... A capacious museum for the display of the productlo.to ef India is to be provided in the new Indian Offices, h if, the late Dr. Forbes Royies's labours will be worthily played, j* In the Holborn district there are six persons A tain their living in the sewers, snjne by catching rats» the others by seeking for property which has made it* into the sewers. 1 he christening of the twenty-sisth ...

... By C Æ DOl L L U D. CNAPTKR I. In the spring of 185 duty demanding my presence on the western coast of Africa, I reluctantly prepared to quit my quiet English home, and embark fur that deadly region, so justly dreaded and associated in the mind with every hot ror. As no alternative presented itself, and the call of duty is im- perative, I seated myself in the train for Plymouth, my anti- ...

... FIGIIT IN THE INDIANA SENATE.—A collision occurred in the Senate on the 15thbetween Senators Good- ing and Heffron, in consequence of some personal re marius made by both in the Senate some davs ago. Dur- ing^tne fight a brother of Gooding interfered and struck He.Lun on tae head with a cane, wounding him severely otherwise little damage was done to either party. Bo'th were armed, but had no ...

... SATURDAY, MARCH. 5, 1859. THE REFORM BILL. SIGNALLY failed, will be the verdict, we should think, which the country will pronounce upon the measure so lengthily introduced on Monday night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. A full house, both of hon. members and of strangers, together with the semi-official leader of the Times of that day, tended to exhibit the interest which was felt in the ...

... acciticnts anii THE LATE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.-On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Wakley, coroner for West Middlesex, opened an inquiry at the Buffalo's Head Tavern, New-road, St. Marylebone, relative to the deaths of 'John Rufus Reeves, aged 30; Rufus Reeves the younger, aged eight years; Jane Reeves, aged four years; Frederick Reeves, aged two years; Emily Reeves, aged sixteen months and Goody, alias ...

... THE ROMAN CATHOLICS are about to build a church in this neighbourhood. The site selected is situated about midway between Neath and Briton Ferry, aud is intended for the accommodation of the increasing numbers of that persuasion now resitting in this locality. AN AGED PAUPER, — A centenarian, named Mary John, who lives with her daughter at Waun Llesir, applied last week to the Naath Boar,l of ...

... We are at length in possession of the Ministerial pro- ject of Parliamentary Reform. While yet in ignorance of its principles and details, we asked for it a full and candid hearing. Now that it has appeared, we are com- pelled to remark that no worse could be wished for it by the bitterest enemy of its authors. The country has for months waited patiently for the development of a Tory scheme of ...

... ANDREWS V. HUFF. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Griffiths were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Serjeant Pigott and Mr. Orridge for the defendant.—It was an action to recover damages for the non-fulfilment of a contract to marry the plaintiff, to which the pleas were that no promise had been made, and that the plaintiff had exonerated and discharged the defendant from the performance of the promise. There ...

... Etc (Ereamof IJtmcf), KEEP IT DRY. IT is not that a small bird sings With aught of warning voice, And bids distrust anointed kings, Or chiefs, the People's Choice. We trust them all, with all our soul, We know their honour's high But still we think, upon the whole, TVc'll keep our powder dry. No Monarch ever broke his word, Far less the oaths he swore, Or if such things have e'er occurred ...

... Efte GTmirt, A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Saturday. A MEETING of members of the House of Commons was held on Tuesday at the official residence of the Earl of Derby, in Downing-street. About 208 members attended. Lord Derby was accompanied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir E. B. Lytton, and Lord Stanley. HER MAJESTY has been pleased, on the recommenda- tion of Lord Stanley, to approve ...

... WEDNESDAY.—(Before J. O. Fowler, Esq.) Henry Watkins, labourer, of Pontlottyn, was charged with trespassing upon the Rhymney Railway, and refusing to quit the same when re- quested to do so. Fined 5s. and costs Is. Elizabeth Powell was charged with behaving in an indecent manner in Pontstorehouse street. Committed for one calendar month with hard labour in Cardiff House of Correction. Ann ...

... ON BOARD THE BLACK EAGLE. THE INQUEST. The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate men who were killed by the recent explosion on board the steam tug Black Eagle. was held before R. Lewis Reece, Esq., in the Grand Jury Room, Town-hall, on Wednesday last. The following Jurors answered to their names:—Charles Milner, foreman; Blandford Lucas, Alfred Morgan, George Oakey, Michael ...