... [Saturday Reviewo.] If any tale was ever calculated to excite pity, it Is that of the lockless Provoat of Perth, who, almost without warning, and entirely without his consent, was compelled to accept the honour of knighthood, as a recognition of hbi singular merit and distinguished services in being present at the ?? Butthere are some afflictions for which, in England, it is impossible to find ...

... THE GREAT WESTERN R&ILWAY. The Great Western ilway lo a maguffilcnt, we ha'd almost said a Royal undertakg. When I ?? gaes Into existence it was managed in the grand atbl, and eveO when its fortunes became for a time clouded It retaine much of Ito old regal fashion. Upon no ether railafy could the paseenger travel with sech pa ed such comtfort aned soh safety. The run down to eag In au hour, ...

... The annual ploughing Matches of this Association were held In a field on the furm of Mr. Stlgoe, of Adderbury, near the town, on Tuesday last, and were attendedtby a great number of sgrieulturisat In this locality. The steam ploughieg, which was ir an adjoining field, attracted con. dlderable attention. It was worked by a powerful and complete engine, by Meesrs. Barrows and Carmiahael, of ...

... The real Poland of America, says the New York cor- respondent of the Times, ie atthis momnetto be sought ic Kentucky, where a nean has been placed In military com- mand who combines the worst qualities of 611 previoes tyrants of the kind, and adds new ones peculiarly his own. General Mouravieff has found his equal In Brigadler. General Paine, who rules over the western district of thas' ...

... BRITISH ASSOCIATION EBEINIG AT BATH. (From our oun Correpondeaf) BAT1!, THUMSDAY. The present annual gathering of this great national scientific association promises to be exceedingly successful. It Is not to be expected that the results attained lat year at Newcastle will be realised; but, as Sir W. Armstrong aptly remarked last night when resigning his presidential ffloe. there are many ...

... The average number of prisoners In the county and borough prisons of England and Walen In the year ending last Mlchaelmae was 18,806 (nearly 1,000 of theme however, only in custody for debt or for military offences), and the average number of convicts in convict prisons was 8,055, These persons came from a criminal and suspected class estimated at above 150,O00, and every one of them while In ...

... The first regatta that has taken place here oame off on Tuesday, and was very successfuL The weather was favourable, and a large number of pereons were brought together by the sport. The committee were Messrs. J. 0. Rogers, J. Stringer, T. Baldwin, I. Baldwin, C. Harrison, and A. Baldwin honorary secretary). Mr. Stephen Salter, of Oxford, was the umpire and starter. The racing com- menced soon ...

... oIl)= carriages have lately become the fashion in the Champs Rlysdes and at the Bole des Boulogne. The Manitbur du Soir announces -the arrival of the Prus- sian fleet in Kiel, ' .where It seems inclined to remain. A Paris correspondent says that the Emperor Napoleon has tried the Bating system for some time, with a very visible result. Baron Bothschild has sent two magnificent female Wapiti, ...

... FESTIVAL OF CHOIRS AT IILlSaFILD. The innnal Festival of the parochslalhoibr nhnthdlo of Liehfeld took place yesterday, In the Cathedral of the old cit'. The asseciatfon was originally establibhed for the pprpose of raising the 'standard of performance Of churchl music. and to create and foater a tate among church goers for music of a much higher class than was In no very recent days ...

... ; 'm I 0! limis -age ;? *19?, 1, t 1 MONDAY, SEPrhM BER 5, 71864 I I .1 I ?? .1I NEWS OF AGES DAY. ' Tn Prince ?? of WAZEs sailed frou l)undee for Denmark on Saturday,,in the Boya yacht Osbornbe: The Dundee people had wished to make 'a great demonstration,.but their loyalti'was checkdd, the PBiNca. having intimated a wish~that as ?? would have already undergone ionp railway journey, with the ...

... DISTRICT NEIWS. WARWICK, HARVEST TANTKSGIVINGS.-In many of the villages surrounding Warwick, appropriate services have been held during the past week, to return thanks for the safe in- gatbering of an abundant harvest. These have been followed by festivities of an appropriate character, In which nearly the whole of the populations have taken a delighted part. On Wednesday, at Freston Bagot, a ...

... MISoMkANEOUS. There are now between seventy and eighty prisoners in' custody awaiting their trial for offences arlatug out of the late rlots. An Inspector of the Belfast police has been commtlted for trial for inciting the mob to riot daring the recent party dlturbance&. Mr. John Front, a grocer, his son, and a friend. were aU drowned while bathing, at Bade, in Cornwall, on Thursday. Mr. Prort ...