... From thewee1lcy ?? we learnthat, inthe weekthatended onSaturday, the 25th of December,4,050 births and3,095deaths were regis- tered in London and in 13 other large towns of the United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was 25 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mortality last week was 22 per 1,000 in London, 27 in Edinburgh, and 25 in Dublin : 29 in Bristol, 26 in Birmingham, 25 in ...

... THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. By the time these lines reach the reader's sight, the year, 1869 will be past and gone; and people will have fairly turned their back upon him. The bells will be hushed; the revels will be ended ; and in the quiet of our English Sunday we shall be pondering the hopes and chances of the work-a-day world that will rise, for the first time in 1870, on the morrow morning. ...

... THE GASDBW.-ti X& GLENNT. SEAEONABLI AIIDN DI} FOR TEIl WEEA ENDOW~ e ; - - ANiUAtY S. Ornamental winter shnba Al tressare notbalfA aS preeeated'as theyoughtto be. Some onthe bestare hardly seen, bsttofale, the neglected ones the moat beastifl Is ?? noble. shrub, bearing' yellowish flowers in 'August, succeeded by strawberry like ?? during the wintermonthd. The shrub when in'frn't Is one o the ...

... A despatch from Dundee states that on Thursday evening, during a terrible gale at Moutrose, at the entrance to the River Esk, the schooner Hermes was totally lost, all her crew, six in number, being drowned, although two lifeboats were out, and every effort was made to save them The rocket apparatus was also used unsuccessfully. Information has been received at Portland of the total wreck of a ...

... VICTOR HUGO'S CRISTMAS PARTY, M. Victor Hugo gave his annual Cbristmas party i to children at Hauteville-house, Guernsey, on Wed- nesday, the 22nd ult. The~attendanceof distinguished visitors was numerous, and amongst them were, the Duchesa of St. Albars and Lady Diana Beauclerk. Light refreshments having been served in the draw. lng-room 'te cop any adjourned to another apart- i ment, 'wbare ...

... SINGOLAR TRAGEDY AT CHELTENHAM. l On Wednesday a very singular tragedy took place at Cheltenham, resulting in the loss of the lives of two persons from the effects of charcoal. It would appear that some few weeks ago, in consequence of the death of a Mr. hluck, a greengrocer, who has for many years carried on business at 98, Winchcomb- street, a married couple, named Charles and Harriett ...

... On Cbristmas-eve a decided frost set in throughout The country, and was accompanied by a pretty general snowstorm. There was not a very heavy fall in London, but in parts of Yorkshire, Durham, and other places it drifted to a considerable depth during Baturday and Sunday. The trains on the Great Western and the London and North Western lines were much impeded. The frost continued on Tuesday ...

... A COLUMBINE ON FIR. On Wednesday night a most alarming stecident ocourred at the new theatre, Croydon, during the performance of the pantomime of Al Baba. The introsloction had just concluded, and the trans- formation scene had taken place, when the dress of Mademoiselle d'Arnauld, the Columbine. burst into a blaze. A panic immediately ensued, and Mr. Clarence Holt, the manager, who had just ...

... | ,EPITOmnE OF FOREIGN AXDGEoR4E NWS. IT is estimated that'.tbe fttes at thapening of the Suez canal have cost the Rhedive 1SiiOXOOll. TE ex.Queen of Naples gave birth to a daughter at Rome on the 24th ult. THE village of Sardon, in France, has been almost entirely destroyed by fire. The inhabitants are in the greatest misery.' L. ' AT Wangarattb, a young man who kissed a lady against her will ...

... BOUR COIEMPORAEES' X Ad .N __ I T J6;ti VAAI' 'a~.The Times eremings. the Fopse tha th lttl l~pg6m of Piednosit, ivladune atb0 le the Chnuhon .iore than '10 yeath before Vitor Emm ?? d down the Pope'si wrath u hlmself abyr, ardinE, the beat partcofiSt. Peter's atril ny. bef e t in~ ev nly was no man inThieKmont, w cn his Omvn e his eone Penny the worse 'for allnt she thunder-Chlt' w'ichi ...

... [IM R3WThE'S ThLEOBAM.1 FRANCE. PARhS, Friday. The Journae ?? announces the nomination of ree bishops - Al. Freppel for Angers , M. Cattoli for Ajaccio, and 3.. Reyne for Guadaloupe. The Prince de la Tour ?? and M1. Gressier have been appointed senators. PA111S, Saturday. The Constitutionnel of this morning says :-Unless uforeseen changes should occur the following will the members of the new ...

... WOORKING MEN IN NEW YORL IMr. Thomas Connolly, formerly a stonemason, V i sknown as a representative working man, sends st Interesting letter on the above subject tb the ?? praph. He gaysa- New York contains 1,250,000 InhabItants, andl 60, houses; and as, accordini to the survey there Is tor as many morn 2n mlhon6 is the largest nun'aer CZn ever get footing onthe Island. The cty is ?? sfone ...