... AtNizcSH FEMALE ADVENTURER. We fied the 6f110wing extraordinary ease in the Chester uouraet :-Aboiut a feft ishtfgo a person en- gaged in bt~siness in tbis' eity, a- widower with four *~,ilre, -hie mpleyed at Rhyl in superintendingI s works0D, -wif c Setrusid, 3obtained information that and ho ws axiou to orman eligible matrimonial tonnexioni. On that hint Ourtweun pkh being equally on the ...

... When some patriotic historian in the next century sets him down to write an impartial an- counu of England's share in the Russian war, he will be sorely puzzled to find his great historical characters-to discover the modern Joshua or David, Marlborough or Wellington, who led our armies to a higher-destined war than those mighty men of old ever dreamed of fighting. We are still trying ...

... . ?? PL-BIJSH D ON SATURDAY MORNING, IN TIME FOR POST. POSTSCRIPT. LtOYs WEEKLY NEWSPAPER 1OFIC, WRasIxm MORNING. THE ALLEGED SURREN- DER OF KARS. Up to the hour of going to press no official confir. mation of the capitulation of Kars has been announced, and there is yet hope that the authentic intelli- genee may prove to be unfounded. The grounds for incredulity arc, in the first instance, ...

... THE S :AT MANCHESTER. - . .I. _ - Io_ t __ !§ , ?? . The -sixth meeting of the mioders and piecers on strike was held en Tuesday evening, in the People's in. stiaute, Heyrod-street, which was again filled. The chairman said, that in consequence of other bu. siness, the list of mills would not be called over. The secretary said that now they scarcely knew what the employers were aiming at. The ...

... SCREW GUN BOATS. Of the small class of high-pressure screw gun boats (230 tons) we believe there are about thirty.six afloat, and between eighty and ninety iu course of construc- tion at the various merceantile establishments. By next March it is anticipated thbtt we shall possess an equipped fleet of no less than 130 of this serviceable class of ves- sels. We believe that not a kingle screw ...

... & fatal gunpowder explosion took place at Coseley near Sedgiey, Wolverhampton, which resulted in the instantaneous death of four persons, and the severe injury of atna others, one or two of whom are not ex. pected to survive, besides the total destruction of pro. perty ti3 the value of about 1501. to 2001. The powder was kept mn a barrel in the housa of Danid Millard, a bnty collier. Nothing ...

... | THE SARDINIANVISIT. i II ! . I. . . .. . I I THEXTING'8 ARRIVAL AT DOVEL8. His majesty the King of Sardinia arrived at Dever at 7.40 on Friday morning in the .Vivid steamer, Cap- *ti Smithertswhick left Calais at five o'cil He was received by the naval and military authorities of the port, the -Sardinianl misstey, General Grey, anA the other members of the Qneen's household sent down to ...

... The publication of a report by a special committee of the shareholders in the Eastern Counties railway is a startling event in the railway world. The committee was appointed at a meeting of proprietors il the Lon- don tavern on the 31st of August, mainly in canse- quence of disclosures by Mr. Henry Bruce. We can only give the principal points and sabstanceof the report. The board of directors ...

... UNITED ORDERS PROVIDENT ASSURANCE CO.IPANY. A meeting was held on Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Literary and Scientific institution, Pimlico (E. C. Whiteburst, Beq,, hl the chair), for the purpase of explaining to the working claseea the value, or rather duty of life asourance, and of a really saf sickness assurance. One el the directors of the United Orders Provident Society and General Assurance ...

... METROPOLIS LOCAL MA6EmtNr ACT. I I f%. ?? l .- r . - ?? On Wednesday, the elections for the representatives to tee central board of werks from the various metro- polian parishes, took place uader the provisions otthe Metropolis Local Management act. We subjoin the results:- CiIr oF LonDorN.-r. Harrison, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Hall. ST. MA.UYL1;oxrn.-At the close of the ballot, the naubers for the ...

... I ,, -- I _- ,- - I Mr. Hughes, an advonturous amateur mariner, who, in a little craft of eight tons, dared the perils of the North sea and the caprices of the Baltic, has just pub. lished an. account of his cruise. This tiny vessel is described as a very small cutter.yacht, about as long as a ?? drawing.room, and scarcely so wide as a four-post bed. In this medest sailing boat Mr. Hughes ...

... ICHURO EATEs IN PARISH VESTRIES, While parliament besitates, the opponents of eccledi. astical taxation in the parishes are acting with energn aned Fuzceess. The Liberator, a new montblr journa, gives a record of all the church-rate incidents of thb month, and a glance at this record will at am time furnish nost s:gnificant evidence of the Rroa h ot ho.. tiiity to the charch-rae syqtem,end of ...