... THE DISTRESS ?UND. I is ls now lgn most liberally responded to, A now and commendable featare has been commenced by d soe employers with a viow, to stimulate their workmet-namely, to give weekly a snu to heal I ther employ2e' list, aa will be seen on referencoe to nhe weekly report of what tho working men have to The 1 piping bullfinch, which attracted so much b attentioa at t e ...

... I A Suari' FoB FARmERS ON TURNIP GROWING.- Mr. Griffin, a farmer, near Exoter, has lost tnearly his whole crop of turnips this season, owing to their having a disease called fingers and toes. Mr. Parfit, an Exeter botanist, has investigated the matter, and pronounced it to be an organic disease, and not arising from insects. He believes that it is produced by the soil, which is the red ...

... 1>A> -r - -- - - -- -- BODY WASHED AS -ORE. -On Wednesday morning last, tL body of a man was found washed up on the beach on the sooth side of the island of Walney. It was quite raked, and appeared to have been in the water some time. BLaWITa.-The beautiful little church of Blaiwith was re opened last Sunday, alter undergoing a thorough reno- vation, The Rev. R. Gwillym, incumbent of Ulverston ...

... he Thirteen cooking depots, for the working classes, ale Is now in operation in Glasgow. ve Lord Palmerston has declined to be put in nomination m for the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University. a- The Machen Colliery, near Newport, Monmouthshire, r. has been flooded. ae The Carlisle Wrestling Association has voted £100 to- t. wards the relief of the distress in that city. )n The London police ...

... 11 ?? - I ExiBirrioN oF FiREwoRKs AT OUT RAWOLIFFE.- On Wednesday evening, the inhabitants of Out Rawoliffe, Great Eccleston, and the neighbourhood, were favoured with a gratuitous entertainment, in the shape of a grand display of fireworks, which took place on the lawn, in front of Raweliffe Hall, the ancient and picturesque man- sion, the country residence of T. R. Bourne, Esq., mer- chant, ...

... FERMENTED BoNES.-Several substances may be em- ployed to ferment bones: ashes of wood, peat, and coal, sawdust, droppings from the stable, brewery refuse shoddy, or any substance that will, when mixed with ground bones, induce fermentation: these, if moistened with the drainings from the dunghill, urine, gas-liquor, &c., when reduced to a crumbling state, will furnish a manure of considerable ...

... THE COTTON FAMINE AND THE I DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE. The butchers of Derby have contributed 7421b of beef for the relief of the distressed. e. The Leeds subscription for the relief of the distress in - the cotton manufacturing districts now exceeds £16,000. The unemployed overlookers of Manchester, about 250 re in number, are appealing for funds to enable them to emi- grate to Queensland. or ...

... - - I~ I THE DISTRESS AT KIRKHAM.-Considerable distress exists at Kirkham. The charitable committee are very energetic in attending to the wants of the poor. Last week they relieved upwards of 1,200 distressed persons. PRESENTATION TO A VOLUNTEER OFTwICVR.-On Satur- day last, the Rossal Volunteers presented Captain For- shaw with a sword, in token of the esteem in which he is held by the ...

... THE BWE&TING SYSTEM.-DRATH FROM I STARVATION. JE .. On Thuroday morning Mr. H. BoIies Walthew, tho deput coroner for East ?? hold an inquest at Eath cliff, London, touching tho doath of Wery Ann Pickering, agod 12 month. Anu Pickering, a poor woman, of No. lbf Schoolhouse Ino, Ratclliff, deposed that the decossed was hor daughter. She waia sampseo ets, and obtained a scanty livelihood by manl ...

... i EVENTUL ORMB1JE OF THB AUIEL. ; ,, z , , 'l . ' aptn Oidfqld, ot Heor )ifajesty's steiinleop Ar'c uwho has been, cruisng pff the West Oast of Afrio, 'succeeded in eapturlog no less than 26 lavo dhows wvithln' tha last twelve months. Several had sdaves O board-ono 54, one 2, and two others 100 e,.h One, which was taken with a a of slaves on board, in Mach liii, at the very entranco oo ...

... BOME AND FOREIGN IONSOFE UNITED I_ _ _ en. A J ?? ?? f _ The annual socal meoting in support of these millions was held on Wednesday evening lacts in the large shool. room ef $ranswick.alreet Church, and was ?? by a ?? of the members And friends of the ?? in jrunswick-stroet and OcUpand-atreet. After tea, the chair was taken by the Xkev. W. MKerrow, D.D..who opened the procedings by a ...

... in It is gratifying to be able to speak in so terms of unqualified praise of the temper ign and discretion of a British diplomatist af wielding, on the other side of the globe, a to power practically unlimited and irrespon- h sible. There are some points in our pre- sent policy in China which we are very far indeed from regarding with satisfaction; but if Ee may for the moment forget the n ...