... Swntific, —— THE NOVEL IRON STEAMER, built^ by Messrs. Winans, of Baltimore, a sketch of which recently appeared in this country, has made an experimental trip. The accounts as to the result are very meagre. The Baltimore Sun says:— With a pressure of 56 pounds of steam (half her capacity) a satisfactory headway was made. The points of the bow and stern barely touched the water, and the even ...

... INTELLIGENCE IN LANCASHIRE.-The Man- chester Examiner says in its answers to correspondents We are surprised to learn that at Congleton two bottles of wine have been staked upon the following question, Is 'upwards of 100' more or less than 100 ? More, of course. Upwards of a hundred means a hundred and upwards. This very abstruse question is sent us for solution on an average perhaps once a ...

... The arrivals of English wheat during the pre^ntH week coastwise have amounted to 1080 qrs., almostH wholly from Essex and Kent. By land carriage freshH up to-day the supply was small, and the show of samples was limited compared with Monday; no change took place in prices, and the demand may be called steady. Fine foreign realised previous rates but the demand fur them was by no means active. ...

... PRIDAY. (Before R. O. JONES and W. D. BtJSHELL, Esqfs.). SMUGGLING..—Captain Tennant and his mate Joseph de Frere were charged with smuggling.. Mr. Bird de- fended and Mr. Peake prosecuted on behalf of theeustcMns.. SloImhel, 1;illey, tide surveyor, said on tdie 22nd of Jan. he went on board the St-Milo, from Nantes, with a cargo of flour,, for the purpose of clearing her, and ongoing into the ...

... As a very great deal of erroneous matter, some of it absolute nonsense, has been published lately about the birth and parentage of Sir Colin Campbell, we deem it our duty to publish the following original certificate of his birth and baptism in this city of Glasgow, which cer- tificate we have for some time had the honour of having in our possession, and we are willing to show it to any ...

... NEWPOKT* TOWN COUNCIL, or d in a ry m eeti il g: of tlie Watch Com m i t tee and jf^oanl of Health; was held on; Tuesday, present,, the Mayor (in the chair) MSessrs. Latch, Homtray, Biirton Townsend,- J. Bavies, G. W. Jbues-. Hi. jt Davis, Hyndman; Moore,. T. :F. Lewis, Brown; and Graham. The business of the Wateh ...

... A quarterly meeting of the Town Council was- held on Tuesday (8th: instant). Present the- Mayor (in. the chair), Messrs. Latch, Homfray, H. J. Dav)s,.Lyne,.Hynd- man-r Brown-, Jones, Moore, T. F. Lewis, Llewellin, Knapp, Townsend,, and Morgan. The Town Clerk read the minutes of the previous quarterly meeting,, and the-minutes-of the various com- mittees, were taken as read and confirmed. ...

... MESSIEURS LES SENATETJRS, MESSIEURS LES DEPUTES, France, you are .aware, has seen for six years its welfare advance, :its riches increase, its internal dissen- sions extinguished, its prestige raised; yet there arises at intervals in the midst of the general calm and pro- sperity a Vagtte inquietude; an agitation which, without any weil-deifined cause, carries away certain spirits and affects ...

... NRWPOnT COUNTY COUItT. The usual monthly court was held on Monday and Tuesday, before J. M. Herbert, Esq., judge. There were for hearing 2J5 new plaints, 10 adjourned cases, 63 judg- ment summonses, and 2 insolvents. INSOLVENTS. Re William Derrett, grocer, Pillgwenlly, appeared on his second examination. Mr. Champ opposed for the creditors. The insolvent was supported by Mr. R. J. Cathcart. ...

... ELEGANCE PICKED OUT.-There are some half-caste children living in Sydney; and these, semi- barbarous as they are, appear to have caught the smart- ness of their white compeers. There was one who used to sell oranges in the Circular Quay; and it was highly amusing to mark the easy way in which he would rid himself of a troublesome customer. One day a slim exquisite, with an elegantly-dressed ...

... ilabat and JWUttttg. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.-According to the Calcutta Englishman the object of the Commander-in- Chief's intended return to England is to lay his title and fortune at the feet of a fair lady, encouraged, probably, in undertaking his new campaign, by the. example of his brother in arms, the Duke of Malakoff. THE GUARDS' CRIMEAN MEMORIAL. — On Saturday the pedestal for the ...

... CONTINENTAL MATTERS. The public appear to have made up their minds that it is useless to continue hoping against hope, and are evincing symptoms of submitting to their fate with as good a grace as the convict who hears from his cell the workmen putting up the gallows. Their apprehensions are but too well founded. It is said that war is so far resolved on by the French Governmenment that the ...