... SYNO0PSIS. I THE British Museum closed on Monday afternoon for the purpose of cleansing &c., and will be reopened to the public on Wednesday, the 9th inst. The total number of visitors to the Museum, from Wednesday week until Monday inclusive, was 41,947. LONGEVITY AT THE ISLE OF -MAN. - An aunt, an uncle, and a niece dined together in Athol-street, Douglas, on Christmas.day, and their united ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-I take the liberty of addressing you relative to an accusation in your paper of last Sunday, wherein I am stated as wishing to blacken the character of another man, or the purpose of polishin t my own. I feel somewhat chagrined that such an article should have emanated from the editorial We, as it savours (in my opinion) of an illiberality which does not ...

... S Y N o P S S S. DEATH or TitoMJ, THE AYRSHIRE ScuLIToR.-From the ieliv York Jovrnal of Commerce we learn that Mr. James Thorn, the self taught sculptor, died at New York on the 17th of April. He was celebrated in particular as sculptor of the statues Tam ?? anrd Souter Johnny, at present in the monument grounds, near Ayr. COMMANDER FORSYTH'S ARCTIC BRANCH EXPEDI- TION.-ip wards of 1,700 has ...

... THEN IWAGAZINES. BLA CKWOOD is particularly good this month, and its opening article is deserving the attention of those who consider those subjects which are of a public nature, and ought to concern all who are capable of entertaining retional opinions, and have the power of influencing the minds of others. Maga gives us some of its sterling metal-sober sense and seriousness, and lively ...

... I On Monday evening a public meeting was con- vened at the Three Cups Hotel, for the purpose of hearing Lord John Manners's political sentiments. The chairman (W. W. Hawkins, Esq.) opened the proceedings, and the meeting was addressed by Major Beresford, M.., Sir G. IH. Smyth, Bart. (the retiring member); and then Lord John Man- ners (who was received with prolonged and enthu- siastic ...

... 1.MPERAL PA RLIMENT- HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY. LoFd STAXLET inquired whether the intelligence re- specting a suspeusio iof diplomatic relations between this countiy and Greece was well founded. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the intel- ligeocewas substantially correct, but that the extreme measure Which had been taken by our Minister at Athens to obtain redress for the grievances complained ...

... MAJOR EDWARD$S, ?? THE BEN(AL LION.ri . The British Government it is said, have arrived at the conviction that a man may be fit to nommand before he gets into the sear andyellow ?? and in order to avoid -the necessity for appointing purses to attend gouty od-domrnedoes, on, etivetserace, a host of officers, of very mature condition and very ordinary abilities have been shelved,.while,,pro- ...

... THE ERA. TOWN EDITION. SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 1850. CONSERVATORY OF INSTITUTIONS, AND REFORMATORY Or ABUSES. In the Lords, no business, save the formalities of the Royal Assent to a vast number of Bills, and a loyal response to the wish of the Crown for the appropriation of Marlborough House as a residence for the Prince of WALES, was transacted. In the Commons, the PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELAND) ...

... OEAHAM' EALLOON ASCENT. ,wai - . . . . . - .z - l. 3713i 5117 eveililg hundreds of the sigilt-loving ( 1.11o tlea tile Flora Tea G lrciens, Baysvwater, the :scertt of tlhat intrepid femrlale aeronaut, being the fifty- four th tilin that tbis ?? '0lrfelP\'t'1 tirO tgels tile rellins of space. The nvi all entirelynew one, aned bore the namie of tile Albert, in honollur of our most gracious ?? ...

... I FAL OF A MILL AT STOCRPORT. | Oin Qo]lda , - I -'uay aiternoun, between one and two o'clock a large Portion of a new mill at Stockport fell suddenly to the ground, and caused the death, we regret to say, of sever. of the hands employed about it. The mill in question, which is called the Brinksway Mill, is the pro- perty of Mr. Cephas Howard; it is a new fire proof mill, having been commenced ...

... THE CAME LAWS. As the Game Law question will, we are told, come again before Parliament this year, we are induced to extract from a letter which appeared in the morning papers, and signed WnLLAM CRAW- SifAy. This gentleman's remarks, we think, put the subject in the only light in which it can fairly be used. He says:- The present extent of law as to game, if I understand it correctly, is ...

... The polling commenced on Tuesday morning, but for some time it was carried on very languidly. At one o'clock the numbers were:- Bell .. 122 Carden . . 82 Majority ?? -40 Very soon after the polling had commenced, the follow- ing placard A as issued:- ST. ALUAN'S. We, the undersigned, being electors for the borough of St. Alban's, hereby give notice that Jacob HeD, Ecq., has by himself and ...