... A young lady was put into a train alone to go to London. As ke train was on the point of starting a gentleman rushed up and got in. At this her friends, who were seeing her off, were rather annoyed, but thought it did not much signify. Shortly after the train had started, the gentleman jumped up and ex- claimed, This carriage is too heavy, and must bo lightened, and straightway his carpet ...

... THE DEPARTURE OB' THE FRENCH TROOPS FROM The Temps of the 24th of October says We have received letters from Borne, dated October 17. Our correspondents inform us that, according to the dispo- sitions made, all the French division of occupation will be embarked before the 15th December. The 'Pope, we are told, ia resolved to await events at the Tatioan. The Roma correspondent of the LiherU. ...

... The Quiver Lifeboats.-For some time past the readers of the Quiver magazine have been con- bributing to a lifeboat fund, and alreadyasum of more khan £ 2,000 has bsen obtained. The National Life- boat Institution hag been enabled to defray the cost of three lifeboat establishments out of this fund, one a,t Margate, another at Southwold, and a third in Cork Harbour. The third boat, called the ...

... Death of Sir E. S1. Agar, late M.P. for Sud- bury.—We have to announce the death of a veteran Reformer, Sir Emanuel Felix Agar, who unsuccess- fully contested Sudbury in 1806, but sd.t for that im. maculate borough from 1807 to 1812, when he failed to retain his seat. He was born in 1781, and having been in early life a clerk in the office of the Treasurer of the Navy, joined the Life Guards, ...

... ABERSYOHAN. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.—On Sunday services in con. nection with the Baptist Church meeting at Noddfa, were held, Miss S. R. Evans preaching three sermons to large and attentive congregations, who appeared well pleased with the talented speaker. On the Monday following, Miss Evans delivered a lectura at the Pisgah Haptist Chapel, subject, College of ths Hearth/' A large Dumber were ...

... HINTS UPON GARDENING. KITCHEN GARDEN.—Stake runner beans on the north side of the rows, unless they run north and south, which is the best, in which case stake them on the west side, and hoe up. Sow lettuce; tie a few at a time for immediate use. Sow parsley, endive, and turnips. Plant out celery, and water abundantly if convenient, shade the trenches for a week after plant- ing. Tomatoes will ...

... A letter in the Morning 8tar, dated from Cork, and signed S cont&ina the following in reference to Captain M.'Cafl'erty, who is now engaged with O'Mahony in keeping up the Fenian delusion in America:— A certain Captain M'Cafferty, who had been one of Morgan's guerillas in the late American war, was thrown out of employment by the cessation .of hostili- ties. The history of that famous band ...

... STBANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF A MOTHER, AND CHILD, On Saturday Mr. Payne, City coroner, held an in- quiry at the Rose Tavern, Thames-street, touching the death of Louisa Bryan, aged 35 years, who wa,8 sup-, posed to have destroyed her own life and that of her infant child by leaping into the Thames. Hannah Brydges, 14, Goodge-street, Tottenham- court-road, said that the deceased was her sister, and ...

... ELECTION oB MAYOR.—The annual meeting of the Town Council for the election of Mayor was held in the B irough Court, on Friday, the 9th inst., at noon. There were present-the retiring Mayor (T. F. Lewis, Esq.), in the chair; Aldermen Latch, Davies, Homfray, and Town- send; Councillors Phillips, Murphy, Hewertson; Jones, Harrhy, Llewellin, Batchelor, Moses, Knapp, Bolt, L. A. Homfray, Brown, ...

... CASSELL'S PENNY READINGS. Price Sh'pence,—r £ he first monthly part of this serial has just been issued. It is of 4to. size, nicely printed on toned paper, and profusely illustrated with wood cuts. It contains the following:— Frontispiece, Portrait of Charles Dickens. Tom Hood makes his Bow. The Broken Heart; by Washington Irving. The Cry of the Children; a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ...

... AUTISTIC ROBBERY OF SILVER PL A TE. One of the most daring and cool hotel robberies was ...

... THE LATE SERIOUS CASE OF EMBEZ- ZLEMENT AND FORGERY. Farther investigation of the affairs of Messrs. Everard and Sons, of King's Lynn, have disclosed defalcations to a much greater extent than was imagined. The deficiency is now said to be little short of £ 6,000, and Doeking is still at large. He han been heard of and seen at the neighbouring town of St. Ives and Ely, but has baffled all the ...