... 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 ...

... EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH & FUN. Caesar to Napoleon. De life ob Caesar, Siar, you write; Now Ctesar song your book requite: You try to help de Pope ob Rome Out ob de fix him in at home, But, whatsomedebber you propose, De way him answer always goes: Nonpossiimus. 0 liab you 'm 'Perial Majesty Heard ob de Possum up a tree, And dat ar Colonel ob renown Dat stand and call, Jis you come down ? De ...

... ^°mag FostCT and Joseph rtnver. two privates of atbattalion of Grenadier Guards, were charged wiH. u ^arylebone Police-court, before Mr. Knox, being drank and assaulting George Charles Tracer Churchill, the Marquis of Blandford, and Mr. ja ?ry_W°mbwell, of the Royal Horse Guards bar- Knightsbridge. Ane Marquis of Blandford said: About twelve clock last night I was walking1 wit/H o -Puiond up ...

... FEVER IN THE POORER DISTRICTS OF LONDON. Dr. Rendle, hon. member of the Association of Medical Officers of Health, thus writes to the Times in answer to a previous letter of Dr. Jeaffreson's, dated from the Fever Hospital, which Dr. Rendle considers has more in it than is'apparent on the surface. He (Dr. Jeaffreson) would be doing London good service, says the doctor, if, with his great ...