... A BLACK LIST Some noise has heen made at Marseilles by a trial which has been called locally the affair. A certain society analogous to the Etlglih Trade Pro- tection Societies has been in the habit of publishing for circulation among its members—tailors and other trade. men of the sort-a ligt of customers, distinguished as to their habits of paying by particular numbers. No. 4 signified ...

... William Sheward, the man charged with the murder of his wife Martha Stieward, on the 15th of June, 1851, and who voluntarily surrendered himself to justice on Friday, the 1st inst., was brought up for examination at Norwich on Friday in last week. By twelve o'clock a large crowd had assembled in the vicinity of the G-uildtiall in the hope of catching a sight cf the self charged murdeivr, who, ...

... 1tIARK-LA!\E. — MONDAY. At Mark-lane to-day considenble heavinesswas uotlceable in aU departments of the grain trade. and prices gave way in most instances. From Essex awl Kent the receipts of wheat were limited, but the quality of tlL produce was im- proved. There was only a moderate attendance of millers, who confined their operations to immediate consumption, consequently the demand was ...

... FATAL POISONING. An inquest has been held at Pemberton, near Wigan, on the body of a man named Edward Norton, who came to Lin death under the following oxtraordinai y ciream,itances Oil Wednesday last the deceased, who was suffering from injury to the eye, went, accompanied by his tister, to the Liverpool Eye and Ear Infirmary, tie received from one of the surgeons of this institution curtain ...

... William Henry George, who did not appear was summoned for leaving his horse and cart standing in the street at Blaenafon without any one to take care of the same. P.c. Pritchard proved tho service of the sum- mons. and that defendant was asleep in a neigh- bouring house, so overcome with drink that he had to be sent home with the cart in the care of another man. Fined 10s. ...

... In the Court of Probate the cause of Blakeman v. Blakeman has been heard. The testator, John Blakeman, was an innkeeper at Stafford. He bad made several wills, leaving his property, which con- sisted of his inn and some land and cottages, to his wife. He was addicted to drinking, and when he was not sober he was very violent. In September, 1868, he assaulted his wife, and she took out a ...

... The intended attempt on the life of the Viceroy on the 2nd inst., which has hitherto been enveloped in such mystery, that great doubts have been thrown upon its reality, has now been proved to be an absolute fact. The following arc the most authentic facts of the case that have at present transpired. The theatre had been closed for days previously, thus giving the actors in the plot every ...

... A EE IIS Y( Ml AN LOCAL The monthly rnr-ut mi; held ,;ii '.y J i' 11. Lewis, J. ritt. J. Davie*. P. ircvmbloton, T. M.itoheli, J. Davies (M.D.,) and J. T. Lduiouds. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, were followed by the production of some plans for a new chapel for the English Inde- pendents, Mr Thomas, of Swansea, being the architect. These were approved. The Chairman then ...

... Sir Roderick Mnrchison, in reply to a letter asking what is his oplJlion respecting a suggestion of Mrs. Burton, wile of the African explorer, writes as follows tù the London Scotnnan ¡- My argument for believing that my dear friend had really gone westward from the Lake Tanganyika in Older to reach the Atlantic was founded on the sup- position that he had satisfied himself that this body of ...

... At Guildhall on Wednesday afternoon, the Lord Mayor gave his decision in the Overcnd and Gurncy case. The court was densely crowded, and considerable excitement pre- vailed both in the court and its vicinity. Tha reading of the. depositions .occupied from I 3.15 p.m. Mr Edwards, official assignee, of the Court of Bankruptcy, on appearing in the witness. box, was loudly hissed. The Lord Mayor, ...

... Florence, writing the following to the Daily Telegraph, makes a very sensible suggestion, which readers of the opposite sex should take note of:— As St. Valentine's Day will soon be here, it may not be inappropriate to say a few words on the subject of valentines. Why cannot people send something sensible to each other if they want to be remembered ? I believe in Rommel's scent, French kid ...

... THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF WOMEN. There is a very important point, which has alto- gether escaped the attention- of the women educators of our day, and that is the relation which exists be- tween a vigorous and healthy mind on the one, and body on the other hand. A weakly frame and a highly- cultivated mind may go together, but the latter is mostly effeminate, and the ultimate ill-effects of ...