... IPREilISTORIC BURIALS IN I NORTHUMBERLAND. ) ' The Rev, Canon Greenwell, of Durham, and Mr 0. H. Cadogan, of Brenkburn Priory, have com. pleted some interesting examinations of pre-histori¢ burials on Earbottle Peele,'on the estate of Mr P. :i. Clenuel, o HEarbottle Castle. The site is on the slope of the hill rising from theriverin the valley of the Coquet, The place where the graves were ...

... (From the Dzily T0oArapb.) There may be among us some few observers and thinkers who have nothing to do with the expiring year, save to museo ver the things that ib has brought forth, They have no books to balauce, no stocks to take, no legacy to inherit. The year to them hag been merely a show, and they strive to recall the shifting scenes and summon the puppets on the stage once more. For ...

... IIFihmAny.-Tho Treasurerof the Infirmary re. quebts us to acknowledge receipt of the following Ftlms in aid of the chatity, viz:- Collection in George St. Baptist Church, ?? £45 0 0 From workers of Messrs- IR. & J. P. Kerr, Underwood and Oakshaw Mill], ?? ?? - ?? ?? 23 1G 9 Ilobert Addie & Sons, Blythewood Pits, per Mr Clark, manager, . . ?? ?? 10 0 0 J. & G. Aikman, calenderers and seourers, ...

... A LUNATIC AND HIS ATTENDANTS, The adjourned inquest upon the body of Alr EmO Wilson, an innkeeper, of Dalton, was brought to a close at LancasteriCounty Lunatic Asylum on Wed, nesday night. Mr Broadhurst, the medical superiW teudent, and Dra Russell, Mercer, and Aloore, were recalled, and gave it as their opinion that the fractalo of twelve of the deceased's ribs could not have been caused by ...

... DR IRMPLBS SERMON IN EXETER CATHEDRAL. Bishop Temple preached In his cathedral on the occasion of his enthronement on Wednesday, from the 1st chapter of the Gospel of St John, ver, 14- And the Word was made flesh and dwelt amorng us. Eis subject was the several revelations which God ?? of Himself to man's spiritual nature. These were, the Bishop said, the identity of niws*'s nature with the ...

... On Thursday, at the Warrington Borough Court, when Dr Smith had taken his seat on the bench, ?? Hunt said he had a statement to make with reference to the first prisoner who appeared aiu the list, and who was taken into custody on a charge of abscond. Ing froin the Warrington Union. On Wednosday asfternoen, about three o'clock, two of the guardians complained to Police Constables ChappelLand ...

... LUNAR AND OTHER ASTRONOMICAL _ PREDICTIONS FOR JANUARY. Par ?? Posit s ot the Aboa dn2uisg the 'fontM. January 2.-0.56 A.Mr., new moon (frost or wind), 2.--048 A.M., the moon will be in the most southerly part of her orbit (snow or rain). 9.- 5.27, A,M., in the equator (frost or wind). 9.-Noon, at her greatest distance from the earth. 16-IL31i A u., in the most northerly part of her orbit ...

... Y Once again the Neow.Year holidays have come round, bringing respite from toll to all ,worker0, and igladness to the home crcle. As usual at thisfestive season, 'our public entertainers provide specil afai trations for the citizens; and to-day Ad during next week the various places of amusement will doubtless be crowded by plesure.seekers. .The Choral Union give their usual concerts to day in ...

... AIRDRIB. A PUGILISTIC SWEETHEART.-At the Airdrie Burgh Court, a young men about 17, named Wm. Judge, residing in High 1t3eet, was brought up on a charge of assaulting his sweetheart. It appears that WiUlie had some time ago beoome enkinoured of a blooming millworker named Helen Baxter, and had Neon constant in his attention to her; but on Sunday last they quarrelled, and the youthful lover ...

... ,q.CROONER AND ALL HANDS LOST AT MONTRO. __ As brtflyanuouncedynyuayesterday, ?? Hermes, of Dundee, Captain Wm. Beedie, was lost on the Annat Bank, The vessel was forced on the Bank by a eouth.easterly gale and a strong ebb tide, at half-past four on Thursday afternoon. The Volunteer Life Brigade, under Captain Beaob, fired a rocket, but it missed, and they were afraid to fire another In the ...

... The fSndard'8 correspondent at Rome was pre. sent, on the 23d ult., at the Requiem Mass and ceremonies at he Church of Santo Maria, in Campi. telli, for the repose of the soul of Cardinal Penting, He thus describes the scene .- The church was decorated -magnificently, every single outline of the architecture being hung and marked out with black cloth and velvet, profusely embroidered with gold ...

... ]3ABONY PAROCHIAL BOARD-FIRST WARD BLECTION. - To the ir of tJ Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, 31st December, 1869. Sng,-In your paper of Thursday appears a letter from Mr Robert Thomson in reference to the discus, fion at the Barony Board on Tuesday last, stating that reflections were made not only On Mr Be ttiW , but also on Mriamond, inconnection with the case,' I cannot sea what reason Mr ...