... BIR S. MORTON PETO'S EXPLANATION. Sir Samuel Morton Peto, M.P., attended a crowded meeting of his constituents at Bristol on Monday evening, for the purpose of explaining to them his connection with the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, and Ma conduct in respect of those operations of the company reflected on in the report issued recently by the committee of investiga- tion. The ...

... THE LATE DR. WARDER AND HIS CHILDREN. An application was made to Mr. Peake, the chief clerk of Vice-Chancellor Stuart, on Thursday morning, to appoint Miss Gunning guardian to the four children of the late Dr. Warder, who committed suicide at Brighton, and who had presented to Miss Gunning a large sum of money for his children. The Chief Clerk asked the urgency of the applica. tion. It was ...

... BUTTER, CHEESE, HAMS,&c. at per cwt. -Kut-ter: Iriesland, 114s .-to 116s-; Jersey, 90s. to 104s; JJorseu, 1.16s to 122s. Fresh; per doz., lis 01 to 13s 6d; rnla0! *eshire, 72s to 84s; Double Gloucester, 74s to 78s; v/lieddar,76s to84s; American, 66sto74s. Hams: York, now, JOS to 100s Cumberland, new, 90s to 100s; Irish, new, 90s to 100s. BP con Wiltshire. 82s to SSs Irish, green. 74s to 7Ss. ...

... CLUB ANNIVERSARIES. —On Saturday last the members of the ancient order of Ivorites held their annual feast at the White Hart Inn, when about 100 members sat down to a well spread dinner, and did justice to the suc- cessful catering of Host and Hostess Richards. The lodge- room was nicely decora ed with flowers and evergreens, whilst the Welsh harp occupied a conspicuous place in the room. ...

... AGRICULTURE. I THE agricultural show this year will be held at York, and the proceedings were commenoed on Thursday and Friday (although the general show is not until next month) in the trial of grass-mowing machinery. The visitors were few and quite of the agricultural class. The judges were Mr. John Coleman, of Eacrit, York, Mr. Caldwell, Wilts, and Mr. Kay, of Darlington, and these ...

... EVERY LITTLE HELPS. A Sketch of a Financial Crisis. r Amos Darnley paced to and fro in his narrow counting-house, with his head bent and hia hands clasped behind him. The clerks had gone the porter had been dismissed. Mr. Darnley having promised that he would himself see that the outer doors were locked, and thus the young merchant was alone in his warehouse. By-and-by he stopped before his ...

... [ADVERTISEMENT.] To the Editor of the USK OBSERVER. SIR,—Some persons having made a practicc of attributing to Mr. Murrell, the Poor-Law Auditor, certain remarks relative to myself, I beg you will give me an opportunity of setting myself right before the public. I will also add that Mr. James Pritchard, of Llangeview, made use of the same remark, before a public assembly, did Mr. Buttery at ...

... The following usefal hints upon gardening are ex- tracted from the last number of the Field:- Work for the Week. The gathering of the strawberries and peas and other garden crops now coming in in abundance will probably constitute the chief work in gardens at* pro- sent; the harvest of the garden has, ia fact, begun and, as that department of horticulture is sufficiently understood we need not ...

... During the past wejk 26 wrecks have been re- ported, making for the Present year a total of 1,108. An American writer amounces the reconstruction'' of the Union in these terfcs Gentle Hymen follows closely upon the heels 0' grim-visaged Mars, and the soft breathings of epithilamic melody succeed to the fierce and dissonant claigour of the war trumpet. He thought this was the best way of ...

... REFORM MEETING AT LAMBETH- meeting convened to support the Government in the present political crisis waa held at the Horns Tavern, Lambeth, on Friday night. The body (f the haIL was densely crowded with the electors and non- electors of the borough. The uroceadinga were tarooghomt marked by the greatest unanimity and oompletest order. Mr. Thomas Hughes occupied the chair, and amongst those ...

... A married old boy is a painful and humiliating ob- ject. He is often, without knowing it, affording as much amusement to his wife as to any one else, for as no man is a hero to his yoke-fellow, the effort of the old boy to figure killingly in strange eyes must strike those of his lawful spouse as singularly ridiculous and ineffectual. Old. boys are the last to comprehend this; they are not ...

... PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS. DURIRH the past week the many idle ramours current in London concerning Ministerial changes were remarkable. The press insinuated this or that, and the public believed the insinuations to be facts. Which paper would be most likely to have a peep behind the scenes was canvassed. The Morning Post, with its Palmerstonian views, the Times, with Mr. Lowe as its authority, ...