... 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 ...

... iTO THS RIGHT HOO. EARL RUSSELL, FORTIGN OFFICE, LONDON. Shipowner' Association, Jan. 13, 1862. My Lord,-It has come ,to the knowledge of the Liverpool Shipownera' Assoolatjon, through the public prints, that the Federal Government of the United States have sunk a stone squadron in the ?? Harbour. Thisprooeed. ing cannot fall seriously and permanently to injure the entrance to that harbour. ...

... THE TUSOJRORA AND THE NASHVILLE, On Thursday afternoon, an Amnerloan man-of-war, flying the Federal flag, was observed from -Ports.: month passn through Spithead;.and intelligence tah ey strortly baonveyed to the portoadmairal thab thestangr adanchored off Osborne. This could not be endured ; so Sir Heniry .Brnoe despatched the, Figmy, his ateam tender, with civil instructions that' ...

... tBY DRTIS AND IRISH MACNErX TLtGnAP.H.] PC RtEUTER'S TELEGRAM. M Pt THE TRENT CASE. hi in vi ANOTHER ALLEGED OUTRAGE at ON THE BRITISH FLAG, b. DESTRUCTION OF THE FORT OF it C1A1RLESTON. ci T TEE ABOLITION PROBLEM. T QUEENSTOWN, WETDXSDAY. A The Liverpool, New York, and Philadel. ga pbia Company's screw steamer City of Wash- cc ington arrived here this afternoon, with dates el, from New York ...

... _ I _ _ __ _~ _ _ . = I THE HIGH SHEtIrFe.-We understand that Sir James P. Kay-huttleorth, Baronet, of Gawthorp Hall, will be high sheriff of this county for the present year. EARLY, PIR E.-At Mr. Robert Cookson's, Clif- t ton-street, Lytbarn, a large number of primroses may be C seen in full bloom. t REPRRSENTATION; or ST. JoHN's WARiD.-The election B of the mayor as an alderman causes a ...

... CORRiESPONDENC E. THE MILITARlY IMIURDERS. TO THE EDIrOR OF THE P'RESTON CHRONTOLE. SIR,-On reading the article copied from the eornaio Post in youir paperof WNednesday I wvecasq Ite surprisedatitsconuladinag paragraph-' Strietlyspcakiing, Ihowever, these orimestiuns coin. mitted are entirely causeless n1iid the sole means by whibh they can ino repressed is by the 'ectible exam le ma e of the ...

... I COURT, CABINET, AND PERSONAL wae sed O.SBoRN', SATURDAY, JAN. 18.-TheIr Seres, has fligbinesses the Princess Of 1lohenliohO Lankgenkbeeg atn isg 'io-Co Louis' of lies-go are istayisig with Ifer Majecasy ti,' Quen. ?? Hlighness the Prinlce Of Wales renisiri SLY at sbone In cpcatiofl of the arrival of his brotll:~ ion 'Prince Alfred, who is shortly expected to reach r1nglajd bIN Thre Prince ...

... THE WEEKLY TIMES. MIANOIIESTEDw, I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ __ SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1362. TuE DEsrATCHES ON TlE TitENT ArrAla.- The full despatch of MIr. SNVAInD in answer to the doemands of the British Govornment, confirmis the first impressions of its candid and manly character. The American Secrotary of State admits that our Government has asked for no more than the American Cabinet would expect to ...

... ISBAEL IN EGYPT. BY X'P)WIN ATTERST0NE. LOMDIX: LONOM AND co. (prom DWetl V,&Nyi MCsenger of -Dec. 14,) Here we have Su, epic poem of goodly dimensions, extend over 470 pages, a f more than extondi legr th, and comprising 27 books, whilst the lliad and the Odyssey have only 24 each. Epic poe'.Yr as Pope a says in the Guardcian, in his ,ruel w'ld wised ',iReceipt for making an Epic,,' 1 the ...

... RALUS POPULI LEX SUPRPMA. DOMESTIC. * In'¶ccordance with the resolution arrived at by the Privy Council held at Osborne on Monday, a proclamation has been issued which directs that Parliament shall meet for the despatch of business on February 6. The extraordinary feat of transmittingl mails from Queenstown to London in less than 14 hours was accomplished yesterday, the Europa's news ...

... I P. .Y The usual weekly meeting of the Mersey Docks And Harbour Board was held yesterday, In the board- room of the dock officeq, Canning-plaoe. Mr. R sukin presided, and the following other gentlemen were also present: Messrs. Beld, Anderson, Mondel, Hab- back, Boult, Littledale, Farnwortb, lernle, Brockle- bank, Shand, Forwvood, Langton, S; R. Graves, Rees, rounthwaite, Arnold, Kendall, ...

... Circumstances have just brought Mr. Smith O'Brien before the eyes of an ad. miring public in a somewhat unwonted attitude. The man who aspires to lead his countrymen against the British Govern- ment, and whose last political act was to write a despatch in the name of the Irish people to the American Foreign Secretary, has condescended to appear as a suitor in a court of law administered on ...