... SHANGHAI, OCT. 21. No political news. Large sales of black tea. Green in limited request. Silk market well supplied. Tonnage plentiful. Ex- change on London at six months, 63. 8d. CANTON, OCT. 27. The new customs rules do not work well. Markets quiet. Teas flat. Freight to London £3. HONG KONG, OCT. 29. A destructive fire took place here on the 20th. Pro- perty of the value of 100,000 dollars ...

... SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 5. The Indus has arrived with the heavy portion of the East India and China nails, 54 passengers, a small quantity of specie, and 1,500 bales of silk. The principal part of tin Mediterranean fleet was at Gibraltar; there were also seven French ships of war and three Spanish ships of var. Private accounts represent the action between the Spaniards and Moors on the 25th ult. as ...

... yrobuutaL REMARKABLE LONGEVITY.—A correspondent, Mr. Arthur Bowes, of Upper Clapton, informs us that the following remarkable instances of longevity occurred in the obituary of the Times of the 8th inst.,—viz., nine deaths at the respective ages of 94, 79, 81, 96, 77, 84, 87, 31, and 76, making a grand total of 765, or an average of 85 years each. Similar instances of longevity may fre- ...

... MONMOUTH RIFLE CORPS.—We may now unhesi- tatingly stata that Monmouth will succeed in estab- lishing a volunteer rifle corps, and it may be almost needless for us to state that we wish them every success. A public meeting was held in the Borough Court, at three o'clock on Tuesday evening last, at which his worship the Mayor (Thos. Prosser, Esq ), presided. The meeting passed off extremely well ...

... News received from Palermo to the 27th November, states that the Commander Maniscaleo, Director General of the Sicilian Police, had been stabbed whilst walking with his wife and children in the Place of the Cathedral. The wound inflicted was very serious, but probably not mortal. The assassin, who was well dressed, escaped, hears were entertained that the attempted assassination would be ...

... t VICTOR Hueo AND JOHN BROWN. IVe have received from Guernsey, with a request that it should appear in our columns, the following- eloquent appeal from the 3 illustrious poet of France, who has the right to speak with all the a authority of his own noble sorrows in the name of outraged freedom:— 3 When one thinks of the United States of America's majestic figure rises to the mind—Washington. ...

... HEAT FROM THE STARS.—It is a startling fact, that if the earth were dependent alone upon the sun for heat it would not keep existence in animal and vegetable life upon its surface. It results from the researches of Pouillet that the stars furnish heat enough in the course of the year to melt a crust of ice seventy feet thick—almost as much as is supplied by the sun. This may appear strange ...

... CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.—On Wednesday evening the annual ball took place at Penyclawdd House, on which occasion nearly 90 persons assembled to spend a pleasant evening, and partake of the good cheer provided by the worthy host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Williams. Music was amply provided. At nine o'clock the party divided, to enjoy the masy dance, some to join the merry country dance, and others ...

... The New York papers give a long account. of the capture of the slave ship Emily, of New York, off Loango, on the west coast of Africa, by the United States' ship Portsmouth. The slaver was first descried on the 20th of September, when, on being hailed, she replied, The Emily of New York, but hoisted no flag. A cutter was ordered to board her, and institute a strict examination. On rounding ...

... MODERN STATESMEN; OR, SKETCHES FROM THE STRANGERS' GALLERY OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. —4. — WILLIAM SCIIAW LINDSAY, M.P. EVERY now and then the name of Mr. Lindsay is put very prominently before the public. There was a time when the Administrative Reform Association was very popular, and was not Mr. Lindsay one of its greatest men ? There was a time when emigration was in vogue, and did not Mr. ...

... THE ALLEGED DEATH FROM EATINQ- POISONED SAUSAGES. On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Humphreys, resumed and brought to it conclusion the inquest upon the body of William Eaton, whose death occurred upon the 9th of last month, as was supposed, from eating poisoned sau- sages. The first witness called was Mr. Matthew Thomas, of Hendon, and Allsopp place, Marylebone, cowkeeper and farmer, who said that he ...

... THE BALLOT. On Wednesday evening a meeting convened by the Ballot Society was held at the Whittington Club, with a view of promoting the adoption of the vote by ballot. In the absence of Mr. Berkeley, who was suffering from bronchitis, the chair was taken by Mr. J. F. Bontems, and there were also present General Thompson, Mr. Whitehurst, Mr. Sydenham Nodes, Mr. Eit, Mr. George Thompson, ...