... EXECUTION AT CHESTER _ On Friday morning, at eight o'clock, Jobn Blagg was executed in front of the city gaol, at Chester, for the murder of John Bebbington, a gamekeeper, at Tileton Fearnall, by shooting. hims In a field near ?? own residence. Since Wia conviction the culprit bes been most obdu- rate, and manifested a painful indifrerce to the ezhor- tations of the chaplain the Rev. KIlr. ...

... l -- ---0 TO SIR JOOHNI R SDxPN, M P. My dear Sir Johbn,-If one were required to point out the period In our history when the character of our publie men was at the lowest, I think the time selected would be that which was occupied by the reigns of the frst two Georges. Not but that there were dsrk pa- licad before, and have been since; but taking that time Ms a whole, there was more rascality ...

... THE 8AMBEN.-BY Me. GhU ?? 40 - 1 SEASONABLE GARDENING. LoTvcnre GAnDEN.-NOW the planting out of cabbages Eavoyu, kale, and winter greens of all kinds becomes a work of necessity. The ground is in good order for inishing up all the planting business. Earth up celery on fine days only, and bruiee the seil small, that it may lay close to the plants. The heavy rainshaving run the earth together ...

... NOTES OF THE WEEX WHO WOULD BE A RAILWAY CHAIRMAN? The chairman of a railway company seems te be a acet unenviable poet. H~e is bulled, badgered, brow. beaten, and must bear all with a face as unru~od ao hJ slit. Eeleis exptosed to eli sorte of petty fire and in ainuatlons, but his dignity forbids hirn to retaliate e is there an efficial target to receive an the angr' shafts that are ehot at ...

... TH1E FAILURES AT LIVBRPOOL. (From the live;poot Ailtdon of yesterday.) Letters have been received in Liverpool from all parts of the United Kingdom, inquiring the name of the merchant who committed suicide with liabilities of 300,0001., of which forged acceptances to the extent of 100,0001, formed part. There is not a single word of truth in the statement. No Liverpool merchant has committed ...

... I SUF'BIRERS BY THE INDIMN MUTINY. ; ?? _ . MEETING AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday a large and influential meeting took place at the Egyptian-hall, Mansion-house, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with our suffering fellow-countrymen in the East, and also with a view to devise means of affording immediate relief to those who are enduring the calamities con- sequent on this terrible ...

... a1, I. Ls211ev i7Verly~sV A Y1' ,-:1IT S(,UTJILJ?? AN!) WESTE.RN 1?AIL A OF IR~ELAND.I 'ilic report of tlh directors tol be subimitted to the alt Veitrly leiting llt King's-lridge Terminus, Dub- 1m, en the 29th August, sav-- The total traffic re- ceio forthe halt- year eidlig June 30, 1857, aire 159,1401., not In the r(onesponding period of 18.56 they were 170,9001., sheoioiZ A decroase of 11 ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sir,-The following are extracts of a letter from my brother, the Rev. James Kennedy, of Benares, and contain a more detailed account of what has occurred in that city than I have oseen. They are at your disposal for pub- lication, if you consider them worthy of it.-I am, &c., 4, Stepney-green, August 7. JOHN KENNEDY. The events of the least few days have been ...

... The Etoile du Danube publishes some curious de documents, thirteen in number, consisting of letters, which, th, by somo means not stated, had passed from the posseseon of Pr, tho Caimecan Vogorides and fallen into the hans of per-ons d who evidently are not his friends. The above-named journal d declares that the osiginats are in safe keeping, and that their da authenticity is unquestionable. ...

... A CHLOROFORM COMMltISS1ON. Following closely on the elaborate but fruitless discussion by the Academis de M,1decino as to the use of fin apparatus in administering an lsthetics, M. Heurteloup has read a paper on the subject before the French Academy of Sciences. This was prefatory to introducing a contrivance of his own for employment during inhalation. Its pricipal points were, that the ...

... (FoM O1t7 O1 N ConRt sPoNDENT.) PARIS, SATURIDAY EVENciNo. The Emperor left Paris for the Chalons Camp at half-past one this afternoon. Yesterday the Emperor, accompanied by Count Walewski and Lord Cowley, went to Rambouillet for a day's shooting. The following account of the Emuperor's first visit to his new domain irs the Landes is abridged from the 3llotaiteur: The estate has an extent of ...

... LONDON, FRIDA Y, AUG UST 21. ?? ---0 IN the HOUSE of LORDS yesterday, in reply to the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, The LOnD CHANCELLOR stated that the question of the opium traffic in China had been referred to tI the law adviser of the crown, who had given an e opinion that it was perfectly legal. e Some routine business having been transacted, b their lordships adjourned at half-past 6 o'clock. ir ? ...