... MORE SERIOUS RAILWAY AOCIDENT On Christmas evening a heavily laden passenger train, whioh left New-street station, Birmaingham, at 1.80 p.m.,was ran into by a pilot engine 'when it had just passed through the tunnel, and a number of pas- sengerl were severely hurt by the force of the col- lision. It appears that the train started helf-anbhout behind time, the delay being occasioned by the im. ...

... I THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. The year that closed yesterday will be long talked about-much written about a and it will be a date of sorrow in the hearts of many thousands, for many years to come. History was made, hourly. - In the tAnmanach de Gotha, for 1871, just-published, a few lines cover extraordinary events, modifying the immediate future of the world's history, Under the head of ...

... LATEST INTELLIGMCBG By VZEOULS. rXPUIUSS AND LSu A 1ro PARTS 01? TI WORL. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MIARSHAL PR IM. Madrid, Dec. 28, At half.paet seven this; evoning, while Marshal Prim was proo.ednq from the Cortas to the Ministry of War, some individuals fired at his carriage in the Cle Aleala: The marshal and one of his adjutants were wounded but, so far, not dangeronsly. MEDIATION OF THE ...

... WHY WAS CHRISTKAS NOT EERRY?| TO THE EDITOR or REYNOLDS'S NEWSPAPr. SiR,-It is the fashion of good people, at this t season of the year, to wish each other a merry Christmas. There was a time when things weret merry in England, when the carks and cares of I business had not eaten their way into the heart a of the nation, aad when Englishmen regarded F each other as members of the same common ...

... QOIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE [Glu UottOm 15 ROT UESPONSIBLE FOR THE OpItHOES EXBRESSED BY CORREFPONDENT3.) Lyceum Christmas Eve Announced Performance. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-A paragraph appearing in your last week's issue relating to an intended performance at the Lyceum Theatre on Christmas Eve, n aid of the funds of the Royal Dramatic College. under the auspices of the Prince of Wales ...

... TEfl GMERXAINBS IN NORMAIADY. The f olloiving lotter gives a description ot rho inroad of the Germans in Normandy:- The Prussiens occupying Duclair were Eaid to be about 38000 strong. I came into absolute contact only with the two officers and fifteen men at the inn, with the commandant and adjutaut, and with the soldier in whose custody we left the town; but ! saw a fine body of infantry ...

... F R E E A S O N R Y. M A S ON S' H ALL TA V E RN, MASONS' AVENUE, CITY. The above old-estabhblied TAVERN is NOW OPEN, Newly Decorated, by Br. CHARLES GOSDEN, late Manager of the Free- masons' Tavern Company. Every Accommodation will be found for Lodges, Chapters, Mark, and other Degrees, for their Meetings, Dinners, Suppers, &c., and every attention will be paid to their comfort and enjoyment ...

... IREAN- . IELAND. IThe unveiling of a statue to Mr. Smith O'Brien took Place at Dublin on Monday, the Lord Alayox presidin. The statuo is in marble and is a most ex. collent likeness, from the studio of Messrs. FarrelL The statue looks over Carlisle-bridge and Sackville. street, and is considered a good work o art. At one o'clock the pedestal was surrounded by binds of several trades unions, ...

... TILE WAR, FIGHTING IN THE NORTH OF FRANCE. FIGHTING ON THE LOIRE. COMMENCEMENT OF THE BOM- BARDMENT OF PARIS. GENERAL TROCES STTRATEGY. A battle has been fought iw the north of FrWee 'oe- tween the focoes of Oeweds Faidherbe ava W5un. tenffel. Both sidee claim the Vi6tery in the titeled Friday week at ftnt Noyelles, near Armie. -tThe motion clearly was of an indeesive cbaracter, -bat, us the ...

... T1HE DECADE1TCE 0 THE GLADSTONZAN lINISTRY. 1_ _ I _- _ _ _ ?? P . I I . - I i lie beginmng ot the ending of the Uladstonian Ministry has already set in strongly. Mr. Bright's resignation has been followed by that of another member of the Government, Mr. Otway, Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Otway was one of the most liberal members of the Adminis- tration, and to him we are mainly ...

... 3 OETHXCOMING AIA3AZIAGE. TO TENB EDITOR OP1 RLYNOLB'S NYWSP'PsEi. Srr,-What-a clatter there is at present every- w-here about the contemplated marriage of Princess Louise ! Yet I have not heard a voice from the principality against the proposed grant of all these thousands for her, while the thousands of poor people are starving all over the country. On Wednesday, the 21st inst., Mr. Henry ...

... The Nat,; .,Ipers by the last mail are filled witb lotters from tim diamond fields. Tae following-extraots are from the 7Natat Mercu'tp When woe iot here (a place called Hebron) we found abou' twenty waggone and fifty people. There are now about 150 he:e, I should think, it good many from Mooi River, ahid several from Natal. It took Us three days to mi,: a cradle, pitoh our camp, and get ...