... THE ROOK. The following beautifully simple, and beautiful because simple, description of the habits of the Rook is from an excellent work on the feathered tribes of England, by Robert Nludie Every body knows the Rook the dark, the noisy, and sometimes the nest-plundering, or, in the early fields, the contribution-levying Rook; but still, notwithstanding, the cheerful, the orderly, the indus- ...

... SCHOOL OF THK ESTABLISHED ^HURCIJ. Up- wards of el2,000 having been subscribed for the purpose of erecting Schools at Liverpool, for the use of the poor, where the Scriptures would be freely taught as the standard of religious et ucation, the foundation-stone of the first School was laid on Mon- day se'nniglit, in Bond Street, at the north end of the town, by the Rev. J. Brooks, the Rector. A ...

... 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 ...

... Six and Seven William IV, cap. 85. An Act for Marriages in England, 17 August, 1836. SIR,-Tlwre are great mistakes afloat relative to some of the new statutes, which you will be glad, I am persuaded, to rectify. Permit me then, to notice some of the provisions of the Act to amend the Law of Marriages, which is to come into operation after the 1st of March, 1837.- Martiis caelebs quid agam ca ...

... THE BALLOON ASCENT AT VAUX[iALL.- MR* GREEN 'S ACCOUNT. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL, SEPT. 11, 1836. —The inflation of the balloon commenced 'at ten minutes past eleven, aud in the space of 12 minutes it possessed sufficient power to support itself. 36 men of the Lambeth division of police were then placed around, each takillg charge of one of the cords connected with the net work. In ahemt all ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN. SIR,—The Abstractor, in a periodical of last week, seems to have imagined that the New Marriage Act', instead of being a supplementary measure, designed to relieve conscientious Dissenters, is to abridge the liberty of those who as conscientiously conform to the Establishment. It is not intended (as a perusal of the 1st and 4th sections will prove) to ...

... We understand that the distribution of four- penny silver pieces is now likely to become more general. A large quantity was issued on Wednesday se'nnight at the Bank, and forwarded into the manufac- turing districts.—Much wanted at Merthyr. BRISTOL FAIR.-Our September Fair com- menced on Thursday se'nnight. The number of cattle was not large, fat beasts being every where in equd request, and ...

... The Revising Barristers are in great dismay at having, owing to a blunder at the Home Office, their duties to perform during the Term, instead, as hitherto, during the long vacation. An officer of rank, well known in the political and sCientific world, advertises that he has discov- ered a new compound rocket that will set an enemy's ship on fire if discharged 2,000 yards off, and a shell ...

... In Spain, the cause of the Queen has e*P rienced a new check, in the loss of another ba1.1' Generals Gomez and Don Basilio defeated Brigadier, General Lopez at the head of 3,0 >0 troops, loss in killed and wounded is estimated at bet«e 600 and 700. A curious correspondence, for which we-lifive no room, has taken place between Lord John RuSfir and Mr James Silk Buckingham, the Hon. for ...

... Sm, Having read in your last week's paper a letter, signed a Welsh Curatc, in which it is stated that the Member of a neighbouring borough owed the founda- tion of his fortunes to a Chancellor of Llandaff, who had obtained his worldly goods through the kindness of his Bishop, I beg to say, that the Chancellor alluded to, got a considerable fortune with his wife, (it is said, as much as X 10 ...

... SHIPWRECK OF THE HANNAH, AND HOR- RIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE CREW. I We have been favoured by one of the survivors of this ill-fated vessel with a narrative of her loss in the Western Ocean, and the dreadful condition of the crew, one half of whorti perished. The Hannuh belonged to South Shields, and was the property of Mr Clough, of that port. She wa* an old vessel, of about 260 tons, and her ...

... CULTIVATION OF POTATOES. Sir,-I observe it stated, that in some counties there is a great failure of the potato crop; this, I think, may be remedied by sowing the seed. Sets will not last above twelve or fourteen years after that time they decline, and hardly return treble seed. I tried the experiment last year in a small way, and the produce was astonishing. What is very remarkable is, that ...