... GATHERINGS PRo YEBSTERDAyS JOURNALS. - - - -O. LoRDn MACAULAY.-We little thought when two years ago we congratulated the country on the elevation of our greatest historian to the peerage, that we should have to record and lamentihis death before his voice had once, as far as we know, been heard in the House of Lords. Lord Macaulay died on Wednesday evening at eight o'clock, at his residence at ...

... As Christmas-day fell on a Sunday, Monday was ob- ii served as a general holiday, the bankers, merchants, and a traders closing their respective establishments, and thus P affording to the masses the usual Christmas relaxation. n Though the day was wet and disagreeable, the sight- a seers would not be denied the gratification of their tastes, C and the several exhibitions were well attended. ...

... D4AVAA; AsND _x-ARY INTELZ.ZGENCE. It is the intention of the Government to place the large naval establishments and dockyard at Chatham in a thorough state of defence, in accordance with the report of the Royal Commissioners OR the National Defences The present defenceless state of Chat- ham Dockyard has not been overlooked by the commissioners, and in accordance with their recommendation ...

... .lJUS lNAPoLemO AND MR. CORDEN. A. curious conversation, as between an Englishman (1fKr 'Cobden) and 's Ftencbman (Loris Napoleon), has obtained considerable ptominencel It is on the subject oi existing relations between France and England; acid the gist of it will be found in the following extract. Mr. Cob- den lately had an interview with Louis Napoleon- Englishman: 1 Well, then, I will be ...

... bATRIMOrSnAL ESCAPADE 1XTRA- OR1DINARY. s [From the Glasgow MJfai.] We have a story to relate, so pregnant, however, with e romance, mingled with credulity and imposture, that our _ readers will be apt to doubt the facts; but we regret to say that, to the great mortification and grief, of a very s worthy family, occupying a humble but respectable posi- tion in town, they are but too true. We ...

... COBDEN AND BEGxeu.-The lManchester manufac- turer, alias Richard Cobden, in his conversation with the French Emperor, has not acquitted himself to much better advaotage than the four Liver pool merchants, who thought, with their inch and a half of understanding, to fathom the dark profundities of the Napoleon intentions. In both oases-that of Mr. Cobden and the Liverpoolians,-the most crass ...

... SYMPALTHlY WITHR THE PoPE. In dealing with the statement that the Queen's name was groaned in Cork, Mr. Maguire, speaking through the pages of his own journal, thus expresses himself:- That there were expressions of feeling hostile to cer- tain members of the present Government occasionally uttered, in the form of what are termed 'interruptions,' by individuals in the meeting, is perfectly ...

... WA&Th.i. 3LKOT AT ALDMRSXOTT. We regret to learn that a serious riot took place al Aldershott on the evening of the 25th instant, between some men belonging to the 2nd battalion of the 24th Regiment and a company off the King's Own Light In- fantry (Tower Hamlets) Militia, and which was, unfortu- nately, attended by the loss of one life, besides three men being wounded. It is the custom in ...

... LOUIS NAPOLEON AND TIRE ENGLZS- MAN. It is possible to have a characteristic, useful in itself, so strongly developed as to induce a certainty of fatigue and final disgust in those who are condemned to witness its performance, and the Emperor of the French is, we take it, an illustration of this truth. He has acquired the power of keeping his thoughts to himself, and the faculty is 4 good ...

... 4. Tr1 VOPE AND THE CONGUESS. If a shower of bombshells had fallen upon the heads of the entire French priesthood, it could not have caused more surprise and consternation than the appearance of a pamphlet, called The Pope and the Congress, written by Me ?? Guerroniere, a high public functionary, and inspired by that most dark and impenetrable of monarchs, Louis Napoleon. The gist of the ...

... THE CASE 0O' lHE SAZLOOS 0r TH1 ' ?? 1hOary. The official correspondence on this subject has been published. In a despatch dated Victory, Portsmouth Harbour, Dec. 13, Admiral Bowles thus narrates the circumstances preceding the riot:- Soon after her Majesty had quitted the yard, Captain Baillie came to me and reported that his ship's company were very eager and anxious to be allowed leave to ...

... SUPPOSED POXSONZNG AT SEA. ?? stip iterimone, Uaptain Towill, which arrived at Liverpool, left Macao on the 10th of November. On the 17th of November fell in with the ship Accrington. This vessel made signals to the Hermione, and requested the latter to heave to, and the Accrington would send a boat on board her. The Hermione hove to, and a boat came on board her with the second officer, who ...