... : - The Nashua Telegraph speaks of a dog hat can sing bass easily, and whose bark is on the C. A Yankee has just taught ducks to swini in hot water, and with such success that-theylay boiled eggs. Who sa1ys this is not an age of improvement? NZw PLAN POn BOAuviN :-A Yankee has 14v06tpd A p-;AW and cheap plan for boarding. One of the boarders mesmerizes the rest, and then eats a hearty meal; ...

... ,A STRAfGE TRAFFIC. ?? ?? L akAtL@ n o ^. rn his Evesirngswiththe Ronanists, an excellent com- panion volqme to that . deservedly popular work, Evenings with the Jesuite, the Rev. Hobart Seymour records an ox- traordinary instance' of that traffic in masses and indulgences for which the Church of Rome is so notorious. He was himself an eye-witness of what he describes., There are, he ...

... TEIGNMOUTH. A very handsome stone altar-piece has just been cntea~es at the new Catholic Chapel in this town. VL;EFUL KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY.-On Tuesday, the MLh inst., a lecture will be given by the Rev. J. Martin, M.A., cftAlwlisb, On the olsracter and times of Martin Luther. PAMETEnY.-Oit Thursday last a vestry meeting ,U Iheldi in each pariab, for the purpose of antborising the fwial Board ...

... The Earl of Cardigan and Viscount Hardirge had the honour of dining with HerMajesty on Thursday. PATRIOTIC FUND.-The amounts advertised up to last week reached a total of £520,127 Os. Od. The Honorary Secretaries commenced relief on the 20th November, and there are now more than 460 widows (a number daily increasing), with about 600 children, besides 12 destitute orphans, receiving pecuniary ...

... THURSDAY, MAY 4th, 1854. General Gage John Hall, whose death has i been recently recorded, served under the Dake of York in Flanders, in 1793; also at Isle Dieu and Ferrol. He served through the Irish Rebellion on the staff with Sir James Duff; and in 1805, when Major and Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th Regiment, forming part of a force destined for Hanover, he with Colonel De Berniere, 11v ...

... BARNSTAPLE. MARWOOD PLOUGHlINC MATCH.-Through the efforts of some of the more active agriculturists, a ploughing match was revived in this parish last year, and it was then resolved on that there should be an annual, Lately, however, some lnew blood has been infused into the society; and we un- derstand this year's match will shortly come off under most favorable auspices. The committee ...

... THE PRINCE ALBERT AND THE. ACT OF SETTLEMENT OF 1700. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORIING ADVERTISER, Sir,-The question of the Prince Albert's staizs as a Privy Councillor is at present keenly discussed. It lies in a nutshell ; the issue being simply, whether or not the Act for his Serene Highniess's neturalisation, 3 and 4 Vic., chap. 2, overrides the Act of Settlement, 12 and 13 Will. 1Il., ...

... TURKEY ANDIRUSSIA.. The following letter is from the pern of a gentleman highly connected, who was in Paris at the time to which it refers, and was fully conversant with the topics to which it relates:- TO THE EARL OF ABERDEEN. England has witnessed, during the last recess of parli ment, the public mind greatly excited, and daily most anxiously seeking to learn what are the real causes which ...

... CONTINUED FPogl OUR SEVENTH PAGE. CULLOMPTON. IIL5C5XET.-On Friday last a match was played between the , unlin Vale and the Wellington olubs, on the ground of the former, near the Tiverton Junction Railway Station, which ' resulted in favour of the Caulm Vale, in one winninge, with 1 i unas over. The batting of Minchin and Pole; and the fielding i .f ofthe CulmVale throughout, was exceedingly ...

... The Puseyites desire to make Popish capital out of the ' Fall of Sebastopol. No sooner did the glorious news reazh England than `A word for the slain, a sermon writren on hearing the news of the fall of Sebas- topol,' issuea from the Tractarian press. The writer's f name is withheld for prudential motives, but the pub- lisher's name (Vlasters) is a guarantee for the Catho- I licty of ils ...

... Zbe late Lieutenant t.Ietuid). V1,)4 Burr A; ).tk t~t W.. tvvi A memorial window has lately been erected in the parish church of Exminster, which deserves a few passing remarks. Soon after the death of Mr. Lewis Kekewich, the third son of S. T. Kekewich, Esq., of Peamore, in February, 1835, it was resolved by his friends and neighbours to offer to his father and family some testimonial of ...

... CONTTS£ED FRoMr OuR SEVENTY rAPGE. ASH13URTON.-The woollen factories are in full work. Yolk wool is purchased to a large extentst from 9Jd. l to 9id. per lb., and some good lots have fetched lOd, per lb. TOTNEs.-The monthly market was held on Tuesday; there was a fair supply of cattle, and-prices were 3 firm, Corn very dull; wheats 8s. to 8s.-Od. for the best samples. TlVERTON.-The market was ...