... -AscriesOf expermllents have been commenced with three of the Armstroag gans, with the view to test I hti brecch- iog powelrs at short ranges. The plaec s~elcted fir the trial nis a Estholi ne, on the Snssex oas t, A plot nfground adminrably adapted for the ...

... country, Cn facti , 'lie country of the Patriotic Assurance Company, but I dare say one of the causes is that suggested to me a short time ago by a French gentleman, who said that Irishmen were born soldiers, but Englishmen and Scotch- men required drilling ...

... 500 tons, which would lead us to infer that the vessel was not the Belfast ship bearing the same name, were it not that the short notice of the wreck has been supplemented by a statement fromi an eyewitness, written at the time of tie disaster, in which ...

... gaslight. Mvr. Andrews was in the mill at the time, and tire Salford fire-engines were speedily on tire spot, There was a short supply of water, owving to the frost, but, by the application of heat, a lartge quantity was ohtained. The river was also veilalble ...

... subsequently expnrieniced a ft n- improvement; bet they ultimately returitedth o Iliir first poi'nt.. In the stock market, short leans were freely otlered to-day at 5 to 5.1 per cent.; bitt at Itoe Bank siltI in the discount marnte, the demand was heavy ...

... the recommendations referred vo to by the fair damsel had never been given; and of that the stories told in differe-nt houses were not con- sistent. In short, it was evident that the prepossess- ry ing visitor was an impostor. It would be 'well for bnthe ...

... wvlt say thtot tltete has isot been Such a supply of tevster for smore ?? 200 years. COURAGLOUoS RHtSitUE AT StttA.-Ttte story' of ote of thte mtost renrttikotsle ittsltaces of Ioteroi coutragt, which it has Oer~ buern the lit of a jiurnltistt to Itty ...

... 'on the subject. In the meantime, wve commend the proceedings at Portadown to the earnest at- tention of our readers. THIS story of Indian famine is one which 'must excite the sympathy and evoke the generous efforts of men 'of all -classes and of every ...

... i THE MARKETS. SPITALFIELDS DACON.41D BUTTER MARKET-AUG. 28.-A short supply of home cure, a- d prices with difficulty maintained, Ilama, old, Wilehlow unsaaeab~e; long cut, 4s Oid to Gs Od higher. Batter-Qulck sale, at our quotations. Bacon, ditch, old ...

... monetary pressure and rise in freights, reports very important transactioni ; and New York, hitherto the cheapest market, goes so short in her receipts, and has at last become ro excited in prices by the extraordinary orders on French account, that quotations ...

... the pubiic showing no disposition to realise. In the general discount market there was rather more demand, but the rate for short bills was 2, per cet.t, with exceptional transactions. Tlle Atrato, from the W11est Indies, has brought :£120,000. The reserve ...

... considerable importance, has recently been opened up in this colony. It is situated very nearly due west from Sydney, and at a short distance from the banks of the Lachlan. There are no signa of gold scattered about the Surface, although the Rev. W. Clarke ...