... THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—As the 1st November ap- proaches the excitement, anent the forthcoming election of Town Councillors, increases. The retiring members (called by their opponents the Four-horse team) are Mr. G. T. Smith, auctioneer; Mr. J. Watkins, wine merchant. Mr. John Rees, draper and Mr. R. Morris, currier. There are also in the field Mr. Charles Hackney, china dealer • Mr. Peter ...

... It is stated that a large number of the agricultural labourers who emigrated to Brazil have petitioned the Emperor to send them home again. They say they have been deceived and badly used. Information has been received of the total loss of the brig Ocean, of North Shields, while on a voyage from Halsingborg to London. The captain and four of the crew were drowned. The Ocean was 248 tons ...

... THE RAID ON THE CITY BETTING- HOUSES. ■^be examination of the persons apprehended by the Mice took place before the Lord Mayor of London on The Justice-room of the Mansion House was crowded to excess, the defendants alone occupying nearly *be entire portion of the Court set aside for the public. The first case taken was that against Mr. Morgan, the ^fcdlord of the Rising Sun public-house, ...

... The German papers ^criticise the Presidential Message of M. Thiers with great interest, and enter iully into its general purport. The North German Gazette says that the vital point of the Message, so far as it regards foreigners, lies in the enunciation of the principle that Every Government must be Conservative, and that Society will tolerate no other form. It is through the Conservative ...

... John Seller, draper, Norton, nearMalton, Yorkshire. Gregory Cooper, market gardener, Carewell, near Tam- worth, Staffordshire. Samuel Mason Wells, ale merchant, Bedford. William Watson Oldershaw, attorney-at law, Hales- owen, Worcestershire; presented by Lloyd's Banking Company (Limited), Birmingham. James William Fleming, saddler, Walton, Wilts. LIQUIDATIONS. Phineas Cohen, glazier, 4, Bridge ...

... LORD BYRON'S SAVANT. r The men in London who connect the past romantic And poetical age with the distracting, busy present, are fast J d viii o »t; so we like to come across those who are st' living. It'is known to few that a remarkable man now li dds the post of one of the senior messengers in tlj India Office. Giovanni Battista Falcieri is the man on vhose shoulder Lord Byron died at ...

... SUDDEN DEATHS.—There have recently been two cases of sudden death, one a woman named Jane Williams, of Llanste-place, and another, Thomas Lewis, of Catherine- street, but there were no peculiar circumstances con- nected with them. PETTY SESSIONS.—On Monday, before the Mayor, W. de G. Warren, T. L. Philipps, and G. Philipps, Esq.— Edward Richards was sent to gaol for 14 days for beating his ...

... ALARMING ILLNESS OF LADY DOUGHTY. It was stated on Tuesday that the Claimant had suddenly postponed his journey to Glasgow on being informed that Lady Doughty was seriously ill. It seems that a notice, signed by the solicitor to the Treasury, was served on the solicitor for the Claimant, to the effect that Lady Doughty was so dangerously ill that it was deemed advisable, on the fpart of the ...

... NARROW ESCAPE.—A travelling tinker, named John Rees, had a very narrow escape for his life oil Saturday night, between five and six o'clock, on the Brecon and Merthyr railway, near the goods' shed. It appears that he was crossing the line just at the time the Bargoed branch engine was coming down with its train. The driver saw him, but could not pull up. and the forepart of th.e engine struck ...

... SCARCELY more than a year ago the civilized world was startled-fór in these days of submarine tele- graphs the news of great events is flashed over the globe with marvellous rapidity—by the announce- ment that Chicago was in flames. The monster town, of mushroom growth, but of immense wealth and with all the elements of luxury and refine- ment, was, to a large extent, rapidly destroyed, and ...

... On Saturday Mr. Payne, the City of London Coroner, held an inquiry into the deaths of Samuel Simmonds and George Simmonds, father and son, who were killed at the explosion at Ross's Saw Mills, Page's-walk, Bermondsey. The bodies of the deceased, who, during their lifetime, filled the situations of engine-driver and stoker at the mills in question, having been identified, a number of the ...

... GENERAL INTELLIGE NCE. LONDONDERRY ELECTION. Mr. McCorkell retired from the contest at London- derry last night, the city is much excited. STRIKE AMONG TELEGRAM MESSEN- GERS. The Dublin post-office authorities refuse to concede to the demands) of the telegraph messengers on strike. SETTLEMENT OF THE DISPUTE IN THE IRON TRADE. A deputation of the North of England Iron Trade, acting on behalf of ...