... pistrut ge5s. DUDLEY. [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE DUDLEY BOARD OF GUARDIANS v. THE VESTRY CLERK- SHIP OF SEDGLEY. Gentlemen,-The subject of a Vestry Clerk for Dudley has been the all-absorbing topic during the weak, as evidenced by the feeling manifested at the town's meeting, pre- sided over by the Mayor, and afterwards on the following day by a vestry meeting at the Parish Church. The great ...

... .z4f Pdr-opolis. TheoRoyal Polytechnic Institution, Rgent Street. Lon- ten, which for many years has done so much for the. reas tiolavad encouragement of a taste for scientifico pursuits, is annonnced for sale by auction, by Messrs, Rushworth and' Xarvig, of Saville Itow, in the present month of June;. I ?? 1ArNWH op A MAN.-OF-WAR.-The launch of her Ma- 3Wt ship Charybdis took place at ...

... (From the Daily News.) It is quite time that some coinprehensive plan-for the defence of this country should be settled. Le:,ihe . qiieatwfl saoccnpiedhtugniiti.. hi~of. i'some of our greatest statesmen andsoldiers. But it must be confessed that the public have never yet, had an opportunity of thoroughly understanding it, because it' has not' been brought before' them in an intelligible shape. ...

... correopWa. NOTICES TO CORRESPONTDENTS. The following letters have been received: Lightning Express; W. B , and 'A Birmingham Clerk. M. F.-Probably our correspondent did not so intend it, but her letter has the appearance of a begging petition. J. P.-Surely the mistake, supposing it to be one, is not so serious as to form the subject of newspaper contro- versy. Fair Play, Dudley. ...

... ?? Falo'n. - [Under this head we give such extracts. from the London and provincial papers as indicate the opinions of the press oA current topics.] WAR AND REFORMf. (From thc Thnes.) The Nemesis of party is a power always in opera- tion, always beyond human conjecture, yet infallibly f truc to a justice of its own. The wors that can be said of any an:icipation is that it will probably fall ...

... fortip Rffl WillaRy. DEATH OF TYES BiBsop OF ANTIGUA.-The death is announced (from yellow fever) of the Bishop of Antigua, Dr. S. J. Rigand, formerly master of Ipswich Grammar School. Dr. Rigaud went out to the colony only twelve months since. His widow and family have also suffered from yellow fever. ACTIVITY AT CHERBOURG.-A1l the disposable vessels at Cherbourg are being fitted out with all ...

... The Profeet of Police has just placarded all over Paris a copy of one of the coup d'fat decrees, by which any per- son propagating a pieco of false news, whether with bad faith or nob, is liable to a fine of from 50fr. to 1,000fr. I have not heard whether this penalty has been applied to the Government journal the Pays, which lately propa- gated the false news that the Austrians had evacuated ...

... 1. ? giolfia ? laws. , DUDLEY.- loeit;- E ?? Wednesday -John Bannister, beerhous- ljeejrr, of Ca% ney Hill, was charged with permitting a roou iu- his bouse to be used for the purposoof cock'flghting. Re pleaded. -nocgullty. James Shaw was also- charged'wlbhaestating and en-. osirging' the grares. 31e pleaded guilty and' erpressed sorrow. Chief-Superintendent Burton laid the 'infornatlon and ...

... &Irforom. NOTICMS TO CORRESPONDENTS. tcsinfeaidedfo publication macst be accompaniel by jhs eanes and a .resse8sof the inters, not necessari4y for pu6lioo onP bus focr the Qn01utattion of the Editer. 21,61ication 4ut i set any speck value ncsn their coms- imust keep copies of thme, as we casW dus-. Tic 1o ret5me caked~ ~C9ltion50. i R Brettle Lane.-Any school-boy will tell him. ?? w, ...

... Nist-fid Xfws. DUDLEY. CASE OF MALIIr~OUSLY WOUNsDINGo-At the New Town Hall, on Wednesday, before A. B. Cochrane and J. E. Swindell, Essjys., Maria Burton, wife of a nail factor living in Fisher Street, was charged with nealiclbusly-wounding Benjamin Wakelam, a Sh~ea maker, living in Hall Street, Dudley. On the 22nd ult, prosecutor and the prisoner's ?? were In ties Intblic-he1555 of which Mr. ...

... MTSOELLANEOUS. Lord Seymour's wines and cigars are to be sold this Christmas. Unlike his brother, the Marquis of Hertford, whose classic tastes have rendered him unrivalled as a collector of pictures, his lordship had no greaterprids than to say to his Parisian guests, after a glass of unique wine, I alone possess that wine. DEATH Os? Mn. WRIGHT, TaHE CocninsAs.-The once popular comedian, Mr ...

... t - - ?? I. _ . (From our own Reporter.) GLOUCESTER, Tuesday. No small stir was caused among the witnesses who have given evidence as to having bribed or received bribes, by the publication of an official notice last night, signed by Mr. Coleridge, secretary to the Commission, and stating, The Commissioners having power to award costs to wit- nesses who have been summoned, and who have ...