... d BANWELL.-At a petty session held at the Ship inn, on f Monday last, before W. H. Harford, chairman, F. H. Synge, T. oT. Knyfton. and Hl. F. Emery, Esqra., justices, Robert Nigh, of oh Wiuscombe, summoned by Arthur Hancock, of the same place, for assaulting and beating him at Banwell, on the l8th instant. was Sued 108. and costs, which wasiimmediatelypaid. J. Harse, _ of Weston-super-Mare, ...

... I PE3AC3 CONGRZSS AT MANCHESTER We are bound to take some notice of such public meetings as were held at Manchester by the anti- war party during the past week, but really we grudge devoting any space and thought to the matter, for the whole thing is founded upon inten- tions which, however good, never can, by ally human possibility, be realised. These friends of international arbitration and ...

... SECOND EDITIONi LATEST FOR3IGN. Overland Bombay Mail. TRIESTE, JAN. 27. Friday, at one amb., the Germania, steamer, arrived here. We learn by her that General Godwin impru- dently established an advanced post, only 400 strong, at Pegu, 60 miles beyond Rangoon, and easy to. be carried by the large Burmese force stationed at Spoy Gyre. The Burmese commandant at Spoy Gyre immediately at- tacked ...

... The King of Denmark has given his approval to a project for establishiug railroads throughout Jutland. The Minister of Conunerce of Prussia proposes for the consideration of the Postal Congress that the rate of postage throughout the king- dom be fixed at one gros. Twenty persons-two merchants, and the others mechanics and artists-have been arrested at Milan for being connected with socialist ...

... a.TO THE EDITORS OF THE LErDnS MERCURY. er Gmy~rrirf ,_1 owm e to ?? your attentieon,atsd thlitnj er f n generally~~~to the great necessity whilhl at prusaen rdexists for the estabttlishment, in lthis busy and Psputottt borougii os a r Bank of Ddposit for thle stall Savings of the Working Caitaese, e, in er other words, a Penny Bank. 1asa the cistarcter anti working of tisese valuable ...

... [-7RoM OUR OWN REPORTERS.J Thursday evening a meeting of the Peace Conference was held in the Corn Exchange, Hanging-ditch, Manchester; Mr. George Wilson occupying the chair. Before commencing the proceedings the secretary read letters of apology for non-aitenrlance at the conference, but expressive of cordial sympathy wilh the movement, from M. Carnot, formerly Minister of Public Instruction ...

... WFAAL AFRAY, 'Jn, =unday morning the 16th instant, thebvillage of Ilkeston 'WaM made the scene ef a brawl, the chief actors. in which :RPPear to have been Irishmen. The erigin of the disturbance An Ilkeston has not been very satisfactorily made out, but it Seems to have originated in 8Orne party or parties desirous ef :1aving a 1arl by anneying the inmates of a lodging-houee, lin whib tea sr a ...

... I TERElIIC BOILER rXPLOSIONI I GLASGOW, SATURDA~Y.-This morning, a little after five o'clock, one of the most terrific boiler explosions which ever occurred in Glasgow took piece in the en- gineering establishment of Messrs. Forrest and Co., Dobbie's-town. It appears that one of the boilers used in the establishment bad been lengthened by nine feet, giving it a total of twenty'-five feet, and ...

... I IS SIR Z. BROOKE, C.B., A BUCCANER? That is the question-the hard, iron-bound question put by Mr. Joseph Hume in a pamphlet before us, A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of MalmeR- bury, Secretary of, State for Foreign Affairs, $rc., Relative to the Proceedings of Sir James Brooke, ?? &c., in Borneo. By Jeseph Hume, M.P. It Is highly important to Borneo, if not to Sir James Brooke, ...

... To ate Ediior oj the Ipswich JoUrotil. SiR,-I cannot terminate the most unpleasant cor. t respondncne in which I was ever engaged, without ex-t pressing my regret that I should have been tempted by Mr. Gowing to descend from the position I took in rc-r forence to the investigation of the Public Health Bill, in order to reply to his personalities. When I made my first statements I can ...

... wLoUnton. .- . - f - -. E. - Iat TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1853. Tlie Darilr -i-Notir diamond, said to be a far purer goni thank Ui celcbrated] Kohi-i-Noor, wans sold at Calcutta Oil the 29th tI Novomber for 5,9001. 'l'ie last Bostocn iotion is an ingcniois itlultlaic, staustped on a rein about the si',e of a dollar, quite con- vooenitt foi the pur~o or the ijocket. Among tim l'asseoogs whole ...

... SATURDAY, JANtARY 29, 1853. A FRESH aspect has come over the state of affairs in France. The Emperor has resolved to take unto him- self a wife, and at the same time to make a littlepolitical a capital out of his choice. He went the round of Isseveral German courts in the endeavour to meet with a aprincess with whom to share his throne; but the friends Y of the ladies did not like the ...