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The Scene at Que-enstcwn.

The Arrival at XiiverpooL…

Examination at Bow-street.I

THE YELVEBTON CASE AGAIN.

GREAT FIRE AT CHATTERISj.…

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Forests on Fire.—A letter dated Saut de Sbe. Marie, August 15, says :—"Extensive fires are raging in the woods-fires which in a long acquaintance with the Lake Superior country I have never known to be exceeded since 1846. They extend a great distance in the interior. A trader from the neighbourhood of Le Clos, on Georgian Bay, says the country for ninety miles back is in a blaze. The destruction of timber and of fur-bearing animals is very great. It is diffi- cult to comprehend the extent of these conflagrations. Imagine districts out of which States—na^, according to the European standard, kingdoms might be formed, blazing, and smoking away at a rate which would defy the united fire departments of Christendom. The spectacle, at least those detached portions which came within the range of vision, is very grand. Mountains are in flames, distinguishable by the pillar of fire at night and the cloud of smoke by day. The very lakes seem to be in the same fervid condition, for the wind drifts the smoke in vast masses over theb surface, presenting the appearance of a day fog. rx'-re outlying farms have suffered in some instances very severely, and, however beautiful the traveller may re- 4y gard it, the fires are. a. great and costly calamity

THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH ON THE…

EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.

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The Arrival in London.

The Inquest on Mr. Briggs.