The railroad between Heidelberg and Carlsruhe has been just opened, and a convention has been entered into between the Government of Baden and Ducal Hesse, for the continuation of the line from Heidelberg, by Darmstadt, to Frankfort. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The following, according t

RIRTHS. On Sunday, the Otis inst., at Brighton, the Lady Augusta Seymour, of a son. At Berry Hill, Taplow, on the sth inst., the Lady Mabella Knox, of a daughter. :HARRIED. At Bombay, on the 23t1 of February, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of the diocese, J. K. Wedderburn Esq

Vict. cap. IX). and is so constituted as to afford the benefits of Life Assurance in their fullest extent to Policy-holders, and to present greater facilities and accommodation than are usually offered by other Companies. The decided superiority of its plan, and its claim to pub

fully subscribed. Big Grace the DUKE Of SUTHERLAND, President. Sir PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Chairman of the London Board. FRANCIS WARDEN, Esq., Vice-Chairman. JOHN WEBSTER, M.D., 24, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Physician. Extract from Table of Increasing Premiums to Insure £l

View of vails; their language is soft and very musical; their dress consists of cloth and matting, but at noon both males and females appear almost naked. The number of the inhabitants is about 17,000. The gradations of rank are marked and distinctive, and regulated somewhat on

11 to 1 on the field 12 to 1 agst Marshal Soult TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY. CHESTER CUP. I 12 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn I 13 to 1 agst Corsair

7 to 1 on the field 15 to 1 agst Maceabeus 17 to 1 agst 3Jurat . 25 to 1 agst Winesour I The others as before. Betting very flat. I 33 to 1 agst Cotherstone 40 to 1 agst Progress 40 to 1 agst Napier CAPTAIN HARVEY GARNETT PHIPPS TUCKETT.—OR Monday, this gentleman, whose name has

In our first number we presented to our readers a drawing of the Dionacea Muscipula, or Venus Fly-Trap, as an example of a plant endowed with considerable powers of motion, for the purpose of enabling. it to capture its prey. This week we give a sketch of the Valisneria Spiralis

Since our last the public have been startled by intelligence from India, received by extraordinary express, in advance of the Overland Mail. It ran to the effect that "A division of 2,700 men, under the command of Sir C. Napier, supported by three steamers, wishing to occupy the

, • THE celebration of the anniversary of this benevolent institution took place on Wednesday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great , : Queen-street. The meeting was not so full a one as some on "previous occasions of the anniversary, but it was respectable i both n the number and t