... Zbe R'ttraovolb. THE CASES OF THE SUSPENDED LETTER CARRIERS. -In consequence of the suspension from duty at the General Post-office of the letter carriers, Carter and Jolnes, by the Controller, the former of whom acted as secretary to a committee recently appointed at the Parthenium by a large body of the men who had assembled to consider the best mode of obtaining a redress of their ...

... E4t vrutillta. TniUNDERsTOaM AND Sxow.-A thunderstorm and fall of snow occurred at Kilbalin and Langtoft, on the Yorkshire Wolds, on Monday last. The electric fluid killed ten sheep in a field belonging to Mr. S. Lainpleugh, and also struck an unoccupied house belonging to the aame person, and one or two other houses its the neighbourhood. Every window was oroken in one of the houses, and ...

... A desire on the part of Mr. George Dawson and a few of his friends to have an opportunity of leisarely inspecting this picture, and of quietly conferring about its meaning and merits, led to its being the subject of a familiar exposition, rather than a lecture in the usual sense of the word, at the Church of the Saviour schools, on Saturday evening. The audience numbered nearly 300, many ...

... judgil Lflintling. The Prussian historian Ranke is now at Venice, en- gaged in collecting, in the archives of the Republic, ma- terials relating to the history of England during thie last three centuries. THE VICE-CONSULS AT TsEu.TN.-CONTsRADICTIONc OF THE RUMOURED ASSASSINATION.-A message from Mar- seilles, dated Monday, says :- The steamer has just ar- lived from Tangiers. Despatohes from ...

... itt vowlices. SHOCKING SUICIDE AT LEICESTER.-Oil Saturday night Mr. Frederick Hobson, grocer, of Belgravo Gate, Leicester, shot himself. It appeared that the deceased had made all attempt to poison hinself a few days previously, and after- wards provided himself with a pistol. This, however, lie had been Prevailed upon to give up, and had miiade pro- mises of amendment in conduct. Under these ...

... NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. All letters intended for publication e nust be accoenpaoiced b01 the names aned addresses of tile ivritaes, ?lot seesesarinly for publication, butfor tilce iceofma'ieone of t/i Editlor. Qorrcsponceentl se/eec set allyf special valu/e vspon their core- rmuaecatios 7n'ulst keelp copes of these, as see cannot aender- RH J. N. If thisecorrespondentseosre addresoieeg ?? ...

... MIR. HIND ON THE COMET. Mr. Hind, the well-known astronoier, has addressed a letter to the Times upon this subject, in which lie says:- In a communication inserted in the Tiames of September 29th, I pointed out the near approach of the comet of Donati to the planet Venus about the 18th of this month. Calculations founded upon later elements of the comet's orbit confirm the results there ...

... (From our Correspondent.) The Commission sat on Thursday at the House of Com- mons, when the first witness examined was Mr. J. Calvert, thirty years in the employment of Messrs. Cox, army agents, who read a statement which he had prepared rela-- tive to the connection between the colonels of regiments and the army agents, under the old system. The liability of the colonels ceased only when the ...

... STOURBRflDGE. PRESBYTERIAN (UNIT.AnRtN) COHAY L.-TuE AProINTfISNeT or TIE REV- 11. H. GIosOS.-On hohday, what we may term a series of celebrations in connection with the appointment of the above- named gentlemau, took place in the town. In the morning, tho ordination service took placo ill the chapel, and lasted some two. hours and a half. The edifice Nvas filled, not only with persons ...

... Ionia THE BRITISH ARMY IN INDIA. [Froma the Tunes' Special Correspondent.] BAGEE BUNGALOW, THIBET AND HINDOSTAN ROAD, HIMALATYAs, September 8.-The occurrences at Mooltan will, I trust, at last, convince the Government that a decisive course of action-must be taken with regard to the disarmed regimenits of Sepoys still in our pay-disarmed because we are afraid to trust them, and paid because we ...

... NORTH WARWIC(KSHIRE REGISTRATION. LI (hross the JTournal of Sstsnhdiyj I - The revision of the county lists by William T. Maunsell, Esq. the barrister appointed to the Northern Division of ,the County, concluded on Tuesday last, at Coventry, and .resulted in a majority of 346 in favour of the Conservatives. From this majority on objections sustained by the Tories in the whole district we have ...

... sudgil Laisallattly. Tat WRONG MAN MURDERED.-A young nian named Harniech, son of a schoolmaster of Lieskau, near Halle, was murdered a few days since, on the road between that pla and Sbiepzig, and, as it wvould appear, in conse- ?? of-his having been mistaken for another person. A timber-merchant namned Rosahi, residing at Schiepzig, baving batld some business transactions with a carpenter ...