... THE LAW OF CHURCH RATES. On Saturday last, Dr. Phillimore, Chancellor of the Diocese of Oxford, decided the case of the churchwardens of St. Michael's in that city against Luff. Oa the 30th of October, 1857, a vestry meeting was held in the parish to make a rate for the current expenses of the year. Mr. Haines proposed, and Mr. Neville seconded, tnat a rate of 2d. in the pound be made. Mr. ...

... ARMY ADMINISTRATION.-Sir J. WALSH having inquired whether it was proposed by the government to take any steps in consequence of the resolution, which passed the house on Tuesday, in favour of placing the whole administration and control of the army under the undivided authority of a single minister, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that as the majority by which that resolution has been ...

... jlrobmciai SOMERSAULT EXTRAORDINARY. — Last week a travelling company of showmen erected a booth on the Upper Quay, in which to carry on a performance, con- sisting of tumbling and conjuring. They had the usual platform in front of the show, and one of the performers showed himself to be tolerably clever in throwing somer- saults j but on one occasion, forgetting at which end of the platform ...

... EmWnts aim DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION — TWELVE LIVES LOST.-A n explosion of fire-damp, attended with lamtntabte results, has occurred in the Brynder Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Ford and Sons, and situated near Pyle, Glamorganshire. Towards five o'clock in the evening, a violent report was heard in the pit, and several persons immediately hastened to the spot. It was then found that every ...

... ODD FELLOWS' CLUB.—The Pride of the Valley Lodge of Odd Fellows, M.U., which was opened at the Cross Keys in this parish in August last, has progressed most satisfactorily. It at present numbers upwards of forty members, many of whom are the principal farmer. in this and the adjacent parishes, and we understand several of the leading farmers in the neighbourhood are at present pro- posed for ...

... Monday, 28,—Monmouthshire Sessions. Monmouth Athenaeum Soiree in RaglanCastle Tuesday, 29,-Quarter Sessions, Trial of Prisoners. Chepstow Flower Show. Wednesday 30,-Archery Meeting in Raglan Castle. Thursday, July 1—Chepstow Petty Sessions. Friday, 2,—Usk Petty Sessions. ...

... LOPIDOM CORh! EXCHANQ £ MARK-LANE, MONDAY, JUNE 14. Only a moderate supply of English WHEAT. Trade dull, and rates are rather under those of last Monday. Prices f.r white ruled at 42s to 48s, and red 40s to 45s per quarter, a clearance not being made. A plentiful supply cf Foreign, only small trans- actions, and rates ra. her under those of last market-day, ruling at 40s to 54s, and Russian at ...

... THE PAPER DUTIES.—Every butler, every servant t every valet, thinks it his duty to read the paper before he takes it up to his master. Every young lady should make it her duty to take her hair out of paper before she comes down to breakfast. EPICUREAN PHILOSOPHY.—Make hay while the sun shines. That is to say, take advantage of the season, so long as it lasts, to eat plenty of sparrowgrasa. ...

... [BY A LONDON OORRBSFONDNNT.1 THE heat of the weather converts the members of the House of Commons into real martyrs. There, night after night, sit the two parties watching each other, broiling, stewing, and perspiring. This fiery ordeal presses the hardest on the country gentleman party, who, for long years, in hopeless opposition, have been accustomed to spend the few hot months of the year ...

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... MADAME RACHEL'S LOVE OF MONEY. Her love of money overrode every other passion, as the story of the guitar but too plainly proves. One day she saw an old guitar hanging in the room of a lady of her ac- quaintance, and asked and obtained it of the owner without any difficulty, as it was of no value. Next day the same instrument, inclosed in a rich silken net, formed a conspicuous object in her ...

... A CALIFORNIAN INDIGNATION MEETING.—IN San Francisco letter we readi— About 1,500 miners, who had come down from tha interior to go home in tha two boats expeclel to sail to-morrow, became s;t exaspsrated gt the I C-,)Ilusion I between the two com- panies that they promptly called an 1 indignation meet- ing' on the public square in San Francisco to devisa means to go home overland. The rnost ...