... I MAJOR WALTER'S NEW BAROMETER. Mijor Walter, vwbo bas for some 20 years devoted his attentlon to meteorology, has shown thepraotical bent of his genius by producing a barometer which appears to be as much superior to the ordinary instrument now in use as the modern chronometer is to the ant!que water-clock. The new barometer was placed in the Exohange newsroom on Saturday even- ing lost, and ...

... LOSS OF A STEAMER. ;rSN(:STO0VN, SATURDAY MORNING. The steauer Adonis, from Belfast for London, wa3 driven ashore at Dalgey at 2310 a~m. She is noi drifting out to sea in a sinking state. 10 451 AM. The crew of the Adonis have gone to Dublin by tbe O 0 train. The stearner is supposed to have gone down. The passengers were all saved, but the ?? is missing. DEATH CF JOHN BOYD, ESQ, M.P. ...

... ?? ra g The Mooltan, with the Bombay malsof Deosmber 12, left Malta for Marseilles at five P.m. yesterday. The Chancelklr of the Exchequer has been elected cne of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, in roem of the late Sir J. Graham. Mr. Albany Ponblanque, late of Manchester, has been appo nted her Majesty's legal vice-oonsusl in Egypt. The duties of the post are judiolal. THE ...

... F i PROFESSIONAL NURSES IN i , ?? IVERPOOL. I, The poor fare ill enough in the best seasops; especially in our large toWns. It il not that they are illjpaid oroverworked. lee leviet that wages are far 4igherh'ere tian anywvhere else in the Old World, and ' ;'do -not' believe tbat'.the chief ?? ,id requiisiteS of existence are dearer in anytding like the sam e. .proportion; wile the English ...

... LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING, I- 1862. I o Stewards-los Sefton Stamford, SkelJaerydale, resHartlngtion, Weatmoreland, and captain White; se-ota Leseee and Clerk of the Coursei Mr. E W T rc ba; Judge, Mr. Johnson, Starter, Mr. iarshall. thl M TUESDAY,, M4ACH It. List The Trial Stakes of 5 soav each, wih30soes, added., D111 Three~year-olds 6 at. 6 lb., four 8 st. 4 lb., five rho 8 et. 12 lb., aix ...

... ;, Tiss, forinightly meigo hsbadwshl THE; VAGRANTT SHEIDS. . The cord firmtion of the proceediosm of the w orhue nouse comumlttee having becn moved, Mfr. Peak s~ald he hoped that the ?? in the number of personsi relieved in the vagratb shedsea deorease of ssS ai compared with last weekr, nd ok 73 as OMPaMi4 Ith 'the correspondipg week ofi'nblt year- was bt entailing auy hardship upon a lalss ...

... EUROPE AT THE BEGINING I - O)F 1862. I The events which during the last few . months have been so rapidly succeeding r each other on the other side of the Atlantic have naturally diverted the attention of Englishmen from the politics of their own hemisphere. Yet the European history of , the past year, with characteristics less pro- , minent than those distinguishing 1859 and 1860, records ...

... ASTRONOMICAL GLEANINGs. I SUMMARY FOP. 1861. The following Is a summary of the leading events of the year: NEW COURTS. No. 1.-Discovered by Thatcher, at New York, on April 4; visible for about eight weeks, and for a short time to the naked eye, A period of 1818 years has been assigned. No. II.--Dlscovered by Tebbutb, Iin New Southi Wales, on May 13; visible for about eight months. This cornet ...

... LETTER FROM THE Pupae OF WALES. I The following is a copy of an autograph letter from his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to the Council of the Royal HortIcultural Society:- TO THE COUNCIL OF Tas HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Osborne, Dec. 28, 186l1 Gentlemen,-Prostrated clsthoverwhelminggrlef, and able, at present, to turn her thoughts but to one object, the Queen, my mother, has constantly in ...

... ONE DAY'S LATER NEWS. - The North German Lloyd's steamer Hansa, from New York on the 2Ist ult., arrived yesterday morn- ing at Southampton. Sho brings 72 passengers, S209,COO for England, and .50,000 for France. The latest despatches received from Washington aU agree in stating that Lord Lyons bas not yet pre- sented any vffioial deinauds to Mr. Seward on the Trent question. The Reto York ...

... ECCLESISTICAL NEWS. PREFERMBNTS AND APPOINTMENT3, Addison, Rev. Rlchard, to St. Mary Magdalene's curacy, lTaunton, Somersethi~re. Baker, Rev. Chu. Francis, M.A.. Rxoter College, Oxford., to Tellisford rectory, Soncersetehire; value, £173, with residence. Carr, Rev. J., to be master of Sherburn Hospital, Durham. Cavell, Rev. Henry Theodore, to St. James's perpetual curacy Bath. Riches, kov. ...

... LATEST A TELEtGRAPHIC NEWS. REPRISENTATION OF OXFORDSHIRE.-Lst even- ing's Gazeatc contains the Speaker's notice for the Issue of a new writ for the county of Oxford. THREE CHILDREN BURNT TO i DEATH.i Three children, named Howlett, were burned to death yesterdavaf ternoon, in Fountain-court, Strand. One of them had lighted a lucifer match, which set E fire to the room in which they had been ...