... Address of Condolence to the Queen. It a sopecial ineeting of the Council of the Rloyal tt!ritul dI Society of Ejniland, on Wediesday, Dec. 8. . inrl ,f 'owis, who hadtl been requested to take tho u ei0 1t1,imiocd the prooceedeilgs by observitig that wheln in N itter ?? his jiovali li ?? the P1rioce Consort had 1'old it Was little thought by any thlen presenit that tli!t W-41H b il is last a ...

... AGRICULTURAL PFOSPECTS. There has heen a continuance of weather suitable to every dscripti; ii'n P firum-woik during the past week, and wheat-sowing has ftill been going on. The farmers con- tinue to put in such sorts ais are generally sown in nu- tumn, as these have been found to succeed when planted thus late, during the past season. The more tender descriptions will be left until a later ...

... HOwRicuLTURIE. (From BrELL'S WEEKLY mIESrNGon.') I The unusual mildness of the weather continues, and l there is nothing to prevent the carrying on of ordinary i ground-work operations on light well-drained soils. On the heavy retentive soils the rainfall has been sufficient toreducethelandto a condition notfavourablofor worling. e In the meantime, the mildness of the season is highly a ...

... MARRIED.-Dec. 28, at Great Barford, by the Rev. P. Hookins, William, second son of Mr. William Stevens, of Banburv, to Marianne, youngest daughter of Mr. J. Hirons. CilaIkS CHURCH SCIIOOLS.-Th5ese new schools will blc opened for work on the 13th inst. Mr. Huscroft is to be the master, and Miss Duck the mistress. QUARTER SESSIONs.-Our Borough Sessions are fixed to take place on Tuesday next. ...

... A correspondent of the Times, writing from Montreal on the 23rd ult., says :- By the time this reaches you Canada will have fully 60,000 men in arms to resist the invasion of her soil. Of these the Active Militia, 7,500 strong, is uniformed, armed, and in a respectable state of discipline, quite equal In these respects to any force the United States can bring against them, with infinitely ...

... GENERAL AGRICULTURAL. REPORT FOR IDECEMBER. The weather having, bees rensarkuibly fine for the itime of year, ezetytfing relating to out-door farlm lnbeours is uu- usal .1ly forward. The sihole of the winteor wheats have nos d been solwn, w'ith the land il fiiie vwind ion for the reception el of tI(, seed e;nd we believe tiat in alimost every county in o England, i nludtiigt a portoll of ...

... The weather during the past week was open and mild, with considerable falls of rain at intervals, and winds l varying front north-west to south-west. Storm signals were exhibited on the coast on Thursday, and on the night of that day a fearful thunder-storm, with heavy squalls of wind, was experienced on the Northumberland coast. Tihe night was extremely dark, and the lightning very vivid. On ...

... SPIRIT OF THE PIRESS. THE ROYAL FAMILY OF PORTUGAL. ic (From the Timecs.) ti Quick upon the untimely decease of the youn-9 King of 0 Portugal follows the death of another Rloyal victim of the F saine house, dying in the same i'allce, arid of the same lif malady. Tuesday's telegram informn s us that Prince JoAio, A who weas the third son of Donna Maria 11. da Gloria. and tl Nihose death had(l ...

... A - DI G MARRIED.-Jan. 5, at St. Mary's Church, by the Revs Dr. Noad, Mr. Alfred Standbrook, of Henley upoes-Thamees, to Elizabeth Brown.-Also, at the same time and place, Mr11. George Woodley to Mary Elizabeth House.-Jan. 8, Pt St. Mary's Church, by the Rev. Dr. Noad, Mr. William Dix to Miss Anm Harris, of Bedford-place. DiED,-Dec. 31, aged 23, Emmna, the second daughter of Mlr J. H. Johnson, ...

... EARTHQUAKE IN SAXONY. Dresdea, fan. 10--At a quarter to four Yesterday afternoon a violent shock of earthquake, accompanied with a rumbling noise resembling thunder, was felt a Saxon Voigtland, in the district of the Erzgebirge Tihe shock extended as far as Leipsice RU}1OURED Loss OF THEE PAIOANA,.-A distressing ruroe was in circulation on Thursday in reference to the Pa; .a founded on a ...

... PUBLIC MOURMNIG. COLLEGE OF ARMS, JANUARY 7. (Frlom the London Gazette of Tuesday, Junnaulny 7.) In reference to the order for a general mourning for his iate Royal Iligline;s the Prince Consort, w]jicl Wa;s tI nounced in the Gazette of tilo 16th of December l;.t These aro to give notice that it is nlot expected tinut the public should appear in mourning after Suilday t1,e L~l of February next ...

... BIRMn-Jan. G, the wife of Mr. Thomas Ilickson, Penn Bottom Farm, of a daughter. DIED-Jan. 4, at Marsh Gibbon, Sarah Louisa, eldest dlaughter of Mr. Phipps, aged 20 years.-Jan, 4, at Marsh Gibbou, Sarah Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. Rich. Heritage, White Hart Imn, aged 20 years. WV5.NTEI LECrUnES.-TIIhe next lecture in connection with rlris series weas delivered is Mr. C. Fowler, on Tuesday last ...