... close, and every- thc being so short and the weather tiling aboard, and do not ask for our papers until are i uniiropitious. The chief employment has been dnvjust ready to sail. Then go to the Custom-house and | in and stori „„ turn ps and conveying the ...

... of some 30,000 troops, and by this time, including Turks, the aggregate number of the force before Sebastopol cannot be far short of 100,000 men. Add to this, that double the number of guns and mortars with which the siege commenced have been got into position ...

... the press is the only means to which one can have recourse to have his complaints laid before the public, would beg from you short space that I may state grievance which I, along with many honest man, have borne long with stoical submission, namely, the ...

... remains of Omer Pasha’s army need not left the Danube: the Porte has therefore sent them to the Crimea, with what results a short time must show. SEBASTOPOL—PROGRESS OF THE SIEGE. despatch from Warsaw, dated 21st January, states that under date of the 12th ...

... empire ' t o’-asod i attract public attention on this side of but was on that very account only the ful and prosperous. The story of his eight administration of affaire in the colony, asL.rd Liverpool audience, wasa‘simple tale, anu * tdd. Simple, indeed ...

... letter to the Queen, detailing her case, /ind craving for assistance, Her Majesty, a short time since, caused inquiries to bo male as to the truth of the woman's story, which having been confirmed, after due investigation, the Queen has forwarded £5 for ...

... original or adopted, sleepy or lively, prosaic or poetic, plain or flowery, neutral in tint or decided in colour, netted not far short of an average of L.lOO. Good pay undoubtedly!' Extensive Business in Forged Notes. —Attempts to pass forged Bank England notes ...

... long aim, he stopped the career of the deserter and dropped him, writhing and bleeding, in front of the Russian vedettes. THE STORY RUSSIAN DESERTERS We have had a few deserters in turn, and from one in particular we have received most valuable information ...

... ere the history of the famous Finnock fishing smack Columbus' (so graphically related by Mr Duncan), and the no less telling story of the builder, who commenced life by building a vessel in his father*s barn, will be forgotten by the listeners. Many other ...

... time past, and who have nicknames. There goes Red-cap!’ or, Blackboard is going to take shut at now and so on ; and there is story going that pickets occasionally fraternize, as they were wont to do in the Peninsula, and that they are all agreed as to the ...

... of them a taste of his quality ore they are brought . tion in vonshirc Square. d*> not the less . n instant afterwards. The story goes that Lord Raglan asked their resp in a state of martial-law. t h.; organisation of the original expo litioii. becau.-e ...

... he shall drink it without being one whit the worse—he will never aware of it, in fact! Mr Gough’s forte is story-telling and acting. The bear story referred to above, where be compared those who wish him well, but will not battle alongside of him, the cowardly ...