... SPORTS AND PASTIMES. A SALMON was caught this week at Montrose which deserves an obituary notice, as it was a monster unparalleled. It weighed 501bs., was 53 inches long, and 29 inches in girth. It was odd no one thought of it as a fit Royal present. IT is now generally admitted that many of the ladies who are followers of old Izaak Walton are quite as expert in salmon fishing as their lords, ...

... TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION IN LIN- COLNSHIRE. Nearly Half a Village Burnt. About ton o'clock on Friday morning a fire, attended with most disastrous results, broke out at Sillingham, near Tatterahall. It was first discovered at the corner of the main street leading to Lincoln, on the roof of a thatched hovel, in a -yard belonging to a man named William Scott, wood dealer. The wind at the time was ...

... GENEirAL NEWS. 'Blondln, the rope dancer, tonow performing at St. Peters- I'El is~~~~~~~~~~ot burg. The BIrratiobham tesialvl. ilsollftliv1 speaking,' has been a Ml complete success, the total sum obtained being £12,452, or .£S99 the in excess ofi1861. Tt New 'ork StateCowese, national liabilities and all,Sl,OflO,Of0i.OO. deat' withinie S88,OO0,000 Of the value of her real estate.-Wie, York T1 ...

... UNIVERSITY AND CL~ERICAL | IN TELLI G ENC |E. Tire BisitoPs OF Pli'i'ERBORrOUOGii AMD) NArAL.-Thie wirs a good deal of rioiration at Claybroslr, ill Leicestershire, on Smndirv last. Bishop Coleniso had been annousced to preach there. The Bishop of Peterborough, however, intervened, rnd ihjibited the Rev. Mr. Johnson, the vicar, and the Rev. Lewis Wood, the curate, from poelnitting Iris ...

... ) BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- MENT OF SCIENCE1. h~ r I - .1 | .- I I a TnE busioess of the association commenced on Wed- N' nessay. The General Committee held its first meet- Os iug in the Gnilitrall, high Street, Bath, at one o'clock, for the election of scetional offlicers and the arrangement of other matters usually brought before that body. There was a large attendance of mmonbors ...

... I .. . .. - ._ At.. I ?? One of the correspondents of a contemporary elves the sub- - joined account of the arrival of Miller ?? themroment the Etna was signalled, to the time she made - the harbour, the excitement was intense and, as the vessel Mi containing the. man whom the people in Queensntown believed to ho the murderer of Mr. Brigga hove in sight, Ni every place commanding a view of her ...

... LITERATURE AND THE ARTS. WE understand that the subscribers to the Liver- pool Sir Rowland Hill gift fund have appointed a com- mittee to decide upon some work of art as an appro- priate testimonial. IT may be mentioned that the sice chssen for the royal pavilion at Perth is the spot on which King Robert III. of Scotland is said to have viewed trie sanguinary battle between Clan Chatt&n ana ...

... Iaft NOor. tiRA. t 61StEPIlB ef. SA.NGDR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 18011. These States, which were foremost in their crusade against Denmark, now begin to tremble for themselves; ti and their position is compared, by a correspondent of the 01 'Tizes, who dates from Hanover, to that of an animal si -without claws, and without fangs, placedin the midst ot a B lawless Society, where he is ...

... A RUNAWAY MATCH. IN ROME. Runaway mstches, especially between persons of diffe- rent creeds, are not easily achieved in the Pontifical dominions, where there exists no Gretna Green, nor accommodating matrimonial blacksmith, ready to rivet the fetters of Hymen for all comers without asking any indis- creet questions. To elope with a young lady is therefore a hazardous undertaking, and suoh as ...

... r _ _ ?? __ __ ?? THE AMERICAN QUESTION. TO THlE EDITOR OF THE PRESTON CHRONICLE. SIR,-Yoar correspondent 1AmieriCALs accuses me of 9using such queer words that most likely I am the only Working man who carn comprehend their meaning. I be- lieve that the language I employed is such as is usually found in newspaper literature. But perhaps Americus fancies there is a certain monopoly of ...

... HARVEST HODMS AND THANKSGIVING SERVIOES. ASPALL. The inhabitants of this village celebrated their bar. vest houIC on Wednesday Inst. At two o'clock p.r. the forincrs, the labouremrs anm their wives, mnd the school. children. accompanied lly sonic of tbe lending famal- lies of the vicinity, attenled Divine service at the jma. rish church to render Thanksgiving to Iins who gives nnto us seed ...

... NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENT&. AU lUU (inkM pfor PubW46% Mgt be OCCOmSaIMd bt as Saw #ad ea o a hs og rieal, noot Aae riliy fop nb agiom, M for de (faason of C ad Mr. O1mcspo**ds who aet an specialud upm eoW gom, ?? meu kep opies of them, u Ws soi uo&Y- t' h to resb suwa seiwio Several letters are unzavoidably withheld, until Monday. H. Jeus, Stourport,-The explanation to of no interest to the ...