... om ACet in the| m sOFLIFE TO P - An fortunate Policy-holder states , Ofro hardship which, it is to be feared, is, onsye rprsentatii'O one fmn hewriter says, o rniey n under the late inesiur- thuad which have aie thetione The fator of the writer was. a bintr In terofessional Life office, ansd was, e7~h~jnedati~ior voice in the aflhir, quietly in16 ihhundreds of other victims sanded°ver 1 kee ...

... TERR~IBLE DISASTER AT WINSFORD. The Warrivgton Uuietrdian of Wednesday states that a terrible fire t ok place on Tnesday evening tit Ove, i: r Winsford, by which the large cotton mill of Messrs. Abraham Haigh and Son was almost burnt to the grouse and nine lives were lost. There now remains of the finl building but a small portion of the outer walls and a con- fused heap of smouldering ddbris ...

... NAVY STATIONS FOR NOVENBEIL __ Abookir, Jnmaira Egerla.Devonport Pilgeon, Cibraltar Active,C.ofGoodHope Elfin, ortsmouth ordered home Adventure, passage to~lI3 paesage home P iorenpieesurvcy.fer. Japan Enso'entressPortmnth l laloeib, t. sqdron. Acineourt. Chan. Sqd. Eneounter, Cape of Rapid, &ibraltar Albacore, Bermuda Good Hlopo Ready, S. E. Amerion Albatross, pasfage to Endyiron, Hull ...

... THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUt-. It is stated that the expenses of collecting this Hospital Saturday fund have amounted to 1,1001.. and a special appeal is being made to the lesding bankers and merchants of London for subscriptions towards the payment of this sum. The acspitols of the London and South-Western railway have paid in 921. l4s. l0d, and the workmen on the Shaftesbury-park estate 631. ...

... THE GA.RDEN.-By MB. WILL;IAM aLwRty. SEASONABLE GARDENING FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 7. The Bsythrina or Coral-tree., to which we referred some weeks since, as a plant adapted for all kinds of culture, whether in pots, ?? within doors, or warms sunny out- door borders, and regarding which correspondents ask for detailed information, rcejst at this season, especially if grown under the formed ...

... COSTERTONG&Es,' GZrxm-AWcmS. On Tesday a ,neeting of costermnogers was held st the Bnll's Head, Crown-strevt, Soho, to protest acalr.: certaiun grievancees tc wh-c1 their elass is suiuJeeted. Mr. 1'ADE took the chair, and reuarkled that the polic3 had been interfering with the trade of the re. c :gnised street trucls. Tbe. action of thec authoritie- : reference to the Etalls and burrows ill ...

... AFF'AIRS IN SPAIN. I XADRID, October 27.-The sarliats have made an incursion into Aviles, in the Asturias, but were re- pulsed. They have again made their, appearance in the province of Tarragona, where they have been en- countered by the Republican troops, and defeated with a loss of seven killed, several prisoners. one gun, and a considerable quantity of war material. MADRID, October 28 ...

... I or? ATACCIO. -| - The following letter has been addressed by Prince Na- poleon to the electors of Ajaccio, who have rejected him from the Conncil-General, and elected his cousin, the nominee of Chiselhurst:- My Friends,-Nothing has been respected! Yielding to the influence of passion and ?? inspirations, the chiefs of the Imperialist party have chosen Ajaccio, the cradle of my family, as ...

... The l'eanasca Star and Heraldl of the 6th inst. con- ?? a letter, dated the 4th inst., describing the earth- quake whieh occurred there on the previous evening:- 'On the Ord of September, at 8.30 pem., withoat any previous warning, a strong earthquake shook the ground violently in a direction from west to east. The move- ment wvas a series of strong vertical and horizontal impulses combined. ...

... THE TRANSIT OF VENUS, a_ ?? i°Ute5, evllicll xvill take hilnsclf, his three sappers, 3td al! lwis (llliplllent. At tlle salne date tbe 3eln ffi a' expedi!ion of Colonel Campbell, of Bl!tll3:vooflvilt sturt forthesnmeplnee. Lnst ?? I vent to the river to look at their respeet- lve lloats Tile aolollelss is a palace; the cabins are all velvet nnd gold, nnd tlie saloon is really3aloOzl, mud not a ...

... At the sitting of the German Parliament on Saturday Herr Von Forkenbeck avas almost unanimously elected President. Baron Schenk Von Stauffenberg, Bavarian National Liberal, was elected first Vice-President, and Dr. Haenel (riogressist) second Vice-President. A Daily Acws telegram from Vienna states that the letters between Count Arnim and Count Biilow, which were recently published, are ...

... MOST persons are, we suppose, aware that our sanitary system is not absolute perfection. It is tolerably well known that the law relating to the public health has not exactly that simplicity, precision, and efficiency which are to be desired on so important a subject. It is, perhaps, suspected that the local bodies charged with its enforcement are not always as zealous and enlightened ...