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London, England, 1856-01-23 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock.

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2

THE ASSASSINATION OF MR. WAUGH,

Coroner's Inquest.—(This Day.)

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The adjourned inquest on the body of the unfortunate
Mr. Waugh was resumed this morning at the board-
room of St. Andrew's Workhouse, Gray's-inn-lane, be-
fore Mr. Wakley, coroner, and a bighly-respectable jury.
The inquest was adjourned on the former day in order
that John Broadfoot Wustron, the murderer, might at-
tend and be identified by the various witnesses who saw
the prisoner on the morning of the horrible and melan-
choly occurrence. A mernor;al was presented to the
Secretary of State requesting him to direct that the
prisoner should be brought before the coroner, who
issued au order accordingly to the Governor of the House
of Detention.

This morning the prisoner was conveyed in a cab, in
custody of Inspector Checkley and Sergeant Haynes of
the E division, to the board-room ; but owing to his
removal being earlier than was expected, but few per-
sons ha I congregated to catch a glimpse of him. As
the investigation proceeded the numbers increased coa
siderably, and by the time the inquest was over the
neighbourhood of the workhouse was crowded by per-
sons eager to see him leave for final examination at the
Clerkeu well Police-court.
The prisoner whilst before the coroner appeared not
to feel the awful position in which he had placed him
self by the diabolical act he had committed. He stood
with his arms folded, and leisurely surveyed the pro-
ceedings in a manner almost amounting to total indif-
ference.

Mr. Humphreys attended on the part of the ex suitors
of the deceased gentleman, and Mr. Lewis for the pri-

Boners.

The various witnesses whose examination have already
been given were in attendance to identify the prisoner,
but before he was brought into court Mr. Wakley re•
quested Mr. Whitfield, the principal witness, to retire.
The prisoner was then brought into the room and allowed
to stand amongst the crowd, when Mr. Whitfield was
called in and asked to pick out the man who he saw
shoot the deceased. He immediately pointed out the
prisoner as the man.
Inspector Checkley depcsed, in addition to what has
already been published, that on searching the prisoner's
lodgings he found, amongst other things. a box contain•
ing powder, percussion caps, from 12 to 15 bullets, and
a bullet mould. The bullets fitted the pistol, which the
Inspector had ascertained the prisoner purchased about
15 months ago, for a guinea, from Mr. Wilcockg, tobac-
conist, Railway-arch, Minories. [lt was a percussion
cap pistol, with a brass barrel, and rather elaborately
embossed stock or handle.]
The Coroner then directed the Inspector to remove
the prisoner from the room, and have him conveyed to
the police-station at once.
Inspector Checkley said the examination had been
fixed to take place at 2 o'clock. He would take care
the prisoner was at the police•ofice in time.

The Coroner—l shou'd wish him to be taken there at
once. I promised the prisoner should be at the police-
station by 12 o'clock, and I should like to keep my
word. There is time enough to do it, and therefore let
it be done, that it might not be said any act of mitte had
interfered with the administration of justice.
The prisoner was then removed.

Mr. Lewis said it was to be regretted that the pri-
soner laboured under a delusion with reference to the
decesoed gentlemar, and the friends of the prisoner were
anxious that it should be know-u
that so far from that
gentleman behaving ill to him, he had treated hits/ and
them with the greatest kindness, and had always ;acted
for their benefit. On another occasion he (Mr. Lewis)
should be able to prove that the prisoner was labouring
under a delusion ; but it was useless for him to do so
then, as that Court could not not on such evidimce.

This delusion waß,..if he might HO term it, an herediitary
complaint in the family. The prisoner's father and
uncle destroyed themselves whilst labouring trader

mental derangement,

and hii aunt died in a limatic

asylum. His conduct iu his lodgings had been kWh
as would leave no doubt but that the prisoner
ought not to have been permitted to be at large, and he
had had to leave various lodgings from his conduct being,

as the parties stated, that of a madman. Oo one cacca-

siou be opened his window and set the things in the

room on fire, and when remonstrated with alleged he

did it to destroy the devil.

The Coroner, in summing up, made some remarks on
the impropriety of allowing persons of the prisoner's

description being at large. He did not consider it was

enough, when a man used violent threats to another, to
merely bind him over to keep the peace for a few months.
He considered that such men should be kept in custody
as a guarantee against their committing such acts as that
they had the melancholy duty that day of inquiring into.
He looked upon it as an act of cruelty to allow such per-
sons their freedom.

The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against
the prisoner.

The prisoner was ultimately taken to the Clerkenwell
police-station, where the prisoner was formally com-
mitted for trial for the wilful murder of Mr. Waugh.

FUNERAL OF MR. WAUGH.

The mortal remains of this unfortunate gentleman
were this day consigned to their final resting-place.
On its becoming known that thee funeral of the de-
ceased would take place this morning, the vicinity of
the residence of the late Mr. Waugh was in a state of
much excitement, and groups of pei sons were to be seen
patiently waiting, at different pal to of the road, the
arrival of the melancholy precession

At eleven o'clock the funeral co, 'tege, consisting of a
hoarse and five mourning coaches, left the residence of
the deceased gentleman, in Ladbre )ke•square, Notting-
hill, and proceeded at a slow pace t awards the Highgate
at which place it arrive id shortly after one
o'clock.
ry,

With the exception of the family and relatives of the
deceased gentleman, there were but :few persons present
at the interment of the body,

MARKET NEWS.—( This Day.)

CORN EXCHANt 3 E:

Most of the supply of English when bt on sale here to-day
was the refuse of Monday. The amount of business doing
in most kinds was limited, at Monde: OA decline in the quo-
tations. The condition of the sampl,st was very inferior.
In floating cargoes very little was doing.
Barley and malt very dull, but not cheaper.
There was a moderato sale for oats at full prices.
There
eh was
as v
aerlymost little inquiry for tom vii gn wheat, the value
of nominal.
Beans, peas, stud flour were exceodi bigly heavy.
•RFLIVALS TIIIB WBI at.

Wheat.
750

Lnglish ..
Irish .. • •

Harley. ( Mal t . Oatm. rlonr.
40 I 1.4 1,131 960
6,350
1690sks.
410
brig.

Foroign } 1 660

BOROLIGH HOP .
We continue to have a fair demand...for all kinds of hops,
at full prices.

WHITECHAYEirA .

The sup dies were large, and the tll4lO ruled heavy, as
follows :—Beef, from 2e 101 to 48 2d ; mutton, 24 10d
to 48 2d ; veal, 3s 81 to 4s 10.1; port 1", 35 4d to 6s Od
per 81bs by the carcase.

Viscount and Viscountess Comberce ere are expected
in Belgrave-square on Tuesday rent.
Viscount and Viscountess Ingestra are staying on a
visit with the Marquis aad Marchiort oss of Waterford,
in Ireland.

THE LATE SAMUEL ROGEEEL—We hear that the Rogers'
Diaries are not so nearly ready for th o press as rumour
had it. Mr. Moxon—the publisher, 'but not, it seems,
executor, of the poet—has a volume of Table Talk i n
the press, taken down by Mr. Dyes • This volume is
nearly ready for the public. The diaries kept by Mr.
Rogers himself, some of the choicest morsels, in which
are reports of conversations with the Iron Duke, are at
the disposal of the poet's relatives, the Messrs. Sharpe.
Rogers, it is said, left no instructior t% as to the particu•
lar disposal of his papers. Samuel 3 %Hips, we believe,
had at one-time a commission from the poet to write
his life, but the young critic passed : ►way, like so many
other contemporaries, before the age d poet was gathered
to his fathers. No successor to the t: Isk was ever named
by Rogers.—Athenatint.

This vessel, which wag one of three ships sent out in
1851 in search of Sir John Franklin and party, and
which was abandoned in 1853 ab v. Sir Edward Belcher,
in Wellington Channel, in about lat. 76, long. 94, bas
been recovered, after drifting .1,000 miles, and taaen
into New Louden, United States, by Captain Budding-
ton, of the whaling bark (leerge Henry, belonging to
that port. It was on the 10th of September, in lat. 67
N., and while in a field of ice, that the captain disco-
vered a ship in the distance, bearing north east, about
20 miles from Cape Mercy. The head of the stranger
appeared to be due east, and during Abe whole of that
day and the one following the course of the ship did not
vary more than a point or so from the east. Both ves-
sels gradually approached each other, during five days,
in an extraordinary manner, caused, as Captain Bud-
_dington supposes, from the vessel having been struck
by a counter current from Davis's Straits/. On the
sixth day a party was sent from Davis's Straits. On
the sixth day a party was sent from the George Henry.
to report upon the abandoned vessel, and, on their
return, the captain, hearing that it was her Britannic
Majesty's ship Resolute, mid kno-wing the history of the
Arctic expeditions, determined taeneeavour to rescue
her. Captain Budtlineton, with this intention, left his
own vessel and boarded the Resolute. He commenced
immediately to search the vessel, in order to ascertain if
she was seaworthy. On descending the hold it was
found to be entirely full of water up to the floor of the
first deck. The well was then sounded, and 7 feet of
water were discovered to be in the, ship. The pumps
were thee visited, and, being of a new construction,
none but the captain was acquainted with the'mode of
working them. One of them, which was a force-pump
e very great power, was rigged, and the following morn-
ing was got in working order. A gang of men were
then set to work, and for three days the pump was kept
going. ' 'Fourteen hotirs out of the 24 were consumed
in thus freeing the vessel. On the third day all the
water was cleared from her hold, and the attention of
the captain was turned towards extricating the prize
from the dangerous position she was then plated
in. The appearance of things on board, as represented
by Captain Buddiegton, when he had leisure to ex-
amine the vessel, was doleful in the extreme. Every-
thing of a moveable nature seemed to be out of its place,
and was in a damaged condition from the immersion
in the water. The cabin was strewed with books,
clothing, preserved meats, interspersed here and there
with lumps of ice. There was one thing, however,
which struck him as being very remarkable, and for
which probably no satisfactory explanati-n can be given
and this was the presence of ice for several feet in thick-
ness on the larboard side, while there was not a particle
on the starboard. The only argument that can be pre-
sented to explain this curious freak of the elements. is,
that the Resolute, lying with her head to the eastward for
probably mere than a month, received the direct rays of
the sun on the starboard quarter, and nowhere else, and
thus a' daily' wareith was imparted to this side of the
ship, while the other side, ..being without this heat, be-
came as solidified with ice as though the sun never shone
on it. This supposition may be very plausible and satis-
factory to many, for, to the certain knowledge of Captain
Buddington, the head of the Resolute never varied
from the east for twenty days, notwithstanding she
was constantly drifting in a south-west direction (the
course of the pack.) There was scarcely anything on
board the abandoned vessel that was not more or less
destroyed. There was a great lack of fuel OR board, al-
though in the course of the search throughout the vessel
a little coal was discovered in the bold, but the quantity
wag very small, and entirely inadequate to supply the
vessel more than a week. Of provisions there was
enough, perhaps, to last a crew of 75 men (the number
originally carried by the Resolute) for nine months.
The salt meats, were the only articles that were at all in
a state of preservation. Et erything had gone to decay.
Even the ship's stir, fund between decks, were so
rotten that the sailors could thrust their fiugers through
theca like so much brown paper. An attempt was sub-
sequently made to rig a top-mast studding-sail out of
some of the canvas found saturated with water ; but it
blew out of the gearing, and was scattered to the winds
like chaff. The lower hold was found to contain the
library of one of the officers of the expedition, valued at
over $l,OOO. The books were entirely valueless when
discovered by Capt. Buddington, and subsequently thrown
overboard as worthless rubbish. After great difficulties
the captain succeeded in getting clear fromthe ice on the
16th of Oct., and commenced his homeward voyage.
Upon this fresh difficulties arose. The ballast-tanks
having
;burst in the hold rendered the Resolute very
light and apt to roll heavily in the trough of the sea,
and gale after gale was experienced, The open sea was
gained, and OD the 20th of October the homeward voy-
age commenced. After a succession of strong gales and
head winds the New London Lighthouse was made on
the 24th of December. During the voyage, when a
little to the north of the Banks of Ne vfoundland, the
Resolute carne in contact with an iceberg about 50ft. in
height, on the top of which there was a detached piece
of ice of many tons' weight, and which the captain
expected every moment would tumble down upon the
vessel and sink the prize so gallantly obtained. So great
was the danger that the boats were all in readiness to
push off, should the overhanging glacier be precipitated
upon them. However, after a great deal of careful work-
ing and hard labour, the dangerous obstacle was cleared.
When the Resolute was first boarded, the ice around her
was from 25 to 30 feet thick. Everything was stowed
away in proper order for a desertion, spars hauled up to
one side and bound, boats pled t ,gether (covering snow
sleds), hatches closed, &c. In the cabin everything was
silent and dark, but they broke in the hatchway door,
and felt their way in the darkness to the table ; on it they
found matches and candles, and the decanters of the
officers with excellent liquor in them, glasses standing
around, just as they had been left so many months before.
A dry mould had gathered over everything. The iron
water tanks in the hold hnd burst from extreme colt,
and the water they had held bad flowed over the bottom
of the hold. Between decks ever) thing was covered
with moisture. A sort of perspiration had risen from the
water underneath and settled above. Many articles of
apparel were found " wringing wet." The party made
a fire in the cabin, and the' mould soon began to drip rhe A n
upon them, Upon the reporters from the different jour-
nals boarding her upon her arrival all articles of a perish-
able nature were found to be utterly ruined ; glue had
dropped out of locker joints, and everthing was covered
with rust and mould. The books in the library were
for the greater part in a good state of preservation, al-
though they were much damaged from the tallow end
grease spilt about the cabin in the voyage home. The
winee!ocker, lacing the library, on t io opposite a de of the
apartment, was filled with a goodly array of bottles, filled
with port, sherry, brandy, and champagne. The ceilings
were entirely covered with firearms, whaling gear, lances,
surveying instruments, telescopes, rocket-guns, and sig-
nals. Indeed every portion of the entire cabin seemed to
have been stowed away with valuables. There were two
closets at each side of the library, running back as far as
the dead lights, which were completely jammed with
clothing, boots, stockings, and other articles of wearing
apparel. Rolls of cordage and gutta percha piping—the
latter article was evidently meant to cover a telegraph
wire—also huddled together among the mass of rubbish
that had been stowed in these closets. In the petty
officers' room the British navy uniform was scattered
about in all directions. Some of the coats and panta-
loons were in good condition, and apparently bad suf-
fered but little from the damp. In the berths were
books, suits of clothing, firearms, powder in canisters,
flasks, pictures, tobacco-pipes, and matches. Besides
the above articles, there was a variety of eatables
and preserves, with which the whale men had made sad
havoc. Many little dainties, such as chocolate, preserved
fruits and jams, were found snugly stowed away in the
nooks and corners of the berths. In the centre of the
apartment the mess table once stood, but in the voyage
home it fell to pieces and bad to be thrown overboard by
the crew. Here there were several theatrical costu mes,
which would have been suitable for some of the best
" stars" of the day. The habiliments of Othello,
Richard, and King Lear were carelessly lying among a
pile of clothing which were, no doubt, intended for
clowns and tumblers, for the spangles and variety of
colours on the latter would lead one to infer that even
Circus performance had been attempted on board the
Resolute. Wigs and other articles necessary to a
good representation of either farce or tragedy lay scat-
tered around the floor in a blue mouldy condition. To
a close observer there was iu the middies' room every-
thing that the lovers of sport or amusement could desire.
In the steward's pantry all was nearly perfect, but in
the seamen's room the cookery utensils were missing,
having apparently been carried away by the exploring
party as the most useful to them. All the other por-

tions of the ship were stored with valuable descriptions
of property suited to the purposes on which the Resolute
was employed. As a curious and interesting coinci-
dence, it is stated that, in the year 1852, Messrs.
Perkins and Smith, shipowners, of New London, sent
out a bark called the M'Clellan to Davis's Straits for
the purpose of getting oil and bone. While fishing
here the captain of the M'Clellan fell in with Sir Ed-
ward Belcher's squadron wintering in the ice. While
in their company the M'Clellan was crushed in the ice,
and it was thought prudent by the captain to abandon
the ship, and sell her and the contents to the com-
mander of the British squadron. This was accordingly
done, and the whaling-bark was stripped of every-
thing that. was valuable on board, and the articles dis-
tribute' o on board the variot(i vessels composing the
fleet. The George Henry, Captain Buddington, was
fitted out by Messrs. Perkins and Smith to fill the place
of the lost barque M'Ciellan, and in 1855 she proceeded
to the very sea where the !atter was abandonel to Sir
Edward Belcher's party, and here, in the course of the
voyage, one of the very squadron which assisted the
M'Crelland's commander in his difficulty was pieked.uP,
an abandoned ship, by the vessel fitted out in the place
of the one taken possession of by the British three years
previously. This is not all. On board the Resolute ere
now pieces of sail of American manufacture, which had
doubtless hung from the topgallant yard of the ill-fated
2.l'Clellan. It is vet v strange that, after such a lapse of
time, a remnant of Messrs. Perkins and Smith's lost
vessel should be brought to their very doors from the
depths of the Arctic legions in this manner.

Mr. J. Clementson, who, having held the office of
deputy Serjeant-A-arms of the House of Commons for
50 years, was well known to the inr:nabers of the Legis-
lature, died on Sunday last, at his residence, FelQourt
Lodge, Torquay.
THE AUSTRALIAN 111Ams.—T!-:e White Star Royal
mail packet, Sardinian, Captain Sheridan, belonging to
Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson, of Liverpool, sailed from
the Mersey yesterday at noon, for Melbourne, with the
usual bi-monthly mails for the Australian colonies, above
100 passengers, and a full, cargo of valuable merchandise
on freight. The next mans will be conveyed from Liver-
pool to Australia by the Black Bad ship Joseph Tarratt,
Captain Haulm, appointed to sail on the 7th proximo,

L IT, RATURE.

Nonpareil House. By Henry Curling. 3 vols.
Hall, Virtue, and Co.
This is a very interestine.- narrative ; it relates
•the adventures of Julian Mountjoy, a Teung cava-
lier, of the time of the great rebellion in England.
Without taking a very prominent part in any im-
portant occurrences, the hero, nevertheless, was
present at many of them; a mrthe records of his own
exploits of a private nature form an attractive por-
tion of the book. The plot is. -ingenious in con-
struction, and the descriptions are spirited.. There
are many characters presented to our notice, and
some of them attract regard and interest. Lady
Nonpareil was peculiarly unfortunate, driven
about the country, her husband and only son
engaged .in war, she was left without any protec-
tion till Julian Mountjoy _came -over-from abroad,
when the earl commissioned him to be • her escort
to the north. -During these travels the party, con-
sisting .of Lady - Nonpareil, her daughter, and
governess, encountered many dangers,- from the
effects of which they were preserved by the courage,
prudence, and foresight of the young champion,
who was a distant relative of the family. Leaving
them for a short period, Julian Mountjoy rendered
'signal service to the cause of the Royalists, by
conveying some treasures to London, and then con-
verting them intogold. •On his journey to the country
estate of the earl he encountered the fugitive cava-
liers, among whom was the King. This passage
is of great interest, bringing before the reader in
a position of danger and uncertainty the monarch
who shone pre-eminently in the hour of adversity.
The devotion which inspired so many of his fol-
lowers is sketched with a truthful earnestness, and
the hope which actuated them again and again to
the contest of the royal rights against the power-
ful assailants, is made apparent with forcible and
striking descriptions. Whatever may be the
political bias of those who p3ruse these annals,
none who admire courage or constancy will
withhold a tribute of admiration from the self-
devoted cavalier. Julian Mountjoy was a noble
instance of knightly zeal. His opportunities were
not many and his position was not elevated, but
the King had not a more enthusiastic follower. By
his unflinching bravery and dexterity he contrived
to render some material benefits to those of his
side in the struggle. Such was the distracted
state of the country at the time that there was
scarcely a household, however mighty or humble,
that was not in turn too powerless to defend itself,
and of too much consequence to be passed over.
In such .a position of affairs it was incalculable the
advantage that even one valiant arm could afford
to the oppressed. There was a secret foe to the
family of the Nonpareils, who tracked out the va-.
rious members with skill and ingenuity that seemed'
almost fabulous. To circumvent this cunning
enemy Julian did not always find .it possible, and
after having driven him away from many of his
ill-devised schemes and destroyed many of his pro-
jects, he was at last obliged to succumb in his turn.
The wily Basil contrived to prejudice Lord Non-
pareil against his young relative, and after all his
services in the cause of the family Julian was treated.J
with coldness and even contempt. He withdrew. .
from them in disgust, and joined
,some friends he
had made for himself. Mohun, who was of great-
service to him, was a noble character, straightfor-.
ward, and generous ; he had raised himself to
eminence by his own exertions from a humble
sphere, and he is well calculated to attract atten-
tion by hid spirit and daring. Lady Blanche is
pleasing; and. the endeavours of Julian to free
herself and mother from the cunning devices. that
had been drawn round them by the wily set they
had fallen into are very exciting and interesting...
Diana is a fine disposition, and her enthusiasm for
the royal cause, which she does much in secret to -
advance, gives a romance to her career. Squire
Numbskull is an amusing sketch of country life at
that period. On the whole, much may be found
to excite interest and attract admiration in this

story, as well from the epoch chosen for delinea-
tion, as for the skill that chronicles its details, and
the spirit which animates its pages.

New Zealancli• -By E. B. Fitton. Stanford,

Charincr-cross.
This volume is 'designed for the uso.and
information of intending•ethigrants. It is founded
ou a lecture on New Zealand which was given
some time since. Many delays have retarded its
publication, which is scarcely to be regretted, as
the author has been enabled to add to his stock of
information on the subject.. He justly. observes,
that in a book professing to give the latest infor-
mation upon all topics iN filch it discusses there can
be little that is entirely original, and whore much
of the intelligence consists of extracts from colonial
newspapers the style must necessarily be occa-
sionally formal. The latter remark is perhaps
scarcely merited, as it is written in a quiet, business-
like manner,
.and does not display any unusual
dryness or formality in the style. It gives
a description of the country and the general
mode of life among New Zealand colonists,
which the author, being a landowner anti
late resident in the colony, is well qualified
to describe. The islands are three in number, but
the southern one, which is smaller than the others,
is also much more mewed and inclement, and is
therefore seldom sought by emigrants. It is known
by the name of Stewart's Island. In all, the three
islands are estimated to. contain 78,300,480 acres
of land, and of those it is supposed that at least
two-thirds are capable of cultivation, though, ow-
ing to the want of roads, bridges, kc., and the re-
fusal of the natives to alienate their territories,
there are many obstacles to the occupation of the
more remote districts. The natives, or " Maori,"
have been calculated at 100,000, nearly 80,000
living in the north island. They are a well-
formed and intelligent race. With regard to the
climate, which has been so highly spoken of,
the author considers it to be overrated. The
disappointment, he says, which many experience
in this respect,, on arriving at the colony, has
given rise to one of the most serious complaints
made. On the whole he thinks that the weather,
though never equal to our best summer days, is far
more equable and agreeable than in England, and at
no time so severe as our worst months. A. separate .
chapter is devoted to each of the six chief settle-
inents, Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth,
Otago, Canterbury, and Nelson. The three former
are in the north, and the others in" the middle
island, the south, as we have previously mentioned,
not having been colonised by English emigrants.
It will be seen that from the author's personal
knowledge of the colony, and from his various
sources of information, he has furnished the in-
tending emigrant with a work likely to give him a
clear idea of the locality, its advantages-. and
drawbacks.

Webster's Royal Red Boa.. Webster and Co.

This work has been established for so long, and-
is so well known that it requires no recommenda-
tion. It has acquired a reputation in its peculiar
style, and although as a directory it cannot, of
course, be compared with the " London Directory"
as a reference for information respecting Crown
offices or State appointments, &c., it will be found
of great service. Its contents inform us that it
comprises a Street Guide, an alphabetical list of.
the Nobility and Gentry, the Houses of Lords and
Commons, Baronets, Crown and Law Officers,
Ambassadors, Consuls, Bankers, Army and Navy
Agents, Hotels, Clubs, &c. This list is sufficient
to prove its utility to those unacquainted with its
merits, while its former patrons will find it main-
tain its previous character.

Who's Who in, 1856. Bailey, Brothers, Cornhill.
This is another very useful volume of reference.
It has reached the eighth year of its existence,
which is a testimony that it has succeeded in ob-
taiuing the public favour. It is indeed a most
serviceable little volume. Its table of contents is too
long to be quoted, but it is sufficient to say that it
gives every information respecting the Offices of
State, the Royal -Family and Household, the
Peerage, the Public Works and Buildings,_ all the
Law Offices and Judges, the Officers and Heads of
Houses at the Universities, and the Governors of
British Possessions in all parts of the world. Be
sides this multifarious information, a list of the
Bishops, and Deacons, the Members of the Academy
of Arts, the Directors of the Bank, the Companions
of the Order of the Bath, and several other similar
useful pieces of intelligence are given. The ages
of many of the notabilities are added and in the
list of the Members of P. I
Parliament the number of
electors is appended to each name.

The British Year Book for the Country. Edited
by C. M'lntosh
and T. Lindley Kemp, M.D.
Longman.
This work is intended to appear annually, and
" to he for the country house what annuals used
to be for the drawing-room." Unlike them, how-
ever, its object is not to amuse a leisure hour, but
to be of service in the practical business of country
houses and their dependencies. It is announced
as au annual of Agriculture, Horticulture, Flori-
culture, and Arboriculture. Those who are em-
ployed or interested in the pursuits which these
hard words represent will therefore find it a useful
companion. The names of its editors are a valuable
recommendation. Mr. APlntosh, the author of the
large and complete works on " The Farm," and on
" The Garden," which were published some time
since, being one, and Mr. Lindley Kemp, the
author of " Agricultural Physiology," being the
other. It is divided into four parts. The first
gives us an almanac and its attendant
pieces of information, a calendar of garden
and farm operations, awl a table of the

average weather i a 0 reat Britain during
the year. The second consists of original papers
on many theoretical and praclical topics. The
third part gives a notice or the works on tho diffe-
rent branches of rural eco-noiny t}mt have appeared
in the past year. The fourth part, under the head
of Miscellaneous, presents us with a :variety of
florists' lists, the French market prices, inventions,
discoveries, eiTc., and all the events of importance
that have taken place in connection with agricul-
tural and botanical pursuits iii 1855.. The reader
will'thus see that, though it does not aim at enter-
tainment, -it is calculated for the general reader; for
those engaged in rural pursuits it forms a useful
rade mecum.

The Atsurance Maga,-.;ine. C. and E. Layton.
The Merchants' Magazine. Richardson, Corn-
hill. The Fieentasons' Magazine. H. G. War-
.

rep.

These serials are each devoted to a particular
class, and their contents are therefore characteristic.
The AsSurance Magazine is also the journal of the
Institute of Actuaries, and has several articles on
topics of social importance. A paper on the phy-
siological law of mortality, by Professor Buchanan,
presents some striking tables, from which it ap-
pears that the period at which human life is most
secure is 13. An article on decimal coinage enters
thoroughly into the subject, and decides iu favour
of its adoption.
The Merchants' Magazine has several papers ost
commercial subjects, and a great variety of prac-
tical information. Colonial princes, foreign ex-
changes, prices of grain, English and foreigjfunds,
Sr,c., together with. the Bank returns, and the
prices of railway shares are comprised in its cow
tents. Merchants and; men of business will find
this serial a useful referee.

The Freemasons' Magazine, though addressed to
the Brotherhood of Masons, contains some articles
of general interest unconnected with that extraor-
dinary fraternity. One of these is the description
of a yacht's cruise to Balaklava. As a general rule
it must, however, be admitted that this serial is
best adapted for the perusal of the craft.