LITTLE ROSS LIGHTHOUSE.
 
Little Ross is a small island in the Solway Frith, at the entrance of Kirkcudbright Bay, or roadstead. A lighthouse has lately been put on it; and in the squally and foggy weather which often prevails in the Solway, vessels now run with confidence to the roadstead for shelter.
 

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PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR O’CONNELL.
 
We understand that some if not the majority of the R. C. Bishops of Ireland, are about addressing Pastoral letters to their clergy, directing the insertion of the name of Mr. O’CONNELL in the public prayers after the name of her Majesty, before the commencement of the holy sacrifice of the mass.
 
-Athlone Sentinel, a Radical Paper.
 

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SINGULAR ACCIDENT.
 
The ship Edward, Captain STEEL, on her passage from Philadelphia to Monte Video, was struck by a sword fish; the sword of which penetrated through the copper, plank, and ceiling, into a barrel of flour, causing the ship to leak the remainder of the voyage.
 
The captain had the plank cut out, and intends bringing it home as a curiosity.
 
- New York Herald.