... At the Blackburn Police-court, before Mr. James Johnston, Mr. Wm. Stones, and Mr. W. Codrington, William and Harriet Thompson, man and wife, were charged with cruelly ill-treating a boy, 9 years of age, named William Henry Dixbury, son of the female by her first husband, by fastening-him down in a wicker skep for several hours on Saturday last. From the evidence, it seemed that each of the ...

... MR. HARDINGE GIFFARD, Q.C., leader of the South Wales Circuit, is stated to be a candidate in the Conservative nterest for the Cardigan boroughs. THE DEATH OF LADY GOOCH, the wiie of Sir Danie Jooch, chairman of the Great Western Railway, is t nnounced. J ...

... GENERAL NEWS. It has been determined that the next Conference of the Wesleyan body shall be held at HulL At Alton, in Staffordshire, the overseers have put the names of the female ratepayers as claimants of votes on the church door. A quantity of anthracite coal has recently been purchased- by the authorities at Pembroke Dockyard, in 6rder to make experiments, with the view of using it for the ...

... KXEOUTION OF THE BERVT A T-T COX. SPIRATORS. The account furnished through Renter's agency of the execution of the murderers of Prince Michael ia a terrible record (jf butchery. The prisoners, fourteen in number, were ranged in order on the edge of a freahly-dug trench, each man being bound to a post. Their eyea were bandaged, and their hands bound behind their bacii. Four gendarmes then ...

... THE BUTE FESTIVITIES. On Monday, the rejoicings in connection with the majority ot the Marquis of Bute was celebrated by ap. propriate festivities in tins town, in the form of rustic sports, school children's treat tf tea and cake in Town- hall, and a display of fi-e-works iu toe evening. The town presented a gay appearance, colours with appro- priate mottots were spread across the main street ...

... The hope expressed very recently by a weekly review, -and generally re-echoed, that we should have more literary men in the new Parliament, seems likely to be realised. At any rate a newspaper correspondent has issued his address. Dr. W. H. Russell, the author of Dr. Brady {recently published in Tinsleys' Magazine), the well-known special of the Times newspaper, the chronicler of the ...

... Mr. Grant Duff, M.P., on Saturday, accompanied the candidates for the Isorth Eastern Division of Lanca- shire when they addiessed the electors. In the course of a speech lie said: Ever since the lieform Act of 1832, and, still more, ever since the Anti-Corn Law League agitation, Libeials in other parts of the country- had looked to the manufacturing district of Lancashire as to a political ...

... A horrible dread has fallen upon the Advertiser, yhich foresees in the partial discontinuance or shortening of the sermon the extinction of Christianity in the coun- try. The Times is severely rebuked for attempting to subvert the venerable institution of preaching. The ;vorld was converted to Christianity by it, the Reformation was accomplished by it, and it caused ¡he revival of the last ...

... The 14th Report of the Postmaster-General, which has just appeared, gives a r&sumc of improvements effected in the conveyance of foreign and colonial mails during the past two years. The changes made during this period com- prise the extension of the half-ounce scale postage to many places between the United Kingdom and foreign countries, the reduction of the British fee on registered letters, ...

... If Sir Robert Napier left Alexandria on Monday last, oocording to the Egyptian telegram, he may be expected to arrive in England about the 6th proximo. If be was at Malta on Monday, as stated in a Paris telegram, he may be expected to arrive about the 2d proximo. If Sir ftobert reaches England by way of France, he may be expected to arrive in England on the 1st proximo, or on Saturday next. We ...

... On Tuesday afternoon, at the Marlborough-street Police- court, Madame Rachel, who has been before Mr. Knox on several occasions, charged with obtaining a large sum of money from Mrs. Borradaile, a widow, under false pre- tences, appeared, attended by Mr. Roberts, as her soli- citor, prior to being comi?—tted for trial. Mr. Montagu Williams, barrister, attended to conduct the prosecution as ...

... OUR POLICE FORCE.- We understand it is in contem- plation to increase the force of constables in this locality. The insufficiency of officers was palpable on Saturday last, when an attempt, and in one instance a successful rescue of prisoners was made. Little more than half a dozen officers were present to resist the riotous conduct of hundreds of people. FUNERAL OF A RESPECTED INHABITANT. ...