... We copy the following from the Hong fonyg Daily Press of September 28, relative to an entertainment given by Mr. Albert Smith at the Club House, for the benefit of the local charities, on the previous Saturday:- If the pleasure of pleasing and the consciousness of having con. tributed comfort to the poor and needy can afford satisfaction to a Christian Mr. Albert Smith must leave China a happy ...

... The Polyteclmic. We venture to assert that the amount of practical science and useful information presented to, and received by, the general public of London in the form of popular amusement, exceeds the sum of that acquired by direct study of the different subjects, and that the thousands who now understand the philosophy of Optics and the physiology of sight; or understand them sufficiently ...

... LICENSED VICTUALLE S.| et* Thzis page will alweays be found interesting to Licensed Victuallers, and the operations of the UNITED TowNs' AssoCIATIoN AND LICENSED VIe- TITALLEaS DEFENCE LEAGUE are published under their own superintendence. Bristol Licensed Viutuallers' Association. The annual general meeting of the members of this Association was held last Tuesday, at Bristol, in the large room ...

... Sale of Mfr. J. P. Harley's Effeets. | The property and effects of the late Mr. J. P. Harley, the cele- brated comedian, have all been brought to the hammer during the past week, by Mr. Robins, the well-known auctioneer of Covent- garden. The residence of this favourite histrionic gentleman, at No. 14, Upper Gower-street, Bedford-square, was thrown open on Monday for personal inspection, and ...

... I Every Season Brings its Pleasure. Every season brings its pleasure, Let meroam in Spring; And each flowery walk delights me, Tunes my voice to sing. Every season brings its pleasure, Summer sees me stray; Where the golden ears are bending, Round about my way. Every season brings its pleasure, Autumn I: descry ; Lo! her teeming lap she empties, As she passes by. Every season brings its ...

... EDITION FOR EABLY MORNING TRAINS OR SATURDAY. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1858. I . I - r- Count DE MONTALEMBEET, having been found guilty, in a French Police-court, of having praised English insti- tutions, and thereby brought the Government of the Emperor Louis NAPOLEON into contempt, has been sentenced to a fline of three thousand francs, and an im- prisonment of six months. The excitement which ...

... The express in anticipation of the Overland M&ail has brought letters and papers from Bombay to October 25. HEADS OF INTELLIGENCE. The Royal proclamation is expected to be issued early in November, and grand preparations are being made throughout India to celebrate the event, All our large cities will be illuminated, and there will be a brilliant display of fireworks at the principal stations. ...

... I - THE PERILB OF THE PUNJAUB. In some of our contemporaries the late mail from India was headed Bad News. If those are bad news we confess it requires sharper intellects than ours to discover in what material respect they differ from previous despatches, which were hailed as containing good news. The same staple of events runs throughkall. Each has told us of victories wherever our troops ...

... AMERICA ANID THE AMERICAiS. (FROM:1 OURB OWN CO alESPowDENTr.) NEW YORK, Nov. 1OrTe, 1858. Friend ERA,-YOu have no idea what a delightful system UDiversal Suffrage is-so fraught with fairness, peace, honesty, truth, and everything that can conduce to the comfort of the corn- rnunity and the stability of the CoUstitution-that is, in theory. In practice, however, it does not quite sustain its ...

... I ?? _ (ProX OUR OWN CORsESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, OCTOBER 19Tr, 1858. Friend EeBA,- That monster, the New York Public, had its voracious appetite for novelty stayed for a while by the Atlantic Cable, the loss of the Austria, and one or two other trifles, but it soon began to hunger again, its fastidious cravings this time being for a nice plump young prima donna. One of the caterers has ...

... I LICAIMSED VICTUALLEB-S' BALL AT Guildhall. The Licensed Victuallers have every reason to congratulate them. selves upon the honour conferred upon them individually by Her MAlJsR*'s gracious intention of becoming the patroness of the forthcoming Ball, in aid of the funde of their admirable charity; and also by the influence the QUExan's name, with that of his Royal Highness the PRICECn ...

... EDITION F'OR EARLY XORNING TRAINS ON SATURDAY. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1858. I Mr. BRIGHT'S great speech, and a milder one which followed it, have now been settled in the public mind as decided failures. They have been examined by the Press, and the result has been stated with that frankness which Mr. BRIGxT himself so much adniires. It has been seen that the orator's facts are no facts at all, ...