... and loudly denied that he was drunk, asking the audience to judge whether he was so. He charged the stage manager with having struck him, which the stage manager denied, and a number of actors were called to bear witness as to the truthfulness of a story ...

... Phillips: I am a collector of assessed taxes, and live at Priory Cottage, near this town. The prisoner came to me in the second week in April, having been recommended to me William Devereux. I engaged tho prisoner to collect the taxes for me, in the first place ...

... Manning, who bad turned round towards him, but, providentially, jus barrel missed fire. O'Farrell has since stated ^Rtthis second shot was intended for the Duke. e raised the pistol a third time, intending, he aysi to shoot himself. At this moment Mr Vial ...

... —The necessity for distrusting all accounts of injury to crops in their early stages has again been exemplified by the present prospects of the French vintage. In March and April last it was an- nounced that in all the principal districts injury from frost ...

... in tow, but after a while she was let go, and her crew being brought to the second steamer, she was seen to foun- der. her cargo was lost. A portion of the crew of the second steamer had been sent to assist in keeping the Ladyburn afloat, but their efforts ...