... ARREARS.A.t this time of the year most gardeners find themselves in arrears in regard to some depart- ments of their work but as little watering is now re- quired, and there is a momentary lull in the activities necessary to keep gardens in order, all hands may be piped to clean out pits and houses, improve shrub- bery borders by introducing plants to give effect dur- ing winter, and various ...

... Billy Bray.-The enrolling officer of Salisbury district, Maryland, was very active and thorough in the performance of his duty. One day he went to the house of a countryman, and finding none of the male members of the family at home, made iuquiries of an old woman about the number and age of the males of the family. After naming several, the old lady stopped. Is there no one else P asked the ...

... Adjourned Inquest. j On Tuesday morning Dr. Wm. Hardwicke presided iver the jury in the Board-room of the Holborn Union, 6 or the further investigation of the deaths of the three j shildren found dead in bed at Starr's Coffee-house and Sotel, Red Lion-street, Holborn. Mr. E. T. Smith, ] barrister, instructed by Messrs. Gold and Son, of Sergeant's Inn, Chancery-lane, appeared to watch the ...

... MR. TIDD PRATT AND THE GARI- BALDI FRIENDLY SOCIETY. At the Mansion-house on Wednesday Mr. Tidd Pratt, the Registrar of Friendly Societies in Eng- land, waited upon the Lord Mayor for the purpose of putting the public on their guard against joining a certain friendly society, which he said carried on busi- ness not many yards from his lordship's magisterial residence. The society in question ...

... SECOND COURT, MONDAY.—Before Mr. HUDDLE- STOX, Q.C. NEWPORT.- STEALING WEARING APPAREL, &c. Bridget Gorsey, 50, hawker, pleaded guilty to stealing several articles oi wearing apparel, on the 15th ot July, the property of Catherine Murray, at Newport, and also to stealing one quart of wine, the property of George Gaw- men. A previous conviction having been proved, she was sentenced to six ...

... A RAMBLERS JOTTINGS. LONDON is very slow at this season of the year. Batten-row is almost deserted, and the clubs have only the few members whose business obliges them to remain in town. But the speculative world is as active as ever. New companies are being formed day after day to work out every conceivable object, and touting for shares is one of the many profitable engagements of persons ...

... The Corn Trade MARK-LANE, AUGUST 7.—Although only a moderate supply of English Wheat at this day's market, with a good demand, and weather unsettled, still prices are not much, higher than on Monday last: new white selling at 46s to 50s; red, 39s to 46s; Talavera, 48s to 54s; old red and. white, 38s to 49s per quarter; but a clearance was not made at the close of the market, although quality ...

... By order of the Dake of Saxe-Coburg the solemn declaration of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred of England having attained his majority took place in Ehrenburg Castle on the 6th inst. Accompanied by the Prince fee Duke repaired to the Hall of Audience, when State Minister Von Seebach was introduced, a-ooompanied by a deputation of the Ducal Ministers. Turning to his Royal Highness, the Minister ...

... H Love, that's the world's preservative, That keeps all souls of things alive, Controls the mighty power of fate, And gives mankind a longer date- The life of Nature. That restores As fast as time and death devours; And to it the world doth owe Not only earth, but Heaven, too; For love's the only trade that's driven, An interest of state in Heaven. WHEN Braham walked about again, the first ...

... This event, so interesting to the aquatic community, ,came off on Friday, at Lynn. Several other races came off interesting to the locality but not elsewhere, the contests being .chiefly between rowers of the neigh- bourhood. The town had made quite a holiday fcr the occasion, and some of the ships lying in the stream were dressed with flags from stem to stern and from the deck to the masthead ...

... SPORTS AND PASTIMES. THE and Navy Gazette says that the X600 prize is to be fired at the Hercules target at Shoebury- ness in a short time. THE MOORs.-The 12th this season falls on a Satur- day, says the Ayr Advertiser, which will give both the sportsmen and the birds a day of rest on Sabbath. This has been a good breeding season for all kinds of game, so that the little improvement last year ...

... A Singular Death.—A little girl, eight years of age, has met her death at Manchester an a very sin- gular way. A gasmaker, named George Stewart, was looking into the window of a barber's shop in Rooh-1 dale-road. The barber, James Rowan, appeared to be qnarrellicg with his wif0? and Stewart £ &w him take a kettle from the fire, and fling it through the window. The child, who was standing on ...