... LATEST ASPECTS OF THE UNUTED, STATES. BY W. HEPWORTH DIXON. LETTErIt V. . OBRIETY BY LAW. I ST. JOHNSBUIlY, VEIMONT, November, 1874. WHAT are the secrets ofthis artisans's paradise ? V' y is tho plae so oleasu, the people so 8vell housed and fed P Why sre the little folks so bale in face, so awart in person, nud so neat in dross'P All voices, I nm bound to say, rephl to me, tbat these unusual, ...

... LATEST TELE 11AAS, a SOUTH WALEWS IION AND COAL TRAD y. CADItIFFP, FcrnD4.-The scarci tyf ordelra whigh ha5 y prevailed in the iron trade Of South Wale, o n ,e .e least continnes to increnase, nd the macte Prsouee tihes 'i ap~parent indiff'erecne the prospect of in Cessatfion of~ with eonsequence of a further redsction in we on Otivork in 5 ditiou of the coal trade is exceehinaly as 'gteet Tbe ...

... THIE PROSPEOTS OF EMIGRANTS TO AMERCA. Persons abroad wishing to emigrate should, says the past New York Times, remember that the season of the year He dic willhave muc~hto dowith their success or failure. Seasons chapel have afar greater influence on business in the United before States than in England. Thus, let that most useful class, dinnex farm labourers, come here in the autumn, and ...

... SATUBDAY, NOVEIBJR 7, 1874. jj Yetrdsy mnorning a meeting of the. ?? of art. Stapetn as held in the Vety Ios, and by ad eurndet, No atthe B~ell inn, Stapleton, to sapprovo of anl application by DtilcMssrs. Stanley and Wasbrunlgh,on behalf of the sroinotors o for a provisional order under the provision's of 'ihe 'iraia- )m ways Act, 1870, autborising the construetioa of a tramwaly c, or ...

... IEETING OF THE SANITARY XUTHqRATYi I 1 ML ?? . . ?? The fitst meeting of the newly appointed'committee of the SanitaryAuthoritywoaheld,onThursday,at theoffices, Prluce-atreet, when there wiere Meter Alderman Edwards, Major Bush, Messr. El. JMils., P. Terrell, W. Spark,! O. IL Low, R. Ridler, W.: ME. Webb, H. Matthews, J. Luoas, J. Bartlett, . Townsend, ?? Folwell, 'and H. Naish. II The first ...

... The advqrtisemn 'htsin the Heur are now being set up by Ifr,. ackio' ?? machine. I The delegates of the Durham coalinets met at Durham ( on entarday, and disertsed a scheme for a confederation of all the toulminers in the kingdom. t In Lordon there are o)ilb miles of water vniins which arre constautl$g charged, and upmn which hydrants ean a one e fixed. f It is repeoted from Rome th the ...

... THE ABOLTION OF SECOND-CLASS CARRIAGES. An importait circular, signed by the chairman of the ofaud m y Company, has just been issued in defence of the reaat. policy of the board. Mr. Ellis recalls the earl history of the line, and, shows how it was compelled, by the competition of the Great Northern and the ! extensious of the other great companies, to develop itself intoaftlough system. in ...

... , pu. Lord Mayors day passedaoff in Londolk on Mtonday with areas, complete ?? Yeather was oharmingly bright and holies mild, and the streets throughout the entire route bf the e s ibt procession were thronged with. a good-humoured but ~Riasomiewhat noisy crowd of sihse .The procession would mesut bear comparison with that of any of its predecessors, ttealthough there was no ...

... A ROMAN CATHOLIC ON ROMAN CATHOOICISM. Mr.~ Lord Acton has forwarded the following letter to Mr, Gladstone lch a Atlhenceum, Nov. 8. ithe Dear Mr. Gladstone-I will not antic3iptate 'y a single have word the course which those who are itairaviatoly. con- has veinedrmay adopt inans~wer to your chal).nne. Buit there cy of11 are points whiolh I think you have overlocked, and which isho may be ...

... Woancr~iaIS~saI has a fine time of it at this season of the year, when Parliament is not sitting, and when peo le like Mr. Disraeli, having no particular good worrs to show, and nothing very excellent to promise, fall to patting, patronizing, ani adulating the artisan as the safest way of escaping from other difficulties. It is, however, a dangerous and mischievous practice. The politicians ...

... CONVIOT PRISONS. ?? appears from a report just issued that throughout the %pi past year 1697 male and 295 female prisoners were received sntate ito the Government Prisons of England, of which 1335 of e o the former and 255 of the latter were free from previous ,Pe to onvictions, while on the last day of that year 8340 men oh of and 1156 women were still remaining in those prisons, as Wvne ...

... The strike in South-sest Lancashire still continues. Sul Indeed, if anything, both masters and men seem more and I determined than over to fight the battle to the bitter end, needs The men are exerting themselves most strenuously to eveni obtain support from other districts in Eingland and Wales. affair Deputatious have been visiting the collieries in various from parts of South Wales, in ...