... lilTSBATITBB AHD THE ARTS. Miss SEAVJELL, the author of Amy Herbert, is about to publish her impressions of Rome, Florence, and Turin. SALVERXE'S Hisiory of the Names of Men, Nations, and Places, in their connection witb the Progress of Civilisation, translated by the Rev. L. H. Mordaccrue, of Has.lingden, will be published immediately in two volumes by Mr. J. II. Smith. OF the Morning side ...

... PARIS, MAY 7.. The Patrie of this evening says We lo ,rn thai; General Garibaldi has left for Sicily with an expedi- tionary corps d'armee. The Patrie adds General Garibaldi, by acting thus,, commits an action which falls under the application of the law against piracy. The same journal further says: The Sardinian Government has ordered the- Sardinian vessels off Sicily to oppose with armed ...

... INDIA AND CHINA. ■, I -j., MARSEILLES^ MAY 3. It is reported here on the authority ot letters received. ttoni bombay to the 11th ult., that orders had been given in Lombay and Madras to suspend the dispatch of troops to China, hopes being entertained of an amicable arrange- ment of the pending diiiiculties. Khan 1! ah ado or nad been hung. The disturbances among tne indigo planters appeared to ...

... CITY, MONDAY, MAY 7. Demand for Money has diminished, and rates of discount rather given way, there having been many arrivals of the Precious Metals during last few days. There is more business doing in Public Securities, Consols are 95 j-f; and Three per Cent Reduced 95|-f. ...

... While in Edinburgh lecturing on Italy, under the auspices of the Garibaldi Italian Unity Committee, Signora Mario received the following address from the Ladies' Emancipation Society:- Madam,- Will you allow us to tender to you our heartfelt acknowledgments for the services you have rendered to the cause of the poor slave in America ? We have been associated for more than thirty years as an ...

... OVERSEERS.-A t the Petty Sessions, on Friday, the 4th April, the following Overseers were appointed for the several parishes in the Usk Division :—Usk— John Richardson and James Davies. Gwehelog John-Jones and Walter Blower. G lascoed-J ob Lewis and Thomas Edwards. Gwernesney—Thos. HaHen and James Jenkins. Kemeys Commander- Philip Phillips and Wm. Griffiths. Llanbaddock- Wm. Williams and James ...

... ONE THOUSAND POUNDS PER ANNUM FOR ONE POUND. The Press says the above announcement is one of the many offers which adventurous advertisers make to the unwary. Any persons who may be desirous of becoming possessed of the above-named annual in- come are requested to make an immediate application, enclosing a stamped directed envelope, to a person who calls himself an Esquire, and lives in a ...

... Secretary Welles has sent to Captain Winslow of the Kearsage a recognition of his services in the de- struction of the Alabama. In this dispatch he re- quests Captain Winslow to express to the officers and crew of the Kearsage the satisfaction of the Government at the victory over a vessel superior in tonnage, superior in number of guns, and superior in the number of her crew. He then says:— ...

... THE REPEAL OF THE PAPER DUTY. — Earl GBANVILLXS moved the second reading of the Bill-for the Repeal of the Duty on Paper, a tax which he stated to have been imposed, in the time of Queen Anne, and was stigmatised in both prose and verse by Swift. In 1832 an agitation commenced against the tax, and in 1835 the report of a, royal commission recommended its reduction by one half, which was done, ...

... THE TOWN SCHOOL.—Sermons in aid of the funds of this school were preached on Sunday last at Trevethin Church, St. James's Church, and the Town School, by the Revrls. John Griffiths, (Neath,) Dr. James, (Panteg,) and W. D. Horwood, respectivelyt The congregations were, upon the whole, numerous, and the collections were in advance of those of last year. THE FA.IR.-Our first spring fair was held ...

... FAREWELL PERFORMANCE. On Saturday about 12,000 persons viated the Crystal Palace to give a parting welcome to the French singers. The performance consisted of those selections which they found to be most successful in their previous concerts. Among the pieces they performed the audience were most delighted with the Chant du Bivouac, Les Enfans de Paris, La BeL.raite,and, of course, God Save ...

... ghmn of$unc!j, THE INCAPABLE KNIGHTS.—The Oueen has kindly selecting ribbons sent from Coventry. How the SfS \°uld gfm if Her MaJ^ty would add to her kindness, by sending to Coventry certain Parties who-n her predecessors have selected/vr ribbons. x U M, SENTIMENT AT THE OPERA. There is a Tier for all who dye, For all who dye moustache and hair And that's the Third Tier, where the eye Of ...