The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-29 00:00:00

TH the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W Harrison. For the Benefit of Mr. William Harrison. THIS EVENING. IL. TROVATORE. Miss L. Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss M. Prescott, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. J. G. Patey, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissernent, LA FLEUIt D'A3IOUR : Mesdlles. L. Michelet, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. rRINCESS',S THEATRE. ROYAL Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. TIIIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, entitled THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THL; EVENING will be performed THE RIVALS. Mr. Buckstone and Miss Reynolds. • A new Spanish Ballet, THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE, in which PereaNena will appear. With WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. John Small, by Sir Wm. Don, Bart. And ANY PORT IN A STORM. • Commence at 7. ItOYAL STRAND THEATR E, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE SAVAGE. After which THE MAID AND TRH MAGPIE. WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST 3liss SN% anborongh. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. G REAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE Shoreditch. A brilliant Night's Entertainments. First Night of " Christmas Eve," and a new Original Drama, by the author of The French Spy, on Wednesday next. To commence with the Adelphi drama of CHRISTMAS EVE. Madame Celeste and Paul Bedford. Followed by THE LITTLE SUTTLER. Madm. Celeste, supported by the Company. To conclude with the burletta of LABOUR LOST, in which Mrs. It. Honner will perform. No advance in the prices. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, ...fir. William Cooke. By Special Desire, for Five Nights longer. THIS EVENING, and during the week, will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of KING RICHARD THE THIRD ; or, The Death of White Surrey, reproduced with all its origi nal splendid effects. The Duke of Gloster, Mr. Holloway ; Richmond, Mr. H. Phillips. Followed by SCENES IN THE ARENA, and a variety of inimitable feats of Equitation by tholt talented artistes, Madame Blanche, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Fleurette, Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Runnels, Mr. W. Cooke, jun., &c. On Saturday next will be produced, for the first time, anew grand Spectacle, with most peculiar effects, entitled LIFE IN THE EAST ; or, The Sepoy Revolt, embracing the entire strength of this vast Hippodramatic Temple. No fees to box-keepers. The art of riding taught. Commence at seven. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, — Proprietor—C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that 'the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW 0 I'EN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters •and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SuN OrricE, Nov. 28. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 54—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.19—rising. WIND, South-Westerly to West; light, with dull raiiy weather. It rained heavily in the night. Afternoon-:- fine sunshiny weather. Nov. 29. s.s—highest since noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and during the night. 54—this day at noon. BARoMETER-30.28—still rising. WIND ,South-Westerly; rather fresh, with dull rainy weather, but promising to brighten up. THE SUN. . MONDAY. NOVEMBER 29,_1858. The fortunate arrival of the long over-due steam ship Indian Empire—which happily made her appearance in port, on Friday last, at Broadhaven —is an incident in many respects, we conceive, deserving of particular commemoration. Upwards of one calendar month—thirty-four days in all— passed over while the vessel was making her way laboriously, perilously, across the Atlantic from New York to her ultimate point of destination. More than double the ordinary period, therefore, was consumed in a passage, in many respects ex traordinary in some, unprecedented. Sixteen days' fuel was on board when the ship left Halifax on the night of the 31st of Octo ber abundance, according to the customary calculations ; but so utterly insufficient, as the event proved, that they had to tear up the decks, and gradually consume in the furnace fires, masts, bulwarks, and part of the cargo, in order to bring the vessel at last to land. Insomuch was this deficiency of fuel apparent that the Indian Empire was still 300 miles from the coast of Galway when the whole of her sixteen days' store of coal was entirely consumed. No alternative, therefore, was left but the above-mentioned destruction of property—the tearing up of the decks and the burning of masts, cargo, and bulwarks. From the 11th of November to the 26th, the day when the vessel at length steamed into Broadhaven Bay, the crew and passengers, it is not surprising to note, were upon short allowance. So remarkable was the length of the voyage, and so unusual were the circumstances of it, already narrated, that we can hardly regard the captain's statement, in re ference to the weather, as in any respect exaggerated, when he asserts that it was really and truly unprecedented. It was not unrea sonably conjectured by those on board the Indian- Empire, that many casualties must have occurred to other vessels at that period traversing the Atlantic—for they fell in, it appears, with great quantities of floating wreck, and on Mon day last spoke the ship Silistria, 115 days from Callao ! she having been as many as thirty days within 300 miles of the Irish coast !! Throughout the whole of this memorable voyage of the Indian Empire, she encountered ad verse .winds, heavy gales blowing continuously, and more or less fiercely, from the south-east. When at a distance of 350 miles from Galway, it being found that no more than 30 hours' coal re mained, it was considered prudent by the gallant skipper, by reason of the continuance of Ow " fearful weather," to lie to—which the vessel then did for an entire week. On board, it should be remembered, there were 80 passengers, every one of whom, together with the crew and officers, ca me at length into port, not only safe, but in excellent health. The passengers, it is not surprising to note, express themselves highly satisfied—as they obviously have good reason to be—with the ship, captain, officers, a n d crew : while the chief officer (Mr. BARRY) writes of the passengers thcit great praise was due to them for their untiring exertions in assisting the crew. As for the vessel herself, she proved indeed to be a first-rate sea boat, and one admirably adapted for Atlantic navigation. Her machinery worked well —and during the whole stormy voyage it is recorded that she shipped only one sea. It would be difficult to speak too highly of the good discipline of the crew and officers, and of the admirable sea manship and diecretiOn of her gallant commander, Captain COURTEX4Y. Honour to those true-hearted tars one and all, and especially to their able chief, the one entrusted with the supreme responsibility. Had the voyage unhappily closed with a disaster, Had it would have demanded sw.ne notice. the crew proved inefficient and the skipper incompetent, they would . have illicited some passing words of reprobation. As the event in each instance has proved exactly the reverse, we certai - aly do not feel i a any way either constrained or disposed to remain silent. And while we rejoice at the happy arrival in port of the good ship Indian Empire, we honour and admire, and would here most co:rdially commend in a few simple, but earnest, - words, the gallantry, skill, courage, and unflinching resolution displayed from first to last by he': trusty crew and her gallant Captain.. The elaborate diatribes of certain anti-Ministerial journals, in reference to the publication of Sir JOIN YOUNG'S despatches, at an untoward period, have all been thrown away. If the Palmorstonians were to be credited, a grave mist akehhad been committed, which would paralyse the energies even of Mr. GLADSTONE, and send back that distinguished statesman in a state of burning indignation, at the fool's errand on which he had been despatched. It was held forth as a formidable weapon in the hands of the Opposition, which would inevitably be supported by all the power and all the elo quence of the Member for the University of Oxford. But the mare's nest so hastily grasped at has at length been revealed in its true characteristics. There is no Minister of State at fault, scarcely a subordinate official, whose error, if any, was cer• tainly not a wilful one, but arose from an undue sense of security and too strong a reliance on the honour of the friend whom he admitted to an audience. It is not our practice to speculate on the facts of a case as yet undecided, or to condemn any man while the matters of which he is accused are as yet sub judice. Should , Mr. WELLINGTON GREVILLE GUERNSEY be enabled to prove his innocence none will rejoice more sincerely than ourselves ; but at present it is satisfactory to know that the case will receive a searching judicial investigation, which will digit all the facts connected therewith. We must here remind our readers that but one side of the case has as yet been heard, and that audi alteram partem is a golden rule of British jurisprudence, which never has, and, we trust, never will be dispensed with. It cannot, however, do any harm to the accused to state a brief summary of the grounds of suspicion on which he has been committed for trial. It ap peared that he had formerly held a commission in the Turkish Contingent, and has subsequently been in South America. On his return home he had applied for employment in the Colonial-office, and was very much annoyed at his applications having met with a colder reception than he had anticipated, holding out threats that the Colonial Secretary " should repent it." During his career he had become on terms of acquaintanceship with Mr. MILLER, sub•librarian at the Colonial office, and he paid frequent visits to that gentle man. Mr. MILLER has lately been acting for Mr. MAYER, the principal librarian, during his vacation, and in that capacity had received several copies of the despatch from Sir JOHN YOUNG, which had been printed for confidential circulation amongst certain high officials. He had placed them on the right hand side of his table with other papers, and a heavy book over them. He had prqbably thus placed them for the purpose of immediate transmission, and had not the slightest notion that there would be any interference with the important documents. Unfoxtunatcly, he was suddenly called into an antechamber, and during his absence Mr. GUERNSEY was left alone in the room. Nothing was, however, at the time missed, nor was any suspicion excited until the publication of these despatches in the Daily News, No blame whatever can be cast on our contem porary. The precaution was taken of obtaining a proper verification. The responsible party for the production was Mr. GUERNSEY, and all the account that be would or has condescended to render after the mischief was effected was, that a person had left them at his house. Amongst other cir cumstances connected with the case was the fact that sixteen official envelopes, similar to those in use in the Crimea, and which would have come• into his hands while on active service, were found in his possession, and that the enclosure to the Daily News was contained in one of a like description. These various points will have to be explained, if possible. At all events, her MAJESTY'S Govern ment are exonerated from all censure, and we believe that the clerks in the office are also freed from what must have been a very unpleasant sus picion, until the most stringent and searching inquiry had been instituted into all the circum stances of this very untoward transaction. It was but seldom that prosecutions for commer cial frauds, or of absconding bankrupts, appeared in our criminal courts. They are now, unfortu nately, of frequent occurrence, anti the conduct of the offender proves the necessity of making strik ing examples. New modes of deceiving confiding creditors are daily practised, and few can escape the ingenious snares spread for their capture. It is no longer by open violence, or sleight-of-hand, that parties are plundered. A gang, assuming the appearances of respectable .tradesmen, or a man setting up in business for the purpose of fraud, contrive to obtain goods, which are immediately converted into cash, and the beguiled creditor de prived of the slightest chance of payment. And these persons have the audacity to think that they will be regarded as mere debtors, and that they can escape the penal consequences of their offences under cover of the laws intended for the protection of honest, although unfortunate, debtors. They will, however, speedily discover their mistake ; and if the precedent afforded by the proceedings of the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday last, be properly followed up, the distinction between the cases:of bona fide debtors and unprinci pled swindlers will soon be clearly manifested. On Thursday, a man named LEWIS LEWIS was indicted for omitting to surrender on being declared a bankrupt, and for removing and concealing his books. After the messenger of the court was in his house, he had started for New York, carrying with him property to the extent of about £l,OOO sterling. He was promptly pursued, and the de tective officer was enabled to recover about £377 for his creditors. With extraordinary fatuity he fancied that the surrender of a portion of his ill gotten gains would exempt • him from all further liability. He returned to the scene of his iniquity, but was speedily undeceived when a sentence of six years' penal servitude was accorded as the fit ting penalty of his misdeeds. Another bankrupt, LEWN ZUCKER, was also con victed for having made false entries in his books, and giving untrue evidence before the Commissioner of Bankruptcy. The fraud was very clearly displayed in this case. It was proved beyond the possibility of doubt that the paper on which the entries of what purported to be his transactions for the three purchased in 1837, an d , last years had only been therefore, the books were manifestly concocted fir a fraudulent purpose. He, too, was sentenced to six years' penal servitude ; and when the vast im portance of commercial rectitude is taken into con sideration it will be seen that these delinquents have escaped more easily than others adopting similar courses can hope to do. The daring high wayman, whose life would be forfeited on convic tion, . could never inflict an equal amount of injury on society than those dastardly swindlers who, under false pretences and mendacious professions, reduce respectable persons to ruin, and blast the prospects of their future lives. We trust, however, that the examples of the present session will induce men of similar dispositions to pause in their reckless career, and to remember that if there be present temptations there are also stringent penal ties looming in the future, i:1,,.. ..: . , i a., • )s*?- , 50 ,T. , ,,,,•m4,.' . f fr • • -: 0 -- -r -- 9._4 - , - ?, 1 6 , -4100 •0‘,„4,. , rili QI N. ;,- • ~; r..,,..,: -. \ 4 ')".".. ...N. - 41 /.... 1 *•147 ‘ - . tier.... . Ali ,\ . I k. , . . I*/ ,7,.`,' -bltow .' l t,' ~,IL, ' 1:. ;0 01 , - ;, t 4'-`‘lt --.. , , -s, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1858. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, MONDAY, Nov. 29. The Constitutionnel publishes an article, signed by its political director M. A. Renee, on the rumours of a rupture between France and Austria, and on the polemic of the journals, relating to a pretended league between Austria and some Italian States, The Constitutionnel declares all these reports false, and says, " The moment is badly chosen t o s p rea d uneasiness, when all the questions which caused ill feeling between France and Austria have been. settled." MADRID, SUNDAY, Nov. 28. The Captain General of New Castille, Senor Mac- Crohon, has been apointed Minister of Marine. The Captain General of Ara gon, Senor Jose Mar chesi, will be nominated Captain General of Madrid. Government will propose importation of cereals with protective duties. Notwithstanding the dismissal of Admiral Que sada, the Minister of Marine, his promotion of Lieutenant-GeneraliVigodet and Squadron Com mander Bocelan in the department of the Marine, without the knowledge of the Council, will be maintained. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 27. The Great Russian Railway company have ex cidcd to receive during the month of January next, payments for shares not yet taken up (actions pas liberees). Shareholders, however, are to have the right, for an unlimited period, to subscribe. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 27. The telegraph between the Dardanelles, Syra, and Clio has been successfully laid, but that be tween Candia and Egypt has been broken. Syria is quiet. DISTURBANCES IN ITALY. Letters have just reached Paris from Milan of a most important character—so important, in fact, that the intelligenee they contain now divide inte rest with the trial of Comte de Montalembert. They state that a: revolution has commenced in Italy, and although the particulars that have as yet reached us are not in themselves of a very alarming nature, they are indirectly portentous of a struggle similar to that of 1848. It appears that for more than a week past a spirit of dissatisfaction among the people has been appa rent at Milan, and on the 23d instant, notwith standing vigorous measures of suppression on the part of the Government, political disturbance of a threatening character broke out. On the following day bellicose demonstrations took place in all quarters of the city. The people met and, amid loud cries of " Viva l'ltalia," passed resolutions of a most decided and democratic character. During the night these cries of " Viva l'ltalia" were raised in every direction, and on the following day patrols were distributed through the streets. The affair, especially happening at this particular moment, assumes an ominous aspect ; but it is diffi cult to gather fuller reliable particulars. The people again commence to cease smoking cigars manufactured by Gnvernment (Regie). FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. BOURSE, Nov. 27.—The market has been rather more buoyant, and securities have obtained a slight advance. Threes have been done at 74f. 25c. and 74f. 35c,-; Mobilier, 1,025 f. and 1,040 f. Orleans, 1,397 f. 50c. and 1;400f. ; Northern, I,ooof. ; Lyons, 875 f. and 880 f. Southern; 587 f. 50c. and 590 f. ; and Austrian, 647 f. 50c. and 650 f. The following are the last quotations : If per Cents. 96 75 Credit Fonder Do. end month 97 •_-_ 7 I Belgian 41 3 per Cents 74 35 Pietimontese (5) .. 94 25 Do. end month 74 45 Roman 95 . 50 Bank Shares. 3160 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 1045 Spanish Threes Do. Account• lO4O Home Debt 42j THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN PARIS. The Sun, Globe, Daily News, Express, and Morning and Evening Herald, were seized in Paris on Saturday. The subscribers to Galignani's rooms had nothing to read bnt the Times, _Post, and Chronicle, in neither of which was there any report of the Montalembert trial, which was the very thing that everybody was anxious to see. The Times was detained with the other papers in the morning, but as usual was released later in the day by special orders from the Ministry of the Interior. The Nord was first stopped on account of a very short report, which was all the correspondent of that paper could give ; but the Nord is as much the organ of the French Government as that of St. Petersburg, and accordingly the seizure of the Nord was not maintained. FIRST SUNDAY EITENING SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S Yesterday, being Advent Sunday, was appro priately made the occasion of the inaugural evening service at St. Paul's Cathedral. The event was attended with some drawbacks, or rather with one involving some incidental disad vantages. There were too many persons anxious to be present on the occasion, and hence the vicinity of the main western entrance to the cathedral—by which the public were to be admitted—was thronged in a manner not in unison with the solemn cha racter of a religious service. In fact, Ludgate-hill for a considerable distance down presented a spectacle which carried one's mind back to the fuueral of the Duke of Wellington. Two thousand five hundred was, as previously arranged, the num ber to be comfortably accommodated, but probably with the choir and the persons between the dome and the organ there were in all not less than three thousand persons assembled. The choir itself com prised 500 singers. With regard to the congrega tion, the most noticeable feature was the extremely small proportion of ladies—a fact which can sur prise no one who remembers how terribly females suffered on the first night of the opening of West minster Abbey. Shortly before 7 o'clock the Lord Mayor arrived in the civic equipage. The Bishop of London, who 'was the preacher on the occasion, the Dean of St. Paul's, and the members of the chapter present, sat lose to the pulpit stairs. The. Bishop commenced his sermon about five minutes after eight. His text was taken from the Ist chapter of the Ist Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, and the 7th verse. The Bishop's discourse occupied fifty-five minutes, making the entire service of more than two hours' duration. The result as regards the audibility of the prayers, the lessons, and the sermon was by no means so satisfactory as could be desired. Outside the cathedral the scene was still rather indecorous for Sunday evening. A large number of those who had been unable to obtain admission to the service were lingering about the south door, and as the carriages of the Lord Mayor and the other civic dignitaries were leaving with their occupants the assembled crowd gave vent to their feelings by unmistakeable groans of displeasure, as if they considered themselves to have been unfairly excluded. The unreasonableness of this feeling, however, is manifest, as the entire cathedral would scarcely have contained all who wanted to obtain access to it. CABINET COUNClL.—Summonses have been issued for a meeting of the Cahinet Ministorsto-morrow afternoon, at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. _ _ The Earl of Derby left town on Saturday evening for Osterley-park. The Marquis of Salisbury left London on Friday for Hatfield-house. The Right Hon. J. W Henley returned on Friday afternoon to Brighton. Lord John Manners, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Stanley, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, and Mr. Spencer Walpole remain in the metropolis. The Cabinet Councils are expected to be resumed this week. Mr. Ralph Osborne, M.P., is now convalescent. The Lord Chancellor has conferred the rectory of St. Stephen's, rendered vacant by the lamented death of the Rev. C. Buck, on the Rev. Richard Williams, vicar of Dacre, Cumberland, and brother to the Dean of Llandiff. The appointment to the Chaplaincy of York Castle is likely to be warmly contested. We (Yorkshire Gazette) have already heard of the following candidates : The Rev. C. Watson, of York; the Rev. T. Irvin, .of Ormesby ; the Rev. J. Wainwright, of York ; the Rev. J. C. Thompson, of Beverley, &c. The Rev. Alfred Poole has, it is said, abandoned the action for libel which he had commenced against th Hon. and Rev. Mr. Baring. REPRESENTATION OF BRECON.—Mr. Godfrey Morgan, son of Sir Charles Morgan, of Tredegar-park, will offer himself as a candidate for the seat rendered vacant by the death of the late Sir J. Bailey. In politics Mr. Morgan is a Liberal Conservative. The Sunday evening services at Westminster Abbey will recommence the first Sunday of the new year. We have to record the demise of Lady Cranstoun, mother of the present peer. Her ladyship was eldest daughter of the late Mr. John Macnamara, and married in August, 1807, James Edmund, ninth Lord Cranstoun, wh died in 1818, by whom the deceased lady had a family of two sons and two daughters. The Illustrated Times gives a rumour to the effect that . Lord Stanley is about to be married to the eldest daughter of Lord John Russell. If there be any truth in the rumour the fact will exetciso undoubted influence on the state of political parties. SIR B. BRODIE.—We (Lancet) have reason to believe that .Sir B. Brodie is to be raised to the! peerage with the title of Baron Betchworth. It is rumoured (says the United Service Gazette) that Mr. W. Balfe, the celebrated composer, is .to succeed the present superintendent of the musical instruction de partment at Kneller Hall. The report of the attempt to poison Madame Ristori, we have good authority for stating, was a mere canard.—Court Journal. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The highly-successful engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews at this popular theatre was brought to a close on Saturday evening, when the performances consisted of the comedy of " The Belle's Stratagem," and the burlesque drama of " The Critic." The house was brilliantly and numerously at tendel, and the performances passed off with the greatest eclat. The report of the directors - of the African Steam Ship Company, issued on Saturday, recommend* dividend of 10s. per share for the year; being mk the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. DEATH OF LADY CHARLOTTE BRIDGEMAN.—We regret to have to state that death has terminated the suffer ings of Lady Charlotte Bridgeman, the daughter of Lord Bradford, who was recently so dreadfully burned by the accidental catching pre of her dress. She died at the noble lord's seat, Weston, Shropshire, on Friday last. Her sister, Lady Lacy, still lies in a very precarious state. THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYSX—AS Christmas-day will this year occur on Saturday, the tradesmen of Derby intend closing on Monday as well, in order to allow their assistants an opportunity to visit their friends. No doubt tradesmen in other parts of the kingdom will do likewiee.— StafordBhire Advertiser. THE ROUGH WEATHER IN THE NORTH SEA.— SHIELDS, Saturday Night.—Last night about 7 o'clock, the schooner Minerva, Mann, of Colchester, in ballast, in at tempting the anchorage in Coquet-roads, with the wind at S.E., blowing very hard, and thick rainy weather, could not fetch the roadstead, and having let go the 'Anchors to lee. ward drove on the Pan. Rocks ; crew saved. At the same time the brig Protector, of Warkworth, which sailed from that :place: for Bruges, coal laden, on the 23d instant, having experienced very heavy weather, the vessel became so leaky, and the crew so exhausted by con tinually pumping, that she was obliged to run for the beach, a quarter of a mile south of Warkworth-harbour. having five feet of water in her hold at the time. The crew were all .saved, but the vessel is ;likely to become a wreck. The Great Northern screw steamer, which came ashore at Sunderland on Thursday evening, now lies just within, high-water mark, midway between the pier and Roker. She is a tight iron vessel, the property of Mr. Young, of Wisbeach, and commanded by Mr. Cook. She is but slightly damaged at the bows and has lost her bow sprit. She lies broadside on the sea at present, but it is intended to get her head on, and let her lie till next spring tides. The crew and the captain's wife, who happened to be in her when the vessel struck, were all taken off with the rocket lines. About 15 feet of wall at the pier head, formed of huge blocks, of stone, two feet thick, and, weighing about four tons each, cemented and tied with (iron, were thrown over and broken to pieces by the force with which the steamer struck the pier. The rains of Thursday have brought heavy "freshets" down into Shields harbour and the Wear. Yesterday afternoon a great quantity of loose ice floated down with the ebb-tide from the upper reaches of the Tyne, and caused a considerable amount of incon venience, more especially opposite the business parts of North §lgeldts, - RAILWAYS. Cash. Orleans Northern lOOO .. 1001 25 New ditto B3B 75 .. 840 Lyons and. Mediterranean 877 25 .. 878 75 New ditto Geneva 630 .. 632 50 Account Midi Southern Western 615 .. 615 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian — .. 457 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; three months, paper; 24f. 971 c. ; money, 24f. 95c. GERMANY. A letter from Frankfort of the 23d says :—" It results from an application lately made for informa tion by the committee formed here to examine the complaints of German creditors of the United States, that a certain number of these States owe them more .than ten millions of francs, furnished for the execution of public works, such as canals, roads, railways, &c. Nothing remains to these German creditors but the share-papers as a gua rantee of the debt ; and they have not received for several years a single dollar of interest for the sums which they advanced in good specie. to American companies now become insolvent, thongh it is yet hoped only for a time. The committee proposes to send special agents to the United States to pursue by all means the recovery of the important sums duo to Germany." PORTUGAL. LISBON, Nov. 22. the Euryalus left for Cadiz on the 19th inst. with Prince Alfred on board. The officers of the Alhambra say that both at Cadiz and Gibraltar ex pectation was on tiptoe, and that both Spanish and British authorities were waiting the Prince's arri val, and preparing to give him a right royal recep tion. During his short stay at Lisbon he earned goldey opinions, and the officers of his ship describe the Prince as being the-most active little mid aboard—always merry, and always active. He was a lithe sea-sick the second day out, but even then went to his steward for a cork " nicely burnt and oiled" to use his own words, with which he em bellished the faces of two of his brother midship men whilst asleep in their berths, in which plight they turned out on deck to the Prince's infinite amustment. This was a quid pro quo for some of the numerous tricks played upon himself. He relate]. the anecdote with gusto at the King of Portugal's table. On the 12th inst. there occurred in Lisbon, and throughout Portugal, the greatest earthquake and the mast widely and generally felt which has hap pened :ince the fearful Ist of November, 1755. It commeiced at 10 minutes past seven and endured 30 secolds. In:Lisbon few casualties have occurred. One or ;wo old houses have been thrown down in the district of the Alfama, an escutcheon fell from the Wm-office, and ',two or three crazy tenements were slaken down ; but only two lives were lost. Ai St. Übes 12 people were killed by the falling hmses, and reports are arriving describing the earthquake as having been very violent throughout the country. The weather has been awfully hot lately, and there are great floods up the country. SPAIN. The Mtdrid journals of the 23d have arrived. A numerousand important meeting of senators of the Progressit party had, after due deliberation, re solved that though they should consider certain questions ia which Progressist principles were in volved as open questions in which they should oppose the Government, they would give the Cabi net their general support. General Prim, however, who was pesent, dissented from that resolution, and blamedthe Government for having allowed its agents to a►t illegally in certain elections. The semi-official Correspondancia Autografa says that it is not true, as some of the journals have asserted, that a new regulation of the public debt is in con templation. The same authority, with reference to remarks in one of the journals, explains that the reason why M. Mon has not yet presented his cre dentials as ambassador to the Emperor of the French is that his Majesty is absent from Paris; and it asserts that the relations between the French and Spanish Governments could not be more satis factory than they are. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE. The steamship Indian Empire arrived at Broad haven (60 miles from Westport), at 9 a.m. on Fri day, the 26th inst. The passengers landed in excellent health, expressing themselves highly satisfied with the ship, captain, officers, and crew. During the whole voyage they experienced heavy south-easterly gales. The ship having 30 hours' coal remaining, and being only 350 miles from Galway, Capt. Courtenay, in consequence of a con tinuance of the fearful weather, deemed it advisable to lie to, which he did for seven days. There were above 80 passengers on board, all of hom, with the crew, are quite safe. The masts, bulwarks, and part of the cargo were burnt, as fuel and provisions run short ; since the 11th the crew and passengers were on short allowance. The skip left Halifax on the night of the 31st, having on board 16 days' fuel. Her machinery worked well, and the ship proved to, be a first-rate sea boat, and well adapted for Atlantic navigation, having only shipped one sea during the whole passage. Th* captain stated that the weather was unpre cedented ; many casualties must have occurred, as they fell in with great quantities of floating wreck. On Monday last they spoke the ship Silistria, 115 days from Callao ; she had been 30 days within 300 miles of the Irish coast. The Tubal Cain has been despatched from Wes port with coals. The following particulars have been supplied by Mr. Barry, the chief officer of the Indian Empire : " The ship arrived at Broadhaven Bay on Friday, the 26th inst., having been 0ut . 34 days from New York. She experienced heavy south-easterly gales from the day of sailing, and when within 300 miles of Galway her fuel was expended. She lay to under canvas, in hopes of obtaining a fair wind, from the 11th to the 21st, when, as a last resource, it was determined to tear up the decks, and with the cargo (cotton) endeavour to reach the nearest port, which, under Providence, was accomplished oti Friday. All well on board, and great praise is due to all the passengers for their untiring exer tions in assisting the crew." ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The Indian Empire anchored in Broadhaven Harbour, 60 miles from Galway, near Westport, on Friday morning. The difficulty of communica tion from that part of the coast delayed the trans mission of the intelligence 13 hours ; and when within three days of Galway the captain laid to for seven days, in consequence of having only three relays' coal left. When the gale abated he steamed again for Galway ; and his coal running out he was obliged to burn part of the cargo, and between decks, and bulwarks. The ship behaved well. Passengers all safe. ARRIVAL OF THE FULTON. The Fulton, Capt. Wolton, arrived, at Cowes, on her way to Havre, on Saturday, with the United States' mails. She left New York on the 13th inst. She brought 105 passengers, and amongst her cargo was specie to the value of 50,000 dols. for France and 13,000 dols. for England. On the 25th she signalled the Hamburg brig Swea. The Fulton experienced heavy south-cast gales after leaving Newfoundland. The Fulton. brings New York papers to the 13th, but the chief items of intelligence were contained in our telegram of the Pacific's news, which appeared on Wednesday last. It ;will be recollected that the Magdalena, which arrived from the West Indies on the 19th instant, brought news that it was highly probable a hurri cane had been felt severely to the north of the Greater Antilles. This has turned out correct. The FUlton has brought news of most extensive damage done to property on land at Bermuda, Bahamas, and Turk's Island. The fury of the hurricane was chiefly felt from the 23d to the 26th ult. Authentic intelligence had reached New York that the British barque Lady Campbell, the British schooner Tran sit, and the British brig Wilkinson, and six foreign vessels, had been lost in the hurricane. The United States frigate the Sabine, the flagship of the Para guay expedition, had received extensive damage, and had been obliged to put into Bermuda to be repaired. The British barque Native, the British brig Vivid, the British schooner Eolus, and 60 foreign vessels had received more or less damage by the hurricane. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The Europa has arrived. She left Halifax on the 19th, bringing 1,900 dols. in specie for Havre. The Vanderbilt had arrived out. A telegram from Washington to Boston says : " Orders are to be forthwith sent to the naval forces in America, having in view the enforcement of the President's anti-Filibustering proclamation." ,It was rumoured at new Orleans that the Mexican capital had been attacked by the Liberals and 400 of Zuloagas' men killed, that the whole country was in the possession of the Liberals with the exception of the city. Guadalaxara had been recaptured by the Liberals. Mazatlan and San Blas were also in their possession. Two slavers had been captured, one by a Spanish man-of-war, the other by an American cruiser. From Porto Rico we learn, under date 27th ult., that heavy rains bad fallen and damaged the crops. At Havannah, on the 11th, sugar had slightly improved ; stock 75,000 boxes. Sterling exchange, 151 premium. At New York, on the 15th, sterling bills were done at 1091 to 1001, 60 days. The Bank statement showed a further expansion in loans, with a decreased volume of coin. The following were the quotations at the Stock Board : —Virginia Sixes, 961; Missouri, Sixes, 89/ ; New York Central, 81a ; New York and Erie, 151, Reading R. IL, 491; Michigan Cleveland Central, 511; Michigan Southern, 22; Cleveland and Toledo, 311; Panama IL R., 1191 ; Illinois Central, 80; Illinois Central Ronds, 93 ; Chicago and R. 1., 611 ; Milwaukie and Miss., 13 ; Galena and Chicago, 71/ ; La Crosse, 41 ; Del and Hud son, 98 ; Cumberland,' 213 ; Pacific Mail S. S., Co., 1041. The liabilities of Lawrence, Stone, and Co., who failed during the crisis, were 4,000,000 dollars. Cotton was very dull, at slightly lower prices. Middling► uplands, 114 c. to Inc. (BY TELEGRAPH TO BOSTON.) NEW-YORK, Nov. 16. Stocks steady. Missouri Sixes, 89Z ; Illinois Central, 99Z ; ditto Shares, 791; New York Central Railroad, 821 ; Hudson River, 331 ; Reading, 512 ; Michigan Central, 5321 Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana, 24; Panama, 1192 ; Galena bind Chicago, 72. Potashes, 5 dols. 94c. ; pearls, 6 dols. highest quotations. Cotton unchanged. All the above are the highest quotations given. (LATEST VIA HALIFAX.) NEW-YORK, NOV. 18. No business done yesterday, it being Thanksgiv ing-day. To-day cotton was busy, and pri ces having an advance of 9c to lc. ; • middling uplands, nac. ; flour and wheat are quite firm and tend up wards ; but for Indian corn the tendency is down ward. The provision market is generally buoyant. The stock market is buoyant, and the leading securities are generally higher. The Canada arrived at Halifax on the 17th. At Kew °Hew, on the 17th, cotton tended downwards, particularly for fair descriptions middling upland, 11c. to 111 c. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Vanguard, from Liverpool, at Savannah; Independence, from Liverpool, at New Orleans ; Decatur, from Liverpool, and Eliza Young, from Ardrossau, at Boston. The Circassian, arrived at New York, passed the Claude before reported, abandoned on the 19th inst. in hit. 44 N. long. 60 W. s • The Mayflower, from New Orleans for Trieste, ran ashore on the sth instant, ox Carrysfort Reef, but got off without assistance, and proceeded. The ship Planter, fivm Callao, at New York, had on board the crew and passengers of the French ship Em press of Brazil, from Rio Janeiro, for Havre, whi c h s t ruc k on Rocas Shoal on the 17th of October; she came off, but sank, taking down with her eight of the crew. The Herald and J: Baker, from Cardiff; Jape, D. Cooper, from Havre ; Sardinia and Christina, from Lon don ; Victoria, from Bordeaux, at New York. The Columbia, of Plymouth, timber laden, was passed on the 3d inst. in lat. 43 N., long. 53 W., waterlogged and abandoned ; her boats were gone, and her cabin materials were taken away ; she was set on fire. Wilkinson, of Whitehaven, timber laden, was fallen in with and boarded on the 30th ult., in lat. 42 N., long. 54 W., waterlogged, the, bowsprit, foremost, and main-topmast gone, bulwarks fore and aft, and abandoned, with the exception of a New foundland dog. The British ship Starlight, in endeavour ing to gain the port of Havana in charge of the Spanish pilot, got ashore on the west point of the harbour. She seemed to be badly broken off the star board side, and will not be got off. Her sails, rigging, anchors, chains, and part of her coals (with which she was laden) and furniture will be saved. She was breaking up at the last account. The French bark Caragnena, of. Havre, Degrets, with a cargo of mahogany, logwood, &c., from Minaztlan, for Havre, ran ashore 4th inst. .on the eastern point of the Western Sandbore, about 9 or 10 miles from Key West, and immediately bilged. She drifted off, and anchored. 'SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. The Borussia, screw steamer, Capt. Trantmann, has arrived from New York, which she left on the 15th inst. She has hadvariable and stormy weather during the passage. The steam ship Vanderbilt, from Southampton, arrived at New York on the 15th. On the night of the 21st, in lat. 47.30 N., long 44.20 W., the Borussia saw a large English t4crew steamer, barque•rigged, steering west ; on the 27th spoko the French brig Caracas in lat. 49.40 N., long. 9.40 W. ; on the 28th, off Start Point, spoke the English brig. Leda. It is stated from Havannah that the Spanish fleet, expected there daily, will join with the English in maintaining. the independence ,of ' Nicaragua but the British and American Govern ments would probably demand the adjustment of all disputes about the Isthmus by mediation. AN ELECTRIC THERMOMETERS M. Becquerel, sen., some time ago published an invention of his, by which the common thermome ter was in certain cases superseded by an electrical apparatus. When it is required to ascertain the quantity of caloric at different depths below the surface of the earth, common thermometers are not always sufficiently convenient. They must be made with long tubes of difficult execution, very liable to break, and requiring great corrections to obtain real results : two or three metres are moreover the utmost length which can be given to such thermometers. If it be required to measure the caloric diffused in the atmosphere at various heights, there is another kind of difficulty to overcome ; for when the stratum of air to be examined is at a greater height dna the house at one's disposal, one cannot read off the scale, and a thermometrograph will only. give maxima and minima, and not the intermediate degrees. • M. Becquerel's invention consists in thermo-electric apparatus, by which, under the circumstances above alluded to, the temperature may be ascertained to one-tenth of a degree, with out any correction at all. Suppose a thermo eletric circuit of iron and copper soldered together (for there are no fluids used in thermo-electricity) : if the two soldered points be raised to the same temperature for a few minutes, a very delicate gal vanometer will show the existence of two equal and opposite currents, the needle remaining at zero. If the temperature be not the same at both points of juncture, it must be raised at one of them, until the needle stops at zero. By this means, if one of the points has a temperature which is un known, the observer may calculate it from that of the other point, which 'is known. Now let the principle be applied to one of the cases above alluded to, underground observation, for example. Two long wires of diff eren t me t a l s , f the diameter of a milometre at least, are soldered together by one of their ends, and protected with a coating of gutta percha. They are then let down into a hole bored at the place to be explored, and the two un soldered ends are brought into the observer's laboratory, where they are soldered and put into communication with the galvano meter. Now, if the latter shows that the temperature requires to be lowered, that is done by means of ether, which, in evaporating, produces eold ; if, on the contrary, it is to be raised, this is done by means of a current of warm air. The tem perature requisite to bring the needle to zero will, by calculation, give the temperature at the point underground. In much the same way the tempe ratures in the upper strata of the atmosphere may be taken to one-tenth of a degree. A few days ago M. Becquerel submitted to the Academy of Sciences a series of experiments made with this apparatus, in order to ascertain the temperature of plants at different perions of the day, compared with that of the atmosphere in a northern exposure, and at an altitude of 16 metres. The difference of tempera ture observable between the latter and the height of one metre above the soil is very slight. Thus, the temperature of a maple, about a foot in dia meter, and situated in a clump of trees, was, under the bark, 18.80 degrees from the 30th July to the 30th August; the temperature taken as above in a northern exposure was 18.87 degrees ; the maxi mum was observable in the maple between 6 and 10 p.m. ; to the north, at 3 p.m., with a difference in the temperature of the former of 3.08 deg., in the latter of 6.14 deg. We cannot follow M. Becquerel throughout the whole of the delicate experiments described in his paper ; it is sufficient for us to have explained the principle, and quoted an example. At the last sitting of the Academy, M. Becquerel completed the statement of his method by adding that the temperature at an altitude of. 16 metres was taken with his electric thermometcr,.protected from direct radiation'of the sun by a polished silver reflector. SOCIETY OF ARTS. The usual weekly meeting. was held on Wednes day evening under the presidency of Mr. George T. Doo R.A. Mr. F. JOUBERT read a paper " On a Method of rendering engraved copperplate capable of pro ducing a greatly increased number of impressions." The author began by giving a brief account of the discovery of th e art of obtaining impressions on paper from engraved plates, which is supposed to have taken place about the year 1452, th e a r t o f pro ducing ornamental designs on metal and other sub stances having been practised from very early times. The comparatively small number of impressions which can be taken from a copperplate necessitated the employment of the harder metal—steel. The discovery of electrotyping led to the multiplication of engravings on copper by this process ; but it was found. that in consequence of the softness of the metal deposited the plates would yield but a limited number of good impressions. Under these circum stances it had become a desideratum to harden, if possible, the surface of a copperplate so as to protect it from wear while printing. The invention ,which the author then described, consists in covering the print ing surfaces, whether intaglio or relief, and whether of copper or other soft metal, with a very thin and uniform coating of iron,.by the action of the gal vanic battery. The operation takes place in this way :—By placing at the positive pole a plate or sheet of iron, and immersing it in a proper iron solution, the metal will be dissolved under the ac tion of the battery, and if a copper-plate be placed at the opposite pole, and likewise immersed, the solution being properly saturated, a deposit of iron, bright and perfectly smooth, is thrown upon it. It should be remarked that the coating of iron admits of being removed from a printing surface of copper without injury to the original plate; hence the original plate may, after being coated and used for some time, have the worn co ting removed, and then be recovered with an iron coating as often as may be required ; and if care is taken to remove the coating of iron before it has been worn away, the engraved copper or other plate maybe made to print a vast number 'of impressions and yet remain in the original state it was in when it left the hands of the engraver, or was otherwise first produced. The only limit appears to be in the gradual change which takes place in the b o d y o f the printing surface by the compresSion to which it is subjected in the process of printing. The author states that he has found that an electroplate, 40 by 22 inches, coated with iron has yielded 2,000 impressions, without its being necessary to remove and renew the iron coating, there 'being no perceptible difference be tween the first and last impressions. He is of opinion, that this process will be found extremely valuable for electrotype and photogalvanic plates, since they can be so protected as to acquire the durability of steel, and even more so, for a steel plate will only require repairing from time to time, whereas these will only require recoating whenever it is found necessary. By these means the author states that one electro copper-plate was made to yield more than 12,000 impressions, and was found quite unimpaired when examined minutely. LI.;rERATURE. The Day After 2 1 0-Morrow ; or, Fata Morgana: containing the Opinions of Mr. Sergeant Mallet, M.P. for Boldborough, on the Future State of the British. Nation. Routledge and Co. The great reforms expected, if not desired, by the I vjsest of Our political philosophers, and some times too impatiently aimed at by those whose sympathies go . for politics apart from philosophy? are, as the eloqui.lot and ingenious William de Tyne remarks, simply p. t:eposterous: they are brought up before their time—t..'7 do not belong to the passing hour, but to " the day ttfter to-morrow." Content' plated at a distance, the ey 'may seem (and to nog seem) revolutionary, ell • of the gazers they must sive, or impossible ; as the. .city which the Sicilian, voyager finds conjured into • Night by the wand 01 the Fata Morgana. Everythi. I,g• is topsy-turf; the church rests on its spire ; th'e houses rock 0 11 their ridges; and the thoroughfare's are up in th e sky. There would appear to be as little of morality, moreover, as of order. But let the t. raveller mage for the scene of this apparent confus ion, and it P gets right at his approach. The ea) 'r that seem e d 'in Cloudland is on Terra Firma ; the people ar e going to church as usual ; and "all thlings continue, as they were from the beginning of the creatioa,, Such a Fata Morgana, in its time, was ;the repeal the Test and Corporation Acts, and especially 0' the Catholic disabilities. The Ran an Bill O s another ; the repeal of the Corn Law 'Ts, and ev eli of the Jewish disabilities, another. In all these cases visions of terrible disaster smote : the aching sight of many a timorous seer, who has to acknow; ledge now the vanity of his vaticinati ons. M I t has been, so it will be. The pleasant mid eloque n j page of krilliam de Tyne brings to sigir t a new 0 , more gorgeous Fata Morgana. It is the very poetr; ,I of politics—the work of a happily - constitu te d I mind, richly endowed, and employed on a g ratein, task. But though the thoughts are th ose of 0; everyday thinker, as yet they are mercly, as b tl says, preposterous. On " the day after to-morrow they will be realised even by very everyday people' We can give but a faint idea, however, of this little volume by description : and, failing that, can only suspend our pen to allow the followin g extracts n speak for themselves :--- The Second Volume of New Designs. By D. ' A i Clarkson. Containing Headstones, Tombs, a i l , Monuments. Atchley and Co., Great Buss street. This is the first of the twelve parts which form the second volume of Mr. D. Clarkson i graceful and ingenious designs. The present p.l O , contains four plates, with six designs of varY ll 2 size and charact er. It has frequently been a mat t of regret to perc,ons of cultivated and artistic ta''' that the memoria is of the dead, instead of awakel, ing 'feelings in In,\rmony with the repose of lf; departed, should jar :on the taste and offend the of that dwells upon thei-n. The subject affords I ,u, opportunity for the exei vise of a refined and 001 1 ; vated taste, and we are glad to see it become th study of so promising an artist. We -trust N i l Clarkson will not abandon hiLl attempt until he 11 , e introduced a style more in a ecordance with ti', B solemn and sublime emotions which should ' a awakened by the resting-place of the departed, 0 .5 more in unison with the feelings of those who is l ; ae to pay a tribute of reverence and affection to o_, mempry of a lamented friend, than the headston,'; generally to be seen in our churchyards, or t° , monumental tablets which disfigure our c hurehe_'' Those who have noticed the different e ff ect pru t dueed by the old Gothic monuments in some nuclei!, building, with the plain square slabs of model:, days, will readily see how much may be done the exercise of poetic taste and artistic skill. present designs are mostly simple in their eh racter, and suitable for general use. When co ii; pleted, the volume will show a collection of vari on kinds of monuments and headatones, in the Or e clan, Italian and Gothic styles, all drawn to set: We wish dr. Clarkson every success in his eie' e torious undertaking. The Illustrated Hews of the World and Natie Portrait Gallery, (5.e. Part 10. 199, ' Strati°. This new competitor in the field of illustrat e ' e papers is well adapted for family reading . Th e , woodcuts are numerous and of averag e reP r nt senting the scenes and occurrences of the e! e f week most likely to excite public interest. Itus issues 0 feature is the National Portrait Gallery each week the portrait of some eminelit person engraved on steel, chiefly from photographTicel P Mayall, which are really admirable for the The present monthly part contains portraits of t he Bishop of Carlisle, the Rev. R. Maguire ; 1 ";",. Lord Mayor of London, and Major-GeLierai Archdale Wilson, the conqueror of D e lhi. these, with upwards of 60 pages of news, goss*P; advertisements, &c., are offered for the low anw un of two shillings. Many of the chief celebrit ies °f 0 the day are announced for the future numbers o f b e Portrait Gallery, which, we believe, published in a separate volume as a Chr istaw giftbook. is to , Elementary Notes on the History of France. Mrs. Edmonds, author of " English IlistorP " English Grammar," &c. Tailant and -Allen. of We have here an excellent little epitom e f o r French history for beginners, ad m i ra bly a d a pted ' l4 impressing the chief facts on the ntind of yo u to scholars. It is also useful as a book of referenc e more advanced students, for the reader, wh ° o f thoroughly acquainted with the great even t g s t he French history, and the gradual d eve lopment °L jo national character, may very easily forget df , dates of accession, death, &c., of the earlier kl' Three hundred questions for exercise arc adde,gi. the end of the little volume which will add a; ( 1,4 tional assistance to the instructor. Mrs. Flo 3 ° o o also proposes to issue elementary notes on Conr ail Knowledge, on Bible and Gospel History, W: 01 0. Geography, and other subjects of general ins' tion. 10 9 ' Blackwood's Shilling Scribbling Diary. James Blackwood. n f This is a very cheap publication. It is -- ;0, large size, a n d possesses a great advantag e ,, c - b being interleaved with blotting paper, ' O l,l affords a great convenience to the bu r writer. Th e S un d a y s are om itt e d, as in m an i% business diaries, and each page contains the s i t days of the week. An almanack is prefixed to 12 and a map of the postal districts is on the cov r ", showing the divisions which perplex many c ° c i respondents at a glance. It is a very cheap an commodious diary well adapted for general use. Le Conteur, a French Reading•book. BY .14 Tarver, Eton College. Longman. f M. Tarver intends this little volume for the 11 :p. Somestudents of the French language, who after through the grammar, are desirous of readingg.,. s° ,lyr complete work. This collection, consisting el l u — an " of short stories and plays, affords , them the 'if pe g of doing so without much labour, as the r e : s selected are all complete, and numerous e e assist the inexperienced reader in following th idiom. It is a very useful and entertaining ye/lull; well adapted for the purpose for which it intended. • REMARKABLE FROSTSTORM. For many hours during Thursday morning thet ai e was a continuous fall of " liquid ice" (paradoxic f as the term may appear) throughout the whole (3 ,,, the Bradford district. This froststorm, aft e r days of bitter weather, commenced before midnika on 'Wednesday. The streets, houses, hedges, 811 1‘ trees, everywhere became encrusted with a th i n coating of black ice, as slippery be anywhere accomplished by with the greatest difficulty that locomotion 0911 ,, as th g e las p s e . de l s t: o :ja ; Policemen on their beats crept about with .4 greatest ca u ti on , an d were very frequently cafisi° with great vi o l ence . Th e writer, in a distance of ay , mile and a-h a lf, a t an ear l y hour on Thsrs' 4 4.. morning, fell with violence several times, notW" r , standing great cauti o n. Th ere h ave b een i n nilowo able accidents, chiefly broken limbs, and sec er ii remarkable sudden deaths, no doubt immediat e o accelerated by the bitter frost acting severely up ° r diseased organizations, though the persons w e eo apparently in the full vigour of life. Medical l e a were generally very busy. The streets preset', to a remarkable appearance. No person ven ture take a firm step. Every one picked his way Isl o t great caution, and yet the falls were very frecte re and often resulted in broken limbs and se' v i e bruises. Between five and six o'clock yesteru74 morning the scenes presented in some places If e be very singular. Groups of factory girls mighb d ia seen in many places unable to p rocee d ; manY„ re not arrive at the mills, and they w ere everyw'r u t running short-handed-4n some cases to the ext e l i of 40, 50, or 60 persons. At Mi. P r i es tman's in Preston-place, Horton, about 6.45 a.m., a i ° 7 woman, named Phoeb e P awson , f e ll su dd e nly del; in consequence of an attack , of palpitation of ,ur t , heart, brought on by a fall, and consequent friP, so on her way to her work. Two other persons n,' ln died suddenly, in consequence of being fiffectc in a similar manner. Nearly 20 persons appeara. eo the Bradford Infirmary in consequence of bro., _ a arms and legs, dislocated shoulders, and lacera t . v et heads. Almost every medical man in the district was called upon to give aid to similar sufferers• fu the afternoon the rain began to fall heavilY . " -- /lianchester Gaardian. IL se , de 46 f rel be me fot any Stir Six Irtu an th( ye du ha , Ith Di pit La