... Somatic NtwØ. WINDSOR CASTLE;.—Several alterations are being made in the interior of the casfle, and some of the rooms are be- ing newly decorated. The workmen are very actively em- ployed, as the whole is to be completed by her Majesty's return.— Reading Mercury. The petitions for the ballot have met with a hearty re- ception in Lincoln. Nearly a thousand signatures are al- ready appended to ...

... This country is as far as ever from being in a state of peace and contentment. A new movement in favour of the monster Miguel has been made in some of the pro- vinces, which have in consequence been declared in a state of revolt. There is at present no responsible government, the functionaries discharging the duties of the executive being ad interim. It is expected the new Ministry will be ...

... STOCKPORT RSFOFTSF FESTIVAL. Mr. O'Connell, in compliance with the invitation accepted by him to a public entertainment at Stockport, arrived lft thattowm on Monday fast, escorted by the Mayor, Aldermen, and^Council! of the borough, and accompanied by several thoBsands of tne- inhabitants of that densely populated neighbourhood. The: Liberator was hailed with deafening acclamation, which en- ...

... PET)ESTRIANis,t.-Townsend, the celebrated pedestrian, has engaged for a bet of considerable value to walk from the Crown and Sceptre, Chapter-street, Vauxhall-road, to Croydon, and return to the above house, three times per day for ten successive days, being a distance of sixty miles each day and on his re- turn from his walk he is to stand on one leg for an hour, lie will also occasionally ...

... On Friday the 271h ult., a meeting of the Lords Adventurers in Tin Mines, and others connected with the tin trade in the county of Cornwall, was held at Pearce's Holel. Truro, for the pur- pose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament and ihe Duchy. Ihat a remission on the Duchy duty on tin, may form part of the arrangement for her Majesty's future revenue. About fifty gentlemen ...

... jjTME IWEBtLHWH Newport, ..un DA Y. NOVEMBER 4, L fi'iTTt's is a name dear to France, and,indeed,t ...

... A trial is about to take place in the department of Eure et Loire, attended by circumstances of no ordinary atrocity. A man of the name of Jousse had been employed for about four years as a shepherd by a farmer at Voves. He lived with his master, but his family occupied a small house in the vicinity. The care of his flock occupied the greater part of his time, so that he was but seldom at his ...

... Religion has been said to be unfit for the world on account of its hopes, i. e. because Christians are looking to a better world, jlherefore they must be indifferent to this. The inference is by no means fair; for let us reverse the reasoning, and say, be- cause the unbeliever considers the present life the whole of his being, he must be indifferent to all that shall be after him. This ...

... The latest acccounts from Catania state, that out of a population of 60,000, not less than 40,000 persons had already been carried off by the cholera. This is the great- est degree of mortality which has yet been experienced in any city in Europe. ...

... The following extract from a letter from Bona, dated the 21st ult., contains some interesting details of the cap- ture of Constantine not found in the accounts hitherto published The chiefs of two of the most important tribes in the e vi- rons have made their submission. 'I hey state that the leading men have been massacred by Achmet Bey, because they refused to assist him. Nearly all the ...

... During the last three or four weeks several cases of cholera of a most malignant character have occurred in different places in and about the metropolis but, from A wish not to alarm the public mind without sufficient cause, these cases (which all terminated favourably) were not brought under general notice, having been made merely subjects of discussion among the members of the profession as ...

... House of Commons, No^eiftber, 23, 1837. SlR,-I have just met with the following case in my parlia- mentary reading which is of no other consequence than to shew what sort of persons were formerly>e/(t doicn by a patron's in- terest to represent tiie borough of Monmouth On the 10th March, 1623, a question arose as to the eligi- bility of Mr. W. Stewart, a Scotchman, and not naturalised and on ...