... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... 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, ...

... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... 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- ...

... 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 ...

... DISAPPOINTED LOYE tr A singular case has been heard at the Dartfosl Coulnty b 110, Court, in which the Rev, WaltUrýMrTay, Rector of Stowo,' be KCht, was defonda?t in fiun ed?ipt . brought by a91 grocer;] -k e Rlghe ?? fr danttagcs for assaulting! his sdn.' :At ic first sigh-t the ciase did not appear to. bh very, romaUtici, I seeing tht - it s ro3 from Atho. chastisement of a boy of '13 ,at, h ...

... S-ECiOND EDITION. - 1 .- . - WErsIsc MAIL. Os'F'CF, 4 A.bZ. DE'SrATCH OF TROOPS TO IRELAJND. be ar (GPENAL TFLEG&%M.) 1 (!rn-OhT DJUe LIVEIZ1POOL C01UUtESP0NDXNiT.) l To~morrow (Friday) the Iet Dragoon Guards will loave Liverpol,L in three steamers, for Dublin, and a detachment rU of the 24t-h Reg-iment for Cork. Simultaneously the 40th P and 80th llegritentsi Will leave for Dublin ...

... LY (YO xaFRIDAY BEW--r UPOI The comments which I made last wee-k .o tho fez0 Ij.ositioa o-f Mr. ?? were, I t:-ust, not IA'PPO- A LI :iste to the. quoistion which has been mlxoted for Nviti2 ~OfliCe littlc time at the clubs3 and in nolitiC31 Seflt circles, and which ?? tohe last few days has 7Vl found discussionl very generallyil in te London) At dadly ilews;PLlper. Lo)rd, CairnLs having really ...

... THE YOL7XTEEPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NrEST-EIs. xAIL. ie SIP,-Agitators are generally afflicted, with, short mezo- t. ries, and, having nothing better to gaide them, indulga if largely in personal invective. e When the volunteer army sprarn into, existeene there wsi' h a real necessity, which all who would lispute. the ?? can s, discover for themselves by referring to. the rewspa?ers of is ...