... BUR-NED AT SEA. 'T'he following report has been received at the Board of Trade from Captain Edward Dean, late commander of the ship Chimborazo, detailing the circumstances of the destruction of his ship by firi e- The Chimborazo was 500 tons burden. She bo- longed to Liverpool, and sailed from Swansea for Coquimbo (Chili) on the 6th of July last, wvithl 600 ions of coal aid 30 tons of iron, ...

... VO:RLD'S END PROPHECIES. A comaespondent of the Carlisle Exaretznei thus Sums lip the prophecies which have been current in various ages regarding the end of the world:- 3. The Jews had au ancient doctrine, that the world will last 6000 years-2000 before the Law, 2000 ander the Law, andt 2000 under the Gospel. 2. There was a time when the duration of the World was thought to be bound up with ...

... r OLD GLASGOWN DIRECTorIES. To the Editor of the Glasgozv Herald. SiB,--Some remarks having appeared in the newns- papers regarding the comparative antiquity of the na early Glasgow Directories, more especially in con- fxc nection with a very recent re-print of one by Jones, ha for 1789, perhaps it may not be uninteresting shortly pe to review the order of these useful local recordsb. i.n The ...

... CITY PrAiOCHLi. BOARD. The first meeting of the City Parochial Boarj, ssj IIOW constituted, was b-ld ye'e ?? forenoon. Yr Adamson, TInspector, preerded U ile Cdlllilccdrnera of the proccedmings. ELECTION O CiAIiAS;N. Mr PETER HAMILTON said th.- first b-rines, ws the election of Chairman, and ?? lard unuch pleasure, in proposira. for re-election u** i*rnd MIr Knoe. (Applause.) He knew it wa; ...

... Ad SE ItT8 0'o Tap PROTESTAINT POWERS. I -.r- (FBrown the Saturdtay Renew.) 'A ANotedlrench preacher took occasion a few days sgo to. compare the position of the Protestant with that of the Catholic Powers; and he entreated hi; hiearer: on no account to neglect the solemn warning a-lot Thtie compariuson suggestedl. G~ermany. he sai --as jolt concluded a triumphant wrar, and in Ger- Many every ...

... I I ?sta I ,azo* 141raM t I I TUTESDAYr MOR.N5ING, JANT, I. A yo (; yo anN u aloed John Yoiiung, an appren- I ttcc carpenter in Govan, was foully murdered 1 on Saturdayniirghtbysomue one, if not more than one, at present unknown to the police. The r oor lad, who had been indulging somewhat freely in drink, was stabbed in the abdomlien in; two places, from whinch his bowels protruded; but ...

... A report on leprosy by the Royal College of Physicians has been prepaied for ?? See- retaty of State for the Colonies. It is a very buLky, yell' elaborate, and very valuable contribution to our k3n6wledge of this intricate subject. The college have performed this areat labour at the request of the Government. The suggestion arose out of a letter from the Governor of Barbadoes to the Duke of ...

... ~THB JU~LTF1RE1T~TpVbTr With impnac of fireja the north eautorh cefre tho Tropical Department, and at once proceeded to ro thoalarm .YAlmoita h)thMLY6 i etimIie6 a gentleman 'med Hancock, residing- -In the neighbourhood, ,7eb.n . ti- hexpio~ .wtP h th-:~idn';'it E st~hongiv w~rint of6l &tdbftroji~~e~ i' - hel nica, hawe.ver,:hd be62~hde1~ot~'ic, rW. lbton&A Gigahteaa etnda i Lir ^i-IATSEPT ...

... £20,00o WORTH Or PROPERTY DESTROYEOD. The Dundee Advertiser gives the folloving account of the destructive fire in Dundee nuwticed by s)e- cial telegram in our issue of yesterday- On Sunday evenifg a fire occurred in Dundee which, if not for magnitude, at least for intensity and dabngerous character, has been exceeded by none since the burning of Messrs W. irlansud & Sor-ii woodvard some years ...

... WE, WH g, FOR167 i;- i' *..ctr t. -J ?? - ' .i;ThlusueWiind'yer ?? 'b t~ioisa1 an -pb~ osition of evey'ndieideal of ONy rce n the cbuntiy.- It embraces the ltoyal Fais~lynd its r clieth'oyal Household, the Dobility 1-hf a histuia~s nd ?? and chief 'offi6esrs of Sthte the ;embers af :the Privy Council, the stnesbrms'of i~th. otnee ?? their ags andlpeitics. It nfdnnens 4d'~siathat the oletdk ?? ...

... BY OBDI2-ARY TELEGRAPf. i FOREIGN INTELLIGENORE j (BEUTER'S TELEGR_3M THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. Paris, Dec. 3L The Mfonitevrsays,-Letters from Massowak state Mlmo Vu Pnvt n ..It ZT, fRlaazui4 lyitl their friends, have been again placed inirons by order of the Emperor Theodore. The reason of this step in notknown. MAIL NEWS. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC M ,S. Southampton, Dec. 31 The steamer Shannon, ...

... -H ' . 1 :X I r..rAI o1. ?? , THH4,i ja r-den9 ~a tue compedn 1 ¾~ i thof ~ th~1eX imps.;~i be~~- EIv I do.If F ...