... S :. Tt E is f r Nan -:f fTEl}:-0- f$TOg.f- 0 *_ | f 0 0 _ _ _ An*. _ ._ ; ; 'I , I t . 5 . . .. \ , .. , . - / g . . . THE APPAL'LING CALAMITY AT THE TAY BRIDGE. GREAT LOSS OP LIFE. E THE GENERAL HURRICANE. DAMAGE TO SHIPPING, &c. It must be already in the minda of all that a dread- filly fatal disaster has occurred at the Tay Bridge, near: Dundee, in Scotland. This almost national calainity ...

... AGRI.JLTURAL NOTES. M.-r> th6. Vr1A) Ma~iZ J (Feron the Weekly Mail ofI - (By FINLAi DuK, Fnq.w tT1E DIIANCHESHIEET OF BRITI,,H AGRICULTURE. ie Cbriaftae hbas tot brought to the agricultural mor olasaee its wonted ove dlow of jollity, plonty, and t | prosperity. The seasonable enjoyments- the na quips and cranks and wreathed smiles, which inI troublehmay sober, but cannot banish-oome not r~e ...

... RAILWAY TRAFFIC INTERRUPTED. i land The river Irwell, which divides Manchester from prin Salford, has overflewed its banks on both sides to sigh such an extent as to cause great damage to property, to si and to cause serious apprehension in the minds of the the people living in the lower parts of the two towns, Inc particularly as rain is still falling heavily. At ten spir o'clock on Wednesday ...

... AFGH-FfSNNST-AN, TELEGRAM FROM THE VICEROY. TituuiSIAY,-NGw5 from Roberts to the 30tb reports Laker returmring from Kohiistan, having reached aisid destroyed Mir ihitclha'a feot without opposition. Several headreen of Kuhictau atld Logar have sent to aik if they may come in, Enenmys losses estiniated at nearly 3000, Seh Baba and Latabsind being re-oceupied, Weather fine, but very cold. ...

... Many of the metropolitan charities have just received some large sums as donations which will go a long way to enable them to balance, their accounts at the Christmas quarter. A maiden lady, Miss Harriet Hurst, late of Stamford and Chester terrace, Regent's Park, died a few months ago, leaving a large sum of money, invested in Three per Cent. Consols, at the absolute discretion of her ...

... A clerk named George Heard, living at Round- greet, who with his wife and two children has been reported starving, although they refuse to enter the workhouse, came before the Luton Board of Guardians on Monday. He has an idea that his father rendered great scientific services to the country, and says he spent £14,000 in perfect- ing the purification of coal gas. This he has pressed on both ...

... The North Wales express, which leaves Holyhead for London at two a.m., came into collision on Saturday morning with a goods train between Llanfair and Meoai-bridge stations, on the North Western Railway. A goods train left Holyhead about midnight, passing Llanfair station about two a.m., when, between that station, in Anglesey, and the Menai-bridge station, in Carnarvonshire, the passenger ...

... Another survivor who has arrived in Liverpool de- scribes the prompt efforts made te stop the leak in the steamer Borussia, when it was discovered. The steam pumps were set to work, and for a time it was hoped that the efforts would be successful, but the water flowed in ao rapidly that it washed the coal out of the bunkers, and the pumps were choked. They were cleared several times and again ...

... Mr. George Collier, deputy coroner for East Middlesex, held 1m inquest lID Saturday, at the DuJee of Cambridge Tavern, Felix Street, liackney Road, London, on the bodies of Mrs. Susannah Holland, aged 86 years, and Miss Mary Ann Brady, aged 77, who resided together at No. 472. Hackney Road, and were found dead in their room, the former on the 22nd, and the latter on the 24th instant. On the ...

... On Sunday afternoon Dundee was visited by one of the most fearful hurricanes which has ever been experienced in this neighbourhood, and which has been accompanied with unparalleled destruction of property. A portion of the large central of the Tay Bridge have been blown down during a fearful blast, and the passenger train from the South, which was seen entering on the bridge at the Newport ...

... A CALL TO CHRISTIAN ENGLAND. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] Lpon Mr Gladstone's late campaign, and the political situation, Mr Spurgeon writes from Aientone The grand blasts from Mr Glad- stone s war horn should arouse our nation. The one note is a call to lr.Jr righteousness an I pcace the guides of th*, mat ioiifinstead of St'lfisimesR ai1\.1 blu«toj;a r. Will men hear the call ? Alas it is to be ...

... Several actions are pending against members of the Sheerness Pier Commission for .acting as Com- missioners whmv it is nlleged, tbey haa beoome dUiimliflsd. The plaintiff is tUe BurToyor to the ...