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... WE ONES HA Y, Mat 11, 1859. The turmoil and strife of a General Election have during the last few weeks taken so great hold upon men's minds, that there has been room for little more than passing thought upon events which at any other time would have been regarded with thrilling interest. War is, however, we regret to aay, accomplished fact; and though there has been hitherto apparent ...
... DERBY POLICE COURT, WEDNESDAY Mar. 2. [Before the Mayor and H F. Gisborne, Esq.] THEFT BY VAGRANTS.-Mr. Greensmith, baker, Queen-street, charged two young men named John Hurd and Richard Peacock, with stealing two loaves from his shop on the previous evening. Mr. Greensmith's servant gave evidence in support of the charge, and it appeared that the prisoners visited the shop on Tuesday night ...
... The Times Calcutta correspondent discussing the use of the Bible in India say*:—''• You are discussing the propriety of introducing the Bible into Government schools. In this country, where the feeling in favour of & Christian policy' almost fanatically strong, this special demand not by any means universally approved. The battle between the Christian policy and the policy of neutrality must, ...
... There seems be no doubt that a free pardon will be given to Dr. Smethurst. On Saturday he was brought up at the Southwark Police Court, on a charge for that he, on the 9th of December last, did unlawfully and feloniously intermarry with one Isabella Bankes, his wife Mary being alive.** The prisoner was dressed in a d»rk green cont, closely buttoned round his neck. He looked well and cheerful, ...
... Leicester, Dec. 14.—The demand for most classes of hosiery is falling off, but this is the period of the year when trade usually slackens. The season has been a good one. There is very little stock on hand, and the next season's demand is expected to be brisk. The workpeople both in the country districts and in the town are well employed for the time of the year. Yarns are not so much in ...
... On Friday afternoon Mr. Adderley and Lord Ingestre met about 40 of their principal supporters in Ecclesball and its vicinity at a public dinner given at the Crown Inu. A capital entertainment was provided, the entrance to the inn was decorated with evergreens, and the Eccleshall band played lively airs at intervals throughout the proceedings. The chair was occupied by Robert Hargreaves, Esq , ...
... From his head-quarters at Bologna, on the October, General Garibaldi issued the following proclamation :— 44 Soldiers—the hour of a new struggle is at hand The enemy threatens, and ere long may attack us. Addressing my old comrades of Lomhardy, I am not afraid they will turn deaf ear what say—it is enough to tell them that we are about to meet the enemies of Italy. On the day of battle let me ...
... THE CALCUTTA MAIL. Calctta, Not. 23. Mj letter this mail must be a short one. India is suf- ■ fering from one of those spasms of dulness which in England sometimes follows the rUing of Parliament. Civil actiou has been interrupted ail through the mutinies, and military action is nearly over. The papers are filled with reports of the festivities which followed the reading the Proclamation, and ...
... Iu a letter from Lord St Leonards to the Timet, hit lordship fully admits that strikes, properly conducted may at times become expedient, but he strongly denounces the mode in which such movements are originated and carried out. He does not deny the right of any body of working men to resolve that they should not tell their labour for less than a given amount of wages, but be contends that ...
... Thk Improvement of Grass Land.—l now arrive at the consideration of the last question proposed, viz., can the position of agriculture improved practically improved practice? I observe the pasture farming in this counry is grievously defective; I see that in these stock-paying we are losing one chief source of profit; our pastures are producing but a third of their capabilities both in quantity ...
... On Friday morning an accident of an alarming nature occurred on the hill leading from the Westminster Bridge on the Surrey side. It would seem that an omnibus laden with passengers was coming down the hill, and when near the corner of Stangate-street, notwithstanding that the driver used every exertion, ran into a cart filled with timber, which was proceeding towards the bridge, and was close ...