... A MYSTERIOUS MARRIAGE A Russian man-of-war sncboreel one day at the entrance of the fiorde. Denmark was at psace with all countries, so its appearance excited no remarks. The fishermen of the village examined it through their glasses, and then thought no more about the matter. The parson went to his bed as usual, when suddenly he was awakened by armed men in masks standing round his couch. ...

... This quaint account of the ancient Billingsgate ladies answers exactly to the costermongers and their wives of the present day, who are just a3 careless and improvi- dent; they are merry over their last rope of onions, and laugh over a basketful of stale herrings. There is a colony of these singular people in the Lower-road, Islington, where (in Ward's-place) a student of human nature may ...

... THE SPANISH BouBBONS.—The news of the fearfully sudden deaths of the head of the Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon, the Count de Monte- molin, anel of his consort, at Trieste, on the 12th and 13th inst., has given a shc-ck to the imagination of men as encouraging the notion that so many disasters follow- ing one another so rapidly and visiting in such various ways the members of one ...

... In a description of Pekin, given in the Moniteur, we find the following:— The west side of the Imperial city is nearly all occu- pied by an immense park (like that of the Bois de Boulogne at Paris), which was planted and embellished some six centuries ago. It contains two lakes of con- siderable length, separated by a very wide marble bridge. Temples and palaces, in the midst of fine ...

... PoiTTYFOOL COUNTY COURT arrived too late for inser- tion. JOHN GOYTEEMAN.—The letter you refer to re- specting the Goytre tithe meeting has not again been overlooked but it is our custom to give precedence to matter in which the most general public interest is felt, aqd it is, in coneeq uence of a pressure of such matter, that we have not inserted it, as we said we would ENDEA- VOUR to do. ...

... BY OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. mil understand that we do not hold oursehzs s;:Jo1!ible for our able correspondent's opinions. THE chief Town Talk, after the ice, and the snow, and the frost, and the thaw, have been discussed in every shape, is the rise in the rate of discount to seven per cent. but, although dear money affects every one indirectly, sooner or later, I do not think my readers ...

... Mr. Bright, whose opinion bad been asked relative to the present agitation in Edinburgh on the subject of the Edinburgh Annuity Tax, has returned the following answer Rochdale, Jan. 9, 1861.-1 am glad to see that you are not willing to accept the Lord Advocate's bill or act as a settlement of the Annuity Tax question. A more impudent and offensive answer to a just demand was never made by ...

... The.- sessions opened a. Usk ou Monday and con- uueu V-li'Thursday. S. R. llosanquet, Esq., was chair- man, and there was a full attendance of magistrates. Major Tacdonald took the oaths and qualified as a magistiate. The usual reports were read and adopted, and the following motions by Captain Greenhow Relph were carried That the salary of the Chief Constable be increased 1100 per annum. ...

... The Paris correspondent of the Daily News, writing from that city on Satutday, says Last night I had the. luck to be present at a grand court skating match by torchlight. In Paris the streets were muddy; it was supposed that a decided thaw had set in, the ice on tinf lake in the Bois de Boulogne was pronounced unsafe—it was, as I ascertained myself, watery on the surface, and not a soul was to ...

... The Official Gazette of Turin publishes the electoral law for 'all Italy, as promulgated by royal decree at Naples o''} the 17th ult. It is but a modification of the electoral law of Piedmont, adapted to present circum- stances. The number of deputies for the whole kingdom is fixed at 443. Commander Boncompagni a few days ago assembled the most influential representatives of the various ...

... MINCING-LANE, MONDAY, JAN. 7. SUGAB—Many public sales are announced for the week, and only a small business was transacted to-day, whilst prices rule rather under Friday, Havannah of brown quality soiling at 3íS\ to Ps Cd; yellow 40s to 45s; clayed Manilla SSs to SSs 6d; and native Madras 32s 6d to 38s. Refined not much wanted, and 50s 6 ...

... WORKING MEN'S EXCURSION TO PARIS.-—A letter, addressed by Mr. Merriman, the chairman of the committee arranging this excursion, to a gentleman who is well known for his public spirit and eminently prac- tical character, has been forwarded us with a request for its publication. We select one or two passages which contain an outline of this meritorious scheme:—The committee have decided that ...