A HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE. hold of the young one, who rushed toward the boat, snorting with its little nostrils, and so enraged that it seemed as if it would have swallowed her up if it had possessed the power; but, receiving a blow upon the head, it swam away and rejoined its paren

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SHOPLIFTING BY A " RESPECTABLE."—A well-dressed female, far advanced in the family way, who gave the name of Mary Lee, was charged with having stolen 20 yards of silk from the shop of Messrs. Alison & Co., salesmen, Regent-street. The case was a very clear on

yet he could not believe that the prisoner had spent £BO or £lOO in three days. If the prisoner did not return the money, he must send him for trial to the Old Bailey. The prisoner persevering in his previous statement, Mr. Combe ordered depositions for trial to be taken. The ev

Tit E 0 Lump ROTALVlSlT.—TheßveningMail contains the following semi-official announcement respecting the rumoured visit of Her Majesty to Ireland :—" Some of our contemporaries are announcing in the authoritative tone of a settled formulary all the arrangements for Her Majesty's

A most dreadful attempt at murder took place on the evening of Friday last, on the person of Catarina Cutajar, living in Strada Santa Lucia. A young man, aged 17, went to her house at about seven o'clock, p.m. Shortly after a female neighbour, being greatly alarmed by cries of d

of the Corn-laws constantly in view, to keep it before the attention of the country, to diffuse information as to its ruinous consequences, to remonstrate against it with a firmness which never quailed, whatever party might be in power, until the last fragment of that law should

On his death, the honour and Palace became, by purchase, the property of Mr. John Philps, a member of the House of Commons, who paid for the estate £10,765 198. Od. This bargain appears to have been cancelled, for in Hampton Court Cromwell resided occasionally, and enjoyed the s

regret then will be that our great men were not depicted " as in life they stood," by contemporary painters. John Bull, at present, may be too poor to carry out this idea extensively; but would it not be wise, instead of spending four or five thousand pounds upon a doubtful pain

In the present dearth of means to raise the w i n d, we recommend the following, which is a subject of daily and successful practice, though known to but few. We have found it perfectly correct. How TO GET AN ESTATE FOR NOTHING. Ibuy an estate for £loo,ooo And Interest thereon a

Extract of a letter from Ferozepore, Jan. 11, 1843 :—" The government have just given Sir Robert Sale a very handsome sabre, with a gold embroidered belt studded with pearls and emeralds; the blade valued at £lOO, the handle of ivory, a small delicate tassel with a string of pea