... Mrs. Grote, the widow of the historian of Greece, died'on Sunday mcvuu} ...

... HOUSEBREAKING. -Late on Friday night, or early on Saturday morning, the premises of Mr. Tope, tailor, outfitter, &c., were entered by some persons, who forced open the door leading into the back yard, and then entered the shop by forcing the door from the back into the shop. They then seemed to have dressed themselves in new clothes leaving their old ones behind them, and, taking with them ...

... On Tueslay, at the Birmingham Police Court, an application was made for summonses against the Mayor, the Chairman of the Watch Committee, Mr. J. S. Wright, the Chairman of the Liberal Association, and Major Bond, Chief of the Police, for assaults alleged to have been committed at the Town Hall, on the occasion of the town's meeting held on tho Hrd of December. The meeting was called to ...

... EIGHTY PEOPLE KILLED. The Daily 7rlegrdph correspondent at Vienna writes on Sunday night :—The key to the conciliatory lone which pervades all communications from St. Peters- burg touching upon foreign policy, is to be found in the state of affairs ^it home. Thus to-day uevis comes from different part. of the Empire of fresh disturb- ances. A telegram from Crncow to the Tagbla't 8t tea that, a ...

... Dr. Maclagan, the Bishop of Lichfield, has accepted the munificeut offering of £ 1000 from two individuals of his late congregation at Kens- ington, for the benefit of needy districts oi his diocese. Great Bridge and Christ Church (a dis- trict of Stafford) are selected to be the recipients of these gifts. The funds will go to provide-mis- Bion curates for those parishes. ...

... A correspondence has taken place between Mrs. O'Donovan RosSa. wife of the ex-Fenian prisoner, who is at present resident in America, relative to the return of the latter to Ireland by special permission of the Government. O'Donovan Rossa was liberated on the condition that he should reside outside British territory for 20 years. During her recent visit to Ireland, Mrs. O'Donovan Rossa wrote ...

... 011 Tuesday a meeting of the Provisional Committee was bold, Mr. W. A. F. Powell in the chair. The prospective of the new Bank was drawn up and ap- proved. The articles of association were nearly con- cluded, but another meeting will be held on Friday (this day; to finally settle them. We are informed that a large number -ef shares have been already subscribed for, and it is expected that the ...

... On Monday, it became known in Nottingham, that a petition in bankruptcy had been filed against Mr. PMrnnnd Octavius Gilpin, stock- broker. The liabilities are said to be heavy, and they are believed to have been occasioned by over- speculation. The petition was filed hy Mr. Acton, solicitor, on behalf of several creditors. A petition in bankruptcy has also been filed by Messrs. Drabble, ...

... SPECIAL LlCfcJNSINC* SESSIONS. A Special Licensing Sessiop was held on Monday, at the Town hall, Newport, when the Mayor, W. Evans, A. J. Stevens, and T. P- Wansbrough, Esqrs., were on the bench. Mr. A. J. David appeared on behalf of Mr. Edward Evans, of the Pri*106 °f Wales Theatre, and asked for a renewal of th» lieense of his theatre, which is ''tuate in Charles-st^t- In submitting the ...

... THE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AND THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT ACT. A conference of representatives of Iriendly Societies, in which a million and a. hal. of mem bers were repre ented, was oil cLester, to conbider Mr. s bill for the amend- ment of the 23rd clause o the Poor Law Amend- ment Act. It was unanimously resolved to re- commend the societies. b use their best efforts to secure the passing of the ...

... CHRISTMAS WEEK AT THE DOCKS.—Aa there was a lull in trade at the Docks in Newport last.week, the Companies availed themselves of the opportunity to examine their machinery. The exports for the week compared favourably with those of the week before, but the imports showed a falling off. Of iron ore 4,200 tons were received, against 8,000 tons the wlek before pitwood, 2,444 loads, which was ...

... A master printer, of Bristol, named Thomas Jenkins, met with a frightful death at the Mont- pelier Station of the Clifton Extension Railway on Saturday night. He had walked in from the country to see a friend off by the nine-o'clock train, and followed the common, but dangerous practice of shaking hands as the train meved out of the station. He was caught by one of the car- riages, knocked ...