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... MANSFfELD.—An excellent plan for the detection of horse stealers has been adopted at Mansfield; if a horse is stolen from thence, infor- mation will be immediately given to the members of the association, who will instantly scour the country for at least 30 miles around Mansfield, This is an example which we hope will be followed throughout the kingdom.-Derbyshire Courier. DREADFUL ...

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... An Act of ParliaTuent has just passed which settles a disputed point in regard to bills of exchange, and which ought, therefore, to be known to men of business generally. The point alluded to is that respecting acceptors or referees for honour, in which DO uniform practice existed, some houses presenting the bills so marked on the day they became due, and the others the day after. It is now ...

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... P Per r*lCe' w'c'1 seems destined to exhibit a picture of the crimes of llepublican- fttt just reinforced the moral by a renewed to murder its King. Louis Philippe ^Cen 8',ot at t',e ^ace *'ay» 'n the s'°f his family, surrounded by guards, and i'6 w'10^e» under every circumstance that 'he d°l|bt from the guilty reality of ^j.^tra,,saction. A ruffiin, of the name of ea» a merchant's clerk or ...

:-FRENCH POLICE

... FRENCH POLICE. A man nanid Gh-ard was brought up, charged with his wife, bu; this did not prevent the laiier fron. taking her seal at the bar amongst I he accused. President (10 the wife)-Are you not the com- plainant here ? ,Ilts Git-ai-d.-Yes, ect-i.,titity. It ill I who make the charge. When one is beaten, and by one own hushand too, on» may well complain. President—Well, tile, let your ...

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... CHARCOAL WOOD IN Low COUXTIUES. Is- CREASING PUOSPEKITV OF ELfiiuM.—Tne Journal of Arlon says, the proprietors of forests have no longer any reason to complain. Ihe price of wood in 1835 has generally readied that 18-28, and there is an increase in the amount of the prices for that to be felled in 183(5. At Soy, in the environs of Marehe, there is a tall of 2,000 cords (qy. 20,000). Some time ...

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... We are still without any satisfactory genc. from our Russian Envoy, and we try to make what satisfaction wtt can out of history of Lord Durham's tours. These certainly obtained one object; that of gifj, his Lordship a considerable insight into state of Russian Posting, and we have no tliitt, whatever may become of his dipIOc1; he will be able to give some of our very amusing article upon the ...

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON-SATLRDAY

... HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON- SATLRDAY. The appearance of these delightful pleasure grounds during this, the first, Flower Show of the season was more animated than on the corres- ponding day in former years. The line of carriages extended from the gardens to the very end of the village, and the road was in a bustle from five o'clock in the morning until seven in the evening. The company ...

OBJECTIONS TO THE DAVY LAMP

... To the Editor of the Mining Journal. Sxrt,- The Davylampfills with flame in an explosive atmosphere, and becomes red-hot in a few seconds. It is a matter of doubt with many well-informed per- sons whether it is safe to tnis point; but beyond it, all admit that its heat should never be carried. Sir it. Davy himself states that tliis limit s.iould never be exceeded. lie says, page 116 of his ...

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... IZAI Lilo,%DS .-Last %eek, Dr. Lardner, Presi- dent of the Southwark Literary Society, delivered a lecture to the members of that iustituiion upon -the interesting subjects of railroads, in which he very minutely detailed the various processes by which the present improvement in locomotive engines had been obtained. Little was practically known upon this subject (said the Doctor) till the ...

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... The Conservatives, of Bristol assembled at the Merchants' Hall, on Thursday, for the purpose of testifying their respect for Thomas Daniel, Esq. late' the senior Alderman of this city, whose eminent services to the best interests of the Constitution in Church and State, as well as those of his native city, for a long series of years, have earned for him a dis- tinction which no man can hope to ...

THE SI11 KIT OF -71

... THE SI11 KIT OF BY RUSNYMEDE, CHAPTER I. (From the Times.) England has become great by her institutions. Her hereditary Crown has i.'i a great degree insured us from the distracting evils of a cotilesled suc- cession her pverage, interested, from ihe vast property and the national honours of its members, in the good government of the country, has offered a compact bulwark against the lemporary ...