... TUESDAY.—The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE MEDICAL ACTS. The Duke of and GORDON, in presenting a. bill to amend the Medical Acts, said that the measure he had presented on the subject last year had suggested a conjoint licensing board for England, Ireland, and Scotland, but no compulsory provision was contained in the measure. In the present bill the ...

... Nine leaders of the famous Dark county (Obro) regulators have been arrested on indictments charging them with the murder of old man Way and kidnapping his son. Ten more against indictments have been found have fled the country to avoid arrest. Three of the. gang arrested a few weeks since have been sent to the Penitent is ry. The arrests were made on the strength of a con- fession of one of ...

... At the adjourned examination on Monday i ftbs five men in custody ior the burglary and o .trage near Bristol, one ei h;3m, named Parsons, nas called as Crown witness. He described the .hale proceedings exactly as Miss Smith (who was nearly murdered by blows on the head) had done, and added that aft-r the party left the bouse, Hart, in conseqiierce of something I3ca\ a.aid, went back, and ...

... YAK00B KIT AX AND THE TIIH0NE OF The correspondent of the telegraphs from Calcutta :— Siidar \Vali Mahcrn JCI is be- lieved to be a candidate for the throne of Cabul. His presence at Jellalabad may, at any rate, make the Ameer and Yako^k Lhaa more ready to come to speedy terms, fearing a rival 111 the British camp. Nevertheless, there is little chance of the Government repeating the error oi ...

... In the Divorce Court, on Tuesday, the Judge directed that the petition of the Rov. Christopher Newman Hall, for the dissolution of marriage with his wife, on the ground of her adultery with Frank Waters Richardson, should be tried by special jury as far as the issues of fact are con- cerned. ...

... 1% 7POUT COUNTY COURT. MONDAY. .Before the Deputy-Judge, Mr. MADDY. To„uific>on v. Came r oil.—The plaint iff, a solicitor at £ >export, claimed z'J. 6s 6d balance of account for pro- fessional services rendered. His Honour gave judg- ment for the amount. JUDGMENT. TTis Honour now gave judgment in the case of the Gi, '.J.t h'estmi Railwiy Company v. Jenkins, which was an action to recover jEll ...

... The market on Tuesday was very slack. Some good tegs were sold at 9id and 9!d per lb. RECREATION GROUNDS FOR — Mr. Edwin rucker, the Chairman of the Town Commis- sioners, and his brother, Mr. William Tncker, of the Greyhound, have succeeded in their negociation for a long lease of the Priory Meadows, for recreation grounds. A YOUNG WOMAN BURNT Sunday morning last a shocking accident took ...

... THE GERMAN PROTECTIVE TARIFF. The proposal laid before the Tariff Commission, with the approval oi Prince Bismarck, for the taxation of agricultural produce imported into Germany is, says & Pall Mall Gazette telegram, that a duty be levied by the hundred-weight, rye paying twenty-five pfennigs, or about threepence; barley, oats, and wheat, fifty pfennigs, or about sixpence; the duty to be ...

... There is every reason to believe a Persian army will march on Herat from Meshed at the very first note of hostilities between Russia and England. The Governor of Dereguez told Major Butler that such a movement was in contemplation, and the Lahore journal adds, it is known that Persia has been for some time making preparations. Now there is much more to challenge our belief. The Cabinet has ...

... Sir Charles Reed, LL D., Chairman of the London Schoo Board, writing on February 6 to Mr. Charles Hill, secretary of the Working Men's Lord's Day Rest Association, says The defence of the Sabbath is a patriotic duty. It is the working man's only day of rest, and he is in danger of losing it. Those who would remove the ancient landmarks are not the working man's true frieuds. Their success ...

... INQUEST.—An inquest was held last Monday at Pengroes-sopped, by ElTD. Batt, Esq., coroner, on the body of the illegitimate child of Elizabeth Parry, of Penystar Farm. It appears that shortly before the death of the child, Elieabeth Parry had been in a neighbour's house and confessed to being enceinte, and stated her intention of going to her father's house in Breconshire, in order to be ...

... On Sunday the morning servIce in the Metropolitan Tabernacle was conducted by Mr. J. P. Lockhart, of Liver- pool, who read the foIlQlNing letter addressed by Mr. Spurgeon to his congregation II Mentone, February 6. Dear Friends,—I am hoping and praying that the special services at the Tabernacle may excel all that has been before. To urge you to the highest earnestness about them, I have ...