... TO CORRESPONDENTS. T.R,That portion of (fur paper where we visually insert poetry was made up for press when your communica- tion was received. It shall appear in our nest, NOTICE,-As this paper is Registered at the General Post Office tor transmission abroad, according to the reent postal regulations, it may be sent to the United States of Ame- rica., the Canatlaf. India, Australia, or to ...

... PLEASE to remember the fifth of November! The annual return of this truly London boys' festival brings to our mind the folly of its forced popularity. The day stands as a red letter day in our Calendar, and thanks- givings for the royal escape are duly read and celebrated in our churches; but why the day should be allowed to be kept as one of the licensed, holidays for vagabond and urchia ...

... THE TRIAL OF MESSRS. STRAHAN, PAUL, AND BATES. — CENTRAL CRBfHfAV COURT, OCT. 26. •This morning'having been specially appointed 4or the trial of Sir John Paul and his partners, Messrs. Strahan and Bates, for illegally disposing of securities to a large amount which had been en- trusted to them by Dr. Griffith, as bankers for safe custody, the court was filled at a4 early hour by persons ...

... BARBARIAN WOOING. OF all nations the Chinese carry out the system of early betrothal most completely: parents in China not only bar- gain for the marriage of their children during their infancy, but while they are yet unborn. In curious con- trast to this custom, we find a still greater stretch of parental assumption among the Mongols, who not infre- quently betroth or marry their children ...

... Mr. Williams, mill manager, proved that the damage-done amounted to £ 5, and' it might have baen £200. Mr. Fowler to prisoner: This is a very bad case of wilful damage; you are fined JB5, or two months' hard labour at Swansea. Committed. Charles Warren Thomas, an apprentice, was charged with having absconded from the service of Mr. P. Williams, printer. On expressing rea- diness to return to ...

... THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER.—The trustees under the Act of Parliament for the improvement of Tower-hill are taking the most decisive measures to prevent the great disorder which on the occasion of the 5th of November of previous years has occurred ton iGreat Tower-hill, from the collection of per- sons discharging squibs, crackers, and other fireworks, con- trary to law. They have given notice to all ...

... AK INCIDENT AT THE BEDAN. AN INCIDENT AT THE REDAN. (From a Private in the 88th.) WB saw our fellows advance beautifully up to the Redan, and almost thought we would have nothing to do. When we got the order to advance, we doubled up through the trenches until we got to the advanced one, right opposite the Redan. Here we leaped the parapet, and had a clear run of about 200 yards to where the ...

... We read in the Invalide Russe of October 20th a tele- graphic despatch from Nicholaieff, forwarded by order of his Majesty the Emperor, on the 17th of October--Owing to the situation of the fortress of Kinburn, which rises at the extreme point of the peninsula of the same name, on the left bank of the liman of the Dnieper, and at the very en- trance of that water, the communications of ...

... CAPTAIN JAMES DUFF, of the 23rd Regiment, was taken prisoner on the 5th of November, 1854, the day of the Battle of Inkermann, while on picket in the White House Ravine, leading to Careening Bay. He attributes the fault of his capture to a party of men of the — Division on his right, who fell back without passing on the alarm. Captain Duff and his picket were fighting in front, and had nearly ...

... ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. !1( li ANOTHER MISHAP ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— Owing to the falling in of a portion of Stoke tunnel on the main line of the Great Northern Railway near Grantham the traffic of the Great Northern Railway Company has been carried round by the Lincolnshire loop, or branch. On Sun- day, however, a casualty occurred on the loop, which had the effect of obstructing the ...

... GARRATT, THE BANK HOBBER. Our English corre- spondent, in a recent communication, announced, as our readers will remember, that Garratt, implicated in the rob- bery of the Ballarat branch of the Bank of Victoria, had ;3een apprehended in London. The particulars of the cap- ture showed an amount of professional cleverness and tact on the part of the London detectives which may serve as a model ...

... PERSEVERE. Seek the bright path of Right and Truth, Then stand not wavering by; What though thou hast steep hills to climb, Mountains rugged, bleak, and high, Bear bravely on, and never breathe That word of cowards— fail' r,, Walk boldly in thy judgment's light, Though friends and foes Follow, soldiers, in Life's battle, ,1, ...