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The arrangements connected with the organization of the War Office are now completed, and the offices of Cleric of the Ordnance, DeputySecretary-at-War, and Director-General of Army Clothing have been abolished ; by which a saving of 50001. a year is effected. Colonel Mundy has been appointed Governor of Jersey, and Sir Benjamin Hawes, the late Deputy-Secretary-at-War, becomes the permanent Under-Secretary of State ; Mr. Godley, the late Director-General of Stores, is appointed Assistant-Under-Secretary of State ; Sir Henry Storks, K.C.B., is appointed Secretary for Military Correspondence; Captain Cain, at present Naval Director-Gen.eral of Artillery, is appointed Director of Stores and Clothing, and the salary attached to the former office is saved to the public. Mr. Ramsay, who has hitherto been Assistant-DirectorGeneral of Clothing, will be Assistant-Director of Stores and Clothing, and will, in consequence of the amalgamation, undertake other dales connected with Army stores generally, in addition to those hitherto performed by him. Sir Thomas Troubridge is appointed Deputy-AdjutantGeneral ; and will, under the directions of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-chief, perform the multifarious duties connected with the arrangement for the patterns of clothing, accoutrements and necessaries supplied to the troops, and those purely military duties formerly undertaken by the Board of General Officers.

Rear-Admiral Peter Richards, for a long time a Naval Lord of the Admiralty, has been appointed Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. He was First Lieutenant of the Queen Charlotte at Algiers,

The Honorary Canonry of St. Paul's, vacated by the death of the Reverend Thomas Bowdler' has been bestowed upon the Reverend John Hampden Gurney, Rector of St Mary's, Marylehone.

A correspondent reports the death of MT. Worcell, a gentleman who was highly esteemed by the Polish emigrants of the Republican party. StanisLaus Worcell was born in 1798, of a noble family of Poland ; he had the title of Count, and large estates in Volhynia. When the revolution broke out in 1831, he armed the inhabitants of his district and joined the revolutionary army ; and afterwards represented his province m the National Diet at Warsaw. On the defeat of the patriots, "Mr." Worcell, as he preferred to be called, became an exile ; and he belonged at different periods to the Polish Committees in Paris, Brussels, and London. For many years he had anted with Mazzini and Ledru Rollin. His cultivated understanding and amiable disposition made him esteemed even by those who did not sympathize in his Republican enthusiasm.

A number of "political entertainments" took place on Monday. The Premier's guests were Sir John Ramsden and Sir Andrew Agnew, the mover and seconder of the Address, and a party of Members of the House of Commons. The Lord President received the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Cork, cthe mover of the Address in the Lords,) the Lord Chancellor, and twenty-eight other Peers : and the Countess Granville, later in the evening, held an assembly. The Earl of Derby gave a banquet to Peers of his party ; while Mr. Disraeli feasted a large number of Members of the Lower House.

The American Minister entertained at dinner Lord Napier, the new Minister to the United States, and a number of the Corps Diplomatique, on Saturday.

The Bishop of Oxford gave a dinner to a party of Bishops, at Caddesd.on Palace, on Monday.

The officers of the Royal Engineers dined together, at the Freemasons' Tavern, on Monday : Lieutenant-General Sir Charles holey occupied the chair. The Earl of Yarborough has been appointed Lord-lieutenant of Lincolnshire, in the place of Lord Granby, now Duke of Rutland; and the new Duke of Rutland Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire, in succession to hi a father, who had held that high office more than half a century.

The accounts of the illness of the Earl of Harewood from the recent accident have been chequered during the week ; but the last bulletin was rather favourable.

The Prince of Wales has joined the huntsmen in the vicinity of Windsor : he was out thrice last week, and his fearless leaps delighted the sporting gentlemen and farmers who rode with him.

General Count d'Audigne, formerly a Peer of France, died at Fontainebleau, a few days since, at the age of ninety-one.

Dame Masters has departed this life, in the Aylesbury Union, in her hundred-and-fourth year. She retained the use of her faculties till a short time before her death. A daughter and granddaughter recently visited her —the daughter is in her seventy-first year, the grandchild in her fifty-first.

Mr. Charles Mathews has 'published the following contradiction of a report that he had taken unto himself a second wife. "A few days ago, you kindly congratulated me on my recovery from my late accident, and complimented me on the fortitude with which I endured four dangerous operations; but you were probably not aware, nor indeed was I myself, that I had undergone a fifth, and that, sometimes, of a much more fatal tendency than the others—I have been married ! A paragraph has gone the rounds,' as it is called, copied, I believe, from a Gloucester paper, headed 'Marriage of Mr. Charles Mathews,' stating that I had taken unto myself a second wife in the person of pretty Miss Oliver.' Allow me, in justice to that amiable young lady, to announce publicly, that such is not the case, in order that her numerous admirers may be assured that, as far as I know, she is still open to competition. I am grateful for the credit given me, at all events, for the good taste of my selection, though I must express my wonder at so improbable a story having obtained belief. In the first place, I cannot conceive that any one could have the heart to give her away ; and in the next, having only my left arm at liberty at present, which I am sure would not be sufficient to encompass half her charms, and my right hand being nearly disabled altogether, I could but at best offer her a left-handed marriage, and far be it from me to insult her with such a proposition. No, Sir,—may she speedily obtain a husband of half my age and double my worth; and I shall be most happy, with the appropriate tears of affection in my eyes, to give my consent and bless her union."

The cause of the suspension of the _Revue de Paris was incorrectly stated —it was for an attack on the King of Prussia, in the shape of a review of a book contain' ing his speeches. A very amusing story attaches to the book. It was published at Leipsic, in 1855 ; the author is a Prussian residing in England ; the book consisted of the speeches of the King—before and after dinner ; it was dedicated to his Majesty, and had his portrait prefixed ; a copy was sent to the King; probably he and merely at the portrait and dedication, and he was so pleased with these that he ordered a number of copies. It was subsequently discovered that the Object of the book wartto ridicule him, by showing what nonsense he had uttered, and how he had contradicted himself on different occasions ! the King's " enemy " had published the book, but the King himself supplied the materials.

A woman at Bury St. Edmunds, of excellent character and much religious feeling, has been afflicted with a delusion—she thought she was commanded by Heaven to eat and drink no more till she received fresh directions. For ten days she took nothing ; but having been removed to the workhouse nourishment was forcibly administered by means of the stomachpump. A clergyman.prayed with her, and induced her to repeat the Lord's Prayer ; he then reminded her that as she had asked for her "daily bread" it must be with an intent to eat it—this put the poor woman's delusion to

A few weeks since, the Greek troops on the frontiers of Thessaly wounded and captured a young robber of remarkably effeminate appearance. On being taken to the hospital, the robber proved to be a Christian girl, who two years before had been carried off from her family by the Turks. She was armed with pistols, gun, and yataghan and had during the two years of her captivity been obliged to share in all the professional enterprises of the robbers.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of the sum of 701. in Bank-of-England notes from persons who, having a doubt to whom it belongs, have decided on paying it into the public exchequer.

Two branches of the Royal British Bank were sold on Tuesday : the Strand branch brought 61001., and the lease of the Holborn branch 2101.

The brig James, of Leith, arrived at Belfast on the 22cl ultimo, with a cargo of timber, called "green heart," for Messrs. M‘Laine and Son. It is a fact worthy of note that she was navigated across the Atlantic by a mere boy of fifteen, assisted only by Coloured seamen ; her captain and crew having all died of yellow fever at Demerara, with the exception of the boy, cook, and mate; the latter fell from the yard on the 1st, and was killed, while doing seamen's duty. She never called at any port, and was brought in safety to her destination by this youth, who we think for this feat is worthy of great commendation; and we hope his meritorious conduct may receive its due reward.--Saanders's Newsletter.

Messrs. Miles and Kington, of Bristol and Melbourne, have resolved on establlahing a line of auxiliary screw-steamers between Bristol and Australia.

The West Ham Distillery Company intend to inaugurate the commencement of business by a dinner to sixty gentlemen given in a vat.

There is a great dearth of native seamen in America—perhaps free Yankees don't like to be brutally knocked about by ship-officers; and though by law two-thirds of each crew should be American-born, it is stated that not one in fifty of the sailors in American ships really are so.

As usual, before the frost had been of sufficient duration to make the ice in the Parks quite safe, a vast number of persona rushed upon it on Sunday and Monday ; and there were many immersions : one man has been found dead in the Serpenthm.

The United States are suffering from a very severe winter : the cold is intense, and so much snow has fallen in the North that railway traffic is almost entirely suspended. A correspondent of the Times mentions that at mid-day on Saturday last immense flights of larks passed over the Regent's Park. We are pleased to hear that the claims advanced for the representatives of Henry Cort, to compensation for the leas inflicted on him by his Unjust treatment in the name of the State, are receiving an extended recognition, which can scarcely fail to secure justice at last. Meanwhile, an important testimony to the value of his inventions appears in the article on "Iron" in the new edition of the Encyclopedia Britaturica. The paper is contributed by Mr. William Fairbairn, one of the very highest authorities in all matters relating to iron manufactures. He says " It would be a difficult task to enumerate all the services rendered by Mr. Cort to the iron industry of this country, or sufficiently to express our sympathies with the descendants and relatives of a man to whose mechanical inventions we owe so much of our national greatness. It is perhaps not generally known, that Mr. Henry Cart expended a fortune of upwards of 20,000/. in perfecting his inventions for puddling iron and rolling it into bars or plates; that he was robbed of the fruit of his discoveries by the 'I'lllany of officials in a high department of the Government ; and that he was ultimately left to starve by the apathy and selfishness of an ungrateful country. When these facts are known, and it has been ascertained that Mr. Henry Cores inventions have conferred an amount of wealth upon the country equivalent to sir hundred millions sterling, and have given maintenance and employment to six hundred thousand of the working population of our land for the last three or four generations, we are surely justified in referring to services of such vast importance, and in advocating the principle that substantial proofs of the nation's gratitude should be afforded to rescue from penury and want the deseendanta of such a benefactor."

Result of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis. for the week ending on Saturday last.

With regard to the ages of persons who have insured their Hoots, it seems that at the Amicable the most aged on whom a policy has been paid died at ninety-seven ; the Pelican, ninety-seven ; Royal Exchange, ninety-six; Equitable, ninety-five; Albion, ninety-five ; Rock, ninety-four ; ninety-four ; Union, ninety-four ; Atlas, ninety-two ; Law, ninety-two t Sun, ninety-two ; London, ninety.

The Times correspondent at Constantinople estimates the expenditure of Turkey at 6,500,000/. yearly. The revenue, on paper, is amply sufficient to meet this, and more ; but then the taxes arc not properly and promptly collected, finances are not well managed, and the Sultan is reckless in his expenditure and in giving pensions : so the upshot is money-borrowing at large interest, and the Continental disease—deficit.

The Governments of Victoria and New South Wales have given a modified approval to a scheme of a railway between Melbourne and Sydney— a tramway is to be constructed.

According to American statistics just issued, the grand total value " of real and personal wealth," of the whole of the 'United States of America, in 1856, amounted to the sum of 11,317,611,972 dollars, or nearly 3,000,000,000/. The population at the same time numbered 26,964,312 souls. The wealthiest States are New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Massachusetta, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

BIRTHS.

On the Ilth January, at Buenos Ayres, Lisbon, the Wife of Captain Robb, R.N., H.M.'s ship Ciesar, of a son. On the 28th, at the Grange, Bedale, the Hon. Mrs. T. J. Monson, of twin sons. One stillborn.

On the 30th, at Cole Orton Hall, Leicestershire, the Wife of Sir George Beaumont, , Bart. of a daughter.

On 'the 30th, at Darcy Lever Hall, Bolton-le-Moors, the 'Wife of the Rev. E. J. Bolling, of a daughter.

On the 31st, in Gloucester Square, Hyde Park, the Lady Elizabeth Arthur, of a daughter. On the list February, at Shenley Lodge, Ilerts, the Wife of Sir Arthur Ilalkett of Pitfirrane, Bart., of a son and heir. On the 1st, at Methven Castle, Mrs. Smythe, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

On the 28th January, at Genoa, the Marquis Henri del Carretto di Balestrino, late Charg6 d'Affaires de Sardaigne ft Naples, to Gertrude, relict of the lists Captain F. Voulardent, and daughter of Sir George Anderson, K.C.B.

On the 31st, at Bideford, Edwin Risdon Davy, Esq.' of Patton, to Matilda, youngest daughter of the late Captain Sir Thomas Swinnerton Dyer, Bart., R.N. On the 3d February, at St. James's, Paddington, the Rev. Hugh Bacon Rector of Baaterley. Warwickshire, eldest son of James Bacon, Esq., QC., to Annie Charlotte, second daughter of the late Rev. Peter Ewart, Rector of Kirklington, York On the 9d, at St. George's, Hanover Square, Sir Lionel M. Swinnerton Pilkington, Bart., of Chevet, Yorkshire, to Isabella Elisabeth Georgians., only child of the late Rev. Charles Kenleside, Rector of Polling, Sussex. On the 4th, at Bt. James's, Paddington, the Hon. and Bev. William Byron, youngest son of Lord Byron, to Mary Elisabeth, youngest daughter of the ViceChancellor Sir Richard T. Kindeniley.

On the 5th, at St. John the Baptist, in the Savoy, Samuel Browning Power, Esq., youngest son of the late John Power, Esq., of Belle Vise, Youghal, county Cork, to Rebecca, fourth daughter of Frederick Dawes Danvers, Esq., of the Duchy of Lancaster, Lancaster Place.

DEATHS.

On the Slat December, at Mercers, India, Major H. F. Gustard, Superintendent of Coorg ; in his 47th year.

On the 24th January, at Ball's Pond, Mr. William Herber, late of Croydon ; in isis Blot year.

On the 27th, at Boole House, Cheshire, Eliza, widow of the late General Sir John Delves Broughton, Bart., of Broughton Hall, Staffordshire.

On the 28th, at Earl's Gift, county of Tyrone, the lion. and Bev. Charles Douglas. brother to the Earl of Morton; in his 66th year.

On the 28th, in Portfleld Place, Mr. Child ; in his 90th year. On the 28th, at West Brompton, Mrs. Ann Lawson; in her 93d year. On the 29th, at Coral Cottage, Chelmsford, Mrs Mary Reynolds, eldest and last surviving sister of the late William I.ticas, req., formerly of Broomfield Place, Baser; in her 96th year. On the 30th, the Rev. Francis William Lodington, Di)., Rector of the united parlahes of Brington cum Bythom with Oldweston, in liuntingdon; in his 66th year.

On the 30th, at Woodside Rouse, Soutbsea, General George Jones, many years Commandant of the Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines; in his 77th year. On the 31st, at Eynsham, Oxon, Mrs. Martha Jenkins, widow of Edward Jenkins, Esq., of Brighton, Sussex ; in her 92d year. On the let February, at Betchworth House, Surrey, the Hon. Jane, widow of the Right Hon. Henry Goulbum, and sister of Lord Rokeby.

On the 85, at Belton House, East Lothian, Rear-Admiral James flay; in his 71st year. Lately, at Woolwich Common, Jane Theodosia, Lady Webb, widow of Sir John Webb, C.B.. K.C.H., late Director-General of the Ordnance Medical Department ;

ia her 81st year.