... On Wednesday night a public dinner was held at the Guildhall at Worcester, for the purpose of presenting to Sir J. S. Pakingtcn, M.P., a testimonial of his public services to the county of Worcester. The chair was taken by Lord Lyttleton, and among the company present were Lord Ward, Earl Beaucliamp, Lord North- wick, Hon. F. Lygon, M.P., Mr. Foley, M.P., Mr. Knight, M.P., Sir T. E. Winnington ...

... HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT,—Rheumatism, gout, chalk stones, contracted sinews, lumbago, and sciatica, yield up their painful sway over pleasure, ease. and life, before the potency of these painless preparations If specifics do exist, Holloway's Pills and Ointment deserve that title much more honestly than Quinine: for over the teriibla catalogue of complaints above enumerated, ihey exercise ...

... Ifctapd Jseal COUGH, THE TEMPERANCE OEATOR, will, we hear, visit Newport in the course of a week or two. A BOAT STOLEN.—On Thursday, December 29th, some person stole a boat from Mr. James Parrott's yard, at Newport. The boat is called the Harriet of Newport, and the name of John Good is painted upon it. MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—Mr. James Murphy has; is- sued^ addresses to the electors of the East ...

... WASHINGTON IRVING AND WASHINGTON.— But Mr. Irving had himself seen General Washington. He said there was some celebration going, on in New York, and the general was there to participate in the ceremony. My nurse, continued Mr. Irving, a good old Scotchwoman, was very anxious for me to see him, and held me up in her arms as he rode past. This, how- ever, did not satisfy her. So the next day, ...

... RIFLECoRFs.-The Merthyr Corps continue to make considerable advancement in their drill. Mr. Wrenn, whose services are given gratuitously, is most assiduous in his attention, and appears desirous that the rudimentary part of the extrcise should be thorough ly acquired before any very complicated movemer I s are attempted. There are, however, about 2Q members who are quite competent to go ...

... [The following appeared in our SECOND EDITION of last week.] The Standard of to-day has the following :— We regret to announce the demise of the Mar- chioness of Bute, which melancholy event occurred on the 28th inst., at Edinburgh, whither her ladyship bad gone en route to Mount-Stuart House, Isle of Bute, from Cardiff Castle, South Wales. Her ladyship had with her in her last moments her ...

... Mr. Spurgeon it shortly to visit Pariø, -and to preacls several sermons in the American Chapel. On Friday, a poor seamstress, in receipt of only Is. 6d. per week, hung herself to some area raiVjngg in London. MR ROBERT BAKER. Death has j>J8t removed Mr. R. Baker, of Wrutle, the father of the protection aocieties- the author of the Prize Essay of tha Royal Agricultural Society. Intelligence was ...

... MADRID, DEC. 30. Yesterday the Spanish squadron burnt and blew up the r forts at the mouth of the river of Tetuan. The troops are in perfect readiness to continue the military operations. Two tribes, not wishing to continue the war, have withdrawn to their mountains. ...

... Ah the meeting of the Massachusetts Historical So- ciety, held on the 15th ult., to commemorate the death of Washington Irving, Professor Henry W. Longfellow offered a series of resolutions, prefacing them with the following eloquent remarks:- Every reader has his first book. I mean to say, one book among all others which in early youth first fasci- nates his imagination, and at once excites ...

... Once more we have stopped at another mile- stone on the road of life-have cheered our friends, welcomed, sympathized, lamented, just as of old-and DOW, with loins grirdled up anew, and with pilgrim's staff in hand, we again start forward towards the goal. Collectively speaking, the last journey of ours was one of a satisfactory character. The town has lost ground in some respects, but gained ...

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... THE past year closed, as it dawnc upon us, in doubt and danger. It opened with thdechration of hostility from the French Emperor tothe Austrian Ambassador; it closed with vague an.,hensions of what is to follow from the assembling (Congress, or what will ensue if it do not assemble, e which there is some prospect if we are to judge fift the virious expressions of feeling to which the net! ...