... The first intimation the world had of Lord Palmer- ston's illness was through the Morning Star. That paper had on Tuesday the following Much alarm was created in the neighbourhood of Brbckett-hall Herts, where Lord is now staying, by the report on Sunday night that his lordship was danger- ously ill. It appeared that on Friday Lord Palmer- ston took cold when driving out, and thus induced an ...

... N VIENNA, OCT. 10. Rear-Admiral Baron von Wullersdorff-Urbair in assuming his functions as Minister of Commerce addressed the staff of his ministry in a speech, laving particular stress on the necessity for unity of aotion. The minister further said :It is unecessary for Austria that all further commerce should be free, and that labour should receive a better remuneration. All obstacles which ...

... REVIEW OF TROOPS BY THE DUKE CAMBRIDGE. On Saturday morning the whole of the troops bt, garrison at Woolwich, consisting of the Royal Horse Artillery, the Field Batteries and Foot Artillery,, Royal Engineers, and Woolwich Division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, with the bands and colours* the respective corps, assembled on the comraea in heavy marching order, for the annual inspection br his ...

... A mother came before the magistrate at the Clerk- en,well Police-court, and told a sad story of a lost daughter. Her girl, she said, was only fifteen years of age, but she had left her home with a married man who had deserted his wife and three children, and, although she had made every endeavour to discover their whereabouts, she had been unable to do so. This week she. had received a letter ...

... William Henry Geoffrey, Martha. Geoffrey, Thomas Caseley, Ann Caseley, Thomas Brewerton, and Louisa Brewerton, were brought before the magistrate at Bow-street charged with having been concerned in the recent burglary at Mr. Abraham's, jeweller, Strand. It was stated-also that some property, the proceeds of a burglary at Mr.Walker's, jeweller, had been found in the possession of the prisoners ...

... GOOD RUN WITH THE LLANGIBBY HOUNDS. DEAR MR. EDITOR,—I have not had the pleasure of seeing you in the hunting field nor can I call to my recol- lection that I have ever seen you in the pig skin even but knowing your desire to cater for the information and for the amusement of your numerous friends, 1 offer for your publication, a short account of a very good run with these hounds, on Tuesday ...

... Coronation Day. The anniversary of the coronation of her Majesty the Queen, which event took place at Westminster Abbey on the 28th of June, IQOO wa, duly celebrated in London with Royal honour? At Windsor the bells of the Chapel Royal, of St. George, and parish church, began ringing at an earlyhour, while Royal salutes of 21 guns were fired from Fort Belvedere and the Royal Adelaide frigate ...

... The new Act of Parliament to amend the registra- tion of county voters has just been printed, and has immediate operation. It will effect several important alterations in the law of registration and as to the duties of revising barristers in the next revision of the lists of counties, cities, and boroughs. On or before the 10th June in every year the clerk of the peace is to deliver to the ...

... AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.—On Wednesday week, two lads, named Thomas Nicholas and John James, who were working at Mr. Vipond's colliery, started off on an underground expedition in search of fresh quarters. In the course of their travels they got into Messrs. Partridge tud Jones' works, at Cwmffrwd, and thence into another portion of Mr. Vipond's works, and here a serious mishap overtook them in ...

... A Looker-on, in Ry lands' Iron Trade Circular, states that having some personal experience of petroleum, it| discovery, its raising, and its refining,5' he gladly accepted instructions to proceed to Flint- shire, for the purpose of examining into certain state- ments respecting the production of oil in Flintshire. Passing Cefn, he says, without stepping, although strongly tempted to ...

... To the Editor of the USK OBSERVER. SIK,—Among all the institutions of this, our great country, it is a woild-vride acknowledged fact that none present a higher type, or are of a less exceptionable character, than those for the administration of Jaw and justice. Notwithstanding all the jealousies and angry contentions of brain-fevered litigants, aud ,the blighted hopes of doomed offenders, ...

... HARVEST SERVICB.—On Thursday evening a harvest thanksgiving service was held in the parish church. The sermon, which was a most suitable one, was preached by the Rev, Bury Capel, vicar of Abergavenny, from Psalms, cvii, 5 and 9. The choral part of the service was well. adapted to the occasion, and was performed with good effect. The thanks-offerings, which were gathered during the sinking of ...