... It will be remembered that when the Sarah Palmer went ashore near Tuskar Light all the crew, with the exception of eleven, reached the shere safely. The eleven, among whom was the captain, were carried away in one of the ship's boats, and doubts were beginning to be entertained for their safety. On Saturday, however, at noon, a telegram was received in Liverpool, announcing the fact that the ...

... The First of May. The Crystal Palace Annual May-day Festival could not possibly have been more brilliant than it was this year. If the season just inaugurated is marked by many such thoroughly admirable performances as that with which it has been opened, it will indeed deserve to be in the highest degree successful. Everything conspired to make the day pass pleasantly. Even our fickle climate ...

... POJEilUuICAL GOSSIP. |' T-KE Emperor is going to pay Cherbourg C visit next week, in order to view the new construction of the frigate Solferiao. The proceeding is-viswed as indicative, of bellicose intentions. IT is reported in naval circles tibøt Vice-Admiral Sir Chatles Freetaentle, 'K.C.B., will succeed Sir Houston Stewart as Commainder-in- Chief at Devonport, and that; Vice-Admiral S'ir ...

... T O W 1ST Xj K. BY OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.1 OUT l eaders will understand that we do net hold ourselves responsible for our able correspondent's opinions. THE Prince of Wales has made his first appear- ance in public, as a speaker, at the annual dinner of the Royal Academy, and with success. His short and neat speech was delivered, and produced the more effect from his evident emotion when ...

... The usual annual procession of St. Mark, which was prohibited this year in Warsaw by the police, having nevertheless taken place, Archbishop Felinski was con- fined as a prisoner in his palace, and the canons Bialobrzeski, Wyszeski, Poplawski, and others, as well as a great number of priests were arrested. In conse- quence of orders afterwards received by telegraph from St. Petersburg, they ...

... ON Thursday afternoon her Majesty took her departure for Osborne, Isle of Wight, for a tew days, accompabied by the Prince and Princess of Hesse and infant Princess, Prince Alfred, 'Princesses Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice, and Prince Arthur. THEIR Royal Highnesses the- Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Louis of Hesse, accompanied by their Grand Ducal Highnesses ...

... WE are happy to say that the differences that appeared to threaten a rupture between this country and America are, at any rate, patched up, if not entirely withdrawn. The announcement that the Government of the United States had decided, in compliance with the demands of Lord Lyons, of delivering up, with seals unbroken, the mail bags captured in the Peterhoff, has been received with great ...

... DEATH OF THE REV. THOMAS DAVIES, M.A. It is with unfeigned regret that we have to report the death of the worthy Incumbent of Trevethin, which melancholy event occurred on the morning of Saturday last, at Bath, to which place he had repaired for the bene- fit of his health, which had been fearfully impaired by several attacks of paralysis, and to one of which, death is to be attributed. ...

... In accordance with a promise made in our columns last week, when recording the demise of the above named inestimable and lamented gentleman, at-the advanced age of 94 years, we now present to our readers a short sketch of his life of usefulness. The Rev. William Powell, B.D., and Canon of Llandaff, was born at Abergavenny, on the 17th Dec., 1769, being the son of the Rev. William Powell, M.A., ...

... The Registrar-General's quarterly return comprises the births and deaths registered by 2,201 registrars in all the districts of England during the winter quarter that ended on March 31st, 1863; and the marriages in 12,620 churches or chapels, about 4,754 registered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church, and 640 superintendent-registrars' offices, in the quarter that ended ...

... A more than ordinary eclat was given to the command performance on Tuesday evening. The Royal mandate, with the attendance of the Prince and Princess of Wales, would alone have created immense excitement and have attracted an unusual concourse but the fact that the performance was given as a festival or celebration for the mar- riage of their Royal Highnesses invested the pro- ceedings with ...

... A Cab Question.-A gentleman named Barker, of Primrose-lull, appeared at Marylebone Police-court; before Mr. Yardley, on a summons for cab fare.—Joseph Stevens brought the defendant, and another grown-up person and a child from the Kensington Museum to his houne, where he offered two shillings, which was not sufficient, even for distance, by a sixpence, leavingout of question, the extra person ...