... THE BOMBAY MAIL. the arrival of the overland mail on Thursday night have been received despatches from Bombay to the 24th December. The following from the summary of the Bombay Times:— TANTIA TOPEE. We seem be no nearer capturing Tantia Topee now than we were six months ago, and most persons, we believe, are conscious of some regret that his crimes have been such that we cannot condone them. ...

... THE LATE ATTEMPT TO POISON A FAMILY AT EPPEKSTUNE. At the Shire-hall, on Friday week, Susannah T wells, the young woman remanded from Wednesday, on a charge of having attempted to poison her master, Mr. John Blagg, and bis family, was agaiu brought up before Lord Belper and the sitting magistrates. Mr. Blagg stated that he was farmer, and resided at Epperstone. The prisoner was in his service, ...

... We need scarcely say that Friendly Societies or Benefit Societies constitute ati important element iD the social life of this country. Moneyed men know nothing of them, and yet the funds subscribed to them amount to millions, and it is estimated that more than a third of the entire population of England are interested in them. According to the annual report just issued by the Registrar of ...

... [Before J. T. Cantrell, Esq., Judge.] JACKSON V. STATU A M. This was action brought recover 2/. 125., for damages on the warranty of pig. The case stood adjourned from the last court. Plaintiff and his witnesses stated that the pig was warranted by the defendant, and that it turned out to be diseased and would not eat. After keeping it a short time plaintiff sent to defendant to desire him to ...

... are considered to be quite successful. The promieesof votes in favour of Mr. Cobden much exceed the uumber which placed Sir A. Ramsay at the head of the poll at the late election. Whilst referring to the distin! guished anti-corn law leader.it will be interesting to state that, in his temporary retirement from the excitement of 1 political strife, he not unmindful of his duty as a citizen jof ...

... FRANCE. The Moniteur of Tuesday has the following official announcement:^ —The Emperor, renewing his final decision, has remitted to M. de Montalembcrt the penalties definitively pronounced against him by judgment of the Imperial Court of Paris of December 21st, 1858. His j Majesty has likewise relieved M. Douniol, publisher of the Correspondent, from the sentence of imprisonment pronounced ...

... PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. Henry Martyn Crowther, M A., to the Sub-Mastership of the Grammar School King Edward the Sixth, Norwich ; Rev. John Edward*, MA., to the Curacy of St. Paul, Knightsbridge ; Rev. George Freeman, M.A., to the Vicarage of Brice-Norton, Oxfordshire ; Rev. John Frederick I Herschell, to the Chaplaincy of the Union, Clun, Herefordshire ; Rev. Robert Turnbull, 8.A., ...

... We have great pleasure in quoting from the Bristol Mirror, the following remarks concerning Mr. Adams, the new Recorder of Derby :— The papers announce that Mr. W. H. Adams. M.P. for Boston, Lincolnshire, has been appointed to the recordership of Derby, in succession to the late Mr. Balguy. We happen to know that the elevation of Mr. Adams is entirely owing to his thorough qualification for ...

... well known that Ash Wednesday, Easter, and Whitsuntide do occur the same dates every year, but that they are variable within certain limits compiling a period upwards of month. If the exact date of the death of our Saviour were known, there could be no doubt about the date of Easter, which regulates the other moveable holiday*; but all we learn from tradition that the crucifixion occurred a ...

... Eetraordinary Accidental Death.—An inquest has been held by Mr. Jacknman, coroner of Ipswich, on view of the body of Emma Cole, aged 23, the daughter of respectable people of Burstall, who was walking with her sweetheart (William Clements, brickmaker), near Stoke-bridge, a night or two previous, when, mistaking their way (the night being dark), they went into the large reservoir of warm water ...

... Communications bate been opened the Secretaries the 44 General Committee on the Pew System with several members of the House of Commons, with the view of obtaining in the next session of Parliament some enactment! which, while scrupulously respecting every vested interest and actual legal right, whether of clergy or laity, shall effectually check in its further progress the gigantic grievance ...

... The Annual General Meeting of Proprietors was held at the Bank on Wednesday last. William Baker, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that the Bank had successfully completed quarter of a century of its existence, and that with a larger capital, a larger reserved fund, and an excellent business connexion, it now stands in a position superior to any which it has heretofore occupied. A dividend ...