... SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE The society having in view the great importance of making provision for the permanent endowment of the colonial church, adopted at its last monthly meeting the following resolution :-That in order to carry into effect the principle of establishing an endowment fund in every mission aided by the society, all future grants towards the support of any missionary ...

... THE ATLA1TIC TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION. THE STORY OF THE SUCCESSFUL SUB- MERGENCE. When the squadron left Queenstown on the 17th of last month, the amount of cable in the two ships had been reduced by nearly 400 miles, the recollection of three separate and most unaccountable breakages was still fresh in the minds of all who accompanied the first expedition, and there was no reason whatever for sup ...

... St _ owi__ 30t trnRlI. SATURDAY, AUGsvS 21, 1858. The festivities at Cherbourg having terminated, the Emperor Napoleon has been engaged in making a tour through some of the chief Departments of France. True to his professions of friendship, in all the speeches which his Imperial Majesty has delivered, not one word appears to have been uttered in a spirit hostile to Eng- land; but, on the ...

... Letters from Berlin state that her Majesty and Prince Albert will leave Babeisberg oil Saturday, on their re- turn to England. Her Majesty. it is said, will pay a visit to the family of the Grand Duke at Cobourg. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Thursday next at Osborne. The 39th nnniversary of the birthday of his Royal Hieliness the Prince Consort was celebrated at Wind. sor on ...

... In our last Joureal we alluded briefly to a mysterious occurrence, which took place on the highway, close on the outskirts of the metropolis, four miles on the Acton- road, upon the person of Air. Edward John Gates, a plumber, glazier, and painter, residing for a number of years at No. 12, Great James-street, Lisson grove, Pad. dington. The first intimation of the occurrence was made by ...

... FOREIGN OFFICE TELEGRAM. The following telegram from Mr. Acting Consul. General Green was received on Sunday, at the Foreign. office:- ALEXANDPIA, Aug. 9. The steamer Madras arrived at Suez on instant dates -Bomzbay, 19th of July, 6 p.m. ; Aden, 31st of July. The Gwalior army has been broken up and gone into quarters. Sir H. Rose resumes command of the Poanals (Poonah) Division of the force ...

... THE PLIGUE AT BENGAZI. A letter from a Correspondent of the Times, under date Tripoli, July 27, states :-For many years past the States of Barbary have been free from the visitation of the plague, and when it was first reported, about three months aso, that several deaths had occurred in the district of Beneaz6, attended by symptoms similar to those of the plague, people were unwilling to ...

... On Friday afternoon, the 20th instant, the Priory Estate, St. Osyth, late the property of W. F. Nassau, Erq., deceased, comprising the family mansion, with park, gardens, the fine old ruins of the Priory, &c., together with numerous farms, the whole containing upwards of 6,000acresand estimated at the value of £9,000 per annum, was brought to the hammer at the Auction Mart, London, by Messrs. ...

... MI SCELLANEOUS. f ICt is said that the Prince Alfred is going to take a re- cruise round the world. and that he will spend some as time in Australia. as he Empress of Austria was safely delivered of a er Prince on Sunday night. Lord Stanley has intimated to the New Indian Coun- n, cil that they are to sit as formerly in Leadenball-street, on and that he will occasionallytake ...

... Parr v. Hesketh.-This case was tried a few days since at the Liverpool Assizes, before Mr. Baron Martin. The plaintiff was a farmer and provision dealer at Worsley. about nine miles from Manchester, and was the father of a family of four children, the eldest a girl of sixteen, and the subject of the present action. She had been educated at a respectable school at some dis. tance from her ...

... Her Majesty will, it is expected, shortly inspect the Ordnance department in Southampton, where the trigonometrical survey of the kingdom is carried on. Her Majesty has appointed Mr. Justice Crampton a member of the Privy Council in Ireland. The Queen has forwarded a donation of one hundred guineas towards the Sunderland Orphan Asylum Fund. Very unsatisfactory accounts have been received at ...

... ADAA)ANL. This return comprises the births and deaths registered by 2196 registrars in all the districts of England during the spring quarter that ended on June 30, 1858; and the marriages in 12,283 churches or chapels, about 3968 registered places of worship unconnected with the Esta. blished Church, and 629 superintendent registrars' off. ces. in the quarter that ended on March 31, 1858. The ...