... SCUTTLING SHIPS.-HOW IT IS DO1N{EAND .DET-EOCTRD-. Uniderwriting, as ship insurance is'technically is oalled, is one of the most hazardous of maritime tc venture. Capitalists who: underwrite' a vessel b4 risk their money in the belief that the ship iseea. ce worthy and- that the owners are acting in good C faith. Should the owner Pe a rogue' and have of ready tools to assist him in his fVaud, ...

... , I I ; f I. _ _ . . A I. . .. W'W; ;'ie coming to the point, or: at' all e-ime'-, 601CMUos towardqs tie piolut, tloil4'h i A a strange ligliag sort 0o- fasbion.. It.is hoped wi shall really reach it at last,' b't it muni be m-o-ed'that Mir. Disraeli takes extra-. ordinalY libertiea with the forbearancea-of, the de'J-ommons.' At any' rate it is always sninething e;grliod to be 'rid of n, ...

... 8sAmB POPuIm LflX sUPBBMA. We regret to learn, on authority which coaf seems beyond dispute, that there is .much Of distress among the working men of New we South Wales. The Trades' Unions of Sydney enj have sent over an address to the secretary uni and members of the Amalgamated Society of oh the United Kingdom, in which the condition chi of the various trades of the colony, more ha ...

... I g South Anerica is the home of this tre. Dz pier, the voyager, who visited the Caraccas in ICA say The coast is a continual tract of hi;. ridges of hills and valleys which alternately in . p~ointing upon the shores fromi north to seifi. 'e The valleys ae from two to five furlong~s vide. ad e in length from the sea three or four miles. C~cea, i, nuts, of v hich chocolate and cocoa are made, ...

... 1, Wo cannot undertaketo return communications of which we do not avail ourselves. Communications should lwnsys bo legibly written in Ink, and ons one suise of the fixer- oniss; length inereasoe the didifculty of finding space for them. Whatever is intended for insertion lncat be nathenticated by the name and address of the writer, not naceasarily for publcation, but as a rumintee od big good ...

... I 'CORREISOSNDENCEL-l I ?? ~~ ?? - 11 Q I -,1 I. Ili , : - , _: i ., .. | ;ht THE P-OPOSED.CHuROH FOR -.NORTH SHORE. i.; >TG THE ]DTORB 07 THE LIVnEOOL =BORT. au Gentlemen,-Allow. me- to caU the kind attention of 3b, your readers to thaadyerti~ernent relative to. the above church w:ich appears In your pa r of to-day, and to ask them kindly to respond. torm We have only Z725 r 2rr to ...

... THE RESOLUTIONS UPOXN REFORM.I and The following is an official ccpy of the rsc~. the tions to be moved by the Chancellor of the EL chequer, in committee of the whole hoom, ea let Monday, the 25th instant:- bch This house having in the last se-sion of PLr. W, ment assented to the second reading of a ;ho entitled A bill to extend the rinht of voirei a to elections of members of Parliauent in ...

... THE GOVERNMENT PLAN OF l! I 'a IREFORM. ; : : - At last we are in possession of the Govern- 21 ment plan of Reform. There is no imainale Tb14 . reason-at least 4io publicly producible reason 49t =-why we should not have had it a fortnight Set sooner; but it is useless now to complain of the a' lossof time ,'whhic', efter' all, is- not irre- bet mediable. The sessioui is ibaely three weeks 8. ...

... , HALUS POPVLI LEX STrp.Hm. . ~; ?? - I I DOMBSTO., . The6:Pincess of Wales gave birth to a daughter ?? inorin'. A bulletin issued by the ~medical attendants states that ber~ roya l biighess.,and the i6tantprincessi are-goin'g on quite Well?' In the House of Commons, on Wednesday,' the Scotch members had a tough struggle on the motion kor the second reading of tli bill to abolish the annuity ...

... THE LAST LIVERPOOL - _ E: CT10^ : . . - We hwve been requested'to insert the following coriespondence relative to the question of bribery at the list election.- TO H. IL GERVa, ESQ., HiP. Liverpool, Feb. 16, 1867. Dear Sir,-Although no doubt Mr. Jeffery's letter, which occupied two columns of this day's paper, might go for'what it is worth (which in Liverpool would not be very much), I feel ...

... NCE. BEVERLEY TOWN COUNCIL y The usual monthly meeting of the Town Council and Local Board of Health, was held on Monday, at ?? Hall, the Mayor (Mr. It. E. Silvester), presiding. The minuted of previous meetings were read and confirmed. The following recommenda- tion was agreed to without discussion, viz. : That the North Eastru Railmway Company, having consented to give lup) to the i five ...

... MR. DISR&ALI'S PROPObALS. ?? I 'THE ELEOTROSS. The following new classes of voters are to be created in boroughs:- New Votes. Occupiers rated at six pounds , . 130,000 Gzaduates of universities, members of the learned professions, ministers of religion, certificated sohoolhosaters, &c. ?? 10,000 Persons paying 20s, a year in direct taxes 30,000 Persona having 301. for a year in the sav. ingS ...