... 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 ...

... £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 ...

... 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, ...

... .LATEST NEws. U uIEanD OFFCEc, Tv'esday Morniaq, TELEGRAMS BY SPECIAL WIRE. THE GREAT FIRE AT TH'E CRYSTAL PATJACID LATEST PARTICULARS. Crowds of visitorl Hooked to the Palace all this forenoon, to view the scene of the devastation of Sunday. Upon entering the building by the south end it seemed at first as if no donagehad been done. 'lhe well-known vista down the nave was complete, and had ...

... - ?? FA1RLMS' flMON'STRATION -AGAINST]~ lUITUALISM. At the meeting of the Biandiord Aggdcultusl Society last week, at which, waith other distinguished guests, the Rev. Lord S. G. Osborne (S. G. 0.) was present, the Rev. J. R. Quirk, in responding to the the toast of The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese, spoke on the ritualistic topic, and observed that a debt of gratitude was due from them ...

... LAN-hDS CJAUISES ?? 'IThe Incorporation of Flesl'eri raised elr action ag:illrst the City of Clarg'ov; Union iARil.. ay Coln- pazn for' penaltic' alleged to hat va beeu ?? udelr the above statute, in consequence of the de- fendlers hat jut;f as aver-redl by tine jiet'tuir'r'l s etre I out tlhe ConSenlt of tine ?? ; raid after p'roof ieV.> led for both palrtis., th- folloving intolecutn)r : hla ...