... A singular incident occurred early on Monday. John Beck, one of the witnesses, swore distinctly that he had seen one of the prisoners, William Martin, taking part in the disturbance, and alleged th;t he had identified him pre- viously. It transpired that the man he had previously spoken to, John Martin, was not in the dock, anol upon his being sent for, and placed beside the other [Martin, the ...

... LATEST ITEMS FROM AMERICA. The American news brought by the City of London has to a great extent been anticipated by telegraph. We now learn that the Radicals are indebted for their victory in the Virginia elections to the negro vote, which was almost unanimous in their favour. Thirteen negroes are amongst the delegates that have been elec- ted. In West Virginia the Democrats gained largely. ...

... ,°ld cry against the Queen's seclusion and retire- again been raised, but this time the reason TJijj* ed for her return to public life is somewhat from that given on previous occasions. It !>et stated that the private manner in which 14iit lesty chose to live was something very like an *Peeii the nation now the great plea is that the ''Utieg D?Us': return to the full performance of regal ...

... years the long-worded style of writing has 'Ht0 and the generally-intelligible style has come ^Vep.^hion. A writer in one of the leading dailies ^athe/ ^ast week to the old style, and told 1 loj grandiloquent article that the eyes r-, 'th Wii were hemected with tear*, L uiv readers know the meaning of t a*' i' dictionary naya—hemect—to wet, to x* ...

... A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP AND HIS CONGREGATION. The beauty, fashion, and wealth of Roman catholic Liverpool have received a tremendous public snubbing from Dr. Goss, their bishop (says the Pall Mall Gazette.) It appears that St. George's Industrial Schools in that city have been mismanaged-chiefly through want of funds—and have got into difficulties, and that the Bishop of Liverpool has taken ...

... The Globe announces tlJat the isit of the Suitan to Western Europe Will have one beneficial etfect, and probably the one mOot hoped for in connection with his journey to France and Eng1an(1. The condition of the Christians iu his dominions is to lIe improved, and beyond this it is alleged that improvements in the administration of the Empire, and a manber of sanitary reforms are to be ...

... At Worcester assizcs Alfred Frederick Compere and Eliza Compere have hen indicted for maliciously set. tmg- fire to a certain mill on the 5th of December, 1866, at Blockley, with intent to defraud the Royal Insur- ance Company. In a second count they were charged with committing the same offence with intent to de- fraud one Isaac Stanley. It appeared from the opening speech of Powell Tor the ...

... HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. A MAN ATTACKED BY AN ELEPHANT.—On Monday an employe of Mrs. Edmunds, named John Sutherland, was attacked by an elephant and almost killed, under the following circumstances —Mrs. Ed- munds was staying at Brierly Hill with a show of wild beasts, amongst which was an elephant that Suther- land added to the collection some fourteen years ago. Since that time he had ...

... A most mysterious affair has occurred near the Coastguard station of Sheedagh, within eight or nine miles of Sligo. Early on Saturday morning as Joseph Clarke, one of the coastguards of that station, pro- ceeded towards the beach, he there found two men, named James Nolan, aged twenty-five years, and John Smyth, lying on the sand bank in a helpless condition, both being dangerously injured by ...

... On Wednesday the above race terminated in a victory for Achievement, who, it appeals, had regained her two-year-old form, when she defeated nearly all her competitors. Hermit, after winning the Derby, was installed first favourite for the Doncaster event, which he maintained up to Tuesday, when, after taking his gallop, racing critics perceived that he was much dis- tressed, and Achievement ...

... itself to 10udlyatf1rming the pacific intentions of this coun- try, public opinion is moverl by what i8 taking place on the frontier of France. 1°neasyat those voluntary abnications which are already changing the Confederation of the North into a single sovereignty, at those new armaments, and that incessant pressure on the States ot the South to hasten their military organisation, it fears to ...

... REPORT OF THE RITUAL COM- MISSION. The following report has been agreed upon by the com- Jl\illlÍQn appointed to inquire into the questions relating to the ritual of the Church of England To thi Queen's MOlt Excellent Majesty. our Majesty having been graciously pleased to issue a commission reciting that differences of prac- tice hare arisen from varying interpretations put upon the Rubrics, ...