who .l. out, cal on such occasions there must be emsy conapetitom unsuccemful, the time thus taken away from mend Inlet-ante, and from the preparations that night be aveitahle for other careen is lif bet, at r lere.l of life when such hew of time is an irre• tri• vable moan. Th.t kind of special preparation also is estreawly hall, to tlegeoclate in what is technically termed enonto.ng. where *memo At the examination 111 all in ell bat edueateni in the true sense is sot an object Thu has bore ictuarked, as I have beard, by persons w▪ ho have cuedutted those examinations, roil who find that the clam of candidates sow .penally prepared do not .item M high or so well grounded • standard of education as di.' the clam of atoditlates who preeetal then elves before this special cramming amtece was employed. Morns most incelleat Jute telems in which this special trail . had been orpa not have becom to esensible of its in urions effects upon general system of o l u e a ti os a. to we relinquished* awl whilst alfordirie every asaiitam• and facility I. these who may web to for rock examinstkes, r Mew bold eat any • micron:wet, or even any loyal mad, he ealS4 candidales. la these opiates', I believe r my col liegsme la the college for the mist put ~sear. Same three years ego the subject wee fully coesidered D=7= sad it wee derided that whilst attestim be to those mehismie of mane:tam given is the mime fist an& he awful to persona preparing for Civil &who ma sehatiess„ and espeohdly to o th em extra clamoos whish mey Is eaneidered seplenemes the *Winery comes, it wee ace sewniderod to image the Tiaras& of inelniellon, er to wile to be the f lynjur of mepseW, ley trades say Perim ive .111. A might divert time and selineica sr the aimed . ' so fully mil no es fatly esospled, too ofßagetionable &dean tag.. The senemenle ea ale aubjat win& took place is autumns Wheel the preleison sod seanell to again coaster whether, hose aelnequeat experience, it ap prated &Mehl° I. mobs any altendes those mews. It ha. been herd, however, /hat the me delates prepared seder the actu a l ageism in the efah leo have bees found almost uatfomly w.afmh god that whilst every aminanee mod ennOnerigalinent b lei preset oven to t)oase who wish to peeper. for sash ea r•er., it is heeler to Weak from a system el belted in .lu. 'meets, which might lend peens men amp ham pm , ama for which they were mere goselledy sighed, in • !,. h, although on the one haled semen mss have bra. bait notate, yet we the Mime lr J Mon it gligledgd with many .mil wrioua ilsadvanhgati The pees .pees to me a imitable npportunit• to bring wider year amen Pea recent arrangement. of the quer'. I.l•Mapallp ,mate, .b.. b are likely to icifitience in • material degree libe ode. rateaail .yet.vii is this coll end, to! na g r ain militate of the attaiument a still i of t•nal bram•he. litersture and science then has been hitherto pimowally i.mo.dje for our students. By the esiessaity re gulations hitherto in force instruction in chesiee, in French, awl io inathenuities ceased for an interval of from one to two year. bet ore the degree examinatioe, at which, how. ever, every student was required to allirlrer CS times mob** although his attention during Uri Memel led len man , psol by other sal important akar of Mama hkedih which necessarily withdrew his attentime and hI assisry from them branches to whi:h he earlier yams bed been devoted. The student was thus placed in • very ember laming dilemma, either to keep up his knowledge of those Met subjects by resoling which, of cower, limited materially the time available fur study of the new and advanced sub. ewm, or elm to devote himself specially to the subjects of the last seen course, trusting to his recollectioem ,of his mrliey studies for pawing in those nabjecte at the examine•. two for his degree. In either oft it practically resulted that the student, when presenting himself for his degree cammeatioo, head to occupy his mind with so many thing., and had to qualify himself in so maoy breaches of know lobe., t h at it woe almost impossible, except with such ex . tr.... Amery :Utility as must he extremely rare, that the very I,6gliest degree of proficiency could be attained • in any breach ; and hence the remark was made a by very competent and very impartial judges, that whilst oar weevers student., our pedsates as a clam, were decidedly superior in knowledge to any Menhir clam of average erncluatee elsewhere, whilst oar D • pare examination wee upen the whole of • higher elentiud than other peas et:anemic ions for similar degrees, sad that • thereby the degree of the Queen's University has already, attained deservedly high ybaracter, and was everywhere rereived as evidence of edutetion of the soundest character • 'ad highest value; yet the lower examination were not • coooderwi to rank as entir e ly equ i va l en t W the highest • bouours of the older uoiversities, where the arr a ngements • are calculated for the pmpose of coocen tratiog attention • epee is much more limited field, but o bt a i ning w ithi n s. those limits a more intense and brilliant illumination. In 7 miler to obtain this devilish'e elevation of our standard of honour examination, but without in any degree sac:Acing th.• extent or the enuodnem of the couree to In followed by is the ceneral laxly of the Mediate who do not aspire beyond obtaining their depee, the genet* has instituted what is off'. It 'Mlle termed • preliminary examination, but usually called r. • little go, by which at the sod of the second year, the r• stude n t is arts will par in all the compulsory Medics of the list too years of hie coons, and will he then left free to devote himself uninterruptedly to the special study in 3- which he proposes to pawed to his degree. Under them eireciaistaoces, it is Dot ton much to expect that with such leachers as we have here the tropisms to pasem. with each t, means of instructs*, as are afforded by the libraries and me i. inane of this college, we shall be enabled to attain each • steed ml for university honour. in literature sad iciest* aa shell place ear priasewe on an+ality with the proudest diatioeteem of Oxford. of Ownt or of Duties. Another eery important seep ham hese taken • reference to theses leutm is art., which I shall hrielly ecities. It is a remarkable fee ler* in lb., and ia all abwilar sheastionel beetitutiona that the eander of Modest+ dimiaish very raphlly is the senior ammo. Tien changes of deetinatice ofyoung men, from cheeps in the positiou .4 families, fives d i asppoietalent at the wilt of osesees, sot (P.m various other moms • somber of peewee drop all alter having been one or two peen at collece, leaving their education incomplete ; sad even at it.,, who remain the fall time of the A.B. cowrie • Legs poTortoon do sot proceed to the seat of the raireraisy • 4418 their degree. All such persons onosequently re. maim ester tie arraegereent• hitherto in force without any oedema of university aluention. and are coneequiretly de emed .4 what might he a 'alewife ameitatios in obtaitime To resualv Slue diaadvantege, and to movele thew peream who amid See devote mittkient time to the full • fey the degree 4 arts, the university senate haa betel • .liplerne Inreutiate ie arts, which may be ob tain! after • meanie of *tidy r 4 two more, awl the rams of seedy ler thus limn tette is not merely shorter is time then the io th.• degree., hut It hot alneether • less abstract sad ease preened character. It w brought more immedleliely Si• olstion with the unpin Awl peculawitis• et poitionissol .mil Moises. life. It la hope* therefore, that It will be moist of to many who. not havtag the amens or leisure !ie three er four e'en ..f strictly collegiate dolly required fa thee derrem . is arts, iiionciou the attempt to secure for Me children the advantage., of even a move moderato f mug of sopertor education. It is &mad also that the tomatoes of this ignition of licentiate in arta will react toteciebilly to tumbrel elevation. ecoeiderable diffierdty hi. *leave hues tat se to the preliminary or peers: •du• ea.. oof me4eal mow is no proneeion, is no sphere et e the primeneles of eateesive awl varied Liformation 1 111 1 msetere sod mimes of an touch and such immediate reined impertmese as to the eselind emfemicin. fe• ' , swam is the heeding of &mese, or in the knowledge tie Orveture and festetion .4 our booties, belong to so one ."...” •..1•11•0 a. one period. The power, therefore, of re km* t. work.. 4 c•aintriee and of different lon ▪ r.. ; the rooliosl nem ohwet =WI sasprunison t.. • and the set metheime ; nature and the • 'scot tit three sarious ouorhille eseuencee, na the avoiding cr se eralimtamof chili may &peed the lives of *oared. - new ual other Neatly sasporteet plirsommek winch form et -mes '4 study to the educator' physician- repent from tco • Number sequeietaece with the scientifie plilCil4lo of in Ito wildest memo Ao6l it is to the honour of that lt • - erofeatiee that all time. and in all muutries where eofenui romired relief, it. mensbers have twee ever I. .1 iolitiencit toilsngrr , eat7P ll .'"M" ; Ignid ' i * •:- I elidagwo, eerily proffering t he aids and coon s enlochtesieil etpericuce, the sympathies and ODOW ▪ o.f kindly Itertevolence. With sock important., almost ' 1, function. des oh cog linos the medical me* it will •••I mfo.od how eery Deerwary it is that not merely •let ii ho4osvional mullet-4a of his education ahoubl " ttals•l for, het that also that general seteatitte and - • • r. , liiratimi which is so is limpensable, not merely to NI.- hi. prefesaireed studies bet to give him in society - • .• the state that potation .roil influence on which et • f public usefalnew mud depend, 4.061 lie by 110 a •!. f • out .4 view, On thew, [round. d 5h...11.1 appose ••b .1 shell' torbole nrceoled by the fullest •• 61 , ..5ti0u in art.. Ito to this, however flesinshle„ ersnie preetical olotorles. The medical profession • ••• great awl so mired knowledge fur even nialemte ; cm/. cat haringany direct connexion erithpuhlic ' • ....I life, waa rather *voided by the governing chaste.. • I ft to le dealt with by the various iodependent ' saronling to their individual pleasures. , • vice ileplomble. in the sister king. • auctim. of diploma, was set on . • lowered it. requirement. t. draw • earehewre of it. diplomas. In this country f• • I as Lou- lemlac Isneln ID the rreolkciwa • lemma; sod the holmium of the pro - s. I r • awl that up to the present • •• eel. , .4 an lend+ surgeon or physician bee been a •' • Il:at the heltk r we. soundly edoeeted is his pro , • •I a centime:tn. But it was felt that every • . tote er eelarge medical educetioe, by which • •,.• es' more molly either is time or tooney. • i• • • •:.• .• u'le in .enitiiig more esedirlates to throe • • • l eloms. erolltl l.e ra.tgi•g,vi f. r a ter, •••• • I Loewy mid • still more limited propurtioa 'et pededeera education. Fortunately, this state of things may ire maddormi sie belonging to the past. When things are all the want they emend, and the attention of the go verimmaell wee at het forced to the necessity for placing the medial clonsficin on • better f oo ti ng. A centra l me di ca l comma London, with branch councils in Dublin and Fidlederagli, has been formed, in which the univer s ity and a ether medical oolleges and universities ware repro Marti, and with authority to enforce • certain minimum thasderd of medical education. This does not, nor can II for some time, attain the standard already required ythis university, but it is far better than had been re. gutted by many licensing bodies hitherto. We shall not fail, by means of our representative in the council, to re present the oecessity for enforcing a larger proport t ou of peoeral education. and we anticipate that, although it Indgbt be too much to require every medical man to tile the degree of Bachelor of Arts before commencing his pro. keelenal studies, yet it would be very desirable that the aldose of Licentiate le Arts should be required, eppedelly m the armee of education requisite for it has been wide I. seders be • girt degree to the peculiar exigencies of the seethed prelemos. I shall take the opportunity of re your attention to one other subject of the recast regulations. Many here are aware that within ihe I iTs tte w years the un iv er si ties of Oxford and thmbridge land that much disadvantage arose from the total isola tion ef the universities from the general body of the mid& dames ; and as no evidence of certificate of education had been hitherto obtained by any except the eamparztively few who entered the numerrities and pro ceeded to degrees. those universities arranged to hold ex &mindens is various part' of England, at which students from any schools or from pelves) teachers might be ex amined in more ur lese extensive courses of school educa tion. and to Woe candidates who satisfied the require meals et the examiners • certificate was awarded with the eareeraffiatinoongruous title of Associate in Arts. The um =mate have cossidar e d ver y f u ll y n ow far it was to adopt or introduce into this country the plan of middlaclass examinations them carried out in England. It is ties that the Irish maivereitio, whether the University of Willa or the Queen's University, are far more closely meted ti lim mei& body of the middle classes of pamie thaa ere Se mimmithe of Oxford or of Cum biddy; mid thoseteme_llo. ad/ dab it has bass nowsbi be Wigs seer be arse by ammo of these. bow erememeeede serreely odds. or at leant is by met' mum m wide eon se lopeembie with o. It as. paw& bemerer, to the smite that eve, in this immigy esseldeenble sdvaatage would be gained by silk be Om who mast NORM foe the. chilies the Hoe red , met at ea university ortausties the mans of is leg the mine and @Maser , / of thesisailies thy may havemeeeived ell 'shoot it is Maestri ea the me heed that the holler of a sertiforat• el at easel el the Ent er sound dam aerardiag te deo milli hare been blued, A II ad that medireie mallable le him le e Merger* to the ember emplemseele. *ail" be, la bim= life ; eed • red amierat Impudent esemeedd elabliameateeed dor be Zomba mid Dublin • mil sew bow annomed OM they weed glee • yrotamee is tea Mans to yams min edam Mime sad amadly Medd lime bees thee aellatheterily preeed. I mend bail bet Hat ia • oemme- WM se alive to the adembale of eiemelee no that of Os* a similar meteemee moil be dam. To school masters' I believe edemas!m el them mombeileas should be eill mon implode.* ma mem &dive. Hitherto the ale WW I . am to the ameneeee et lie oohed et Held& deemem et be air milem h ads Ike istrustine wen the ems Mee d Ho pV i z the esteem d seholmilp aramina- Um b the er ?deity Collam Dublin. Het those emedeasaT i a ll idereeee merely Ili the oho omit commend theme colleges, and had no earmarks with isty career et Abele external to the college. The ethool sow wee tbardire Mom to enbarribeto be tie Naiad warythier thin HI aillsalleag le the miligememea Hence we lied in the bin NIA tede .at eel memered melt Omsk sad Ls* *be add ad mite or spell English. Oeed 11118bM111101. Mai ml work a sew in the rule of area Practise. mmermille ederatirm was ism Aimed empedby ef bememe it 1111116eashow in an edevertieenient ef the dome at mierem here or in Debby. A great dell les bees 1111111111•11remplythio by the ini porthnce mtavbei In the ewe% Oriblie and University mot by the Civil lervise Oemendolessem, is English ammo- Abe, grammar, eshospley, and arithmetic ;be aril I b behove it ill be a great an to all Mode et etheibeile anahliehoeske that in addition I. the tare et umeirdid seed art mothematimel ledeuettra Add by the mime, and eadership exemleMbee et the esibme, they ahead dm base the roams elpreele. Heir title to pabile esellimee be regard to them bombe d practial and muomatile armies MA Hear sew middle-class exami- Selleles mli ellord. I de bon that the heads of the •111111•11111641111 be tide AO sod county, whoa, reputation is already and deservedly so high, will waist in giving practical fdrect to the intention of the senate by present ing candidates for oerttheates at the examinations which will he conducted by the officers of the university In this city in next June. Before concluding I wish to express to our yoseg friends the students, and to their relative' and treads who may be here present, lefmy sense of what iv due to th em i n recognition the excellent good conduct which has distinguished theta during the part year. I believe it is almost, if not entirely, unexampled in the history of a college containing close upon SOO students of various ages end of different religious, that far more than • year t he re should not have occurred • &pie ease of irregularity, of niisrooduct, or "yen of inatten. tirm requiring the notice of the college corneal ; and this bee me. been from any absence of ropervisiou or laxity of tents, but from the admirable conduct and steady if nod aloe ef the whole body of students. I regard the as 'We me of . indeed the most important features in oar 1, sin shoeld he the ability and zeal of our peerYerers ; profitless should be the liberality of the elate; futile should be OTOII the appearance of strength gives by a large number of students, if the conduct of Noss students had not been such as to inspire confideoee be their friends and in the public, that whilst obtaining in this =the moat efficient means of aeculir instruction a. return to the bosom of their familie s pure, up end besounible as they had been committed to us meth bee bees the remit of now PO many years' ex• Mirb demeedrated by our annually increasing num the masses of those most eminent in this city, die smelt not have hammed this college with their peer amen es this occasion if they had not full confteleoce in its eigrangemeota. To those students who have to receive col• leg ate prize., and to theme others whi may hope to be orally fortunate at another time, I wield point out not sierelv the eminent positiose that are opened to them in the screed professioes and in the several departments of the public service. but also, and in even • more important de pea, the SIONIUDOO whisk the habits of application, the discipline of mind, sad the regularity of conduct will afford thous is the attainment of the highest positions of coin. MIMI Of memeseturing industry. We have in this country tee mob eves still remaining of that feudal prejudice in fewer of profeeriorsal aad governmental employment over the pones of Ma& and commerre. There was grooml for this at a time when oommerce was limited by laborious in. &miry. wben tratle consisted iaa dull end unintelligent you th's. • But sow. when the greatness, the very existence of ' Nis empire rests no the allergy, the intelligence, the finale. peodence of its industrial cheese ; when the several benne-ties of manufacturing and agricnitural iodustry have attained the position of ideates, end the most illustrious names in sciences deem theniaelvess honoured in exydniniav se improving technical °potations ; whoa the princely libe rality of u , ill jails Brow. has gifted LiverPoel with • library, and the benevoleace of • Beget has giro to Derby a psspls'e park ; when here in Cork, equal to say of those, im me is our respected !layers. worthily decorated triply with the municipal crown of this important city, a type not merely a mermatile women but of the happy CODlbinatios of that mem with erthaurtlam beim. °Noce and mural worth —thee, truly, I feel lam justified in saying to our students that in this college they have before them net merely the ambition of professional eminence, the gilded liveries of the rtale, but greater than all, the example of well mental wealth, well-earned honour, conferred by the unsolicited &eels:nations of his fallow.cit Irene and sauetiosied by the blessings of the poor. The seamed President was repeatedly applanded in the course of the address, which concluded the proceedings. HMV'S Tl'llf RICHIPTER.—Since the decease of " Rein. Guide," many substitutes hare attempted to take Ito place ; but nose have been nearer perfection than "Rally's Ted Guide and Racing RegiAllf." the winter edits... of whirl, made its appearaoce a few days since, and Tures.. will and it as useful a works eon possibly be compiled for their guidance, a great feature being the auction sales blood Mock during the tmr, Tats OfillAZ ESSITHAN,—Tbe required remit." of this vessel. sow lying meurely sad smugly on the hooch at Milford Haven, bars been enanneeneed, and are vigorously being earned on under the elleinat imperintendenoe of Cap tain Jackson. of the firm of lord and Jackson. They will la completed early la the ageing of the taming year. gEßVleltn.—Wraronti Die. 22. —The Danish brigantine Preis, from Konigsberg to Dublin, [ grounded on the Avow Rank Send. off Wexford, on Thursday night. At daylight is Friday a pilot beat, and aftermints a fishing cot, attempted to get her off, but in vain. The master sad crew declined to lame is either brat. A snow storm prevailing, the wind increasing, cod the mu jetting up, the master afterwr.rds made signals for the fishing host to return immediately, hut it was too late, fur the sea was rolling en high that the fishing beat dont not venture near the seed bank. As soon, however, as the vessel's signals of distress were (Nerved the Rosslars life boat, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, was immediately launched, and baying promptly been taken in tow of • steam tug. she soon reach.vl the scene of danger. The sea was sow running very high, but the noble craft with her hardy crew, after some skilful management, and incurring sonic risk of life, eureeeded in r,kiug off the whole of the crew, consisting of six persons. They were afterwards safely put on board the Mementos end brought to Weirton'. The lifeboat was reported to have behaved admirably, and to have given her ere, every satisfaction. Duogeness, December i2—flat sight the schioner Nathaciel. from Hamburg for Mediu. sad the torque Kingston. of Hull. from London o Algae Bay, got on shore during a gale of wind mid heavy sea, off Dangiesess. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Insgl. talus proeeedol off to the maistanoc of both vessel., but soother of them would accept of its help. although the barque burned signals .4 distress. It was a bitter cold night, and the inspecting chief Aker of the mast-mord reports that the lifeboat ereves conduct on the occasion was moat praiseworthy. It was expected that one or both vessels, aro now chili ge of Deal boatmen, will laixoractut.il wreak& THE WEATHER AND THE PARES.—A PATAL ACCIDENT. The weather continued intensely cold yeaterday, and the wind was exceedingly cutting, especially in the royal parka, when little or no shelter c ou ld be obtained by pedes trians. The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's reeerving•honee in Hyde-park, daring Sunday Mght, was as low as 21 deg., being 11 deg of treat. At 9 o' clo ck yester day morning the mercury roe to 26 deg., and at noon it went no hillier than 30 deg., and at 5 o'clock last evening the ghee tottered 23 deg., and showed that the weather, although tine, was getting much colder. The bar meter during the day stood at rJ.SI. During Sunday night some persons, regardless of the danger they exposed others to, out down the whole of the "caution boards," and threw them upon the ice. The Humane Society's mon, in order to get the boards off, were obliged to run great risks. During yesterday the beaks of the royal parka presented a •ez d animated impoaranox, . seek carriage drive being em with feabionahle equmeger, whilst the footpaths were crowded with fashionable company. Mr. Stmerbi- Indent Williams,,, of the Royal jimmies Society, sod also Mr. 'Young, the secretary, dad all they peeeibly could to warn the public from westering upon t h e stall ineeottre ice, bat in spite .4 their reinovistraacee many would insist upon risiding their lives. A men (name at t on bows) permed the barrier marked i " .... and the lee braking. only his bead was Mehl, above • water. A cry was mmediately • when Brown sad mother iceman writ to his meow with r igida* aid hand-lime, but owing to the Me being what is tweed " oak" it was usable to bear the weight of the ap sad 7. the icemen were unable to get to him. Mr. 8...„, a gentleman belonging to the Skating Club.. &P -as near the spot as ponible, and haviog pulled. = h ot of the darner poles, he thrust it towards the mem, but although it fell within three feet of him he was unable to mm it, and he went to the bottom. At a late hour last eight the body had not been recovered. Brown the We- MLR, in trying to save the p oor f e ll ow , also be cameL im mersed, and when entreated was obliged to be removed to the Roo. • -home whom he sherd y _recovered. The other aooidesle on the Berpmeine River - .ag the day were of trilling importance. Tan ROYAL ROUND TO/D.—The lee here was much slam Non is my other pima One pedlars broke thro ugh lee slid was enimierged. H• was ealiested and to the Royal Enemas Sodeifs Hoses, vim be soon reco vered, sad puenned the Marreass that far the attention e d is him, be and his famibr would bums eshearibers to Tan LONG WAITS IS lICEEKIPEYOLOASEGEIL —The ice upon this water was in • very dmigerem madensa, but several hundred persons ventured timers irk* the ay, Maud* a few umbers of lie filleatirtg Clals, who had yes . today A greed pavan masted en the beak. Dam is for I the enshrine um el the esemises of the eh& Sr. JAmmtwaums.—Azhage ember of poisons of N A , ea both nun Maillad their lives the me in the 1 enclosure of this the ice was invoked and the water kept up. A number fell through, but they vivre al sad enabled to Mars to their 1 Mara = I" REGEWINPABIL —lll4 wind having got under the is a......„ it wee la a meefe suadl i prd many ponces would insist spice ea the noses enrisco. Mr. Term Eloperintendient Williams, of the Royal Ramos , mooed the river and warned all who wen hell& dust imingh to go on that OW lives wens plead in jespardy t yat they ran all Mame, aad kepi es the rotten Me er the day. No socklmts lisqpiamd beyond a few cut beads. Vicroara-rang.—Aat rnany meow amused filiMl e selves upon the ice in this part during the day, and several were injured bytheing tripped up by the skaters. No serious inunerinons rammed. THE EXPRESS, TUE STAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25. IWO. THE WHETHER IN THE NORTH. MANCIMMIL was a further fall of snow • Illexiday, but it was set aserly so heavy r that of 'Tues day night awl Weresday reenting. As leer of what WI MAST in the week versisied as the peva& trodden hard sad slippery,. most al the footpaths and reeds were cc Sen dai:Lamina us very unpleaaust, or era lempreem mate. —The wearer daring the last Jew air re been extremely cold—hot so cold as ruing sae sr two severe days last winter, but cold mere castiaeomb, sad attended with more ewer than for some yams The lowest port registered by a thermometer at licadrgley, twenty fest above the p od , ben been ruin the eight of the /era 32 der ; the IMk, II dep. •of the 171 h. 91 dep. of tin 19th, 26 asp. ; of He 191 h, lt dew ; cd the 90th, ; 23 dep. ;of the Mt, 121 dip; the Md. dsp. ; sad ci the 29rd, 15 digs. Noncommittal]) AND Dwasaw.—Ths new tell in heavy showers deer( filloordey sad Ilseday assreas ia the cowesiss of Durham sad Nartirtabssised ; sod heavy showers was up her N.N.E. at isterwaisdawfwg the what. at Sunday. The wind blow a Mil Lem wait of Dradap, sad the imams err of raw gat hid bass assmahttias from Wedaesday drifted very eleallenhly is the *seem parts of those twit searies. If the rad sissaist haws cowrblows stro have bra varyng lest (theiday) wa lt a ihe belle is thaw ie will iss peesi arm day re a hitter might ea tie ; as the writs re adverse, it is may probable rat a hip loss el %lit colliers, with their crews, ea their *Nee ear* will be detained in Bridlluere Hay, 11 sad rewagesda, ors the holidays. No steam ships 11•11 loft the ?pas dm Sun day week for London, and the goods trade bersem Loudon and the north is greatly obstructed by the loweestrued bad weather. Newcastle, snow fell during this greater part of Sunday, and towards /manias • strong frost set in, asesospanied by intense cold. Despite the severity of the steno, the trains have run with wonderful regularity, the °sly exception being those oo the south line, which in some cams have been considerably detained by the obstruction of the snow. Enureumn.—The frost bas been keen for the last two days, and on Saturday the ion on Daddiageton Loch was suffi ciently strong to admit of skating. It was not generally lumen that the loch was bearing, but seven! hundreds were on the ice in the afternoon. No accidents occurred, • number ventured frequently on a part of the te lt e li s s Z b h was not considered quite safe, and was enclosed with ropes. Most of the curling ponds were bearing, and the players tinned out in great strength. Between :Star day night and Sunday mornieg them was soother slight fail of snow, which served to increase the discomforts and dangers of street pedestrians. The meal from the month yesterday morning was late several home, bet the lines are sow, we believe, pretty clear, and the toles may be 'expected to arrive with greater regularity should there be no new fall of snow. Yesterday (Sun day) the sun shone brightly, and last night was clear and frosty, with no indications of a change. The barometer hes, however, fallen con siderably since Saturday, and now stands at 29 in. (a.arsoow.—For many yeas we ham not experienced colder weather than now prevails, sad seldom have we been able to state that mow has lain cm the streets of Glasgow for so luny days in wecemion. On Tuesday night a very heavy fall of snow took place, and that was in so way rernoved—except lir the shovel and cart of the scavenger —when early yeaterday roonthig another fall of mow took place. The frost also retinas its power, and yes terday was cos of the keenest, coldest clays this season. This (Monday) morning, at one o'clock, the thermometer steed at 10dig., showing no Isee than Itlideg. of frost. On fkitartley it awl to 6 deg.. k deg. lower then on the pre ! visas day, which chewed 18 deg. of frost. Yesterday, how ever, was • very pleasant day, the sea skiing (rightly for use hears, the fog of the penises eight having quite cleared away. The footpaths at the @Pests were in a very slippery state ; bat, myt a ember of falls, in which the parties were heti* hen, so assideve elearred. We trait the police will exert themselves to pot a atop to the thoughtless folly of sliding oe the paverneste—a practice indulged in, not only by children, but by lads who ought to know better. The Clyde was frosen across yester day between the bridges, as were also all the abuts of water in the eeighlourhood, no that, doubtless ' if the frost con tinues for a day or two longer skaters and bowlers will have plenty of opportunities for sport. Another proof of the *evenly ci the feat last night was shown in the street lamps, mist of which burnt with a dim light, and others were ex tinguished, doubtless by the water which has collected in the pipe. having frozen. Ilswice. —A considerable quantity of mow has fallen here, thouah the storm has not been so severe as it appear. to have been on the east coast. It now lies two or three inches deep on the hilts, however, and the frost on Satur day night was very keen. Yesterday the cold was intense. Canter. —ln this locality the fall of snow last week riper. hap scantier than any other district in Scotland. for the snow rbos not exceed two inches in depth ; but Millie north and moth-east the fall is much greater, and in the upland district. the snow is drifted into deep wreaths, and the hills which were green with pasture eight days ago, have been again mantled with wow, causing sheep farmers to feed their flock. Early on Thursday morning while snow was fulling, several peals of thunder were leased in the north east, and numerous vivid flashes of lightning continued to illumine the horizon for several hours. The snow has been accompanied with frost, which has pat a stop to out door labour, sod labouriug men, who were so Meg wile with wet weather, have at present to tattle with the rigours of winter." Snatiso.—la the neighbourhood of Stirling and Bridge of Allan t►e late sooty storm our not characterised 17 such severity r In many other districts. The Ocbil ranges have, however, her rather deeply covered with snow. On Sa turday a numerous oompaoy assembled on Airtbrey Loch, at the seat of Lord Abercroinby, where curling and skating were enjoyed with great spirit during the whole day. lu most of the districts around, the lovers of " the channel shine' were active on the various lochs at their favourite &ad healthy panting. AIIiiICAN MAIL —LIT TRIINDAT . — The amid atomic Pelestine, which this moraine for New York, took %lOW. in specie. Dears 111011 Dintrrtrrion.—A deaf and dumb sea, living in Redge's cottages, (Teel-street, Edgware road, was found yesterday by one of the neighbours to be i • dying state. aKerently from want e the eseeseeries of We. He had only an 41 jacket and ragged pair of trousers to cover him, sad looked an if he had not had food for days. He was taken upon • stretcher to the Merylelione Work home. sad properly attended to, but he diet in an hour or two after 11, His name was Ituiftrt i I nut.), end he was about 45 years old. AWFUL CONFLAORATION AT WHITECHAPSL. LOW 07 TIME LIVIS.-(THDI DAY.) ---4--- This morning (Tuesday) between the hours of two and three o'clock, a fire attended with the lose of three lime, broke out on the extensive premises of Mr. IL Hopps, eabinet-maker, Bmk.ehareb-lane, Whitenhapel. At the ties when the fire commenced the inmates were sound asleep. police-constelle Fl, in parsing the premise., noticed smoke pouring forth from the lower part. He immediately raised an alarm, and managed with difficulty to awaken the inmates. Mr. Hoppe, his wife and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Hibbet succeeded in escaping by means of q ladder, from the first floor. At this moment Samuel Wood, the fire coupe conductor, arrived with his escape from Whitechapel Church. He placed hie machine against the burning building, when soma one imprudently broke open the street door, thus driving the finales completely through the house, which prevented Wood from entering. A moat agonising scene then pre sented itself. The father sad mother were drives to distraction, knowing that the three children IMO is the second floor back and could not be approached. The all• gime from Wellclumequare, Jeffery-square, Watling-street, and Whitearnesstreet quickly attended, and as soon as water wee obtained were worked very briskly, bat helm the tames amid be subdued the premises ware emtirely gutted, and the adjoining homes considerably demigod. All soon as the fire was sufficiently cooled, firemen Tolland and Ford west in search of the missing bodies, and found Sarah Hopp♦, aged 12 years ; Fiisabeth Hoppe, aged years ; and Henry Hoppe, aged 6 years, burned 1. a cinder. Shells being procured, the bodies were removed to the workhouse to await the coroner's inquest. The origin of the devastation is unknown. Mr. Hoppe wee not insured. zatazrz 07 I.OIIDOIII. The fob is the far there!! fash,A D"..23 Ps report 1 The deaths ersit la Linke in the week thatinded bid daturday wen ; Ow exhibit an Innen. whisk is not very en Awed the lire prelims intim In the eniagending __auto of ten premiss rim tie avenge efiesim Mel, which, with • oorreoten th. rr ci a =prabilin tig hies 1,321. Notwilisslieding the Mid Si . . Sit, the drabs wee len by 10 au the mbar ereteld have in. mimed user the wow Me et verelehty. But the effects of the were emblem 10111 per* be urns. in future solivrea. Of the asses meat important mesas c dble= 4 9l 7 whooping-meg* shows a decided increase ea the of the preceding week ; it roes from 49 to 61 Readallm sad typhus show a demons. Four children died ban ismike in the subdistrict of St. Mary Paddington. Three died Irma scarlatina in the mb-distriet of Chelsea South, tear la: et Jobs Westminster three three in West Embry, three in the sab-district al Hackney-road, three in OambermiL As in- 1 pre the reunite of the last two weeks, Iremelitin inereiald ' but slightly, via, from 139 to 146; pasemode tieseeeesd from 97 to M. The deaths from palanemny *Ws* in which class the last-mentioned diseases are the ecietri buten, were last week 278 ; the osenoted seenge of non responding weeks being 301. There were 7 deaths from bane aid melds. Three children died from their clothes taking Its; the dasrghter al a labourer, aged 8 ?eats, the daughter of a bike, aged 5 laears, sad the son of a lowellor, aged 5 years Antonin bourer, aged 18, died by falling into a pit ematiolog bal ing water. Eight infants min oaßoeated in beL • ' woman ti St. Luke's Worklieuee, aged 46 yam, saw 'baked by large pieces of bread which 'imbed Miamptedtonsallow. Two men died from starvation a blesitendet, aged OR years at 2, King's Headmen* • ea Me 10th instai4 ; and • carpenter, aged 64, at 5, Brick-lane, City. read, on the 22nd natant. A woman died of elephantiame. last week the births of 877 boys and 900 girls, in all 1,780 children, were registered in London. In the ten eat • responding weeks of the year 185048 the average number was 1,519. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.585 in. The readings fell from 30.10 in. on Sunday to 29.26 in. on Wednesday. The mean temperature of the 'Livia the week was 32.1 deg, which 107.2 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr.Glandter). The mean daily tear mature was below the average throughout the week, sod on Thursday it wee 10 deg, below the average, and on the two days days the amonntlof depression was nearly as The ighest point attained in the week by the tbir ma•Mter in the shade was 41 deg. on Sunday : the lowed plat was 24 deg. on Wednesday, or 8 deg. below the hewing point of water. The range of temperature in the via was therefore 17 deg. The mean daily range was 6.9 deg. The range on Saturday was only 3.8 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 3.30 dn. The mean degree of hu midity of the air was fd, complete saturation being repro ted by 100. On Wednesday a thermometer on the pies fell to 13 deg. The wind generally blew from a north or north-westerly point. The rain or melted mow measured was two-tenths of an inch. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 99.8 deg. ORDINATIONS. RINFJOILD. —The Biebop of Hereford held an ordination on Sunday in Hereford Cathedral, when the following gentlemen were ordained:—Deacons: S. H. Armitstead, Christ Church, Oxford ; H. Hereford, St. John's, Orford ; G. M. Metcalfe, Worcester, Oxford ; J. Parmeter, Christ's, Cambridge ; C. M. Roberts, Bt. John's, Ounbrid , " ;R. L. Wild, Oriel, Oxford. Pnest C. Mor timer, Clare, Oambridge. Canuati—i'be Bishop of Carlisle held an ordination ea Sueday, whsa the following gentlemen were ordained D 11•00011 : J. B. Kaye. Trinity, Dublin; I'. X. Dixon, St. Bees, by !ethics dississory from the Bishop r iDurbam ; J. W. W. Pommy, Dorhans University ; J. a, St. Bears ; 'H. P. Back .., a literate pence ;W. Bone, a literate gr; E. C. 01/larn, a literate nano. ; M. M. Ben Olisi, .:din'', Birkenhead ; G. W. H. Truman, Queens', Cm ' bridge. Priests :E. G. Doughty, 'Trinity, Cambridp ;H. B. L. Purley, Wm Bruenom, Oxford • F. B. Horeomb, Erag's, Loodon ; H. Whitmore, , C a mbridge. Pwreasciamia..—The Bishop of Peterborough held am ordination in Peterborough Cathedral on Sunday, whoa the following gentlemen were ordained—Demean : W. Baphsw, St. John's, Cambridge ; E. Burton. Bishop Het field's Hall, Derbies ; T. Cowley, Wadbam, Oxford ;F. J. Coekett, St. Aldan's ; H. G. Whittington, St. poses, com. bridge ; J. Williarnams, Magdalen Hall, Orford . —Priesis W. An d rew, , Lincoln, Oxford ;T. Ash., St. Jolues it. Cri sa : bridge ; T. C. Beasley, Maly, Cambridge ; H. Ckre„ Oambridp ; R. Burrooghss, Oriel, Oxf ord; F. W. Christian, Trinity Cambridge • ' T. W. Douglas, Clara, Cambridge ;J. fo ster, Trinity, Dahlia ;F. W. Geedmre, Emmanuel, Cambridge ; A. Hooks, Worcester, Oxford ; T. loam, St. Akita's, Birkenbsiid • J. L. Kites., 1111. John's, Cambridge ; R. P. Lightfoot, itelliol iv Oxford ; J. B. Mitchell, Corpus, Cambridge; J. Moors, °remoter, Ox ford ; J. G. Pack.. Worcester, Oxford ; P. E. Pratt, Exeter, Oxford ; E. Puekle, Magdalen per, Oxford ; G. & C. Stile., St. Edmund Hall, Oxford ; B. E Warner, Exeter, Oxford. SUDDEN DEATH.—This morning an awful inns- Usti= of the unoertaioty of human life wasafforded in the puma of If , . Stockbridge, of No. 16, Ludgate-hill, wbo naked to rest is hie usual health end was found dead in bed. The deceased was highly respected in the neighbour hood. Tai REPRZNISNTATION or ASIUMEZNBIIIIIZ.—The Aberdeen Fret Prat rays : " There are two candidates, if not both formally, yet to all intents and purposes, in the field_ Both Sir A. Bannerman and Mr. Leslie fa Warthill) are orgatining the mach' nsay for an active canvas of the county, and the address of the former has been issued. Mr. Leslie starts in the conservative interest, and Sir A. Ban. 1 nerman comes forward as a Palinerstonian. There has been some talk about the likelihood of one of the brothel* of our late member coming forward. As party distinctions are now very much broken down, so proportionately, yat least, we should hope, would mature— particularl of landlords on tenants—be abated. We have, however, just learned with some surprise that a certain noble lord has already Willed • circular to his tenantry in this quarter - not, of course, ' dictating' to them bow they should vote, but intimating that he is a conservative, and that this is a time when there being so much false liberalism abroad, every good man end true should rally round the institu tions of tbe country.' Now, the noble to whom we refer may personally, or in what he deems the interest of his order, have • very great horror of John Bright. Still, we think, pat • nee of the induence of his position is a little too strong far these days, sod such as make people rather desire to me measures carried calculated to abate the power that cam wield it." Rout Comm is or PitYttielANS.—At the Comitie Majors held on Satunlay, the following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examination, were admitted mem bers of the college:—.lames Palfrey, M.D., Wellington - street, Loudoo.bridge ; Arthur Julies Pollock, Guildford street ; John Harle), M. 11., King's College ; James Ramsey Atkins, M.D., Stoke Newington ; Reginald Southey, M.A., Harley-street. At the same oomitia the following gentle men, previously extra licentiates, were also admitted mem bers under the by-law applicable to extra licentiates of the college:--Thomas Ashton, M.D., aad Henry Waldron Platoon, M.D., Derby. Cum :colas iw Livaaroot.—Yesterday was ob men ed an a close holiday ow 'Change at Liverpool, and the shops throughout the town were fur the most pert (except those dealing in provisions, &c.) closed either all day or Is the afternoon. Though the weather was thick, and the river completely enshrouded in fug. there was a great deal of animation and life in the streets. The weather was in- Seasvly cold and frosty. Several handsome sleighs were SW tired in the street'. rho markets were crowded, particu larly iu U . e ei eninc, with ( .. .riAtnms par. lia.er?. Crowds of Auden were collected on the ponds in the outskirts. MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) To-day being Christmas-day, ia, of course, a close holiday in all departments of business. There were no transactions in bullion at the Bank yesterday. At Paris yesterday the Three per Cent. Rentals opened at 68.25, and closed at 68.20 for money and 68.30 for the account, being nearly the same as on Saturday. The private letters from New York by the steamer Arabia indicate a continued feeling of dis couragement in all commercial circles. The pro longation of the crisis had quite baffled the san guine views which had been entertained in some quarters. The steamer Europa, which had arrived at Now York, had on board 108,5001. in specie from England. She carried out news of the reduc tion in the Bank of England rate of discount from 6 to 5 per cent., this event having taken place on Thursday, Nov. 29, sad the Europa having left Liverpool on Saturday, Dec. 1. ' _ The Birmingham Journa reports : On 'Maeda , Bessie. Omission and Ebswarth opened a petition for edjadieatioa of boakruptc7 against Mr. Leviero, the reeideo u tc:al the firm of Vives, lases, Vices, and Levinan, as easrohaata et Birmiegham mad Valpii- Takeo ; a d ou • y the firm were adjudicated bankrupts. The prudes amount of liabiLtice and meets is at peanut un known. It in said, however, that the meter partner is a wealthy man, sod that eventually all the debts will be paid. The bankruptcy, it is reported, has been brought about by the disignonsent of partners, the firm at Valpassiso owing the Birmingham firm over 10,000!., which they have refused to pay under a suppceitiun that all accomits between the partners should be settled before their creditors ere paid. The Agenta-General for the Crown Colonies an nounce that they will receive tenders until noon on Friday, the 4th Jan., for•an additional amount of 150,00 W. of Cape of Good Hope Six Or Cent. De bentures. These debentures are of 1004 each, and are redeemable on the lat Jan. 1890. Principal and interest are both payable in London. the last few weeks there has been! marked demand ln for the existing securities of Chia colon) in the London market. Rather a singular history attaches to the telegram circulated a day or two ago by the Pernambuco Railway Company with regard to the opening of the and section of the railway. It appears that the original telegram sent from Lisbon to Messrs. Waring, the contractors, was to the effect that the section referred to would be opened without the sanc tion of the government. This mewge, on its receipt by Messrs. Waring, was transmitted by them from Went:minder, through the medium of the Loudon District Telegraph Company, to the Pernambuco Railway office in Gresham-house, but, by a mistake of the telegraph clerks, the words " without sanction of the government" were altered to "with the unction of the government." It is suspected in some quarters that the clerk who telegraphed the message from Lisbon was in error in using the word "without ? " and that the telegraph clerk in London, by committing another error—i. e., by substituting " with" for " without"—has inadvertently refied the mistake. If this version be the mined one, it involves a curious coincidence of blunders. Cer tain it is that the company have this morning received two letters by the French steamer, one from the company's manager, the other from the company's engineer, one dated November 30, the other December 1, announcing "that the second section had been inspected by both the imperial and provincial engineers, who had reported their entire satisfaction with the curves, gradients, and structures ; that it was fit for opening for traffic ; that it would consequently be formally opened by the president of the province and his friends on the following day (Sunday, the 2nd), and be opened for traffic on Monday the 3rd and that his Excellency the president and • large part of guests would celebrate the opening at a breakfast at Escada." By this it would certainly appear that the opening takes place with the full sanction of both governments, and under circum stances which retieot credit upon the company's engineer, Mr. Peniston, and upon Messrs. Waring, the contractors. The Brighton Railway traffic return allows this week au increase of 1,7301. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail way of Oanada for the week ending Dec. 7 were B,=o/. sterling, being 1,3451. more than in the corresponding week of last year. The London agents of the Illinois Central Rail way Company yesterday received the following report from the chairman of the executive corn nuttee at New York : New York, Dec. 11.—Moses. Robert Rases and 00, London. gentlemen, -The nesters of the Int week o f the present month wre 49,133.111 dela. m.. west last year, 40,234.37 d01e..: gain, 8,905.96 da i s. The *Zee. lions at the land of for Use first week were, 20,500 dole. The mice of land am weak, 42,954.89 dole. TheteaMe to the south is lee them it would be were it net for the political difficulties whir am sense on the Mai m operations of the country, and _aka by the dosing of the as of the lakes, the Wtheonal ear of railroad transit, the . attiodiog it, and the &prawns of prier oases quer , maim a Esermse in the supply of pre dam sad y a redaseise of =asap en the city, to the greet deedemst of Ude sent in the eon, difficulty, and delay of it f undo teen Still with we have goad hopes of a profitable waster liternes7= are grounded as tio of the south aridly from the shertness of their crops. The politica preepeste ci the soy have Mee brighten ing during the list two Warm daye. °emanative people north and seatki re readmitliesemilims heard. The disorpnisbe beams see balls. this influence, and It is to be hoped that modenee esemele will prevail, and the harmony of the Union be roestablished. Let this take place, and sixty days thereafter would sahib& this a most proeperous country, having every peribretios of its clime in arose of its waste, and a forego demand for all its surplus. The prospects; of the otierany in any event appear ex tremely promising and encouraging. —Yours faithfully, (Signed) Thomas R. WALKED, Mainline Executive Ocennittee. The half-early meeting of shareholders in the Commercial ' Bank of London is called for the 15th January, to declare a dividend. The first report of the directors of the London and Mediterranean Steam Navigation Company, to be submitted at the meeting on the 31st instant, states that on the whole of the shares being taken up, except 34, the directors invited and accepted tenders for the construction of two iron vessels. They are fully satisfied that these vessels will in all respects be suited to the trade for which they are intended. The period for their delivery has now expired, and although delay has occurr ed , the hope is expressed that in a few weeks the oon tractors will be in a position to deliver them. The directors express their oonviction that the trade be tween London and Italy holds out prospects of the most satisfactory kind, and that so soon as the com pany's own steamers can be engaged its it it will yield a profitable return. With regard to the trade of that new and pro mising market, Japan, Messrs. Joseph Travers and Sons remark as follows : An interesting report on this subject has been addressed to the United States government by Mr. Townseed the American minister at Yedo, • gentleman who has die. tinguiahed himself not only by his suoeserfel negotistres with the people of that island. but also by the cordial and honourable spirit lie has manifested in his intercoms with the diplomatic representatives of Ragland and of other countries. The date of the communicsition from Mr. Harris is Yedo, 11th July last, end he pointe out that, as the United Sham treaty with Japan took effect only from the 4th of July, 1859, and business did not commence until the lapse of two months, the commercial relations between them had thus far extended over a period of not more than ten months. The remit, however, had been beyond Mr. Harris's expectations. The aggregate amount of produce brought to the porta for sale within that time Is oelieved to hare exceeded in ether a million narking. The principal goods were raw silk (3,000 bales), tea (15,000 chests), vegetable was and oil, worth 100,U00t; manatee. tures of s il k copper, and laquered ware ; considerable quan tities of tobacco, paper, camphor, floor, peas, beans, edible seaweed, isinglass, beam is MT, and dried oysters and limpets, with various other articles suitable either for the Chinese, or European, or American marker. With regard to the ten of Japan, Mr. Harris makes some statements seps daily worthy of attention. He says there ma be no doubt that its production can be largely increased, and that the Japanese admit that hitherto they have not picked even the whole of the nudity grown. Mr. Harris adds that the people have already learned the manner of preparing tea for • sea I voyage, and also expresses an opinion that vrithie • few year the choicest tees known will be of Japanese production, many of the aorta being superior to any of the teas of China. It is likewise stated that the production of silk is eapable of large augmentation. The number of Americans in Jame is already considerable, and st the importint port of Kenai they constitute onu half of the foreign population. In a letter, more than a month subsequent to his first report, Mr. ll,rris confirms his forrner staters-rite regunling the growth of trade, and mentions that an American barque had just sailed with aca o valued at 140,0001. In relation to the demand for 1 uropesa and American good., in return for Japanese prodistie, ft is observed that but little has been done u yet with imports, sod that the establishment of an extended trails mast, of neaueity, be the work of ,time. "To • certain extent," sap Mr. Harris, " new wants must be among the masses, and, what is of equal importance, t; must discover that the labour now expended by them in producing a gives article will, when directed to another employment, produco in exchange either more than they now obtain, or an article that is preferable to their own. Attention has been dinxted to the procuring gouda of lengths, widths, colours, and patterns suited to Japanese taste. This is en iLiportant step in the right direction, and if an ordinary degree of prudence in dealing with the Japanese is observed by the forgiven who come to the country, it minuet be doubted that a large and beneficial intercourse can be securely established in Japan, and that but • few years will be required to secure so desirable • moult." MINER.-(!HIS DAY.) To-day being a holiday, we hale no report to make ander this head. Prom Wheal fildward Captain East write; (Dee. 22) c— " The 81 emit is worth 1 ton of ore per fathom ; the +6l west, 201. per fathom ; No. 1 rim in btek of 50 emit, three overbore of a ton per fathom ; No. 2, 2 tons per fathom No. 3, 2 tons per fathom ; rise above the 40, If ton per fathom ; and whine below the 50 met, 101. per fathom. No other cheer to notice." Tram Wheel flarriett Captain Williams writes (Dec. : —" The 100. emit end, is worth 501. per fathom ; the :doper in the 100, 201. per fathom ; the dopes below the 90, 151. per fathom ; the Mopes above the 90, 101. per fathom ; and the Mope above the deep edit, 61. per fathom. The deep edit end is in the crassass , aid is letting out mach water, showing that we have a lads ahead." Rt7OBY &nom- —This school broke up on Satur day. The usual concert took place on Thursday night ; the final servioe in chapel at 3 p.m. on Friday, after which the dam list woe read out. The chid events of this balfiem have beenthe presentation of adagfromayounggentlem•n ia the United States, an account of which has already appeared, and a disastrous fire at one of the boarding-houses. Os Tuesday, Dec. 4, at about 2.30 p.m., • fire wu found to have broken out in one of the rtudies of the house belonging to Bev. IL B. Smythies. Help was soon obtained, and two Are-engines were brought to work ; yet, owing to the great quantity of woodwork in the partitions of the studies, it was not brought under till pasta o'clock. Much damage was done by the fire, but more by the over-officious seal of the byetenders in removing the property. Next day it re routed, indeed, a scene of deecilatiOn. The boys were accommodated for the remainder of the half in the school sanatorium, the school-houes, and other boarding-houses. The play of thesehool at football has in no wan degenerated, as has been evinced in the Sixth and Old Rug• matches. The former of these, in which the Math cooeired their op ponents, was played oe the 6th October ; theleMer, in which the school were victorious, on the tat of November. The two bed hens this leer were Evans and Maver's ; they accordingly played around the school on Saturday, Heine ken. 15, but victory declared with neither side. In come = of the r various : i preetatttio a r d of certain M ions au: ntial Old R been 7 the laws of football, gy a kyle of Si c . Sid:, • ia those relating to "taking up" and touch." The Rifle Corps has at length got its uniform, a mpy of the Etou,_and has already attained moat profidemy in drilL The follow ing are the officers : et oompany, pni,th T. M. Daven port, Lieutenant M. H. Marsden, Ensign E. Rutter ; 2nd company, Captain M. T. Martin, Lieutenant F 4 IL Ana. Ensign C. Booth ; Serrent-Majo! B. E. Hammond Ned of She school). The chief 'inconvenience which this corps ex periences is the frequent change of its °Moen that is neon miry ; thus it has la ready twins loot its senior ma, Captains S. Linton sad T. M. Da ; in three years' time there will not be left Tromps a sines 'member who was precast at its formation. YORK CHRISTMAS How Stow.—This great fair for the sale of harem, always held the first whole week be fore Outdates-day, bashers well attended this year. The show generally was goad, esperdally for high e - e ai r ced fusses, good hunters, bermes homes, and high s ; bat inferior hones were hard to well. Colonel T esd•le, of the Royal &tiller,, wee preseet during the week, making pur chases for the way. Mr. Vesdelin, a foreign dealer, also peeper ed ea exesnlivesenisubsion, and he secured eight fine &aims for ears/Mies to Italy. He also purchased other dime of minds for a dallier purpose. Mesas. Phillips sad Bad, army iimelmelem, made extensive pm:dimes. Among other &dim sad parehmen who werapreeent were Mr. Colbas, Mr. Mr. Elanadere, Mr. Cooke, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Short, Mr. Mr. Cotten, and Mr. awn, Linden ; Mr. Murray, Mr. and Mr. Thompson, Manchester ; Mr. Staunton, Grantham ; Mr. Godfrey, Wetherby ; mad Mr. Reams, York ; and many others from &stoat parts of the kingdom. There was • also attendance of foreign dealers from the princi • of Europe. There was a large attendance of from the neighbouring agricultural districts. There was • good deal of business done, buyers ope ratio( with great spirit. Hunters, yomg, well-bred, horses, broken for the hunting field, from 1001. to 300/. ; diet*, seasoned, and fast over light country, 1001. to 3001 ; &do, horses of celebrity, and up to heavy weight, 3001. to 4001. Well-bred, upstanding young horses, with__ great ✓ake, suitable for private carriage purposes, 70/ to 100/ ; selections of match colts, of good finlike, and greys or bays, 701. to 100/ • seasoned ditto, high steppers, and broken in double har n ess, 401. to 60/. ; active light =iin4 horses, adapted for brougham and ight carriage . to 100/ ; useful fast going animals for single Wow, 401. to 501. ; thick -est, short - jointed young horses far hackney work, 101. to 30/ ; well-framed, powerful Watn(egged young horses for van or railway work, 30/. to 401. ; cover hacks and roadsters, 301. to 40/. ; well-bred mallowitys, 151. to 20/ ; neat going, compact-built cobs, 40/ to 501. ; weight-carrying, handsome cobs, 60/. to 70/. ; neat young posies, 10/ to 201. ; ditto, well matched pairs , lar. to 251. each ; well-timbered, active young carthorses, suitable for London work, 201. to 40/., according to merit. Matched teams of fast walking young horses, 251. to 481.: useful seasoned horses for ark-altars' pur poses and machine work, 281. to 371. ; two-year old carthorses, 15!. to 201. • rlinsit, none shown • blood m .7to stack, no on offer ; from 2001. to 400 E Mr. Murray, of Manchester, showed 15 first-class hunter*, of matured ages, perfectly trained, of different weight., and amity way fit to go. Two of these animals were sold to a distinguished baronet, who hunts in • well-known York shire hunt, for 850 guineas. Mr. Murray sold other two of his string for 800 guineas. Mr. Beeves, of York, sold • very promising horse to Mr. Collins, of London, for 100 guineas, and many like prices were obtained for first-clam animals. _ _ _ FlRM—Yesterday and last night a great many Ares occurred in different path of the metropolis. The most serious was at Mr. Groves's, wheelwright, Abbey street, Bermondsey, whose premises were completely destroyed. DIRTILCCITON OF BLEACH WORM AT NOTTINO RAM PT Free.—Yesterday morning the bleach works Mr. Gave, Castle-rood, Nottingham, wars destroyed by firs. A woman ems psselme the works at 6 o'clock in the morning, and, .perosivmg donee columns of smoke Mining from the ppewwuse, gave as alarm. Some fire-engines in the ssifjtboezboed were quiekly brought to the spot, and in few boars the dames were subdued. bat not before the building was completely gutted. There were several thousand pounds worth of lace goods (principally belonging to the Americo's market) on the premises, all of which wore destroyed. The damages are estimated nt more than 5,00 W.; bet the exact amount is not known. The building was in sured to some extent. The cease of the conflagration is not yet known. SINIINO OF A WALL OF CLIIIIKRI.nrML WORE SOCM—The attention of the parochial authorities has been rec,-ntly called to the sinking of the front centre wall of the Clerkenwell Workhouse, in Coppice-row, supposed to be owing to the excavations for the underground railway, which are Wog carried on very near the workhouse. railway, matter hes been brought before the board of guardians, and steps have ben taken to prevent a catastrophe. ACCIDENT AT SEA.—Loin OF Pm Linn& —On Tuesday last the fishing smack Sophia, Captain Norris, be , longing to Mower. Hunter, of Greenwich, left the Timmer for the North Sea m a fishing expedition. The nets were spread at a point known as the Doggerbank, and on Friday last five of the crew left the ship in a small boat for the purpose of pursuing their usual occupation of fishing; but as that did not return at the proper time, search was made by the captain and the nut of the crew, when the boat was found keel uppermost in the open sea—leaving no doubt that its unfortunate occupants were drowned during a serve mow storm which prevailed; and it is supposed that the severity of the weather rendered them unable to manage the boat. The sad event was made known to the relatives of the deceased on the return of the Sophia to Greenwich on Satnelitv last. COLLISION ON SHE MIDLAND RAlLWAT..—Yeder day morning the Derby 7.65 train was in the nation y ar d at Nottingham, and whilst the tickets were beteg collected from the passengers, the 8.5 train front Leicester was seen to be approaching on the mine line. A signal was im mediately given to stop the train, but owing to the slippery state of the rails, it was found impossible to check the train, and the letter mu into the Derby train. The shock liar considerable, the Derby mariagcs being carried more thru a dozen yar Is by t force of the conctizeoa, but with the exception of u few bruises to the pawengers nothing serious result A. Taa CORNISH Funntaira—Dursng the past few days large quantities of herrings have been brought into Axtbleves, which were taken off Plymouth ; one boat had 32,000, others 10,000 and upwards, amounting in the whole to 80,000, which were freely sold at 2s. ed. per 120. The pilchsrd fishery at St. Ives is closed for the season ; nearly all the seines are in the loth., and the boat, are hauled up. Not many herrings were caught there during the last week. On Saturday night, Police-constable Griffin. of the Leeds force, apprehended an escaped convict called Thomas Brows, in Kirkgate, Leeds. Brown was convicted at the Louth (lincoisslure) Tarter pensions, on the 13rd October, for a felony at Great Grimsby, and aenteneeel to four years' penal servitude. Three days after his convir ir.n, he escaped from the Louth prison, and was not Ilet:rd c f until Saturday, when he was apprehended as above stated.