... . CURIOSITIES OF NATIONAL SCHOOL HISTORY Among the numberless school histories of England e extant there is one which is worth notice forireasons 1 which will presently appear. It is not a Sew book. The i o first edition appeared in 1845; but it has frequently been reprinted since. It bears no imposing name, nor does it e assume to clear up obscurities or to settle disputedpoinbts. l It is a; ...

... At eight o'clock on Saturday monciing, the three men; Po Allen, La~rkin, and Gould, who -were convicted of the hI murder of Police-sergeant Brett, were' hanged at'the New tb Bailey, Saford, in the presence' of a crowd of about 12,000 w! personis, but in the sight of a very inuch smaller number. 1 'The crowd, wbicb was much smaller than had been anti- io. cipte, wias very orderly and quiet, ...

... 1$1>V~AI. l MILIT NWBe Loss OF T AH BospEoRus STEAtEB.-A t elegram : has been received at the India House, communicating'tie . totailogs 6fth-e Bocphorasesteamer,'off Algoa Bay,on the, 31st of October last. Shemastalen up bythe A miralty ~as a transport for the convenhe 'of stores'6 Bombay, to supply the vesselsfitt~ing 'out there for the Abyssinian ex- pedition. She was 2,000 tons ...

... POSTAL AEBRRANGEMEflNTS AT PORTSMOUTH. DELIVERIES OF LETTERS. First . , , , , , , ,, 7. 0 a.m. ?? 2.15 p.m. ?? 15 7,15 p.m. RECEIVING OFFICES. Cleared at Cleared at 7.15 n.m. S6cthsen . . 9.30 am. ?? 9.30 anm. CambridgeTerrace 4.30 (. 0 p.m. 7. 0 n.m. Kiligston . p m Landport ?? 9.30 a.m. Frattor . ?? . P .m. 4.30 p.m. 9. 0 p.M. Milton ?? 0 p.= PILLAR LETTER BOXES. Railway Station . 7.10 ...

... - The forts on the outer line of defence are all baing sup- ini P plied with propor proportions of imnmunition from the la- up it boratory at Priddy's Hard, for tbe:.first time since their pa le completion. ern st EnBaEoaz ToTAL ABSTINENCE So ?? address th ig was delivered to the members and friends of the above cO! le society on Tuesday evening last, in the Free School-room, to r. North ...

... g AuOKLAND ROAD. e Apsley Roase.-Mr. and Mrs. Vining; Mrs. Gilbert and e family 0 Branksea Lodge.-Sir W Cusack Smith. a Rdope Villas ?? ?? and Mrs. Bickford. t. Belle Vue Terrace (Nj. 9.)- Mr. Grantham, from 58 London. d CASTLE TEBRAOE. e No. 1I.-Captain Brown, R.N.; Mr. Ricard, 20th Regt. a CLAENCIE PARADF. No. 1.-Miss'Murray. is 3.-Miss Emerson. No. 4.-Mr. and Miss Tupper. y No. 17.-Mrs. ...

... - .. _ _ .- - . . . - _ _ . .S -- - ?? _= , f Intelligence was received at the Admiralty oi Wedues. e day of the safe arrival of Her Majesty's ironclad ship Ocean at Batavia, on the l5tb ult., all well. Y TEEa AiYss:NiAx ENrTEDITIOa.-It appears from a letter from Zilla, under date of the 31st of October, that y two days previously, Colonel Merewether and his party *e returned from ...

... SOUTHAMIPTON. Agents-Messrs. J. TucEiER & Sox. Printers. The Germnacia, Capt. Schewensen, from New York on the 16th inst., arrived off Cowes early on Thursday morn- ing. After transhipping hermails and passengers for tbis port, to the steamers awaiting her arrival, she proceeded on to Hamburgh. The Tawjore, Captain G. S. Brooks, with the Mediter- ranean and Bombay mails, arrived early on ...

... I ?? Agent-Mr. EAnwAXER. CONPETITON IN THE MEAT TWADE.-On Saturdayhut some butchers from North Warnboro', named Farley, opened a stall in the market-place, anddurinnthe&a disposed of two bullocks and five sheep at the ollowing prices :-Beef, ribs and sirloins, 7d., other parts, 6d.pea *lb.; mutton, legs, shoulders, end necks, 7d., breests, 6d. per lb. They signified their intention to visit ...

... Ripe raspberries were gathered from an-open garden at Little Anglesey last week. A carpenter of the royal navy, named Bonetta, jumped from one of the upper windows in Haslar hospital to the ground beneath, a height of from 35 to 40 feet, on Satur- day last, and, singularly enough, sustained but a trifling injury to his side, although the ground where he pitche was deeply indented by the force ...

... RAIllWAY TIME TABLES. FOR: THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. WEEK DAYS. SNAY.WEEK DAYS. SNAS Mal Mu. 2a.A MeAU.. 'UP. 12 12 123118 12 12 1.2 1 2 128312. DOWN.: 1128312 12 12.12 12 12a 12 31 2 183'- Portsmout 7 65105601145215 4.15 6801235 8 8403aAD10 Waterloo.. 7306 91la1101 08103I 5100 0' 9 0526 853 Cosham ?? a 511 01155225425 6 4012 45 8 50 850 520 Sorbiten. .. 7 58 9389 l. 124 ...

... The week commenced with a threatening morning, and soon after noon heavy rain set in, accompanied by hail and a violent gale, but this lasted for a short period. Monday proved tolerably fine, sunny at times, and the atmosphere colder; wind N.W., blowing strongly; thermometer 53 degrees at mid-day, and barometer down to 29.80 inches. In certain districts field work progressed steadily on the ...