... It is propoaed toerect a orn exchange atTeWkeabury. t0e Report speaks of, a return visit on, the pert of the Emperor hofhi the Frenobh to Turin In the course of thespring. up A skating society, composed of Young People of both sexes, stan, belonging to the first families. ha's been formed at Madrid. in Si Cardinal Wisemen contradicts the report of big~ eppolntmeilt 1t5 hil as librarian of the ...

... SECOND EDYTI BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPT. BANKRUPTS. -(From last night's GaQ,,tte William Bearan Martin. London, wine-mercbaut John Joyce, Bromley, Kent, baker Thomas Morris, Ioxton, Middlesex, straw hat 'taker William Wlffln and Frederick William Ring, Long.4 Middlesex, card makers Henry Kelly, Arthur-atreet and Broad-street, 3ii~lf builder Thomas Heywood and John Heywood, London aud bourne, New ...

... I . , ,- . n- a QuEnR.-To what colour does aflogging change a v boy? It makes him yell-O. Why is a fit of coughing or sneezing like Niagara P Falls? 'Cause it it's a cattarrh-act. n QuEr.y.-Would a pouiltry-fancier be Unable to ride in his carriage in England, because he keeps his Coach- r in-China, P Sydney Smith once remarked that you find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the ...

... THE THEATRE.-On Monday the Christmas a Pantomime was brought out with evident success. On Friday, it will be remembered, a morning performance of the same will take place under the patronage of Mrs. I Talk, of Haldon; the grand bat masque, according to I announcement, taking place in the evening, immediately v on the close of the performances. 3 On Saturday an inquest was held at the 0 Valiant ...

... SATURDAY, DEcuxnpR 22, 1S55. iS, To our surprise England and France have apparently 99 consented to re-enact with Austria the contemptible farce ist, with which she befooled them twelve months ago. On ,> aSunday last Count Esterhazy, the Austrian ambassador ,CE at St. Petersburg, left Vienna for that city, bearing, it is P S, said,, the ?ltimatum which Austria has resolved to press _upon the ...

... RURAL 'POLICM 0 Sir,-Inr my last letter I promised some further suggestions fr on the manner of forming aid mahitainiig aru~raL Pboiie. 'I A think in a great Aan flourishing country like our own every part of the community should'be oared for and'protected, and 31 it should be the duty of Government to perform the teak, not to: -w leave it (as at present) to the care of magistrates or ...

... JONES AT HOM E-AND JONES ABROID. (BY HORTACE MAikyfEw.) It is strange how the same person may varyunder different circumstances ! Only look at Jones. The clown tumbling on the stage at Christmas, and the clown smoking his pipe at his own fireside, cannot be two more distinct persouages than Jones at home and Jones abroad. Now, Jones at home is a plain, simple, inoffensive person, His clothes ...

... THlE BILLMTTING SYSTM.k Fridayafternoon week adeputation from the Licensed-ViOtual- lerb Protection Society of Bristol, consisting of Messrs. Mitchell (president),Wadge (treasurer), Allen and Williams (committee- men), had en interview with Lord Pauninle nt his Lordship's private residence, Belgrave-equare, for the purpose ot caling attention to the grievances suffered by licensed-victuallers ...

... I I DAWLISH. Last week Charles Bryant, charged with obstructing P.O. Pearce in the execution of his duty, was bound in the sum of C5 to keep the peace for three months. At a meeting of the committee for the distribution of soup; held last week, it was arranged that the poor should be supplied with that serviceable article, during the winter, at a half-penny per quart. A meeting of the ...

... =PrBLIC attention is just now somewhat prominently r directed to a subject which in its first aspect appears to : be rather military than political, though it will be found that a delicate half-domestic half-constitutional question . lies at its base. d Prince Albert is Field-Marshal, and Colonel of the mGrenadier Guards. He also occupies the unquestionable though unrecognized position of ...

... FROM PUNCH'S ALMANACK. a d THE Hop SEASON.-Christmas. -p THE BOARD OF TRADE.-The Slhopboaxd. m BEST SECONDS.- Second thoughts are best. at HOW To WARM A CHURCH.-Differ with the Bishop rj of Exeter, n THE CHRISTMAS Box or AFFECTION.-A bandbox A with a bonnet in it. U THE WORLD'S OPINION.-A mean man is a person R with a small income who lives within it. w SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM.-If electricity ...

... [The Almanac of the facetious Puncrs contains its usual number of good things. The following are some eelections, sufficient to sharpen the appetite of the lover of faun, and send him to the publication itself foer more.) MftLANCHOLY ACCIDENT-The ! speaking machine, that made such a noise in London a few years baek, has lost its voice from Indiecreetly attempting to pronounce the names of ...