... Wljt ejoitrt, &t. THE PRINCE OF WALES.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Major-General the Hon. R. Bruce, and Major Teesdale, arrived, on Saturday, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Ilardwicke, at Wimpole-hall, near Royston, from Cambridge. A small circle were invited to meet his Royal Highness, including the Duke of St. Albans, Mr. Adeane, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth ...

... TO CORRESPONDENTS. ROGER EDWARDS' CHARITy.-In condensing our re- port of the meeting, last week, a few inaecuracies'occurred. In Mr. Baker's scheme, the word paid is twice inserted instead of fixed; and Mr. Blower and Mr. Jones only sanctioned that part of the scheme which related to the school. I he gifts to the poor, was a proposal from the Vicar, Churchwardens, and Guardian of Usk. With ...

... SEVERE WINTERS.—The Nord gives the fol- lowing details on the subject of rigorous winters:—In 1709 the cold was excessive throughout the whole of Europe; the Adriatic was completely frozen over; a general and destructive famine prevailed; food for the first necessity was at exorbitant prices; at Paris bread made of oaten flour was served at the tables of the rich and of princes. Cattle ...

... lamented gentleman were interred on Monday, at Kensal- green Cemetery. The funeral procession, consisting of a hearse drawn by four horses, with three mourning coaches, and a great number of private carriages, left the deceased's late residence, in Queen Anne-street, at half- past twelve o'clock. The occupants of the first coach were Mr. Shipp, Mr. Goodwin, Mr. Bridell, and the Rev. E. Monro, ...

... No one knows much about American or Italian affairs. Some people gay Garibaldi is going to give up fighting, unless commanded to take the field by Victor Emmanuel. The American news is rather of a re-assuring character, as >ve hear the Southern States wish t) avoid a collision, we learn, has seceded from the Union. From a Jetter received by Mr. John Richardson, a member of the Common Council ...

... ITALY. NAPLES, JAN. 24. Libono Itomano, Minister of the Interior, has appointed a commission for the publication of historical documents concerning the Bourbon dynasty taken from the archives at Naples, and dating from 1790 until 1860. ROME, JAN. 24. One thousand Sardinians have attacked the convent of Caaamali in the Roman States. They dispersed the reactionary band, set fire to the convent ...

... COTTON FROM: JAMAICA.—A late resident in Jamaica writes to the Times As the Lancashire manufacturers, and indeed the public at large, have at length awakened to the great danger of depending al- most exclusively for our supply of cotton upon the Slave States of America, we need not go so far as tho East Indies, or Australia, or other remote corners; that wa have within a month's sail of this ...

... VIf}e Court, THE PRINCE OF WALES IN THE HUNTING FIELD.— His Royal Highness the Prince of Whiles joined the field of the Cambridgeshire Hunt on Monday, attended by his equerry, Captain Grey. The meet was at Chrlderley, in the vicinity of Madingley., and in consequence of a rumour having got abroad that the Prince was likely to be pre- sent, the field was a very numerous one. The lord-heu- ...

... A general meeting of the beneficed clergy of the City and Archdeaconry of London was held last week in the great hall of Sion College, London-wall, in consequence of the following requisition, addressed to the President: Dear Mr. President,-We, the undersigned Fellows of Sion College, alarmed at the public profession of infidel doctrines by ministers of the Church of England, request a meeting ...

... The funniest of all these marks of respect, or, as I suppose I should call it, etiquette, is the bale mari which is, that if a master makes a false step and tumbles down, the servants must do so also. I once saw a verv amusing example of this, and certainly a strong proof of the tenacity with which these extraordinary people cling to their ideas of right and wrong. The great men were ...

... A very simple, but ingenious plan for communicating between railway carriages and the guard of the train, in case of accident or danger, has just been patented by Mr. W. H. Muntz, of Mill brook Lodge, near Southampton. The apparatus consists of a rope covered with leather, passing through metal tubes attached to each carriage, and supported to the roof by brackets, the tube being cut into ...

... Of the thousand convicts belonging to the establish- ment at Chatham, several hundred are daily employed in Chatham Dockyard, another party of several hundred working on St. Mary's Island, adjoining the dockyard, whilst the remainder are employed in various ways on the roads and other Government works in the garrison. The party engaged in the present outbreak were those at work on St. Mary's ...