... At the Cambridge Assizes, on Saturday, before Mr. Baron Huddleston, Peter Simpson, 22, soldier, was convicted oi wounding Frederick Southgate, a warder of the Ipswich County Gaol, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prisoner said he intended to kill the wardeT in the heat of his passion, alleging that Southgate had tampered with his gruel and that he could obtain no redress from ...

... U S K A monument has just been erected in Usk church- yard, to the memory of the late Sir Digby Wyatt by his brother, Thomas Henry Wyatt, Esq. It consists of a red Aberdeen ledger, with chamfered edges, on which is the following inscription:—Here rest'the remains of Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt Kt Born 28 July, 1820 died 21 May, 1877. We asked life of Thee, and Thou gavst him a long life, even ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... The Japan Mail understands that it is probable that a Japanese play in all its integrity will be placed on the Paris boards, or some French play introducing Japanese characters, as an order has been forwarded to a French firm at Yokohama to purchase a number of the finest stage-dresses that can be procured, and other theatrical appurten- ances, together with books of directions and illus- ...

... MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN I have thought fit to assemble you before the usual period of your meeting, in order that you might become acquainted with the efforts I have made to ter- minate the war now devastating Eastern Europe and Armenia, and that I might have the advice and assis- tance of my Parliament in the present state of public affairs. You are aware, that after having unsuccessfully ...

... SELVIS, Jan. 11.—The advanced detachments onder General Kartzaw occupied Sopot and Kar- lovo, south of the Balkans. west of Kezanlik, yesterday. Some details have been received of General Radetzky's two days' fighting in the Shipka Pass, on the 8th and 9th inst. Prince Mirsky's column was engaged alone on the first day, and succeeded in taking two guns by storm, at the same time capturing 100 ...

... F ACE T. A grate want—coa-. Joint affair-Rheumah,m Policeman's motto— Give 11 rrrpst. Matters of interest—Governm r bond Grist to the mill—Subsciptioua to a r i-c fighter's stake money. it is o'clock; young man to please sim- e feon the outside. You had better learn to pwvti before yon drowned, as you will not vro»i,b y h?,ve time afterwards. What is the difference between a RaiW ami a ...

... SUDDEN DEATH.-—On Sunday morning, as a sailor, named George Hicks, belonging to the steamship Acting, of Newcastle, now lying in the East Dock, was engaged with others in hauling the vessel into a berth, he fell down suddenly, and expired almost in a moment. It is supposed that in his efforts to haul the ship he ruptured an internal blood-vessel. TOWN COUNCIL.—The monthly meeting of the Car- ...