... o --i CU -:I-ef ?? I 'A 'CWASs. An'bo`n * hard-washi son of St. VArsjin hadqfor a long timee .monopolitzed .the ;whole trade 'of kole! ?? ai a-little' ?? distance from the great neitropolis, wlsn, al last,' a rival appeared, and had *iascribd-;o~ver -hii hop.\yindow/j *, olens - cons.ia recti.' All fockedito-t~he new; man; witbs 0d a'character. The -old- snob was not 5c be oatdone rby speh' an ...

... Sparnish finance is beginning to attract considerable attention, and it is high time that it should. The matter now seems to be taken up in real earnest, and the gentlemen who are struggling to induce the Spanish Government to come to some arrangement ?? itS ill. used creditors, are certainly deserving, on natlonal grounds, all the support the Press of this country can afford them. It appears ...

... I li;DiCAPS AND HANIlDlcAPPERS.] Within' these lakt few years handicap races,' have received an impetus iwhich has 'caused:themjt3 em erge from the semi-obscurity in which they so-long unjustly languished, and attain a notoriety and im- portance. beyond.. the most s anguine expectations of those who advised 'the judicious. alterations;:ia'the' conditions that have, conduced to this result.. A ...

... The following report of a survey for the purpose of ascertaining- the injuries sustained by the Great Britain han been delivered to Capt. Caxton :-We;'the under.' signed, certify that we have at your request this day been on board the steamer, Great Britain, now lying on the gridiron in the Prince's Dock Basin, and both inside and out have examined the means adopted by the foreman boiler ...

... ., 1 : X l Letters from india in anticipation of the overland mail of the 30th of September, arrived on Thursday. The dates are from Bombay to the 30tb, Madras to the 20tbh and Calcutta to the 16th of September., The utmost trasnquillity prevailed throughout India. Mr. Pringle, of the'civil service, had replaced Sir Chas. Napier, in Scinde, with the rank of Commissioner.. Bri- gadier Dundas ...

... THE I l- : ; l Us l ; 7 ; - s ; T HE; Q.UEENP'5 BIRT rxD, I : During the wbole of Thursday,0whbich'waa appointedi for the celebration of her 'Majesty'sbirth;day,:tbe wather- was exceedingly fine, andi thei sireetsiwres crowdedr vith mu ltitudes dei on%' off witnessing I`e -various public proceedings and spectacles. Among the most airactive. were the reviews. The customary military inspection ...

... - N- -i - :: :7 ?? -P s ?? t ?? I a : - , , Nf log P . S ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ?? CX Ton Ath th latos~ waelye ofi aeti g o nof this Sssociatj at Cl~ke'-R~jom41 ~Edgewdie4roadi,.Nov ,15th, i ils wh careMr, Ros nh inhtbit ards Kensingtc Cain fowardto Sk if it really wastu ht ht so ofatton ladsplaced inu faoui of-the laentlotree of Hllnd arini i'the lookewspapers itlarpapeared'it hade lie tyoungt ...

... I|~ HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. The meeting of the New Parliament took place- to-day, a two o'clock. In the Rouse of Lords the session was opened by com- mission, and the members of the House of Commons having been summoned to. the bar to bear it read, they were subse- quently directed to return to their own house and choose a Speaker. The only other business transacted was the swearing in-of ...

... I | GRANTING OF CL ; 'I ROCHETER.L- On-Saturday, the-4th-inst;,-the-general annual licensing imeeting for the-city ofRochester; was'hield at the Guildhall. .The district contains seventy-two -licensed houesg, which are situate in the following ?? In Frindsbu thirteen in Strood, twenty-six in St. Nicholas, twenty-one in St.M1elrgaiet's,; and two In Chathaim. , ,i . The whole of the licenses ...

... THE CLOSE OF 'THE YEAR---THE PAST AND THE FUTKtR |. I - . .. . . i The present is the last opportunity that will be afforded us ofaddressing our sporting readers -this aear, our next publication appearing with, the birth of the new one-1848. We cannot resist the temptation of, for a brief space, casting aside the sportsman, and, as man: to man, holding. a little quiet conversation with our ...

... Notwithstanding all that the Wellington Statue has cost-in the way of money, trouble, mere words, and ill feeling-there is much more of there to be expeoded upon it. One would have thought that, at a time like the present, there had been quite enough expense incurred upon the bronze memorial of the ' Iron Duke. Not one person out of a hundred, who have seen it where it now stands, would ...

... *1 GEERAl ASSAULT :UPiON TURFi I PROPHETS. I . I TmE RING. ByJOHNDAVISGENT. Andrewsand Co', New B6nd-stieet. Lord Byron, of whom the world know* much, wrote a satire termed English Bards and Scotch Re- viewers, and John Davis, Gent., of whom the wor1d knows nothing, has published a satire upon the Ring. The former, observed Sir Egerton Brydges, bowed down those who hitherto held a despotic ...