... On leaving Gosta-green, and entering the Aston-road, a very touching spectacle attracted her Majesty's notice. Some 40,000 little children of both sexes, belonging to the schools of all denominations of Christians, and also to those of the Jews, lined the road for some distance on both sides, and as Her Majesty passed they sang in a low, gentle manner, almost seraphic-which moved many to tears ...

... S. J. RUSCHMXN, Paradise-street, Rotherhitlle, ecim deSler. ...

... The county of .Stafford has again been the scene of a brutal murder. The particular spot at which the tragedy occurred is called Brockmoor. It is an outlying district in the parish of Kingswinford, on the confines of Wor- cestershire, a few yaras within the Staffordshire boundary, and about three miles from Dudley. It is a populous locality within the South Stafford mining district. Toe ...

... Hub MURDER OF AN ENGLISHMAN IN SPAIN.—The following is extracted from a private letter dated Malaga the 1st instant:—At two a.m. yesterday, ari officer of the cavalry regiment stationed in this city, of the name of Vivian Butler, cousin of the family of Butler, of Cadiz, was barbarously assassinated at a place called Guadal- medina in the suburbs. The deceased was about twenty- two years of ...

... TntraDEB STORM-A NARROW E%PAPB.—On Thursday morning the 3rd instant, this neighbourhood was visited by a heavy fall of rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning. At Coedybrain farm, about a mile and a half from Usk, the workmen left the fields in which they were at work, and repaired with the horses to the farm buildings for shelter. After putting the horses in the stable the workmen re- ...

... How good Sir George Brown would stand aghast at the sight of these sun-burnt bash'-hazouks, who from heel to head and upwards set at d, fi tJce the sacred injunctions of her Majesty's regulations! Except the Highlanders— and when they left Lucknow they were panting for their summer clothes, and had sent officers to Cawnpore to hurry them-not a corps that I have seen sport a morsel of pink or ...

... SOIREE IN THE CASTLE.-On Monday next the Soiree in aid af the Monmouth Athenasum will be held within the walls of this noble castle. It is unfortunate that the Ses- sions at Usk commence on that day, as it will no donbt prevent many from that town, joining the party. The cas- tle has undergone great improvements under the direction of the present warder, and is rendered more attractive by the ...

... ORSERYATIONS ON THE WEATHER, TAKEN AT ABER. GAVENNY.— January was an unusually warm and fine month, and the temperature very high. There were twenty-five days on which no rain fell. In February there was very seasonable weather; the fine days numbered twenty; the thermometer marked 89 degrees in the sun of the 25th of February. March The beginning of this month was cold, snow being prevalent; ...

... ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—A correspondence has taken place between the Bishop of London and the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul't> on the subject of adapting the dome area of the cathedral to the purposes of Divine ser- vice, which has resulted in a mutual consent between those authorities and an appeal to the public to assist by subscriptions the object which they have in view. Although this ...

... UsE TRINITY FAIR.—This fair was held on Monday last. There was a moderate supply of stock. The weather was all that could be desired for the pleasure seekers, but the shows and exhibitions were of an inferior character. A third rate circus, a shooting gallery, a round- about, and a couple of target tables, were the principal attractions. Several pickpockets had assembled to carry on their ...

... Is FRIDAY AN UNLUCKY DAY P-Americans, at any rate, have no reason to bs afraid of Friday. Mr. Tinbs gives us this catalogue of fortunate circumitancca occurring on that day On Friday, August 21, 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed on his great voyage of dis- covery. On Friday, October 12, 1492, he first discovered land. On Friday, January 4, 1493, he sailed on his return to Spain, which if he ...

... Cream of BOMBA, KINC, DEBTOR TO PAR' AND WATT ENCINEERS. Ho! Bomba, come roll out the shiners, Ho! Bourbon, come dawn with the Shall we send rotmd a couple of liners To-bring home the seudi—No Trust? Items; loss of health, honour, and reason, Of liberty, friendship, and will, Items: cruelty, lying, and treason, Down, down, with them all in the bill [ There he sits, as on Sinbad the Sailor Once ...