... I Some years ago, when Mr. Roebuck was remarkable for the bitterness of his attacks on political opponents, an honorable member of the Lower House, in reply to a severe castigation just received, said, that such remarks were but the dropping poison of a shrivelled adder. The literal meaning of this rhetorical flourish it is not easy to understand. One would suppose that the poison of the ...

... THE DEFENCELESS STATE OF THE BRISTOL CIIAXNEL. We have not the very slightest desire in the world to become alarmists, but the preparations which are mnking by our Government evince plainly their desire not only to act with effect (when they do begin) in the Black Sea, hut also to ueienit our own coasts from the passible not very remote danger qf invasion; nat, be it observed, an invasion in ...

... GEN ERAL MISCELLANY. NINETY-SEVEN PERSONS have renounced the error* of Popery in St. Paul's, Bermondsey, since the last pub. lished account, issued on the 30th of September lallt. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY have determined on adopting a system of quarterly contract tickets between the principal towns upon their line. AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT just issued shows that in the course ...

... Auction Purchasers to Pay for Receipt Stamps.-An ex- tensive furniture dealer, feeling himself aggrieved by the terms enforced by certain auctioncers of charging the buyer the Id. stamp, wrote to the Solicitor for the Inland Revenue as to the legality of charging him, when it was announced as a condi- tion that the purchaser over and above the price was to pay the stamp. He received a reply, ...

... I - _1- - Edmd. Wheeler, Esq., C.E., delivered a very interesting and instructive lecture on Thursday evening last, in the above-named institution, on The Electric Telegraph, its Principles, and Practical Use. The attendance was but a meagre one. The lecturer, after sketching the history, and noticing the imperfections, of the first at- tempts at telegraphing by means of shutters and sema- ...

... P, Ir 11, ortian Illitc1ligolm our FRANCE. are No improvement whatever took place in Paris trade T it' during the last week. WNholesale merchants, mnanufac- 11 the ify- torers, and shopkeepers are unanimous in their corm- hat plaintsof an unusually dull season. The eastern difficulty c rtyr has prevented large speculations, and the high price of d ud, provisions produces a disastrous influence ...

... TOWN' AND COUNTRY TALK. Mr Ellisson, the mathematical instrument-maker of Norwich, lvto sustained such serious injuries in the recent collision on the Eastern Counties Railway, died on Saturday, making the sixth sufferer whO has lost his life by this unfortunate occurrence. In the case of Lumley ?? Gye, hi the Court of Queen's Bench. on Saturday, a commission to the royal court of Berlin, to ...

... VARIETI ES. The hour-glass reminds us not only of' thle swift flight of time, but also of the dust to which we must return. MINDo.-It is mind, after till. that dues the work of the world ;, so that the, more there is itt mind thle mnure work will he accomp~lishecd. A mant in proportion its lie is intelligent makes a given force nrccoupiisli a greater task, makes skill take thle place otf ...

... PRINCE ALBERT AND THE. PRESS. the tzu7.d o, ?? i Upon the (Audi altcrazm .par-tcer principle, we insert the 'Ayth s 6'a46-Mnneowit] thehiii of OFthe DrItio re, ecannot reedl the time when itappeared tin henlrili- ating a form ats it does at thle present moment. Each paper, With thle exception of' three daily papers, ltins become the' cecho 'of its neighbour, and, without one sinle& tangible ...

... t; SATU.RDAY, JAINTUAPY 21, 1864. p NEWPORT. a ¢ : ELECTION DINNNEB. b A Public Dinner, to celebrate the triumphant return r t of Messrs. Biggs and Massey to Parliament, came off on r Thursday at the Queen's Rooms. The dier was pro- t , vided by sIr. Road, of the Wheat Sheaf Inn; and the C catering, amuaigements, and excellenee of the viands. a t gavc generel satisfaction. The wines were of ...

... THE LA1? OF P4?.JTZ1?1?8HIP. The Led Chambe of OViirmeraerel held ca1 meeting at. te Cotrtblou on Wednettiy asth, frthe purpose of ?? the opinions of vthe members mpeu the. question, Whether: an 4nd¢s what -altertonsm and -oneuidhients should be madei.* the law c psrtgershbip, a fsiga the rival princples of liitea -or~unlimited rae albility of parters,- The ebar~aws take by D:a~rTo LUPTON, ...

... The Cork distillers have advanced the price of whisky 3d. per gallon. The price in the Cork Custom House is now 7s. 8d. to 7s. lGd. per gallon at 25 o.p. DEATHt OP A BEBE.L-A donkey, the property of a farmer, died lately in this county. An accident, which he met early in life, spoiled his beauty, but added to his fame in the neigh- .bourhood. He was caught carrying provisions to the rebels in ...