... TOTAL DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF THE SURREY THEATRE. 'ThG Surrey Theatre, in the Blackfriars-road, the fa-voarite theatre on the south side- of the Thames, was on Monday night totally destroyed by fire under the £ aiIo;ving circumstanccs. At twenty ininutas-to :?12 o'clockthe last seene of tha pantomime of (Richard -• ...

... Young Viscount Amberley comes of good family To help on the cause of reform; But his father, Earl Eussell, is not in a bustle To strike till the iron is warm. ...

... EXTRAORDINARY FRAUD IN SHEF- FIELD. The recent capture of bnrglars in this town, while creditable to the police and satisfactory to the public at large, has certainly brought to light a variety of circumstances illustrative of the adroitness of the thieving fraternity, and gives us an opportunity of mentioning a rather amusing instance of the kind which occurred not long ago in a large ...

... Admission of Clergymen to the Bar.—A meeting of benchers of the several Inns of Court was held last week in London, Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., M.P., P jhen it was decided, by a majority ef 12 Iv -I'l ? ordained clergymen should be henceforward eligible for call to the bar. The occasion which srave rise to the consideration of this question in this formal manner was the call to the bar, in last ...

... POLITICAL GOSSIP. ANOTHER garter is placed at the disposal of the Premier by the lamented death of the Duke of North- umberland. AN odd idea has been started in Belgium-namely, that the Kinsr of the Belgians is to arbitrate between Austria and Prussia. IT is rumoured that the Admiralty have decided, as disarmaments appear to be general throughout 2 OOCp6' ret'uce number of Coast Guard men by ...

... SPORTS AND PASTIMES. THERE is to be a fancy entertainment at the Vic- toria rink, Montreal, towards the close of the present month. None but those in costume will be allowed to appear on the ice, and masks to be generally dis- allowed. WE hear that Boston can boast of a one legged skater who is quite as extraordinary in his way as Donato. He is said to be a nice young man in his manners ...

... Little Podgers (who considers himself rather a Lady- Mller) Oh, I'm not going into that empty carriage put me into one with some pretty gals. Porter: You jump in, Sir, and put your 'ead out of the winder, you'll soon have a carriage-full. Podgers sees it immediately, and enters. A CIVIL (ENGINEERING) QUERY.— The newest me- chanical contrivance announced is Mr. Harrison's in- vention of ...

... OUR MISCELLANY Picked Up Near Hanwell.-The oldest lunatic on reaord—Time out of mind. A Noble Compliment.—You have lost your right arm, said George III. to Lord Nelson at his first interview after the affair at Teneriffe. But not my right hand, replied his lordship, as I have the honour of presenting Captain Nesbit to your Majesty. Let Well Alone.-Theodore Hook once observed a party of ...

... THE JEWEL ROBBERY AT MAN- CHESTER. John Kay, Dominick Daly, John Hartley, John and Lucy Moores (man and wife), and Elizabeth Moores were charged at Manchester on Thursday with having been MaS6? 1Vl roj^in8' the shoP of Mr- Howard, rtfsa ™ Corporation-street, Manchester, on tne 0th or 6th instant, of between £ 3,000 and Jg4 000 worth of jewellery. Another woman, Either Ann Robinson, had been ...

... THB PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTION.—The second meeting of the newly-established Usk and Raglan district of the above institution was held at the Loyal Ragtan Lodge, Crown Inn, Raglan, on Monday sennight, the proceedings being opened in the u*uat form by Prov. G.M. Abraham Rogers, assisted by Prov. D.G.M. John Williams. Delegates representing the Friend in Need, Loyal Raglan, Loyal Clytha, ...

... Jim, I believe Sambo's got no truth in Sake. You don't know; dere's more truth is dat nngg-ar dan all de rest on de plantation. How dœ:¡r.o\'J.ma,\{ø dat P Why, he nebber lete any out. ...

... A working man named Thomas Midgley, Irvstg in Hanging Ditch, Todmorden, has murdered his wife by cutting her throat. For sometime the murderer had been in an unsound state of mind, and a few mornings ago, about eleven o'clock, he pulied out Ms knife, and with it inflicted four deep wounis in his wife's neck, from the effects of which she expired in a few minutes. The struggle between deceased ...