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VARIETIES. An old woman was coming from church, when she met a man dressed with horns sticking out J J tail. The old lady was credulous, but also religious, a she said, H Who are you ?" The man answered, the devil!" u. Ah! you're a poor critter," said she, and went quietly on. A Swell, who wears an imperial," wishes,to know if a young lady kisses him, what measure she would repre- sent? He supposes one gaH~on-imper*al! p e Man PROPOSES, WOMAN DISPOSES.-If you wish to nrnoose do it in person. Never make a proposal » writing! Your letter gives the lady time to .turnit over and to look at the question you a,e popping' to her on all sides. Besides, it is wrong to suppose that women can be taken, as London omnibuses are, by Avm*A York- n_ „ railWar platform, has Baron Macaulay pointed out to his notice; and, upon its being explained to him that the Baron is an author, who was formerly known as Mr. Macaulay, he thus gives vent to his as toiiishment" That's Measter Micowley, the Owther, is it now? We'el, I awla's thowt they lookd pael and aeeiy loike, and ow't a' t'elbowe, ye noa, but that chap s »,at and he's so we el dress d too—Dang it, l fhud ne'er a ta'en him for a Owther!" Ist?™ atJlTy quite bewildered, until the tram goes out LAND.-Certainly a landed estate is an animal with its mouth always open." But compare the phy^oal per- ception and enjoyment of landed wealth with that of consols and securities. Can I get me rosy cheeks, health, and good humour, running up and down my leruvian bonds: can I go out shotting www m» Tn^er"tho shadow of ipy nWHWage ^commas and troll for semicolons m my river of that meanders through my meadow of sheep-skin ? WhSLTl Si tkink that land will .Iway. ton* !!iThe kno«7n« oU until vit.lch.nge .tall rvnlLioStTi for instance, till th. globe m.ta if Ldtto stnoke, mi .he blue curtain come. do»« on the a„a .harm- PERFUMERY.—" is a luxury, warded off by less one; but that disease has been warded 0 y aromatic vinegar, or health restore q{ oe_ by sprinkling a few drops of t believe tlian drat" in a sick chamber, we n t clergymen we do the advice the same writer gives thandkfrychief and public speakers, to sniff a p jnvistfrat- soaked in eau-de-cologne, for the sa We bave ing qualities of the rosemary to make tbrir °f 8Cu hf^but we attributed the stimulating effect their eyes bright, but -„semarv The encourage- ment 'of per fumes in sick rooms is positively mischievous Professor Johnston has pointed out that the odour w dislike is overpowered by one more agreeable. butjt neither removed nor destroyed the invalid inhtle it in spite cf the warning given hjm by *"■ of its injurious effects.-iW- Maga*'»f Buchau A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A Diph being mis- I met with an amusing adventure, gf clarendon. -taken for no less a person than th get no (The blunder of an ignorant lan and titles of our further in the passport than Affair8) was the cause of Secretary of State for h n the landlord had a fair «*•> t would recall the title con- i00^ amid the smoke and excitement of the evening But no! he met me at the foot of the stair, with tha^same profound bow; hoped Herr Baron' had slept WPII and would Herr Baron" take breakfast; all my remonstrances to the contrary notwithstanding. Id ran coffeo with a suspicion that the sounding bonou would have to be paid for; but I did the worthy man injustice for, when summoned to receive payment, h 2ESthisslate and piece of chalk, and writing down S.er.1 «\ mJ* the sum total not qutte «onn. SSXTi. • B.ron created on .uch ».ry reMonaUe lore, tbcologr.g who°are on the look-out for beauty, find irregular features lustre dolls—you who love wit are brained with 0F laCl JlUnature t^ two forms of wit that exist out of of books But the hammerist can jump out of his S1? •nv turn of the road and find that which his soul desires ULthe meanest stone a boy throws at a robin is millions ^f years older than the Farnese Hercules, and has a his- ♦nrv as well as a sermon. Stones are curious things. If s. nftid for breaking them, he is wretched; but if h«Tan bring bis mind to do it gratis, he is at the summit if intent] WUh these men life is a felicitous dream— JeT are npt subject to low spirits like other men tbey SfiL away their human day; and when they see to die thev don't seem to mind so very much. Can they take uniting easy by giving it one of their hard names—is the arare to them a cretaceous, or argiHac«)Ufl, or ferrugi- JLnns bed, I beg their pardon—stratum ? No. It is. °e their hobbies have been innocent: and other a> hobbies are so apt to be vicious. These have ?e,L.8 ,nnp8 while egotists have been breaking human broken stones w Jteade. bearts.W«"^iTivEN'J_There were few passen- AMBHICAN ING WITH me, which was calculated ge? ^l«gftea8t mlicre. under similar circumstances, to hold fifty. Elsewn » tai) wa3 travelling, and a down-east Yankee, lean «u j effort8 «. he caught »eated behind a w.dow; after sever Ye8, her eye," and addre8.ed her.- ther No >ir she replied.— Barents—fattier 8ir]"—" Child p'raps, boy or girl ,-3'Husband nhild she answered, I have no children. »*nect Yes," waa the ahort reply— fum ? rv ? a tradin' man mebbe •« My husband was a f rinL man, the captain of a vessel, he didn't die of Cholera he was drowned."—" Oh J dn»wno<j) eh f" cried cboiera, f moment's consideration, he con- ;b« °J,n.e W» ctot Ye^tbo je^ii ,„ed tinned, sav effeot8."—" Was they ? 8aid lhe gnd my busba brightening, « pious manf'Y He interrogator, y Methodial church. — Don t you was a member oft thgnkfui that he was a think you got great c »•»__« I do," said the £ £ M Snit '°eg,mp"rtineM!" and moved w the.otto widow, y u ,peaM be a little huffy, said the aide of the car. n behind him, she need nt be TUHK want to hurt her feelings—what did they wj'1 ^av for that umberel. you got in your hand -8.r Jtfmll41e:ranW, ,Mmw. A BRACE OF NEW CONUNDRUMS.—Why was Ariadne, on the sea-shore, like the refuse of a snuff-shop ? Because she was to Bacchus weeping. (Tobacco-sweep- inir ^—Why do government searchers for bad money remind you of pastry ? Because they are Mint spies (Mince pies.) „ LORD PALMEBSTON AND THE DOCTORS. There is a capital story in Chambers of a brisk old gentleman of the stay-at-home species, recently looking in at Burlington House, and seeming puzzled at all the painting and scribbling of scientific societies! "I'm sure I don't know, my lord, what they be all doing, said the hall- porter, "there's a great lot on em. Do you think they know themselves?" said the old gentleman, who was no Other than Lord Palmerston, « Bless my so.*V. Zoolo- gical, Epidemio something, Entomological! [The story is told to Robert Chambers by the hall-porter himself.] I'd like to know now what is the LinntBan Society, inquired the noble lord. "Now, I did not know what the Linnajan Society was, nor did his lordship know; so there's how things goes on," says the unsatisfied bedel! READING A NEW PLAY.-A GREEN ROOM SCENE.— I must say," observed a gentleman who appeared on very admirable terms with his personal appearance, which he had eyed in every possible position in a long pier glass opposite to where he sat, "I must say that casting me, as I see you have done, in the low comedy nart, may prove very injurious to the interests ot the play, and, indeed, of the theatre. I care nothing about myself; I never do; but my triends!-the town!-tbe world! my dear, sir, will be astonished; and it may, as I said before, injure the interests of the play and the theatre. It may do so-that is all I fear." We must ran the risk," replied the manager, coolly. 1 m sure, sir," said another, Horace is a mere walking gentleman without a word to say—I never can get through that. "Were you not engaged for the walking gentleman ? And young lovers, sir," suggested the actor, who cer- tainly looked like anything but a "young" lover. But the lover of this play is matured before the play com- mences and I suppose that you do not wish to take that part from me," replied the manager, with, I thought, very good temper. The part he alluded to had evidently been written for him, for there were allusions in other parts of the drama not only to his personal appearance, but to his peculiarities-" his knitted brows," which "even in joy were drawn by care," and various other signs that he was the hero of the plot. It seemed to me that, though they all professed the greatest admiration for the play, and repeated over and over again their desire to serve its interests, and the interests of the manage- ment," cared nothing, absolutely nothing, for themselves, ond laving every proposed change to their desire to do their duty," still it was in fact only of themselves they tKmiffht I do believe there was much self-decep- tion in this -much for, to my astonishment, instead of being a very artful, designing set of persons, they were singularly the contrary very deficient in tact, for they could not hide their desire to shine; and treated the applause of an audience as ths sole thing worth living for. They seemed to consider the only shining lights in the world to be the foot-lights, and the next best thing to getting a new part to be the ordering of a new dress. Instead of being the faded, blase sort of women I ex- pected, they were remarkably fresh, and yet artifical. I understood they came to a rehearsal three times a-week, at least, and acted six nights out of the seven. I called it very hard work, and wondered how I could have ever thought they gained their fame easily. I do believe that each would have picked out the choice pieces from every part, and crammed them into their own—heaped them together, and then not have been quite satisfied unless the good situations" accompanied the spoken words." -A Woman's Story: by Mrs. S. C. Hall. ANECDOTE OF COLERIDGE AND LAMB.—I met Lamb at a party not long afterwards, aud remember how he convulsed the company with an^anecjote ^of Coleridge, I^was,he'^Bai'd! '• going from my house at Enfield to the India House one morning, and was hurry- ing, for I was rather late, when I met Coleridge on his way to pay me a visit. He was brimful of some new idea, and, in spite of my assuring him that time was pre- cious, he drew me within the door of an unoccupied garden by the roadside, and there, sheltered from obser- vation by a hedge of evergreens, he took me by the button of my coat, and, closing his eyes, commenced an eloquent, discourse, waving his right hand gently as the musical words flowed in an unbroken stream from his lips. I listened entranced; but the striking of a church clock recalled me to a sense of duty. I saw it was of no use to attempt to break away, so, taking advantage of his absorption in. his subject, and, with my penknife, quietly severing the button from my coat, I decamped. Five hours afterwards, in passing the same garden, on my wav home, I heard Coleridge's voice, and on looking in there he was, with eyes closed, the button in his fingers, and his right hand gracefully, waving, just as when I left him. He had never missed me rl-Lions, L%V £ 9« STRONG"NOVEL.—"St. Eustace" is a historical nóver, laid in the time of Louis the Thirteenth, and turns on the struggle of the Huguenot party with the Catholics .but that is all the historical trace there is to be found. The hero, Armand Dechapelle; is in love with a fair nun, who sorely repents her vows. T-he Cardinal St. Denis is determined she shall not get out, and Armand equally determined to reseue her. The story reads like a iiarla- quinade. The hero does wonderful things with the easy dexterity of Professor Anderson. The Cardinal is so clever ftud so wicked, that it is wonderful how all his plots and plans fall down, like castles of cards at a touch. And wondeiful as a Surrey Theatre single combat is it that till the very end of the third volume the balance of success is kept accurately suspended, and then harlequin and columbine find each other, and are made happy for the rest of their lives. As a specimen of incident we give the following: -Armand, disguised as a Spanish noble- man, has settled in Paris, and gives a masked ball, to which Louis the Thirteenth goes in disguise, a disguise in which, of course, he is patent as though he had gone in crown and sceptre. As Armand and the King were walking up and down the saloon in the interval between two dances, he beheld the Cardinal approach him. As he did so, he saw St. Denis's eyes distend with wonder, and he stopped short. Suddenly he endeavoured to pass bv tho King, but, by single manoBuvre, Dechapelle pre- vented him. The Cardinal, in his impudent way, whispered in his ear, 'Villain, I have discovered you; you are Armand Dechapelle.' Armand grasped his arm as in a vice, and murmured in his ear, 'If you utter a single word, I will bury this in your heart. The sight of the brilliant poignard ihat Dechapelle now drew from his bosom kept the Cardinal's tongue sealed, and, turning to the King, Armand said, 'Excuse me, Sire, for a moment, I have particular business with the Cardinal. 'Certainly,' replied the Monarch; 'I hope we shall be able to finish our tete-a-tete before I depart. Dechapelle then took St, Denis's arm and walked away. If the reader wishes to bear how the Cardinal let himself be locked up, and how the King made terms before be could go home himself, let him read, and he will know.- Athenaum,

EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT.—A love affair of a most extraordinary character, has afforded plenty of food for gossip within the past week. For some time past a fine handsome fellow has arrived on business in this city as a music-seller and organ builder. He was married some years ago to the daughter of a respectable inhabi- tant of Bristol, whose name we refrain from publishing, and by whom he has one child. About a year and a half ago an intimacy sprung up between the musician and the wife of a tradesman, who was the mother of nearly twenty children, and also a grandmother, and one morning last week they both left Gloucester, and it is believed, have gone to America. The runaway wife took her youngest child, who is about twelve months old, with her.—Bristol Gazette. GREAT WESTERN TRAIN SERVICE.—The reduction in the number of trains over the lines of the Great Wes- tern is considerable. Amongst the alterations are the TilnwinB —Two long trains, starting from Paddmgton • SP morning at 6.50 and 7.40, aie thrown into one m • tartins at 7.30. The morning express at 9.40 to train, stari 5 .g united. with the 9 15 express to Bristoi andelse of fifty.three Birmingham, ™ trains The 3-3o train from miles by one■ ot tne disconanued> but there is one Paddmgton to Winds down 8.20 and 10 a short time before and a»er iL; q „ft T short trains are thrown into one at 9.20. lwenty, in place of twenty-three down-trains, now start from Pad- dington daily towards Bristol. Fifteen trains up, long and short, from Bristol run daily instead of 16, and one ot two short intermediate trains are cut on. On the Weymouth line a long train each way is taken oW; together with one or two short trains.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. LOCAL BOARDS OF HBALTH.-Returns have been pub- lished, by order of Parliament, giving full particulars in detail of all the local boards of health, acting under the Act of 1848. They have been printed on the motion of Mr. Tite, M.P. FEARFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS.—The Butterley Company's New Colliery at Ripley, Derbyshire, has been the scene of a series of explosions by which about 15 persons have been more or less injured. On Monday, the 6th instant, an explosion took place, when two men were severely burnt. On the following day (Tuesday), the ground-bailiff, Mr. John Smith, went down the pit to ascertain the state of the workings, and while going round for this purpose the gas ignited and burnt one, poor fellow very badly, and Mr. Smith himself was also burnt, but not seriously. Precautions were taken to pre.. vent further damage, and, notwithstanding the continued presence of much foul gas, it was considered safe for the men to continue at work while proper caution was taken. Early on Friday morning, however, intelligence was quickly spread that another and more fearful explosion had taken place, by which nine men and two boys had been severely burnt; their names are George Bunting, Wingfield-park; William Walker, Swanwick-hill-top; Samuel Shooter and his son, a boy, Greenwich; Enas Yates and Samuel Meakin, Greenwich; William Bullock, Ripley; John Green, Mount Pleasant; James Wragg, Codnor; Henry Ivin, Ripley; and John Millership, Hil- locks, Ripley. Several of the first-named are very bad, and serious doubts are entertained of their lives being preserved. Some idea may be formed of the severity of the fire from the fact thas a new suit of flannel which one of the sufferers wore, was completely burnt to a cinder on his body, and a valuable pony, afterwards brought up the pit, presented a most frightful appearance, having been literally roasted alive. The sufferers were promptly attended to by Mr. W. H. Fletcher, surgeon, Ripley, who exerted his utmost to alleviate their pain, and, according to the latest accounts, they were doing fully as well as might be expected. The colliery being" newly started, we are informed that difficulty is at pre- sent experienced in obtaining proper ventilation until the headings," now being pushed on are further advanced, and the proper "airways" are formed. The immediate cause of the accident on Friday, appears to have arisen from one of the men having placed a naked candle too near the roof. This, we understand, will in future be pre- vented by every man being oompelled to use the Davy lamp. ANOTHBR FEARFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR BARNOLIMY. -Another of those fearful explosions, which are generally so destructive to human life, but not accom- panied by such results in the present instance, occurred in the main pit atHigham Common Collieries, near Bares- ley, the property of Messrs. Charlesworth, at five minutes past two o'olock on Wednesday morning last. The re- port was heard for several miles around, and until noon hundreds of people assembled from the neighbouring villages, anxious to learn the result, naturally expecting it to be attended by fearful loss of life. It soon became known there were but two persons in the pit, who were engaged as cupola" attendants, and these were drawn out alive about six o'clock, fortunately being only slightly burnt. There were ten valuable horses inside, all of which were killed. Twenty sets of tools were ge- nerally employed during the night shifts; but on account of Wednesday being appointed by proclamation for a solemn fast and humiliation, the men working there did not descend the shift on the previous night, or, in all probability, it would have been fatal to them. In ano- ther mine, close by, there were several men working the thin bed. of coal, who heard the explosion, but, luckily for them, there* was no communication between the pits. The explosion was so tremendous that it blew the plates and corves away from the immediate vicinity of the pit's mouth, and partly destroyed the conductors. It is sup- —p- it., m-ill -talr. tlyaa mt^tha nr a. -mon|h tjjcom- plete -the repairs before work era again be commenced. Mr. Ainsworth, the under steward, questioned the two men, after they were drawn out, as to whether they had been out of their way or could account for the explosion, but they either could not or would not say how it oc- curred. If this explosion had occurred during midday, when all the hands were at work, it would have been al- most as serious as the late calamity at Lundhill.— jDoncaster Gazette. FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE SOTJTH-WESTERN RAIL- WAY.—On Saturday morning an accident occurred by the bursting of an engine boiler at the Basingstoke Bta. tion on the South-Western Railway, by which two lives were unfortunately lost. The up-goods train left South- ampton station on Friday night at nine o'clock, and it did not arrive at Basingstoke station until ten minutes past one o'clock on Saturday morning, upwards of an hour behind its usual time. The engine-driver, after stopping at the first bridge, proceeded on to the water- tank for the purpose of takiug in a fresh supply of water. The stoker was at the front of the engine, oiling it, and the driver was attending at the fire. At this moment the internal cylinder of the boiler burst, and the door of the engine striking against the poor stoker, he was forced a distance of 40 or 50 yards up the line, while the driver was blown in a contrary direction, and must have gone a considerable height into the air, inasmuch as he was found at the top of the refreshment room, evidently having been caught in the stomach by the explosion. The other poor fellow was discovered in a frightfully mutilated condition, lying with his face on the ground, his skull completely blown off, together with part of his face. His cap was found 50 yards further off. The cause of the accident is perfectly inexplicable. Both the unfortunate men were exceedingly steady and sober, and had a thorough knowledge of their business. The engine was nearly a new one, and considered perfect in its con- struction. Mr. Beattie, the superintendent of the loco- jnotive department of the line, was telegraphed for, and he arrived on the spot two or three hours afterwards. The names of the deceased are Reuben Thoroughgood and Henry Farrell. Both were married men, and the former leaves two children. An inquest was immediately held, and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally killed." ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.-A determined attempt by a mother to destroy the lives of herself and child, by drowning, was made in the river Ribble, at Preston on Thursday afternoon. As the bodies were being carried down by the stream they were observed by some workmen engaged on a boat, one of whom, a ship carpenter, named James Fisher, an expert swimmer, jumped in the water, and, though a high tide was running at the time, succeeded in securing the body of a woman, whom he brought ashore. As he seized the body of the woman he perceived that she relaxed her grasp of a child which she was tightly holding on to her breast, and having placed the woman (who was just alive) in the charge of a fellow-workman named Frodsham, he again plunged into the stream and rescued the child, which was already quite black in the face and exhausted. Both the mother and child were conveyed to Mr. Threlfalls, the Wheatsheaf Inn, where medical aid was procured, and the usual restoratives used with success. The girl was removed to her parents' house the same night, but the mother was not sufficiently recovered to allow of her removal. The latter is the wife of a spinner, named Edward Kirkby, of Henrietta-street, and the child is a daughter by a former husband, named Robinson. The unfortunate woman has lived separate from her husband for the past five months, and she left him with an infant nine weeks old. It is rumoured that family differences led to the above crime, for which she will be charged before the magistrates as soon as she has sufficiently recovered. I THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND.-We are requested by the Lord Mayor to give publicity to t,he statement that thr number of letters which are daily received by him from all parts of the kingdom containing remittances in aid of this fund, is so great that two or three days must necessarily intervene between the despatch of the remit- tance and the receipt of the acknowledgment of the com- mittee. We are happy to learn that the committee are not relaxing their efforts either for the augmentation of this fund or for the prompt relief of the sufferors. Ten thousand pounds were transmitted to the Relief Commit- tee of Calcutta, by the mail which left on the 10th inst. At the same time they sent the further sum of £ 1,000 to Sir John Lawrence in aid of the funds of the Lawrence Asylum. This institution was established by the late Sir Henry Lawrence, who subscribed £ 1,000 annually to its support. It has also received support from the subscrip- tions and donations of civil and military officers in India. Many of these sources of income have been tem- porarily, and many more finally, dried up by the calami- ties which have recently occurred. The Asylum is situated at Kussowlee, in the lower ranges of the Hima- layas, and its objects is to supply maintenance and educa- tion to the children of British soldiers, who have lost either one or both of their parentsXMWM, A NEw OPERA BY ROSSINI.—The management of the Italian Opera at Paris announces, as the most extraordi- nary novelty of their seasdn of 1857-58, the representa- tion of a new opera by, Rossini, entitled, Un Curioso Accidente." DISCOVERY OF VALUABLE COPPER ORE.-It was expected that in the excavations now in progress at Alltywalis, for the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway tunnel, that some valuable minerals would be discovered, and such is already the case. A few days ago, Mr. Armstrong, C.E., of this town, sent a fossil from Alltywalis, to Mr Penrose, Assayee of ores at the Llan- dore Silver Works, Swansea, a well-known and skilful mineralogist, who pronounces the sample to be part quartz, the other copper pyrites, the latter valuable as copper ore.- Wel&hman. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the part of the Government, has offered to relieve the Lord Mayor and the London Committee from the administration of the Indian Relief Fund; but the Committee refuse;-and have directed the following resolution to be transmitted to the CbancJellor That the Lord Mayor be requested to in- form the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the Commit- tee highly appreciate the motives of his offer, but as large funds have been placed at their disposal under cer- tain conditions, which they feel themselves in a position to fulfil, they do not, consider themselves justified in transferring their charge." SHIPPING DISASTERS ON THE EASTERN COAST.—Se- veral serious casualties occurred last week among the shipping on the Eastern Coast. The brig Fame. of Yar- mouth, came into collision with the schooner Lamp- lighter, of Rye, and sank almost immediately. The crew of the Fame were saved and landed at Scarborough. A collision, in which both vessels sustained considerable damage, also took place between the Ardwell and the Maid of Kent. The brig Spr;iy, of Whitstable, struck on the Holm Sand, off Lowestoft; she afterwards floated, but having lost her rudder became unmanageable. In this condition she drifted against two other vessels and drove them off their anchors. Eventually she sank off Corton-crew saved. THE BALL-BOOM AT BALMORAL.—The new ball-room at Balmoral, which has been formally opened this season by a dance given by her Majesty to the neighbouring nobility and gentry, is a noble apartment of from 60 to 70 feet in length, and of proportionate width and height. The room, though opened, is not quite finished, but when it is it will, perhaps, be unique in the character of its de- coration. At present the walls, to the height of about eight feet, are covered with a satin drapery and maize but we believe this is only a temporary expedient. Above, the walls are decorated with sylvan trophies and emblems—stags' heads, the spoils of the Prince's rifle, forming conspiouous objects, and relieved in the most tasteful and skilful manner by draperies of tartan of the same pattern which runs through the whole of the furni- ture and decorations of the castle. The present chande- liers are to be replaced by others composed entirely of stags' heads and their branching antlers wrought into elegant and appropriate forms, and the antlers all round the sides of the room are to be arranged to carry lights. There is an alcove on one side for the seats of her Ma- jesty and the Royal family, and an orchestra at one end. The ball-room is detached from the main building, with which it is at present temporarily connected, and, being on a lower level than this connecting passage, there is a descent of several steps into it, but whether this arrange- ment will be retained when the whole is complete is at present a matter of doubt.—Court Journal. A RAILWAY CARRIAGE ON FIRE.—An eye witness of a dangerous accident that occurred on the Great Western Railway on Friday afternoon, thus writes.—I was a passenger in the up train which is due at Paddington at 5 20 p.m.; we left Slough about 5 p.m., and a short time after, happening to look out of the window 1 saw several J people leaning out of the windows of a oarriage some idHISndSTrom me, who were making ugotb, and «n trying to attract the attention of the engiaedriver. 1 soon perceived that the carriage was on fire, as the smoke began to curl out between the heads of the affrighted passengers. We immediately made such signals frcm our own carriage as we could with a handkerchief fastened to an umbrella, hoping that. as we were nearer to the engine, we might succeed in attracting the attention of the driver; all these signals, however, proved vain for at least 20 minutes, and the train whirled along the im- prisoned and suffocated passengers at the rate ot 40 miles an hour, until, as it approached London, the speed dimi- nished to about ten miles an hour, as it was preparing to stop at the ticket platform we were about 450 yards distant from the part of the platform where we should have stopped, when we saw a policeman on the line. We made signals to him with frantic energy, and were Big overjoyed to find the speed slacken and the train at last stop, after going about 200 yards. We rushed instantly to rescue the passengers, some of whom bad fainted and had been cut by the glass which the fire had sent in splin- ters about the oarriage; in one minute more flame was darting out of the windows, and in two or three more the whole compartment was full of flames. The carriage burnt furiously for half an hour, and three out of the four compartments were entirely destroyed. Had the train not stopped till it reached the platform, the passen- gers, of whom several were ladies, would have been in their burning prison for at least one minute, and some of the unfortunate passengers must have been burnt alive. HIGH TIDES.—Owing to the strong south-easterly wind that prevailed on Wednesday and Thursday the esplanade at Ryde has been completely flooded at high water, which has caused the washing up of the whole extent of footpath and some portion of the carriage-road. The works in progress for the steam ferry approaches have also suffered. At Eastbourne, during the terrific gale of Wednesday, the sea dashed over the houses on the beach, and actually battered in the windows and door of one of them, inundating the tenement with salt water, and scattering the terrified inmates like sheep. It was found necessary to board up the front entrance of this house for some few days, and meanwhile to use the yard door as a means of egress and ingress. A LYNCH LAW FIGHT IN GEORGIA.—A very bloody fight had occurred at Honeygall, a small settlement in Georgia. A band of thieves having for some time com- mitted depredations on the property of farmers, it was determined by the Regulators" (Lynch-lawyers) to rid the country of them. Acoordingly they were ordered to to be off, with a promise if they went quietly they should be paid their travelling expenses and receive compensa- tion for what little property they left behind. Among these person* thus notified there was a man named Moses Hornsby and his family—wife, one grown son (Mike), and three small children. Moses thought of the matter, and concluded not to go; but still led the Regulators'' to believe that he would go willingly. Failing to fulfil his agreement by the specified time, fourteen mounted Regulators," only two of whom were unarmed, appeared one morning at Hornsby's door, and a Dr. Foreman advanced to parley. At this moment a shot was fired from the house, through a rude and inartistic porthole, at Foreman, missing his knee a few inches and striking his horse dead beneath him. Another shot in quick succession discharged a full load of buckshot into the left breast of Rumpt, a Regulator," who on being shot wheeled his horse round and, crying out to his comrades to scatter, galloped off a short distance and fell dead. The firing continued rapidly and with terrible fatality from the house for some seconds, perhaps minutes. The party scattered as quickly as possible, but left four of their number upon tne field, two named Redcliff—an old gentleman and his son, the son mortally and the old gentleman dangerously, if not mortally, wounded May, a son-in-law to Radcliff dangerously wounued; and Foreman, with his ankle fractured by the falling of his horse. Three horpes were shot down and killed. In the midst of this firing young Radcliff, satisfied that his wound was fatal, determined to have some little revenge, and, crawling to a stump, rested his gun upon it, and fired through the porthole, emptying the contents of one barrel in the face and breast of old Hornsby, killing him. Casting his eye to another part of the fortress he per- ceived a human figure, at which he fired the contents of the other barrel. This shot, it seems, took effect in the left side of Hornsby's wife and in the legs and hips of her infant, which she held in her arms. She was killed instantly; the child may possibly recover. About the time these two shots were fired, Mike Hornsby appeared in the piazza and fited one barrel, and diew up to dis charge the second, when a Regulator," named Morgan" who at this moment stood alone upon the field defenS^ the wounded, Beized the gun ot a fallen comrad#^1"^ cautioned Mike if he fired the second barrel would certainly return the fire not1tbe warning, but fired and turned to ° Morgan, true to his word. A y! | Mike with a mortal wound. °f E^ld 1 Advertiser,

THE INDIAN MUTINIES. The Times publishes the following despatches from its own correspondent:— "ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 4. The Bombay mails, with dates to the 17th of Sep- tember, leave for Malta to-day by Her Majesty's steamer Caradoc, which also conveys hence the Siamese Ambas- sador and suite. The Encounter reached Suez on the 30th of September; her detention is attributed to the bad quality of her coal. I The intelligence from Delhi extends to the 30th of August. The siege train was expected on the 3rd of September, after which the place would probably be im- mediately assaulted. On the 20th of August a body of the rebels, which left the city with the object of inter- cepting the sieg3 train, was attacked by General Nichol- son at Nujufghur, and utterly defeated, with loss of all their guns. u On the 1st of September, General Outram was at Allahabad with strong reinforcements, and was expected to-reach Cawnpore on the 9th. The garrison of Lucknow it was thought would be relieved on the 15th of September, up to which date it was confidently expected that they could hold out with- out difficulty. General Havelock had again attacked the rebels at Bithoor on the 10th of August, and obtained the usual result, returning to Cawnpore on the following day. At Agra all was well. A detachment from the fort, under Major Montgomery, attacked a body of insurgents near Allyghur on the 24th of August, with complete success, and trifling loss on our side. The 51st Native Infantry mutinied at Peshawur on the 29th of August. By the following day the mutiny was completely crushed. Mutinies of part of the 10th Light Infantry at Ferozepore, and of a portion of the 55th at Hazura, have in like manner been promptly suppressed. fhjyjarrison at Avrah, after being relieved by Major Eyre, had safely reached Dinapore. Eyre had subset quently attacked Koor Singh at Jugdespore. The rebel force had been broken. The insurgents were trying to make their way to Delhi. A small portion of the 6th Irregular Cavalry has mutinied at Bhaugulpore. "The 23rd Fusiliers had arrived at Calcutta. "Lord Elgin left for Hong Kong on the. 6rd of September. Central India and Hyderabad country continue un- disturbed. The remainder of the Joudpore Legion has mutinied, but no further outbreak has occurred in the Bombay army. The 89th Regiment had arrived from the Cape, and the 95th was hourly expected. The Madras Presidency was perfectly tranquil. The Mohurrum had passed off quietly in all parts of India. Herat was evacuated by the Persian troops on the 27th of July. "Exchange at Bombay closed at 2s. I-Id. Govern- ment securities had improved, but again receded to 80 for Fours and 90 for Fives, owing to low quotations from Calcutta. Prices of imports continued to advance. Money was plentiful. A despatch from Madras an- nounced the arrival of the Alma from Calcutta on the 13th, and stated that the Bank of Bengal had refused advances on Company's paper." The following telegram was received at the Foreign- office, through the Admiralty, at 2 30 a.m., October 11 CAGLIARI, Oct. 9, 8 30 p.m. MALTA, Oct. 8, 5 a.m. "The Bombay arrived at Suez on the evening of the 2ad instant. Her dates are-from Bombay the 17th of September, and Aden the 26th of September. The following intelligence has been telegraphed from ^tea^to^Alexandria by^Yice-Consul^f~ General &we 00 gatneu nts <n'nJi ff August, driving the rebels from a strong position near Bitboor which they desperately defended. After the battle he returned to Cawnpoor, where he awaits reinforcements before advancing to the relief of Lucknow, where the rebels were repelled with great loss, and the garrison are bravely holding out. General Outram arrived with strong reinforcements at Allahabad on the 1st of September, and expected to reach Cawnpore on the 9th. 1 The Dinapore mutineers have again been defeated by Major Eyre near Sasseram, and are trying to make their way to Delhi. Active operations have been resumed before Delhi, and on the 26th of August General Nicholson defeated the mutineers at Nujuffghur, capturing 13 guns and their camp baggage. Lieutenants Lumsden and Gabbett were killed. On the arrival of the siege train, which was ex- pected on the let of September, it is said that an assault will be made on the city. 'A small force which left Agra on the 21st August, under the command of Major Montgomery, defeated a body of the insurgents near Allyghur, and put them to flight. Ensign Marai and Mr. Tandy, volunteers, were killed. The 10th Light Cavalry mutinied at Ferozepore on the 19th of August, and murdered Nelson, the veterinary surgeon. The olst Native Infantry mutinied at Pesha- wur on the 28th August, but most of them were seized and will be summarily dealt with. 'Herat was evacuated by the Persian troops on the 27th of July. 'At Neemuch part of a squadron of the 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry mutinied on the 12th of August, and the troopers were disarmed. The mutineers of the Joudpore Legion have marched towards Nusaeerabad, from which station troops were sent to intercept them. The rebels from Oude are threatening Allababad and Benares, which are being put in a state of defence. The 5th Bengal Irregulars mutinied at Bhaugulpore on the 14th of August. The 55th Bengal Native Infantry were dis- armed at Gbazeepore on the 10th of August. Large bodies of troops are marching from Calcutta towards Allahabad. Lord Elgin left Calcutta on the 3rd of September, and sailed for Hongkong in the steamship Ava. Her Majesty's 89th Regiment has arrived at Bom- bay from the Cape of Good Hope, and has been sent to Delsa. The 95th Regiment is daily expected. Seventeen prisoneis were executed at Satarra for treason on the 8th of September. The Moburrum has passed off quietly in all parts of India. The Madras and Bombay Presidencies are tranquil. Punjab continues quiet. Bundetaund and Central India are undisturbed. A private message from Suez mentions the arriva there of Sir H. Leeke, by the Bombay, ana he states that affairs in India are a shade better.' This intelligence reeeived from Acting Consul. Gene- ral Green, at Alexandria, dated- four p.m., October 3rd, for the Earl of Clarendon. "M. STOPFORD, Rear.Admiral. Consul CRAIG." We (Times) have received the following telegram from our correspondent at Trieste:- TRIESTE, Oct. 12. The steamer Australia arrived here this morning at half-past 9, in 107 hours from Alexandria, which port che left oa the 7th of October. The Indian mails left Alexandria on that dty, with dates from Calcutta to the 10th of September; Madras, 15th and Ceylon, 20th. The safety of the garrison of Lucknow was looked upon as perfectly secured. Intelligence dated Luck- now, September 2, had been transmitted by General Neill. A second successful sortie had been made two guns captured, and a large quantity of provisions brought into the fort. "The steamers Cleopatra and Penelope with 4QPt Royal Welsh Fusilecrs and 208 men of the Rovai lery, had coaled at Galle, and tone on to Calcni^ "If is stated that some 2,500 troons t0 have arrived at the Mauritius."

SIR coli>Tca^Calcutta. w» r Kn.-i 1 n ■.• » ..iSfenappy to state that, from Au8it22' Sir Pr>r 1 arrived there on the 14th « m ^*™ £ ?peifeet health at Calcutta at that time d *ke arms- O" the 17th of a' TJeiThe issued a proclamation to the troops in which the following is an extract:—" I have known British soldiers in every quarter of the globe —courageous, faithful, and enduring. In former times I have commanded native troops of India, and by their side I have been present in many battles and victories in which they have nobly borne their part; and it is to me a subject of deep concern to learn that soldiers of whom I have been accustomed to think so favourably should now be arrayed in open ind defiant mutiny against a Govern- ment proverbial for the liberality and paternal considera- tion with which it has ever treated its senanla of ØcVMY denomination. When I join the force now in the field restoring order to the district disturbed by the disaffection of the army in Bengal, I shall at the head of the British troops, and of those native soldiers who, though few in number, have not feared to separate themselves from their faithless comrades, and to adhere to their duty, jtect my old confidence that they will march to certain victory 1 call upon the officers and men of both European ud native troops zealously to assist in the the task before UII, and, by the blessing of God, we shall soon again see India tranquil and prosperous."

ARRIVALS FROM INDIA, T" Amongst the passengers by the Indus on Wednesday is Lieutenant Chapman who was shot by the mutineers at Benares, A bullet went right through his cheek and carried away part of the roof of his mouth; his tiptmch is scarcely intelligible. He i& quite a youth, not above 19 years of age. Another of the passengers is Captain Montague, and his wife he belonged to the Irregulars, And was in command of a company of Sikhs he ia injured in the shoulder and side. He belonged to General Havelock's army, and fought on the march to Cawnpore. He lost his two children through want and expo- sure while coming down the Ganges from Allahabad. He knew Nena Sahib, and was present at a ball given by him at Cawnpore about a month before the mutiny broke out. It was the most magnificent ball ever given at Cawnpore all the English were present, most of whom were afterwards mercilessly slaughtered by the scoundrel. Captain Montague and his wife left Cawnpore before it was captured by the mutineers. The passengers say that almost the only man that escaped the massacre «f Cawnpore has gone raving mad. A Miss Goldie, a very beautiful young lady, was taken by Nena Sahib to hi harem, and is believed to be alive now.

,!<i. • • STORMS AT SEA. SHIPWRECK ON THE GOODWIN SANDS. — THE31 galea which set in on Wednesday evening, the 8th izwtaa&, appear by the telegraphic notices received at Lloyd's to have been severely felt in the Channel. They commenced from the north-west, and ranged to the south-east, with heavy squalls of rain. Later accounts speak of thek somewhat moderating, but the weather continued stormy and wild, and a numerous list ot casualties on tue coast has been posted. In the Downs the gale blew very hard with a tremendous sea. There were many abipa tiding at anchor when it came on. Some got away to the northward, while others ran the somewhat perilous course of attempting to ride out the gale with two anchors down. His Danish Majesty's brig Omen was one of them, and had a narrow escape ot being driven ashore. Owing to the fury of the wind, she was carried from her anchors some distance, and was obliged to run for Mar- gate Roads, where she brought up in Mfety. Several ships lost anchors and chains, and succeeded in getting into Ramsgate harbour. Two vessels met with their loss in endeavouring to reach that haven of refuge. The French lugger Josephine, coal-laden, bound for Bordeaux in running in caugut the east pier and became a total wreck. All the hands were saved, with tne exception ot an apprentice. Another French wessel, the seaooner Petite Emma, bound for N intes from Sunderland, struck against the same pie. and became a wreck, the crew Oeing also preserved. Early on Tftursday morning a large ship was seen on the east end ot tne Goodwin Sands. Boatmen were sent off from Deal and other places, and on reaching nea the wreck it was found to be a fine American ship, named the Â. B. Kimball, ot Port- land, United Stales. She was bound for New York with a general cargo from Suuderland, and ahe is reported to have gone on the Sand late on the previous night. The crew are stated to have been saved. The ship is a wreck, land her loss will be considerable. So tremendous was f1 tiiQoua launtog in the Channel that the mail steamers were unable to leave Daver harbour. Oathf south side of the isle ot Wight the Portuguese bark lemerana, Captain Afaceido, bound to Oporto from tha Tyne, w«.s driven ashore on Thursday morning during the height of the gale. The ship immediately began to break up, and her commander, chief mate, and one of the seamen were drowned. She was laden with coals.-A .out the same time another foreign vessel was lost at the back of the island. The ill-fated ship was the Spanish brig Nuestra Senora dal Carmen, on a voya«e from Bilboa for Norway; she could not weather the gale, and was driven ashoto near Darnsey, but the crew saved themselves. Lower down the Channel the gale raged more severely In the vicinity of Lyme, to the westward of Portland several small vessels were wrecked. 2 he Glory, belong- ing to Plymouth, was driven from her moorings and foundered. The Emu, of Jersey, and James and Charlotte were wrecked near the northern wall of the harbour Another small vessel, the Little Jem, of Guernaey, parted, went on Luca's Lodge, and went ashore. The crews were all eared. The accounts from the Cornish coast peak of the gale having reached the force of almost a hurricane Th* gale was from S.S.E. to S., with a tremendous 'sea ard heavy rain. Off Penzance several stores have been picked up by the fishing lugger Monkey, which has led to the belief that some unfortunate vessel had founder^ during the fearful night of Wednesday. A fatal loss is reported to have occurred in Carmarthen Bay on Weduesday evening. During a heavy squall a French vessel, laden, with three red sails, drove f?om her anchorage near the Hooper Sands, and foundered. the whole of her crew going down with her.

SHOCKING DEATH ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—On Wednesday night a frightful death oc- curred on the line of the Eastern Counties Railway It appears that the deceased is a man of respectable ann«r ance, apparently about 30 years of age, and install 9 20 p.m. train from Norwich was approaching Ponder's End station, the engine-driver saw him walking between the rails. The alarm whistle was sounded by the engine-driver, and every effort used to make the deceased hear but he never turned round, when the train forced him down upon the rails, and the carriages passed over his body, which was shockingly mutilated When th» train was stopped, the deceased was placed in one of th. carriages, and the train moved on with the view of O-PIH™ London Hospit^, but °'S°« the Mile End fetation life was quite extinct FURTHER ADVANCE IN THE KATE OF DISCOUNT -AT the commencement ot business on Monday B,nrni» ..7 Bank of England advanced the rate of dfscount fr r per cent., at which it was fixed only 011 Thnr V i" to 7 per oent. A ,u«h„ Jm" foreseen but Very lew expected ,hat it would h VU ex> of 1 per cent, at uuce. It was raihlr lh* that £ per cent, would be tried in the first instance the demand upon the Bank for bullion nartionl i t export to the Unit*! States, is very ereaL2 J extensive operations are in progress to meeith J *°mJe the Bank has no atternative but to act with de™aI»dt and decision. This policy has h dth» ff Promptitu<U the Money market; but thSe is V eC±! £ anxiety as to its future condition a corr'esp^t Writes to the • Sl^>—In JSapier's War, vol. vi page 265, is lhe following ;opaoiaids stopped, and though the adventurer now a Spanish Geueral* encouraged litem witfBP"voi';e and they kept their ranks' seeuied i*»d did not advance. There happenedof the 43,d Regit' namedJS^tck- who> b^ng attached to General 8< nt t0 ascenal" Giron's progress Hit « J*f!er could not brook the check. He took nffv. y 4i7called on the Spaniards to follow him, and I'lM— spurs to his horse, at one bound cleared the • er went headlong among the enemy.^ ThSn th. V* shouting for • El chico bianco,' the fair boy, so th J him tor he was jery young and had light hair Sth shock broke through the French, gallant Indian warrior on whom so many anxioulS heart. are depending ?" nxioua hearts VALUABLE LIVINGS IN THE CHURCH VACANT —1TH. demise a tew days since, in the 79>h VMr » he the Rev. Matthew Irvia* D D one of x \*Se> ?f ordinary to the Queen, vac'ates the vicaraee of o p a!"8 m Marshall, near Wimborne, in the county of Dora^fnd diocess of Salisbury, with the chapelnes of Lvtche« Minster, Corfe Mullen, and Ham worthy anneJS £ which he was instituted in 1822. Tne livin»f .bout £ 1,000 per .na Ui„ tto pES J°[ £ »d Fellows ol ColLg.,1VSSr. it I rev. gentleman has been a canon retidmtiary 0f JRochen ter Cathedral since 1824, and has also held the perretual °f Chatham, Kent (of the annual value of nearly £ 600., and in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Ror.hm ter Cathedral) for a period of29 years.