... About half-past five o'clock on the evening of Sundajr an alarm of fire was raised in the camp and town of Alder- Bii.it, and a number of people at once rushed to the spot from whence smoke was perceived to be issuing, namely, the straw stores, situated near the centre block 1Il the permanent barracks. The provost, followed by the fire brigade, were immediately on the spot, and pickets being ...

... THE SHOE TRADE. -The Old Police Station has been taken by Mr. North, whose increase of trade demands larger premises. The manufacture of his celebrated water- tights will now proceed with vigour; the benefit will be felt by several of the sons of Saint Crispin, as some new hands have been put on in the Market-street emporium. IMPROVEMENTS Now GOING ON.— At the Freemasons' Arms, Host J ones ...

... A contemporary tells a funny story of a rifle corps in the Vale of Clwyd who were exercising in a field, when a cow charged them, and they all ran off-that is, save one man, who, obedient to rule, dropped on one knee, and prepared to receive cavalry. At the first prick of the bayonet the cavalry retreated.— Oswestry A dcertiser. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS —Be prepared. In Great Britain ...

... THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT.—The Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act of 1851, which was passed at the close of the late session, will take effect on January 1, but is not to apply to any ship belonging to the United Kingdom, and absent therefrom at the time of its operation, until the return of such vessel to the United Kingdom. Several provisions in the recited act are repealed, and it is ...

... MANCHESTER, Thursday.—The banquet to the Earl of Derby and her Majesty's Ministers took placJ iu the Fre# Trade Hall, in this city, on Monday evening uuder the auspices of the Manchester Conservative Association. The assembly was of the most brilliant description, and comprised the leading members of the Conservative party, not ouly of Manchester but of the surrounding counties. About a ...

... BRISTOL BANKRUPTCY COURT. MONDAY. RE B. BOORNE, Cardiff, circus proprietor.—Mr. Eldin (instructed by Mr. J. Inskip) opposed on behalf of the assignees; Mr. Clifton supported the bankrupt. The bankrupt was examined respecting the sale of two or three of his horses. On the 24th of January, shortly before his bankruptcy, he sold a performing horse called Signal to Mr. M'Dowell, his son-in-law, ...

... Jmngn: FRANCE AND THE ROMAN QUESTION. PARIS, Oct. 19.—The Opinione Nationale of this even- ing says that according to despatches from Florence, the Italian troops have received orders to advance at once into the Papal states. A telegram from Lyons has been published, stating that the number of soldiers sent from that town te Toulor is 20,000, and that another corps will operate in another ...

... The RECORDER of WARWICK on the EXECUTION of WIGGINS. At the Warwick borough quarter sessions last Friday the recorder, Sir John Eardley Eardley Wilmot, Bart., in the course of his charge to the grand jury, took occasion to refer to the execution of SViggins in London last week, and said he felt most strongly the horror of the scene on account of the recommendation of the jury before whom the ...

... On Monday evening a special meeting of the members of the Hospitality lodge of Odd- fellows was held iu Brother Beaeliain's, the Montague, +'or the purpose of presenting a testimonial to P.P.G.M. Henry Griffiths. The 1 testimonial cot-listed of a silver snuff-bnx, a purse containing and an address. About twenty-live sat down to supper, which we hear j \as provided in the host's best style. ...

... HARBOURING SEAMEN. [We last week reported at some length a case of har- bouring a seaman by a boarding-house keeper, and also the conviction of a shipping master for aiding and abetting in the harbouring. A report of the case having been sent to the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, the editor considtred the points raised worthy of notice, and in a leading article of Monday last, which we ...

... FORESTRY.—The thirty-first district meeting of this ancient order was held at:the Maypole Inn, on the 7th inst. The district comprises 32 courts. 25 of which sent delegates on this occasion. D.C.R. Daniel Matthews presided. Several important resolutions were proposed and carried. Officers elected for the ensuing year :— D.SC.R. John Howell, of Court Sebastopol, D.C.R.; P.C.R. Thomas James, of ...

... EBENEZER, TWYNCARNO.—On Wednesday last Thank- giving services were held at this chapel in the morning, afternoon, and evening, which were presided over by the Rev. J. Lewis the minister. They were well attended. PENUEL CHAPEL.—On Monday last Thanksgiving meet- ings were held at this place of worship under the direction cf the Rev. J. Jones (Mathetes), the minister, and were well attended ...