... SOURCE OF ALL THE EVIL. The greatest evil is the army doiug the civil work, while an immense civil army is plundering the land it ruins the regular army, and so places everything in danger our army is deteriorating while the natives are improving! A few years ago there was not a firearm in India that had not a matchlock; the other day in the Kohat defile we did not take one! All were ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. t e Marqui* of Breadalbaae read H#r Majest>'« gracious l'10 addresses presented by Ihe House on iha L, of the African slave trade and the national Brougham, in aa elaborate »peecb, called the at- of thr House to the- defective working of the l|>n, ri>ptcy 1awr, and laid on the table a bill to remedy i'e defects. M Lord Chancellor replied in fitting termi, and pro- t(| ...

... A letter from Athens, of the 17th instant, says:—It is now three years since the Queen of Greece left Athens at the same time that Prince Menschikoff quitted Constantinople. The Queen made no secret that her object-in quitting Greece for Germany was to plead the cause of her uncle Nicholas, for so she was accustomed to call the Emperor of Russia. Her Majesty landed at Trieste, where she con- ...

... BREACHES OF PROMISE. YARNELL V. MOODY.-At the Midland Circuit an action was brought by Miss Yarnell, a dressmaker, against Mr. Moody, the captain of a trading boat from Boston to Butterwick. The acquaint- ance commenced in 1851, and after a short time he began to court her. The acquaintance went on until 1855, and then the defendant married another woman. The following is a specimen of the ...

... CORN-MCHANGE. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29.-The supplies this week are very short, both British and foreign. The whea trade to-day IS exceedingly dull, with a very thin attendance of buyers; and consequently almost nothing doing, and prices are nominally the same as on Monday i-«g.i' v ey mu ...

... LIVERPOOL, JULY 26. The royal mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain J. S. Wickman, arrived in the river at an early hour this morning from Boston and Halifax, with advices from New York to the 14th inst., Boston to the 15th, and Halifax to the 17th, inclusive. The Niagara brought 109 passengers and 306,867 dollars in specie, part of which is for Elavre. ,T v i, The advices by the Niagara are three ...

... MERTHYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. F\T»L ACCIDENT. — A tertible accident occurred at the Rhynmry I rot) Work*, at ri«h t o'rlock on Thursday tnorninx fast, «h*n severnl persons wete killed, nod others aeiiously if jurd. TOM THUMB. — A small subject is best suited for a small paragraph. The hero of the wi»»k is General Tom Thumb. who made bis appearance on Wednesday, and has held daily leve-es at the ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY, JULY 23. A number of bills on the paper were advanced respectively through a stage of progress. Lord BROUGHAM, pursuant to notice, called attention to the pre- sent state and working of the bankruptcy laws, after which their lordships adjourned. FRIDAY, JULY 24. Earl FORTESQUE inquired whether the government intended to propose the erection of a public monument to the ...

... Jaarftttø. LONDON, MOHDAY, JULY 27. There is a larger demand for Money: any advance in rates of discount is, however, prevented by a plentiful supply, and prime acceptances ate oi to 5-J; per cent. During last few days only moderate quantities of Precious Metals have been exported, and many parcels have been received; the mall for the East on the tth of next month Is expected to take out the ...

... ship subsisting between us the Under- signed, in the Tailoring Trade, carried on in Tre- degar, in the County of Monmouth, under the na«jes of MORGAN & GOUGHJ' wa? this day dissolved by mutual JOHN GOUGF having retire ...

... Scotland EXTRAORDINARY POWERS IN MENTAL ARITHMETIC.—At the examination of Mr. Currie's school, in George-street, Edinburgh, on the 9th inst., before the prizes were distributed and before the scholars attending the school had presented their teacher with a testimonial of their esteem and respect, in the shape of a handsomely- bound edition of Jfremy Taylor's works, Mr Currie calied up a girl ...

... EXECUTION OF CHARLES FntCH, AT CHELMSFORD.—This convict suffered the last penalty of the law on Wednesday, upon the scaffold erected on the Essex County Gaol, at Springfield, a short distance from Chelmsford. The culprit, it wiil be remembered, was convicted before the Lord Chief Baron, at Chelmsford, on the 15th inst., for the murder of Harriet Freeborn, in the parish of Rivenbal), on the ...