... There was a partial panic on the Stock Exchange on Wednesday, through the news of the outrage on the Trent and the capture of Messrs. Slidell and Mason. Consols dropped half to three-quarters per cent but afterwards slightly recovered. The Bath and Bristol Boards of the Bank of Deposit have put forte a statement to the effect that they were grossly and systematically deceived by reports fur- ...

... It is understood that the English Cabinet had come to no decision on the American question, up to Thursday evening—the law officers of the Crown not having agreed upon their report; It was reported in London on Thursday, that the ex- port of saltpetre had been proh:bited by an order in Council. ...

... THAT IS not home where day by day, I wear the busy hours away; That is not home, where lonely r.igkt Prepares me for the toils of light- 'Tis hope and joy and memory give A home in which the heJrt can live. There are, who strangely love to roam And find in wildest haunts their home; And some-in halls of lordly state, Who, yet, are homeless, desolate. There is no home in halls of pride. They ...

... Before the horror and indignation awakened by the la.st reo )rd of military tragedies have had time to sub- side, while Sergeant-Major Kennedy's life still trembles in the balance, and at a time when it was thought the example made at Corfu would have ch eked the f rocity which now appears so unhappily prevalent in the army, the 0 imp of Aldershott has again been startled by a dreadful murder, ...

... Now, therefore, let us cry unto heaven. 1 Mac. lv., 10. A BOLT hath fallen on the land Speechless, ailiast, the people stan ...

... THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD DIGGINGS.—A fine cake of amalgamated gold is now on view at the Exhibition here, affording the best of proofs that there is no falling off in the yield from the reefs. This weighs 1,015 oz., and is the produce of only three tons of atone, out of a claim on the Johnson Reef, in the Bendigo district,—a reef long famous for its large yields. The general returns from the ieefs ...

... BLAINA. PETTY SESSIONS. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18. [Before the Rev. EDMD. LEIGH and Capt. MARSH.] The recent arrangement of the sessions, by which they were appointed to be held on Wednesdays, instead of Wednesdays and Fridays alternately, as j before, does not seem to have given satisfaction and it is certainly the most inconvenient day of the week for the press, which finds itself compelled prepare ...

... MALADIES OF THE INDUSTRIAL POPULATION.—Dis- eases, dependent on climate, affect all classes of the community. Tho inmates of the mansion and the cottage are alike decimated by consumption and disorders of the respiratory organs; There are, however, some special forms of lung and throat diseases prevalent only among the labouring classes, and which are en- gendered by Farticular industrial ...

... CARDIFF. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—There was a large attend- ance at the meeting on Saturday last. The chair was taken by R. 0. Jones, Esq. The state of the work- house was thus reported on — Admitted during the week 99, discharged 86, leaving 407 in the house, o f whom 122 are in the refuge, being an increase of 122 on the corresponding week of last year. This was the day for ejecting a master and ...

... FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEO. 7 THIRD MONMOUTHSHIRE RIFLES-, Monday—General Parade at the Armoury, in march- ing order, at 4.33 p.m., for a march in the country. The band will attend this parade. Tuesday—Committee meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday and Saturday-Private practice as usual at 2 30 p.m. By order, WILLIAM WARD, Sergeant-Major.: SEVENTH MOJT. RIFLES. Monday.—Committee meeting, at 7 p.m. General ...

... PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGH IN TEN MINUTES IS SECURED BY Dr. LOOOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS.— From Mr. Meredith, Kington, Herefordshire.— Having been very ill, for nearly twelve months, with violent cough and regular wasting away, many persons gave their opinion that I should not be long in this world. I had th.e fi.rst advice to no purpose, -when seeing an advertise- ment in the Hereford Times of ...

... On Tuesday three more bodies were rescued from the ruins of the house which fell on Sunday morning, making in all 29 lives ascertained to be lost. It is quite certain that others are still beneath the rubbish. When the work of excavation was discontinued on Sunday night it was resolved to pull down the back wall and tall gables before continuing the search for those entombed. Nearly all Monday ...