... FOR LICENSED VICTUALLE RS. The Sunderland Licensed Victual1ers' Association. The inatugural dininer offthis Associaitian va liedat ?? and was attended by cant 150 members. The dinner 1yas pro- vided by Mrs. Gray, of the Crown and Sceptre, ianwas in every respect creditable to that establishment. The chair was occupied bySMr. JS. HARTLY, c .P., witho we naupprted on the ridet byMessrs. S. ...

... It is within a day or two of seven years ago-the 25th of August, 1861-that a frightful collision took place in the Clayton Tucenel, by which twenty-three persons lost their lives, and 176 were seriously injured. Since that day no railway accident in this country has been attended with such a less of life as that which took place on tis London and North-Western line on Thursday afternoon. The ...

... FREEMASONS' TAVERN COXPAXY l(Limited). -- -- -- - a The Annual Mecting of this Company was held on Wednesday on the premises in Great Queen-street; Mr. F. WYAnt Tse.uscoTT' in the chair. After the readling of' the mninuttes of last annual Ineetilg, thle f'ollowing Report t thle Shareholders, which had been seven days inl their hands, was taken as read: 'fles Directors Present the Anasnal ...

... Carnspolbnmae I PRAYING FOR RAIN. I Sir,-The Bishop of Oxford, in his wisdom, has thought proper to order that the prayer for rain should be said throughout his diocese. One cannot imagine that he would deny that the whole of creation is regulated by certain laws. If so, why does his lordship pray for rain 7 Can there be the slightest ground for supposing that the weather is an excep- tion to ...

... EVERYBODY'S COLUMN, of on Tuesday forenoon, at Qateeniblry, a woolsorter, for a, on 'thb- tritting wager, ate a large cuicumber weighing nearly two Ai ter, pounds. It was simnply out Into elices and dipped In vinegar, 3E ler, and then eaten without anything elee to it. on. The groes revenue of Ireland during the year ending 3slt on. Marchol amounted to £6,843 NO0 and the net income £6,176,390, ...

... To ?? t !fALt A fatal accident-occurred 'atllrancepeth collery near Bishop iAqckland, on 1Saturda-y h Abiabafn Hodgsoa 'twenty-sixan4 Mic4ae;Clr*i 4~ty'OJ1 both miners, wersittingat the face of 'thii wirka in, when a -juantiy of stoie 'fell from-, the :rOOf .nd killed-thenron the spot,:. ., .; The baptist m''iontlr wh -was tpprahended on a charge of shooting ata servant girl*at :iscei-,,'vna ...

... . HORRIBLE. RAILMAAY CATASTROPHE. DESTRUTON OFAXBlESS TRAIN TWENTY-THIREEPERSONS BtIRNTTO DEATH The most extraordinary accident ever klown o0 an English railway.. ccurred on the: Chester and Holyhead line tear 'lddulbs,; about a mile and a' half from Abergele, on Thursday, by which twenty. threelive .werel at once sacrificedl nder circumstances of the most appalling horror. Tpe causes of the ...

... MISCELLANEOUB. The number of patients relieved at the Royal Fres Hospital during the week ending August 8 was 8,185, of which 1,006 were new cases. By an Act of parliament just printed any member of a partnership guilty of converting to his own use the pro- perty of the copartuership is to be liable to be tried as if he was not a memnber of the partnership. We have to announce the death of Mr. ...

... I The great (FRO3t OUR OWN CORRESPONDEN'T.) bgreat eat that eve have had has bought us an inva- sion (small it is true) of those highly developed gnats called mosquitoes. They are here, and prick. sting, and irritate in the most determined manner. To close the waindow at an early hour (an observance which is not often kept in the summer) is one o the best preventives against the attacks of ...

... Ilailtuall 6UT&# SUMMARY OF RAILWAY NEWS. TRAFFIC RETUaRNS.-The traffic receipts of Railways in the United Kingdom amounted, for the week ending August 15, on 13,350 miles, to 817,3661., and for the corresponding week of last year, on 13,008 miles, to 835,9321., showing an increase of 342 miles and a decrease of 18,5561. The gross receipts on the fourteen principal lines amounted in the ...

... The expected review was held in Paris yesterday afternoon. At three o'clock, the lmnzperor, accompanied by the Prince Imperial, left the Tuileries on horse- bac and passed along the line of troops drawn up in the garden of the Tuileries and the avenue of the Champs Elysdes. The Empress left in an open carriage ten minutes sooner and drove in front of the ranks. The review passed off (the ...

... I We learn by telegram from Paris that the Court of Appeal has confirmed the sentence which condemned M. Rochefort to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 10,00o francs for the articles in the number of the Lanterne first seized by the police. From Florence we are told that General Garibaldi has resigned his seat in the Italian Parliament. No reason is mentioned. The Austrian Government is ...