bridge*" ^ h expected that the experiment will prove ex- 
treine’.y serviceable in facilitating transit for the euormously 
increased traffic of the bridge. Application will be made to the 
L,,.r.l Mayor for his sanction, and to the Commissioner of 
^'ity Police for the assistance of two officers to enable the 
committee to test the efficiency of the project. 
Thk Cab Watermen. — The Commissioners of Police 
lnvejust earned out another improvement at the cab stands. 
The watermen have been clothed in a kind of uniform ; they 
nre paid a lixed weekly sum at the nearest police station, 
whore they hive to report themselves, aud state the time 
when they take charge of and deliver up their rank ; they 
are inspected when on duty, in the same way as a policeman 
on his beat ; aud they have to supply water to the horses 
without charge. 
Limerick Election. — Mr. Barrington decliues going to 
the poll ; therefore Mr. De Vere will be returned without 
opposition, Lieut.-Col. Dickson having already retired. 
Tiie estates of Sir Thos. Staples, Bart., county Tyrone, 
have been s >ld in the Incumbered Estates Court, realising 
£37,000. The cholera still liugers about Dubliu in a 
malignant form, aud several fatal cases among persons of 
respectability have occurred within the last few days. 
The remaining estates of the Earl of Aldborough were 
sold on Tuesday in the Incumbered Estates Court, Dubliu. 
They realised .£50,390, being at the rate of about tweuty-ouc 
years’ purchase on the net yearly rents for the Sligo aud 
Leitrim lots ; 26£ years’ purchase all rouud for the residue 
of the Wicklow estate, aud about 23J years’ purchase for 
the Kildare estate. With the exception of the Sligo and 
Leitrim estates, the rest of the property appeared to be held 
on farming leases, or from year to year. 
An alarming thunderstorm a few days siuce, visited 
Newtonstuart aud Strabnne. At noon the darkness was 
very great, and at two o’clock a largo ball of fire passed over 
the latter town, for a mile and a-half, descending with a 
noiie like the discharge of a park of artillery, aud doing con- 
siderable damage to farm produce. 
Agricultural Prosperity. — The Belfast Mercury has an 
article showing that the present year has beeu one of the 
most prosperous Ireland has beeu favoured with. It 
attributes much of this to increased energy in farming, to 
the infusion of skill and capital from Scotland and England, 
aixl to the habits of industry induced by the absence of 
political agitation. “ During the hist three years,” it con- 
tinues, “ tiie sale of farm stock in Tipperary aud Galway has 
arisen from £1,440,000 to about £2,000,000 in the one case, 
and from £1,880,000 to about £1,900,000 in the other. 
Cattle of the finest descriptions are now to be seen in each 
,,f those localities. In three different periods the number of 
cattle ami sheep owned by Ireland’s agriculturists stood as 
follows : — 
Cuttle. Sheep. 
1341 1,S63,116 2.10G.18!) 
1351 2.067,461 2,122,128 
1353 .-», 383,300 3,142,056 
Not less satisfactory are the decrease of pauperism and the 
almost total absence of agrarian outrage. Ireland is no 
Unger * the chief difficulty’ of the British Minister.” 
Irish Bank Returns.— The returns of the circulation of 
the Irish banks show all enormous augmentation — no less 
than £31,600 on the month— the increase in the correspond- 
ing mouth ofl 853 having beeu £112,000, and of 1852, £76,000. 
The bullion shows an increase of £83,000. 
Distress among the Glasgow Handloom Weavers. — 
On Wednesday evening last, after discussing their hardships 
at public meeting in Culton, a number of weavers proceeded 
in a body to the shops in the neighbourhood, aud asked alms ; 
no positive threats were used. The police have put a stop 
to this ; aud, to do them justice, the unemployed have shown 
no disposition to persist in such outrages, upon finding that 
the relief committee were prepared to aid the really neces- 
sitous. — Scottish Press. 
The Edinburgh Cabmen’s Strike. — The magistrates 
have suggested a compromise, viz., that the drivers should 
attend every alternate Sunday ; but to this the drivers re- 
fused to agree, on the ground that it would be an abandon- 
ment of the principle for which they contended. The 
magistrates have therefore resolved to graut drivers licenses 
to any number of men of good character, whose competency 
should be certified by the inspector ot cabs : thus leaving 
the question of Sunday driving to be settled by the masters 
and the men so licensed. — Scotsman. 
NAVAL AND MILITARY. 
The Monarch, 84, is to be placed in Devonport dockyard 
for repairs, prior to sailing for South America. 
The screw steam ship Sanspareil, 81, is ordered from ser- 
vice in the East to Plymouth, whore she is to be fitted with 
engines of 400 horse-power. 
Two powerful steam-tugs, the Express and the tartar, 
belonging to tho Liverpool Steam-tug Company, have been 
purchased by Government for service in the Black Sea. 
Her Majesty’s new Steam-Yacht, the Windsor Castle, 
is to be launched at Pembroke dockyard on the 16th of 
January, and it is hoped that the Queen will perform the 
oeremony of naming her. 
Catt. M'Cluue.— The Admiralty have presented to 
Captain M'Clure a very handsome gold watch, with a suitable 
inscription, as a token of their entire approbation ot his 
conduct duriug the perilous enterprise which he has carried 
to a successful issue. Their lordships admit that Captain 
M'Clure is the discoverer of the North-west Passage. 
The Belgravia, 1,600 tous, belonging to Somers Brothers, 
of Blackwall, reached Constantinople in sixteen days from 
Plymouth. , 
New Cannon. — The new cannon invented by Dr. Church, 
aud patented by that gentleman iu connection with Mr. 
Goddard, is now undergoing a trial at one of the Government 
depots, with a view to its being brought into immediate use 
if found to answer the purpose for which it is intended. 
The principal feature iu the invention consists in the capa- 
bility of the gun to discharge 300 balls continuously in an 
almost incredibly short space of time . — Birminyham Gazette. 
The Birmingham Gunmakers.— A numerous meeting of 
guu manufacturers was held in the committee-room of the 
Town-hall on Wednesday bust, for the purpose of conferring 
with Messrs. Spooner, Muntz, and Newdegate on the present 
state of tho trade. The four old contractors, as they are 
termed, are now supplying 1,200 guns weekly, and the new 
contractors 1,300 ; London is producing a proportionate 
number; if the Government were to issue orders for double 
that quantity there are hands aud machinery sufficient to 
produce them. 
Reoruitino in Manchester. — Since the increase of the 
bouuty and the lowering of the standard, recruiting has beeu 
THE FIELD. 
very active in this city. In the mouth of November 480 
recruits presented themselves for examination before tho 
surgeons of the 3rd Light Dragoon? and the 51st Light 
Infantry. 
( M ajor-General Bentixck and Lieutenant-Colonel Lord 
George Paget will return to tho Crimea, the former to com- 
mand the fourth division of the army, instead of the south- 
western distriot; the latter to resume the command of the 
4th Light Dragoons, instead of retiring from the service by 
the sale of his commission. 
Commissions for Meritorious Sergeants. — An honour is 
about to be bestowed on the nou-commisaioued officers 
under Lord Raglan. The Field-Marshal is to submit the 
name of one sergeant of each regiment of cavalry, of three 
battalions of the Foot Guards, and of each regimeut of 
infantry of the line ; the nominee to be appointed to a cor- 
uetcy or ensigney. The commissions are appropriately to 
be dated the 5th of November. 
Annuities and Rewards. — The non-commissioned officers 
under Lord Raglan are to bo rewarded by one sergeant in 
each regiment of cavalry nud infantry, and of each battalion 
of the Foot Guavds, ami of tho Rifle Brigade, being selected 
by the commanding officer, aud recommended for an aunuity 
not exceeding £20, provided that the aggregate of grants 
shall not exceed £4,000 iu auy one year; and rewards are 
also to he distributed. The coniuiauding officer of each 
regiment of cavalry is to recommend one sergeant, two cor- 
porals, aud four privates ; and the commanding officer of 
each regiment of infantry, and of each battalion of Foot 
Guards, aud of the Rifle Brigade, is to recommend one ser- 
geant, four corporals, aud ten privates, to receive a medal 
and a gratuity of — For a sergeant, £15 ; for a corporal, £10 ; 
for a private, £5. The gratuity to be placed iu the regi- 
mental Savings’ Bank, there to remain iu deposit at interest 
until his discharge. 
A German Legion. — A body of Germans are to bo 
enlisted and trained iu England, like our German legion in 
the old war. 
YEOMANRY AND MILITIA. 
Tiie Northumberland Light Infantry are to be 
embodied on the 9th of January, and to hold themselves in 
readiness for auy part of the kingdom. Its strength is about 
1,000. The- Notts, the Leicestershire, the 2nd Royal 
Lancashire, the West York (who have sent about 300 
volunteers to the liue), the North York, and the Koyal 
Denbigh are also iu active training. The Monmouthshire, 
the 4th Royal West Middlesex, aud some other regiments, 
have also furnished a large quota to the regiments of the 
line. In Dublin the volunteering into the line regi- 
ments is very frequent, so as fully to meet, if even not to 
exceed, the exigencies of the service, aud the volunteers are 
a fine and soldierly body of men. Iu tho vicinity of Kil- 
mainham aud the Royal Hospital an animated scene may 
often be now observed, iu the crowds of young men who 
have just joined the ranks, animated with desire to take 
their share iu the campaign. In London also recruiting for 
the Militia is actively proceeded with. On Wednesday 
recruiting parties arrived from the head quarters of the 4th 
South Middlesex. The chief rendezvous was at the Surprise 
Tavern, Chelsea. The party wore the new regulation uniform, 
looking very soldierlike: they are obtaining numerous volun- 
teers. Two hundred and fifty volunteers from the Militia 
to the line arrived on the same day at the staff office, W est- 
minster, aud having passed were forwarded to the regimental 
depot. Forty-six also arrived at the Horse Guards for the 
Household Brigade. The East Middlesex muster at Hamp- 
stead on the 26th, and the West Essex in Chelmsford on 
the 27th. According to official returns, there are now sixty- 
one militia regiments called out for service. 
THE COURT AND WORLD OF FASHION. 
Her Majesty went in state on Tuesday to open the session 
of Parliament. The Queeu was preceded by six carriages, 
conveying the officers of her Majesty's household, and by the 
Yeoman of the Guard, &c. The Queen's carriage was drawn 
by eight cream-coloured horses, conveying her Majesty, 
Prince Albert, the Master of the Horse (the Duke of Wel- 
lington), aud the Duchess of Wellington, officiating ns 
Mistress of the Robes for the Duchess of Sutherland. The 
escort was composed of the Lite Guards. After the cere- 
mony the royal party travelled to Windsor by special train. 
Royal Visit to Eaton Hall.— We have every reason to 
believe that her Majesty and the royal family will honour 
the Marquis of Westminster with a visit to Eatou Hall early- 
next June. — Chester Chronicle. 
On Tuesday aud Wednesday the royal dinner party- 
included the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard. 
Baroness de Speth, Earl Granville, Lord Carrington, Lord 
Churchill, and Colonel Francis H. Seymour. 
The Viscountess Canning succeeds Lady Churchill. Her 
ladyship's first “wait” on her Majesty will be on Saturday- 
next (to-day), at Windsor Castle. 
Lord Duukellin arrived at the Marquis of Clauricnrde s 
residence, on Carlton-house-terrace, on Tuesday, from 
Russia, via Berlin. , 
Lord John Russell, as leader of the House of Commons, 
gave a full-dress dinner on Monday evening, at the Foreign- 
office, to several influential members of his party. 
The Earl of Aberdeen gave a full-dress banquet to several 
members of the House of Lords, on Monday, at Argyle 
H Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Commander-in-Chief at 
Bombay, whose death, we regret to announce with our 
Indian news, was second son of King William the .Fourth 
aud Mrs. Jordan. He was bom in 1799, and m 1821 mar- 
ried Lady Augusta Boyle, daughter of the Earl ot Glasgow. 
Lord Frederick entered the army m 1814, and gamed in it 
perhaps as much reputation as is attainable by a soldier who 
is never called to active service. Hm lordship held the rank 
of lieutenant-general at his death. Although neither a peer 
nor the son of a peer, his lordship enjoyed the title and pre- 
cedency of a younger son of a marquis, by royal graut, dated 
May 24, 1831. 
Despatches were received at the Foreign-office on 
Monday announcing the death of the enterprising A Incan 
traveller, Dr. Barth, and also that ot Mr. Henry W aldington 
who have both fallen victims to the pestilential climate of 
Africa The last communication from Dr. Barth announced 
his approaching departure from Timbuctoo for the interior 
of Africa. , , , . 
When is a man thinner than a lath?— when he is • 
shaving. 
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THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S JOURNAL. 
The uniform worn by the Duke of Leeds ou the occa- 
sion of moving the address iu the House of Lords, was that 
of the North York Rifles, of which his grace i? colouel. 
Celebration of the Majority of the Heir of Hawk- 
stone. — The comiug of ago of the Hon. Rowlaud Clegg Hill, 
oldest sou of Vi? count Hill, has boon celebrated by a series 
• it festivities at Hawks tone, the seat of the noble fam !... 
Upwards of two thousand invitations had beeu issued for 
two balls and suppers ; ouo for tho nobility and gentry, and 
the other for the farmers and tradesmen. The former took 
place ou Tuesday, the noble heir's natal day. In the morn- 
ing Viscount Hill, with the Hon. Mr. Hill, and a select 
circle of trieuds, started iu carriages and four to visit the 
various places on the estate where festive gatherings were 
being held. Every village was decorated with evergreens 
and emblematic devices, and by every one was the heir wel- 
comed most cordially. T he ball took place at Hawkstouc, 
in a pavilion erected for the occasion. Supper, provided 
under the superintendence of Mr. Gunter, the celebrated 
purveyor, was laid out iu an odjoiniug tent. 
Coming of Age of Walter de Sodington Blount, Esq., 
eldest Son of Sir Edward Blount, Hart., of Mawlly H.u.i. 
— The fund to celebrate this event already exceeds £50. 
Tho committee of management have agreed to purchase a 
good fat ox, three fat wethers (the latter to be roasted), and 
800 loaves of bread, to distribute amongst the poor of tho 
parish of Cleobury Mortimer, ou tho 19th inst. it was also 
agreed that there should be a public dinner on the same day, 
at the Talbot Hotel, to which Sir Edward and Mr. Blount 
would be invited ; C. Wiokstod, Esq., of Shakenliurst, has 
consented to take the chair. 
E. G. Hornby, Esq., hits resigned the office of chairman of 
the Lancaster quarter sessions, ou account of ill health. 
Edward Best, of Bilston, Esq., lias been added to the 
Commission of the Peace for the county of Stafford. 
“ It is UNDERSTOOD,” says tho Worcester Herald, “ that tho 
Marquis of Salisbury lms conferred the valuable living of 
Bishop's Hatfleld, with Totteridge Chapolry annexed, in the 
county of Herts, upon hi? kinsman, our excellent neighbour, 
the Hon. aud Rev. W. W. C. Talbot, at present Vicar of 
Owbersley. Bishop's Hatfield is a rectory, with a popula- 
tion over 4,000, and its value in the clergy list, is sot down at 
£2,097. Its late rector held the benefice tlrirty- three year -. 
The vicarage of Ombersley, which will thus become vac .ut, 
is iu the gift of Lord Saudys. Its value, wo believe, is about 
£500 pur annum.” 
Earl Somers' Rent Audit. — At tho rent audit of the 
Right Hon. Earl Somers, at tho Sowera' Arms, Eustnor, a 
sumptuous d bluer was provided for the tenants, upwards of forty 
whom were assembled, and presided over by tho respected 
agent, Michael Thorold, Esq. That gentleman, in prop li- 
the health of Earl Somers, said lie felt much pleasure iu 
informing the tenants that, in consequence of tho great 
damage they sustained by hares aud rabbits, which not only 
destroy the crops but greatly iujuro tho land, his Lordship 
had given him instructions to tell them they might destroy 
all hares and rabbits ou their respective farms. The phea- 
sants nud partridges not doing much serious harm, the 
tcuants to a man agreed to do their best to preserve them 
for his Lordship. 
Christmas in tiik Crimea.— Sir Charles Morgan, of Trede- 
gar Park, Monmouthshire, has two sous, officers, now sorv mg 
iu the Crimea; and having determined to send them a Christ- 
mas treat, has shipped off a sufficient abundance of the good 
things of this season for the Crimea, to enable Capt. Godfrey 
Morgan and hi? brother. Lieutenant Frederick Morgan, if 
alive, not only to enjoy themselves, but to invite their 
brother officers, aud provide a Christmas treat for the men 
of both their companies under tho cover of their tents before 
Sebastopol. 
Sir Charles Napier, in a Country Dance,-- ‘ tb: 
Baltic fleet being ordered home, ft ball ivas given on board 
the Duke of Welliugtou, which was attended by some of the 
first people of Kiel and its neighbourhood. Every one was 
highly delighted, and even Sir Charles took a turn iu a 
country dance, to the great joy of the visitors. 
SMALL TALK. 
The Lord Chancellor has presented the Hot. Harvey 
Vachell, chaplain to the Queen's Prison, to the rectory of 
St. John's, Horaelydown ; aud the Rev. George Goodonough 
Hayter, to the rectory of Buruham-Suttou, Norfolk. 
A Madrid journal states that General Liprandi is a 
Spaniard who has been several years in the Russian service, 
and that his real name is Espojo. 
Tiie Cortes have determined, by a majority of 200 against 
21, that the throne of Isabella If., an<l her family, shall 
be based upon the present political edifice. 
At Lisbon a subscription is getting up in aid of the 
Patriotic Fund, through the influence of Mr. Smith, her 
Majesty's consul. Madame Castelluu and Madame Alboui 
had, it would appear, some altercation as to the right to be 
prime i donna, iu “ La Souuambula, but the former gave 
Electric Telegraph. — An office is to be established 
within the walls of the Castle at Windsor, in order that all 
messages at this Important crisis may be iustautly received 
by her Majesty aud Prince Albert. ....... 
Spanish Humanity. — Several ladies of high rank in Madral 
are endeavouring to get up a society for preventing cruelty 
to animals; aud even, it is said, to preach a crusade against 
bull-fights. , - 
A LITTLE DOG, lost six weeks previously, has *'c"ii t >uu«l 
in a deep pit at Northampton. It was dreadfully <*\hau*ted, 
but likely to recover from the effects of its long confinement 
and abstinence from food. , , , , . ., 
A Company of Negroes at Havana, win dubbed together 
and purchased a lottery ticket, were fortunate enough wo 
draw a 100,000 dollar prize. , 
Fifty-seven English ladies going to the Fast t- nurse the 
sick and wounded, embarked at Marseilles ou the rthon 
b °A prwpectus of the Scinde RaUway Company has been 
issued. The directors have every prospect of at l««t h%e 
per cent, per annum, from the East India Company, foi .9 
veara The line is to be 110 unles m length, 
y Cm \p London Papers.— From facts which have come to 
our knowledge, we would recommend caution m dealing 
with advertisers of Loudon papers at second-hand wheie 
session, there were forty-one notices of motions on the Order 
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