... ?? N)OA AN'D PR16- GOSSIP. I Lo.nooN, Deceeller 1i, 1571. 1, NhIlat :til I to say_ ab)oult tile l})oO 'rlinee ? His Royal c Hlighlttes( is ali ce at tile ttoilelnt l tale ullp cy w) pe an, nls of coneist :is, l'l as ItemO is life we mar heoriish hopo a ?? all in ty vet ittd well. litt ill the chances are) against hint. uverytiitig apparently except tile will of t( Heaven, audl he is lingering ...

... . LONDON BMARKETS-MGNDAY. CORN EXCl1ANt3,-NiON DAXi. With the exception of a large arrival of foreign oats, our supplies last week were moderate. English wheat, 3,577 qrs.; foreign, 10,008, Exports, 1,512 qrs. ATith scarcely anything on the Kentish stands, and very little on those of Essex, factors commenced by asking Is. advance, but soon found millers in no disposition to pay over last ...

... aS - d On Thursday the female workers, numbering upward, dof 600, employed at the Wallace Factory, Perth, struck - work for an advance of wages. They demanded an advance of ten per cent, which the masters refused to give, but of offered a rise of five per cent. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN I a Should always be used when children are cutting teeth; it a relieves the little ...

... The monthly meeting of this body was held on Wednes- day, the Mayor presiding. A letter from Sr. hapcott, chairman of a meeting held in Trinity parish recently, ereelosing a memorial referring to the price and quality of the gaa and water, the sewage, and the increase of the rates of the city, gave rise to some discussion, ix the course of which Mr. Carter moved that' the matter' be referred ...

... ' e Up. BRISTOL AND EXETE R. DOWN. 3, ,f WErEK D. a~m, a~m. am, a~m, am. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. WEEK: D. a~m. a.m. a~m. a~m, a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.mo n Exeter ?? 6 0 810 9 45 10 30 11 45 12 25 3 30 4 45 5 30 London ?? 60 915 11 4310 15 ?? 2 0 410 Stoke ?? 8 19 ?? ?? 1155 ?? 641. Bristol 630 8 20 10 3012 35'2 25 3 5 ?? 0 0 810 ?? 6 22 5 28 ., .. . ?? 552 Weston J.717 9 25 116 113 ?? 5 46 ?? ...

... We need not be told that there is nothing now under the sun-not even the Tichborne case. Many of those ,who day after day wade through six or more columns of the morning papers for a report of the passes of arms between Mr. Hawkins and Brother Ballantine, hardly suspect that particulars of StIll more vital interest than any that have arisen from the present trial were discussed before a ...

... DISTRIOT NEWS. SANDFORD.-The harvest thanksgiving service I was held in this church on Sunday the 10thult. The f collectien, amounting to £6 6s. Od., was given to the C National School Society. AXM.INSTER,-One morning a valuable cart colt, the property of Mr. Wall, of Chard, which had been pastur- ing in Coombe fields, adjacent to Axminster, was found to have been seriously injured by running ...

... When may two persons be said to be half-witted ? When they have an understanding between him At St. Cloud a French humourist has been at work. A neat thing was pencilled on the pedestal of a mutilated statue of Mercury- The Prussians respect nothing-not even the god of thieves, Sam, what do you suppose is the reason that the sun goes toward'the south in winter ? Well, I don't kno v, ...

... MISOELLANEA. There cannot be greater treaehery then first to raise a confidence, and then to deceive it. MODErEN POETRY.-A still more general characteristio of much of our poetry ie want of jndgment, want of subordination of parts to the whole, and of details to the general effect. In speaking of landecape gardening, Lord Chatham finely said that it required the prophetic eye of taste. He ...

... The completion end sum of repentance is a change of d life. hr Hie that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction uponpas yers ust learn to know the present value of single W minlonutpens',anyd ernadeavour to let no partileo of time fall aeleep an wl the ground. o3gltyih world ;it throws Idle nessis th'a greatest prodglt nt(e aathtwhieh is invaluable in raes~st of its p resent use, and o ...

... ?? Two gentlemen were recently accosted in the following magniloquent terms by a beggar:- Gentlemen, will you administer the balm of consolation to adebilitated constitution i Are the jury agreed ? asked one of the judges of the bailiff on the steps of the Des Moines courthouse one morning.. Yes, said the bailiff, they have just agreed to send out for another half gallon. A clergyman ...

... I JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE.-No. 3 [EWITTEN FOI TIER EXETER FLYWG POST.] 'f Mr. Editor,-HaNing promised in the last paper to intro- NJ duco your readers to the priests and temples of far-famed Kama Kura, with your permission we will now enter the C grounds. A broad gravel walk leads up to the temples, of which there are seven. These are magnificent structures, and are said to have existed six ...