... The ' Journal de Bruxelles' says that the Pope has just sent to the ! Duke de Brabant a fragment of the wood of the manger which formed the cradle of Our Saviour. The ' Singapore Free Press' announces the departure from Batavia of the celebrated female traveller, Madame Ida Pfeiffer, on the 3rd of July, for California, in an American ship. A plan has just been adopted on the Belgian railways ...

... This anfortunate accident, a brief announcement of which from official authority appeared in our first edition, presents one of the most providential escapes from a wholesale destruction of human life ever recorded in the annals of railway disasters. The catastrophe has been correctly described to have arisen from the breaking of an axle connecting the leading wheels of an engine attached to ...

... RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Prince 0ortschakoff arrived at Bukarest on the 28th uIt., and the reigning prince waited upon him in his quarters. The 29th was de- voted by Prince Gortschakoff to a ceremonious reception of -the Metro- politan and as many of the-.lcrgy as could be induced to pay their court to him.- The head-quarters of the Russian army have been -established at Bukarest. About the middle ...

... * The IDdbats' gives the following despatch as that by which the ambassadors of the four Powers have been instructed to act in execution of the protocol of December 5: 1 Monsieur,-The Governments of their Majesties the Emperor of Austria. the Emperor of the French. the Queen of the United Kingdoam of Great Britain and Ireland, and the IKing of Prussia have seen with great regret the outbreak ...

... Tin CANCER HOSPITAL.-Tbis institution for meeting one of the most painful of afflictions was established in 1851, in Cannon row, Parliament street, with provision for in-door patients at Brompton, amd already it has given proof that it well deserves a wide and en- larged support. Nearly 400 persons wvere under treatment in the course of the last year, either as in or out-patients, and of these ...

... THIE CHOLERA. (kFrom the Board of Health.) NEWCASTLE, Sar'T. 15. Cholera . _ - 97 Diarrhoea - 4 Total - - - - - - 101 Deaths in Gateshead since last report - 20 The cholera has extended to IHexham, from which three cases are reported-two deaths and one recovery. The medical officer has 17 cases of choleraic diarrhoea and one of cholera under treat- inent. Mr Granger has visited Hexham to ...

... Parliamentary men lately have deemed it proper and necessary to declare in public their political opinions. They who are willing and able to give parliamentary men some instruction, which many of them need, may do the same, especially such as seek no office or emolu- ment, and would accept none. Permit me then to express my poli. tical creed, which has been sometimes misinterpreted. I prefer ...

... MISCELLANEOUTS NEWS. AN IMPOSSIBLt LAW CASE.-Suppose a young lady to be left a great heiress, under circumstances which cause the general attention to be attracted to her name. Suppose her to be modest, retiring, otherwise Only known for her virtues, charities and noble actions. Suppose .an abandoned sharper, so debased, so wanting in the manhood of a commonly vile 6vtindler; so lost to every ...

... FRANCE.-ESCAPE AND RR-cAIIJru Or BLAXOQUI AND CArAVAN.- In the morning of the 5th, the town of Palais, in Brittany, was thrown into great agitation in consequence of Blanqui and Cazavan having contrived to elude the vigilance of the jailers and escape from the citadel by climbing over a wall by means of a rope, and afterwards crossing the ditch. The troops of the garrison, the gendarmerie, and ...

... The negligence and carelessness of the Colonial Postmasters and Post-office clerks form a prominent feature of complaint in the Aus- tralian papers received by the last and by former mails. The trans. mission of letters from one town and colony to another is slow and uncertain. Frequently letters do not come to band at all ; more frequently their transmission and delivery are delayed for many ...

... In the House of Commons last night the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed in committee a series of resolutions on Acts relating to the National Debt, of which we give the annexed summary, derived from the 'Daily News' of yesterday. The resolutions to be submitted to the House are twelve in number. The first of them indicates certain portions of our public liabilities, which it is proposed to ...

... I MlILITARY INTELLIGE=CE. AonAl 'RTshLEut.-WOOLIwICEr, OCT. 10.-The whole of the troops in the garrison off duty assembled in heavy marching order at halftpast eight o'clock, aim., to-day, the Royal Horse Artillery under Lieutenant-Colonel Strangways, the field batteries under Lieutenant- Colonel Anderson; the right wing of the battalions of artillery under Lieutenant-Colonel Poole, and headed ...