... THE FIRE ENGINE has at last been removed from the shed at the top of George-street to the corridor at the Town Hall. There may it rest in peace, with no more undignified squabbling over it, and no necessity for its use. ROMAN CATHOLIC INTERESTS IN SOUTH WALES.— The Marquis of Bute having joined the Church of Rome, the material influence of that church in South Wales will be very materially ...

... V ARTEG HILL. A PURLlC SUPPER, in connection with the Mountain Home Lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, took place on Thursday at the house of Mr J. Pugh, Crown Inn. There was a good attendance, and the room was nicely decorated 9W the occasion with a variety of evergreens, &c. After supper, which had been sump- tuously got up by the worthy host and hostess, Bro J. A. Kelly, P.G., of ...

... An inquest has been held in the gaol of Newgate, London, respecting the death of Thomas Thomas, aged nineteen years. The deceased was a prisoner in New- gate waiting to be tried on a charge of having assaulted and rohbed a gentleman at Forest-hill. Mr. Jonas, governor of Newgate, said that when the deceasod was admitted into the gaol on the 17th Decem- ber, he was in perfect health. On ...

... A despatch from Chattanooga, dated December 23, furnishes the following :— A tragic affair occurred on Salt Creek, forty miles below here, a few days since, the particulars of which are as follows :—It seems that Mr. Beaae, a school teacher, attempted to whip a boy named Hutchison, *ho resisted and left school. A day or two afterwards young Hutchison, accompanied by his brother and a man named ...

... rAi.MirTn,Tuesday.—The London, Belgium, and River Plate Steam Company's ship, City of Brussels, with the River Piate Mails, arrived hero this evening. Among the passengers is Sir Roger Tichborne, Bart. The last political news from Paraguay was to Dec. 13. A t that date Angostura had not been taken, and the allies were declared to be in an awkward po- sition and without provisions. They were ...

... BOMBAY, Jan. 9.—The small force left at Huzara has now been recalled. Mecr Hajee, the murderer of Captain Dougla: and of other persons in .he mutiny of 1857, lias been hanged at Delhi. It is stated that 30,000 cattle have perished near Delhi for want of fodder. ...

... 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 ...