... pear tree give good promise of plentiful blossom throughout the county. -I1aroford TiMC. - The Queen has appointed Captain Sir John Ross, R. N. to be her Majesty's consul at Stockholm. The Queen has conferred the honour of knighthood upon Captain George Back ...

... grant. Mr. D'Israeli opposes it; Lord John Man nors supports it. The Duke of Newcastle has addressed a very lachrymose epistle to tihe people of England against the proposed May- nooth grant, The celebrated Grattan was indefatigably industrious, He was ...

... mirably. One of these persons was an Invalid who in the wars of the Empire lost both arms, retaining only the mere stumps. With the aid of two of these artiflcial arms, he was able to perform many of the functions which had hitherto been performed for ...