... The latest and not least popular of our national festivals F began on Tuesday at Wimbledon. The interest which this F competitive examination of Volunteers excites all over the 1 kingdom is sufficiently evidenced by the fact that for one of Sl the prizes offered there are nowv, as there wore lest year, DB nearly 1100 competitors. But the Council of the National H Rifle Association find tliat ...

... GENERAL - X - N' a The, King of Italy h asust conforrati ?? Si Drer th Crss f te OderOf St. ;are. e X.H .lrttMPi *ritiiia thb' 1Life ?? of ?? die,. tile historian At '~~~o.Satuirday'.the American patent' Mach[n fo ?? tested with. great teeses. It a milkedacwihe mntes A tesisnoiiatis Itendd to'be ?? !Candliali,' one ?? Church of Scot- land. hes susrpn list has alredyreached £1000. I- Another ...

... S ,arrepn4ente.-; COTTON IN JANAIC~S.: -thVe Editor, of the Bristol MerceT'i SeIt-Fotirteelibagf cotn rw by, the Jsiaea ito CrompAny in Jamaica have been sold by:Messrs. stead Brothes Liverpool and Messrs. B. Smith and Sens, at Magnchester, at 1s. 6d. and 28. 3d. per lb., and a bag of each is now being ?? by Messrs. Dobson and Barlow, in the western annex of the International lfxhibitton. It ...

... == = I - . - A . I . ?? -1 :nbI+ SATUBDAYW .ULY. 5, 1962.:. CTHEO ;BRIST.9O4 DOCKS. I. - 7 . .! ?? ?? . . . I . . Tau aceounts of the Docks' Committee for the -year b endingthe 30th April have just been published, and a brief summary. of -the facts.they embrace will no doubt | be interesting as well as gratifying to.the ;citizens. Last ,year, it .will be remembered, was the most pros- 1 perous ...

... . ght Pi5tal . Pururg. SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1862: AMERICA. AFTER the gigantic struggle which marked the first week of the present month, it is not surprising that the more recent dispatches from America should be comparatively uninteresting. Fifty or sixty thousand men cannot be added to the lists of dead and wounded every week, even in- the -United States-; and it may be some time, we trusta ...

... SATURDAY JULY 12, 1862. e Tarn Parliamentary proceedings of the week have exhi- H' bited more liveliness and spirit than one has seen at any e. previous period during the session. On Monday, Tues- _ day, and Thursday evenings the House of Commons a was highly excited by a series of sharp encounters a- between Mr. Cobden and Lord Palmerston. The battle commenced on the old ground-the ...

... 7,,IRAJ ANEWS. rien~ ?? bas list b 11eatl mearltugi.! --u ?? ' aniate (oo th dis ~ Mud , aag scl % pdkWouns. HOLESALE.-Of Su1 ekte ?? Wilkins, ourat~i of Ecclesfield, baptsd0 nat jdyoung persons in Flsied aish church. b~piad Cou'uce E tnild was tat Fm~riday inmse I ?? h LN~r titioiif fi widintg-np ?? f6o ?? Seosson, if alt goes well, be able t effect a redacition oU Theexpenses of the late ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. Lord BRouGIIAx called attention to the state of the A&frica slave trade, aud urged that the United States were by no means entitled to the eredit they assumed to themselves for til measures they had recently taken in the matter. The Marquis of CLANmICARDE called attention to the in. efficiency of the police arrangements In Ireland, for tte ...

... - THE- STO TO QUlIET LvEs.F.. ~~Ilthetmnlt'6l and slshnh0s'fle baklo' the !rei pi11 itures of those 'happyah ibetdd'wtdw tled everybody endeveythitig,' simpyb'ecause ,esetine uahr- selve~s. Nolbse'i hnanted~ adiditorttd mrrofour own mprn ecionr JhrtT ontgo boljexes T.or mith is, snler.oeause be, (the eaid'J . T.) kew at Mossrs Sh6~~~igald~~s ~ ivae qT 4e bk inth mntt know~tht Srah''Slcdi ...

... ST. GEORGE, SOMERSET, nacietof a aerious'character happened i to her Richardson, of Hlapperton farm, on his returni lome i h evenfing of Monday last from Lodway. Hshprse became veryr restive, end' ultimately bolted,-und on takiig 'a quick turning MrT. Richardson was thrown violently~ to the~ground, after which, notwithstimoigsfeili g great pain,- ho suc- ceeded in recovering the anml n rcee ...

... ICHEW DECANAL StCOOLMASTERS | 0'''ASSOCAT ION. Le OnTudy lssme ?? Thutsday the summer meeting of the Chew DpcAnal LY.Schoolmasters'. Association was held in the National §chool- Zroom, Chew Magna, when the Rev. Prebendary Ommnanneyt v.ier of Chew Magnapresided. There was a fair attendance of teachers from various schools in the deanery'priesent. Among the principal visitors we noticed the Revs ...

... There will always be quarrelling in the world so long as there are two persons to quarrel and. two straws to quarrel I about. I ANECDOTS OF SynY SMITa-On calling with .Dr. Moore, to see his (Bloore's) portrait, Smith said, in the gravest I manner, to the painter, Newton, Couldn't you contrive to throwt into his face somewhat of a stronger expression of I hostility to the Church Established ? ...