... This month, from its immediately preceding that in which commences the corn harvest, as also that in which hops bur and bloom-we have, during our forty years tolerably intimate ac- quaintance with rural affairs, ever found to have been the most replete with exaggeration, or other misstatements, relative to the growing corn and hop crops, of any month in the year; but it is Qur painful duty to ...

... THE HORRORS OF WAR, AND THE BLESSINGS OF PEACE. On Tuesday evening last, a Mr. George Pilkington, late Captain of the Corps of Royal Engineers, addressed a numerous audience at the Independent Chapel, in this town, on the above interesting and important subject. He commenced by reading, as a text upon which to found his observations, the following portion of the 7th chapter of St. Luke :— As ...

... TOILETTE DE PROMENADE.—Dress made en redingotte of or. gandi, embroidered down each side of the front en tablier, and round the bottom of the skirt above the hem sleeves a l'imbe- cile the pelerine, round at back, and reaching to the waist in front, with a large square collar, is trimmed with lace, and em- broidered to match the dress. Hat of paille d'ltalie (Leghorn), ornamented with sarsnet ...

... BA NKRUPTS.- Charles Frederick Elderton, Parson's-green, Fulham, wax bleacher.— William and Francis Fincher, Ivy bridge, Devonshire, paper manufacturers. — James Plimpton, Finsbury-square, merchant.—J Newbury, Reading, scrivener.— Richard Bennett, Worcester, draper.—John Henry Bielefeld, St. Martin's-lane, toyman.-George Cannell Davy, New Church- street, Lisson-grove, Paddington, linen draper ...

... Abridged from the Courier. Moreno treacherously decoyed Torrijos, Boyd, and their com- panions from Gibraltar-he not only sent Torrijos letters, en- treating him to land on the Spanish coast, at a spot specially pointed out, but employed a military officer, whom he sent to Gibraltar, to impress on Torrijos the necessity of his appearing immediately. Does Moreno recollect the visit of the Friar ...

... (From the Brother Tragedians.) A Gottingen student went forth at night, To meet with the forest-haunting sprite And first I'll preach to it, then I'll fight. Quoth this erudite Gottingen student. His book and his sword were of ponderous size, For the Gottingen student was brave aud wise— At least in his own remarkable eyes A handsome pair-for a student. Wisdom and wealth to himself he said, ...

... An inquest was held on Monday before Mr. Le Pipre, coroner, on the body of Capt. Marcus Samuel Hill, R.N., a Post Captain of 1802. Marcus Hill, son of the deceased, being sworn, said his father had been ten weeks here last Tuesday. He had been staying at Clifton for the benefit of his health, being very ill and much swelled. Has heaid the doctors say that he had drank a large quantity of ...

... FRANCE. The following singular and impressive scene took place last week at Cremareste, near Boulogne-sur-Mer. M. Noel, a bachelor, aged 85, who is a native of the village, but residing upon his own property at Versailles, felt a desire before he finished his earthly career to re-visit his native village, which he had not seen for 70 years, and become ac- quainted with the branches of his ...

... By the new Bill for the more effectual Registration of persons entitled to vote in the election of Members to serve in Parlia- ment in England and Wales, it is provided that— Whereas doubts have arisen as to the meaning of the words 'or other building,' as used in the said hereinbefore recited part of the said act; be it therefore enacted and declared, that no person shall be entitled to vote ...

... It is stated that Mr. Watson, the father of the young lady who was reported to have eloped with Signor Paganini, went in pursuit of his daughter a few minutes after she had left his house, and having ascertained that the Signor had set off for Boulogne, he proceeded there without delay, and saw Paganini anxiously waiting the arrival of the vessel, in the expectation of its conveying Miss ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. TUESDAY, JULY I.-Lord Wynford having presented a petition from Thomas Biddlestone, expressing his regret, that having offended against the privileges of the house, moved that he be discharged. It was ultimately arranged that his petition should be taken into consideration on the following day.—The Lord Chancellor, throughout the business, has behaved in the most generous manner ...

... FATAL EFFECTS OF FEMALE CURIOSITY. The President Mote de Champlatreux was one of the most eminent characters in the Parliament of Paris. His integrity was so incorruptible, that he merited the surname of Aristides. His perfect knowledge of the jurisprudence of the country gave him a great pre-eminence over the most enlightened lawyers; and his advice, in difficult and obscure matters, was ...