... B3arrlueD aCribs. THE HEIGHT OF &ASiuRDITY.-Painting a mud cart white. { You can't do that again ! as the pig said to the boy who cut off his tail. If twenty men make a score, how many will it take to pay it? Au aspiring sight for a glazier-the early dawn when it breaks through the windows. Everything has a first cause, except perhaps some few unluocky candidates for legal practice. Why is a ...

... I l ^ ; FREEDOM OF LAND. (Fros the ?? Star andzDial.) A profound philosopher hasleft it on record that the productiveness of land is in a ratio not to its natural fer- c tility, but to its freedom. If this dictum sound paro. I doxical, just reflect for a moment what a fruitful thing I freedom is, and the apparent paradox wil disappear. The deductions of reason are quite in harmony withthe ...

... I1r ?? fl. , -A ITOLT&~ ~twioBsdigh! ?? ?? L~he foflowii44 repair of Pole-lane. From the minutes of the Building Com- mittee, it appeared that they, had passed various plans for the erection of cottage houses and mills. The CiERK read the following letter:- Parsonage, Nov. 8th, 1860. Dear sir,-I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your commu- nication of the 6th inet., respecting our school ...

... LANCASTER Armnnrusr-On Wednesday evening last, a dress concert was given to the members of the Atherneum, in the Music-hall, when Madame Louisa Vinning, Madamae Laura Baxter, Mr. Tennant, and Mr. Allan Irving appeared before a Lancaster audience. The proar -ine did not promise any very oeat entertainment, but the hall, nevertheless, was well filled, no doubt ov.ff to the previous announcement ...

... | - The issue of the new coin to the public having now comrn- . enced, it will not be uniuterestin , to our readers to give theim Bre account of the history of the old'copper coinage,. and of the measures which it has been necessary to take for the preparation of the new. It was l in the year 1788, that Mr. Boulton, the welle. known partner in business of the celebrated Mr. Watt,'firsk. ...

... . R bENT'S. E. . We havo already given a telegrapbio sunmury 9f setel3s~ age whi h.Prseidetit Bueban'idc .eretlto Congresi on thetl 4instanti P!he Message opttls by an alluifo to the grent rdnat-eflid rdsperlty ei the iy pall d es on tQ Say- Whi;;s~ i, j~ftheht tha6 disooieit 4 so etn- sively prevails and the Union of the oaten, *thlah o n's source oa all these blessings, is threatened with ...

... SEVERE SNOW & THUNDER : 1. OR f3,rRMS. sove~ai most savero snow and thunder itorms haeo exl visited various poritons of the country during this tha ,week. 'In Hanpsbire, on Wednesday, tho Esnow ren commenced to ifal at one (,;look p in., and continued U withoutintermission until IaifirseWt four on Thurs- for day mofnin;. A South-western train was delayod 'j six hoerr, the sanowhaviln in umany ...

... f ~iOXTHEALTEI. TI~he monthly mestiog of this board was held yester- day, at the public ofe, Park-lane. ~Mr. i. B. Alpasa pre~sideid, andi the other members present were Messrs. Bloult, Walkser, Jevons, Woodhlead, Hlill, 8iddoley, Jehn Eargreavos, Jcseph H3argreabves, and Dioreioe.'' A letter was read from the United Kingdom Nlao- trio Telograiph Company, applying for permimion to carry their ...

... - ?? THE LOSS OF TVll STiRAM.ERt - ONNAUGIJIT I -- Iv . The Board of Trade have made their offillial report with regard to the suggestions which arose i ut of the official inquiry. The board ecllress tha oilniontbiat lb woi41d be inexpedient to e6tabliph any .upervisoa by Government ofhoers of steamers during their construotioo. As to the examination of ?? and matesa in mattera caoneoted wfith ...

... I FREE f 'WOOD. Is CURCH.-A stained glass window has Sr PGrtt; tbis church. It was publicly exhibited for ?? o Sunday last. .bOOfa5t t lW5r.-M understand that government, in Mtl g eurchase of the premises formerly occupied a 01tio5t $ostoo Hotel, have recently completed a ssbefor tbe coatigous plot of building land, for the thereon barrack accommodation for fhe plot in question is bounded on ...

... I, MISCELLANEOUS NEW S.: 11 Mazzini returned to England own Monday. It is calculated that in London a million of the pOPU- lation are lodged with their families in single rooms. -For miles on each side the York and Scarborough Rail- way, the country is one vast sheet of 4water. it is said' that the real American Blondin is to be In London in April. The Baryald- is to be the flagship of Sir ...

... FLOOD.-The low lands at Bispham wore, last Saturday and Sunday, flooded, in consequence of the heavy rains. THE BARtRACK.-Workmen have, this week, begun the transformation of the North Euston Hotel into a barrack. IROSSALL SoHOOL.-Tho examiners in divinity at the Rossall School, this Christmas, are the Rev. T. L. Claugh- ton, Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral, and Vicar of Kidderminster, and ...