... I GxEAT BALL~ooN AscENT PviRzOM ?? tememorable day in the infancy of aerial travelling, Nov. 21, 1783s when human life was firstden. trusted in a balloon, so interesting an ascent as that effected on Monda from the barracks in the Rue Poissonniere, has never taken place in Paris. The novelty of this strange sight, seen from the adjacent streets, speedily drew a vast concourse of spectators ...

... FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREENWICH RAILROAD.-On Wednesday an inquest was held at the workhouse, Bermondsey, on the body of Henry Holmes, aged 21, who was killed on Monday last in consequence of injuries he received by one of the steam carriages passing over part of his body on the Greenwich railroad. It appeared in evidence, that about 3 o'clock on Mondaq, as a train was coming from Deptfbrd, the ...

... douRT OV PEEfS-IZTt:VG oF JUtY 8i At ten minutes befbre eleven tile prisoner was brought ibto Cenutt, a tfuni- cipal guard having hold of each arm. On his seating himself four municipal guards and a corporal took their places, one on each side, and three behind him. The prisoner is pale, but good-looking, about five feet two or three inches (French) in height, rather thin, and has an air ...

... - - I.1 RA7LwAY ACCIDENT.-An inquest was held on Tuesday at St George's hospital, on the body of John Smart, aged 46. It appeared from the evidence .that the deceased and another man were employed on the 20th inst. to take gome coke for the use of the engines on the line of the Birmingham Railwa3 at Kensal green at the time the train of carriages was about 100 yards distant. ainid the deceased ...

... r- -1 ?? - , T ; M, D ?? F N zot-GICDENTS ANiD )FE'N:CE.S. -. . ?? o;r t. SEYpSOIJr--Os Weaniesday morning the maid servant of 'Roheit SeylloLU', Esq., wyas rroceading into the garden`6of Nrier maser resideonc, BParistbery place, Lieepooi read, -X'n'nihnsddisai~derd her master stietchd taross as lfeleos corpse, witha his 'de. Asistarce was -inmealaloly caifea ij when it ivaa -disn8vered that ...

... COURT OF CHANCERY. The Lord Chancellor, on Monday, called the attention of his Court to an unprecedented act of professional indecorum, which had been brought under his knowledge, re the Ludlowe charity. A reference had been made in that case, of certain points, to the decision of Master Brougham. During the investigation which followed, it appeared that the views of the Master were ...

... COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY. T. KELLY AND DUNDAs V. TrE MORNING C55RONICLE.-The Attor. ?? applied to the court for a conditional order for a criminal infor- mation against the printer and publisher of the Morning Chronicle, fur a libel, published in that paper on the 3d of May. The libel complained of was contained in the affidavits of John Pilgrim and Philip Barnes, on being brought up for ...

... SPRING ASSIZES? l1 KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES, WEIDNESDAY. James BliRis, Wm. Hear1eq, and Win. Asher, nickrnamed Curly Bill,' labourers were indicted for a burglary, on the night of the 2d'of September, at ChipsteaJ, in the house of Mrs Mary Anne Long, and stealing diver, articles, her ?? Clarkson having stated the case, called Mrs Mart Anne Long.-Prosecutrix was a widow, aged 66, and resided with ...

... The case of Green v. Hogan, which has excited so much interest, was argued in the Irish Court of Exchequer on Tuesday, by Mr O'Connell and Mr Dickson, K. C., on one side, and Serjeant Jackson and Mr Smith on the other. The importance of this case arises from the effect which the decision must have upon the recovery of tithe in the sister country. If the Court rule with Mr O'Connell, as it ...

... UNION HALL. ATROCIOUS BARBARITY. May I not do as I like with my own 0-Duke of Newcastle. On Monday Thomas Hawes, a policeman of the R division, stated that on Saturday afternoon he received information that a man was in the act of skin- ning a live dog at the rear of a public-house called the Feathers, in Ber- mondsey. He (the policeman) immediately repaired to the spot, and saw the ...

... MuRDER TRiALS.-A vast tuinber of these havf taken Place deting thd past week. At Liverpdol there were three prisoners. In the ofie cia woman was charged with poisboing her husband, and in ano'ter, a young in vith causing the death of a young woman, uedet-ppcnlinr circudstances; Both were found Guilty, and were sentenced to be executed on Satutday Id a third, a inan was Ciarged with the muirder ...

... FRAUDS OTN 'reN Sroct-Eiccniis.l-a.Considerable excitement was created Oh Saturday riorning week, at the Stock-Exchange by its being made known that a jobber, unrecognized by the Stock-Exchange, and who only did business in the alley of the house, had decamped with stock and money to the value of 12,0001., which he obtained on Friday, being settling-day in the foreign market, from two ...