... CHARGE OF CRUELTY AGAINST A CONFEDERATE OFFICER. The trial of Captain Henry Wirtz, who was for- merly in charge of the Confederate prison at Ander- sonville, has been opened at Washington before a military commission. All those accusations of cruelty pepetrated in Confederate prisons, which, in a pre- vious letter, I referred to as having been brought before the notice of a Sanitary Commission ...

... As a result of careful inquiry in America, it is believed that a portion of the cabinet are unwilling to have Jefferson Davis tried for treason, while there is reason for asserting that the President is persistent for having him brought before a civil tribunal. Chief Justice Chase is expected to arrive in the course of a few days for consultation With the President as to the time, manner, and ...

... The matter of Wilson's Trusts ex parte Shaw, came before Vice-Chancellor Wood, in London, on Saturday. The case, which came on upon a petition and cross petition, was of a most singular and somewhat romantic character, and involved the following circumstances :— Elizabeth Mary Hickson was the great niece of John Wilson, who, being a domiciled Englishman, made his will in the English form, ...

... ITonbcm Cmtspmliffli deem it right to state that we donot at all times identify wselves with our correspondent's opinions*] j r,ainent stands prorogued till the 23rd instant. It will then probably be again prorogued till the third week in January, then to meet for the dispatch of business. The swearing-in of the members and the choice of a. Speaker will occupy several days, so that the ...

... A SAD HCEXE FOR CHRISTMAS. On Saturday most of the sufferers in the melancholy acci dent that occurred at Gethin Colliery last week were buried. Nineteen funeral processions followed each other through the streets to the Cefn Cemetery, a great crowd attending. The contrast to the formality of English funerals was strikingly shown. Behind the coffin followed the nearest mourner, widow, or child ...

... The correspondent of the New York Herald describes the dispersion of Lee's army as follows At the commencement of General Grant's operations on this line five days ago the rebels had a force at their command defending Petersburg, variously estimated at from 60,000 to 75,000 men. The defence of Peters- burg was the defence of Richmond. If one fell, the other was certain to fall. Hence every ...

... BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Within a short time three bona fide German count3, one Irish baronet, two Greeks of high degree, and one Turk have been enlisted in New York. A good joke of Lord Palmers ton's is in circalation apropos of his reported Insult of the Marylebnne vestry as local tinkers. Oh, that's a mere error cf the pre^s, said his Lordship, a letter dropped—I must have said local ...

... To the Editor of the Free Press. SIR,—In your highly interesting account of the perpetual curacy of Trevethin in your paper of last Saturday there were a few errors in the account of the ecclesiastical divisions, which I hope you will permit me space at your earliest convenience to correct, otherwise they may per- haps be cited hereafter as authentic, and the errors be perpetuated. For brevity ...

... Sitch weather as we've had this two months past I never know'd in all my life afoor. I wonders how much longer ut ooT last, And when we be to haa some rain once moor. As Scotchy sez in that al e murderun play, I gins to be aweary 0' the zun, As keeps a shinun on vrom day to day, And wishes this here tajus drought was done. The trees be powdered over all wi' dust, As bad almost as livery ...

... (From the Toronto Globe, Nov. 4.) We question whether anything so irredeemably ridi- culous as the Fenian conventions and congresses in the United States ever attracted so much attention. Day by day the proceedings of the convention, or such a summary as the leaders chose to furnish, come over the telegraph wires as though it were interesting news. Some men can hold conventions for objects ...

... BLAENAFON. CONCERT.—A concert of vocal and instrumental music, was given by Mr Wynne and company, of Cardiff, at the Town Hall on Saturday, with success. THE STORMY WEATHER here on Wednesday caused serious and considerable damage. A portion of the roof at the company's forge was blown off, by which one of the men working underneath had his collar bone broken. A number of large trees were blown ...

... The Commissioners upon the Cattle Plague issued their first report on Saturday afternoon. It stated that the disease was first observed in Great Britain, towards the close of June last, in two cows purchased in the London Cattle Market, by an Islington cow- keeper, on the lOtli of June, and spread rapidly throughout the Metropolitan dairies, it rapidly ex- tended to Norfolk, Shropshire, and ...