... A dinner was given at Hertford, on Monday last, to celebrate the return of Lord Mahon, the Conservative member, which was attended, according to the Hertford Reformer, by only 30 persons. A man named Moore was told, last week, that a bailiff and broker were in his house, at Burton Joyce, executmg a dis- tringas for his unpaid rent. I'll broker them, said them^n, getting up from his seat he ...

... J HE DUELS.—Capt. Stewart, harbour-master at Kingston, went nut to fight a duel with Capt. Sage. The former was at- tended by a Capt_Carpenter; the latter by a Captain Gibb. i was 80.m: difficulty on the ground, Capt. Stewart refusing to follow the directions of his second. Captain Gibb, the op- sero|>(l- applied ihe term coward to him, .which. Captain *aid, if lie icpoated, he would shoot him ...

... We solicit the particular attention of the English public to ihe following extract from an Irish paper, The Tralee Mercury, which we liave just received. On Wednesday the 20th inst., a small party, consisting of the fol- lowing gentlemen (query) '■•id met together for convivial purposes, at the County Club, in Denny-sticet, in this town:—liienacrhassctt Thompson, Esq.; John Bateman, Esq.; ...

... The Duke of Beaufort's new mansion in Arlington-street, overlooking the Green-Park, is undergoing- a course of repair and improvement. His Grace and family will occupy the new edifice early in the ensuing year. Brighton was brilliantly illuminated on the night of the Queen's entry. A house in one of the principal streets dis- played the following lines in oil lamps :— Hail. Victoria, Virgin ...

... By telegraphic accounts from Madrid under date of the 26th, we have the following:- On the 22d Oraa again came up with the Carlists, whom he was pursuing, near Cuença, beat them, and took 900prison- ers.-On the 24th General Carondelet, after a murderous en- gagement, forced Zariategui to abandon Villadolid, and relieved the chateau, which was besieged. This last news is perhaps the most ...

... RESTORATION OF SIGHT.—Thomas Holburn, 91 years of age, an inmate of Bedhngton Work-house, and who had been com- pletely blind for 12 years, had his sight suddenly restored whilst at dinner about 10 days ago, and he is now going his rounds in the village, recognizing his old acquaintances and haunts.-— Newcastle Chronicle. A SEA SERPENT ON THE COAST OF NORWAY.—DHONTHHUI, SEPT. 6.—The A vis of ...

... FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, SEPT. 29. nANKIlUPTS: James Thomas Jackson, of the Hercules public house, Lea- denhall-street, city, licensed victualler.—William Stannett, o« the White Lion and Lamb, Princes-street, Lambeth, victualler' Benjamin Overton, of High-street, Hackney, man milliner. Edwin Walker, William John Walker, Frederick Walker, and Parker Newton Walker, of Thurstonlaud, Kirkburton, ...

... CAPTAIN BACK'S SHU-.—The Terror was finally beached last Wednesday, and to look at her at low water, when you can walk round her, it is really surprising how she reached land, the whoie of her keel, from the 10 foot mark, being gone. The iron plates, which were nailed to secure the remnant of her forefoot, when she was literally perched on the ice, are now apparent. The heavy sea which she ...

... t THE CIIUKCH IN DANGER. A CLERGYMAN'S OPINION ON Pl.UltALlTIES. [From the Oxford Chronicle.] Sm,—I so much agree with your correspondent, Timothy Homespun, in his opinions respecting pluralities, that, in jus- tice to my own sentiments, I cannot leave uncontradicted an error which gives to my name so prominent a place in his state- ment. No clergyman can, with more sincerity than myself, say, ...

... The Iberia 27th ult, brings advices from Lisbon to the 0.)v.. news on this occasion is important, in its .lunicating the complete deleat of the charterists by the Baron das Antas and Viscount de Sa Bandeira, near the bridge of Ruivaes, and of their subsequently having surrendered under certain conditions after being pursued as far as Chaves. The Marquis of Saldanha and the Duke of Terceira ...

... b To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR I-The publication of an Explanatory Notice from the General Register Officcin your paper of last week, has rendered it unnecessary for me to remark on certain points explained therein. I would merely recommend that in cases of Birth, the father of the child give notice immediately to the Registrar it will generally be found more convenient fot ...

... TREES. CLASSES—GROWTH LONGEVITY. Trees may be considered under two heads:—first, those trees which, on account of the mode of their growth, cannot live be- yond a certain period; and, second, those whose mode of growth admits of the possibility of their existing an indefinite period. The first-mentioned class increase, when young, in diameter rather than in height, until a certain magnitude is ...