... HORRIBLE CRUEULMi ES AT SEA. Emil Svcnsson and John Mircirti a, seamen of the ship Sonora, we learn from the Anct l'nk l'ribiee, are about to commence proceedirgs ag.tii.r titain Samuel Hutchinson, of the same vessel, f.-r i ,hi titn treatment. They each claim S.3,000 damages, bhsiia- thuir fall waes and have retiedu ats counsel *-uige Ii einth. A criminal prosecution will also be insticawa In ...

... TO te EBarrOn of the DALY PoSE. Sir,-Wo mean to have a merry Christmas here at BIalvern, with our three days' holiday. In fact, we have begun already. There are crowds out in the streets to- night gazing at the magnificent show made at the butchers' shops, which are artistioally ornamented and splendidly illuminated, I think I have never seen, in this country at least, higher art displayed in ...

... ILEMCTURE ON EDUCATION. Last evening the first of a couse of lectures was delivered by Mr. F. G. Prango, at the hall of the Toxtetht Liberal association, rark-road. The lecture vas entitled On the Scheme of the National Education League. Mr.' P. HL Holt presided. The chairman offered some introductory temarkt oD the subject of education, and concluded by introducing the lecturer, Mr. Prraug, ...

... | THE MISTRESS OF PRESIDENT | L XOPEZ AND HIS DOUTOR. | VERDICT FOR THE DOCTOR The trial of the extraordinary case of Stewart v. Gelot was resumed in the Court of Session, Edinburgh, on Wednesday, when the defendant's care was opened by Mr. Burnett, who maintained that tho pursuer had failed to show that the bill had been obtained from him by means of force and fear, and also that he failed ...

... WORKHOUSE COMMIT1ME, The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held yesterday morning at the parish office, Brownlow -hill. Present- Mr. Caurchwarden Syers (in the chair), Mr. W. Raihbove, Iv.P., and Messrs. Peck, Owen, Martin, Cropper, Steel, Byrom, Smith, Knight, and Glover. The governor reported that the number of inmates of the Brownlow-hill Workhouse this week was 2846, outside ...

... A correspondentof the Pall Nall Gaette,referring to the appearance of the shadow of an axe in the Tower, sayo, in a letter to the editor of that jour. nal, You are nerhaps not aware that one of the best Authenticatid ghost stories of this century belongs to that fortress. Mr. Edmund Lenthal Swifte, who is still livingl was in 1817 keeper of the Crown jewels in the ¶tower of London. He lived ...

... ORGANISATION OF POOR BELIEF. The President of the Poor-law Board had an opportunity of addressing an influential meeting of the clergymen and gentlemen engaged in dispensing voluntary charities to the poor of East London, assembled on Wednesday at Sion College. The topic of his discourse was precisely that important question of the better organization and combined action of beneficent agencies ...

... MULTUM IN PAKVO4 On Monday the Nottingh-m toW n couudil rejected by a large majority a proposal to appoint a stipendiary magistrate for tht tboront4h. The Speaker lhs appointed the B ev. IHenry White, chaplain of the Chapel Royal, fdavoy, to be his chaplain, in succession to the Vee y ROe. Dr. Alerivale, Dean of Ely. Mr. T. B. Burcham, one of the m agiatzates at the Southwark police court, ...

... HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCA- I BSIRE AND CHESHIRE. The third ordinary meetingwaahold on Thursday evening at the Royal Institution, the Rev. Dr. Hume, president, in the chair. Several donations were laid upon the table from the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, Copen. hagen; the LiverpoolArcbitectural and Archroolo- gical Society; and the Society of Arts, London. Mr. Becas drew attention to ...

... I The Dublin correspondent of the 2inee says the military preparations in the south arenow reported to be complete, and the flying columns are pro- vided with detachments of the military train so that they can remain in the field for any time tbat may be necessary. So far as may be judged from appearances, the country is perfectly tranquil, and agratian outrages are the only causes of uneasi- ...

... I THE kOOIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS OF 1869. I un -iesaayevening Or ANGUs MACMILLAN delivered ' a lecture at the Royal Institution, before the members of the Hull Literary and Philosophical Society, on I The Social Science Congress of 1869. The Presi- a dent (Dr K. King) occupied the chair, and there was a a large attendance, considering the unfavourable state of the weather. a The PRESIDENT, ...

... TEE CHURCH. OIS IM i - ^ . A__. . . .. . _ ?? The Record declares that other bishops besides 4et Dr. Wordsworth, of Lincoln, are, contemplating a ,re protest against the consecration of Dr. Temple. , ed 'he U/hurch Herald states that the Holy Com. ce, munion was celebrated in numerous Analican it, churcheson Sunday morning, for the intention of nd the Vatican Council. hy MARRIAGE OF DR. ...