... - == ANUAiL RETURN OF FIRES IN London. .Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the London Fire Engine Establishmnent, ?? laid his report of fires which had occurred in the metropolitan district during the past year, before the managing committee, at the chief station in Watling-street. Mr. Braidwood de- scribed the number of premises totally destroyed anld considerably damaged as being 247. Of ...

... I PurIm MINISTER AND HIS DERBY Pretexisionas. TO TIlE EDITOR OF THE ELnA. Sir,-i-aving read the letter in your paper of Aplril 6, by A Looker-on, I cannot but think he must have his mind prejudiced in favour of some other animal which he may probably have backed. I conceive if A. LoA1ker- on looks no further than the mere fact of tihe merits each beaten animal may appear to possess from ...

... TUESDAY, SEPTEMBERS 30- WAR.OFFICE.-3d Regiment of Foot, Surgeon Henry Cooper Read, from the p7th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice, Stephenson, de- ceased. 17th Foot, Sergeant Michael Bradford tohe Enasigo,by purchase; vice Crowe, appointed to the gad Foot. 18th Foot, Lieutenant Thomas William Moatyn, from the 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Abbott, who exchanges. 28th Foot, Quarter- master Samuel ...

... SEARLES V. MANXS. TO THE EDITOa OF THE ERA. Sir,-In your paper of last Sunday, I perceive a challenge ,from Manks. I will not occupy your valuable space by quoting it at length, but merely wish to state tbat, after my public avowal that I had totally done with pedestrianism, I think it in- opportune and unmanly in Manks, or his advisers, to get me to renew any wagers, when abundant ...

... : E t - X - 4 . - 1. I PARIES, TiebspsD.h Ab, members of the National Assembly met yesterday their bureau' before the public sitting to nominate air presidents and secretaries for the present month.' Ijb nontinations art considered decidedllc hostile to the rit of the message presented the dy before. ' The folp 1wig .are the names of the gentlemen elcted:-1st 1 Preau president, M. Baroche; ...

... | FORESTRY. South London District Meeting. The twenty-second Quarterly Committee of the South Lon. Don District was held at Court Fraternal Union, No. 1,717 Host Hunt's, the Lord Nelson Tavern, Blackfriars-road. Brother James Hill, DC.R., was in the chair, and Brother R. H. Cock, ?? weas in the vice-chair. The Secretary's accounts huving been read it was resolved that they do pass, and that ...

... I HOUSE OF LOlDS.-Holday. The report of the committee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill was brought up. Earl GSAOVIVLLE offered some strictures uopn the clause introduced inte the bill in the Commons, by which compensation was granted to the City of London corporation for the loss of privileges consequent upon the abolition of the market of Smithfield, and moved an amendment by which the ...

... lJ'-IUNITED LAW ALEE1d5- SAoi13 .* Oh. Wednesday eveningt this useful atid 'hrdel-.. t'e'ediiig society clebriatid its ninet'eentb anniiVetaW iii tbe; Eall'. of. tbc Hon. Society of: LiacofisArini, viicif hed been kindly. graotid: for that, purpose Byi, Laei Benchers. Vice Chancellor Knight; Bruce.occupied; t c.hair, and was supported by Lord'Cranworth, ?? of tbe R'olls, Vice-Chancellor Turner ...

... FORESTERS AND ODD FELLOWS, | The Ancient Order ofshepherds The anniversary Of safc:uay, Star of Surrey, No. tQ2. of the Ancientb oier of 'Shepherds (second dge~o ~sr) a elbtdonThurtsdaY evening lastte1t nta h house of Host-Brother Norman Mottram, the Horse and Groom Tve chai waso tken N~by B~rotcher Mayofl, anld Brother Swinston, - istrt ?? pacd ~onthetabl bytheor thy .(hoshichex hoavingivhad ...

... I The unpropitious state of the weather on Thursday was a considerable drawback upon the attendance, added to which the preparations in progress for the reception of our beloved Queen in Manchester, prevented many of the corporate autho- rities honouring the races with their presence. The entries for the various stakes were sufficiently numerous, although the number of competitors, in one or ...

... YORS, AND ITS AUGUST, ANTICIPATIONS. I The broad sheet and flaming programme of the York August Meeting lie before us, inviting ts to the work of anticipation, and bidding us call, from the rich bill of fare, those standard sporting dishes and highly spiced enrdevs which may best suit our own palates and those of our readers. Let -us, then, to our task, ere we becorne bewildered among the many ...

... HET OF LONDON. ? I The official report says: ?? the week ending last Satur- d 1,023 deaths were registered in the districts of the netropolis. In the corresponding weeks of the ten years, (l84l.5O), the average was 1,162, compared with which the present return exhibits a favourable result. And if it could be safely assumed, notwithstanding the effects of variolls epidemics, that the population ...