... ESCAPE FROM BIRMINGHAM GAOL. RE-ARREST OF THE PRISONER. The man John Sutcliffe, who escaped from the gaol at Winson Green, Birmingham, on the night of the 25th of July last, was re-arrested in London on Monday. The prisoner stood committed for trial on the charge of stealing a gold watch from the person of James Lawrence, in Dale End, some time during the month of May, and stabbing a man named ...

... Instructions have been issued by the authorities for the whole of the home infantry regiments to be supplied with a longer bayonet for the Martini- Henri rifle, and these will be taken into use at once. The Charity Commissioners are making a thorough inquiry into the educational and other endowments of the old town of Dorchester. The Grammar School, calculated to accommodate fully 100 pupils, ...

... ROMAN REMAINS. —A large number of highly inte- I resting Roman remains are still being discovered at j Usk, as the excavations are carried on. Coins, Samian ware, flint knives, coloured glass, and coarse pottery, are continually being discovered. ...

... NEWPORT TOWN COUNCIL.^ The usual fortnightly meeting of this Council was held on Tuesday, when there were present :-John Moses, Esq., Mayor (in the chair); Aldermen, C. Lyne, J. Murphy, H. J. Davis, and G. W. Jones Councillors-W. West, VVyudhaui Jones, J. R. Jacob, D. A. Vaughan, H. P. Bolt, E. Griffiths, H. R. Evans, James Thompson, 0. Goss, H. A. Huzzey, W. Oliver, T. Beyuon, kt. Hoskins, ...

... BOAT RACE ON THE TYNE FOR £100. Wm. Elliot, of Blyth, and Robert Bagnall, of Newcastle, rowed a race on the Tyne on Tuesday for JE50 aside. Elliot won by four lengths. ...

... The funeral of the late King Victor Emanuel, took place yesterday. The procession was about two miles in length and occupied five hours in passing. It comprised representatives of all the public bodies in the country, the army and navy, and the littfrary scientific, artistic, and other societies. The whole of line of route from the Quirinal to the Pantheon was thronged with spectators, at the ...

... On Tuead&y, the Bishop Suffragan of Notting- ham presided at a large meeting in the Albert Hall, Nottingham, when, on the motion of Earl Nelson, the following resolution was passed:— That all parishioners, without respect to class, have an equal right to the free use of their parish ohurches, and that the pew system, under which pew seats are permanently appropriated for in- dividuals, to the ...

... (From the Times.) Business is business, no doubt, as we have been reminded by more than one correspondent, and the relation between a man and his tailor is strictly one of business, and may fairly be treated accordingly. But the relation between a medical man and his patient is essentially and neces- sarily one of confidence, and should be one of mutual confidence, sufficient in most cases to ...

... Correspondence with the whole of the States of Europe, the United States of America, and Egypt, is transmitted at the following uniform rates:- Letters 2d. per half-ounce; Post Cards, lid. each. Newspapers, Id. per 4 ozs. Printed Papers, Patterns of Merchandise, and Legal and Commercial Documents, Id. for every 2 Letters not prepaid will be charged double rates on delivery. Registration fee, ...

... A deputation waited on the Chief Secretary, at Dublin Castle, on Monday, from the Working Men's Sunday Closing League. A memorial was read, from which it appeared that the organisa- tion was formed last October. It now numbers 2000 members, bonajide workmen, and the number is increasing 250 per week. Working men as a whole favoured the movement. The memorial further stated that the late ...

... The annual meeting of the subscribers to the above Institution was held on Thursday, 17th inst., at the Court-room, Town-hall. There were a number of subscribers present, and the Rev. J. T. Wrenford was voted to the chair. The Chairman said that the object of the meeting was to receive and consider the anuual report of the Directors, and the financial statement for the year. He then called ...

... NEWPORT POLICE INTELLIGENCE. COUNTY POLICE. SATURDAY. [Magistrates: W.!S. CARTWRIGHT, Esq., Chairman; L. A. HOMFRAY, Esq., and F. J. HALL, Esq.] POACHERS. -William Phillips, sinker, and David Green, a washman, were brought up under warrant, and charged with trespassing in pursuit of game. — Moses Thomas, a game-keeper employed by Lord Tre- degar, said that on Monday, December 31st, about a ...