... OLD CLOTHES ANL? OLD POPLM.-There are ,two extremes, my reverend seniors, into which rwe are tempted to fall when we find ourselves upon the wane. Declining ladies, especially married ladiee, are more -given, I think,, than men, to'negleot their personal appearance when -they are consciousithat'the 'bloom 6f their youth' is gonei 1 Jdo not speak of state occasions, of set dinnef-partles laud ...

... CLIFFORIDS OF DEVONSHIRE. (CONTINUED mo 0o3 LAST, )T.) (No. 4.) THOMAS CLTFFORD, son of HughbOlifford, Esq., by his wife Mfar; (n~ee hodleigh), was born at Ugbrooke, on the 1st of August, 1830, and was named THOASs at his baptismn,. on tho 12th, after his revrerod grandfather before-mentroned. In the tenth year of his age he lost his own father, who was buried on the north side of Chudlaigh ...

... ENER'AL; NEWS., ,. ?? :THE PRINCE Or WALES iN A CbAL, PiT.l-'he' . Prince of Walos,_ who has'keceintly been'i isiting the Lake district, .paid' vi~it snom-days ago to .Hougbtqn . Xit, tbe proprtyzof thAE a ?? Xewosetle. Accompanied by. his suite, h desceaded-the shaftin coal ttb; and remained b6ei If L TarE TYE - , wbuanmrnah YE TRAxNNY OFj 'SiLh-NaEi-Wat -is;-ho. .Tiviesif.not a faithful. ...

... GAMBLING IN CHtINA.-Strength rather than skill is displayed by the athletic, and they have few sports corres. ponding to the manly exercisesbof Europe. They hurl. iron bars, asd lift beams, heavily waiglhted ;with stones, to. ?? their musecles. But such' strenuous pastimes are not the most popular. Ablembolied geritlemie will spend half a day in kicking shuttlecocks with their heels, in flying ...

... It ispene allreported at the French court that the Enpress Eugenie is again in an interesting situation. The Nightingale Fund, which will, be closed on the 20th inst., amounts now to X44,000. During the last seven years India has drained the world of 400,000,000 of silver rupees-or £40,000,000 sterling. It is said that the King of Sardinia will be married to the Princess Sidonia of Saxony. The ...

... I WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1857. THE political world is in a state of collapse, Both Parliament and the public out-of-doors appear to have settled down to the conclusion that Government must be permitted to have everything its own way this session; and they act accordingly. The Commons vote readily everything which the Premier asks of them; £50,000 for this, £100,000 for that, and twice that amount ...

... SOUTHJ DEVON. DAWLISH. VESTRY MBXTnao.-Last Thureday a vestry meeting was held in- the- Town Hall,-the Rev. &. Fursdon in the -chair. The charohwardens' accounts were passed, and a new rate of 2Wd. in the pound proposed. The next proposition was to make fonrnjew drains,-one on Teignmouth-bill, one near t, the Assenqbly Rooms, one on Town Tree-hill, and one near the kanoi House, ?? ...

... * T i EXMOUTH. A few days since the body: of a young man, named Williams, (an assistant at Mr. Sharland's academy, in 'this town), was found in'the water, near the lime kilos; life was extinct. It is supposed that the deceased met with his death whilst bsthing. PEITY stESSIONs-THtRSDAY, YAY 28. Before the Rev. W. Boles (chairman); C. Cole, 'nd J. R. : ,.~~~Griffltbs,Xisqrs, - WILLIAM 4'xY was ...

... MISCELLAIN\A. S IL SEcOND' JIAND QUOTATIONS.,A correspondent of she the Atheneulten writes,-I have more than once noticed the phrase cquiparlsons are odorous assigned to Mrs. Male.- as prop, and in order to prevent' the -recurrrsnoe of sndo an to- error, arising no doubt from ?? of taking authorities on trust, I beg thet lhenaiurn ?? h the anter of the phas is one Dogberry, and that the ...

... THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER. HOW Ma. BERTOLACCI GOT THE APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR OF THE DUCHY. We reproduce the subjoined from the Times' report of a conversation in the House of Commons on the 15th of December, 184. ?? Mr.WIsE,,seeing the right hon. gentleman the member for Nottingham in his place, would venture to put a question to him with reference to an appointment to what had hitherto been ...

... BY -ELECTRIC TELEGRAP LONDON-WEDNESDAY. DENMARcK.-In consequence of the resolution come to st meeting of the Grand Council, at which the King presiW., to reject the last German pretensions, a note that is saiaX be couched in firm language has been sent from Copenhagm to Berlin and Vienna. SwITzEELAND.-The Municipal Council of Chaux de Few has resolved unanimously to offer the rights of ...

... EXSTER. EX TR . !,'N'COU.NCIL. The montbly.r~estingof thiebodywasheldat theGjildhall, ilast Wednesday;, he Mayor in .~he, chair,. A letter vwas read frin.~Xr., ?? .1Hoop'er, coroner, Stating tboat recently he held an ?? on the body of a child that had been drowned' in: 'teeat, opposite Bishop Blisze' Inn. The jury on~the~occpsion founnd~tbat it part of the bankts wag' inid'ttei 'kibd niade a ...