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  2. TRANSPORTATION TO AUSTRALIA.

    The Australian, colonies are finally relieved from the doubts and uncertainties by which they have been tormented during the last six months. They have received an explicit assurance from ...

    Article : 1,642 words
  3. Original Poetry.

    Doubtless the news you have all heard of late, Our Ministry at last haye donned clo'es of State, With coats gold-embroidered adown the backs Where they should have been laced with resonant ...

    Article : 209 words
  4. ROYAL RELATIONSHEPS AND FOREIGN POLITICS.

    Mr. Bright, in his recent speech at Birmingham, referred to the complications in foreign politics which arose from our royal marriages. Without prejudging the question how far the action of our Government ...

    Article : 569 words
  5. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT THE AGRICULTURAL HALL.

    About half-past 10 o'clock loud screams were heard at the Agricultural-hall, Islington, proceeding from the direction in which the lions are kept in their caravan during the intervals of the performances. An ...

    Article : 643 words
  6. ACCLIMATIZATION.

    It seems to me, Sir, that W.A.C. Has got out of his depth in a very deep sea Of Acclimatization; for you and I will agree That in Adelaide streets are all to be found ...

    Article : 181 words
  7. EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT A FUNERAL—KNOCKING IN A COFFIN!

    An extraordinary occurrence has recently taken place at Matlock. A woman, named Ellen Gaunt, had long resided at Matlock, but being in the last stage of consumption she came to Derby on the ...

    Article : 590 words
  8. Trifles of Wit and Humor.

    Why are all games of chess of equal duration ?—Because it takes just four knights to play every game. A Yankee preacher, when explaining the nature of ...

    Article : 1,344 words
  9. THE PRUSSIAN CROWN PRINCE AND THE SNOW.

    A German correspondent writing from Schleswig thus describes the adventure in the snow which the Crown Prince of Prussia and his companions in arms met with :— ...

    Article : 750 words
  10. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A THEATRE.

    The Birmingham Gazette has an account of an extraordinary scene which was witnessed at the Adelphi Theatre in that town on Saturday night. It seems that, daring the pantomime, the ...

    Article : 715 words
  11. A CALCUTTA VIEW OF MR. EDWARD BATHURST.

    The Calcutta Englishman adds the following particulars, eminently calculated to enrich the biography of Mr. Edward Bathurst, should Mr. Calcraft, or other qualified person ever decide upon writing one. ...

    Article : 456 words
  12. LIABILITIES OF HUSBANDS.

    An action, "Hale v. Lord Henry Paget," was brought in the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, before Mr. Justice Shee, by a painter and house-decorator to recover the sum of £32, balance of a ...

    Article : 789 words
  13. RUMOURED ABDICATION OF THE QUEEN.

    The Memorial Diplomatique says:—"The rumours about the abdication of Queen Victoria are beginning to assume consistency. To her grief at the loss of her husband is now to be added that for the ...

    Article : 199 words
  14. A PARLIAMENTARY CRITIQUE.

    Lord Derby, in commenting upon Earl Russell's foreign policy in the House of Lords, greatly amused his noble audience by indulging in the following happy strain of sarcasm:— ...

    Article : 720 words
  15. FRIGHTENED BY A GHOST—DEPLORABLE DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN.

    On the 23rd of February Mr. H. Baffles Walthew, Deputy-coroner, held an inquest at the White Hart Tavern, Kingsland-road, touching the death of a young waman named Priscilla May, aged 19 years, ...

    Article : 649 words
  16. YUDANAMUTANA COPPER MINING COMPANY.

    Sir—A short time since I received a circular, dated January 10, signed "Veritas," addressed to the shareholders of the Yudamutana Copper Mining Company. A few years since such a circular would have shock ...

    Article : 2,121 words
  17. A TRAIN IN A SNOWSTORM.

    At 6 o'clock on the morning of New Year's day a train on the Michigan Central Railroad plunged [?] an immense drift, which lay directly across its way. The powerful locomotive pushed ahead right royally ...

    Article : 880 words
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