... - XITu MORMONS. A young farm labourer from Cleave's Hills was per. suaded six months ago to set out to America with some of the Latter-day Saints. 5o80 of the Mormons embarked at Liverpool, and he amongst the rest, on being bap- tizd and paying 3Si 10s. fer his passage. A rich farmer od one-half of his property, and went to join the same party, taking his wife and sime of his relatives. The ...

... THE CAT.-41NE-lTAILS AT ALDERSHOTT. -A SOLDIER FLOGGED TQ D-EATH. I We entertain the profoundest respect for the non.com- missioned officers and soldiers of the British army, and a proportionate contempt, as a body, fer bothitssuperior and subaltern officers. We believe the generality of those epauletted gentry, who flaunt about in scarlet and gold lace, to be a compound of the blackguard, the ...

... DWPERIA.L P&LIE. , .. oUSE O' LORDS-Monday. CRIMINAL LAW,-Lord BROUGaAR, in moving -for the criminal law returns took occasion to ask the noble, lord on the woelsack whether there would be any prospect of the Summary Jurisdiction, Bill passing during the present session of Parliament? lie also wished to know whether, if the Assize Session Bill were not passed this session, the noble lord would ...

... It is not certain at which port Queen Victoria will em- bark for France. The ships destined to form the royal squadron of escort have received their orders, and are pre- psarng for this special service. This squadron is appointed to assemble at Boulogne or Calais during her stay in France, and will cesialt of the following ships and ves- sels: The Neptune, 120 gnus, -Captain Frederick Hutten, ...

... BRUMAGEM HEROES; CAMBRIDGE, CARDIGAN, BROWS, &c. Szn,-The numbers of Brummagemi heroesy ow being lionized throughout the country, and the ridiun.. 0118 eagerness with which a commonplace act of duty er courage is magnified into one of superlative hero ism, are signs that we do not feel quite so confident in the invincibility of our arms,, as at the commence- aent of the present war. lt ...

... HEROIO CONDUCT OF A LADY. For some time past four fishermen, named Rash, Mar- ray, Cook, and Ritcbie, have lived in a wooden hut at Souter Point, near Whitburn, and during the 'present. summer they have been employed in the salmon fishery. On Monday lest, the wind blowing a strong breeze fross the south, and as t~here was a heavy ground swell near thb shore, apprehensive that a storm was ...

... THE SIEGE OF' rSEBASTOOL We have received telegraphic despatches-fr,3m before Sebaetopol to 22nd of August. At that date the canters- plated bombardment does not appear to have commenced. Eight. days ago a couple of lir es published by Lord Pae- mure stirred up the public to expect most important news from Sebastopol.- General Pelissier and I-General Simpson was- made to say- have decided ...

... TEE BROMBARDMENT; OF SWEABORG. DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL DUINDAS. Adm'ralty, August 20, 1855. Despatches, of which the following are copies, have been received st the Admiralty from Rear-Admiral the Hon R S. D9 das, Ce nder ?? of her Majesty' ships and vasssls inthe RItic. Duke of Wellingten, before Sweabrg, August 18, 1855. o Sir,-I have the honour to' report, for the information of the Lords ...

... TTHE POLISH MEETING;: TREMEN. DOUS DISTURBANCE. The Polish meeting, which had been unexpectedly post- poned on Wednesday, Aug. 1, was held last Wednesday night in St. Martin's Hall. It was convened for the pur- pose of considering the propriety of forming a Polish legion, which should serve as an auxiliary with the allies during the war, and of restoring the nationality of Poland, as the only ...

... ?? he following i a fleet:- munication from the Baltic Agust 1.-Her E'&jestY's steamer Cruiser has arrived fro England. MjsysdSebrAg6 August 2-The Admiral proceeaded over to Sweaborg i~n the Merlin, to reconnoitre and lay down buoys. A August 4.- The fleets prepared to weigh, with mertar- vessels and gun-boats, with theintention of proceed- ing to Sweaborg, but the weather promising ...

... DISGUSTING Hypoodsy OF -TH J:PRAG PAATT. 81,-Are we then reduced tol the degradingeex tremity of having no other. choice than a disastrous war, or ar ignominious' Peac'e? Is Palmerston or Bright theonly alternative left to the GreatBritish people? Is it imperatively and inevitably necessary that war should be conducted on the Coburg policy of 'doing the least possible injury to our absolutist ...

... LOUD PALMEBRSTON TH CHAMPION OF JOBBERYs Lord PMF iERSTON, on Thursday last, enunciated a rather novel and absolutist doctrine, when the sub- ject of Lord G. PAGET'S good service pension was mooted in parlianent. He told the House of Corn- mons it had no eight to interfere with the grhnting, but- simply confine itself to the voting of money ! He deprecated the interference ofpparliament with ...