... ?Odrrtce, oto lubattions, kc. SLIDING PAVstMENT.-Opportunely or inopportunely,- the reader may decide,-a Mr. Kirk, who has taken out a patent for his invention, has just opened, in the Regeat's Park, a specimen sheet of artificial ice for the amusement of skaters. It consists of a composition laid down in the manner of the asphalt pavement; and the patentee pro. poses to form a society for the ...

... NEWV YEAR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY. I THIrs is the time of good wishes; you cannot meet a friend but lie grasps your hrand, and most heartily wishes * The compliments of the season ;` and we wish it were possible, with one magnetic touch, to grasp the hands of all our readers, and tell them with what cordial sincerity wve wish them iany happy returns of this period, and each one bringing new ...

... misotuical Mpitolne. I DOMESTIC AND METROPOL[TAN. t Tsit COu'RT.-Thl court remains at Windsor. Her Majesty and the young Prince of Wales continue in perfect d health. There have been many rursours regarding the royal christcning, l and the period wvhen it is supposed to take place. Some accounts state, that it is likely to occur carly in Fcbruary. Thu foilowigetetemetit lies, hovever beon ...

... vrobfncial. 1 ' 1 _ ' . .ra . . Considerable defalcations have lately occurred in the Post-oflice at Cheltelhanm, for which the postmaster of the town has been committed for trial. Colonel Thompson is lecturing on the corn law at Liver- pool, but whether as an itinerant stipendiary of the league, or at his own cost, the prints of that touvn do not tell us. TUR Sussex LaVELS.-All the lowlands ...

... Alga1l Intellience. HA~.eNaY CHUROCH-RSATI.-Dr. Lnshington has decided in favour. of the Hackney church rate, to the great mortifi- cation of the dissenters and radicals in that parish. He has decided these three points-Firstly, That a chuich-rate is due by common law, and maybe assessed andlevied bythe churchwardens, notwithstanding the refusal of the vestry. Secondly, That it is no objection ...

... The usual meetin, gr v, -n - - . asd wheat,-Lteting 01 this Society was held on Tuesday evenoing last, Tits. Thompson, Esq., in the chair. On the President's table wvas exhibited the fine specimen of a or cidile, presented by Sir William Pearson;n part of the hair , a mummy, ad a piece of cloth, il which it had been : encaseds specimen of the fin-tailed dock, presented by . rn. Stickney, reg. ...

... General or~sbjre gecos. BEVERLEY, DEC. 16. AN IMPUDENT THIEF.-Onl Saturday night last, a little boy was going down the street with a cheese on his head and when opposite Goforth-lane, a fellow seized the cheese, and ran down the lane. A man who saw the trick, pur- sued the thief,-but the night being dark, he succeeded in making his escape. A REMARKABLE PEAR-TfREE IN THE PARISH OF LOCKINGTON. ...

... 'Vadcket of fiasbionable WE. Lord Francis Egerton has purchased the matsion in which hle now resides in Belgrare..square, Bridgewater House is expected to occupy seven years in rebuildix. Viscount Melbourne has left Melbourne Hall, Derly- shire, for Castle Howard, Yorkshire, oXl a vwia to tluXirl and Countess ef Carlile, who are en'tainifiqyl.er cirsl. THE FAMILY OF THE 1ATE EARL OF, Durs. ...

... N otwNitlitl tlli- l flA . - A 1: - '. _ - t LN m Ithsstaldinlg the prevailing distress, there seems to be a l1ll in the state of affairs just now, iudicattive of a favouraNo change dawninug upon us. The feverish excite- ment of liberalism is giving way to tile caln of conserva- tism ; confidence is returning, and we are persuaded, that we shall soon witness the revival of our trade and ...

... Vrobillfal. I I - . I rat . Cavanagh, the Total Abstinence Man, has at last been detected in his imposture, and is now serving out his imprisonment of three months, with hard labour, in Read- ing Gaol, as a rogue and a vagabond. It was proved that Cavanagh had been detected purchasing some provisions in a chandler's shop. lie was at the time disguised. Dovea, Nov. 24.- There was a most ...

... probficial. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has presented a dona- tion of £25 to the Derby Dispensary ; £5 to the school at t Scropton, and £5 to the Derby Ladies' Society for relief of the infirm and aged poor.-Deiby Mercury. TESTIMONiAL TO TIHE DUscE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS.-It is arranged, that the dinner to the above nobleman, at which his Grace is to be presented with a testimonial from ...

... (Geneval o xR~sbirze jea s. DRnP.DrUL AcciDBNT.-OII Friday night, about eleven o'clock, Henry Croft, a dyer, in the employ of Mr. Beat, cotton warp dyer, of Bradford, whilst employed in regulat- ing a vat of'boiling liquid, for thc remeption of warps for dye- ing, accidentally slipped, and fell head foremost into the vat. The poor fellow's hands coming in contact with the but- t m of the vat, ...