... HORRIBLE DISCOVERY. The body of a man named William Sibley, residing at Burnt Oak, Edgware, was found floating in the Brent River on Saturday. On ex- amination it was found that the lower part of the abdomen had been cut and was missing. It was found that Sibley, who is 61 years of age, slept on Friday night with his son, at Burnt Oak, who did not see him get up, and did not wak until eight a ...

... THE TICHBOHNE CASE.. THE WRIT OF ERROR. The Tichborne case came before Justice Field in cl ambers on Monday, in conncection with the application for a writ of error, to show why the Claimant's sentence should not be made concur- rent. The Solicitor for the Treasury recently asked for time to have the roll drawn of the trial proceedings, which, it was stated, would be rather voluminous. On ...

... OFFENCE UNDER THB MERCHANT SHIPPING AcT. -At t e petty-aessious, Penarth, on Monday, W. Johnstone, the master of the Monrovia, was charged under the 160th sectiou of the Slerchant Shipping Act Ni itti al,ii);;iug seamen at a foreign port without taking them to sipn articles before the British Consul. Mr Waldron attended on behalf of the B .ard of Trade, and Mr Downimr defended, It appeared by ...

... L~ONDON NOTES. (By our SPecial Correspondtent,) 1 One thing very much troubles the minds of a largeE lnumber of respectable and well-intentioned Parlia- ,mentary Liberals. It is a tribulation which the, publicI ['generally, perhaps, is not much acquainted withl, butl !it is one which occasions a good deal of talk and someI F gloomy forebodings. How shall I explain it ? It is the prospect of ...

... ?? CArTUBE OF A SPISIT. 0 - g Sir Seorge B. Sitwell and Professor Buch, 0 ?? contribute jointly the following letter to t the Times:-Some time agO, being desirous of T :nvestigating the truths of so-called Spiritualism, a we were advised by an eminent Spirituslistto S attend the sefonces held at 38. Great Russell f street (British National Association of Spiritr. t alists). We were assured ...

... A MASTER'S VIEW OF THE SLIDING- SCALE SYSTEMS. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] Ti.e question whether it would be better for the colliers, and all persons connected with the South Wales coal trade, that there should be one or several Sliding-scales, regulating the rate of wages to be paid to the colliers, is at the present moment a subject of considerable interest. Some few of the employers appear ...

... Aim E ORTHiRN ECHO TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, ISSO. MvR FROUDE ON THE BE-- S OF SOUTH AFRICA, _ . - - .1 A t1a -I. II] WL heave frequently remarked that what- e-cr may hive been the faults of other Col:servative statesmen, there was at least cae JiLister of the BrAcoysvIrLD Cablt I I from Whose policy we never had occasion to 1 d-sent- The solitary exception was Lord C.AnvoNPW whose tennre of the ...

... ENDOWED INSTITUIONYs (.cOMMisi0N.. 'liANTOWN INFANTT SCIHOOL | A meetingof tie CE.;lfmibaslera uttje' lie lti'lXte i Institgtions ( Acottlanl) Aer, wsvt blindt :32 Queei Street E 'Edinburgh, yester-day, to consiler 'at 11n ylm 'i II wid IE Ifletition to the' -lone socr'-t fly-by th- t iu-tet. cf ile Fewale TIhntart Sch.lCr i C ranrvyl'ICC UCI r f ilf r present were'Lorn Mo iioite'iif (fmll .hn ...

... another Ilk /.., for tlit; apprehension of the murderer Jane Manchester. It is now that t'uo murderer lias escaped from the comtry, th» police hariusj clue, a search neighbouring pond for the weapon with which the crime was committed hug prored fruitless. ; The Ticjikokne Claimant.—The Tichborno cftsn came before Mr. Justice field in Judge's Chambers yesterday, connection with the application ...

... ONE B jUY FOUND. DUNDICE, MONDAY NIGHT. A large fleet of boats we: e engaged tbrou ;hout the day dragging the river in search of pa s mgers who lost their lives by the fall ol the Tay Bridge. The weather xa.9 favourable, but only one body found, making the total number- recovere 1 26. The body was that of Robert Fowles, mason, 20 years of age, belonging to Fifeshire. Iu comsei quence of the ...

... OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. rHE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT—A RE-DISTEIBUTIOB OF SEATS—MR FORSTER AND THE BOERS— ARCHDEACON DUNBAR'S SERVICE—THE SACRI. LEGE AT THE ITALIAN CHURCH—DR TALMAGB. It is quite certain that the Queen will not open Parliament, Her Majesty prefers Osborne to Buckingham Palace in the first week of Feb- ruary, and the little innocent bit of pageantry ...

... ASSAULT ITONTRHONDDA CONSTABLE. Edwin Benbow and William Slorris, Cwmpark, were summoned at Pentre police-court on Slon- day, the former for being drunk and riotous and assaulting P.C. Probert. It appeared that the officer (whoriiad been previously victimised in a like affray some time ago, and had his leg broken) had attempted to take the defendants into custody in consequence of their ...