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A vigorous effort is now being made to reform the Bar of New York. , A new Protestant place of worship has been opened at Montpellier. There have been serious fires at North Shields and near Darlington. Sir Wilfrid Lawson will bring forward the opium question after Easter. Austri

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On page 312 will be found a view of the Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition held this autumn in Cardiff, which was opened on the 16th of August, and closed at the end of September. This exhibition was pronounced by gentlemen connected with the South Kensington Museum to be in man

THE MICAWBER QUADRILLE. By J. Winterbottom. London: Weippert & Co.—Simple and lively. Introduces popular airs, ending with "Rule Britannia," and Mr. Wilkins Micawber's departure for Australia. The air we looked for first is not brought in at all. We allude to "Auld lang Syne," w