... The Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, was totally destroyed by fire on Friday evening, leaving not a vestige but part of its calcined walls. St. Mary's Catholic Church has been broken by the fall of the north wall of the theatre, and several brave men have perished in tne discharge of their duty. Mr. George Lorimer, deani ot Guild, was also killed by the falling of one, of tho walls. At about ten ...

... MARK-LANE, JAN. 16.—There was not a large amount of English Wheat on offer at this day's market, and a good demand prevailing, the currency ruled firm; white realising 39s to 46s, and red 35s to 41s per quarter, a clearance being nearly made. Foreign met a fair sale; there is less on offer, and rates full up, ruling at 35s to 44s and prime, 45s to 4Ss. Many contracts in American, red at 38s to ...

... SPECIAL SERVICE.—A very excellent sermon was de- livered at the church here, in connection with the Home Mission, by the Rev. J. S. Broad, M.A., incumbent of St. George's, Newcastle-under-Lyne, on the evening of Tues- day last, to a somewhat numerous congregation. ...

... S POUTS AND PASTIMES. ON the Baliol grounds, Oxford, on Saturday after- nGlon, a 300 yard race came off for a presentation tankard. Mr. Nolan, St. John's, won by several yards; Mr. Morgan, Magdalen-hall, came in second; and Mr. Laing, Christohurch, third. ON the grounds at Beaufort-house, Walham-green, a. race for a quarter of a mile came off the other day between Mr. Guy Pym, of the War ...

... A RAMBLER'S JOTTINGS. THE all-engrossing subject in London last week was the Lord Mayor's inauguration and banquet. The newspapers have given details of the imposing ceremony, the procession, and the speeches, but perhaps a few words from an eye-witness of the exact particulars may be interesting to those who have not had the opportunity of ocular demon- stration. For the advantage of those ...

... In the course of a paper read a few days ago by Dr. Kelburne King, President of the Hull Literarv and Philosphical Society, before the members of that society, on The Recent Visit of the British Associa- tion to Birmingham, the doctor, in speaking of a visit which he and Dr. Richardson, of London, had made to Shakespeare's birthplace, at Stratford-on-Avon, nar- rated the following curious ...

... DESIRED IMPEOVKMSNT.—A memorial, we understand. signed by the principal ratepayers and inhabitants gene- rally of Pontnewynydd, Cwmfrwdwr, Cefn-y-crib, and | surrounding district, is about to be presented to the Abcr- sychan Local Government Board, with the purpose of in- ducing it to make anew road, beginning near the Wesleyan Chapel, at this place, and passing through Nightingale Village, ...

... Mr. Justice Willes told the grand jury at Wells that in his opinion one cause at least of the crime of infan- ticide was the existence of defects in the law. Judges and juries in criminal matters were bound to accept the law as it stood, not stretching it to meet individual cases, not contracting it from any sense of obvious public advantage, and the law on child-murder was bad. In the first ...

... Oh! the merry summer time! Oh! the sunny season! Oh! (all call out oh! in rhyme) Oh for any reason! Let the minutes glide away, Never toil and bother, What you would have done to-day, Do on any other. Loiter, lounge, and dream, and sleep, Don't be in a hurry; Let your maxim be to keep Cool, and never worry. Let another take your post, Let your work be undone Let us stroll about the coast, ...

... The Journal de St. Peterbsurg gives the following details respecting the solemnity of taking the oath of fidelity by the hereditary Grand Duke Alexander, on the occasion of hia majority. The Grand Duke, heir to the Imperial throne, having entered on his 21st year on the 10th of March last, the 20th of July was fixed for the ceremony of swearing fidelity to the Emperor and to the country, as ...

... EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH & FUN. The Bad Beef of Old England. A Lay of the Rinderpest. On fish and on poultry you safely can dine;, But to these I'd advise you your meals to oonSne Beware, lest you taste buttock, sirloin, or chine Of the poisonous beef of Old England; Beware of the poisonous beef The Rinderpest weekly, nay «aily, we see Extending itself in a fearful degree; For reasons explained by ...

... The meeting of this association at Birmingham ha been attended with very great success. Lecture have been given upon almost every subject, and mnci new and interesting matter has been introduced. From Birmingham, as a centra, the association ha divided, subdivided, and branched off from day to daj bent on excursions to places of interest in the sui rounding district. Special broad-gauge trains ...