The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-29 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIME S.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY

about to be invaded by a mighty and ambitious
despot, who only wanted, according to the old
song of the day, to get possession of the keys of
the Holy Sepulchre. Our good sense enabled us
at once to see through this hoax, and diplomacy
has had the good taste to allow us to forget the
shallow grounds on which Europe was plunged
into hostilities.

The " Sacred Keys " would, in all probability,
never have been beard of again, if it were not that
the pretext for invading Switzerland, siezed by
the King of Prussia, is equally li'msy and perfi-
dious. He demands of the Swiss the unqualified
release of the Prussian subjects they have taken
as rebels with arms in their hands, as a prelude
to negociations, which are to settle a question of
disputed sovereignty. " Give me up those Prus-
" sians who have taken up arms against your
" Government, and shed Swiss blood, or prepare
" for war," is the language of the Prince of

Neutrality. He addressed it officially to all the
Great Powers, taking care to place Great Britain
at the foot of his list, as if to lower her in the
estimation of his more puerile friends and admirers.
To be placed, however, in what the world will
read as a moral antagonism to a dangerous
precedent, and unjustifiable pretensions, is, per-
haps, the greatest honour the King of Prussia or
any other Potentate could possibly confer on
England. Had Berlin diplomatists placed her at
the head of their list of " friendly relations,''
they might have laid themselves open to a charge
of seeking to obtain popularity for their cause,
under dubious pretences. On these and other
still more cogent grounds, we may excuse the
studied impudence of Prussian officials as dis-
played in their communications to Foreign Courts.
We should be sorry to see Great Britain at the
head of a list of Powers who approve, as it were,
of FREDERICK WILLIAM'S conduct towards
Switzerland. The CZAR NICHOLAS never put
forth more arbitrary terms for the adoption of a
weaker State, or a more terrible alternative in
case of refusal.

The Russian despot did endeavour to disguise
his object, to allay the fears of Europe, and show
some respect for the opinions and interests of

other nations. He appeared on the stage as the
champion of religious toleration and political
amelioration. NICHOLAS could, and did, resort
to: cant to carry civilisation with him. But
the King of Prussia throws down the gauntlet to
all Europe. He cares nothing for public rights,
interests, or opinions. He must have his
rebellious subjects handed over to him, without
trial, by those whose peace they disturbed, and
whose blood they have shed, or we must prepare
for a war in the heart of the Continent ! We
need scarcely ask any Englishman which
of these rulers he thinks the most just and
moderate man. The former did go about
his work like an accomplished politician.
He sought to subvert a semi-barbarous people.
The latter discards the outward embellishments
of the diplomatic art, and tells the world he will
carry fire and sword over a land consecrated to
civil and religious freedom—blessed with indus-
try which has made a barren waste a happy
home for two millions of civilised people, and
the biding-pl.: we of the highest order of literature,
art, and science. The missions undertaken
by these two men differ as widely as their man-
ner of doing things. NICHOLAS saw that, with .
all his might, he had not the power to justify his
treating the feelings, [until less the interests, o
1 j
all the world with disrespect. FREDERICK

WILLIAm evidently supposes be has strength,
either in himself or the promises of his friends, to
undertake a flr more daring enterprise.

He has in his dominions an available force,
according to the ordinary means of computation,
of "585,510 men, 93,850 horses." These figures
read well on the Bourse. It is difficult to under-
stand how they are to be brought into the field
by a needy kingdom. Prussia must resort to
war loans, and all who venture to join her must
follow her example. Will England supply the
funds for a diplomatic and a bloody crusade
against happy and unoffending Switzerland ?
We think not. Can any power on earth prevent
the Swili armies in Rome, Naples, and France,
returning to their native land to defend it against
the invader ? The King of Prussia seems to
think it can. He appears, in fact, to be
labouring under the idea that he will have every-
thing his own way. The jade Hope has not,
we trust, inflated the royal bosom too much.
She ought to be excluded from all speculations
where blood and treasure constitute the stock-
She is a very agreeable and useful
companion at a small tea-party, where Miss at
the piano, has to conquer a young squire in his
teens, and confuse old women at their game of
whist But to rely upon her in war, in the pre-
sent temper of Europe, will speedily convince
her dupes that they have been betrayed by their
vanity, and -Aril' go down to their graves covered
with the contempt and execration of mankind.
Let FREDERICK WILLIAM tell the Swiss nation
what his legal demands are; and if they refuse
to comply with just and reasonable terms, then
their blood will b• on their own heads. But if
they yield to despotic demands and impish alter-
natives, they will set a base example to Constitu-
tional Europe, and must expect to forfeit the
respect of the civilised world.

n-trade

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RACIA7O ACROSS TILE OCEAN

Plots fur plundering the plethoric Treasury of the
United States are thickening fast at Washington. Rail_
road and steamboat robbers crowd the lobbies, and every
day develops some new scheme of theirs for pillage. Ou
Friday last, Mr. Broom, from the Post-office Committee

reported to the House of Representatives a bill authorising
the postmaster-General to make a contract wit'i Cornelius
Vanderbilt for carrying a mail, in steamships, between

Now York and Southampton, at a compensation of
16,608 (lois. for tiro round trip• A provision of this
lin the event of this line not

as much, for each trip, as the British Government pays to
the Cunard ships. In addition to the Collins line, we
have now two separate lines of mail steamers to Europe
from this port—the Bremen line and the Havre line—each
touching at Southampton, where Vanderbilt proposes to
land, and each drawing heavily upon the United States
Treasury for the mail service which it performs. What
need, then, is there of a fourth line of American mail
steamers to England especially if the Government must
pay all the expenses ? It may be a very good speculation for
Mr. Vanderbilt—who has several ships lying idle in this
port—to get a mail contract to Southampton; but it will
be a very bad speculation for the people, in more wave
than one. We hope the scheme will be defeated. But,
aside from the utter folly of establishing another line of
European mail steamers, under patronage of the Govern.
rnent, there is a very serious objection to this bill in the
character of its proviso: that if Vanderbilt's ships do not
make as quick time as the Cunard ships, he shall pay
1,000 dollars for every twelve hours in which he is behind
them Here is a direct bid for a continual steam race
across the ocean, which is to jeopardise whatever life and
property may be embarked on the steamers entering the
course I Vanderbilt's ships must make as quick time as
the Persia, or to go to D tvy Jones' locker. They must
beat the Cunarders or sink I That's the real gist of this
proviso. It will be no easy matter for a new line to win
this race. It is not probable that Vanderbilt's ships will
make any better speed than the Collins' ships, or as good.
These ships have, up to this time, eclipsed all competitors
in the great race; but the Cunarders have pressed hard
upon them, and the Adriatic and Persia will soon bring
the contest down to a close calculation. The following
summary will show what was accomplished on this race-
course during the year 1855; and that Vanderbilt's ships
(now laid up) were beaten by the Cunarders, as well as
by the Collins ships.

science now daily brings within our reach, while the lady

presents to US, in herself, qualities for which we may go
far, and wait long, before wo meet their equal. Fine
figure, attractive features, graceful action, and a voice

combining power and sweetness with deep expression,
are no ordinary gifts ; and when these are crowned by
dramatic tact of a very high order, with a rapidity of
impersonation we never SAW exceeded, an audience can

sotrcely fail to derive the gratification, or fail in the
enthusiasm, which we shared in witnessing such a splendid
and varied display. The elegant introductory matter is
highly creditable to the fair authoress, Miss Edwards,
and in the admirably adapted music by Mr. J. F. Dug-

gan, we recognise an inventive power, in c

haracteristic

melody, conjoined with a broad display of science, which

will make us look with much interest at no remote period.

LATEST INTELLIGEN

By a telegraphic, despatch from Paris, we ball
late adviees from Switzerland. The Celli
demand authority to endeavour to obtain ape°►Se
solution by means of the release of the Prieenerg
in exchange for the acknowledgment of the iecie'
pendence of Neufchatel.
They demand also the approval of the re
of defence, and the authority to continue thern.;
leeP
unlimited credit, and authority to contract
of thirty millions. 9elf
Our dates from Constantinople are to the
inst. Despatches hare been received freul,
Teheran under date of 17th November. degree
of the Shah of Persia had invested the 618,nve
Vizier with unlimited power for life. The silt-0
decree adds that serious events are arising' ri-er
invites the populations to show themselves e-
getic, and to defend their honour to the lest.
All the chief of the tribes who occupy the, %re
runs of Herat have tendered them their subrede3:o
Were
The Persian columns in pursuit of Dust gehe''
are advancing towards Candahar.

we trust, to any operatic production bearing his name.

Miss St. George's personification of the Lesbian Muse, the
patriotic Maid of Orleans, were studies for an artigt, while
the completed and overwhelming contrast offered by her

Turkish Storyteller, Captain Crawley, La Zingara, The
North Country Boy, AT., made us almost question the iden-

City of the Protean artist. Encores more sincerely earnest
we have seldom witnessed, and the gracefl

night, Good friends," sounded like the urgen

it will prove) call to "meet. again" we ever

" Good

Ma
CHILDREN SMOTHERED --Reports of three or .--r t
&en haviw been smothered by overlaying, were wad°Chi'
the coroner'a court on Saturda evening. sea
CURIOUS CAS E. —We have y been informed that a Clieho
a very novel sort indeed, is likely to occupy the alten:oo
of the magistrates to-morrow, but at present we
sa'
the frost has increased, and more about it.
THE WEATHER continues
of its continuance, but latterly the changes have ur`pos
sudden it is quite impossible to calculate what man
bit! te;
R 'I3BERY BY A SERVANT.—At the County aaiOrliass
Court, on Saturday, a woman named Mary Simmeekae 0(
charged with rubbing her employer, Mr. Robert Cl° jape
Grange Farm, Ince Blundell. It appeared that loistely
last she was employed by Mr. Clarke as cook, and oaa,
several articles, such as quantities of tea, sugar, c-ffeet'tio
vtehreyresiesreartopresSeinotoes7tooturdprill
were missed. On search being made, several of 1110,110a-
were found in her box. The magistrates, Messrs•
stone and Preston, fully committed the piisonera
flaws's°
Livaitroor. ROYAL INPIRMA RY.—Weelt endings—, lli
c2497,oloBiss6d.o—rirAgdmvieitotke,d
2:
31. n patients,
niscbarg Discharged
;Inout 1:?tlen-10alt
L. Peel and J. G. Livingston, E
10 ; relieved, and at own rtquest, I I ; mafPletiadanttiPlictral
3; dead, 2. Remain in the house, 168. House 1'!".4.
geon for ensuing week, Dr Vase and Mr. Stubbs. °coil
surgeon, Mr. E. Morris. Junior house surgeota„,°%oter.
Webster. Chaplain, Rev. 11. J. Garrod, B.A. 'ice--
Robert Hutchis ll
on, sq a 1..,
TILE ROYAL BARON OP Bear AT Ma. Bi°l4llllultd.
The Royal baron of beef, to which we have already 1"-od
will be put up for roasting to-morrow, at 311°Tribr'sao' asfr
will be ready at one on Weduesday. The process °,„ that
ing such a splendid joint is only inferior in interest w_boot
of eating it, and from the numerous inquiries madeieeirif.
it, those who wish to get a slice had better atteau.ooo
The wonderful Cape sheep, mentioned in cur ClliAso,
-qrs. Physician 5e1,070
notice of the markets, will be also roasted at allorrieta
It is said to be the greatest delicacy of the sort ever %hod
to the public. Both these splendid animals were We'
by Mr. Lowthian, of John's Market. r bald
CORONER'S INQUESTL—On Saturday the coroneile"
the following inquests :-aOn the body of Jaul
ut"ildieset
aged SO, a labourer, who was at work at the new aa jiisf
Water street, and who was unfortunately killed by ibho
into a cellar, upwards of 50 feet. There was IT.diot, of
attached to any one, and the jury re'urned S Ye' lat.
accidental death. On the body of Edwin Goorgastbosa,
seaman on board the Rowena, who cut his throat tiro) be
when the ship was out 15 miles from Ormshead. "de to
was diacsvered, the captain put the ship back ill Ostia.
foundhathesveHi rtbwo eat nEt qbcielci i
deceasedry
AhNenll .Ec:cror,thßbeAi jury, ußtrbpyri,oNaaAftut,eyr
buta full
ia wi illaststist to- of
mind he was at the time, there was no evidence.
r lit~
Escxr- ° lOW
CAPTA 114.—A letter from Falmouth announces the naoi
loss of the brig Ritson, of Maryport, which left W 4
on the 25th ult., for Barbadoes, with a general cart% 0
00
was a brig of 237 tone, and had a crew of seven handered
board—one of whom was drowned. The brig faun tided
onwi
tthh ealsvtehr
yinshte.,avhyaysinega, rwnebtiowb,itletniatbhour
jr3lcthan:ats.aehdit:derel
carne
damn_
a m stern,ergueapn,fd.raodsiddoitonitieoher damage, so that on the 15th '" Pe
could no longer keep her afloat, and she foundertaptala
risec rottritsyT-mflAves inboltatto.m4sw4i4t
with extreme
,xitorne.ml.o 4:::::
reen:
got_ai way in boats, and were picked up b
Cwool:oleor went down with the vessel to a great orerte: but
her when she blew up with tremendoto
...,.I°l. which
IFe eats Taibvoi yr:
happily he rose again, and was saved by a !Yr. ao as ta
the 3 sAurmfaocriegsotfdthheyernseas-ul :nosrode:d: •
a patch ea ato
of enjoyment on the recent Christmas Festival
;e°,„ ° ties
our columns, one worthy of even morep tban a g.—. -,01
took place at the establishment of Messrs Frisby.D.Tka a„ tbo
Co. of Lord Street, where a handsome diouer, wllll 0
delicacies of the season was
ladies attached to the establishment. This was followeelopt
a grand ball, in the large dining ball (which we may rasa);
was suitably dec,rated with mistletoe, bona', do., tiaii,„,, of
.iined very creditably executed mottoes, in laurelrN. $.,.
a' Welcome," " a Merry Christmas," "V. A. ttendell
F. D. & Co." (in a crown) &.e , kc. The ball woos 2_,,,
as Freda'''.
by about 210 persons, and was opened by ..r. onoing
Frlsby and the hostess of the establishment, the hour
was continued will unflagging energy until aa early
a to the
All parties present seemed to have enjoyed thetase!_ .„,riaet
fullest extent—many expressing their opinion that ' a ;ow.
C ristmas" could be hard! t plated. The
y con ern ira
lishment of the room was the theme of much achn
....a.
and certainly reflected much credit on the taste of the W."-
&ger Mr. Ritchio. . Claalasla
THE R
_ c _oval. INSTITUTION MUSEUM, Prrilitil Oil ipl6.
tuition intend openintr the whole of their valuable tre.6 ini
of art; &c, to the public free, during the present srotoB7l.
we foal sureithat everybody a will avail theinge pea
the liberal boon who oa ,
offered to them. baPs aP
It „nay per .
of al.
odd that the interesting collection of illastratialse,_.,„ tba
progress of art after its revival in Italy, wbiehro7ra 0
walls of the gallery of art, are comparatively DI !a oft ore
even our townsmen, although one of the best crittuoa
r... it
has declared that there are few collections which 0 hTara
in interest. The visitors will be surprised tia mee "end lee-
limiting collections of natural history, antiquities,* voi
ireval objects in the museum, which are TerY doo.
, amongst w coolies
that are worthy of much attention and minute _a „rod
.But we must not forget to oriel
point out a new feature,oeisr-
inrcrest to all—we allude to the specimens of ra, „goof
and natural products, together with inanufactureat" to bo
now arranged in the old gymnasium, where they old
open to the public the first and third Monday in to
month, and will be found hi 1 • g ill' Interco I i
frg as laiG9rinfsel
~. I tie e
first state of many articles brought into the par.— - r
commerce, -

impressed

" ALL TILE SAME A Li UNTiRED YEARS HENCE."—To

study the cyc'e of years is to discover many curious coirci
In the matter of the seasons this study is hi,thh

instructive•. If 1857 be as like 1757 as the present year
has been like 1756, we shall have a warm summer and good
harvest. The broken weather of this year. which marred

he gathering of the clops so detrimentally, was an eau

repetition of the weather a century before, Aid not only
was the weather the same. Politics and foreign affairs
were but little different. I 'stead of Admiral
Napier and his failure in the Baltic to dis-

pute about, our grandfathers had Admiral V Byng
They raised a great outcry about his neglect of duty in the
Mediterranean: He fared worse than our Charley ;he was
tried, sentenced to death, and shot. But eriminala who,
compared with the garrotting robbers of this day, hardly
deserved punishment, fared worse. A gallows was kept
standing at Warwick, and the 1113SiVi were continued from
week to week to hang the weavers of Coventry, Nuneaton,
and the hardwar-men of Birmingham, for rioting about dear
bread. In Smith's ° Corn Tracts," published the year fol-
lowing, the harvest of 175 G is described in words which
hardly vary from Mr. Maxwell's recently issued
report of 1856, "The lest season was extremely unfav-
ourable. Great quantities of grain perished by the rain
and wind, and most of what remained proved defective both
in quantity arid substance by its not duly ripening." In
Edinburgh (1756) the magistrates met the public discontent
about bakers and extortionate prices, at least prices then
alleged as now to be diFproportioned to the prices of
wheat, by the following regulations : Large Bread,
to pay in money, for a loaf weighing six pounds—
ls, finest flour ; second flour ; 7d third flour.--
Weighing 4 pounds-81 fines' ; 6id second ;
third. Weighing 3 pounds —6l. finest ; second ; 34d ,
third. Small bread, weigh as follows :-11b Boz, finest ;
llb 14oz 151 r, second; 21b 9oz 21r, third. The twopenny
loaf to weigh llb, finest ; 1 b 4oz 10i1r, second ; Ilb 11 oz
7dr, third. The penny loaf to wiigh Biz fi est ; 10oz 5Jr
second ; 13. z 1 hlr, third. The halfpenny loaf to weigh
4cz, finest; soz 29dr, second ; and 6,1 z 13ir, third
N 13.—The bakers are to affix the initial letters of their
names on the top of each of their loaves, with letters
describing the quality of the flour, viz., F. for finest,
W. for wheaten or second sort, and H. fur household or
third sot t, and figures denoting the weight of the 6,4, and
3 pound loaves. 'rho price of wheat was then—at rate per
quarter—frcm 46s to 503. In February, March, and
April, 1757, it rose to 675. The masters of post-offices
throu4hout the kingdom were called on by the S-cretary of
State to collect information and transmit it to London for
the information of his Majesty as to the probable amount of
corn in their respective towns and districts. Thus agricul-
tural statistics wore even then held to be of value.—Cal,
(lonian Mercury.

FRAUDS ON INA/RANCH COMPANIES,—The mode in
which certain Life Assurance Companies are accustomed to
deal with policing, is becoming a question of more than ordi-
nary interest to society, inasmuch as the uncertainty which
attends their payment at the decease of th
evidently on the increase. In Vie hearing

CARE of

awl otners, to which the
life of the late Mr. J 'chiral was concerned, before Lori
Campbell rind a special jury, on the 18th and 19th inst. The
action was brought by the plaintiffi, as true
Norwich 11..ivelsionary society, to recover from ti

a for th
Lefendanta
eral Life

who are the trustees of the Westminster and G
Association the sum of X 1,500, the amount of policy effected
on the life of Mr. Richard Paul llayes Juddrell, in Sept.,
1052. The plea put in by the defendants was that the
policy bad been obtained by fraud on the part of the plain-
tiff, and they falsely declared at the time that Mr. Joddrell
had never had any Miles., well knowing that he was
snbject to deleriunt tremens, and other diseases which
tended to shorten life, and amongst others, that be was
habitually intemperate, and frequently intoxicated. It ap-
pears that Mr. Joddrell, the policy on whose life was disputed►
was a young man of expectations at the death of his father
Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, to tho amount of £12,000
year. Like many other young rn,n similarly situated, he
wanted to borrow money on his life interest, and applied
to the Norwich Reversionary Society for that purpose.
The sum was £B,OOO. The plaintiffa demanded u security
the deferred sum of £26,900, and an annuity of £4,000
payable at his father's death, which were agreed to by
Joddrell. It fell to the lot of the Wesminster Association
to insure Joddrell'a life, tho-,gh several others had refused
it, and in their policies assurances were declared " un-
fusrtioriable," except fraud was practised in obtaining
them. The insurance was eff ctod without seeing Mr. Jod-
droll, on the strength of papers forwarded from the European
race, whore the life of Joddrell had been also insured,
on the condition that 15 years were added to his life, or as
a person at 50 instead of 35, that would make the

premium

4 per cont. instead of £2 (s per cent., the ordinary charge
for a healthy person at 35. The policy was duly signed,
and Mr. Joddrell had his £B,OOO. In the following year
fdr. Jocldrell wanted more money, and obtained of the
Norwich Society another advance of 413,000, and his
life was again proposed in the Westminster office, and
recommended by their medical examiner, Dr. Arnett.
Now there ar3 a few facts in this case which
appear to operate with great injury against
offices issuing what are termed "indisputable" or
" unquestionable" policies, and afterwards disputing them
on the death of the insured. Thu Westminster office was
evidently aware that Joddrell'a was not a healthy life, or
why add to it fifteen years, arid a double premium 1 for to
make a man fifty years by insurance when he is only thirty-
vo, indicates that some unfavourable opinion is entertained
of him. But more than this Sir Frederick Thesiger said
that Juddrell's life was recommended in the case of the
second advance on the same terms as before. That this
unfortunate young man was beset by companions ready to
take advantage of his situation is perfectly clear; but as
Lord Campbell remarked, it is hardly reasonable to suppose
that the officers of the Norwich Reversionary, or any other
society, would advance, fist the sum of £B,OOO, and then
£13,000, upon an uuinsurablo life. And his lordship further
remarked that a practice had grown up of late among
insurance officers of professing their policies to be " indis-
putable," which was calculated to to id persons into fulse
and wicked speculations, and in the case of the Westminster
Association, his lordship regretted that in their nrosneetus

it was stated that all the insurances with the aisirciati,n
should be unquestionable, except wht r 9 fraud was practised."
lord Campbell said that it wns upon the faith of such
words the plaintiffs must bo underst tod to have accepted
the policy on Joddreltie life. The jury returned a ver.lict
for the plaintiffs, who had not ben guilty of any fraud
on the part of the compauy they represented.—Bankers
Circular.

beTHblEe Rtooirpaa: , the COgrit
tilhilelfir"silltd.l3ivAidKen.
of Bankruptcy that Mr. Lee, the official asslgO' na op
' ss ain the poll-
Wednesday next. ' A; eel AI
The ruins '_ . of a Roman theatre have been -.'ecla, long
Tfrigueres, near, Moutargis, in France ; it is 70 PI!, ~,itie.
It
the back of the pit to the stage, and 60 for'? inter
I could have easily held '•' rs Tlie In
10,000 spectate •
o f the theat 're is not yet uncovered. I, ROO
The Catholic Standard states •
that the Ite •i, of gt.
Howell. 8.A.. of' Christchurch Oxford, and Nie !tile('
Keep,
Cornwall, was last week'r lved into the Gaiety.,
Church by the Very Rev. Father Collin, at St-f?rojerli
Catholic Church Clapham. Mr.e Howell w 3. ~-h.
curate of Cuddesdon, the Bishop of Oxford's Psnif, tbst
_. We hear from Rome, says the Athrtuvwn of to • edy of
Signor Vera's opera, bleed on M. Scribe's ir,,iglis gr.
"Adrienne Lcoouvreur," has ben reduced theTe rou.iG,
sheaf tut" go of
bhaasd announced,—our correspondent padding,
BANS.—It in
woo,.
succeeded beyond expectation, the Pre's4,t ~,In into
the Italians
for violent •• ; in ; being 'I—
Spiecrios music
--
account. ceedirt
In the reports•
which have appeared of the Pr° ollsl
against R was erronc
tios
statededpath, Kent, and liogben, it
department
that IT
—When was em iloyed in the regisllloi
of the Great Northerni ReilWar. ll° nelerS Soper
so employed but was a clerk of the firm co' Field, :_ri.
and Wood, stock and share brokers of Warneford-c g
and is defended by their solicitor. ;fait
• Thomas Manse', couvic'ed at the last Maid. --gee.
of the murder of a comrade belonging to the 49:11.11 in
meat, has been respited until the 6th February. 1870
order to afford time for the decision of cer•ain point. °. th.
raised. by his counsel, relating to the mode of sweating 0
jnry on his trial, the Attorney Geoeral having lull; ai
his intention to grant his fiat for the suing out °f A II

PASSENOr.RS ran it. 111.3. ARABIA, FROM BOSTON TO
HALIFAX AND LlVltltrooL.—Mrs. Myers and daughter,
Mr. It. Crawford nod lady, Mr. A. Berbyn, Mr. W. Wynne,
Mr. S. I'. Burton, Mr. F. D. Symms, Mr. W. Hobbs. juu ,
Mr. Edmondmon, Air. M'Cullock, Mr. T. Hu'chinson,
Mr. J. Ogilyey, Mr. George Winks, Mr. A. Crawford, Mr.
R. French, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Roe, Mr. Robertson, Mr.
Adolph. Rai, Mr. F. Rasbrick, Mr. W. D. Hamilton,
Mr. F. I'. Power, Mr. W. Moodie, Mr. A.
Foulds, Mr. 11. Rogers and friend, Mr. T.
C. Watkins, Mr. H. R. Hawn& Mr. Picks,
Mr. L. Black, Mr: B. B. Hughes, Mr. A. M. Hay, Mr. H.
E. Legrani, Mr. W. Dixon, Mr. A. Mitchell, Mr. W. T.
Holland, Mr. W. Martin, Mr. James Shaw. Mrs.
Williams and infant, Mr. Janes Martin, Mr. T.
Louisburg, Mr. Awty, lady and infant, Mr. A. A. Isaacs,
Mrs. Wyatt and daughter, Mr. A. F. Cartel and lady, Mr.
A. P. Shurnway, F. E. Brown, D. P. 8 inghore, George
Bliss and lady, Mr. Frost and lady, Miss M'Leod, Mr.
Sutherland, Lieutenant Bland, Monsieur Orange. Mr. J. S.
Atwood, Mr. John Harrison, Rey. Mr. Roe, Miss Roe, Mr.
J. Whiton. Mr. Hackney, Mr. Sharp, lady and infant, Mi.
J. Store!.

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was ushered in on the Southern coast ol ilmbeber flora
("r/I".r. ITUNDERSTOM ON CHRISTAS DAT,North--ChTlStMaßijOal
wth. a considerable tall of snow, and ten minute' lei
one in the afternoon a thunderstorm, not of very i -4
_ continuance, however, broke over the neighbouliss:to
ory.nemout h. There were two or three very vivid in: the
nic lightning. It was succeeded by a stiff vie fro
rthward, with sleet and snow. dyeIV
THE LATE Ma. ELLIS or THE BRITI*II Muss ,„f
British Museum has sustained a loss by ihe lUvr,
Thomas Ellis, EN., of the manuscript departmet. ;_':!
Ellis was of Welsh extraction, and an admirable Oriter.
scholar, particularly distinguished for his acquain Ir.
with Syriac. The public are indebted to liim forollr,
translation of the extremely curious Hebrew /Ira ~,,/,
discovered by Mr. Layard at Nineveh, published by t, I:
gentleman in his second volume. Ile had long been l'ibid
declining state of health.
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