... FASHIONS; rF:OR OCTOBER.. ,. - Aqo* LEO roaLrT.): Now that the autumn has decidedly made ita appearT ance among us, all our toughts and energies must' be directed to the study' of~hemoi becoming and appro- priate styles of dresses and materials for the season.- Te'npw skirts are made from five and a-half to six and a-half yards round the bottom, and are trimmed with ribbon, braid, ornaments ...

... Mr Sydney Hodges, Secretary of the Royal Polytechnic Society, communicates the following heartrending narrative to the Times A circumstance so horrible that, but for the evidence of my own eyesight, I should scarcely have deemed it credible, has just been brought to light in a village near this town. For some years past rumours have been current that the brother of a mason ramed Porter, living ...

... siterarg - ? Reirt, ? ? TIrF PRINCIPLES OF CncssrfI- UnIoN As LAID k DOWN IS THE WORD OF GOD. By the Rev. v WILLIAM WHITFY Knox's Free Church, Had. s dington, author of Providence, Prophecy, ,,,I Popery, as Exhibited in the First Seven Chapters of DanieL. Edinburgh W. p, e Nenuedy. Tue contemoplated Union between the Free and It the Enjitel t'rcsbyterian Churches of Scotland is t, likely to ...

... IOX t 1 ?? , T i . S T OFI . A S. RoyKAL ~SQOTT SH: SOCIETY O.F ARTS. The usual fortnightly meeting of this Society.. vwa held last ?? Stevenson Macadam, 'the presidenti in the chisir. -A communication on a ;Method of Entangling an Eney's'Screw, by lthe lat~e Mr JoinDI~. Duglas, Albany Street, was repd by the Secretary.. The paper had been, formerly laid before the Lords of the Admiralty ...

... - -.-t -,Tr 14 DIED, ltlDAJY, .AUGUST 14. BTprjLED, SATURiDAY, ALUGOST 22, 1, . (From Pencn.) Anrother great, rgrey-headel, chieftain gone To join his brethren on the silelnt shore Another link with a proud past undone! Another stress of life-long warfare u'er 1 Iew months have passed since that ?? headl *-e saw Bending above the vault Where Ontratm slent; Lingtering as if reluctant to ...

... PRINCE'S THEATRE -THE fly-- AIT I Tt i, not a common . It is not a comtron practice !- U ?? Li -s appeals in favour of the ?? ?? .t best to hold the mirrctr up to 0t (t . :, and amusement of the publict cTi. ceptional, however, and tbis fact - s n departing from our usual practe T: t n the Theatre-Royal left man' or i withthe suits of clotheswhichthey ' ; nothing rmore. Their robes of t ;ri ? ...

... PRINCE'S THEATRE-LADY DON. The management of the Prince's deserve much credit for the ever-varying attractions ?? they have brought before the public during the present season. WVe have had legiti. mate tragedy with Mr. Keian and Mr. Talbot; prime snatches of comedy with Mrs. Stirling, Mr. Sothern, and Mr. Charles Rice; and sensation dramas, such as Effie Deans, the Peep o'Day, to say ...

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... L I T E R AT U RE. C' -. ?? C DeO~NxAav. By Arthur Young; assisted -¾ Nautical Dpartment by James Brisbane. Second b: yio.London: Loogmlans. 1S62. (Pu. 41k)2- onul i f this work is to explain the technical 0 reauting to steam and Sailing vessels, Seamanship, a ~ m, nauticalastronomy, naval gunnery, maritime C ~. os insurane, and other terms relating to maritime c himotnce of the present work ...

... CALDERWATERHEAD FARMERS' SOCIETY'S II ~~~SHOW.I -au biUW . he The above society's forty-fifth annual show of farm stock ed and dairy produce took place on Wednesday last, the dairy ed produce, kc., being exhibited in the Hall, Shotts Iron he Works, and the cattle, ?? on a piece of ground adjacent. & e With the exception of a somwewhat heavy shower aboutinoon he the weather was all that could ...

... EXTRACTS FRO-M PUNCH. THE PREMIER (REENY. Air- The Ivy (ireen. Oh. a wonderful man is our Premier gree-n, Forall Debrctt doth say, That nine-and-seventy years have seen Him travel his jaunty wNy. From Broadlands he'll steam up to town. As blithe as a hey of ten. A Cabinet Council hold, and down To Broadlands bowl again: And of all the guests that at Broadlands dine, And joke their jokles and ...

... I MALE OF PICTUREs. It AL VV rlU5LAI~ The second annual exhibition of painthes, under the aus- pices of the Institute of the Fine Arts, will close on Mois- day, after a most successful career. The distress caused by the cotton famine, the dullness of trade, and the urgency of the calls made upon the public for behoof of the unemployed, have caused in some towns the cessation of art exhibitions ...