... A PIT ON FIRE FOR ONE. HUNDRED : ,t .I YEARS. I I t r I r I r I I I i I At Parkgate, near Sheffield, a most extra. ordinary penotluezon cau be seen by all in. I . torestod in collier ?? wonders. About one hundred years ago, several Park gate gentlemen sank a c . h aft, kown as the Old Bassett Pit. They. at once found a rich seam of ooal-the Barnsley I bed, nine feet in thickness. 'i'his coal ...

... ,RAILWABY 2REPOSTS.& ii CATMDONIAN. * of The lieotors' Repop# to be nubite, top the. Ri1 .half-yearly genezal meetipg of the CoMpaVO, W be agi h held at Glasgow on the 2Ith day.oD September, has R been publisled. We make the fbolowing abstiact £4i t ofthe report:'Th- balance available for dividend f;R tfor. the: half-youir te- 31st ; July, 1872i ill B370ii30. 46' on ri~d. Aft ...

... ?? ( ?? l ~ ,TE Rev. Dr a street U.Pl. IhrhGasodidyatr daly at Uddhigstou,} in the 73d Year g 1 the bv We publish to-day the offwcalt accoi'M th the Geneva Award. The claims prferred 'rar by the United States amoiunted to , 4OOO nandc .dollars in gold, or ,hout £9472,166 l3s 4d . the C The actnal award I 1B,500,Q00 dollar in extra gold, or about £,229,16 13s 4d. ThC The closing crisoe of the ...

... INWAR~WAD. fI ~ tqn fl.ia Qtatenv E the fslleowiC Ord ,oilser Ofiee:- jinbvo given their toro bcr bltlteo Uly find G-re-avt ?? ~ ~ t A lloBu rtrtl, T~hey ue t ttd by the AlablIM16 y h e5jf ttli ,COOt D t iss, Brazlinn'an t ncrbe le l o the tn h S :ratoere 7i$ . o ee erbi agailust the arbitra ¶jnitd S b ithen d find Great Britan ea Wub~e~ to by the, Florida ; ed ppOulS andCt.4 co Swiss, and ...

... -THE, DUKE! OF ATHOLE AND rOLtl4I 0~ -YTHE WALL DEMOORATS .- ' i - Losdou Pitriotic tociete CluB au7d. ' Institute 37A CleIken veU( Green 'Lonaon,' 14th Sept., 1872. , , S ?? I ?? the favo'ur of your giving piubj E .lidtv t06the accompanying correspondence.' r i N~o letter'has been received i* replyto my aom I 9 miuication of the 21at nlt., and I1a:yadd,th I the procee'dingdvwhieh took place ...

... THE PRIOSTON ELECTION. (FROM OUR CORRRSPONDZN r.) , The fiercely contested Parliamentary election on Friday resulted in a victory for the. Conserative - candidate by 718 of a majority. The Liberals of the town were confident. of: Victory, from the fact that they were united, and'that they had the ballot' Their anticipations were, however, un;appily fo them, not realised. The ballot, though an ...

... .. RO;CK.X ' ToeiPePirtosoPglwte ?? AEN UO Llfv:-M'e etiergisrtand, tiat ttere is p P of the discoverer of Dr Liviiigstono v.X g 4 Greeuock during Noveiaber, utoer the of the Phllosphieal Society ep' 'C 'SvOiRHNGo ¶TiaiiuIeN THr 1- H.,P.OUm1, _ 4A. Police Cconrt, on 'Saturday, before Blall tlle Hugh Fullerton, tinibermeaaurer, ,was coi4 of haviing allowed ilve chains of timber d D charged from ...

... ? A dIrTGILI ?? S eu~r¢ thatehO buildin8 Af P'O3YIng cjosed.'.a~ f tteraptO 4aMecti tbt Zfoi- no ,iUvrn ib*halmta vok1it IL011V U .. ,1 U&,YJJ ?? 'I4A1 A~i~bU h'pi . losed with)ai Very ?? fgr , ,di~i1i ,whlch are M4lto ed dewrer Otef soro't f,4 P e. W Wdoretmc VAI O%'i !,sne 'e demq1d r i ,fi whit'e wvool: 'arli s' sti very 1lPzXea in ,al w A.As tho London wool sal-I opesed 't9is L weI 1 at ...

... AGRICULPURIU, TIIE HARVEST. REVIEaW GP THIE CoBN TnAris.-The Ahzs v , Eamprests, in its review of the corn trade for t past week, says -This chequered season er .southerly, has lately ruled for the molostpa and sultry, hae in tihe north, as far ass 3o been as fearful in its effcts hy raint upoa b c there as at one time in. Essex and Kent. Ternr storms and unusual floods have swollen the mien ...

... M. THIIERS AT HAVRE. The President of the French Republic arrived at dee Havre on Saturday morning. Immense crowds of 0Ct people were on the pier and in the streets through l which he passed, and all the windows were filled Tlah with spectators. The President was received by du( the communal and departmental officials. The gra Mayor made a speech thanldng M. Thiers for the gutr efforts he had ...

... |THE BURMESE EMBASSY GLASOW. Yesterday- afternoon, the members of the Embassy from the King of Burmah to this country arrived at the Queen Street Station, Glasgow. As their arrival had been formerly announced, there was a large number of visitors on the platform, including the Lord Provost, Bailies Macdonald, Mathieson, Hamilton, Walls, Moir; Mr West Watson, city chamberlain; Mr l John Carrick ...

... TLE CBOLERA IN PRUSSIA. Hamburg, September 16. - I ielegraphie intelligence from East Prussia existi &ttcathecholera to be spreading in that pro. Az oi Since, and to havo broken out at Schauler with break aclh virulence as to induce the wealthier classes direct to emigrate to healthier places, the 1 TIr ILLNES3 OF THEr PRINCE ALBRECHT.-A daui3t Liablrd telegram, dated Berlin, September 16, ...