... Courier & SATURDAY, APRIL 1873. Should the report of the death of the intrepid Sir Samuel Baker and his heroic wife turn out to be well founded, the tidings must be regarded most mournful. The history of their battle with wild men and wild beasts, and with a trying climato, form one' of the most deeply interesting records to be found in the annals of adventure and heroism, arrayed in the ...

... If Scudamore can make his department succeed, if he can get his work done, he is anything hut scrupulous as to his means. Not that he is anything else than a most unselfish servant —honest, we believe, to the core. But he enthusiast in his business. Hi* zeal has eaten him indeed carried away his head, and all scruple and regard for law, rule, and order in other departments except his .own., ...

... The belief is still strong among many electors of the Kirkcaldy and Kilmarnock burghs that confidence in Mr-Gladstone sums up the whole duties and respbnsibilities connected with the profession of Liberalism. Mr Aytoun and Mr Bouverie did not show, in the division on the Irish University Bill, that this was their view, and accordingly their re-election is to be opposed. Mr Reid, a young man ...

... WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1873. Mr Dorian, Minister of Public Works during the seige of Paris, is dead. telegram from Rome of yesterday's date, states that the Pope's condition is unchanged. rumour was current yesterday on the Paris Bourse that the old gentleman was dead. Bidwell, the alleged forger, who escaped from prison at Havana, has been recaptured. This is good for Spain. About 1200 colliers ...

... THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1873. A bloody light between whites and negroes is reported from New York. The affair took place at Grant Parish, Louisiana. The killed amounted to 100. The report of the severe defeat of the Carlists the end of last week is continued. Not fewer than 300 of their number were killed in covering the operations of a besieging force one town. An Irish J. P. was yesterday, at ...

... The communication One of the Taxed Poor ia too personal. MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1873. French man of war yesterday brought into Leith the crew of the barque Lochinvar, of South Shields, the vessels having been in collision off tbe Suffolk coast. steamboat train for Providence, U.S., has fallen through a bridge near Richmond; whereby thirteen persons have been badly injured, while it is believed ...