... a We extract the following from a letter, signed Amicus,' awhieh appeared in the Timtes of Wednesday:- ti I am satisfied that the reports ard opinions of thejurors will A prove, for example, that in our iron manufacture (one of the most a extensive and important branches of our industry), in the adap- b o tation of manufactured or rolled iron to particular forms and aS y purposes, we are ...

... (From Punch.) It Trbo floating froth of public prnline blown lightly by each random guot via Settle9 on trapllbe, bright lor datys, to lapee iii centuries of rust. gi The puiblic hearl t, fintt will lbe. fi-st hut hasi0 art its food to choosr, brc Coops whalvt ?? readicst, 6t( hles far bread, rather thao tast, will fan loat refiioo. ho Ilelec iero-ieoilip'5 hungry liuls takea maennest idols, ...

... THE OVERTURES FOR PEACE, (Frori the Itlhistr.ted London News.) The rumours of renewed negotiations for peace, on - which Nye commented in our last week's ?? have acquired addlitiontal strengoth and Cons istelcy eawitilin tlle last few (1ays. Thie lwintly weatietr thiait Y impedes both naval and military operations ix poI)pi_ tious for diplomacy. Whcn the sword is ille, tile tongue becomes ...

... Plaou- sanit- On Saturday last, as the steam-ship Glow-worm' 11hllai Captain Thomas Brown, of Ardrossan, was ou hler pas- ly of d all sage fiom Londonderry to Glasgow, wheti off Ballan- | Jnder trae Bay, she found the finc ship Advance of Glasgow, look- from Quebec, timber lallen, in a very dangerous posi- pro- tion, rolling heavily withi two anichors allead. Seeina ?? the positioit of the ...

... SMITHFIELD, Dec. 3.-Fine upland meadow and rye- gr ass hay, 120s, 125s inferior, 85s, 95s superior clover, 13 0s, 135s inferior, 95s, 100s; straw, 24s, 28s per load of 36 trusses. WHITECHAPEL, Dec. 3. At this market to.day there was above an average supply of hay and straw, with a fair demand at the following quotations :-Good hay from 110s 123s inferior ditto, 80s 100s clover (good) 130s 138s ...

... Monday, 17th—Usk Fair, Tuesday 18th-Tredegar Cattle Show. Wednesday 19th—Usk Turnpike Tolls to be Jet by Auction. Friday 21st-Petty Sessions-Police Committee Meeting at Town Hall, Usk. ...

... For the Amusement and Instruction of the Young, and othcrs, during Winter Evenings. 1. Take a tumbler, and fill it nearly full of water. Then insert a !■ lump of sugar in the water, and continue to stir it. In a few minutes the sugar will become invisible; 2: Place a candlestick, with a lighted candle in it, in the middle of a table.. Mahogany is best, but deal will answer the purpose. Place ...

... PRODUCE MARKETS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21. The rates of diseoulltare fully as high, there being a pressing demand for money.with a moderate supply. The Mincing-lane markets closed to-day on account of the Christmas holidays, and will remain so .until the 2nd of January, in PtrntTc aiiomuriES uownuca UOll cu aa>, aiiu ratesfCSS Consols foraccount are New Three's, 89; Three per Cent iteduced, 881 to ...

... GOING TO AUSTRALIA; OR, WAITING AT THE STATION. WE are amongst a number of people waiting for the Black- wall train, at the Fenchurch station. Some of us are going a little farther than Blackwall-as far as Gravesend; some of us are going farther than Gravesend-to Port Philip in South Australia, leaving behind the patrice fines, and the pleasant fields of Old England. It is rather a queer sensa ...

... We find the following in the Moniteur FRANKFORT, Nov. 20. The letters received here by Russian or Polish families from the interior of Russia all agree in affirming the existence in Poland and Russia of a profound discontent, provoked by the war, and the endless miseries which it has caused through- out the length and breadth of the empire. The militia were assembled under the promise that ...

... FRIDAY'S \\1ARKETS. LONDON CORN MAllKET—FillL>AV. Slow sale of English wheat, but no seLers under Monday's prices. Foreign supply plentiful sales dull at easier terms. Barley plentiful bought ...

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