... THE NEWS BUDGET. The Toulon Fleet.-The Pays gives semi-offi- oially the explanation which common sense had already suggested of the alarming rumours that the Toulon fleet had received sudden orders to arm its gun-boats. The only object was to give the ships more air on account of the cholera, which, according to the latest news, is fast disappearing. Cure for Bite of Mad Dogs.- Take ...

... THE GENERAL PROVIDENT ASSURANCE COMPANY, Limited. CAPITAL: HALF A MILLION. DIRECTORS. THOMAS HATTERSLEY. Esq. (Chairman.) JOB CAUDWELL, Esq., F.R.S.L. (Deputy-Chairman.) Captain GEORGK BAYLY. FRANCIS BKODIGAN, Esq, J.P. W. PAUL CLIFT, 'Esq. JOSKPH A. HORNER, Esq. The Rev ROBERT MAGUIRE,M.A. The Right Hon. LORD TEYNIIAM. GENERAL GEO. GRIST, Esq., F.S.S. RESIDENT ACTUARY.—GEORGE S. HORSNAIL, Esq ...

... WACKS OF WIVES!—The llocky Mountain published at Denver, Colorado, isoutin,amost plaintive appeal to the women of the East to emigrate to that territory. It declares that there are six men to one woman, an,1 prlnnies all who emigrate good husbands and 80 dollars per month. That ought to fetch them. The promise of good husbands shows what a highly genial, good tempered, religious and moral ...

... ffolloway's Ointment and Pilla.-In all sores, wounds, bad legs, and sprains of any kind this Ointment is the most efficient application. It at once gives case, by allaying inflammation and moderating the flow of blood to the part. Whenever the malady has been of long standing the Ointment should be assisted by Holloway's purifying Pills, which act upon the stomach and liver, guarding digestion ...

... THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTI-CHURCH RATE LEAGUE.—The committee held a meeting at Llanvi- hangel, near Usk, on the 28th ult., for the purpose of arranging matters for their future proceedings. Mr T. Williams, Wernymellin, presided on the occasion, and very ably stated the object of the meeting, and was also well supported by other gentlemen of the neighbour- hood. It was decided that several public ...

... There is, probably, no reason to guard against a wholesale extermination of our flocks of sheep or droves of pigs, although precautions must be adopted to prevent the conveyance of the infection by them. The conclusion to which the discovery of all these new sources of danger would lead USi seems to be in the direction of forbidding or discountenancing the gather- ing together of live stock at ...

... CAERLEON. PETTY SESSIONS, WEDNESDAY, before the Rev. W. POWELL, and JOHN JAMES, Esq. A WICKED FATHER.—Samuel Jones, of CK-mbran was charged, under remand from Pontypool petty sessions with assaulting his daughter, a girl of fifteen years of age, with criminal intent. Mr. Greenway appeared for the defendant. The evidence was of too disgusting a nature for publication. Defendant was convicted, ...

... tint of the planet Mars does not arise from any pecu- liarity of the colour of its atmosphere, as the redness is most apparent in the centre, where the atmosphere is thinnest; and it is suggested that it arises from the colour of the soil. If it were Venus instead of Mars, we might account for it on modern principle fashion, namely, that it rouged. ...

... ENTERTAINMENT.—On the evening of Monday last. Signor Antonio exhibited at the School-room his entortaiti- merit, called the Palace of M;igic,—assisted by Madame Correlli, who was announcea to be gifted with second- sight. There was a small audience, and, with the excep- tion of a clever trick or two, the Palace was not worth visiting. THANKSGIVING MEEriNG.~On Wednesday night a harvest ...

... The Maori Protection Society. The officials of the Aborigines Protection Society nave never shown much temper or sense, but the address which they circulated in New Zealand, in the Maori language,.and which their secretary communi- cated to the Times last Saturday, is a much more imbecile and mischievous document-the two qualities jjrs often combined—than they have yet produced. JLhe goodiness ...

... A Juryman's Soliloquy. To spare, or not to spare that is the question Whether 'tis wiser in a state to suffer Its murderous brood to rust out in a prison, Or to bring down swift justice on the ruffians, And on the gallows end them ? To hang to choke; No more; and by a rope to say we end This growth of monstrous crimes that daily shocks Our whole society-a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To ...

... SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY.—The teachers aø4 children connected with the English Independent Sunds1 School, held their anniversary on Thursday se'nnig.b when about 200 of the children formed in processloo and paraded the principal streets of the town, after which they enjoyed an excellent tea and cake provide for them. After tea, a competition meeting was presided over by the Rev D. Evans. ...