... 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 ...

... It does not often happen (says the North Wales vhromcle) that cases of gross imposture occur in Wales, but an instance has just taken place at Aber- dovey, of which Mr. Edward Jones, draper, and his mother were the victims. We will give the facts as stated before the Aberdovey magistrates, Messrs. C. F. T. Thruston and John Pughe. The prisoner, whose real name was not known, was charged with ...

... 41 Daring Enterprise.—Upwards of six months have elapsed since the little brig Vision left New York for Liverpool. Her passengers consisted of Captain Spencer and a shipmate. There was also a dog among fehja company, but it is feared that all of them have foundered and gone to the bottom of the sea. Nothing, afc all events, has been heard of the vessel, and the sad probability is, that the ...

... THE speech in which the Emperor Napoleon III. has opened the present session of the French Legislature is of peculiar importance, seeing that it is not merely a resume of the political past, but the herald and pro- inise of international and internal reform. While the affiirs of Denmark, America, Japan, Mexico, and Africa have occupied the attention of the French Government, the best interests ...

... 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 ...