... GIPSY CHILDREN'S HOMES. The Rev. George Smith, of Coalville, writes to the 1>ailv Neves as io lows:— Amongst some of the torrowful featurei of gipsy life I have noticed lately none call more loudly for Government help, assist- ance, and supervision than the wretched little rag and (tick hovels, scarcely large enough to hold a coatermonger's wheelbarrow, in which the poor gipsy women and ...

... AriEjiFILD AS4-' v \-j L, LITTON. The following telegram, da-ed Calcutta, December 12, says;—The Viceroy 011 »rnvin« here this evening was twice fired at, b:.t f -rluitaie.y escaped unhurt. The mom who fired 1, ...

... ALARM I NTt R VILWAY ACCIDENT.—CAR- ivLAbr^S Oviilii AN KMKANKMENT. The Great Eas ern Rai way train which left Ips- wich at a few minutes past 12 on Monday ran off the line whilst abollt a mile on the London side Manning ree S* ti ...

... On the farm, cats are a necessaryPS stock. One ran ly considers tuata iv-. ...

... ] SA TURDA Y. ( BCf(WC John Bishop, Esq.) ALLEGED ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON. — Thoma ( Phillips, lubouier, was charged with stealing a silve: t watch, valued at i2, from the person of Charles Potter > ostler, Incline Top. Penydarran.—It appeared that fchi parties, who at that time lived next to each other visited the Crystal Palace Inn, Penydarran, on the 29tl ult. It was. supposed that ...

... FOOD ADUMEKATioN.—Dr Tripe, public auakst of the Hackney district, reports, that all the samples of cocoa he examiued, except one, wt>re sojd as mixtures of cocoa, arrow- root and sugar, the excepUprfDetng Cadbury's Cocoa Essence, which was genuiae. 872 ...

... It was a red-haired, gritty-complexioned man-that got into a Pawtucket car while it was in waiting on the turn-out. With his long hair, capacious felt hat and a b ...

... At Northampton, a youth named England hai been committed tor trial for the manslaughter of William Freeman, an old man of 77. The decfased was knocked down by a b'.cycle on which the lad was practising in a public square at seven o'clock in the evening, and he sustained fatal injuries. The University of Gottingen has just received a splendid herbarium, left to it by Dr. Griesbach, the director ...

... The Mark Lane Esprvxx says— The severe frost giving way, somewhat miiuer temperature has pre- vailed, but the thaw has b^en by no means rapid. Great distress has prevailed in the agricultural dis- tricts, owing to the severe wenthcr indeed, beyond the carting of manun- and thrashing, farm work has been brought almost to a standstill. The condition of the root crops is giving rise to general ...

... In this city, the northern capital of China, the streets are wide, and cut each other at right angles as they do in American cities. They are lined with shops, a large number of which are extremely handsome, their entire facade being richly carved and gilded from top to bot- tom. Instead of hanging boards, which in other Chinese cities announce to the passer-by the.nature of thegoodb retailed, ...

... OumVilas's Old Irish Whisky is recoimnened by the medical profession in preference to French brandy. They hold the largest stuck of Whisky in the world. Supplied in casks and cases for home use and exporta- tion. (juotatious on application to DUNVILLE H> (Jo., LIMITED, tio^Ax. IRISH BSIFAOT. 16§ ...

... I THE PLOTS AGAINST THE CZAR. A communication from St. Petersburg says:- With regard to the reports published in some foreign newspapers of renewed attempts at assassination having been made or being in contemplation, an authoritative statement is issued to the effect that the accounts published are partly gross exaggerations and partly absolute inventions. It is admitted, however, that in the ...