... ONE THOUSAND POUNDS PER ANNUM FOR ONE POUND. The Press says the above announcement is one of the many offers which adventurous advertisers make to the unwary. Any persons who may be desirous of becoming possessed of the above-named annual in- come are requested to make an immediate application, enclosing a stamped directed envelope, to a person who calls himself an Esquire, and lives in a ...

... Stamp duties have an ugly sound in a colonial budget, but it makes all the difference who imposes them. They are already levied in New South Wales; and the New Zealand Government have probably by this time passed a Stamp Act, avoiding (to use the characteristic style of the Canterbury Press) these blunders in the Sydney Act which created such per- plexity in the New South Wales commercial ...

... MILITARY REVOLT IN SPAIN. T BAYONNE, JAN. 6. Intelligence received here from Madrid up to noon on the 5th inat. confirms the news that General Prim is at the head of the insurgents, who, to the number of eoo, woro xzyg tow«.rda Tarrancon The mr. rison of Avila, consisting of 300 men, revolted and marched upon Zamora, but the garrison of that place remained faithful to the Government, and ...

... The pride of Lambeth, penitent Roupell, Behaves in prison wonderfully well: And yet what wonder that an Ex M.P., By force of terms should ex-em-plary be., ...

... AGEICULTUEE. Crib-Biting. bundry questions having been asked by a subscriber to the Field as to the remedies for crib-biting, the following replies have been received ™™i™SW-lr w-T0U^ qnestions in the last Field, con- -mWect ni?' Se?d yc^ m? experience on the +>,Q oTir? fi 5 ^°W ?■torae ln my stable who, up to the end last hunting season, showed inveterate signs of crib-biting, but was partly ...

... In a- former letter in the Pall-mall Gasstte, it was shown how a gentleman alighted from his carriage and obtained admission as a pauper, dressed in rags, into the Lambeth Warkhouse. After undergoing a dip in a bath. like mutton broth, and being supplied with a dirty shake down, the author gees on to relate that it was about half-past nine when, having made myself as comfortable as ...

... Forcible Eviction.—Meeting an American Sriend travelling in the United States, I inquired whither he was going ?- Why, said he, I gaess I'm going to take possession of an estate of minø, a.nd I 'jftJciiihlfl I will bfiye.to.ahoot down my gradeqaassors. ...

... Satisfying:, Straiigtliemng, Soothiag^ afi>aE\s funt.s, agreeable, digestible, nourishing for Invalids, « d PATENT (cooked) POOD. Pueveats acidity and wind, ine e lieapest food. Of Uiiymists, in canisters 4d., Sd., is., ana m. ...

... AMERICA. NEW YORK, DEC. 29. General Strong, who has, retirned.frora Texas, re- ports a fearful destitution amongst the black and white inhabitants. Lawlessness and crime, as well as a. spirit of secession and of hostility to the Government, prevail throughout the interior. The New York Times asserts that the correspon- dence with Franco, regarding Mexico, will be laid before Congress as soon ...

... On Tuesday evening a. shocking murder was perpe- trated in Green-street, Paddington, by a man named George Ringwood, aged thirty-five, a contractor, living at 15, Green-street, Paddington. On Tuesday Eingwood was the successful competitor for a con- 3 for work to be done in Mortimer-street,Kusse 1- SSTaKr Which he toa^^haujem that neishbourhood, followed by his wire. Alter a eHh* their home; ...

... The extraordinary criminal Stephen Forward, alias Ernest Walter Southey, underwent the last penalty of the law on Thursday morning, at the usual place of execution in front of the county gaol at Maidstone. In consequence of the earnest endeavours that have been made within the last few days to obtain a respite for the culprit, on the ground tha.t he was not in a sound state of mind, some ...

... GARNDIFFAITH. How FRIEND SNIP GOT THROUGH HIS CHRIST- MAS.—Many of the wise-aaws and common sayings current in this country, will be found on examination not to contain so much truth as is generally attributed to them, and not one would seem to be so devoid of it as the saying that It takes nine tailors to make a man. It is readily conceded that there is an oddity-silliness, if you like ...