... THE MAYOR'S DINNER.-This annual event came off on Tuesday last, at the King's Head Hotel, and host Webb fully bore out his character as caterer on the occa- sion. The spread, which was all that could be desired, was served up in capital style, and amply discussed by about sixty gentlemen, who met to do honor to their new { chief magistrate, J. L. Nicholas, Esq. Several speeches were made, ...

... MODERN STATESMEN; OR, SKETCHES FROM THE STRANGERS' GALLERY OF THE HOUSE OF MR. BERNAL OSBORNE. WHY should English gentlemen engage in politics ? As a profession, it does not pay. Lord John Russell is not supposed to be immensely wealthy yet he must have spent, in election contests and for election purposes, quite as much as he has ever received back in the shape of official salary. all know ...

... CITY, WEMTESDAY, NOV. 7, The funds to-day are steady, at yesterday's prices. Business exhibits no revival. Preparations for to-morrow's settlement chiefly engage attention. British railway stocks are slightly better. The principal feature in the Stock Exchange is the con- tinued fall in Canadian railway securities. The shares of the Great Western Railway Company of Canada are marked as low as ...

... POLICE COURT.—The business at this court on Wed- nesday last, was confined to one single case of drunkenness, in which a Navvy called Howell Price, was fined 5s. and costs. FIRE.—A considerable amount of excitement was created in this town on the evening of Tuesday last, by a report that the premises of Mr. Herring, hair dresser, were on fire. The devouring element raged from about nine, until ...

... SERMON—On the evening of Sunday last, an eloquent and impressive sermon was preached by the Rev. A Stammers, at Pontnewynydd church, after which, collec- tions were made, which were generously responded to. MATf KILLED.-On Monday last, a miner of the name of Thomas Elf, accidentally met. his death by a stone fal- ling upon him in Harris's coal level, on the Varteg. A coroners jury was ...

... a VOTINO IN PERUCIA. Home of the flags and banners proceeding from the rural districts were of the quaintest and simplest descrip! tion, evidently home-made and the work of people with Such^iHp fln^ter t iDOr money wcre abundant. k,uch rude flags and symbols are entitled to the highest respect, for they leave no doubt as to the sinceritv of the feeling that got them up. They are the makeshifts ...

... A winter voyage across the Atlantic Is the same for Princes as for other people—that is to say, always a long, dull, and comfortless affair—a damp monotony of days and nights, slightly broken an.l then by a thick fog or a sharp gale. On this run, as in going ant, and as all through Canada and much of the U nilcd States, His Royal Highness had his usual ill-luck with regard to weather. There ...

... A telegram announces the death of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, at his residence, Merchistoun Hall, at 5.40 on Tuesday morning. The deceased admiral was in his 75th year. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Blue in 1846 Vice-Admiral of the Blue in 1853 Vice-Admiral of the White in June 1855 and Vice-Admiral of the Red in 1857. Sir Charles Napier has been a great politician in his ...

... 5,2141b., or rather more than two tons and a-quarter of meat, had been seized as unfit for human food, in the London markets during the last fortnight. The elections for the new Italian Parliament are expected to come on between the 1st and the 10th of next January ...

... THE TWO KINGS AT TEANO. VICTOR and Garibaldi, side by side- The crowned king and the crownless,—hand in hand, JNeaih the bine sky of their recenerate land, Silent, mid shouting thousands, Lx they ridel -Not many royal hands so pure of cnilt, As to be laid within that s'ainless palm, Horny with grasp of the familiar hilt Not many royal looks could brave the calm Of those cleep-seated and ...

... France herself, who began to move, is now silent, looks on and waits. She began with an Italian Confederation; she has arrived at Italy united. She promised the Papacy new lustre by the presidency of an Italian con- federation; she now witnesses the destruction of the Pope's temporal power. Instructed by experience, and more modest in her hopes, we do not know if at this day she thinks she can ...

... Lyons gives the following account of a tragic affair which has just taken place at Claris, in the commune of Pont-en-Royans, near that city;— About eight o clock in the evening M, Reynaud, the ex- receiver of registration dues, returned home after havina- ffunsmffh 3 oaCe °f- ?i3t°!s' he Sot loa ...