The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-08 00:00:00

THE WATER COMMITTEE.

Yesterday, at • the weekly meeting of this committce,
held in the Town Hall, Mr. Farnworth presided, and
the other members present were Messrs. Vernon, Crel-
lin, Beloe, Jeffery, Earle, Wm. Johnson, Woodruff,
Wagstaff, Rae, and Estill.
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT.

The Engineer (Mr. Duncan) reported that the reser-
voirs, with the exception of a few places, were frozen,
so also were the filter beds and clear water tanks.
The, ice around the byewashes was kept broken, as well
as at all points where water would enter the re3ervoiis
when the thaw should set in. The goits and byewashes
had been cleared from the ice and drifted snow, so that
with ordinary care a flood could do no material damage.
Men had been appointed to the different positions, to
prevent obstructions to the flow of water, and the reser-
voirs were in a condition to receive a large quantity,
without any being permitted to run over the weirs.
The depth of water in the several reservoirs, under their
top water lines were as per table : _

Jan:s. Dec. 29. Fall.
ft. in. ft. in. . ft. in.
Roddlesworth 6 3 ... 4 16 1 5
Rake
An glezark 3 1 ... 2 5 0
Rivington 1 11 ... 1 5 0 6
Prescot No. 1
Prescot No. 2
The snow which had fallen since his last report was
represented by 0.21 inch rain fall. On the pipe line
there was nothing out of the ordinary course to report.
In town the frozen pipes were numerous, and a large
additional number of men were employed in supplying
the inhabitants by stand pipes, as well as in rectifying,
as far as possible, the freezing up of plugs and hydrants.
To assist in this latter duty, drafts from the fire police
had been furnished by the head-constable. The quan-
tity of water received from Rivington during the week
ending sth of January was 71,664,763, and that pumped
from the wells 3C,435,819, the proportion of Rivington
to well water being 71 to 30.

THE FROST ,&ND THE WATER SUPPLY.
Mr. JEFFERY said it was stated last week that they
had consumed ninety-nine million gallons of water in
the week preceding. He had somewhat doubted that,
because so many houses now were without water in con-
sequence of the frost, when the deputy-engineer said it
arose from many pipes having burst ; and he was to
report what pipes bad burst.
Mr. DUNCAN said that it had been prepared. The
deputy-engineer had stated a part of the reason for the
larger consumption of water, but not the whole. Many
parties to prevent their pipes freezing allow the taps to
run.

The CHAIRMAN .observed that all parties doing that
were li.,ble to a penalty.
Mr. CRELLIN-Will the engineer say that a million
gallons per week are wasted in that manner.
Mr. DuNcxx—Yes, a million a day. You must
recollect that we have 86,000 tenants.

Mr. JEFFERY, before proceeding to other business,
called attention to a return which showed that twenty
pipes running from two to four inches in diameter,
had burst last week. He should like to ask what depth
these were below the surface of the ground ?
The ENGINEER replied, about two feet.
Mr. JEFFERY —And does the frost penetrate suffici-
ently strong at that depth to burst the pipes ?
The ENGINEER did not presume that the frost had
got so far down yet, but the ground was very hard.
They were iron pipes.
Mr. CRELLIN—Did you say the frost had burst them ?
The ENGINEER—NO': but we always have a greater
number in frosty weather than at any other time. He
believed the cooling of the temperature of the water
had something to do with it.
Mr. JEFFERY—But it is a serious thing to have 20
pipes, of two, three, and four inches, broken in one week.
Surely there must be some cause assigned.
The ENGINEER said the fractures might exist before,
but they were found out M Chore readily in frost. Most
of those which had burst were, he believed, old pipes : all
the new ones laid down were tested in Glasgow.
Mr. JEFFERY—What would be .the expense to the
committee of the breaking of those 20 pipes ?
The ENGINEER said on the average about 15s. each,
or about £l5 in all.

Mr. JEFFERY—Then is it not material that you
;hould find out to your own satisfaction the cause of
heir bursting

The subje'c't then dropped. This was the whole of
le public business.

ANOTHER MURDER BY A SOLDIER.

On Saturday evening. Robert Hacked, private in a
detachment of the 61st Regiment, stationed in Millbay-
barracks, deliberately shot his sergeant, Henry Jones,
through the body, killing him on the spot. It appeared
that at noon, instead of eating his dinner, Hacked gave
it to an old Irish per Toner named Purcell, who was in
the habit of selling blacking and other smallwares to
the soldiers, and who encouraged him to expect some
Delhi prize money. Hacked is servant to Lieutenant
Hamilton, and went to that officer's quarters in the
afternoon to attend to his duties. On returning to the
barrack rooms he heard that the fact of his having
given away his dinner had been made the subject of a
joke, among others by deceased, with whom he had had
a quarrel a week previously. He was called from one
room to the other to receive orders, but instead of
obeying he raised his right foot on a form, and having
levelled his rifle, drew the trigger with his left hand
and fired through the doorway which leads from one
room to the other, at Sergeant Jones. The ball passed
through his back and struck a bedstead in front. At
the moment of the discharge Colour-Sergeant Allen was
standing by the side of deceased, and asked him if the
orders from head-quarters were correct. Jones replied,
"I think so," and dropped on the floor immediately.
He then made an effort to get on his feet, rolled round
in agony two or three times, and was dead in less than
five minutes. Sergeant Allen went into the next room
and seized Hacked, who said " Take me ; one man will
do." Before firing he said " Stand clear." There were
many men in the two rooms, and one of them, Corporal
Graham, made an ineffectual effort to get round a table
and throw up the barrel of the rifle. Jones is above 33
years old; he commenced a soldier's life at Chatham in

1851 in his present regiment, and in December last,
after the termination of three years' service as an effec-
tive corporal, was made a lance sergeant. His entire
service of 10 years would have been completed in about
a month, and he had just entered for 11 years additional,
to complete the term of 21 years. He was one of the
quietest and best-conducted men in the regiment ; some
say he was a native of Dover, others that he was born
in Germany and brought up in London, where he in-
tended to have gone shortly on furlough. Hacked was
born in Queen's County, Ireland. He belonged to the
96th Regiment until 1855, when he joined the 61st
at Hyderabad, in the Punjab. Latterly he has been
often in a state of intoxication, and was in that condi-
tion on Saturday evening, when lodged in the Plymouth
prison, where lie stated that "the bullet was not intended
for Sergeant Jones." He is above thirty-six years of
age, of middle stature, strong angular frame, sanguine
complexion, black hair, and of rather a ferocious appear-
ance. It is stated that while Purcell was dining Jones
told him he would " spin up any yarn to get a good
dinner," on which Hacked asked, " Who said that ? "
and Jones answered, " I did ; what of that? " Hacked
retorted angrily, " I thank you for running down a
townee ; ' if it was not for fifty lashes I'd strike you."
When he left the room for his rifle he took off his coat
and put on a shell jacket, and on being asked by a com-
rade why ho did so, replied, " I will go into the guard-
room (the cell) before night." His rifle was kept in
Lieutenant Hamilton's quarters, where it is supposed he
loaded it. The non-commissioned officers of the 61st
regimeut complain of the regulation which permits a
private to have constantly at command twenty rounds of
hall-cartridge. It is the practice in the Royal Marine
Battalion to issue to each sentry only when he goes on
duty ten rounds of ball-cartridge, which are returned on
the completion of his guard. The headquarters of the
61st is stationed in Plymouth Citadel, under command
of Major Randolph, in the absence of Colonel Raney.
The detachment at Millbay Barracks comprises four
companies, under Major Gordon.

Giuglini is at present singing at the d'Angennes
Theatre, Turin, with his wonted success.
A LETTER ON LOVE BY TEE IRON DUKE.—It will be
seen by the fulness of detail, beyond his wont, in dis-
cussing matters, how much importance the Iron Duke
attached to the tender subject of the following letter :
" Quinta de S. Joac, June 27, 1811.—I have had the
honour of receiving your —'s letter of the 3rd
instant, and it is impossible not to feel for the unhappi-
ness of the young lady, which you have so well described;
but it is not so easy as you imagine to apply the
remedy. It appears to me that I should be guilty of
a breach of discretion if I were to send for the fortu-
nate object of this young lady's affections, and to apprise
him of the pressing necessity for his early return to Eng-
land; the application for permission to go ought to come
from himself; and, at all events, the offer ought not to be
made by me, and particularly not founded on the secret of
this interesting young lady. But this fortunate major
now commands his battalion, and I am very apprehen-
sive that he could not with propriety quit it at present,
even though the life of this female should depend upon
it ; and therefore I think he will not ask fur leave.
We read occasionally of desperate cases of this descrip-
tion, but I cannot say that I have ever yet known of a
young lady dying of lore. They contrive, in some
manner, to live, and look tolerably well, notwithstand-
ing their despair and the continued absence of their
lover ; and some even have been known to recover so
far as to be inclined to take another lover if the absence
of the first has lasted too long. I don't suppose that
your protegee can ever recover so far, but I do hope she
will survive the continued necessary absence of the
major, and enjoy with him hereafter many happy days.
—I have, &c., WELLINGTON."

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON,
CHATHAM, AND DO'VER RAILWAY.

Sirrniohottnxt, lath e 7.

The -inquiry into the cause of the serious accident
which occurred on the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway, near this station, yesterday, took place at the
Railway Hotel this morning, before Mr. Thomas Hills,
one of the coroneii ter the county, and a highly respect-
able jury.
The jury, having been sworn, prikeedecl to view the
body, which lay in a room in the same hotel, *lade itjpd
been removed immediately after the occurrence. The
deceased appeared to have been shockingly mutilated, the
body presenting a dreadful appearance.
The following account of the accident was then
given : —Mr. William Pole, 3, Great George-street,
Westminster, Professor of Civil Engineering at Univer-
sity College, and Lecturer at the Royal Engitieer
Establishment, Chatham; an being examined said he
had had great experience in all kinds of ironwork, and
had been employed professionally in many infinities of
that nature. On the previous day he was a passenger
by the express train to which the accident occurred. The
order in which the carriages were was first a guard's
van, third-class carriage, two first-class carriages, in one
of which witness was seated, two second-class carriages,
a third-class carriage, and a break-van in the rear.
The train was behind its title on approaching Sitting-
bourne, and was running towards the station at a rapid
rate—he should say at nearly 40 miles an hour. Wit-
ness heard a sharp knock, and directly afterwards saw
some ballast flying on the off side of the train, which
satisfied him there was something wrong. No whistle
was sounded, nor was the speed of the train sensibly
decreased for some time. At length the train was brought
to a standstill with an unusual grinding noise. Witness
got out and assisted some of the passengers out, and
then found that the carriage in front of the. one in
which he had been seated was off the line, and a third-
class carriage before it was lying on its off side. One
of the passengers got out of the top of the third-class
carriage, and informed witness that there was one of
the passengers injured inside. In front of the third-
class carriage was the break-van, still erect, but off the
rails. The tire of the right leading wheel was off, and
the frame of the wheel damaged. Witness walked back
the line some distance with the guard, and noticed
marks of the wheels off the line till be came to Bob-
bing-bridge. A little beyond that, on examining the
rails carefully, he saw marks which led him to believe
it was the spot where the carriage bad first gone off the
line. Near Bobbing-bridge he found five broken pieces
of the tire of the wheel, which formed the entire
tire. Witness carefully examined them, and made
notes. There were unmistakable signs that the wheels
had been off the line from Bobbing-bridge. A little
eastward from the signal-post he observed the debris
of the third-class carriage, and about twenty paces far-
ther he observed a pair of wheels, apparently not dam-
aged. There was also another pair of the third-class
carriage, quite sound, a little distance farther. There
was no doubt whatever that the accident was occasioned
by the breaking of the tire of the wheel near the bridge,
and all that followed was a matter of course. It was
possible the jolt in the gap he had measured might have
affected the carriages dragging. The broken tire appa-
rently consisted of two qualities of metal, the inner part
not being of good quality, but very crystallised, hav-
ing large crystals, and unequal in its texture. That was the
part of the wheel on which the safety of the whole would
depend when the outer part, which is assumed to be steel,
had worn down. The wheel was broken into five
pieces, one of the fractures being through a bolt hole,
presenting signs that the fracture was an old one. He'
had no fault to find with the quality of the outer portion
of the wheel. Witness continued to state that another
defect in the construction of the wheel was the insuffi-
ciency of the tire fastenings, in consequence of the bolt
being rivetted very slightly instead of being properly
fastened with a nut, which defect caused the tire to give
way instantly. In the opinion of witness, sufficient
caution had not been used in descending a gradient 'of
this character, which was almost the maximum allowed,,
The Coroner then addressed the jury, who returnd a
verdict of Accidental death," and at the same time
appended to the verdict a recommendation that the com-
pany should adopt some method of enabling the engine
driver to communicate with the guard in the last carriage
of the line.

ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON
CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY.

Another accident of a far more alarming character
than that which occurred on this railway at Sitting-
bourne on Friday, took place near the very same spot
as the former accident, at a late hour on Saturday
night, whereby, we regret to state, two lives were sacri-
ficed, and such severe injuries received by Pattison, the
driver of the engine attached to the train, that he is not
expected to survive, though up to a late hour on Sunday
he was still living.
The part of the line at which the accident occurred
was between Sittingbourne and Teynham, near the latter
station, at which the train had nearly arrived when
the calamity occurred. The train, which was a mixed
one, was made up of eight carriages, besides the engine
and tender—nariely, six passenger carriages and two
break vans for the guards, one being placed next the
tender and the other at the rear. The train, which
is the last from London, left Victoria-station at
its proper time, 7.45 p.m„ and proceeded at its
usual speed towards Canterbury, keeping correct time
at all the stations. The engine, which was named
the Eclipse, was driven by an experienced driver
named Pattison, who had been in the employ of the
company some time. On this occasion there were two
firemen on the engine, one of them, James Ogden, who
was unfortunately killed, being on his way to Faversham
(where he formerly resided) to fetch his wife. Every-
thing proceeded satisfactorily until the engine had
arrived at a short distance from the Teynham station, at
which it is timed to stop at 10.1, when, as the train was
proceeding over a level crossing, and when it was run-
ning at a speed of 18 or 20 miles an hour, the engine
suddenly gave a bound, and jumped aside off the rails,
dragging with it the tender as well as the whole of the
carriages, with the exception of the last. Although the
train was not going at a very rapid rate at the time,
the driver preparing to run into the station, the effects
of the accident were of the most appallipg, and at
the same time astonishing character. The engine itself,
a very large and powerful one, was turned completely
round, and is described as having turned a regular
somersault before it stopped, when the tender was
thrown some distance before it. The guard's break
van, and the whole of the passenger carriages behind
were huddled together in one incongruous mass, the
carriages themselves being smashed to splinters and
scarcely a distinguishable portion left whole. For-
tunately, owing to the lateness of the hour, there were
comparatively few passengers, or the consequences
might have been of a still more frightful character. On
those of the passengers who were not hurt being rescued
from the fragments and ruins of the broken engines and
carriages by those who had reached the spot, search was
made for those who were believed to be killed, when the
unfortunate engine-driver was discovered near his engine
fearfully mutilated and injured, though still living. He
was promptly removed to the Teynham Station, but his
injuries, which are of the most dreadful character, pre-
clude all possibility of bis recovery. The fireman of the
engine, James Plaistowe, a young man, appears to have
been killed on the instant of the engine turning over, as
when discovered. he appeared to have been dead some
time. James Ogden, the other fireman, who had
nothing to do with the train, but who was riding on
the engine from choice, was also found dead. Both
their bodies were removed to the Teynham Station.
Scarcely any of the passengers in the train escaped
without receiving some kind of injuries, although the
surprise appear to be, from the perfect wreck of all
the carriages, that any of the occupants escaped with
their lives. A clergyman, a passenger in the train, who
was on his way to Teynham, but whose name our re-
porter was unable to obtain, was rather severely injured
and had received some extensive wounds about the head
and body. A sailor in the train, who was on his way
to Canterbury, was discovered lying under the heap of
ruins of the carriages apparently dead. After a work
of great labour the broken portions of the carriages were
removed, and he was rescued, covered with blood. To
the surprise of every one, however, he declared be was
unhurt, although it was found he could not stand.
After some time he, as well as the whole of the other
sufferers, were removed and conveyed to the station,
where all the medical assistance that was at hand was
obtained.

The cause of the accident seems altogether inex-
plicable, the line at the spot being in excellent order,
and not the least apparent defect in any of the rails. It
is, however, probable that the late intense frosts might
have so contracted the metals as to leave a considerable
space between the points where the rails join each other.
On the arrival of the wheel of the engine at a larger
gap than usual it is possible it might have given a
jump, and the engine, not alighting on the metals
again, was thus thrown off the line. This, however,
will doubtless he thoroughly investigated at the
coroner's inquisition which will be held on the bodies of
the deceased. The line at the spot is a level, but ju-t at
the spot where the accident occurred there is a level
crossing used by the public.
Immediately on learning of the accident, Mr. Fin-
nigan. the manager, proceeded from Chatham to Teyn-
ham by special train, taking with him a numerous party
of labourers. These were employed the whole of Satur-
day in clearing the line—a work of no small difficulty.
One line of rails was sufficiently clear on Sunday to
enable the traffic to be continued; and the other, it was
fully expected, would be quite clear the same night.

THE EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL
ACCIDENT ON THE SHREWSBURY
AND HEREFORD RAILWAY.

HEREFORD, Jan. 6.

The inquest upon the bodies of the unfortunate young
ladies who, as we stated in a telegram yesterday, came
to their deaths by drowning while travelling on the
above line of railway, was opened this afternoon, before
Mr. Peter Warburton, coroner. An envelope in the
pocket of the eldest lady led to the discovery that she is
a Miss Lowe, of Curzon Park, Chester, and was going
on a visit to Bristol. The other was named Mary Jones,
from Breinton, in this county, a respectable young girl,
who had been upon a Christmas visit in the neighbour-
hood of Leominster. In the absence of the friends of
Miss Lowe, who, however, had telegraphed their inten-
tion of being present at the inquiry, the coroner's jury
simply viewed the body, and adjourned the investigation
to eleven o'clock on Tuesday morning.
The extraordinary character of the accident, and the
truly marvellous manner in which so many lives were
saved from the fate that awaited the two unfortunate
women before-mentioned, may well claim a portion of
our space.
The train which left Shrewsbury at 12.40, and which
should have arrived at Hereford at 2.40, is known
as the express, and on this occasion contained an
unusually large number of passengers for this period
of the year. The line, from traversing a country that
is frequently inundated by the River Lugg, runs along
an embankment nearly the whole of the distance from
Leominster to Hereford (upwards of twelve miles),
and to facilitate the drainage of the land a deep dike,
generally filled with water from the low level of the
ground, runs along either side and parallel with the line.
About midway between Leominster and Hereford there
is a tunnel, three-quarters of a mile long, known as
Dinmore tunnel, through which the gradient is one of
the steepest on the line. The run from Dinmore to
Moreton, along the whole extent of which the embank-
ment and flanking dikes exist, is generally accomplished
at full speed. Between these two points also the Lugg
(which from the late thaw has covered the land on
either side for miles with several feet of water, until the

whole country seenled one vast frozen lake) has to be
crossed twice. Shortly after crossing the first bridge,
Which is froM twenty to thirty feet above the rite!, the
passengers in the carriage next to the tender noticed
Fieculiar s'ensatio'n and observed something fiy off, and
one of them, a Von'ng man' named White, thrust his
head thfong,h the Nindot,-.; sereamed. to' the engine-
driver to stop the train but it, doe's not appear
that this was heard by him.: At till's tune Miss
Lowe and the young girl Mary ,1017C,1 were sitting nearly
together, the former reading, a book. aril oppo'si'te to
them a sergeant of Marines, named Wilcof, vt?th a
recruit. Wilcox early noticed that the carriage wax
gang without its regular complement of wheels, and
expressed his fears that all would not be well with them,
when a loud rep'n't Was heard, and a portion of the
axle forced its way thfongh, the bed of the carriage.
At the moment he instinctife;;.) Pilled his lees to the
opposite seat, close to the dress of 6e-610'0i-full:de Miss
Lowe, who dropped her book, convulsively' eletetred
by the cloak, and the next minute the carriagei MI till'
toppled off the embankment on their sides into the'
dike, the momentum of the train bringing the last van
dpon the top of the others; though, from the coupling
chain of the tender giving way, the engine did not leave
the line. The water being from five to six feet deep
broke the fall of the', carriages, and probably prevented
that fearful crash Whieli midst hate reenited had they
been thrown to the earth silfho'dt interpbaing force,
and which probably would have fes'filteci lit many
deaths by the violence of the shock, SO to' relate.
however, another fate awaited them. 'the infensely
cold weather caused all the windows, except that
through which the young man White thrust his head,
to be closed, and hen& the passengers were huddled
together in closely-confined prisons, which immediately
became filled with water, and in the course of the ter-
rible panic that ensued the strongest and most active got
uppermost, and the 'weak and more terror-stricken to the
bottom. The intense anguish of the moment no pen
can describe. The guard's van, Containing two persons,
Brown and Child, both of whom were severely injured
by the accident, seems to have fallen into fell- deep
water, in fact over their heads, where they must both
have been suffocated but for the timely assistance of the
engine-driver and stoker, who rushed to the rescue, and
with hammers broke open the windows and sides of the
vans, to liberate, if possible, those imprisoned within.
The marine Wilcox, a tall powerful fellow' and William
Watkins, a member of the Plintshire Militia staff,
stationed at Mold, behaved most gallantly, each saving
several lives, though both thoroughly immersed in the
water, and with their clothes frozen on their backs.
Watkins got out a lady, her nurse, and child, who must
have perished but for his timely-applied courage. 'Wilcox,
after rescuing several, assisted an old man out of one of the
carriages, lifting him up cold and stiff by the coat collar.'
He then assisted a woman to a cottage at a crossing at
some distance from the scene of the accident, the only
site uncovered by water, except the line, over some
extent. He returned, and observed the clothes of Miss
Lowe floating in the water, and endeavoured to catch
her up, but the cold had overcome his strength and he
failed. Soon after a farmer arrived with an agricul-
tural implement called a pike, used in haymaking, and
by their united assistance she was got up and conveyed
to the cottage, but there was unfortunately an absence
of the proper restoratives necessary in such a case, and,
indeed, of means of applying them, the cold had so
benumbed every one. But who ever dreamt of being
drowned upon a railway, and in such a place ?
The young girl Jones having been carried to the
cottage, her head was placed towards the fire, and the
starved militiaman and a comrade endeavoured, as best
they could, by chafing her hands, to restore animation.
During, this operation she was observed to breathe once,
and then her head fell hack and she was a corpse. Miss
Lowe is supposed to have been quite dead when she was
recovered from the water.

On the arrival of the train at the Hereford station,
messengers were despatched into all parts of the city for
medical aid, and the Mayor of Hereford, Mr. Thomas
Cam, Dr. Bull, Mr. Charles Ungen, Mr. Henry Vevers,
Mr. J. C. Lane, Mr. T. Turner, and, in fact, almost the
whole of the medical talent of the city, hastened to the
spot, but Miss Lowe and Mary Jones had been dead
some time, and their attention was directed to the
alleviation of the sufferings of the survivors. Cordials
were procured and administered freely, and everything
done that humanity could suggest. The passengers were
conveyed to the Green Dragon and Kerry Arms Hotels,
in this city, where several remain, some of them much
shaken and unable to leave their bedrooms. Others
preferred being sent on to their places of destination as
soon as changes of dress could be procured for them.
Mr. Herbert, an extensive farmer from Grosmont,
remains at the Kerry Arms in a bad state. A Mr.
Daw, a retired farmer, a neighbour to the former, and
79 years of age, saved his life by means of a walking-
stick,' the hook of which he brought to bear upon a
piece of timber, and thus kept his head above the sur-
face of the water until assistance could be rendered him.

Among the passengers was a Miss Powell, who was
unable to proceed, and a gentleman named Rule and
family, going to Camborne, in Cornwall; Three children
of one family in the train were nearly frozen to death.
The accident furnishes an instance of the extreme peril
attending rail Way travelling during such a frost as we
are now experiencing.

MUSICAL, DRAMATIC, LITERARY, AND
ARTISTIC NEWS AND' GOSSIP.

The first part of a new tale by Mrs. IT: B. Stowe is
about to appear in Casselrs Family Paper.
A translation of Catullus by Mr. Theodore DifaVin is
promised by Messrs. Parker.
L. GaHatt, the Belgian painter, is at Caprera at this
moment busy with a portrait of Garibaldi. •
At the Italian Opera in Berlin the leading artistes
are said to be natives of every country save Italy.
Messrs. Routledge are preparing for immediate pub-
lication " The Life of the Earl of Dundonald," by Joseph
Allen.

- Mr. William Beale has secured the services of Mille.
Jetty Treffz, Mdlle. Marchisio, and Madame Alboni, for
the ensuing London musical season.
The new opera by MNI. Scribe and Auber, desig-
nated at present by the provisional title of " Alexis," is
in rehearsal.
Mr. Robert Ilardwicke announces a new edition of
Sir John Bowring's translation of Chamisso's "Peter
Schlemihl," with George Cruiksbauk's plates.
Gluck's " -Amide," we understand from Paris, is
about to be produced at the Theatre Lyrique for
Madame Viardot in the course of the spring.
Hereabmpel, a rising German violinist, has, by the
liberality of an amateur friend, succeeded to Spohr's
violin.

Messrs. Hurst and Blackett, are about to publish the
Duke of Buckingham's " Memoirs of the Courts and
Cabinets of William IV. and Victoria."

A " first folio " of Shakspere is said to have been dis-
covered in Germany, and purchased by a London book-
seller.
Mr. Owen Meredith's new volume of Servian min-
strelsy, " Serbski Pesme, or National Songs of Serria,"
will be published in the course of the month by Messrs.
Chapman and Hall.

Messrs. Black of Edinburgh, announce that they have
in preparation an unpublished work from the pen of the
late Hugh Miller, entitled " The Headship of Christ
and the Rights of the Christian People."
There is a report that another new shilling magazine
is about to be started by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett,
and placed under the editorial guidance of Miss Mulock.
Lord Clyde has consented to sit for his bust, in marble,
to Mr. Ewing, a Glasgow artist, which is to be executed
at the expense of Mr. Dalglish, M.P. for presentation
to the Glasgow Corporation Galleries.
M. Victor Masse, the composer of "La Reine Topaze"
and the " Marriage of Georgette," has just completed
the score of a new opera, in three acts, "La Bohea;
mienne," for the• Opera Comiquc, Paris.
M. Felicien David's grand five-act opera, "Hercu-
laneum," is shortly to be produced at PariQ, with
Madame Tedesco in the role created by Madame Borglii-
Mamo.

Among other opera rumours, says the At/ter/mum, it
is said that. Mr. Smith intends to produce un Ballo in
Iffaschera, Signor Verdi's last opera, at Her Majesty's
Theatre; and that Mdlle Tietjens and Signor Giuglini
may possibly sing at the Covent Garden Opera.
Judas IlfaccabeuS will be performed on Friday next,
the 11th instant, by the Sacred Harmonic Society, at
Exeter Hall. Mr. Sims Reeves, Madame Weiss, Miss
Banks, Madame Laura Baxter, Mr. M. Smith, and Mr.
Thomas, principal vocalists.
The Saturday Review contradicts the report "of a
split in the proprietary of the Saturday Review and the
approaching foundation of a rival journal under the
conduct of" a gentleman " who has managed the
Saturday from its commencement," and who " takes
with him several of the leading contributors."
The Critic mentions that in consequence of the death
of the late Mr. J. W. Parker, jun., the eminent pub-
lishing firm of which he was an active member has
received an acquisition in the person of Mr. Bourn, long
prominently connected with. The style of the firm will
henceforth be "Parker, Son, and Bourn." The business
carried on in Stationers' Hall Court by Messrs. Richard.
Griffin and Co., will in future be carried on under the
• designation of " Messrs. Griffin, Bohn, and Co."
Messrs. Longman have some important works in•pre-
paration. Among them are " Popular Education of
France," with notes on that of Holland and Belgium ;
a Report to the Royal Commission of Popular Educa-
tion, with additions and introduction, by Matthew
Arnold, Foreign Commissioner to the Commission ;
"Lectures on the History of. England," by 'William
Longman; "The Life and Travels of St. Paul"—a
description' of the countries, towns, and islands, men-
tioned in the journeys of St. Paul, by W. M`Leod,
F.R.G.S.

The great task of editing, and printing the materials •
of English History—undertaken by Sir John Romilly—
goes on famously. At the end of the year we count no
less than twenty separate works, twenty-five volatiles,.
and all original—aiding thousands of new details to
our knowledge of the historical life of our ancestors.
The new year promises to be not less rich than the past.
Among numerous hooks which are in the press, and
which ought to be in our hands before next Christmas,
is a "Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts relating to
the Early History of Great Britain," edited by T. Duffus
Hardy.
George Ormrod, Esq., D.C.L.F.R.S. of Tyldesley,
Lancashire, and Sedbury Park, Gloucestershire, the able
historian of Cheshire, has recently identified the precise
position of a Roman military position, on the right
bank of the estuary of the Severn, where Roman
remains have lately been discovered in great abundance.
The site lies between a tumulus, which has been a fire
beacon, and the Sedbury cliffs. Mr. Ormrod has also
shown the probable identity of the Gloucestershire
chapelry of St. Briavel's (which he proves to have been
recognised as, "Lidncia Purva" in the. 12th century)
with the "Ledenei" of the Saxon hundred, and the
"Ledenei," named in the Domesday Survey as the pro-
perty a William .Fitz Baberon. it had been previouily
supposed, and, indeed, asserted, by local historians, that
St. Briavel's was altogether oznittei in Domesday.
We are informed, on the authority of a private letter
from a scientific gentleman connected with this place,
that Sir Charles Lyell is re-writing his famous work on
the principles of geology in so far as it relates to super-
ficial deposits. The new edition, to he published shortly,
will contain a complete resume of all the facts connected
with the discovery of instruments of human manufac-
ture and human remains in these depoits, and a full
discussion of the startling theory which these discovelics
have led many geologists to adopt—viz., that man and
mammoths lived contemporaneously before the forma-
tion of these drift deposits. Sir Charles, we are in-
formed, has in his possession a human skull of a very
Darwinian look, which was dug up along with some of
.these curious celts, concerning -which he is to read a
,paper at the Geological Society which will contain some
,!interesting revelations,—John 0' Groat Journal.

PUBLICATIONS.

ENTERTAINING THINGS : A Magazine of Thoughtful
and Intellectual Amusement. London : Arthur Hall

terid Co., Paternoster•row.

This is the title of a new magazine, of which the
January number is just published. The serial opens
With a neatly-written domestic tale, entitled " Weather-
bbund," by Tom E. SoUthie. After this comes a face-
tiously-written sketch, entitled "'Tom Wilks in search
of an object." Then follow various sketches, of which
the most noticeable are "Holy Week in Mexico" and
an " Hist*lin' Narrative of Italy, Past and Present."'
The latter is very well written, and, to say the least of
it, extremely creditable to the unostentatious publication
in which it appears. The frAlowing anecdote of the
late King of Sardinia is quoted' from a number of
interesting "gossipings," with which the article abounds :
: Charles Albert was, unfortunately, of an actedingly
' strperstiiieus tarrr of mind, and the priests by whores he
was stettoninied did all in their power to foster the ten-
dency, that he might be a docile instrument in their
hands. Then, as eftt. they found their account in sup-
pressing all freedom of thought and investigation. The
following will serve as a specimen of the plans adopted
to play upon his credulity :—The Minister of War was
engaged in conversation with the Xing., when several
loud knocks were heard behind the tapestry, The
Minister observed the King turn pale, and remarked
to his Majesty, "It is nothing, sire; most likely
if is some workmen engaged near at hand.'
"Yon alt not religions," replied the King, with troubled
voice and manner. A few minutes afterwards the noise
was heard again, and the King trembled and left the
astonished minister to. kneel before a crucifix placed in
the adjoining apartment. Those whose interest it was
had persuaded him that Queen Glotilda, wife of Charles
Emmanuel IV., who died in the odour of sanctity at
Naples, returned to the palace from time to time. This
and other trickery of a similar nature was proved ►to be
the work of the priests, carried out by the aid of a
lackey who possessed ventriloquial powers, and a sub-
orned waiting woman.
The magazine is illustrated with a number of small
but well executed woodcuts, and is altogether so
creditably got up, that we cannot help recommending
our readers to expend twopence in the purchase of the
first number.

THE WHAT NOT; OR LADIES' HANDY BOOK AND
MONTHLY MAGAZINE. London : Kert and Co.,

Paternoster-row.

The January number of this publication sustains the
reputation of its predecessors, and promises well for
those which are to follow. Besides several tales, we
are treated in this number to an amusing charade on
the Blunderbuss. The magazine concludes with an
article on Fashions, which will no doubt be read with
interest by the class
.of lady readers among whom the
magazine circulates. This publication is also embellished
with engravings which are equally as good as those in
the serial above noticed.

BOY KILLED AT TORQUAY NY TICE FALL OF A ROCK.
—On Thursday last a most promising youth of about
fourteen years of age, son of the Rev. D. Pitcairn, met
with an untimely death at Torquay. It appears that
the young gentleman was strolling on the beach, when
suddenly a mass of rock, loosened, no doubt, by the
action of the recent frost, fell and crushed him at once.
The men on the coast-guard station, who witnessed the
accident' were immediately on the spot to render
assistance, but life was extinct. The remains of the
unfortunate youth were conveyed to the residence of
his afflicted parents, and await a coroner/ inquest.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT THROUGH AN EXPLOVON OF
GUNPOWDER. Mr. Wallace, railway contractor, of
Bridgnorth, was engaged on Friday night in placing a
quantity of gunpowder in a hole in a pigstye, for the
purpose of destroying some rats that were in the habit
of helping themselves to the pig's fond, he at the same
time holding the powder flask In one hand, and a light
in the other, when a spark ignited the-powder in the
flask, and it exploded. Both Mr. Wallace's hands were
fearfully lacerated—one of his thumbs only hanging by
a piece of skin ; his cheek was cut open from the eye to
the jaw, and his face otherwise much injured. He
remains at present in a precarious condition.
DARING HIGHWAY ATTACK.—Late on Saturday
evening last, a farmer named Patrick Cooney, residing
near Grange, Knocklofty, was returning from Castle-
grace Mills, after disposing of his corn, he delayed at
the village to take a little refreshment, and was told be
cautious in passing along the road to Ardfinnan. as some
suspicious looking characters had passed down the road
before him. Cooney was driving his dray, and just as
he got down to the hollow, where Freney, the robber,
once held sway, distant a mile from Castlegrace at the
Ardfinnan side, he observed three men at the road side,
and he tightened the reins and -kept a close watch on
them. One of the fellows rushed over, seizes the horse
by the bridle, but the animal plunging forward knocked
him down, and Cooney quickening his pace, dashed off.
He had not gone far when, from behind, another of
the gang fired a pistol at him, but he escaped unhurt.
Information was given to the constabulary, and depo-
sitions taken before the Earl of Donoughmore,
CHRISTMAS DAY IN ROME.—We read in a letter
from Rome, dated Christmas Day :—"This morning in
the basilica of St. Peter's the usual high mass was cele-
brated, the Pope officiating. The ceremony acquired
unusual interest from the belief which many entertain
that this is the last Christmas Day that will thus be
celebrated in St. Peter's by a sovereign pontiff. Mass
over, the Pope was carried out of the church in his
portable throne, according to custom, precded by the
cardinals, bishops, and all his court, his triple crown on
his head, before him the two great fans of ostrich
feathers, set with the eyes of peacocks' feathers, symbo-
lical of the vigilance required of his holiness., and also
of the supposed fact that the eyes of all men are fixed
upon him. Hardly ever more than at the present
moment did the symbol indicate the truth, especially as
regard the vigilance necessary in his present most diffi-
cult position. For the first time on an occasion of this
kind, the Papal Zouaves (Franco-Belgians) were on
duty among the troops forming the double line through
which the Pope was carried.
TEE LIFE OF A CRAB.--The crustaceans also--the
crabs and lobsters, the shrimps and prawns and cray-fish
—are met with either exclusively in the neighbourhood
of land or in some of those great masses of seaweed that
float in open water in the mid-Atlantic. Crustaceans
are very curious animals. Commencing life with a
head preposterously large in proportion to its size, the
young crab emerges from the egg with a long forked
tail but no body, and occupies its time in turning head
over heels till it casts its first covering and alters its
proportions. The true and recognisable crab does not,
however, even then appear : this singular form being at
last elaborated after a series of changes and transforma-
tions which can only be likened to those of a pantomime.
Of the crabs, some occupy their own mansions, which
they leave periodically as their substance increases and
requires larger accommodation : while others, not con-
structing houses for themselves. occupy shells which
they seize for the occasion, and which would seem suitable
enough if one may judge from the tenacity with which
the tenant retains possession.—" Dickens's All the Year
Round."

BIG Was-Es.—When the great ocean is disturbed, it
forms surface waves, which are sometimes of great
magnitude. In a gale, such waves have been more than
once measured, and it is found that their extreme height
from the top to the deepest depression of large storm
waves, has been nearly fifty feet, their length being from
four to *six hundred yards, and their rate of motion
through the water about half a mile a minute. Such
waves, breaking over an obstacle of any kind, or ming-
ling strangely with the clouded atmosphere raging
above, are the wildest, grandest, and most terrible
phenomena of nature. When they approach land, they
break up into much smaller bodies of water, but these are
often lifted by shoals and obstructed by rocks till they
are thrown up in masses of many tons to a height of
more than a hundred feet. The tidal wave is another
phenomenon of water .motion of a somewhat different
kind, producing an alternate rise and fall of the water
over all parts of the ocean every twelve hours. In
addition to the true waves there are also many definite
streams or currents of water conveying large portions of
the sea from one latitude to another, modifying the tem-
perature of the adjacent land, and producing a mixture
of the waters at the surface or at some depth which
cannot but be extremely conducive to the general benefit
of all living beings. Storm tides, or those waves which
occasionally rush without any pause along narrow and
confined seas or up funnel-shaped inlets, have occasionally
proved disastrous to a fearful extent. Thus it is re-
corded that upwards of one hundred thousand persons
perished in the year 1232, and again in 1242, in this
way, numerous complete villages and towns being washed
away by a wave advancing from the North Sea over the
low-lands of Holland. Between Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick the ordinary spring tide often rises to a
height of a hundred feet, sweeping away the cattle
feeding on the shore.—Diekens's "All the Year Round."
LATEST FASIIIONS.—Among the dresses made during
the past week mar be mentioned one of black moire
antique, and intended for the carriage. It has a front
trimming, consisting of three bands of black velvet, di-
minishing gradually in width from the edge of the skirt
to the waist. The bands are edged on each side with a
trimming of jet worked in a lace pattern. The middle
band is carried from the waist up the front of the cor-
sage, and the two others pass up the corsage to the
_shoulders and form hretelles. The upper part of the
sleeves is composed of two puffs, one above the other,
-reaching to the elbow ; at the lower part, the sleeves fit
closely to the arm. A small epaulette of moire,
trimmed with velvet and jet, surmounts the puffs.
With this dress will be worn a black velvet cloak,
and a bonnet of black velvet trimmed with roses
and lace. Several of the newest evening dresses are
very pretty, and merit a description. A hall dress of
pink tarletane has three skirts, each edged with a hem
and a tuck of equal width. The upper skirt is open on
one side, and one of the corners formed by the opening
is slightly raised up and fixed by a how of ribbon. The
corsage is in folds; and the sleeves in three puffs. In
the centre of the corsage, and on each shoulder, there is
' a bow of ribbon. A white muslin dress, with the corsage
high, and the sleeves long and close at the wrists, has
been made for dinner costume. The skirt is trimmed
with one deep flounce with a heading. A ceinture and
bretelles of black velvet, embroidered with gold, complete
the dress. The coiffure consists of tufts of violets, black
velvet, and gold. Novelties in coiffures are now frequently
appearing. One of the prettiest nets we have seen
is formed of gold twist and blue silk, interlaced together.
Ahead-dress composed of plaits of violet velvet is trimmed
with flowers intermingled with foliage in gold. Several
of the new coiffures are composed of ribbon.
Evening caps consist of blonde, lace, ribbon, flowers,
&C. One of the newest is made of a combination of
black tulle, blonde, and black lace. It is trimmed with
red flowers, and bows of black velvet. Another cap,
with a round, limp crown, is trimmed in front with
quillings of blonde. A cordon of flowers and foliage
crosses the top, and drciops towards the shoulder on one
side: At the back there is a baw with ends of ribbon.
Strings of blonde. Sonic of the new opera cloaks con-
. scio:
Int opfaswoh iotef
,cvahsilti me, eprein,
kb,eaanudtiftbi .lue silk, ai dr
ee rmeda.ddOedthaenrsd
They are almost invariably trimmed with
quilted.
swansdown.--Larig's Newspaper.

GRFAT MALVERN.--br. Stummes having just left Dr. Wilson's
livilronntbie Fstablisbment, where he has been resident
sici n sine 1846, is continuing the hydropathic practice at
his private residence, Abbey Walla, Malvern, until his new
establishment is completed. His patients have the privilege
of using the public douches and other baths newly erected
by bt. Gully.

LATEST NEWS.

(BY BRITISH AND IBISIL :MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

FRANCE.

•

A letter from Toulon in the Gazette eu Midi
says that orders have been given to put upon the
stocks three new iron-cased ships ow the media of
La Gloire.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
PARIS, Jan. 7, 3.5 parr.
The Bourse has been dull. Rentes elate at
67f. 20e., or SOc. lower than on Saturday.

ENGLAND AND AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Jan. 7.
The semi-official Donau Zeitung of to-day
publishes a letter from London, the writer of
which speaking from reliable information ex-
preses his conviction that England will no, longer
propose to Austria the sale of Venetia.

PRUSSTA.
THE FUTURE POLICY OF PRUSSIA.
The funeral of the late King of Prussia was to
take place yesterday. Political manifestations
are deferred till after the obsequies.
Another month is expected to show important
changes in the foreign policy of Prussia.

ARRIVAL OF LORD LOFTUS AND LARD
BLOOMFIELD AT BERLIN.
Lord Loftus and Lord Bloomfield have arrived
at-Berlin. Lord Bloomfield proceeds to Vienna
at the end of January.

THE SWISS MINISTER IN PARIS AND
PEACE PROSPECTS.
BERNE, Jan. 7•
Dr. Kern, the Swiss Minister in Paris, in his
last report to the Federal Council, announces that
the prevailing qpinion in official quarters is that
peace will be nfaintained ; and states that Sar-
dinia is endeavouring to arrest the plans of the
Garibaldians, and hopes to succeed in her efforts.

THE GAETA ARMISTICE.
PARIS, Jan. 7.
The Patrie says, negotiations have been opened
at Gaeta for the conclusion of an armistice on
a new basis.

MARSEILLES, Jan. 7.
The Pedoubtable arrived yesterday at Toulon
from Gaeta. On Friday last howitzer shells
were thrown into Gaeta by the Sardinians.

SAXONY.
THE SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN QUESTION.

DRESDEN, Jan. 7.
In to-day's sitting of the Chamber, the motives
of the proposed proposition of M. Braun, formerly
Minister, and M. Georgi, in favour of Schleswig
Holstein were explained by M. Braun. M. Von
Buist, the Minister, applauded the attitude of
Prussia, whose overtures have everywhere met
with approval and assent, and said there is no
doubt that the leadership of Prussia will be sup-
ported on all sides at the approaching discussion
of the question by the Federal Diet. All the
Federal Governments are ready to act in accord
with Prussia, and even, if necessary, to take the
field. In consequence of this declaration the
Chamber declared it useless to proceed to a dis-
cussion of the proposal of MM. Braun and Georgi.

MAIL NEWS.
SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 7.

The Hamburg American Company's steamer
Teutonia sailed this morning for New York with
upwards of 300 passengers, and taking from
England £70,000 in specie.
The West India Mail Company's steamer Trent
is just preparing to leave the docks to meet the
Shannon, which vessel was spoken yesterday, at
5 o'clock, about thirty miles off Scilly, by the
New York.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—ANOTHER
RISE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT.
LONDON, Jan. 7.
The Bank has to-day raised the rate of dis-
count to 7 per cent.

The following appeared in our later editions of
-esterday :..._.

INDIA.
COMMERCIAL.
CALCUTTA, Dec. B.—lmport market very firm. 71b.
shirtings are worth 4r. 10a. to 4r. 12a.
BOMBAY, Dec. 12.—The freight market has been
quiet, at £2 10s. to S 2 12s. 6d. for cotton to Liverpool,
and £2 2s. 6d. for seeds. Two vessels have been char-
tered for Hull at £2 17s. 6d. For China, in conse-
quence of unfavourable adviees regarding cotton, the
rates have lately been almost nominal, at 15r. per
candy. Import market dull ; export market very
lively, at higher prices. Cotton advancing in conse-
quence of advices from England.

The Paris correspondent of the Post telegraphs that
the French fleet is now really about to quit Gaeta.

sportin3 3utriligtlxrt.

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
Quotations. Trainers.
7 to 1 offered Oates
12 to 1 offered Manning
15 to 1 taken t. Taylor
THE DERBY.
Quotations. Trainers,
Dundee
Big Ben ••• l4 to 1 taken and offered...... Jeffries
Kettledrum 2O to 1 taken and offered...... Oates
Dictator
Nautilus
Kildonan 4O to 1 offered Kellow
Rouge Dragon
Yorkminster
The Drake lOOO to 15 taken freely ............. . Scott
King of Kent 1000 to 15 taken Stevens
Bombardier 1000 to 15 taken Westlake
Deucalion 3OOO to so taken ..................... W. Day
Struggler 1000 to 10 taken .....................Channel
25 to 1 against the fillies.

lit?ttledrum
Nautilus
Orcrtm

HUNTING FIXTURES.
The WYNNSTAT PACK will meet on
'Wednesday. January 9, at ........................................Bangor
,Thursday, January 10, at ~ ................................ ~ .... .... Celts
Saturday, January 12, at .......................... -................5e1attyu
Master, Sir W. W. Wpm Dart., M.P. ; Huntsman, J.: Walker,
at half-past ten.
Wednesday. day
HOUNDS meet on
Wrenbury Stades
Thursday, January 10, at .................. ... ............ Cholmondeiey
Saturday, January 12, at ............................................. Astle
Each day at half-past ten,
JanuaryT h ec Each
E9s, 1 ,adit

BOROUGH SESSIONS.— At these sessions, yesterday, in
the Crownecourt, St. George's-ball, before the Recorder,
Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the following prisoners, whose
names did not appear on the calendar, received sentence :
with —James Robinson, pleaded not guilty, and was sen-
tneinnceed tonine eal
calendar
meanours: Margaret Holleran, guilty, bur calendar
months lfrthmonths;hard labour isde-
Anne Rile guilty,
y,
mouths with hard labour; Ellen Sewell, not guilty, /six
calendar months' hard labour •
, 'Thomas M'Cann, not
guilty, nine calendar months' hard labour ; Matthew
Mcßride (out on bail), not guilty, six weeks' hard
labour ; James Gerrard, not guilty, eight calendar
months' hard labour.
INQUEST AT BIRKENHEAD.—An inquest was held
yesterday, at the Bird-in-Hand, Birkenhead, before Mr.
Churton, the coroner of the district, on the body of s
man named James Bylan, 55 years of age, residing
with his daughter in a but in a coal-yard at the corner
of Cleveland-street. The deceased had been ill
since Tuesday week, and on Friday enorning he was
found dead in his bed. The daughter, who is -15 or 16
years of age, was the only person in the hut when he
died.—Verdict, " Died by the visitation of God!'
STEALING 'Coning.—Yesterday, at Birkenhead (before
Messrs. W. Jackson, Derbyshire, and Case), Richard
Jones, a porter, was brought up on a charge of stealing
a quantity of copper, valued et tl4. It appeared that
the prisoner was in the employ of Messrs. Henry Rogers
and Co., merchants, of Liverpool. One day last week
he was sent Over to the docks at Birkenhead for a quan-
tity of copper. On the way to the ferry be offered one
cask of the material, weighing about 3 cwt., to a marine"
store dealer, who, instead of receiving it into hie store?,
gave information to the police who apprehended the
prisoner.—He was sent for trial,
FREEMASONRY.—It is rumoured that his Royaf
Highness the Prince of Wales will be initiated this year
in freemasonry. Owing to the death of the Marquis of
Dalhousie, the titles of the deceased nobleman (except
the marquisate) are now borne by Lord Panmure,
Deputy Grand Master cf England.—,Doeer Chronick.
THE IRON SCREW STEAMSHIP QOP"
The sails of this ship, stranded at Plymouth, are unbent,
and all her top hamper is going into vessels alongside.
The Admiralty have phteed at the service of the owners
the old gunbrigs Pilot and Rover, for which mooliogs,
are provided. Any Government bulks necessary for tbe
reception of the electric cable are also to be supplied.
THE MANCHESTER VOLUNTEERS.---The Manchester
regiments of volunteers have continued to pay good
attention to their drill notwithstanding the severity of
the weather, and the numerical strength of the farce fs
gradually increasing.' The Ist regiment numbers 1,000,
the 2n4 800, the 3rd 800, and the 4th Manchester (or
78th Lancashire) 550. The last is a new regiment, got
up by Captain Samuels, on a new principle, with the
uniform and appointments of the 60th, and the Scottish
Company of Manchester, having the uniform of the 42nd
Highlanders, have joined them. The regiment contains
a larger proportion of working men than the others,
officered by gentlemen who are strict in enforcing dis-
cipline, and the force already has a very smart and
soldierly appearance. It is under the command of
Captain Geddes, who has been made adjutant.
REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH WILTS.—On Saturday
a candidate for the representation of South Wilts, in
the room of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, appeared
in the person of Mr. Thomas Fraser Grove, of Fern-
house, Wilts. Mr. Grove is a magistrate for the county
and a deputy-lieutenant. In his address Mr. Grove
says :—" Although I do not sympathise with the ultra-
Tory party, I. am, nevertheless, far removed from the
so-called Manchester school, whose doctrines I consider
both delusive and danelrous. lam prepared to give a
general and independent support to Lord Palmerston's
Government, believing as I do that it represents
views of the majority of the thinking the
deserved well of the country." public, and has
ACCIDENT TO LORD RAGLAN.—We regret to state
that Lord Raglan met with
a
serious accident ouTbars-
day last, by which he brokebetween
hisA
arm.isedr
sHis Lordship was
field Cone,the
seat of Earl Beauchamp (where he was visiting), ginjl's' Worcester, and, on arriving at a hill where the ice a
snow were thick, he alighted svith her ladyship and
downg:
who accompanied him, and proceeded to Walk
h t 111 e
e
hill. His Lordship was leading the horse.
w that he
slipped and fell with such violence on big side • /
edily as possth e
broke his arm. He was conveyed as ePe
b 11115 set, and
back to Madreafield Court, where the if n
he is going on favourably.

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