... WORCESTBR. It is asserted that the drot company of Worcester Volunteers will be formed during the present week, every endeavour being now made by the Organisatlon Committee to induce a suenidient number ofi men to join. Thero are many young tradesmen, who are willing to become volunteers, but they are holding back ap- parently until all necessary preliminary arrangements are com- pleted; and ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENOCE *FRANCE. [PFons the Daily N.ews' Corrcspondent.]: PAnts, Friday Evening.-An event occurred at the Palais de Justice this morning which produced a greater sensation there than anything remembered since the sus- pension of M. Michel (do Bourges) in (I think) 183£. In the 6th chamber of Correctional Police, presided over by MN. Gislain de Bontin, a case of a political libel ...

... D Lord Clyde, we (Doser Chronicle) are informed from an authentic source, will, in all probability, arrive in Dover from India by the Overland route, via Marseilles, on or about the 15th of January next. A LONG SHoT.-A sheep was shot on Wednesday with Terry's breech-loading rifled cavalry carbine at Havant, Hants, at a range of 950 yards, the ball entering at the fore part of the shoulder and ...

... NEWS OF THE DAYS THE most unerring test of the condition of the country, as to its prosperity or otherwise, is to be found in the great annual balance- sheet, the revenue forthe year. The returns, both for the last quarter and for the year, have been approximately made, and although the general results are not quite so favourable as might have. been anticipated, yet this arises from ...

... r TIPTON. O' THE 'LATE BOILER EXPLOSION. INQUES3T ON THE BODIES. b, Tl~e Particulars of the explosion of a boilor at Hurst Lana, bi riiiter, on UilrurdaY afternoon last, havs already been briefly, de. ii railed in these ?? but fuller 1sacticulars will be found In the d ollowing report of the inqrtcest on tho bodies of tire boys who ?? pi irltenately were scalded In Such a manner that death ...

... (Fromn the Gl obe.) The Revenue returns for the year 1859, and for its last quarter, although showing an actual decrease on the former, and but a slight inorease on the latter, when closely exa- mined, will prove abundantly satisfactory to the public, and will fittingly close a decade of unexampled national prosperity. The absence of a very large increase, both on the year and on the quarter, ...

... CALAMITY ON THE lRIVER MERSEY. TWENTY-THREE LIVES DESTROYED. (Frone the Express.) An accident occurred on [Friday on the river Merseyof the most distressing character, by which twenty-three lives were lost. The ship Grand Trianon, which had been in Biricenhead Dock getting her rigging set up and other re- pairs, was hauled out during the course of the day, and preceded to the anchorage in the ...

... - NOTICOS TO CORRESPOINDENTS. All letters intendedfor publication must be acompanied by tae names and addresses of the w riters, not neussariy for publscatioi, but for ?? infcuwation of the Editor. Co orrespondents wohe set any spcial value upon theiI cam-, municaat;ons must keep copies of thems, as we cannot under- gake to return unused contributions. A number of letters have come to hand, ...

... BY 3LxoGTRI AND ITMBNAcONAL, TALEGRAV9. YB10E3w, TPLI BUWpNQas, NEW STrBW. ,FRANCE. (1laeer's Telrae) PARIS, Saturday Evr ?? Emperor and the Em- press returned to Paris t- .day. The stockbroker, M. Gibbim, has been acquitted of the charge of forgery. The civil process has yet to be de- cided. After the regular Bourse hours Routes were done at 60.10. PARIS, Sunday, January ?? Moniteur of ...

... ArFTE any amount of private s dodging, the Norwich bribery and corruption are to be exposed to the public censure, or admiration, as the case may be. A section of the independent Liberal party have entered into a subscription for the pur- pose of continuing the enquiry into thd corrupt practices which have been carried on there for so many years. They have already raised between £600. and ...

... SALTLEY BUILDING AND INVESTMENT I SOCIETY. A special meeting of the members and friends of this society was held on Friday evening, in the large room of. the Library, at Adderley Park. An excellent tea, capi- tally served by Mr. and Mrs. Priddey, having been disposed of by a highly respectable and numerous assemblage of both sexes, Edwin Marshall, Esq., of the firm of Brown, Mar. shall, and Co ...

... DlUDLEY. FMRrZoaxssxlNr BY Ax. AoiniT.-Yesterdity, at the Now Town~ Hail, belore W. fladeri and S. H. Blackwell Esqrs. George Hern- muilg, foiceerip Ins the employ of, the Oxfora and Worcester Rail- way Compyany, waa charged with embezzling 25s., the moneys 'of biReceiployer, William Wylstmore. The latter astaedi that he was a frusiterer in Dudley, and the prisoner had been In his employ as a ...