... To the Editor of the Free Press. Sir,—It is high time that the attention of the public and the local authorities should be called to the dangerous state of the public road leading from, the tvrnpike road, beyond the Twmpath, to the Race Furnaces and Bhendare. This road i., I believe, the only available route between the town and the, populous neighbourhood about Blaendare but notwithstanding ...

... eTHE GREAT AMERICAN SCANDAL! An American correspondent writes that the great scandal which has been caused by Mrs. Lincoln coming to New York to sell various valuable shawls, dresses, and diamonds that were presented to her during the President's lifetime, has grown to huge proportions. Mrs. Lincoln placed these goods, which she values at dols., in the bands of an auctioneer, and directed him ...

... On the 14th the following order of the day was issued from Nerola :— Companions in Arms,-Yesterday we were victorious, volunteers should be, especially when they are fighting for a cause like ours. The victory has occasioned us some losses The blood of the martyrs should be an example to us. We ong-ht to he proud of having put to flight the enemy which disputes with us our own soil; but you ...

... Cur fonhn Corrrsponkiii. We .let';1\ it right TO state that we .In ill ti11'e Willl our I had the pl-asure of seeing the Prince and Princess of W ales all their carriages were rattling along towalds Marlborough House on their way from Woolwich. A hanty fiance at them as they were parsing could tell one but little, but it was sufficient to confirm the good reports we have as to the health of ...

... The Florence correspondent of the London Standard sends over the following account of a remarkable trial that is going on there Tuesday was the day fixed for the trial of the wife-murderer, Joseph Martinato, and of his mother and sister, his supposed accomplices in the fearful crime, the particulars of which are per- haps still fresh in the memory of many of your read- ers. For those who have ...

... The RECORDER of WARWICK on the EXECUTION of WIGGINS. At the Warwick borough quarter sessions last Friday the recorder, Sir John Eardley Eardley Wilmot, Bart., in the course of his charge to the grand jury, took occasion to refer to the execution of SViggins in London last week, and said he felt most strongly the horror of the scene on account of the recommendation of the jury before whom the ...

... On Monday evening a special meeting of the members of the Hospitality lodge of Odd- fellows was held iu Brother Beaeliain's, the Montague, +'or the purpose of presenting a testimonial to P.P.G.M. Henry Griffiths. The 1 testimonial cot-listed of a silver snuff-bnx, a purse containing and an address. About twenty-live sat down to supper, which we hear j \as provided in the host's best style. ...

... Mr. W. Forsyth, of Mortimer, writes the following to The Times:— A few days ago, being in Paris, I was desirous of asting horse-flesh, and ascertaining for myself whether t deserved the reputation it has acquired among the comparatively small number of persons who have tried It, and whether it is fitted to become an article of foud for the people. I had fancied that I should have no difficulty ...

... At Napoleonville, Morbihan, France, much agitation has been provoked by purchases of wheat to be sent to Holland. A few days back this agitation threatened to assume serious proportions. The people wished to sink the vessel, burn the storehouse of M. Maressal, and, by the aid of the disorder produced by the tire, carry off all the corn stored there. The disturbance commenced at Trela, near the ...

... Thirty-four years since Madrid witnessed a remark- able trial. A young Spanish nun, named Sister Patrocinio, had asserted that the marks of the nails, commonly called the stigmata of our Lord. had ap- peared miraculously on her hands and feet, that the wounds refused to heal, and that blood had for months continued to flow from them. It was suspected that either in a frenzy of religious ...

... A SPORTING RIOT IN GLASGOW. A riot of a very alarming nature occurred on Satur- day evening in the Stonefield Recreation Grounds, South Wellington-street, Glasgow. It seems that a match that has created a good deal of excitement in pedestrian circles throughout Scotland for the last five or six weeks was fixed to take place in the grouncls on Saturday, between Hugh Dunachie, of Glasgow, and ...

... Sir,—I have no particular desire to enter into the controversy at present carried on in the pages of your journal in reference to this subject, but may be pardoned for observing, that whether com- petition in preaching engenders strife, vexation, and discord. or not, it certainly would appear that competition in writing on the subject is produc- tive of that result fsa far at least as your ...