... more was seen of Holmes until Monday morning, when his bo ly was found in the Leadmill dam. The most singular part of the story is, that on Friday night his wife dreame I that he went to the Bull's Head, that he had left that place whilst in a state of ...

... will remain, convinced that England is countenancing and even clandestinely aiding Morocco in this war, and various silly stories are circulated, and I suppose more or less believed, in support of this unfounded supposition. Scarcely a skirmish occurs ...

... IlFALSTAFF. iustrated in 24 original Ethings. WtithText by . B.BliOU G.I Lononn: Longman, .Gren,,Ldsgman, and Roberts.' .Eek Story~and Tale complete in a sugleYVolwme. 1 W M1- R .B 3 E R T.. :EAWS DAusuI.RT'R. asieds jKununwN :tAST T TIE EXPERH;XCEqrtcFLnF'a ...

... Tbackeray —backed by the proffer of a guinea a line—the Poet-lAnreate has written a poem for the Cone I gpasine. The poem is short, and bears the title of Tithon. Mr Thackeray's venture has mat with great and with well-earned success.— AtArnmem. POLICE ...

... A . The _Naval Gentlemau ' s Story . By . BobertB . .. i : 5 . A Christmas Evergreen Story . By _Gilbert _• _. _. - 'percy _.-- ' _' ' • ' . • - - ' - . _^ . i' _: _) _. _' . . • , , ,. _; ' . 6 . The Short-waisted Lady's _Stoiy . By _Augustas ...

... prisoner to eighteen months’ imprisonment, with hard labour. A Lincoln Broker Sic hulled by a Widow. curious semi-romantic story is told in Lincoln concerning an unlucky broker of that oity. When a widower, with a thriving business, he was lured into a ...

... There were very few of th e voluntee rs present, which may perhaps be accounted for by the bad state of the weather, and the short notice given. The meeting closed by s vote of thanks to Sheriff Robertson for his conduct in the chair. CLEVER THEFT AND SPEEDY ...

... own wits, and its own round of humorous stories. Many of the best of these stories are, we fear, irrecoverably lost; but still many of them are remembered by the older inhabitants. No place wa3 richer in such stories and characters than Elgin, and we believe ...

... offices in England, and died peers of the realm. Mr. Mac- lennan's biography is exact and interesting; it compresses within the short limits prescribed by the exigencies of the Encpclopddia, a great deal of information and some good. anecdotes, and furnishes ...

... Deacon-while with a yery large number of our wore elderlv citizens, hel was a personal acquaintanoe, and an acquaintance whose stories of Aberdeen, half a century ago, and anecdotes of its leading men,- haxve made many an evening pass pleasantly. The Deacon ...

... taking a short walk, but never returned. His hat was found the following morning ftiatirg in the Canal, near the Fossil Bridge, the wind, doubt, having carried it in that dir-ction. is supposed that the unfortunate gentleman had intended to take a short walk ...

... approaching dis-olution. The father removed the latter girl into an adjoining apartment, and she fortunately, in the course of short time recovered. The wife was likewise conveyed thither, and is progressing favourably. The deaths of the two youngest ehildem ...