... Horatio Suckling, nineteen years old, in thE employment of an engineer in London, has been arrested at Antwerp for the theft of a cheque- book of which he made use. Being a former pupil of the Institute of St. Vincent de Paul at Malines, where 140f. were still due for his board, Suckling went there, handed over a cheque for £20, and cashed the difference in good Belgian money. Ralph Hunter, ...

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... PoliR16 Hospital Sunday in the metro- the 'i11 8ermons were preached in nearly all th °* worship having special reference to occasion. The collections made at the morn- in many instances fell considerably ort of the amount last year. The after part of the day being very wet, reduced the ordinary attendances at the afternoon and evening services, ?• that altogether it is believed the sum ...

... At the Leicester Borough Police Court, last Week, William Barrows (30), licensed victualler, was charged with having committed a horrible outrage on his wife. It was stated that on the ^ght of the 14th ult. a sister of Mrs. Barrows, Who lived with them at the Old Horse Inn, near Leicester racecourse, heard screams and proceeding from the bedroom occupied by fnu0yrB an^ hi5 wife. With ...

... In the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice on the 27th ultimo, the Right Hon. the President (Sir James Hannen) and a common jury had before them the suit of Goodman v. Goodman and Feinberg, which was the petition of the husband, a tailor, of Rockingham street, Leeds, for the dissolution of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respon- dent, also a tailor of Leeds, ...

... At the last annual Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist body a scheme was adopted for the in- troduction of laymen into conference together with the ministers, the new mixed conference thus comprising 240 ministers and 240 laymen. Of the 240 laymen, 12 have seats in the conference by virtue of their official position as treasurers of eight connexional funds; eighteen were nominated by the last ...

... On Monday the Place du Carrousel was crowded with spectators watching the trials of the new captive t balloon. The coil of rope is 450 motres in length, and the journey up and down was performed in about a j quarter of an hour. During the trials thirty went up at a time, but a great many more could have found accommodation in the box. ...

... BREACH OF PROMISE. At the Manchester Assizes on Tuesday morning young lady, named Miss Margaret Challinor, aged 27, brought an action for breach of promise against Mr. George W. Whiutaker, who is about the same age. Plaintiff resided with her parents at Bootle Mount, near Liverpool, and the defendant prac- tised as a surgeon in the same place. After the case had been called, plaintiff's ...

... SHOOTING A WIFE HEAVY SENTENCE. At the Manchester Assizes on Tuesday. James • Lester was indicted for shooting with intent to murder. The prisoner separated from bis wife, and went to America in the early oart of the year, but on the 2nd of April he was found concealed in a beerhouse kept by her ia Salford. lie was taken to the police station on a Warrant she had pie- Tiously obtained, and ...

... At the Leominster railway station 011 Friday morn- ing, a respectable old gentleman, named Jenkins, aged 74, OF Bearwood, near Pom bridge, was crossing THE platform to another, when TNO (J.4,5 TRAM Shrewsbury approached. pe >pie uu PLATFORM SHOUTED* CAUSED JENKINS to STAIN; oIl thc line. The was upon him in an insianfc jia was knocked do\a by the.buft'ev ...

... SBRIOUS- ACCIDENT TO A BIC YCLIST.—On Saturday evening a serious accident occurred to Mr R. Francis Guise, son of Mr Guise, of Dean Hall, near Newnham, and captain of the Newnham Bicycle Club. The unfortunate gentleman, who is an exceedingly clever athlete and bicyclist, was running down the long hill at Abinghall when, by some accident, he was thrown forward and broke his arm in two plaees, ...

... Two inquests were held at Brynmawr on Monday by the deputy coroner. The first was on the- body of George Jones, a collier, who was killed by a fall in the little pit, Nantyglo and in the second case, the inquiry was as to the death of a child 13 months old, named Martha Lewis, who was drowned by falling into a bucket of water duriag its mother's absence from home. The jury returned a verdict ...