... TEHE MURPHIYITES AT BIRMINGHAM. I I teSCANDALOUS PROCEEDINGS. by of We copy the following from the Bitminghanm ai ?? of Saturday at, Our readers are aware that the negotiations for oo.a discussion between Mr. Murphy and Mr. one Houston on the one part and Mr. Raffles on the lenco other, were a day or two ago proclaimed to have their fallen through; but Mr. Raffles iseenis to have ymnfeared the ...

... th There is a story told of a mistake made by the i to late Lord Abinger while at the bar which the illustrates the difficalties into which advoct zorb may be led. Before he was appointed to the it bench he was leader of his circuit, and had a most dug extensive practice. During the assie time he, sdy like other eminent members of the bar, was t be retained In so many cases that it was ...

... ROYATI 4OUWL 'LACASIRB &OsiRICIJLTtB.AL~ SOCIIETY. :'The trial 6o implements'in connection'with this society`wee heldon W sdneaay upon the land of the Pret ?? Coptpany,atFreckleton.o The ?? the cocnpa~ytis saveral 'hundreds of acres inr eentei has~beenreclaimod fromnthe sea, djoin''a.tfii riv-er; Ribble, and- iskiabout seven '9r ,eight iaileg I r6'm prestdn. The weather wza 'v'eiy ...

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... Distykt Jjlcws. ABERDARE. .LECTURE.—On Monday night a lecture was delivered by Miss Cranogwen Rees, in Ebenezer Chapel, Trecynon. Her subject was Pethau Chwithig. The chapel was uncomfortably crowded, and the lecturer was frequently applauded. The audience appeared to be exceedingly 'Well pleased. The proceeds are to be devoted to the purposes of a neighbouring chapel. The Rev. W. Edwards ...

... TEA PARTY.-The annual tea party of the Primitive Methodists took place on Monday, the 19th inst., in a field close by the station. The morning looked ra- ther dull and heavy, owing to which it was thought advisable to have it in the British Schoolroom but the rain cleared off, and the party was held in the field. The Primitive Methodists have bad an established cause here fot more than five ...

... THIRTY-FIVE YEARS' WHEAT IMPORTS.—The im- ports of wheat into the United Kingdom have been sub. ject to very great fluctuations during the last thirty-five years. In 1831 they amounted to 2,303,974 qrs., but they then rapidly declined until in 1835 they had sunk to fiG.!W5 qrs. Then they began to revive again, until in 18:m they bad attained a total of 2,875,427 qrs. In 1840 ther^ was a slight ...

... TLEGRUAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (rEUTEles TELGRAQS.) THE RISING IN SPAIN. PARIS, AUGUST 23. The Monitetr of this morning says:- According to a telegram from Madrid dated the 21st inst., the insurrectionary bands in Catalonia and Aragon havebeen everywhere dispersed without offering anu serious resistance. The Spanish government does not appear to have any fears as to the issue of the movement, ...

... Rabal antr Militarp. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 25. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty entertained the heads of departments in this port and garrison at dinner on board the Osborne on Friday even. ing, and on Saturday morning, after inspecting the Viper, one of the new t; in-screw vessels recently commissioned landed at the King's-stairs and resumed their inspection of the dockyard. At two ...

... 1S1E GROUSE DISEASE. A correspondent in Morayshire says:- I have never seen 80 nalny deaths among grouse in any former year, and I have no doubt it will take a few years to get clear of the disease-it will linger less or more for two or three years. Another correspondent writes his opinion at great length from Ballater. The following is an abridg- meut of what he .iys :- The disease ...

... S OLD M1INI6S IN $rISORIA' _ , i w ?? I . .. A very seasonable addition to ouix stock of know- ledge regarding the Australian gold fields has just been published, in the shape of a small pamphlet, by Mr. R. L. SM. Kitto, whose experience as a government mining sur- veyor in the colony of Victoria enables him to speak with r accuracy and authority. The publication is' seasonsble in a double ...

... H{ORRIBLE B.]3X23ARITIES IN ITALY. TIL popular belief in the agrency of poisons still continues, aud leatlefto shocking results. At C'ivita, a Lmeall district in Cosenza, a scene was lately wit- nessedl unparalleled in modern times. The news of the first case of cholera which occurred therespread fear and consternation. Unfortunately, too, these feelings were as usual accompanied by the dread ...