... FLEASANT WORDS never come .mis. To the poor they give cheer to the sorrowful, comfort to the happy, greater happiness. Perhaps we are always care- ful to speak kindly to the poor, the sick, the aged; but are we always as ready to give a pleasant word to the rich, the gay, the apparently happy? Do we not sometimes forget that there are diseases of the soul; that there is a hunger other than ...

... STATE OF ZJLULAND. A correspondent in Northern Zululand, under date Dccembc-r 29, sends the Durban representative of the Times disquieting accounts of the state of things there. The general opinion in the country is that the people are sleeping (.n a volcano. There is jnifgovernraent everywhere, from the chiefs. to the smallest captains. Thne is no hand to restrain them I ;and there is no ...

... A curious case of stolen treasure has been heard at Kilmainham Court-home, Dublin, Robert M'Hugh, aged only 19, who had been in the employment of a Mrs. Kelly,a publican,wa3 put forward to receive sen- tence for stealing money, the propeity of his em- ployer. He had surrendered plunder to tha amount of 2386 since his conviction. Suspicion as to his honesty being raised, two half-crowns, marked ...

... Mr. Mark Whitehead, a jeweller and watchmaker of Chichester, on Friday surrendered to his recog- nizances at Clerkenwell police-court charged with receiving a quantity of stolen jewellery, the pro-perty of Mr. William Windhurst, wholesale jeweller, of Clerkenwell, and Benjamin Frost, 18, errand boy, George Frederick Stokes, 18, labourer, and Harvey Dickson, 19, a milkman, were charged with ...

... Mr. M. A. Bass, M.P., addressing his constituents at Harbourne on Wednesday, predicted that, mon- strous as it might seem,there would next session be an alliance between the followers of Mr. Parnell and the Tories. It would be one, he said, that would run the Government very hard indeed,and he therefore warned his constituency to be ready for another election, whether it came this year, or ...

... SCANDAL AT LEAMINGTON. Some years ago there was an improper acquaint- a.nce between a surgeon of Leamington named James Russell Jeaffreson, who is now married, and Mary Charters, of the same place, and recently the latter has caused Mr. Jeaffreton some little annoyance. A few days ago she went to his stables, struck him in the face with her umbrella, and threatened to do for him, creating a ...

... THE ALLEGED ROBBERIES BY RAILWAY I SERVANTS AT WEDNESBUEY. At the Wednesbury Police Court, yesterday, Thomas Witlets and William Young were brought up on remand before Messrs. S9 Stokes and W. Lloyd, charged with having, on the 4th instant, at Wednesbury Station, stolen six bottles of champagne, value 2£1. Is,, which had been consigned by the Trent Valley Brewery Cbmpany, Lich- field, to Mr. D ...

... GENERAJL NEWS. DEATH OF LORD LuPwAN.-Yeeterday, Lord Lurgan, who has saffererl frout jiaralysis for many years past, died at Brighton, in his 52nd year. His lordship was promineiltly known in the sporting world, and achioved great notoriety by the wonderful perform- ance of the dog Master McGrath. His lordship, who was born on April 10th, 1831, cuceeded his father in 1847, and two years later ...

... CORRESPONDENCEK NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTlS. All lettes inatened fon Public.iiOn nausi Eis acc omyaenes 6 the namee and addre, Of the senses; saq niecessarily fop pluibsicagon, bust for thce inforindeies of the Editor. Whee answers to qpercions are inh given ing.a the cosee of q dary or twb, d ?? iell plesoe wa Undesrstand tU tee ase ?? to ?? the ingfosrmaestion akd for. We easutlt retuens ...

... Hill batlblO)l8. ANOURNAl go.t , AND JOURNAL. . MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1832. NEWS OF THE DAY. At Aldershot, on Saturday, Surgeon-General FASSON expired suddenly in his wife's arms, from heart disease. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of WALES honoured with their presence the open- ing performance of the New Avenue Theatre, near the Thames Embankment, on Saturday evening. According to ...

... The following report was Issued from the Meteoroldlgiesl Department at 8 pm. yesterday:- C DIeSTrICT FolREcAeTs. t 0. Scotland, ?? Southwesterly and westerly winds, strong 1. Scotland, ?? to a gale; dull, unsettled, some rain. 2. England, N.E ?? South-westerly winds, freshening; cloudy, 3. England, E ?? some rein later. 4. MID. COUNTrIEaS )Lght breezes, between south.west and 6. England, ., Lo ...

... tHE' TT v ILAD, THE I1Ulklx CORPOuriO AN MR. 16RAY'S IMPRISONMENl'T.. 'The''Dublin 'Corporation ebld aspeell meeting yesterday afternoon, to exrresisnympathy withlMr, Gray. Thehab tendnuee wva smallno Conservative beingpresont., It wis sometlime before a quornm wasfornied when thefollowin reslunionspasp ised ~insiiimouoly:-'klbhtihisM~luniepat Coutnoiltilres this, the iarliestopportunity; of ...