... HEALTH OF LON4 DON. The deaths registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday ware 1,269; they exhibit an increase, which is not very considerable, on those of the two previous weeks. In the corre- sposding weeks of ten previous years the average number was 1,205, whicb, with a correction for increase of population, becomes 1,326. Notwithstanding the remarkable cold of last week, ...

... I : NA VALAND MILITABY.. ADnmlRas, Dwo. 29.-Anor_ -Lieu-- |temants J. XN Bushl, to the Soath-mpto i E, Morgn, oh, to the Hero - H Waler tO the Meaner; W. H1. . atj St. Cur, to the: Ble, adalitiona for disposal; and BE 5. H~obbyn, to the Southaupton, for service of the ordieaBUsry. Chief Engineers K T.l ecton, to the Barracotat, and J..W. German, to the Ounmberdane, for servce in the3, KNval ...

... I TERRIBLE STORY OF A SEIPWRECK. The following narrative of the 10s3 of the steamer Jersey City, on Long Pointobeach, on the 24th of November, while on her way from Toledo to Buffalo, appears in the American papers :- Captain Monroe iummediately ordered every one to the hurricane deck, as the only chance of safety, A number, heedless of his warnings, jumped into the lifeboat and made for tbe ...

... MR. PAR[{ES' IMPRISONAIENT. 11 .- . .. . ?? . . of | iy itish I-c: ilarters, Pekin, h October 20, 180. MY 10yr(l,- I tvu the hoil- l txi 1blY befo~rt your extel- ry J lictr tlie foliof-oilng stateioent of the ciicuistaiitces witich Jy antteie-ld liy ?? anmd sub~el.euct iliiprissilitent. I left 1Io-se-wvoo at 4 a.n. oil tho miorning of AMonday hi tie lI tl Septc-llblt; aceonpallied by Mlr. ...

... T21IE LATE EVENTS I.L CIlNN. ?? ?? 4 - T'rh 1,ol3oticu~r of Friday aend Saturday pjublishied a, iisof Jespatetlhe from Baron Gros and General )1coltallbaii, the forwer givinig anl accounit Of the Fr'1'tci share inl thle negtiatituns thttt led imnite- Yt o the Treaty of Pekin, and the latter nair- tal-jj, ii leh eirctina11tances utteuding~ thle capturo of ths', ?? Stumimer Pau- by the troops, ...

... A SAD CBRIMAS FOR COVENY.ay, I The Eimissnghm Gaetie gives the following me. lanoholy details of the condition of the working closses in Coventry:- It is not within the powerof ?? to portray in all its terrible gloom the calarnity whtch has fallen upon the city of Coventry and the adjacent ribbon. weaving districts. Nor can any form of words be made to realise the depth of misery exhibited i ...

... ?? DISTILESS AMONGST THE COVMNTILIZ IWZAVRas. On this subject the Birmingham Gazette gives the follow- ing miblancholy details:- ' It is not within ?? of language to portray in all its terrible airepm the calamity which has fallen upon the city of Sveutry and the adjacent ribbon-weaving districts. Nor can any form of woeds be made to realize the depth of shisery exhibited in individual cases ...

... , TTE MORNING CHRONI(LE whet LONDON: ever 2,LONDA IY, DECEMUBBIB 31, 1860. only resul )patel The ?? UIV towards tile foiinmation of a spit free Italian llKipgdom, the annihilation of two des- ?? potisms, the blow struck at the temporal power of of N the Porn, the conclusion of a Treaty of Commerce Apri between France and England, the visit of the Turi Prince of WALEs to Canada and America, the ...

... gattot SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29. CHINA. THE OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. A Gazette Extraordinary, published late last night, con- tains the very voluminous official despatches which have been received by Government relative to the Convention of Pekin, the temporary occupation of that city, and the various circumstances attendant on the negotiations for peace. Amongst these the statement of Mr Parkes is a ...

... TIHE TUR{KISH LOAN. The following communication has been forwardel to uis by M. J. Mires in the name of the (I'ontrac- tors of the Turkish Loan, aud, in the name of the Directors of the Caisse Generale des Chemins do Fer. At the request of the Directors of the Bank of Turkey, and on account of the Christmas holidays,. the subscription to the Turkish Loan is extended iiiL London to Saturday, ...

... I Seven Hundred and Five Slaves on Board, (From the ZNeuw Yor/c Tribune, December 10.) The barque Cora, of about 350 tons, of New York, under ?? command of Henderson Eastman, sailing master of the Calostello tion, fag-ship Or the Atrican Squadron, arrived at this portlon Saturday, from Monrovia, and snchored nfi the Navy Yard a for p.mn. She was captured on the coast of Africa by the ...

... Tear StLPHIDr SCANDAL.-Mr W. J. Grandy, Second Master of | her Majesty's ship Himalaya, and son of Captain J. S. W. Grandy, R.N., commanding the Marquis of Downshire's ship Sylphide, yester- day waited upon the Portsmouth correspondent of the Times, and handed to him for his inspection letters received from Captain Grandy, dated on board the Sylphide in the Bay of Naples on the 18th and 19th ...