... feentl ftefog. The number of wrecks during the past year reaches a fearful total of 2029. The three Federal vessels destroyed at sea by the' Confederate war steamer Sumter included the Vigi- lant, the cargo of which was insured at Lloyd's about three weeks since. This is the firist loss the room has sustained since the present war risks have been acted upon. About a month ago Mr. Gr. Riddiford ...

... TOPICS OF THE DAY. ] THE ALBEKT MEMORIAL.—The design must be archi- tectural, and, on the whole, we cannot but think the idea of a simple but stately Palace of Industry at Ken- sington, to be used for the Museum with which the Prince so eagerly connected himself, would be the best expression of the national impulse. The need of such a hall has nothing to do with the'matter, but it would have ...

... A writer in a London morning paper says;—Under date of the 6th of November last a Victoria correspondent, in whom I place implicit reliance, writes as follows I saw the other day two men with bags containing 69,000 dollars in gold-dust,the produce of their summer's work. The majority of .the miners have returned more or less successful, and are now causing great excitement Next spring every ...

... lilTSBATITBB AHD THE ARTS. Miss SEAVJELL, the author of Amy Herbert, is about to publish her impressions of Rome, Florence, and Turin. SALVERXE'S Hisiory of the Names of Men, Nations, and Places, in their connection witb the Progress of Civilisation, translated by the Rev. L. H. Mordaccrue, of Has.lingden, will be published immediately in two volumes by Mr. J. II. Smith. OF the Morning side ...

... THENEGROESJiNJJ THEIR MASTERS. A correspondent of the New York TrSnme, writing from Port Royal, gives some particulars respecting the Sonth Carolina negroes. He says:—Their feeling of hostility to their late masters and gratitude to as is unmistakable and universal, and their ilecS-uinessto work is shown in every way. The coming of the Yankees has been watched for with anxious solicitude at ...

... The force of the convictions expressed in a numerous corrpspondence addressed to this journal, and the extent of the impressions prevailing in the public mind, compel us to recur to the subject of the illness of the lamented Prince Consort. It is generally strongly felt that an official account of that illness is due to the nation, which so deeply mourns his sudden and unexpected loss. It is ...

... Every regiment in Aldershott has been medi- cally inspected, so as to be ready to embark immediately for active service in Canada, According to some private advices from New York, the Northern government have determined to encourage as much as possible the export of cotton from Port Royal, and with that view will allow any Seathern plantet,to come in to sell it and go away again v his slaves, ...

... The Europa has arrived at Queenstown, having left the United States on the 25th. Lord Lyons would have delivered the demands of our Government to Mr. Seward a day or two before that date. The Europa does not bring the answer of the American Government. An impression appears to have been entertained in some quarters that she wold do so; but we have on former occasions shown that this was most ...

... RA6LAN INSTITUTE.—The members of this institution, and some friends to whom special invitations han been in the reading 'room ot' Vffe institute, on Tuesdaylast. After the tea was over, Mr. C. Forward, who had been called upon to preside, in a brief and excellent address, spoke ot the purpose of the meeting, the objects of the institute, and of the moral and intellectual advancement of the ...

... Via Sydney we have papers from New Zealand to the 12th of November. His Excellency Sir George Grey, accompanied by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Fox, left on a visit to the Bay of Islands and Hokianga, in H.M.S Pelorus, on the 4th. It is hoped that this-the commencement of a series of peaceful campaigns in the Maori territory-will end in restoring the friendly relations between the races, and ...

... At the Central Criminal Court, London, Mary Ann Hamilton, 37, was charged with the wilful murder of her son, Henry Hamilton. The circumstances under which this charge was preferred were of the- most painful and di-tressing nature. It appears that she and her husband occupied a wretched lodging in a court in Oxford-street, and they had two children, the deceased, who was about eleven months old ...

... e FORNIGN INTELLIGENCE. Mel PARIS. E EPr~Ox OUL OWN CORRESPONDENT.] whi WEDNESDAY MOPNING. n E rea of all the speeches 'iver delivered by the b peror that of Monday bel decidedly produced the bys jeast favourable effect on~he public. Not only is it devoid of political siltoifloation, asa regards foreign policy (in which the Freneh take greater gisl interest than in their own affictr), but it ...