... A frightful catastrophe occurred on Friday. the 14th inmt., at Coec!Cy. near Sedgley. in South Staftordssire, which has already occasioned the death of four persons, and injured several others. some of whom are not ex. pected to rccover. in addition to ?? amount of property. It is customary in the mining districts of Staffordshire for the overseers of pits, either of iron. stone. or coal, and ...

... TIE> WA'lt IN TIFF. EANf. ,TlE VrTACK IUP'O THE POSTS Or D'AUTE. MAI;RE'S DIVISION. The follorin. despatch ?? to thle Minister of j ir, dated Dre. 11. was received in l'aris on Thursday, f' oas Marshlal elissier:- You hrse alreadl learnt by my telecesphic despatch of thr! 5th inst. of the failure of the Ilussisis in their atark otl the tonana of th.at dny agai-t the edvanced posts of ...

... LIEUTENANT (;ARDNIE'I. OF TIE 13MT LIGHT DI)A(O OX NS. Among the incidents of the prcsent war. there are ftew that takc a w'arnrur hold on the .e:rt than the wel comc which frieuds and neichbours *ive to oUicers. who. having horne the brunt and endured the hardships of thc war, are compelled hy sieknessor wound, to re. turn to their native land. Interesting, however. as these welcomes are ...

... THE M4YSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT RU;ELEY. On the 21st inst., Mr. W. W. Ward. coroncr for Staffordshire. opened an inquest upon the bodies re. spectively of Anti and Walter Palnter. the former the late wife, and the latter the brother of M.r. W. Palmer, surgeon, who a week ago, as stated in our Journal, wa% conmmitted for trial on the coroner's warrant, charged with the wilful murder of Mr. John ...

... MISCELL ANE0US. The Queen has forivardpil to Private Thomas Walker, ol tile 95th Regiment. a present of X1f0. On Her %in. jestr's last visit to Fort Ilit she was struck with n car pet broueht to her notice as tile Work of Walker, and desired that it might be iorwarded to her Majenesty.whri Ihas recentiv been done throtsh Colonel C. ( . Phipps. The ?? of the Empress of thle French, is expected ...

... A RONMANCE OF REAL LIFE. Some years alo a banker, supposed to be realthy. resided in a well.known borough toxn of considerable magnitude in the west of England. 'The bank, how. ever. failed. and the banker died, leavine behind bima a lovely an~dh bly.ccomopliehed young ladv. hsdanucbter, penniless. She at one time took to the stage, and pos. sessingathararingvoiee, a beautiful person. together ...

... THE REFORMATORY ESTABLISHIMENT AT .METTRAY. I The following notirce of the establishment at Mettrly I is estracted from an article written by Lord Leibi. who hats employed a short visit in France in thb useful object eI of gathering personal espericnce and information of 1 the various institutions of thin clavs in the country of h our neighbours and allies. They were addressed in an ' let a m ...

... TMISCELLAN E0 US. The Queen has appointed 'Mr. May to the office of Fr' Eirst clerk assistant of the House of Commons, vacant i6 by the resignation o' Mr. WV. Ley. On New Year's Day her MajeTty will distribute her 12 annual bountv to the poor of Vindsor and Clewer in pe food and clothing to the vn!ue of £2SO, I TIil ROVAL BAROV OF BEEsF.-This noble old ha Enclish joint was thiS year supplied ...

... Thie lnralide Ruu publishes the officitl ?? of General 7Mooumvieff of the capitulation ° its The ?? is dated - Quafters of Vladi. Kan, 17th (2911) of Novemnber: 99h etm After the assault on liars of the ltrs(th) Septetdto her, the Turks. mnomnittarily ?? toe o ca see our troop, retreat, ad wre Mfodtnw OIa tilencontra. that the bse kade be m in Storigtr than ever, and that our ep was turned ...

... ANOTHER FEMALE IMI'OSTORI. .1 rival to Alice Gray. and one to wshon some of the discredit of that younle ldl's reputed perfornanies 'houlhI ?? hc attached. has turncd up at Canter. burv. She has appeared under various ?? I Eliza Sith. Matildit Ttenaitne. or Mary Eliza Chip pendale. Shte - short iu stature, slight in fi4lrc, with crny eyes ha'it a cnst in the k rt one, lighlt brown l air. tair ...

... iTHE MILITARY ORGANIZATION OF SWEDEN . The eomtitutionui has a tet. timely article oa tie military and ater l orgae iailt or 0ut of allyp en- m!si53a tita the fanances of Srcflen a c. ?? in asexcelle t condition. and A Tmo est fe from home or foreign debt. Ihe militryY organitstion of Sweden, says the writer. is. ?? complicated. but is excellent, and admirably ?? for the l irecifl position of ...

... Mr. E. J. Lowe, of the Oacervatory. Beeston, arar Notfincham. deseribcN a mont extraordinary ieteor, which he witnessed on the 2Yth insttnt. ai Gh. 13mn. ie Says, Its apparent siZC wvas nearly e-qual to that of tilhe tooln, and during the moment that it Nvas visibtc thle light produced ivnas equal to that of day- 14-lit. The head of the meteor was rounded, and front it proceeded a lon. ...