... lirobtiTCial RAILWAY OFFICIALS.-At the end of June 1858, there was a total force, or army, of railway employes in the whole of the United Kingdom of 147,422 persons, against 153,697 in 1857-viz., 112,623 in England and Wales, 18,980 in Scotland, and 15,819 in Ireland. The list included 359 secretaries and managers, 47 treasurers, 331 engineers, 532 superintendents, 283 storekeepers, 290 ...

... LONDON CATTLE-MARKET.—MONDAY. The imports of foreign live stock into the port of London during the past week have been moderate. The official Custom-house return gives an entry of 611 oleo and cow., 215 calves, 1,330 sheep, and 22 horses, making a total of 2,17S, against 737 at the corresponding period of last year. There was rather a larger supply of beasts at market to. day than on Monday ...

... For some time past there has been a fierce controversy in the columns of the Times as to the moral character of the inhabitants of the Potteries. The letter which initiated the controversy stated that the region was dark and dolorous-that no refining or civilising influences existed-that the men were drunkards, and the women profligate. Such sweeping assertions excited immediate denials from ...

... iirobinciai RAILWAY OFFICIALS.—At the end of June 1858, there was a total force, or army, of railway employes in the whole of the United Kingdom of 147,422 persons, against 153,697 in 1857—viz., 112,623 in England and Wales, 18,980 in Scotland, and 15,819 in Ireland. The list included 359 secretaries and managers, 47 treasurers, 331 engineers, 532 superintendents, 283 storekeepers, 290 ...

... HccOiems anti Offences, THE LATE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Wakley, coroner for West Middlesex, opened an inquiry at the Buffalo's Head Tavern, New-road, St. Marylebone, relative to the deaths of John Rufus Reeves, aged 30; Rufus Reeves the younger, aged eight years; Jane Reeves, aged four years; Frederick Reeves, aged two years; Emily Reeves, aged sixteen months and Goody ...

... NEWPORT TOWN COUNCIL. The ordinary meeting of the watch committee and board of health was held on Tuesday. Present: The Mayor, in the chair; Messrs. Homfray, Latch, Edwards, Townsend, Hyndman, Williams, Harrhv, T. F. Lewis, Jones, H. J. Davis, Lyne, Burton, Knapp, and Graham. The Superintendent of Police read his usual re- port, out of which no discussion arose. The minutes of the last meeting ...

... iSpitome ox Ketos. The cuckoo, according to the Wiltshire Mirror, was heard in the neighbourhood of Rmgwo/xl so early as the 15th instant. That reliable witness, the oldest in- habitant there, never heard one earlier. Miss Balfe, we perceive, has appeared, at the great opera-house at Turin, as Amino, in La Somnambula, with complete success. 16.546 paupers, in 1857, were removed from parishes ...

... THE PRINCIPALITIES. The following is the order of the day issued by Prince election ° tr00Ps °f Moldavia a few days after his Providence, by the hand of the nation, has taken us from your ranks to raise us to the throne. On you my brethren in arms, has devolved the maintenance of legal order, as well as the defence of the integrity of our territory. Be proud of your mission, for it is noble ...

... PATENT OFFtCF. SEAL oF GREAT BRITAIN. DirLOME UE ECOLK DE PIMItMACIE PHARMACIliN DE PARIS IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, VIENNA. Till? Tatentee may be consulted daily according to the rules laid down in the work Human Frailty, sent free by Host, Is, By J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, faternoster Row, London. He considers it necessary that every expedient should be adopted to Secure the l'ublic ...

... CITY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2. In the absence of business and of important intelligence, the funds to-day have experienced very little variation. Prices are now quoted the same as at four o'clock yesterday, an improve- ment of 1-16 to t per cent., which was at one period attained, not having-been supported up to the present hour. English, French, and Lombardo-Venetian railway shares retain a ...

... Scientific, EXPERIMENTS are being made at Paris to explode mines by electricity. The Imperial Guard is to be supplied in the course of next month with four batteries of the new rifle cannon. The Emperor will, it is said, be present at the trial of the guns at Versailles. A WONDERFUL PHENOMENON.—The Rev. Mr. Roberts, curate of Carmarthen, in a letter to the Times, says:— On Friday, the 11th of ...

... TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, •»»» BY MR. LYNDON, Cqj^ the 9th inst., at the GOODS SHED of the NAVIOATXOH COMPANY, near the BASIS of J Fatk 40 FATHOM of H Inch CABLE, and about 60 N i°h i« New Cable. Also, a capital LONG-BOAT, a otl the Quay, at the top of the West Bute « tt 'JJODEL YATCH, with Masts, Sails, Ac., complete; H> QwTy Ne* WHALE BOAT, 20ft. long, with 4 new t?11* iBow Powell's Dock, west ...