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  2. ENGLISH INTELLIGENCE.

    There appears to be no doubt of the fact that a formal invitation has been sent by the Queen, to Mehemet Ali, who it is said, fully intends paying a visit to England this year if the state of his health and the ...

    Article : 237 words
  3. FACETIAE.

    An advertisement in the Times announces that a gentleman wishes to acknowledge the receipt of two hundred and twenty pounds, with sincere thanks to his Unknown Friend." Such a friend as ...

    Article : 123 words
  4. PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY AT MADRAS.

    The following interesting account of the convertion of five young females and their sufferings for conscience sake is extracted from a recent number of the Christian Herald :— ...

    Article : 1,547 words
  5. A CHARM FOR THE TOOTHACHE.

    One of our townsmen was unexpectedly elevated, lately, to the dignity of a medical practitioner. He was standing at the receipt of custom, when an Irish woman stepped in, and made a purchase—evidently a ...

    Article : 151 words
  6. AN UNGALLANT EDITOR.

    The American Literary Gazette quotes the following from a transatlantic contemporary :— "An interesting female correspondent sends us a piece of poetry, with a request for its publication. The ...

    Article : 141 words
  7. POLITICAL.

    Mr Roebuck's friends and supporters intend to present him with an address and a testimonial in acknowledgment of his past services as one of the members for Bath. They contemplate raising £1000. ...

    Article : 98 words
  8. MARCH OF INTELLECT.

    A correspondent sent us the following, which he states is the true copy of inscription on a sign-board in a village not a hundred miles from the city of York: "Revdin writhin, an arethmittick taute hear ...

    Article : 151 words
  9. LEGAL GENTILITY.

    "Lawyers," says Sam Slick, "have grown so genteel, that they have altered their very name and their very natur'. Once upon a time they used to be called attorneys, now, forsooth, they are ...

    Article : 70 words
  10. NATIONAL AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

    The erection of public baths at Colchester has been begun. The building will be 112 feet in front, and the elevation of the Ionic order. Preparations have been commenced for the ...

    Article : 76 words
  11. THE HEALTH OF TOWNS.

    Says Leeds to Nottingham, "Ah ! how dye do !" "So, so," says Nottingham, "and how are yon ?" Says Leeds, "I'm with an epidemic troubled. And fear my hospitals must soon be doubled" ...

    Article : 342 words
  12. TEACHING THE YOUNG IDEA.

    Schoolmaster—"If two birds were sitting on the branch of a tree, and a man shot one of them, how many would remain?" Boy—"None." Schoolmaster—"How d'ye prove that?" Boy—"Why ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. RELIGIOUS.

    The handsome sum of £450, which had been raised by voluntary subscription among the Unitarian body, was presented the other day to the Rev. W. Hincks, as a mark of esteem for the manner in which for ...

    Article : 827 words
  14. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

    A "bit of nobility tumbled into decay," has been committed to Kelso prison for raising contributions on the credulous, by representing herself as "a daughter of Colonel Hepburn, and the wife of Major ...

    Article : 1,421 words
  15. OUR BROTHER JONATHAN.

    The editor of the New York Despatch thinks that no person can look so supremely, utterly, and hopelessly simple, as two lovers caught in the poetical act of kissing. They look, he says, like detected ...

    Article : 87 words
  16. AN UNINSPIRED PENMAN.

    At the Central Criminal Court, a short time ago, a witnessed described himself as a " penman;" but on being asked in what species of "penmanship" he was employed, he replied that he "penned" sheep in ...

    Article : 43 words
  17. ERRORS OF THE PRESS.

    A Liverpool papar lately made the following laughable blunder:—In the report of the metal market the writer had said, "In Scotland most of the furnaces are out of blast;" which the printer sagely ...

    Article : 55 words
  18. THE IRISHMAN'S CAT.

    A short time ago a poor Irishman applied at the church warden's office at Manchester for relief, and, upon some doubt being expressed as to whether he was a proper person for parochial charity, enforced ...

    Article : 102 words
  19. ODDS AND ENDS.

    In an hotel here, says the Trinidad Spectator, a young man named Drum is bar-keeper. His friends call him the "Spirit-stirring Drum." A wag recently defined moustachios to be the ...

    Article : 86 words
  20. POOR BROUGHAM.

    Why is Lord Brougham like a lemon? Dy'e give it up: Because he is often cut up in Punch. ...

    Article : 23 words
  21. A ROYAL GEOGRAPHER.

    The present King of Persia made many inquiries of Sir Harford Jones respecting America, saying, "What sort of a place is it ? How do you get at it ? Is it underground, or how ? ...

    Article : 40 words
  22. MARRIAGE.

    Marriage either gets rid of your devils by the presence of an angel, or else it supplies their place with one whose name is Legion. ...

    Article : 26 words
  23. THE "WEAKER VESSEL'S" NOTION.

    Miss Fuller, a correspondent of an American paper, thinks that men ought to do the washing, as they are stronger than women. ...

    Article : 26 words
  24. JONATHAN'S LAST.

    A young gentleman lately bathing in the Mississippi river, on observing some ladies suddenly approaching, instantly drowned himself from motives of extreme delicacy. ...

    Article : 28 words
  25. ODD COURTSHIP.

    Since the passing of the small debts act, the usual advice when a party complains of another owing him money is, "Oh, court him!" ...

    Article : 28 words
  26. A SOLEMN FUNERAL.

    The Boston Post (U.S.) mentions a very impressive and solemn funeral in Water-street. A barrel of porter had fallen from a truck, and some fifty mourners were standing round the beer. ...

    Article : 35 words
  27. SALE EXTRAORDINARY.

    The Preston Guardian lately announced for sale a "MAYOR and foal." Any town wanting a chief-magistrate will, therefore, have the opportunity of purchasing one, with a promising colt, which, in ...

    Article : 39 words
  28. CLOGS v. PUMPS.

    A curious race was run lately in Hyde Park, Sheffield. A man in regular Lascashire clogs ran against another in pumps for a mile. Clogs won easily. ...

    Article : 30 words
  29. ILL-USAGE OF HER MAJESTY'S ENGLISH.

    We have received a lithographic circular letter this week, in which the Lord Mayor of York has perpetrated a most atrocious and cruel assault upon her Majesty's English. The, first, second, and third ...

    Article : 170 words
  30. AN ORATRESS.

    Abby Folsom preached a 4th of July oration, of two days' length, from her chamber window in Boston—commencing on Sunday, and getting through on Monday night. The Mail says:— ...

    Article : 78 words
  31. MILKSIAN IMPUDENCE.

    A Glasgow merchant, a native of Ireland, bestowed charity the other day on a countryman of his own; but Pat, not being content with money, asked our friend if he had got any "ould britches" ...

    Article : 77 words
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    Advertising : 42 words
  33. A POINT OF ECONOMY.

    During the time the case was proceeding against Barrett and Quin for the highway robbery, the secutor (John Ashworth) in the case previously tried, presented himself before the judge and said ...

    Article : 154 words
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