... The Naples correspondent of the Times gives what the Americans would call the statement?' of one of a body of travellers who were captured by Crocco's band on the 14th of March in the Val di Bovinoe We were recom. mended, he said, to-avoid the diligince, so we left Barr in a carriage drawn by five horses,> al at Foggio were joined by 'another carriage with'theea borsae. At a quar, to ...

... APPAlA.lN(' CA TASTS.OPHL NEARAR B IL ST ON. N 1 N ETEEN LIVES LOST. TEN SERIOUSLY IINJURED. One of thle most fearful explosions of stationary steam boilers, of whichl, probably, there is any recori , happened yesterlay, at Triestfielde, between Eilston and W olver- hampton. Already nineteen persons have been killed by it, two are supposed to be dying, and ten others are sutfer- iug severe ...

... The following important communications appear in the Times:- Nothing but the most earnest conviction that the few remarks I desire to offer may have an important bearing on the subject of our national defences would have led me to presume to solicit for them a corner in your valuable columins. Late events have, however, brought the subject of iron-cased ships so prominently before the ...

... UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEFS. THE following is a lVsh of tbe Prizes and Distinctions con- ferred on Students of this University, at the close of Session 1861-G2:- SFECIAL rnIzES 1 Sq AoGISTRAND CLASS. 1. Gray Mathematical Bursary of £70-Georgo Pirie, Aber- tcies 2. Simpson GreDk Prizo of £60-Alexanider Ogilvie Barrie, S Kirrilol 11ir 3. Simpson Mathematical Prize of £60-Williami M Rae, v .Sternaway ...

... CL il GASSIOCH, March 31.-The month now about its close has T ,been, throughout, a very untoward period for the out-workF on the farn, Proots, snow, rain, and foul easterly winds . have prevailed ; nor is the state of the weather, as yet, at a iall improved. With few exceptions, the land is, for the T ; present, altogether unfit for the plough, About ten days gao a few made a rather ...

... | ABE RDREE I§lTITUTION FOR TEE EMPLOYMENT IBEREEN OF WOMEN. T .o the EDITOR of the ABEIEDEEN JOURNAL. SIR, -Some of your readers are aware of the existence of e an Institution in Chapel Street bearing the above title. b o Yet, crobably, the nmjority may know nothig of it, hot g would be glad to give it their support were their atteLtion o called to it. Is It is now nearly a year since this ...

... LATE ST NEWS. ,g BY BL CTBIC TELEGRAPH. it at FR5ANC.-,36 Bishops; nearl one-half of the total number in Lr Francehavre ntified to the, inisater of Public Worship their in- tention of repairing to-Ronm,in conplience with the sunmmensof thle Pope. No impediments will be offered to them by the French 'G4overnment. itAsfEalcN Naws.-Thh, Timese in s leader on the battle in Anierica says ;- IThe ...

... 'IrThe Tiaes Calcutta Correspondent writes on the 22d of March or that the Government his 6just puhlished a set of proposed rules ee for the sale of waste lands and redemption of the land revenue. IC. Those drawn up by the Board of Revenue savour of the old lt traditional dislike of officials to the measaro, but as amended by the Licutenaut-t.overnor they are liberal. Lord Canning's do- ...

... DESPATCa OF FOREIGN MAILS FROM AMiCRDE'N. DESTINATIONS. Despatched. lox Closes. r A mJrlca..United States, California, E and British North America (by Every Frids British Packet, ea Liverpool) .i . t .Far tDitto-(byU. S. Packet, ia SOuth- Every Tuesday. ampton) .i e Australia, Van Diemen's Land, l~th of every 11.50 A na NSw South Wales, and Mau- month. IJI I it. ritius, via ...

... The Timps' correspondent, writing from Alex- sandria on the 25th ult., says :-The visit of the Prince of Wales to Egypt is now rapidly drawing to its close. His Royal Highness returned to Cairo on the evening of the 23d inst. On the preceding Sunday, as I mentioned in writing by last post, the Prince was at Karnak. The Duko and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg had spent the day on the eastern side of ...

... The Emperor of the French is reported to m have instituted inquiries with the view of ascer- taining the number of wooden vessels worth covering with iron. The published results of PI the experiments at Shoeburyness may, however, I alter any plans contemplated. w The Moniteur contains a decree prohibiting st the celebration of the massacre of 1562, pre-.b scribed by the Archbishop of Toulouse. ...

... TTH'j. 4BAPAANS 4MBAStA 9O A;'TAS.| Galignani has 'the following, account of the irecent proceedings of the Japanese ?Ambassadors: -They were much struck with.the beauty of the ErnLscss, pnd ,by the! graudeir. of 'the spectacle -%Vhi~hfinet their eyes-thlat at the Tuileries. On, returning to thq lotel, atfte'r the andience, 'th'1 ,eief~famh'ssdor invitedl Baron de 'n1.ajus; i titro- (bl uter ...