... a-long time past baa been, the excuse of tbe smoke producers, when they have been asked why they did not consume it, that there was complete and effectual apparatus for tha purpose that, ia met, there waa real smoke-consumer, and tbat it was an act of injustice put them to the expense of purchasing and fitting up machines which did not answer the intended purpose, and whichihad the ...

... The Trustees of the British Museum have purchased the Bliss Correspondence from the executors of tbe Oxford Doctor. new catacomb and a basilica have been discovered some miles from Borne, on the road to Naples, in some property belonging to tbe Prince Barberini. Six columns of precious marble and several interesting inscriptions have been already brought to right We are glad to be able to ...

... The library of the late Baron Hammer Purgstall will nut be sold, as formerly reported, by public auction. The King of Saxony has bought it, in a lump, for his private collection. The Jerrold In memoriamis sufficient to secure annuity, we are told, of £120 year for Mrs. Jerrold and her unmarried daughter, and th© survivor of the two. Illustrated London News. The march of intellect is evidently ...

... Pugsley, of Long Ashton, near Bristol. He made acknowledgment of his guilt. Calcraft was the executioner. About 10,000 persons were present at the execution. Thk Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition will end, it said, in law ; and not unjustly so, if all we hear is trae.as in truth we believe it to be. The seven wise men of Manchester constituting the Committee of Management have taken fit upon ...

... A banker asked young lady what kind of money she liked best. Matrimony, she replied. What is the difference between a Garotter and a Thug ?—The one is white ohoker and the other a black one. The press, the pulpit, and the petticoat. The first spreads the news, the second spreads religion, and tbe last spreads all over the pavement. La Belle Hamilton narrowly escaped being left behind wben the ...