... MELANCHOLY .ND FATAL AcIrNT.-Yesterday weekat -JohinCubbon, master of a small vessel, called the Laxey r-Mines, belonging to Douglas, Isle of Man, met his death it in a very unaccountable manner. The vessel, having discharged her cargo at Runcorn, was on the morning of PI c Thursday about to proceed to Liverpool, when the master of missed his punt, or boat, and, supposing that it had drifted ...

... . :. THRE WlEATHHR. M-11 ll.nn thee ?? mnni We aight safely challenge that very ancient and often- dited irtdividalu, the oldest inhabitant, to select, from the whole budget of his experience, a milder or more un- seasonable season than the winter, as we suppose we nmust call it, of 1843, up to the very last day of the year, .ibat day included Metaphorically, and speaking gencraly, we ...

... AI\h-l .. h1. nrl;nw f W-o4. We arc indebted to tbe poiltenmss of Meesrs. Wilmer and Smith for a copy of a second edition of the Timtei of yesterday. containing the Intelligence brought by the overland mail from India and China, but owing to the lateness of the hour, we can only givo the following extracts from the summary of the Timms: Times office, Seven o'clock, a.m. The Indian mail has ...

... A-ma; -e funn Ano I r ?? foom page 6) tli TH(URSDA Y, January 4th. at The attendance 01 dmbcrbeir at the commencement of the pro- a' ceedings was not numerlf Si DOCK COMMITTEE.t r The MAY'OR intimated that, an-new matter rolating to the a' dock, wonid be read at the special laeeting to be called sometime e this mionths, and the proceed ings tunder theold acts were read and c confirmed, at - ...

... ALMANANCK FOR 1844. CHRONOLOGICAL NOTRS: .ss JuollhParlod.. 6.57 Shrove Tueiday . Feb. to e le ?? . Leni't berril ?? 21. a Gord.an~umber ?? L Gni P1d4 .EI ThiI ELate Su ?? ) d Apri-7 atSi3oi-dOI yole ?? * B Lowiuaday ?? April15 01 Sunday Letlters ?? O Holy Tbursday ?? May 14 V Roman indiotion . IWhit u May 26 d Itt * lplypbany.;. ;w..Jin. 6f Trinity Sunday ?? June 9 s ,he 1udbY5 after ...

... V, Frnu EI~ntrXO1AWe ?? btd an epportunityof examiinin a moiel of Mr. Timnis's patent ?? i m vryingeious indeed.I examininfg a mnooile or ?? - ?? -- d - : for the extinction Of fires. ti eyineiu ne it comnprises a ladder, rendered invisible, till wanted, by hot its being curiously inserted in the wall of at building, and trc a piece of machinery capable of working like a fireman,pi wielding a ...

... 1jewd IberbatTiT6. I PRANCE. ?? t, The ibch beUIO 1 pechS Gentlemen, Peer, -a DOpOutie 0 Te ptid israonbeteen te pwerofthe astaesand the it loyl' n r whch albay afordd t Govitrnment have Be L111 mid the orer main ed without effort, it and uner theaway o the lw, Prnce diplays ith cosiden s 1 ~ We055 enjy wth scurty teseblessines of Peace, for It never weebettereecred. Ify elaitonewith al ...

... a R ADAER. Mi RJCHARD6 OA8TLER. We have elsewhere briefly reported a meeting of Mr.h Qastler's friends in this town, annexing to the report f, certain statements showing what very little dependance l is to be placed on his chief champion, Mr. Ferrand. We have now to notice a letter from Mr. Oastler himself, which appears in the Standard of Tiesday, and which li professes to be an answer to ...

... TOWN OOUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. F2ADAY, 4mmber 2P. At eleven oolook this morniz tbo Counoil ret, agrecably to; ;wformer xoslption of the Counoi, for the purpose of recelving ltbe report of the sub-committee speclally appointed to consider. ghe Dock plans. Mr. NIOVL slated thattbezab cornmilteehad notyetreported, Md le therefore, begged to propose That the cone5ieratlon of tm subject forwhioh this ...

... PARISH AFFAIRS TiteparshioerSWil fle th 1wcccdingif of thle Se- s lect Vestry, which are reported illsnorther co ,tlumn, more PO than ordinarily interesting, and calculatcd, at the same i time, to show how well qealified the majority of that august body are to ho cashiered. and sent about their As business the very first opportunitythat occurs. 2First, we Pr~ have a very rational ...

... A meoting of the friends of Mr. Richard Oastler was held yes- teeday evening so'nnbght in the Comineroial-hali, Glouceeoer- stree-, ~r. John Wtlkusuon in the ehair, to fuither the 8ab- soriilo fo therelaseof Mr. Oastler from the Queen's Baeuch I perioon,~ where he nowalies at the suit of Mr. Thornhill, his late g( master, for debt, end in conse quence of his own determination alb not t * take ...

... STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY, On the lot January, 1844. (From the 7nited ServcC eJournaL) 41i B [Where tWO places are mentioned, the last named is that in which the depot of the regiment is stationed.] t ?? Guards, Windsor. 41st Foot, Canterburt. 2d, Regent's Park. 482, Malta, isle of Wight-Re- Royal Horse Guards. Hyde Park serve batt.. Malta. l1t Drag. Guards, Canterbury. 43d, Canada. Cashel. ...