... The opeuin g of the second South London Working Classes' Industrial Exhibition took place on Wednes- day. It is but eleven months since the first exhibition of this kind took place, at the same place, and yet so rapidly has the movement spread that a second has now been inaugurated, while similar exhibitions have been held or are in preparation in several districts of the metropolis and the ...

... „ 4^,A £ ?r?priate ^resei}t—We are informed that Mr. W. Dampier, the working compssitor whose illustrated MS quarto volume, entitled, Autumn Rambles in the County of Kent, was recently alluded to by us in our account of the North London Indus- trial Exhibition, has received, in addition to the first- class certificate awarded to him by the adjudicators of the exhibition, a handsomely-bound ...

... PETTY SESSIONS, FEB. 8, before JonN HAMILTON, Esq., and the Re*. HOBERT JACKSON. BROTHERLY LOVE EXEJIPLIITEO.—George Baldwin, of the Bout, labourer, was charged by his brother, Rieoard Baldwin, with feloniously stealing a scytlie and cradle, his property, from the dwelling-house of John Jones, where he (prosecutor) had placed it for safety on leaving his brother's house, where he had ...

... Capture of a Grampus.—On Saturday aicro- in| a grampus was captured off Gravesend. by two fishermen, who, having descried it swimming on the surface of the water, with great dexterity succeetted in placing a rope across its fins. This accomplished they hauled it as near the boat as safety allowed, and inflicted several wounds upon its back from which the blood flowed profusely, and by the time ...

... The Produce Market. J MINCING-LANE, FEB. 13. Sugar.- Although demand is much better, still rates have not improved extensive. The closing terms to-d^^trSS low to fine brown, 24s to 29s yellow and refining 29* oos grainy,32s to 3Ss native Madras, 23s to 26s.—Grocprr. white, 38s to 40s; ditto, yellow, 31s to 37s; Cuba Museo- white, 38s to 40s; ditto, yellow, 31s to 37s; Cuba Museo- r. vado, 27s ...

... Desertions from the Army of the Potomac, —A letter from the army of the Potomac, dated Jan 9th, in one of the New York papers, saya Yesterday four executions took place here, three being shot tc death and one hung—the latter for deserting to the enemy. All who are found guilty of this crime are hanged, while those guilty of simply deserting are shot. The people of the North have very little ...

... Questions relatiag to India, ar.e not very popular in this country, for the good and sufficient reason that they are not generally understood, though there is really no cause whatever why they should not be made perf3ctly clear and comprehensible even to the most cursory of readers. Distance, the poet teNs ns, lends enchantment to the view; and the t:me is close at hand when, by reason of ...

... _T Produce Market st^f ^S,4r lomf ir'de~lUfr 1 a reduce- last season. Several parcels were lof^to'i(fhverj.e9 than higher rates, ranging for MauyiHns ?t rather 24s 6d to 30s; yellow and refined b'0wn to 39s Manilla clayed, 28s tolsffl t j? Seamy, 33s 26s; grocery, 31s to 403 ™ 2fe to yellow, 32s 6d to 37s; Florett* ^wn' 293 *0 32s; 41s to 42a. In Refined Su^r' a and Thite stilt: brown lumps at ...

... William Trible, 38, described as a carpenter, living in George-street, opitalSelds, was charged at the Police-court in Whitechapel with the above-mentioned offence. Mr. Joseph Thomas Dunn, landlord of the Frying Pan public-house, in Brick-lane, Spitalfields, said: Last evening I observed the prisoner looking in at the doors of the private and public compartments of the bar. Shortly afterwards ...

... The case of Lewis v. Powell came before the Court of Queen's Bench last week, and was tried before the Lord Chief Justice and a special jury. ThisVas art action brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff was the daughter of a medical gentleman residing in Cardigan, and the defendant was Colonel Powell, M.P. for Car- diganshire. The damages were laid ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. In the House of Commons, on Wednesday, on tlie report of the address, in answer to the speech from the throne, Mr. Scully moved to omit the paragraph relating to Ireland, and to insert We regret that the general condi- tion of Ireland cannot be regarded as prosperous or satis- factory, and that multitudes of the inhabitants continue to emigrate to foreign countries ...

... A PUBLIC INSTRUCTOR. In the Globe of Monday evening appears the follow- ing criticism on the performances of its great morning contemporary of the same day:- The Times is a great public instructor. Read by more persons than any other newspaper, when it errs a goodly part of the empire is likely to err with it. We do not refer to opinion, but to facts. An im- pression produced by a ...