... WILKIE COLLINS. , AltARGUMENT. Mercy Merrick is A young woman, who has seen the in- side of the prison, ?? of the refuge. But for all that, the sacred fire which illitinitatts the soul of virtnuous woman glimmers under the crust of supirficial sin, antd is ...

... they work completely under it. he 'Ihe army accoutrements that have been extricated are Its nearly all destroyed; and the splendid Oriental vases, he sent as presents by Indian officers to their friends in Eng- rn, land, have all been melted. There are still ...

... at once dismiss it. This woman, unfortunately, met with the prosecutor when she was only 19 years of age, and was afterwards married to him. He was then in the Derby Militia, but heafterwards volunteeredinto the regular army and went out to India, and ...

... intent to commit a ?? Spibey and Payne repeated their evidence at to the sus- Icious movements of the prisoners, and Mr. Lacey, land- lord of the Castle Vaults, said having been warned by Payne he watched the hack of his premises, and found the female prisoner ...

... extraordinary conduct of the jury, who held that there were extenuating circumstances, Je THE GERMAN ARMY BILL. The Committee of the German Reichstagon the Army 8 Bill on Thursday passed resolutions differing from the Government proposals as to the strength ...

... s who desire a Constitutional Refoim ?? W. Cox, e - Recorder of Ielston. I: THE IRISH LAND QUESTION. T The advocates for facilitating the sale of land in Ire- land in sach moderate lots as might prove within the le means of all who could manage by industry ...

... with trespassing a in Iges on land in his ?? said the land was in ?? defendant -was seen to fire off his gun Ion on land belonging to the Rev. Joseph Hughes, the vicar, but tqhe first witness, John Bentle~', said. the land was ia tile occupation of Mr ...

... the burial piace of the woman, andd if from the fact of the earth being saturated with blood there the a was reason to suppose that she bad been Interred while still eric a alive. B~tze then confessed that he had killed the woman, I~ Ibut said that he had ...

... assaulting his ?? Waldron said id the woman complained to him in the prisoner's presence of that the latter had tried to throttle her. They then com- Ad menced to quarrel again, and witness saw prisoner strike o- the woman three times. It was stated that the ...

... with being a wandering lunatic on the Mid- land-road this morning. Sergeant Claye found tne man wandering about, and he said he felt electric shocks in his feet It was stated that Delaney had been in the Army, and had been drinking heavily of ?? was remanded ...

... moned to show cause why he should not contribute towards the support of his wife, who is chargeable to the Derby Union as a ?? woman has been in the Leicester Ilyhlln sizes Augost last, and Mr. Genover stated that the defendant's wages, as a labourer at the ...

... of Houghton Regis, was charged with failing to furnish his place of abode for two consecutive payments, he belonging to the Army Reserve (16th Regiment). —He lined and costs ss. 61., or 14 days. William Marsh, innkeeper, Kempston, was summoned for unlawfully ...