... 0OR CARPET DAG WITOcXIcAPT-4.1 spite of all the advantages of light, reason, and educatir , now and thenhsome of the- old superst ition will leak outl., Aservan girl -at Wrentham, ass~achussetts made a ph' sician, -with whilom she lived, beliv tat She was ~Posse'ssed o sprnaua oes She had foretola many thi hi h curr pwe.i chila-died as she had predicteivand hiads u wa s adomed omanf ?? ...

... It is notorious to the whole railway world that the Mrs. HARRIS of the press, and the BETSEY PRIG of railways, more familiarly, but not better known, as the 'lMere~itig Heratd and the Great Western Railway, are bussum friends. The prosy letters of Mir. RUSSELL are sure to be backed up by one of those leaden articles for which the Herald is un- rivalled; and if any one really wishes to ...

... THE WEATHER, AND THE PARKS. MORE ACCIDENTS ON THE ICE. - 'On Wednesday afternioon, after a slight thawin the morning, the weather resumed its previous severity, re- ducing the thermometer to 28 degrees, at which figure it remained until nine o'clock in the evening, when it rose to 32. , - HiYDE PARK-..Tlhe number of skaters and sliders on the Serpentine on Wednesday was !ey great, although- ...

... THE QUEEN'4S NE:Wi YEAR IS - TO THE POOR 0- WFINDSOR. 1~. ., .. I ,. .. I. I ?? 0 : : - ' 0 ' ' - 'WlNDSOR, 'DFAny. : }er Maj~esty ?? ?? PrinceAlbert;accom.. pinied by the royalifmily,-walked from the QCstle'to the new tiding School, in,the Home.Park,:tbits-raeing -between nine ald ten o'clock, for the purpose-.otwituessing the interesting ceremony of the presentation' of 'the' royal ...

... - CITY, SATURDAY EVENING. In consequence of a rumoured arrangement between the Banks of England and France, the Consol Market has slightly improved, and closes 93f 4. The Foreign Market remains much the same as yesterday, the business doing being most limited. In the Share Market, Great Western and North Western stocks have improved considerably in con- sequence of a hope that the differences ...

... ST* x a S. MEETING OPARLIAMENT,-A circular, of which the following is a copy, has been isued&by the Prime Minister to the Liberal Members of the -House- of Commons:- Downing-street, Dece 23, 1846. Sir,-I have thethhnour to inform y6n that the meeting of Pirlia'ment being ?? for the 19th of January, business of great importance will be proceeded with on the opening of the session. I take the ...

... THE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA'S I . MESSAGE. Had the Father of Lies, instead of his worthy re- presentative,,Mr. POLK, been President of America, he could not have invented a more lengthy or com- plete series, than are to be found in that speech with which the Americans are inflicted annually. To attempt to expose and contradict those lies, one by one, would be a labour, compared to which those of ...

... T HE - ER A. TOWN EDITION. SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1847. I- CLOSE UP I CLOSE UP I ?? Unity, gentlemen of the Conservative party, unity I At this -moment more than the hopes of the whole session is comprised in that word. Lord STANLEY has summor~ed the Peers, and has thereby intimated that he intends to assume the arduous task of lead- ing the Opposition to the present Cabinet. But what kind of an ...

... iWESTMBNST.R.BRIDOE. Prom the saume, arliamentary volume as the seven resoltdiona of the Commiuee of the House of Commons in their third teport on the subject of Westminster-bridge, iit appears that the management of the brldke h in the hands of ninety-four comminssioners; twenty-six ait by virtueorftbeir of lce; ffty-seven 6y virtue of their seits In the House of Conmons, asrepresenting the ...

... The people of Ireland have long been in trouble and disgrace: they are now in affliction. There are limits to the misfortune which we can see fall upon erring mortals who have brought it upon themselves, and, seeing, make no sacrifice to lessen. There is a time when the serve-them-right kind of feeling must give place to one of Christian compassion and deep concern. The miseries of the ...

... GREAT WESTERN. TACTICS: EXPOSED. WI solicit the attention of our readers to the fol- lowing letter, which we have received from our able correspondent VIGIL. It really appears to us, that ?? Great Western secretary and i his chairman, by their assumption of such severe public virtue may be likened to a female who is always vaunting her spotless innocence and at length becomes suspected from ...

... On Tuesday night the Fines Dinner of-the Committee and Board of Management of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylnm took place at Mr. Kemp's, the Queen Elizabeth, ASYlum.roadl Old Kent-road. Mr. Kemp, the Chair- man,, presided, on: the present occason. Helfwae sup. Ported by the following Past Chairmen of the Society:- Ilessrs. Larby, Willson, Stennett, Hodges, Findley, and IVallie. Among the ...