... OUTLINES OF THE WEEK. THE war news from America appears all in favour of thes North. Sherman is advancing toward Richmond, and the last accounts stated that his forces were within twenty miles of that city, and it was anticipated that the Confederates would evacuate their capital without attempting to resist the powerful forces of the Federals. Poverty, dis- ease, and death, are said to be ...

... The will of Mr. Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville, of Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, was proved in the London Court on the 1st inst., by the executors, Mr. William Henry Greville (his brother), Captain the Hon. Francis Egerton, and Mr. Harvie Morton Far- quhar, of Braokley-house, Northamptonshire. The personalty was sworn under £ 25,000. The testator was the eldest son of Mr. Charles Greville, ...

... A romantic elopement, which in the hands of a master would furnish the foundation for a novel of Vae iirst order, recently took place at a little market town on the borders of Hampshire. The following particulars, which have been obtained from reliable •authority, will no doubt prove interesting :— It appears that in the town alluded to a young gentleman closely related to a Koyal personage ...

... It may be stated, as a general principle, that the safest mode of procedure is to begin with a clear definition of the nature and object of the undertaking, without which difficulties will probably arise that are not easy of remedy after a project has been fairly started. In the first place, then, it may be asked— WHAT SHOULD BE THE AIM OF THE PROMOTERS OF A WORKMEN'S EXHIBITION ? I will ...

... OUR MISCELLANY. Wanted for Chemical Purposes. — A lady dissolved in tears. How to Learn all your Defects.-Quarrel with your best friend. Sad Young Men.—Moral reflection by a police- man It seems te me that with many young men the most approved method of winding up the night is reeling home. An Irish Bull.— Pat, said a gentleman to his servant, in the conscription time in New York, « What's ...

... A Sleepless Man.-At present there is a seldier, ;ays the Philadelphia Press, at the Chestnnt-hiM Millitary Hospital, Philadelphia, who has not slept for i single moment for fourteen years and six months. Why it is that he cannot or does not sleep is as much a, mystery to him as it is to many scientific gen t.' emeik, who, having had their attention called to him, have been astonished in their ...

... EPITOME OF NEWS. A woman aged 105 has just died at Birmingham; her death was occasioned by an accident. The great flower-show of the season at the Crytal Palace will take place on the 20th May. The Earl of Durham is about to erect a church for the benefit of the pitmen of his lordship's collieries. A grand Exchange for Manchester is spoken of. It has been thought extraordinary that so ...

... A shocking event has occurred in the parish of Keymer. An old man named Thomas Hobden had been in a low state of mind for some time, and since Christmas has been enabled to do but little work. On Sunday morning it appears he was unusually kind to his wife, and they were apparently on the very best of terms, but subsequently he attacked her with a sharp handbill, inflicting several very serious ...

... Hollow-headed Shot.-In consequence of the complaints that the fronts of the 64-pounder hollow- headed shot broke on falling upon the decks of ships the further manufacture of these shot has been stopped, and it is intended to supply hollow shot with thick fronts instead of them. The Ordnance Com- mittee have also found that it is necessary to alter their rules, and to reduce the windage of '08 ...

... The correspondent of the New York Herald describes the dispersion of Lee's army as follows At the commencement of General Grant's operations on this line five days ago the rebels had a force at their command defending Petersburg, variously estimated at from 60,000 to 75,000 men. The defence of Peters- burg was the defence of Richmond. If one fell, the other was certain to fall. Hence every ...

... BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Within a short time three bona fide German count3, one Irish baronet, two Greeks of high degree, and one Turk have been enlisted in New York. A good joke of Lord Palmers ton's is in circalation apropos of his reported Insult of the Marylebnne vestry as local tinkers. Oh, that's a mere error cf the pre^s, said his Lordship, a letter dropped—I must have said local ...

... llti fiMigwttt. HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. A SAD ACCIDENT. A most distressing gun accident is reported from Escrick Park, the seat of Lord Wenlock, near York. The Hon. B. Lawley, his lordship's eldest son. and about 16 years of age, was out shooting on Thursday last, with a favourite keeper named Richard Smith, when, as the young gentleman was raising his gun to shoot at a rabbit, it was ...