... IT . THEC B}ALL.oA HINeaT FROM THE ATIw'PODES.3 . I a The colony of Victoria has just obtained the c .~ royal assent to certain electoral provisioo3, form-. ,ing part of the new eonstitution, by which votec - by ballot Is formally legalised and reoognised as an Institution of the British empire. T~his is a. be great fact which remains a fact, in spite of the eimitation or remoteiaea of the ...

... MULTUI IN PARVO. vith- ?? ' bee The Sultan is labouring under an attack of ophthalsnia.hi 6nks When is beer not beer ?-When it's a1 little trt. a hi ?? Malice, the dirty road on which Revenge travels. Ch le ?? should the male sex avoid the letter A ?-IBecause hlis i~ tmakes men mean,.aete ol i te If a woman would haetewrdrespect her husbandir she must Bet the example.' T A Frenchman says ...

... IEMCR I - - J- ujs TRE IERCURy. tb rulofad s eour sheet, It 9s insdequate to the G tlfana on OUr space, even upon o 0ceaaionl but the pressure is most el there is sitting, or when hi a COincident influx of Looal, Domestic, T d threiganews of an interesting character. o our atte' rtion of the less pressing claims on s1 nur ttento and by rigorons condensation, we I ighe majority master or elude ...

... THE BIRKExaEAD GAS AND WATER BILL. The committee to whom this bill has been referredl The committee to whoni this bill has been referred reassembled on Monday morning, the members present So . being Mr. Packe (chairman), Mr. W. J. Garnett, Mr.tr Diliwyn, Mr. Slater, and Mtr. Montgomery. re The couf sel for the bill were Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., re Mr. Monk, and Mr. Webster. The bill was opposed ...

... IMAd~ LI.QUOR A IW. | TUE HONOURASLE BnE DOW AT -PRESTON. On Tuesday evening last, at eight 0o' loecr, the Hen. Neal Dow,' who ha been Advertlad as the autbor of the IMaire L4w, .met a crowds audience, in the Theatre Royal in this town, who had assembled together to bear lis description of Its wrkiig in' America, and some other interesting topics connecte 'with the total abstinence movement. ...

... It was stated, in the report of the trial of Bacon and his wife, that at the close of the proceedings Lord Camp. bell, after the jury bad delivered their verdict, in an em. phatic manner expressed his entire concurrence in that portion of it which exonerated the male prisoner from any share in the transaction, and ho at the same time said that it would no doubt be satisfactory to the jury to ...

... INAUGURATION OF THE PENDLETON e MECOHANICS' INSTITUTiON. Th~iml~li!tz{e ?? - ?? ors The inagugmatibn of tbl2 nest and oodmrnodious Mechanics' lep, Itistitutioil just erected in PN-tdleton, took plttee on1 Monday !re- eveeniig. There A as a soiree of a vpery ?? and success. f- l character. Tbe attendance of friends tand supporters was er- oveefiwiwing. After tsia had been partaken of, all the ...

... CqoMMENTS OFTHEIEEKS.-- THIE QUJEEN'S SPstEOH. The Queenl's Speech has t;sen pro~siouneed, and| aa b umble and dutif'u2 reply, on. the pa~rt of the ncnofloS, moved Rev~ oh. DODSON, the member for Ssusex, aind aeconded by Mr. WaATER Buouir¢r, We member for Glasgow, has been carried without I, diViSion. dhese formalities having been gone through, Parliament is in harness for dealing with those ...

... . - - l - ?? Ad CHAP. VII.-JORTUNE TELLERS AND THEIR DUPES. 'Ns all a cheat, But, fool'd by hopa, men favour the deceit.,, When the nature and objects of what are termed the occult sciences and magical arts are known, it will hardly be wondered at that com- plete derangement of the mental powers fre- quen'ly results from their study and practice. How easily may the man of sensitive mind and ...

... ww .- - - - - - - - - -. , (BY THE ELEOTRIC AND lITERNATIONAL TELECRAPHI.] THE PENINSULAR MAILS. 3 SOUTHAXMPTO, SUNDAY.-The steamer Sultan, Captain l W. Cook, has arrived, with the Peninsular mails, and dates from Gibraltar to April 25; Cadiz, 26; Lisbon, 29; Oporto, 30; and Vigo, 30. She brings 39 pas- sengers, eight packages of specie, value £1869, one I package containing 285 doubloons, 823 ...

... THE CAREER OF AN UNFORTI-N-xT: FORRIGN ER. A ti - T- e- I I 6 .^ 'JJ.SJ24kCLn Di At the Kiutsrord sessions, on Norday In t, ~rt .r Curanil 3 fulueiga- r, vwas indicted beforoT. Tra!ll !. i1- :, and other vs gistraics, for stealing a case Oi doL ig e instruments, two pisto;s, a pociiet compass, a .a.r ni;e, e ntud a gold ring. the property of Mr. T. J. ?? oe, . architect and surveyor, of ...

... TEBRIPIO BOILER EXPLOSION AT EDGE-HILT, AND LOSS OR LIFE. U a Yesterday forenoon, a fearful explosion took place of o the boiler of one of the locomotive engines belonging to L- the London and North-western Railway Company, causing t the immediate death of one man, and frightfully wounding i. two others. a It appears that the engines St. Patrick, which is chiefly of used for assisting trains ...