... 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 ...

... ;, 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 ...

... The Impediment which recently stopped telegraphic communication between the Point of Ayr and the Isle of Man has been removed, and the line is once more in working order. SUDDEN DEATH.-On Monday, Mrs. Esther Glover, wife of Mr. James Glover, farmer, Fenny Bank, Windle, dropped down dead. Disease of the heart is the supposed cause of death. THiE ST. HELENSVOLUNTEERS.-Oah Snday last, the St. ...

... FLBRY wACCOMMODATION. NOESE ONl THE 3IERSEY DOCKS (FERRY ACCOM1MODATION) ACT, 1860. (SUDMMITTD TO A COlMl1TTE: OF THi COuNCIL OF THSE CHAMeBER OF COMME'XCB.) Section 13 approprsates not eiceeding 125 feet in length at eaoh end of the Prince's landing-stage for the whole ferry tradio of the river so far as can- cerns vehicles and animals; this appears much too little if the goods trafic is to ...

... LONDON, TuISDAY AFTRi2ooN. A very general desire has been displayed by dealers to.day to refrain from extensive operations until the arrival of the next mail from New York, and, in consequence, very little business isdoing. Thefirm- rness evidenced in transactions In the funds yesterday has not been maintained, but the dealings In the railway share market show more favourable prices. On ...

... FRANCE PARIS, MbONDAY EVRNING. The Moniteur has the following:- La Patrie publishes in its number of yesterday an article beaded 'The Constitutional Empire.' That article, though written in the beet spirit, contains views upon the Constitution of a nature to challenge a controversy, which is one more proof of the inoon- venlence of opening a discussion upon the ground of the fundamental pact. ...

... SALUS POPULI LEX SUPREMA. . ~ ~ ~ DOMESTIC. The revenue returns for the quarter and the year were made up last night. On the quarter there is a net decrease of £1,150,000, and on the year a decrease of £3,300,000. For the quarter there is an increase in Customs duties to the extent of £800,000, and on the year of £750,000. This increase has taken place in the duties on nearly every article in ...

... A NEW YEARS GIFT TO LIVERPOOL Private generosity Is accomplishing the work which public duty has so long neglected to perform. Within the lot ten years the people of Liverpool have been the recipients of several advantages for improving the intel. lectual faculties and developing the physical powers of the community; but it must be candidly acknowledged that these opportu- nitles have been, ...

... William Beamish, who was executed at Warwick on Monday morning forioisonlng hiswife and child, reviously confessed to b Rev. Alfred Barker that e was guilty of the crime for which he was to suffer, and that be had purchased the arsenlc and administered It to his cunfortnate wife with the full Intention of causing her death. He also stated that he had mever intended to poison his clld, and that ...

... CHfANGES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. 10 re Many changes have taken place in the represents. d tion since the commencement of the year which is now drawing to a close. ]New members have been ie during the period elected for tbe following places:- aol Aberdeenshfre-Willlam Lelic, Esq., in the room Ld of Lord Haddo, who became the Earl of Aberdeen. t, Andover-Henry Beaumont Coles, Esq., in the room ...

... THlE lREVENUE. | : I I (P1roM the Globe of late eve ingj The Revenue Accounts for the quarter and for the year 1861, which will hbe completed this evening, will, we have reason to believe, exhibit the following approximate results. Although In both instances a deficiency will appear in comparison with the corresponding periods of 1860, a close examinationu will show that this falling off is in ...