... a GRE AT MONEY LOAN SWINDLE tbat At the Guildhall, on Thursday, Wm. Mitchell, lath Charles Jessop, and Henry Conroy were placed at M the bar, before Sir James Duke, charged with Gwi obtaining £2 88. from Thomas Turner, a black- Woz ,mith, residing at Ross, in Herefordshire, with and intent to defraud him. William Smith, a city the3 detective, stated that he received certain informa- rots, tion ...

... TIHE THREATENED WAR IN GERMANY AND ITALY. The war ?? Prussia and Austita, wlhich is now a mattor of moral certainty, may coni- Thenco with somne slight shiurnishes in H-Iolsteiu, but these will be merely the prelude to abattle or series of battles on the frontiers of Saxony, 1 , Bohemia, and possibly Silesia, in which the great musses of the Austrian and Prussian f f armies will be engaged. ...

... >. l TIR 4CHOLERA: The choiera hlw broken out at Nanten. Duning )ft the last fortnight from 14.to 20 cases have occurred daily, but till ?? the deaths havd been conspara.- Ativt'ly few ...

... ffl, _ a ?? ___ot THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1866. WEEKLY RETURN OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH OF BIRMINGHAM 25TIl WaRz-186. In the week ending last Saturday, 3,524 births and 2,343 deaths were registered in ton large cities and boroughs of England, including London. The births were eight, and the deaths 179) below the average weekly numbers in the ten years 1351-60, corrected for increase of ...

... OPINIONS OF THE PRESS, [Times] Lord Russell's Government hag breathed its last with more dignity and consciousness than some of its friends had cxpected. Another course was open to it ten days ago, but the choice once made was not one to be spontane- ously recalled, averted by officious interposition, or inflamed into the calamity of a Dissolution. The Leader of the Commons has spoken his last ...

... LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF THE WYCLIFFE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL, ON -Wednesday morning ihe foundation stone of ck this edifice was laid by John Crossley, Esq. of i Halifax, in the presence of the ministers of the ' to Congregational body in this town, and c hf repro. h sentatives of various other denominations, and a . large number of spectators. The weather was i somewhat unfavourable, but this ...

... The prize list of the above corps has just been issued. The principal prizes are fewer in number than those of former years, but to make up for this there is a greater number of small prizes. Indeed Iwe think this arrangementwi give greater satis- faction, and will act as a powerful stimulant to those who are not first-class shots. The prizes t will be shot for as follows- . To be shot for ...

... | EFORM MEETING AT WEDNESBURY. CEINSURE OF DIESSRS. FOSTER AND FOLEY. A mneeting in aid of the Liberal Government, and wills thle view to adept reenhstiosn in favour of the prising of a large and ceom- preheneive oseasure of Reforsn,,sas htold yesterday evening, lath, Public IHail, Wednesbhnay. 'Mr. Sampson Lloyd presided, and three were also on theisleplaform tls 11ev. J. Taner, the Rey, j. ...

... LATE ST NEWs* [rnUTnRsS TELEGRAuMu S. SKIRMISH BETWEEN AUSTRIANS AND PRUSSIANS IN SILESIA. NEISSE, JtNa 2°:3. Hostilities have been comneenced by the Prussian army corps in Silesia. Early yesterday morning three Prussian detachiients were sent out to reconnoitre towards Zuckmautel, Friedberg, and Freiwalden. The last of these detachments between Breitenfurt and Sandhubel, came upon an Austrian ...

... IMPERIA PARLIAMF3NT I j RTJMGAI . .LIOUSE OF LORDS. TUESDAY, JUNE ?? - Their lordships met at five o'olook. . PERSONAL EXPLANATION. ' ; The Earl of CLABRNnON said, although he knewi it was irregular, he wished to make an explanation with respect to the charges brought against him, last night byMr. Disraeli of having entered into a conspiracy at the congress of 18566 to put down the free press ...

... PRINCE ALBERT'S STATUE. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL BEROURT. Glentlemen,-Observing in your paper that the subject of 8Ite for the statue of the late Prince Consort is once more seeing the light, I venture again to address you on the same matter. It occurs tome, and cannot but commend itself to the atproval of the inhabitants of this town generally, that he best place would be to pnl ...

... ISERIOUS FIRE AT A WARE- HOUSE IN WATER-STREET. . _ ~ ~ ~ j ,. odf We have to report another addition to the of tinmerous fires which have recently.occurred in e ths town, principally at warehouses. Shortly g after five o'clock yesterday afternoon the top room a of the Warehou~e of Messrs. Molyneux, Taylor, L. and Co Waterstreet, was vdiseovered to be on Lg fire and'of course the alarm was at ...