... w. nociavor.-p ON T31E FALLIH |M: Henri flechofort has ?? the followM1,, preface to a nlew Odition et his i-nicrav, :_ Before puhlishina in my cvwn country, f,,r whi, they were written, tlhese pa3 g es ?? ale i5 abroad, wvhlere for mnore ?? a year, dally Iy (dI- l'ket a jonrnal of our igntuminy-a ineinoijll the iniquities of the TEimire-I have to 11,11;1iilt myself before the public, and ...

... THIE NEEW YEAR TO G]I R- MANY. 'I ne war in France has passed 'into a, ne' pim' tac-ording to the confession of the, Kink cf iprissia, but it is a phase which he is irncapabh 0 ,,laizistg beyond the brute idea of the soldier ?? fe. The world has prepared one phase el thought, and General Trochu has pr'pared ar- otlher phase of action; and thought, and actior eul~l lJ promise new campaigns ...

... Y5AUUL AND FATAL RAILWAY ACOI- iDXT * Au accident occurred on Monday on the Great Northern line whereby eight persons were at onos kllert, and many more severely injured. . In t~ is case, happily, the catastrophe is not due to any default of engi re-dAvers, guards, signal men, or want of due care in the arrangement of the traffic, bu; to a casualty againszt which human f.reaight or prudence ...

... THe S R4P BOOK COLUMN. A V1IaX OF Tzi LABsTHr-the lbad was` no doubt verydull' and quite unfitted for a&'oldier; but alittle seasonable blindness, and a word or twoof encourage- ment on the part of a non-bonmissionedofficer,'would have worked a wonderful' effeiot. But this 'srgeant, from the hour tbe recruit got out of his civilian's clothes, badgered and bullied him incessantly. He never ...

... *_FEMALE EDICA .5OCIETY'S APPEAL. To iTrUDior, -Srs-As you bave' always advocsted Qurcause, perhapa0you win help us Iin our work of charity, wbioh we saiveno fundi of tbesoe*fy to'do, Our, ladies instituted lpstieb~iitmas s Mate rnity cltarity. 5o. g ve gratuitous attendance to-the poor'at theiroown hounelat the abjeot poverty~they meet with isfearfuL; no one can' have a conception of iT ...

... The rector of Merthyr Tvdvil, who preached at St. David's on Christmas-day, and took for his' text Isaiah xi. 6, said :-The age they lived in seemed to be rolled back into the very middle of the dark ages. Men were raging one against another, as though they were devils-tearing and killing each other with a. degree of hatred as if Jesus had never been born, At the bead of all this was an old, ...

... TEE RECENT SORTDr PROM pA3SS. I - I ~Lo _ . n nf L ALA P-41 A correspondent at the Saxon camp oetrerariw thus describes the recent sortie, in a letter dated Dec. We have Lad a sortie on a very extended secale. It has kept a large German army employed throughout two nights and two dKms, in dreadfully inclement weather, lut its immediate results are very small as compared with the men and ...

... NISCELLANEOUR Falmouth has again been visited by-a destructive fire. The damage is estimated at 20,0001. The Yorkshire Gerette states that Mr. J. P. Brown- Westhead, M.P. for York city, is about to resign his seat on account of bad health. The Independance JeZge states that Count Bismark has asked the Swiss Government to maintain its neutrality with greater energy. The brig Norden, of Russian ...

... 8UNDAY9 JANUARY 1, 1871. SECOND EDITION. A QUAIING 331SHOP. Tho ill-paid and hard-worked bishops of the Establishment are sadly to be pitied. They lead such humble, lowly, and godly lives; are so un- ostentatious and hospitable; so unworldly and unselfish, that they shed a lustre upon the re- ligion they profess and teach. See them, in summer's heat as in winter's cold, poorly habited, going ...

... TOPICS OF TILE WEEK. Our last summary for 1870 does not contain many topics, butamong them two have interestand importance. The first is the indication that at length the Germans appear to have resolved upon making their grand attempt upon Paris. They passed their Christmas with such imitations of home-rejoicing as they could, and then they began to bombard Mount Avron, the new work which was ...

... THE CHRISTY VINSTRELS. The sixth annual festival of the Christy Minstrels took place on Monday, and, as the bills stated, without a particle of exaggeration, really surpassed all former efforts. The great Hall was magnificently and appropriately decorated in honour of the occasion and of the season, by Messrs. Defries and Co. The splendid proscenium was erected with new scenery and ...

... ANOT[ESB DISRACgEPUL SOAWDAZ. The New York ous conttius particulars connected with a scandal in wihioha very great and exaltdI Eag- lish person is said to be implicated. The p rson in question was staying not long ago at Montreal, Canada, where he made the acquaintaroe of tvo young ladit s, wiro were induced by himself and a com- panion to leave Canada and come to England writher, says the Sun ...