... PREVENTION OF WRECKS.—The official return of wrecks for lo49, shews that there were 3(;0 of sailing vessels, and six only of steamers. This is, indeed, a strong illustration of the value of our steam marine. But is such a loss of sailing vessels unavoidable ? We cannot believe that it is. Many disasters will inevitably occur; but we are confident that the per centage might be much reduced. A ...

... A woman named Ann Hill went to the hou woman, near 1'ontnewynidd, on the 26th uU ° a P00r demanded alms and been refused, iniinedi-it/l Ufi llav»i'K struck tlie poor woman with a poker. Mrs P u^used, and hour, went to her assistance, when Ann Hill Van. a nei^h and beat her shamefully. On the followm atta ...

... THE GORHAM CASE. The Rev. Mr. Maskell, vicar of St. Mary Church, in the diocese of Kxeter, resolved, after the decision of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council in the Corhani c?se, to resign his ministry in a church which, in his construction, that decisIOn implies to have no doctrines to teach and no faith to inculoate, except on the one point of the Irinity, Hut his parishioners, ...

... FUNXRAL OF TUB PORT LAUREATE.—The remains of Words- worth were consigned to the earth, at the little church of Gras- mere, on Saturday last. The funeral was intended to be as pn- vate as possible, but the attendance of tadiesandgenttemeo assembled to pay honour to the remains of the illustrious dead, was very large. There was a long procession of carriages and horsemen, and the church was ...

... REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE. The weather has not improved since our last: the dtya hare been dry. and the nights unseasonably cold, the wind having been mostly trom the north and east. Vegetation has been re- tarded, and on some descriptions of soil the appearance of the crops is less promising than was the case a fortnight ago. This state of affairs has naturally led to some uneasy feeling as ...

... Magistrates present—T.Hughes, and Wm. Evans, Esqrs. SOMETHING LTKB CHLOROFORM. A travelling Jew, named Georee Abraham, verging on old age, charged two young nymphs who are named respectively Elizabeth Evans and Catherine Preece, and were residents at a notorious house in Friar's Fields, with stealing from him a shawl, two waistcoat pieces, and £ 5, his property and money -Prolceutor said he ...

... CITY, 'l'HUltSD. y EVENING. • th t liss taken place in our Corn market this week, ol The n«e tna o(j forejj,n cheats, confirms the re- 2s. on Eo?l's '».s U| my last. It is clear that we have at marks under_ ,,orIier in giain prices, and it letnains to he length 'ure ,|,e a(Jvance contemplated by mauv well-informed seen w het le uet__0f £ s_ per quarter from the lowest point persons on w,)j ...

... EXTHAOIIDINAHv Tuesday, Mountjoy, the veteran pedestrian, accomplished the leal of walking 108 miles in '24 hours. The stakes amounted Jo £ 50., and the distance was from the Plough Tavern, Ploughyard, siioreditch, to the terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway, Cambridge, and back. lid was slatted from the Plough, by Mr. Jackson, the proprietor, on Monday afternoon, at three minutes past ...

... Magistrates present—T. B. Batchelar, ,Esq., mayor j T. Hughes, and W. Brewer, Esqrs. A JUVENILE THIEF. A young rascal named Daniel Holland was charged as a juve. nile with stealing umall wheelbilrow,the property ofMr.J. M. Scott, who stated thai the prisoner was in the habit of watching children into confectionary and toy shops, and, 00 their coming out, ruooiog off with what they might have ...

... THE Rev. Anthony Magee, D.D., catholic priest of West- minster, has obtained the usual order against Mr. Chap- man, publisher of the above paper, for a defamatory libel. The Doctor was said in the publication to have evicted between three and four thousand poor creatures from part of the Martin Estate, in Connemara, which he, the Doctor, has purchased; and that the poor destitute crea- tures ...

... THE government have been defeated in their resistance to a motion for leave to bring in a bill for a repeal of this duty but we do not at all expect the measure to pass. The princi- ple of this duty we regard as objectionable but there are se- veral taxes which more need to be abolished, as soon as tho amount can be spared. The simplification of the law will strengthen the claims of attorneys ...

... Magistrates present—The Hon. W. P. Rodney and the Rev. G, W, Gabb. Patrick Cusack, P.C., appeared to answer the complaint of Mr. Batt, surgeon, for using unnecessarily harsh means in the execution of his duty, while he had in charge last week, the person of a young gentleman, labouring under aberration of mind, and whose arm, it is said, he broke with a blow from his staff. Mr. Batt further ...