... THE EAST. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) General Pelissier reports CRIMEA, July 15. The night has been a successful one on the sid of the Malakoff Tower. About 1 o'clock the Russian made a sortie with three or four battalions, and mad vain efforts to carry an ambuscade on the glacis o the Malakoff Tower. Received by a brisk fire a close quarters, and by the batteries 15 and 16, the, ...

... THE PIG NUISANCE.—A serious accident by which the lives of two persons were endangered, was occasioned on Tuesday morning, by the carelessness of the owner of a pig. As Mr. Morgan, the railway bridge engineer, and Mr. Giles, jun. were leaving the town in a gig belonging to Mr. Richards, railway contractor, a pig that was rambling about near the foot of the bridge, suddenly rushed across the ...

... GREAT JUNE 23rd.-At eight o'clock this evening a thunderstorm, advancing from the mountain ranges over Balaklava and Mac- kenzie's farm, burst on the valley of the Tchernaya and on the southern portion of the camp. I never beheld such incessant lightning. For two hours the sky was a blaze of fire. The rain fell like a great wall of water behind us. Not a drop descended over the camp in front ...

... SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. ON Friday morning, at about a quarter past five o'clock, as the night mail-train from Edinburgh was proceeding to London, at the rate of about forty miles an hour, on the Great Northern Railway, about a mile north of Doncaster, it came into collision with a coal train which was running in the same direction and a frightful concussion ensued, ...

... TOWN HALL, USK, JULY 13. Before S. Churchill, Esquire, and the Eev.Wm. Evans. IMPORTANT FISHING CASE. George Lucas, the younger, with John Lucas, Zachariah Walters, the younger, and John Williams, mason, were summoned for angling in the river Usk, without the permission, of the Trostrey Weir Asso- ciation. This Association consists of a number of Gentlemen, residing in the neighbourhood of ...

... FOREIGN GLEANINGS. THE Salut Public of Lyons says:— The Mediterranean Rail- way, on the 10th inst., conveyed no less than 3,000 shells and » 7,000 shot to Marseilles for the Crimea. The Rhone steamers have also conveyed a considerable number of scaling ladders, very light, but strong enough for the purpose required. AT Genoa the fear of cholera has kept away almost all visitors who usually ...

... THE following extract from a private letter contains a vivid picture of the recent attack on the Malakhoff, during which two or three regiments made their way into the streets and houses of Sebastopol itself: The ninth regiment had three officers wounded (one has since died), eight privates killed, two sergeants, and forty-three privates wounded; each regiment in the brigade furnished one ...

... IN our obituary of this day is recorded the death of Dr. Archi- bald Arnott, H.M.'s 20th Regiment of Foot, in the 84th year of his age. Dr. Arnott entered the army upwards of sixty years ago, and retired from active service in 1826. For a few years he was attached to the 11th Dragoons, but for a much longer period served with her Majesty's 20th Foot, shar- ing the perils and exploits of that ...

... GENERAL SIMPSON AND STAiT. GENERAL SIMPSON, since his promotion to the chief command of the British forces in the Crimea, is said to have displayed great energy and zeal in looking after the comforts of his men, and used every means at his disposal to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded. Not a day passes without a visit to the trenches by the General, accompanied by the whole of his staff ...

... THE subjoined engraving is from a painting by R. Prowse, Esq., to whose kindness we are indebted for the present early copy. This clever picture will, no doubt, become very popular, when it takes its place with other similar gems of the fine arts in the gallery of the Royal Academy. As will be seen by an examina- tion, the veteran Chelsea pensioner is instilling a few practical lessons of a ...

... THE FOREIGN LEGION AT SHORNCMFFE.—During the past week the camp has received a reinforcement of nearly two hundred men, and the battalion of Rifles is at present about eight hundred strong. Steps are being taken for the formation of a regiment of cavalry, in addition to the four battalions of Infantry and one of Rifles already decided upon. Major Fleming attended in the camp several days last ...

... IN the House of Commons on Friday last, Lord Palmerston stated that later accounts than those published had been received from the Crimea: they did not announce any event of any impor- tance, but contained the satisfactory intelligence that the health of the army was good and improving. It is to be inferred from General Pelissier's last despatch that the bombardment of the Redan was ...