... RECKLESSNESS OF MINERS.—At the county police- court, Wigan, on the loth inst., Henry Robinson, pony driver, in the employ of the Ince-ball Coal and Canal Company, was charged with having unlocked a safety- lamp. The offence was acknowledged by the prisoner. In consequence of the danger arising from this prac- tice the proprietors pressed for a heavy punishment. The bench committed him to gaol ...

... At the Westminster Police-court, on the 11th inst., Charles Legg was charged with brutally assaulting his daughter, Mary Eliza Legg, 13 years old. The prisoner has been married three times, and the only child—that one in question—was by the first wife. According to her evidence, three years ago, when at Dorchester, he seduced her. This illicit intercourse has been kept up ever since, and seven ...

... RELIEVING OFFICER WANTED. VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Guar- _1_1 dians of the Neath Union will at their Meeting to be holden at the Union Workhouse, Neath, on TUESDAY, the 26th day of January, 1869, proceed to APPOINT a RELIEVING OFFICER for the 1st Central District of the Union, in the room of Mr. Jenkin Francis, resigned. The District comprises the Parishes of Neath, Llantwit Lower, ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE GUARDIAN.' SIR,—The position of the Canton Local Government is now exciting a good deal of attention. The law gave this Board nine members, but there appears to be ten persons acting as such, and either the whole of the proceedings must be informal or one of the mem- bers must have been illegally elected. As far as I understand the state of affairs, the returning officer ...

... NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. All letters intended for pscblicafion must be accompanied b Aet siie and address of the writer, not necessarily tor publication, but for the information of the Editor. £orresondentqs who lst any specia) value upon their corn munnicettons irusit keep copies of them, ax we cannot sander. take to retie-n unused eossfirbutions. H. C. B., Wolverhampton.-Perfoctly legal. ...

... WOLVERHAMIPTON, SCALDED TO DscATH,-Achild twelve months old, nanmed Catherine Banks, whose parents live in Moore Street, died in the Hospital on Saturday morning, from scalds upon her face, neck, arms, and chest, received in upsetting soeie boiling water. The mother wss present, but at the moment was not observing the child. WEST BROMWICH. TIIE CIIA50E )?OF EMIBEZZLEMEINT.-At the Police Court, ...

... AYilmot tC) ?? . . 912 Evans (L . ?? . . . 913 Wilmot (e) ?? ?? ?? ?? 2,019 Evans (L) .. .. ?? . 1,92G it WilulotiC) ?? . - ?? 3,Sl2 Evans (L) . .. ,. ?? 3,472 ?? ?? ?? 40 |RECTBM's TELESR.SI THLE CONFERENCE. PARIS, JANUARY 14. ThT Conference met a4gain to-day, at four p.m. I. angabo has not yet ecived a reply from his p o sGovernment. 1'ARI, JANUARY 14 (Evening). The Public, of this evening, ...

... CORRESPONDENCE NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. ( L ,,1 Wcednesbury.-Notice of repayment oanbe given at any time, unless otherwise specified. H1 EL 02.1-The secretary of the Civil Service Commission ;i T. Weahond, Esq., 4, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster. R. B. S.-A patron and ineumbent can sell his living, and resign immediately. J. C C.-Tho company is not obliged to run Sunday trains. G. P. G ...

... NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. All ?? inttended foe publicatios nmust be Iccoinpanietd b& mte naene and address of the wcrile, not necssarily for publication, but for tie inforseatioss of tae Editor. Co~reapoadeats' who set any special value ,cptn their con rtsntzicatioots must keep copies of thfim, au sea cannot uedesr. take to return unuted sonftibuttiou . .J. I\-We do not know. G C. HI. must ...

... CORRESPONDEN. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 1 DBgon.-JuliulS is e horse. T. ?? assignees Wu6ule have no power to recover. E. P., ?? means in tho matter of, T. S,, ?? suggestion was, no doubt, that lie ought to have retired earlier. F. L. D.-Yoe cannot recover the articles pledged; un- less tcu gave notice before the time expired. 1 J. D., near Stourport.-FPtofessor Goldwin Smith, ...

... I THE IRREGULARITIES AT WALSALL I WORKHOIJSE THE! OFFICIAL REPORT. The following letter, being a copy of one rent to the ?? to the Board of Guardians, hbe reached the Mayor lMr. J. Ilildick), in reply to the memorlals forwarded to the Poor Law Board by his Worship, on behalf of the recent town's meetings touching tle irregnlaritice at the WVorkhoUse. It was readilagt nibhtat maeea. ing of the ...

... II. SCARBOROUGH. L1 TRE REV. R BALGARNIE AND THE SCARBOROUGH .e CABMEN.-The Rev. R. Balgarnie gavehiseuuual Wi tea festival to the Scarborough cabmen and their wives last week, at the Bar Church School room; e About 150 sat Idown to tea, atter which they were L affectionately addressed by the rev. gentleman and r other friends. Mr. Balgarnie has manifested his y interest in the cabmen of this ...