... A Russian squadron, consisting of two corvettes a .nd ia clipper, arrived at Spithead on Tuesday morn- o: ing. under the command of Commodore Popof', from A C(,penlagen, bound for the Pacific. lF A rise of 1 per cent. took place on Tuesday in Mid- P Il li llaiway stock, owing to astatelientithatiarrange- a- aoeits are in progress between the North Staffordshire, wV .i iland, and Grcat Northern ...

... THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM.-A cor- respondent of the Independence Belge, writing from Berlin states that for some weeks past the physicians have interdicted the Princess Frede- rick William from taking railway journeys, her accouchement being expected in October. The same correspondent states that according to pre- sent arrangements, the Queen will remain at Potsdatn until the 25th, and on ...

... Notices of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, sent properly authenticated, inserted free of charge. Communications from the districts in which the OBSER- VER is circulated, will receive attention. ...

... This branch of our national field sports is announced to take place at Ely, on Thursday and Friday next, and judging from the number of entries made and the character of the horses, we are led to believe this will be the most successful meeting we have yet had. Mr. Pride has brought his experience most fully to bear upon the race proceedings this year, and to him the public are indebted for ...

... THE ANTI-CHURCH RATE PARTY. A certain set of men, made bold by apparent success in their anti-Church-rate agitation, begin to speak very plainly in regard to their ulterior and real designs. The abolition of Church-rates, they say, .f is not a final measure. It re- cognizes and embodies a principle of civil equality in regard to religious matters which may be applied in a large variety of ...

... A few years ago we know little of Melbourne and ilS neighbourhood, beyond the- fact that a few enterprising spirits had squatted among the hush-ranges which stretched far into the interior, and were rich in herds of cattle and sheep, hearing little relative value except for their hides and wool; a. little later and the discovery of the gold-fields caused a rush of emigration, which soon spread ...

... ScnooL EXCURSION.-On Thursday upwards of` 1100 of 0soholars of the Baysewater and Paddiugtonf National Sehoosi the .arrived per railway at the Henley Station, to enjoy a, day s D holiday on the banks of the Thames. The same schools visited Henley last year, when a meadow was granted for Pro their use by Mr, Plumbs, of the Market-plaCe, who also on the present occasion, liberally afforded the ...

... B3ICESTER. DieD.-A igiist 3, at Piddington, Emily Mary, wife of Mr. l`1 Edward Parrott, farmer, aged 31 years. guil The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clenmentina Villiers halle iali arrived at Wiesbaden. the ,On Wednesday last Mr-. Alfred Woodward, of this town, slic having previously undergone the neceesary examination, was rail admitted a Mermber of the Royal College ofSurigeons, Loudoni. I ...

... Sohibl'suttan. tr =id ydymyp yslzried cia hunain Yn gyfrifiel en syiedau eisa gsosebacyr, ya eu Iiylhtyrau aeoesfee gclyg-ryr. GEIRIADUR Y PARCH. D. S. EVANS. elFoyNrpDDuGN, ei Yr oeddynm yns meddwl y buasai y ddadl yn gighyleh Geir. 0 iadur y Parch. D. Silvan Evans, yen cael ei dwyn i derfyraid in boddhaol, heb fod angen arnom ni ymyraeth a hii, na dywe d st gair ar y naill ochr na'r llall. ...

... CYMIIFIIVYD yr hI n a ganlyn o lyfr Seisoneg ar hanes naturiol yllygoden Ffrengig, gan u o.Tnmesltodwell;- YSTADEGAU LLYGOD PI ItNGIG. Ychydig o flyneddoedd yn ol, yr oedd v newydd- iaduron yn dryfrith o hanesion am laddfa ardderchog o lvgod Ifrengig yn y ffosydd lle rhed budreddi dinas Paris, a dywedid fodi dau farsiandwr o Greenoble wedi hargeinio am y crwyn. Mewn ychydig ddyddiau, trwy ...

... THB COUNCIL OF INDId. leub On Monday, the 9th instanut, the Court of Directors 8and proceeded to elect from among themselves seven members of heel the new Council of India. Their choice Is unexceptionble ath and in only one respect differs from the list we ventured to mad propos in our isse of the 15th July. T he tsole error we offes committed was in supposing that Colonel Sykes had a better ...

... THB BRIT18I COLUMBIA GOLD DIG&NG, I I . _- _ (From the 80 41.randsco News Leter of July 6.) The proprietor of the San Francic9o News Letter having determined to see the Elephantg to beat the centre of the present excitemnentof the Dbrado and to judge for him- self, or rather to solve the problem of how much gold, how many Indians and how much huabug, went on board the P. M. S. S. 6ortes, ...