... A correspondent of the Bombay Gazette, April 18th, writes:— I have now given you all I can at present glean concerning the celebrated rebel chief, Tantia Topee, whose military skill and ability were worthy of better troops in a better cause. I suppose his charge, proceedings at his trial, and statement will ultimately be given to the public for their information. The execu- tion was announced ...

... THE PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY. (From the London Shipping and Mercantile G(tzette of Monday.) HER MAJESTY'S Proclamation of neutrality, and the provisions of the old Act of Parliament which it embodies, have created amongst our Shipowners and Merchants great excitement, and a most distressing feeling of uncertainty. The Royal edict has indeed taken the commercial world by surprise, and seems. ...

... SHOCKING STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION IN AMERICA. On the 24th of April the boilers of the steamer St. Nicholas exploded during the passage between New Orleans and St. Louis. The loss of life was between thirty and forty persons. A large number were injured. The captain met his death in a frightful manner. A heavy piece of timber, displaced by the explosion, caught his feet and held him fast. By almost ...

... AMERICAN JUSTICE.—The trial of the United States Marshal Tyler, who shot Captain J ones for resist- ing an arrest in a Canadian port, has resisted in a verdict of Involuntary Homicide and the sentence is a line of one dollar and a month's imprisonment. Such is the Yankee penalty on a civil officer, who not only carries revolvers in the execution of his duty, but uses them too deliberately, ...

... Hontron. ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE WELFARE I THE BLIND. The promoters of this admirable institution held a meeting at St. James's Hall on Satur- dn for the purpose of urging upon the public the claims of the association, and generally of advancing its interests. This institution is now in the Ens ton-road, near St. Pancras Church, and the brushes, baskets, mats, and other articles of the ...

... Jiabal and WUitatg- PAY AND PENSIONS.—Her Majesty, W order in council, has been pleased to authorise w? ment of badge-money to petty officers of the and after the 1st of May inst., in the same man11 now enjoyed by able seamen-viz., one if for each good conduct badge, and as an addit10 ducement for the best and most intelligent petty sbi and able seamen of the fleet to join the gunnery and ...

... NOTWITHSTANDING Mrs. Partington's protestation that comparisons are oderous, we must institute a parallel between the doings of the Poor Law Com- missioners in the case of the Chorlton Workhouse Master and their doings relative to the Cardiff Work- house Master. As to the former, we quote the fol- lowing paragraph from the Western Daily Press of Wednesday last DISMISSAL OF A GOVERNOR OF A ...

... t. „ DEMURRAGE CASE. Denduyts v. David and Toms. (Tried before J. M. Herbert, Esq., County Court Judge.) This was an ac- tion brought by the plaintiff, owner of the Belgian ship Helene, against Messrs. David and Toms, of Cardiff, coal merchants, to recover the sum of £ 16 for three days' de- murrag • y Cjiarter-party it was agreed that de- fendants snould load the plaintiff's vessel in eight ...

... Efic OTveam of ttncù. ELECTION SONG. BY A FREE AND INDEPENDENT. I've a vote! I've a vote! for no matter which side, To neither whig, tory, nor rad am I tied: Up, up with the hustings !—'tis a gold mine to me; I've a vote! I've a vote! independent and free I heed not dishonour, I fear not the law, I've no conscience to guide me, no terrors to awe And ne'er like a spooney my vote will I yield, ...

... Ube Cream of Vuurt. THE ENFIELD RIFLE. When Bonaparte the First prepared For England's coast invasion, Our fathers armed.by Mercy spared For valour from occasion. That swarm, about a foeman's ears, Would then have proved no trifle, Although those British volunteers Had not the Enfield rifle. Their arms they learned by dint of drill Right cleverly to shoulder For native land to die, or kill, No ...

... A CLOSE SETTLEMENT. An assessor of property at Baltimore lately entered a cellar and asked who lived there. The woman did not at first appear to understand him, having round her a whole tribe of squalling children, Who resides here, I say ? de- manded the assessor. An' plase your honour, I hardly knows, replied the woman; Larry Q'Rake, that's me husband, occupies this corner with me; Looney ...

... The Spanish Government has purchased the Screw steamships Alps, Andes, Taurus, and Teneriffe from the Cunard Company, which is now building new vessels of greater power and capacity to replace them. The English church at Paris is now opened for Public worship. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has appointed Arthur Edward Gayer, Q.C., LL.D., to the Eccle- siastical Commissionership vacant by the ...