Refine Search

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE

... TENTH GLAMORGAN RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS.— Orders for week commencing 19th April, 1869 Mon- day, position and recruit drill at 7.30 Tuesday, recruit drill at 7.30 Wednesday, company drill at 7.30; Friday, recruit drill at 7.30. on duty for the week, Sergeant Simpson and Corporal Jacobs. ...

[No title]

... CHILD LI. mER AT ITAMPSTEAD.—On the 10th inst. an inquest was held ca the body of a newly-burn male chiid at the Duke of Hamilto, ;w-end, Hamp- stead. Tho body of the infant was found in a garden attached to Devon Lodge, Alexandra-x-oad, and was enveloped in a new bed-gown, a sheet marked with tho letter K, the whole being wrapped up in a brown paper. The cause of death w is concussion of the ...

''i- -BEAUFORT

... i- BEAUFORT. SUDDEN BEREAViiENT.—It is our painful duty this week to announce the sudden death of Sliss Lizzie Hughes, the youngest daughter of the llev. R Hughes, Carniel. She was in her usual health up to Tuesday night, the lifli inst., and had attended school during the day, but before retiring to rest she was taken with sickness, and next morning medical aid was called in. Mr. Todd ...

AN APPEAL TO THE BENEVOLENT

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE GUARDIAN. SIR,—Will you permit me through your columns to bring under the notice of the beuevolent public the efforts now being made to secure the admission of Mrs. Day, of No. 4, Luton-place, Adamsdown, into the British Home for Incurables, Clapham Rise, Lon- don, of which her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales is patroness ? Mrs. Day is a widow, fifty-nine years ...

ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS TRAIN. I

... ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS TRAIN. On Friday ovening, at 7.5 o'clock, an accident happened to the Midland express tram which left Manchester at 3.30. At Wellingborough Station an engine was standing npon the up line taking in water at the very moment that the express was due. The express was to its time. On coming in sight of the station, a short distance ahead, the engine driver saw the obstacle, ...

A WOMAN OF SEVENTY TEAR ? SENTENCED '--,' TO PENAL SERVITUDE

... A WOMAN OF SEVENTY TEAR ? SENTENCED TO PENAL SERVITUDE. Mary Clark or Cleary and Elizabeth Cleary or Adam (the former being an old woman about 70 youis of age, and the latter a young woman about 20 years of age), were charged at the Dundee Circuit Court on the 7th inst., before Lords Neaves and Jerviswoode, with having on Saturday, the 28th November last, stolen a vest from a shop in Mid ...

TERRIBLE SCENE IN A GAOL

... The Chicago Tribune gives tho particulars of a terrible scene which occurred on the 26th ult. in the Cook County Gaol. In one cell there were five young cojoured men, named George AVashington (No. 1), ( ;,OI'ge AVashington (No. 2), Benjamin AVilson, John Williams, and Charles Pile. They were accused of various crimes, ranging from burglary to petty larceny. In accordance with the rules, or in ...

EXPORTS FOR MARCH.|

... EXPORTS FOR MARCH. | Most of the merchants and brokers at the docks have complained during the past month that trade was ex- tremely dull, and at nearly all the collieries of the coal masters the output has been small compared with the output of 1868. The arrivals and departures at the port have been below the average, although some of the vessels have been of a high register tonnage. With the ...

[No title]

... The elections in Portugal have resulted largely in favour of the Government. There is a rumour at Lisbon that the Marquis de Sa da Bandiera intends to resign, but the cause assigned does not warrant any belief in the report. AMERICAN DRINKING.—An eminent American phy- sician has published some interesting statistics concern- ing the drinking habits of that country. Taking the population at 40 ...

THE ALLEGED CORRUPTIONBY ADMIRALTY OFFICIALS

... James Thomas Gambier, and William Rumble, were charged at the Central Criminal Court with unlawfully conspiring together to obtain a large sum of money from Nicholas M. Maxwell, under the false pretence that they could procure for him the acceptance of a contract by the Lords of the Ad- miralty, with intent to defraud. The prisoner Gam- bier surrendered—the other prisoner was in custody. The ...

BANQUET TO MR. CHARLES DICKENS

... The friends and admirers of Mr. Charles Dickens entertained him at a dinner on the|10th inst. at Liver- pool. The Mayor presided. Speeches of great in- terest were made by Lord Houghton, Lord Dufferin, Mr., Anthony Trollope, Mr. Hepworth Dixon, Alphonse Esquiros, Mr. Andrew Halliday, &c. Mr. Dickens, in reply to the toast of his health, concluded an excellent speech as follows:—Ladies and ...