... THE RUGBY ROMANCE. The prisoner was on Wednesday again brought up to the custody of the police. His demeanour was, if any- thing, quieter and more subdued than it was on Satur- day. He was accommodated with a seat near his counsel, with whom, he frequently communicated during the day. The first witness was Mr. John Collis, record keeper in the Bishop of London's Registry, who stated that the ...

... At the Glasgow Circuit Court a few days ago, before the Lord Justice-Clerk, Lachlan M'Lean, a spirit-dealer, Greenock, was tried for attempting to murder his wife in June last. It appeared from the evidence that the pri- soner had been indulging in drink for some days, and that while in a state of excitement he had fired a pistol at his wife, inflicting serious injuries on her face and head. ...

... THE WESTMINSTER MURDER. William Malony, labourer, was indicted at the Central Criminal Court, for the murder of Mary, bis wife.—Mr. Clark, for the prosecution, said. the question for the jury in this case would be whether it was a case of suicide by the deceased or of murder by the prisoner; and one of the witnesses, named Saunders, would depose that he actually saw the prisoner commit the ...

... -R. PESTH, SEPT. 30. Dunne yesterday and to-day large crowds have as- sembled before the building where the sittings of the Assembly of the Comitat are held. The surrounding streets are occupied by troops. A lieutenant, with his sword drawn, forbade the deputies to enter the building. The people are greatly excited, but order has not been disturbed. PESTH, SEPT. 30, EVENING. The magistrate of ...

... TOPICS OF THE DAY. LI TF>° I°~E.—It is high time that the werking of tc system should be care- funy cEscussecl. Ori:Ón:t.]],¡;niended to secure to voters a simple afld easy nrnrt- of cutting themselves upon the roll, it has degenerated into a contrivance for reducing the total number of ••electors, and threatens, unless speedily checked, to impair one main result of tne Reform Bill. The ...

... About half-past 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the 24th. ult., a murder was perpetrated in a notorious brothel in Tanter-street, Stafford-street, under peculiarly horrible circumstances, a man named John Thomson, 42, wire- drawer, said to work in Aston-road, and to live at Sutton, having killed Ann Walker, with whom he had cohabited for some three months past. The history of the poor woman is ...

... PARIS, OCT. I.-The Moniteur, in its bulletin of this morning, publishes a telegraphic dispatch from Constan- tinople, announcing a modification in the ministry, by which Mehemet Ruschdi Pacha becomes Minister of War, in place of Namik Pacha. ...

... A Hasty Marriage.—Not many weeks since, as two young ladies were taking an evening's airing on the platform at the St. Austell Station, the last down train arrived, and a gentleman stepped out and espied the fair ones, by the light of the moon. One of them particu- larly struck his fancy; to use the words of a. novelist a strange sensation suddenly took possession of him. Love entered his ...

... The following circular on the subject of the revised code of regulations recently issued by the Committee of Council has been addressed by the Finance Committee of the National Society to the councils of all the training institutions in union with the society:— National Society's Office, Sanctuary, Westminster, S.W, Sept. 28. Rev. and Dear Sir,-AS the revised code of regulations for the ...

... On Sunday morning a fearful deed was committed in the town of Bilston. A tradesman in Church-street, named John Bagott, was deliberately murdered in his own house, his premises being plundered and set on fire. Mr. Bagott carried .on business as a tailor and clothier, at the corner of Stafford-street. At about four in the morning the family of Mr. Beard, of that street, were disturbed by ...

... FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27 H. Chuchill, Washington, Sussex, builder.—F. Old Chapel-row, Kentish-town, draper,-G, I. Maillet, West- bourne-grove, Bayswater, corn dealer.—E. Wright, Upton, near Slough, Buckinghamshire, cowkeeper. — S. Frankau, Bishops- gate-street Within, City, and Bridge-street, Westminster, im- porter of meerchaum pipes.—J. J. Ridge, Forest-hill, Kent, chemist.—W. Hart and J. Hart, ...

... A noted philosopher being asked by a friend how he kept himself from being involved in quarrels, replied, By letting the angry person have it all to himself. The Raven.-The power which the raven has of clear articulation is well known. Mr. Swainson says:- One belonging to Mr. Henslow, of St. Albans, speaks so distinctly that when first we heard it yve were actually deceived in thinking it ...