... The Paris correspondent of the Standard sends the following particulars of an extraordinary case which has just come before the Tribunal For some time past a man named Picardat has been living at Bobigny (Seine;, where he keeps what he calls an encyclopedia; consultation-room, and where he appears to have passed himself off among the rustics as a lawyer, an agent of the police, and various ...

... A. correspondent of a London paper complains that coming up to town from a station eight or ten miles trom London, he found six first-class carriages oc- cupied by as many solitary lady passengers, and nearly lost his tram whilst he was looking for a less hazardous compartment in which to seat himself. Now, as un- protected male travellers have, all things considered, not unreasonably, a ...

... The Bishop of Salisbury held his triennial Visitation at Bridport on Thursday in last week, when there was a large attendance of clergy and churchwardens. The Charge consists principally of a vindication of these doctrines 1, that certain men have had intrusted to them by God, as fellow-workers with Him, supernatural powers and preroga- tives. 2, that God had been pleased to give to these His ...

... Every Saturday, precisely at the hour of noon, which is announced to Rome by the discharge of a cannon from the Castle of St. Angelo, takes place the ceremony of the public drawing of the weekly lottery, which, as is well known, is a most productive source 01 revenue to the government (writes the correspondent of the Daily News). In a balconv of the Palazzo Aladama, once the residence of ...

... At a recent meeting of the Bethnal-green board of guardians in London, a complaint was read from a pauper named Panmuir, that he was not allowed to go out of the house by the guardians, as other paupers were (says the British Medical Journal). Dr. Mark- ham, the medical poor-law inspector, happening to be present, is reported to have asked what was the matter with the man. The Chairman replied ...

... The hearing of the case of Martin r. Mackonochie was begun on Tuesday before Dr. Lushington in the Court of Arches. In this case the office of the judge was promoted by Mr. Martin on the part of the Church Association, an Evangelical body established about two years ago for the purpose, as stated, of resisting the progress of Romish error in the Church of England, the defendant in the case ...

... WEDNESDAY. Before John Thompson, Esq. James Bevan, Thomas Welsh, and John Holmes were again placed in the dock, the two first named prisoners being charged on sus- picion of murdering Herbert Morgan, and the latter with being an accessory to the death of the said Herbert Morgan. Mr Greenway appeared for the prisoners. William James said I am a collier living at Brynmawr. On the 5th of May, ...

... The following sketch is from a novel, entitled The Tallants of Barton It came steadily but surely, gently at first, like great storms come, with a gradual lowering of the clouds and a gradual increase in the wind. It began in a calm—a quiet, happy, pleasant ctlii-i--a calm that may be typified by a man seated on the lawn at Barton, and smoking in the shade, with sheep bleating at a distance. ...

... GAY DOINGS IN PARIS. There was a great gathering of the world's notabili- ties in Paris last Friday night at the English Embassy, in honour of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, there being a ball at which there were 1,:300 people. The following account is furnished by a Paris correspondent :— The Emperor Xapoleon and the Empress Eugenie were present; the King and Queen of the ...

... A mysterious occurrence is at this moment causing a considerable sensation at 1* ontainebleau. Some excur- sionists in the forest a few days back discovered near Franebart, in the underwood, at a short distance from the road, the body of an elegantly-dressed lady, the face of which had been devoured by some carnivorous animal, probably a wolf. The corpse bore no other signs_ of external ...

... The. following Translation of the Chinese Letter received icith the fir at sltipC'hcrf.>- of Honiinran's Pure I'cnderrft 1).11 J. Summers, of Chinese. Kiit/j'e Col- lege, London. The original fetter has for tnang years been preserved as a liJerary curiosity. 28ife day of Third Moon, in the jtmrKivc.ihaow. The Tea shipped is tru^- best, prepared with additional care, viitfwutpmvder erf color ...

... On Saturday an inquest was held at Hythe, near Southampton, on the bodies of Edward Lawrence Palk, aged 5 years, and Elizabeth Hayward, aged 25, who lost their lives on the previous day under the fol- lowing circumstances On Monday Mrs. Palk, the wife of Dr. Palk, Southampton, with her children and nursemaid, removed temporarily across the water to Ilythe while some alterations were being made ...