... An inquest was held on Wednesday at the Lord Nelson Tavern, Blackfriars-road, on the body of William Carter, the son of William Carter, Esq., the coroner for East Surrey, who lost his life from injuries he received at the destructive fire which occurred at his father's house, 76, Blackfriars-road, on the 8th inst. A number of witnesses having been called, the jury returned the fol- lowing ...

... At the Leeds Town-hall, on Saturday, James Lombard, carver and gilder, and the gay Lothario who had ensnared the affections of Mrs. Jackson (wife of Mr. John Jackson, of Norton, near Malton), was charged with being in possession of a quantity of valuables, which Mr. Jackson claimed as his pro- perty. The circumstances attending the elopement and robbery have been repeatedly before the public, ...

... The Emperor of Russia's Reception of the u apanese.—A letter from St. Petersburg of the 15th states that the Emperor, in reply to an address from the Japanese ambassadors, spoke as follows :— I rise to re- ceive the representatives of his Majesty the Tycoon with pafuieular satisfaction. The relations of Russia with Japan have always been friendly. The proximity of botu kingdom*, afrd the ...

... THE NEWS BUDGET. John Doidge, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Roger Drew, at St. Stephen, by Launseston on the 7th of June last, was executed on Monday in front of the county gaol at Bodmin; Though exceed- ingly .uneducated, some impression was made upon him by the exhortations of the clergyman who attended him. He made a. full confession of his guilt, and died in a penitent state ...

... It appears that the litigation of which the ease-of Thomas v. Shirley was the commencement is, pro- ceeding in another form. The case just named? was an action for breach of promise of marriage brought by a young lady named Thomas, against General Shirley, which was tried at the last Lewes Assizes, when a verdict was found for the defendant. A second action had been brought by the same ...

... &jre flimtrr. Mr. Bromfield has very properly drawn the atten- tion of the peoplt* of Usk to the subject of the Wri- ting School, and Girls' School, and most persons in the town must deplore, with him, that no steps are taken to re-open these schools, which have now been closed for upwards of two months, leaving the scholars, who are said to Y-itimberabout 150-and who are unable to get ...

... Destruction at the New Fortification Works at Plymouth.—1 he works erected inside the breakwater at Plymouth for constructing the new fort were entirely carried away on Monday. They con- sisted of a circle of 70 feet piles, with 5 feet iron shoes, sunk in the rock round the foundation, to form the frame- work for the travelling cranes, by which the blocks of concrete were to be lowered into ...

... Bx the arrival of the Australasian we have New York papers to the 13th mst. ?-New icric The Situation. The New York Herald of the 13th has the following summary:— General Pope reports to General Halleck that Jack- son srebel forces retreated, under cover of Mondav night across the Rapidan—that the rebel rearguard was crossing the river towards Orange Court House yester- SrjniDS~and' furthe ...

... GROSMONT. SUNDAY Scuool.-On the first Sunday in the present year, a Sunday School was established by the dissenters of this vil.age, and it is pleasing to have to state that the success of the undertaking has far exceeded ti e expecta- tions, as may be judgetUrom the fact, that on a recent btbhath, 78 scholars were present. On Thursday, the 21st inst., the children were invited to a t a party ...

... On Saturday, Mr. James Henson, the Secretary to the British Columbia Overland Transit Company, surrendered in discharge of his recognisance before Alderman Finnis, at the Guildhall police-court, to answer to the charge of obtaining a sum of Y,42 under false pretences, with intent to cheat and de- fraud Mr. H. Isaac Collingwood. Mr. Harris, of Moorgate-street, conducted the prosecution; Mr. ...

... ROBBERY FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Eugene Macarthy, a respectable-looking man, who was said to have formerly been a solicitor, was -charged, at the Bow-street Police-station, on Monday, with stealing six books from the reading-room of the British Museum, where he had been in the habit of attending as a reader. Mr. Poland attended as counsel for the Museum to conduct the prosecution Mr. Morris ...

... OUR misgelEAS-Y. A Town's Bible—The following is a copy of a resolution passed by the Corporation of Preston, in November, 169 4: Town's Bible. Ordered that the bailiUs buy a, good large Bible ul clear print ana gOOd paper, for the use of the Mayors of this Corporation suc- cessively, and that the charge thereof be allowed to the said bailiffs upon their accounts. The sum paid for it was £3 ...