... A NOBLE VICTIc r TO CRINOLINE.-Another death from crinoline has just taken' place at Verona. On Sunday evening the clothes of, the Countess Maria Colloredo nre owig to the extent of her slresp,, and the poor was so dreadfully burnt that she expired in a houra TH' LoNG VACATION.-Oni Monday the long, vacation' comspenced, and will be continued to the 24th.octobsr. The Common Law Offices closed ...

... PUBLIC HIALTH IN THE MIDLANDS. Dr. Greenlhow's Beporl on tec cireumstances under which thawsi an exceisive mortalityp of pozng chilren among certain manifacturing popuiatioil: My instructions were, to enquire into the sanitary circumstances of the infantile population of Coventry, Nottingham, Blackburn, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Merthyr Tydfil, and Abergavenny - with regard, namely, to ...

... .MR. SAMUEL GRIFFITHS AGAIN: We are informed on utquestionable authority that a petition in bankruptcy has been filed agains Xr. Samuel ,Griffiths, by. Mr. John Smith, as representing the peti- tioning creditor, Mr.lTrice, gardener, of Stourbridge. N correspondent sayp: The Rev. James Hetaon, who ued at Erdingtonj aged'80 years, -ivas a Birmingham man, Bent out from the Birmingham Circuit in ...

... THE AKERICAN UNITARIANS AND SLAYERY. The following notice of the Western Unitarian Con- ference, held at Detroit, Michigan, at the end of June, will be interesting to many of our readers. The report is extracted from the Yess York Tribune - This assembly, which has been holding its sessions in this city, closed on Saturday evening. The meetings have all been full, and of thrilling interest. ...

... TJIE WEATHER AND THE CROPS IN THIS DISTRICT. (Front our A4gricessulsal Con-pOspZndent). We have been favoured with seven more days of glorious harvest weather since our last account, and the beneficial effects of a week's sunlight and heat have become patent to the most casual observer. We have all along given a bright colouring to the general aspect of affairs, and we venture to think that ...

... -.UIJIAL EMIGRATION SOCIETY FOR A lo BxIRMINGHAM. zxrlRTANT MEETING YESTERDAY. )oesterdaY a meeting was hell in the Lecture A: °°0011 ' ?? for the purpose of con. tile desirabilitY of forming a Colonial Emigration for li.if,]rililil and the district surrounding it of ?? (H. Manton, EXsq) presided; ,I ?? gentlemrn, commissioaers from the r tile Interttionall Exhibition, wore present ]r ltrosil ...

... \kivm s,.r AFFOIM',??IJIRE 11AILWAY. ' o:-lr(emenitt to thie .:11r.IvjloIer, of tib IColillint I r ?? ' ?? rueetillt (n Fri lly lloxt flii ?? beti I 10oa 't wti; slth tle iittilimlit i thiat tho lini ciait eon- e ( Ililiwnv enabico, ti. divocltor to recommentd a i .. 1or cent., it un gno sin lto pealc of t h c ntinue (I 1 Ihe tratdes of thie i'.striet. .tlll its cflrti oil tilo I; e (Niq~ny. ...

... DUDLEY. FATAL PIT AWfOlENT.--On Saturday last a, ch Or, named John Jones, was at work in one of the ?? workings at the Mess1r. (lazebrook's Co1iery. Bloisers G 'recn, Whon, from somie cause at present ctuexpilled, h oi 'was precipitated, into a lower portion of the mine, and1 %VosvESBTERSHIlRE CO FNTY (E'0O RT FxrNTI RSis -The. August Circuit of No; 2:3 Circuit (Judge, Mr. It. Kettle) is fixed ...

... '3Y ELECTRIC AND INTC5nNATIOYiA. TcLEGRAPH. OFFICES, TEMPix BUILDINGS,; NEW STRMT. REUTEI'S ETLEG'RAMS. ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE CROWN PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Auoust 14, 8.57 A.iO. Mer Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia v tafely delivered of a Prince at c . 16 this morning. AMERICA. LoVarcPOOL, T'.t1URSDAY EVErNING. The ?? City'of Washisgton, from New York, 'on the 2ud instant, has ...

... BY ELCmRIo AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAMs. OFFIOES, TEmPLz BuILDINos, NEW STRERT. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. AMHERICA. IMPENDING BATTLE IN VIRGINIA VALLEY. LARGE DESTRUCTION OF CO`TTON. FEDERAL EVACUATION OF GRAND JUNCT1ON. ROUT OF CONFEDERATE (IER1ILLAS IN MISSOURI. ROCHES POINT, FRIDAY. The Persia has arrived. J&.w Yoiuc, 27th, Eveningi.-The Confederates murler Jackson, numbering 60,000, are reported ...

... CLOSE 01F THE WESLEYAN CONFBRENCE (Front ens' Cooresondof.) During the past two or three weeks we have aimed to furnish glimpses of Cornwall as a rich and beautifulmining county, with records of the first Cornish Wesleyan Con- ferelnce. It is pleasant, however, to be writing this closing liaper in our own Wesleyan parsonage, soon indeed to heo left for another sphere of ministerial toil. It is ...

... DISTRICT NEWS, *n . .LEDBURY. FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL EBXHIBITION. -The annual show of the Ledbury.Sloral-and Horticultural Society, which is represented by tbe following parishes, Eastnor, Doniington, Much Marele, Little Marole, Aylton, ;Pixley, Ledbury,- Brrnmesberrow,' Itedmarley,D'VAbitot, and.,Staunton, -wns held on Thursday, in the delightful grounds of, Underdown House, the seat of ...