... UPWARDS OP FORTY LIVES LOST. A terrible explosion occurred, on Tuesday last, at the works ot the Bardsley Colliery Company, in the village Bardsley, and which stand close on tbe west ride of the highroad between Ashton and Oldham. the company's mine, there are two pits or shafts. The one nearer Ashton, known as the Diamond pit, is used as the downcast shaft, and for tbe descent and ascent of ...

... Abraham Cox, cook, aud Peter Williams, seaman, were recently tried and convicted in Portland, Maine, for the murder of the captain, mate, second mate, and one seaman of the brig Albion Cooper, on the the 28th of August last. It appears that the cook confessed to the crime, and gave circumstantial account of its committal. He had grudge against the mate and captain, consequence ol ill-usage. Ou ...

... of the British Ska, Anemones, by P. U Gosse, F.R.S. Part I. (London : Van Voorst) —Mr. Goese's name revives host of pleasant recollections. There are few readers who have not spent many happy hours in his companionship, either amid the gorgeous tropical vegetation of Jamaica, or the sombre pine woods Canada, or the green winding lanes of our own beautiful Devonshire. He has done more to ...

... Prince Frederick William of Prussia has given Mr. Ernest Rieck a commission to paint a large picture of Windsor Castle, to be bung, probably, in the Princess's new home. Athenaum. Government has determined that a scientific exploration shall be made in Vancouver's Island, and, with this view, the Boyal and Geographical Societies hare been requested to furnish suggestions for tbe efficient ...