... owing to prior engagements. Lord Lansdowne has two manuscript plays in his possession, written Massinger, and which have never yet been acted. The duty paid out of every 20s. spent tea is l:>s.; sugar, 10s.; coffee, ss.; soap, 55.; beer, 45.; spirits, 145.; tobacco, 16s. The Cholera at Woolwich —Three cases of cholera occurred last week amongst the prisoners on board the Hebe convict ship and ...

... body of Samuel Faulkner, aged I years, who was found dead in lied that morning. It appeared that the deceased went bed in his usual health the night before, and between and I he wa> awoke the person in the next bed making great noise, when deceased called to liitn wishing him to make a less noise, and that he wished his breath was gone if he made any more noise, and the other men sleeping in ...

... haa favoured Mr. Fetherston with instructions to sell by auction the cuttle, implements, &c., on the Chartist estate at Great 1 >adford, near Bromsgrove.— Ghnwestershire Chronicle. A Naval Diplomatist.—We not need to be reminded that we have had naval diplomatists of illustrious ability; such was Collingwood for one. Nor need we say how strongly we partake in the general admiration excited ...

... memory of Lord George Bentinek, by public subscription, held the London Tavern on Friday, it was determined that the funds raised should applied to the erection statue iu bronze, to be placed in Cavendish-square. A medal will also be struck, containing a representation of the statue, which will be presented to every subscriber of one guinea or upward!). The subscription list is still op«n. ...

... (From the yesterday, Tuesday.) The Socialists of the arrondissement gave a banquet on [ Sunday at the B.irriere lie Sevres. was attended by about persons, including several female Socialists anil their j children. M. Joly was the only representative the people j present. was greeted with applause on entering. A commissary if police demanded to present in virtue of the law. was ana having made ...

... FRANCE. i The advance of the Auetrians on Ferrara has caused soma : uneasiness in Paris, it was supposed the Cabinet of Vienna intended to make a decisive demonstration in the Roman States favour of the Pope. The preparations of all parties for the approaching election* are actively continued. The Bonapartists are active, and they gain some advantage from the distentions which prevail among ...

... RAGGED SCHOOL DERBY. Ignorance and destitution combined have proved such fruiiful sources of juvenile delinquency, especially in our large manufacturing towns, that some remedy for the growing evil has forced itself upon public attention. Magistrates have been perplexed know how deal with the rapidly increasing cases young offenders, feeling that their initiation in crime often more ...

... the evening of Thursday last, John Likiii.fv, Esq., surgeon, of this tow n, livered a lecture the and Physiology the Human Eye, in the Lecture Hall the .Mechanics' Institution, to large and highly respectable audiclicr. lie lecture was illustrated numerous diagrams, and instruments the Lecturer's construction, which very clearly anil plainly explained the subject under notice, and reflected ...

... to 60s. We regret to state that two decided cases of Asiatic Cholera have appeared in Aslibourn during the week, one of which has terminated fatallv. The small P ...

... thunderstorm yesterday the lightning was exceeding vivid. In the immediate neighbourhood the town a stack of hay was 1 fired by the electric fluid. Angling.—Mr. John Wood, shopkeeper. Burton-road, in Derby, whilst angling Monday last, at swarkstone caught salmon weighing 19$ pounds, inches round : the belly. The fish lies for inspection at his house. (Sheffield Independent) learn from good ...

... On Wednesday morning meeting of manufacturers and others, called tiy the Mayor, was held in the Grand J uryroom, at the Town-hall, tor the purpose considering certain propositions submitted Air. Digby Wyatt, a deputation from the Society of Arts in London, iu reference proposal his Royal Highness Prince Albert for a grand exhibition in llvde-park, London, all specimens of the arts and ...

... Wednesday last was day that will long remembered by the inhabitants of Coleorton and neighbourhood. It was a day on which worthy young Baronet succeeded to the honours and possessions of the ancient House of Beaumont. The morning was welcomed with the tiring of cannon and the ringing of the church bells ; and the dayadvanced the tenants and villagers hastened to the paddock adjoining the hall ...