... The Rev. George Dale Copeland, B.D., vicar of St. Stephen's, Walworth, in the course of an interesting sermon, on Sunday evening, upon the words Ye shall carry up my bOLes from hence (Gen. 50 chap., 25 v.), said that there was one object of strange interest to be. found among that travelling nation pro- ceeding from Egypt to Canaan, over 3,000 years ago. It was never parted with during the 40 ...

... AN IMPRISONED OWL. Tue owner of a large farm not far from Lancaster, a., had an opportunity in the early summer of wit- t saing how an Interloper is punished by the ecies of birds. A pair of martins had taken po*- = Vsion of a small box, and were building their nest. day while they were absent a screech-owl took losscssion of the box, and when the martins came )r e at night would not allow ...

... OUR INDIAN POSSESSIONS. It appears from the statistical abstract relating to British India, from 1867-8 to 1876-7, which has been just issued, that the area under British administration is 908,350 square miles, with a population of 191,018,412, and the area of the Native States 573*516 square miles, witha population of 48,298,895, the total area of British India being therefore 1,481,866 miles ...

... This soiree-uisually the best supported (regarded as an entertainment) of our recreative meetings, came off on Thursday evening week at the Drill Hall. There could not have been less than 400 or 500 ladies and gentlemen present, and the scene, when the various dances were proceeding, was exceedingly picturesque. The hall, usually so dingy, was decorated with quite a refined taste, the platform ...

... The Board of Trade enquiry into the loss of the Princess Alice practically came to a close on Mon. day. Mr. Scott Ruseell and other eminent ship. builders gave evidence as to the seaworthiness of thi Princess Alice. They were unanimously of opinior that ahe was in such a condition as thoroughly tc Justify the certificate of the Board of Tra. Thi legal gentlemen representing the various ...

... On Tuesday, before Justice Lindley. William Wilkinson, labourer, pleaded guilty to feloniously attempting to murder his wife, at Cornsay, near Durham; also to unlawfully wounding himself, with intent to murder, under circumstances of exceptionally extraordinary character. In February, the prisoner cut his wife's throat, and then his own, and also cut his head with a hatchet. Both then crawled ...

... At the Manchester Assizes, a young woman named Ann Riley has been indicted for the wilful murder of her infant daughter at Bury. Counsel for the prose- cution, Mr. Nash, said the prisoner for some time prior to the 7th August lived at Elton, near Bury, with a man who was not her husband. On tha 7th August he left Bury to seek work, and on the 14th August the 'person with whom the prisoner ...

... A statue of Berryer, the great French advocate, hu •jeeh placed in the PsJace of Justice, Paris. Mr. William Wilfrid Powell has been appointed one of her Majesty's foreign service messengers. The Provincial Board of the Oldham Cotton Ot*m ive Association have issued notices reauestin^fhl 01 embers not to resume work at the 5 peJ Sn t iuction. (l „ ECCENTRICITY OF GENIUS. c??P°Mr we «re told, ...

... At Stafford, on Thursday morning, Ann Horwell, charwoman, was indicted for the manslaughter of hei infant child. It was proved that the woman was a drunken character, and systematically neglected her child, which, at the age of seven months, betrayed an emaciated condition, and only weighed 4lbs., less than a fifth of its proper weight.-She was found guilty, and sentenced to three months' ...

... ADVTPF TO MOTHBHS !—Are yo broken in your rest by a i rk tliiia suffering with the pain of cuCtuu teeth ? Go at mce to a chemist and get a bottle of Mas WIN BLOW'S tjooraiNa STKUP. It will relieve the poor sufferer immedi- kteiy It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it pro- iuces natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, tond the little cherap awakes as bright a. a ...

... A WILD MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS. A wild man hM lately been captured in the moun- tains of Tennessee, and is at present in Louisville undergoing a process of training which, it is hoped, willaufticiently tame him for exhibition. His whole body, according to the Courier Journal, is covered with a layer of scales which drop off at regular periods, in the apring and fall, like the skin of a ...

... SATOBDAT.—{Before John Bishop, That- Williams, and Edward Davies, Etqs.) DISORDERLIES.—Daniel Rees, labourer, summoned by P.C. Thomas for drunken and riotous behaviour at Llewelyn-stret, Dowlais, on the 19th inst., was fined 5s and the costs. George Barlow, town crier, sum- moned by P.C. Phillips for a similar offence at High- street, Dowlais, on the 16th inst., was fined a like sum. ■■ JoBn ...