... On Saturday morning, at eight o'clock, the con- demne ?? Brandrick, was executed in front of the cuntyprisn, a Staford.Contary o th expcta- 9an effort was being made on behaf of Maddoeka, but we believe it wast conifinied to the personal application of his solicitor, Mr. H. Barber, to the Hoe Secretary and Mr. Baron Martin, setting forth the inconclusive nature of the evidence against hins. ...

... PROPOSED STATUE OF THE PRINCE CONSORT IX EDIN.BURGH.I d h There seems (says the ,Scotsman of yesterday) to h. be a pseuliur appropriateness in the suggeetion which hits if been eloating about for some time among our leading citi- 11 zens, that Edinburgh, whatever other cities and towns may e do, should have its own, and a worthy, memorial of his late ,r Royal Highness the Prince Consort. If ...

... SPEECH OF THE KING. At tlhe sneetillg of the Cortes of the kingdom on the 23rd ult., under the presidency of Viscount de Castro, supplemnlntary president; of the Hereditary Ch-amber, the King, Don Louis I., bearing in his haid the royal sceptre, teoo his seat on the throne. His Majesty, while his right hand rested upon the holy gospols covered with a cross, renewed the oath iu thesc terms I ...

... VOLUNTEER COHJANDERS iety To TMIt EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. aia. Sic-On reading your excellent sammary of the past j year's events, this morning, I was much pleased with your remarks upo a the Volunteers. In those remarks you draw e attention to a very fruitful source of discord which exists Jer- in many regiments, and which, if not put down by the (id strong arm of the Press, threatens ...

... I I We have now further particulars of' the great conflagration that laid in ruins a large portion of Charleston (South Carolina), on the 11th of December. The theatre of the fire embraced all the terri- tery comprised within the following streets:- East Bqy, on both sides. from Pinckney to Hazel, along Hazel westerly to Meeting-street, down Meet- ing' street on both sides to Horlbeck's-alley, ...

... MgIGR.ATION AND COLONIAL INTELLI- GE.NCE. GOLD AT VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. Mr. Dallas, of the Eeform Club, writes as follows AI'ow me to place the following extract of R letter latcyI, rerived fromn Vancouver's Island at your dieposal. It Was writter by a gentleman possessed of the best means of iniforrnation) and who is more likely to undersfrte than to exaggerate the etse. Frorn my owvn ...

... TI LA TX PRGDOONSORT. j lt is KMi ;tid at inL tti.rael zirr- cirfles the fatct of the Vrirmc&'. bravineg been or.r,ied off by typheid fevrr in eitna F days bra ?? ited ?? wonderrenv tt, more especially whowa ri wsae 8aeen rhit ber -.rvrs Attenatel byfur o. tho most ainardlent )7l)ai ciar-vs in Europe, one Af whonm, Pr. footer, has a sp,%nusrt9 for his cure o'f this dircasrr. It is areeri ed ...

... CHLANGES IN THEOUSE O OF COMMONS. Many changes have taken place in the representa. tion since the ?? of the yer which has just drawn to a' lose. New members have been elected for the following places- Aberdeansbie-William Leslis, Esq., in the room of JLord Hsddo. who became the Eart of Aberdeen. Andover- IB. Coles;,Esq., In the room of AIder- man Wmlam Cubitt, 'who aceepted the Chiltern ...

... I' The usual levee was held at the Tuileries on New Year's Day, with the customary ceremonial and the same pomp. The order of the reception was, however, somewhat departed from, in conse- quence of the repairs going on in front of the Pont Royal. The General Officers, Staff, and Officers of the National Guard and of the Army, were introduced to the Throne-room by the long gallery, which runs ...

... FALBSE SENTIMENT EVOKED FOR eoaehers. We have ever firmly and constantly raised our voice against that system of agricultural burglary known by the name of Poaching, a species of household robbery that, among a certain class of would-be politicians and their mistaken followers, has hitherto found too much favour and leniency-indeed, toleration. The demagogues who have been the means of ...

... VACANCIE, APPOINTMEBNTS, PROMO- | I TIoNS Vi THE CIVIL SERVICE Foreign-office. -Mr. William .Webb Follett Synge, assistant clerk in the Foreign-office, has been appointed com- missiorner and cornsul-general in the Sandwich Islands, in the room of Mr. W. Miller, deceased. War-office.-Mr'. Rudolph Guetavuse Glover, accountant- general's branch, has been promoted from the third to the second ...

... | SUNDERLAND SHIPOWNERS' SOCIETY. IThe anutinal meeting of this body was held on Monday; thte chairman. of the society (Air. JAMESs LAINGu) presiding. The Secretary read the annual report, of which the fol- lowing is an abstract: I The operations of the society during the paat year have not' been marked by much demanding speia comment. The ordinary routine of business has boen enough to keep ...