... A romantic elopement, which in the hands of a master would furnish the foundation for a novel of Vae iirst order, recently took place at a little market town on the borders of Hampshire. The following particulars, which have been obtained from reliable •authority, will no doubt prove interesting :— It appears that in the town alluded to a young gentleman closely related to a Koyal personage ...

... Described in a letter from lVlaster Johnny Russell, of St. Stephen's Academy, to Master Thomas Brown. DEAR TOM,—I hope you are quite well. I am quite well. I hope your sister is quite well. Give my love to her. There has been a jolly fight between Ben Dizzy and Bill Gladstone, and Ben has got well licked, and I am jolly glad of it, for Ben has been an awful nuisance all this half, and saying ...

... We copy the following graphic description of an insult oftered to British sailors on the Mediterranean from the columns of a morning contemporary:— Chios is in quite a state of ferment to-day, owing to the Pasha of Rhodes having been compelled to apologise for having insulted the British flag. I hastily send you the particulars. Her Majesty's sloop, Foxhound, Capt. Hobart (brother of Lord ...

... 0 W TALK. BY OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT OUT readers will understand that we do not hold ourselves responsible for our able correspondents opinions, THE past week has certainly been the most re- markable in the memory of the sight-seers of London. The greatesf glutton must have been satisfied, and the most opposite tastes have found suitable food. While, as usual, the Inter- national Exhibition ...

... PROJECTED CONFERENCE AT CONSTANTI- NOPLE. THE Patrie of June 27 asserts that the Ambassadors of several of the Great Powers will assemble in conference at Constantinople in July next, to deliberate on the affairs of Servia. ...

... THENEGROESJiNJJ THEIR MASTERS. A correspondent of the New York TrSnme, writing from Port Royal, gives some particulars respecting the Sonth Carolina negroes. He says:—Their feeling of hostility to their late masters and gratitude to as is unmistakable and universal, and their ilecS-uinessto work is shown in every way. The coming of the Yankees has been watched for with anxious solicitude at ...

... The force of the convictions expressed in a numerous corrpspondence addressed to this journal, and the extent of the impressions prevailing in the public mind, compel us to recur to the subject of the illness of the lamented Prince Consort. It is generally strongly felt that an official account of that illness is due to the nation, which so deeply mourns his sudden and unexpected loss. It is ...

... Every regiment in Aldershott has been medi- cally inspected, so as to be ready to embark immediately for active service in Canada, According to some private advices from New York, the Northern government have determined to encourage as much as possible the export of cotton from Port Royal, and with that view will allow any Seathern plantet,to come in to sell it and go away again v his slaves, ...

... The appearance of the interior of the Exhibition build- ing on Saturday was one of great loneliness, and the statuary had quite a spectral air in consequence of the fog which at one period filled the vast expanse. The effect was very singular-somewhat like what we re- member to have seen under the great dome of St. Paul's Cathedral at the funeral of Turner, the artist, when it was said that ...

... An inquest was held on Wednesday at the Lord Nelson Tavern, Blackfriars-road, on the body of William Carter, the son of William Carter, Esq., the coroner for East Surrey, who lost his life from injuries he received at the destructive fire which occurred at his father's house, 76, Blackfriars-road, on the 8th inst. A number of witnesses having been called, the jury returned the fol- lowing ...

... A man named Rich has been committed for trial from Sheffield on a charge of killing a man in a pugilistic fight. The fight, according to the witnesses, was a fair one, but Rich forced it on the other man, who, after an encounter of an hour's.' duration, dropped on his second's knee, and died on the field. Two .Men Burnt at a Brick-kiln.—On Satur- day morning, about half-past three o'clock, a ...

... The will of Sir Culling E. Eardley, Bart., of Bedwell-park,' near Hatfield, Herts, was proved in the London Court by Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, Esq., M.P., and Godfrey Lushington, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, Barrister-at-Law, the joint acting executors. The per- sonality was sworn under ...