... HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY. At the Newcastle assizes on Saturday, before Lord Chief Justice Bovill, Mr. Donaldson, mining engineer, brought an action against the Blyth and Tyne Rail- way Company, to recover compensation for injuries which he sustained by a collision which took place near the Backworth railway station, at the junction of the Morpeth and Tynemouth branches, and ...

... Holloway's Tills.Pure blood.—As this vital fluid, when in a healthy state, sustains and renovates every part of the living system, so when it becomes impo- verished or impure exerts a precisely contrary effect It is abundantly manifest that any medicine which does not reach the circulation can never exterminate the disease but any preparation capable of exercising a sanitary influence over the ...

... FORESTERS' FESTIVAL.—On Saturday the members of Court Loyal Britons celebrated their anniversary at the Hanbury Arms inn. They had a procession, which was headed by the brilliant brass ban(I of the 2nd Mon. Rifles of Abersychan, under the leadership of Mr J. Burt, bandmaster. Ahaut fcarteen .member^ r«rfe oa horseback, dressed in the costume of the order. They proceeded to Abersychac, and ...

... Wen furst from Oireland heer I cum, The Welsh names druv me crazy, But now I've larnt them all, by gum, An' shure they're moighty aizy. There's CODE o' GltEEK, the thruth to spake, It cums so nate an' pat in, That if it wasn't Welsh, I'd take The wurds fur raal Latin. Sum stares to find the name of Jones As commun as Welsh ponies is, But shure 'tis nathral Whales should have A bellyfull uv ...

... At the opening of the court, his Honour deli- vered judgment in the above eases. ,He said The society was duly certified by the Registrar of Friendly Societies, und the rules for the cuntri- butories of each society were precisely alike. The only rules which are available for determining the rate of contribution to the capital of the society, are the 2nd, üth, and 6th. They arc as follows ...

... Late on Sunday evening a most shocking suicide was committed at Derby. A girl, sixteen years of age, named Maria Smith, residing with her parents, had been keeping company for some time past with a young man in that town, and from some unexplained cause a slight disagreement had arisen between them. The re- sult was that the unfortunate creature had been in a low state of mind, and early on ...

... 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 ...

... upon the Warrington railway collision on Friday was Colonel Yolland, the Government inspector, who, says the Manches- ter Guardian, stated that when an accident occurred at the same place five years ago, Captain Tyler enquired into the circumstances, and presented to the London and North- western Company a report which specified many recommen- dations as to the safer working of the traffic at ...

... On Saturday afternoon, by direction of the trustees of the late Mr. Robert Cadell, of Edinburgh, Messrs. Christie and Manson sold at their rooms, in King- street, London, the original manuscripts of Sir Waiter Scott's celebrated poems, and several of his novels raid prose works. Amongst them was a portion of Ivanhoe, which is believed to be the only remnant of that romance which Sir Walter ...

... IN THE MIDST OF LIFE, &c. In London, last week, a sensation of grid, which it is almost impossible to describe, was occasioned by the sudden death of the wife of Musurus Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador during the festivities at the India House Musurus Pasha was informed that Madame Musurus was taken somewhat ill. He imme- diately left, first making known to the Sultan his ob- ject in so ...

... THE SHEFFIELD TRADES' UNION COMMISSION. The Sheffield Trades' Union Commission has con- cluded its efforts to ferret out the black secrets of the iniquitous proceedings of the unionists of that district. The latest revelations comprise the blowing-up of several obnoxious workshops—but we will give the evidence as taken down Frederick Jackson, secretary of the Nailmakers' Union at Belper, if, ...