... STA TE OF 7RADE. DI2111 A 4 a The iron trade of the distr ct continuea to t ie satisfactory state. The furnaces of South Staffordshire East Worcestershire are in full work, and tbe denarrf r descriptions of manufactures continuously incresing cording to our information, the great firms are recr., b execute orders for delivery al; distant dates at exisgisr and that some have refused tenders at ...

... u-t INDIAN ARCHIPDLAGO.* id horace St. John tells us in his preface to e elaborate volumes that upon them have beeu laued tile labour of years. We can well believe. I~e ,tothig but indefatigable and long-continued trY, gleanilg from every variety of source, in every janguage, and of every age, could have accir 111ulased so vast a treasury of detail-ethnologicalj storical, and descriptive ...

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... rppM SCRAr-BOOK COLUM. Cagais or COTTOM - oeMisery, says Henry Heine, thysnameis cottond s rely neveriseed swhen itohad reached that perfect state of gay and flowery clothing which attracts the poor and suits their means, which gives them for the first days of wear the resemblance of a gaudy butterfly, but which is scarcely a robe ere it be- comes a rag, and even as a robe affords but a ...

... i . The number of persons who visited the Exhibition yester- day was 8,602. The attendance was rather fashionable, celpta a the door satisfactory. One of the moK6 arm of the day was the appearance the Royal Military School, Phtear buiding with untirig steps alt i I - a t interest and delight in examinin d r . j - sonted to their view. There was, n.ah a sent by Archdeacon Stopford fr44 ei; ...

... NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED 5 TATjiS EXPLORING EXPEDITION.* This narrative by the commander of the American exploring expedition embraces a large amount of scenic description and natural history. With most of the places we are already familiar ; but the in- formation is here compressed and categorically arranged, with a clearness of style and precisi6n of detail calculated to make the book serve ...

... jlaliion all FYavictia. HER MAJEST\Y'S PROGRESS. CAraLlr.L.-The reception given to he, Mjeinsty at Carlisle, ou Monday, was worthy of the inihabitaits of that ancient city. The Earl of Lonsdale, Lord Lieu- tenant of the counties of Cumberland and Westinore- land, Was in attendance at the railway station; and the bishop a3)d clergy of the diocese, with the nmavor and inuiticipalauthorities, ...

... ?? allb YTaritiu5. THE COURT. TI'ur~rt Royal Highilesses tbe Princess Roval, the Princess Alice, ard the Princess Helena, left liutl;- inglirnm Palace at twoenty minutes past eight o'clock onl Wednesday morning, attended by te Mlastet- of the Elirrsehold, for the Euston Square of the London and North-Western Railway, to proceed to Edinbur tgh, enr route for BIalmoial, and reached liolvr-ond at ...

... DRURIY-LANE THEAITRE, We should dismiss, in a couple of sentences, the mass of undramatic and unpoetic verbiage which, ?? the ilroe of a five-act play, occupied three hours last night, bat far the circumstance that at the fall of the curtain the ?? sof the galleries applauded with much vehemence, the drop rose! and, after that, the two p'incipal actors in yhe Betrothal were called on, the ...

... LITERA TUBE. Socian aite Policial2 Morality. By WILLIAM LOVETT. Simpkin and Marshall. Mir. Lovett has been long known for his conscien- tious advocaev of radical reform, and for his earnest endeavours not only to procure social privileges for the members of the class to which he belongs, but to elevate them higher in the scale of society by education. Few men have laboured. so long and so ...

... I I OT GIVE ME GIRLHOOD'S MERRY LAUGH, 'jo5ITTEO 0H IIEARING SOME GIRLS AT PLAY. (For tek Preston Chronicle.) Oh I give me girlhood's merry laugh; 'Tis music unto me, And brings the warm flush to my heart To bear their ringing glee. it gushes from the joyous soul, And seems to picture there A sunny sky of pleasure bright, ejndimn'd by clouds of care. It brings fond scenes again to view, Just ...

... THREE Lots of GROUND, for which Charters have bee* granted by the Earl of Kintore, under the Sanction Court of Session, are to be disposed of, with Immediate EnUy. Apply to Messrs J. & A. Blaikie, Advocates, 245, Street. Aberdeen, 2d Sept., 1853. APPROVED EDUCATIONAL WORKS. FOR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. 4 LLEN AND CORNWELL’S GRAMMAR. With -A- Copious Exercises, and Systematic View of the Formation ...