... L L ,B .i.PALX-MR&T; ?? A-ND,-.Ti Johin Bulli is -'aauiious animal,' ind- a; marvel of self. contiadictionl ;He isi at ?? most~patient, and inpa. tient of'the'iuman-rad's;,- the most confident and despairing'; the most' gruimblinganda-e mosticheerlfl;_the most violen't in his, 'cenuresg, nd'thl inost>-edaily appeased. ' .In 5hortg he isa downright goodellow . ' A' - ?? ?? allinaU: w'u as baU~n ...

... Thie mortality is? London is still below its average rate, for 919 deaths weret registered in the week that ended on Saturday, Novem- lbje 3, lsr 103 less than the corrected average of previous years. At the animal. rate of 17 in 1,000, which rules in the healthy dis. cira (if England, the deaths would be 836 weekly in London, so tchat the deaths in thle last wveek by unnatural causes were 83, ...

... orOCHDALE LICISiSED vICruALLERW' A&ssoc iatiomi. , The third anniverary of tbe, BUoqhalej Victuallers! Associjation was celebrated, on the 31st qit., by, a dinner, which took plaee at the Flying. Horse Iarn, Packer-street,,in. that town. The, chair wa's oieupiedoby Mr. ,hosLiv'e'y; andt Mr Jones filled thi vice- chair. Upwds of ninety 'person sat down, amnig whox were Mr. J. 41 ohnsoon ...

... Prom an Officer in the Crimea. I HEIGHTS aovm SBBASToPoL, JIarE 23. I have, indeed, had great mercies vouchsafed to me. I went down to the trenches on the night of the 18th (now no longer the ' gloriousl18th of June). For the'fistE few hours they were filled, with the killed and wounded whom they were bringing up about midnight from the cemetery-the scene of General Ryre's attack in the ...

... RIOT AND LOSS OF LIFE AT I IHaslemere. I A sensation, which it would be impossible to describe, has been created, not only in this town, in consequence of the perpetration of probably one of the most cold-blooded murders as has ever occurred in this part of the county of Surrey, but for miles distant. It appears from those who were eye-witnesses of the affair, that at twelve o'clock on ...

... A UB ST B A L I A.- We have received our advicas, by the Kent, from Melbourne, to Sept. 4, and Adelaide, Aug. 2o. *Th imes Melbourne'cbrrepondepnt says:- At a publicmeet- ing Eeld . a Prahren last iipary one qf the m iembers for the county in the chair, it was prpposed to memorillse Sir Charles Hoqthma. not to send home the * appropriated moiety'~ of the land fund to imipbrt more labourers at ...

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... THE PUZZLING PREDICAXENT OF THE Reform Association. i The Administrative Reform Association are rather chary of pub- lic demonstrations, and, having given two representations at Drury- dane, appear desirous of bringing the season to a conclusion. On Wednesday, however, a meeting of subscribers to the Association was snmmoned, and a report was read, giving an account of its roceedings to the ...

... PARLIAMEN ?? O T T INGS. I i,: ~ ~ -- ._ Q ?. G v ?? BkY E MB BRIS U of ithe 3 UBN., I (WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE ERA.') ('roti Bi COiNTINUiED.) ?? Q ?? . u$em png, of .the- House. . Few of tie uninitiated public are aware what occurs in the H of Commons each day before the Speaker'takes t chair.; The, ordinary ehannels of information . in- form them that the Speaker took the chair, at- ...

... f 0 BBUBBLt ASSUiRANCE COMPANIES. It is said that the-sum insured in Life Assurance Insti- .tutions in this country amounts to the immense sum of '150,000,000; and gratifying as the fact undoubtedly is, as a proof of the extent' to which urovident habits prevail, we all know that such habits are comparatively of slow growth, that there are innumerable impediments to their final triumph, and ...

... The cleverest inventor of rapid and extraordinary transformations in a Christmas Pantomime might envy the effect produced during the past week by the great Wizard of the North-the Emperor NiCHOLAs. A week ago he was breathing threatenings and slaughter, fanaticising his subjects by a new manifesto in the old style, ordering tremendous levies with the design of eventually crushing his enemies, ...

... P EDE ST R IAN ISM. Matches for Next Week. amE 16.-Kent and Lynch, to run 100 yards, for 25 a side, at Rugby. 16.-Saville and Syddall, to run two miles, for 25 a side and the Champion's Belt, at Hfyde Park, Sheffield. 16.-B. Phillips (of Birmingham) and J. Lyons (of Manchester), to run 160 yards, for.25 a side, at Or near Whitmore Station. 31ace between James Ptldney (of Mile-end) and John ...