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... MONDAY, APRIL 22. WILLS OF PERSONALITY BY BRITISH SUB- JECTS ABROAD. Lord KINGSDOWN moved the second reading of this bill, so as to render valid the testamentary dispositions of Englishmen residing abroad, independent of the question of domicile at the time of their death. — After some remarks from Lord CRAN- WORTH, the bill was read a second time. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANK BILL. Lord STANLEY ...

... CRIME IN FRANCE.—A terrible affair occurred last week in a furnished lodging-house, No. 25, Place Dauphine. Some persons passing in the place heard the report of a pistol on the balcony of the fourth floor of the house, and, on looking up, perceived that a man had fallen against the iron bars, and came to the conclusion that he had blown out his brains with a pistol. They hurried into the ...

... FAR-FETCHED FUN. £ ) SOUND REASONING.-In a recent case of as- sault, the defendant pleaded guilty. I think I must be guilty, said he, because the plaintiff and I were the only ones in the room; and the first thing I knew was that I was standing up, and he was doubled over the table. You'd better call it' guilty. TOBACCO.—NEW ZEALANDERS.—One of the native poets of New Zealand thus praises ...

... Written on hearing a Sermon, in which Mortifying the Body was inculcated as a duty, and Pleasure denounced as Sinful. L'Abstinence des plaisirs me paroit une grand* peche.—Montaigne. -:c, y Puritan Saints! say whatever ycwi may. Your precepts tor me no attraction possess; Tne dictates of x' -u.i 1 r ust never run to a vicious excess. This world seems to me made of pleasure and pain,. T ie ...

... MORMONITE EMIGRATION.—Another body of Mormonites, 37 in number, of whom no less than 25 were women, left London for Utah, on the Salt Lake, via Liverpool, to join the brethren who preceded them a few days since. They were collected chiefly from Hert- fordshire, in which county converts to the doctrines of the Latter-Day Saints are said to have been very numerous of late. WATCHES AS A BRANCH OF ...

... THE TIMES ON THE BUDGET DEBATE. There never was a debate in which the facts of the case were clearer than on Monday night. Mr. T. Baring could only refer the House to figures which by this time have become household words. Indeed, we doubt if there is any balance-sheet in the kingdom so plainly made out and so indisputable as Mr; Gladstone's. But herein, is the very difficulty of the ...

... For some months past the scientific world has been favourably made aware of the name of Mr. Petherick, her Majesty's consul for the Soudan. The exploration of the White Nile, the importation of a hippopotamus, and of that peculiar bird, Balteniceps Rex-the whale- headed storks which Mr. Petherick brought over, and which for many months were among the chiefest attrac- tions to the Zoological ...

... A large number of volunteers spent their Sunday in Brighton. As these rose from their beds on Monday morning, they looked very dismally on the pouring rain that came down heavily upon the streets of Brighton from 7.30 till 10.30. As it drew near the time for the turn out, the rain moderated, and finally ceased, the volunteers knocked out the short pipes that thay had puffed while they watched ...

... ACCIDENT TO A CLERGYMAN.—We are very sorry to have to record that a serious accident occurred, to the Rev. F. P. Lawson, senior curate of in this town, on Monday last. The re g attempting to 5 church, which was be g wIien, from neglecting funeral of the Ducbe^_ TODer time, he was carried up a°considerabfeedistance—as far as the top the arches of the church-and fell with great violence to the ...

... On Tuesday, the proceedings under a writ lunatico inquirendo, issued on the petition of the Hon. James King and Colonel E. R. King, in reference to the state of mind of the Right Hon. Richard Henry, Earl of King- ston, were opened by Mr. Commissioner Warren, Q.C., in the Hall of Clement's-inn, London. The petitioners were represented by Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Hodgson, and the Earl ...

... ANITIVBR8A.BT.—The Weslevan School anniversary was held on Sunday last, when the'Rev. J. W. Silcox, of Car. diff, preached three most impressive sermons, at the close of which, some appropriate pieces were recited by the school children, and collections made in behalf of the schoo!. The collections during the day, amounted to up- wards of £ '5. THB FAMINE IN INDIA.—Collections were made in ...