... As a result of careful inquiry in America, it is believed that a portion of the cabinet are unwilling to have Jefferson Davis tried for treason, while there is reason for asserting that the President is persistent for having him brought before a civil tribunal. Chief Justice Chase is expected to arrive in the course of a few days for consultation With the President as to the time, manner, and ...

... TtraiN, Sunday. It is asserted that Menotti Garibaldi has resigned the of the Genoese Volunteers. It is believed that this corps will be disbanded. TurIn, May 5. »T*he subscriptions to the great canal irrigation scheme in ,PPer Italy has been two and a-half times covered in days. This has produced a very favourable effect. NAPLBS, May 4, Evening. WoLus, Nlay 4, Evening. The French fleet in ...

... RAGS FOR THE RAGGED. It is a curious phenomenon to find society at a loss for rags, yet such is actually the case. At this moment the shreds and tatters which compose the fluttering livery, the looped and windowed raggedness of beggary, constitute one of our chief national wants. The rags which have grown too old and rotten any longer to cover the nakedness of Lazarus, are coveted for the ...

... POLICE COURT. SATCRDAY. Before Colonel Bgrtle and E. J. Phillips, Esq. DHUNKENNEFS. Henry Went and Win. Went were charged with being drank and disorderly, on Saturday niaht, at Blaenafou.P.c. Ford proved the charge.Fined lOs each. James Mark was charged with being drunk and riotous, at Garndiffaith, on Monday, the 27th ult.P.c:.117 proved the charge.Fined 10s. James Hobbs was charged with ...

... Catherine Herbert was charged with allowing two pigs to stray in the parish of Llanithel P.c. Taylor proved the charge..Ordered to pay costs (9s). ...

... POLICE COURT. SATURDAY. Before C. Parkes, Esq. DRUNKENNESS. Elijah Phillips was charged with being drunk. .Defendant pleaded guilty. P.c. Gardner proved the charge Fined 10s. AS8AIILT. Mary Ann Keeffe was charged with assault- ing Julia Bradley. Complainant said that defendant on Monday morning abused her iu a shocking manner, and threw a jack of tea at her, and then struck her in the ear. ...

... The unjustifiable conduct of some young men who were present at a dancing party near Waco, in Texas, the other evening, has created much unpleasant feeling in the neighbourhood. It seems that most of the ladies who took part in the festivity brought babies with them, and the noisy perversity of the infants prevented their mothers from enjoying the dance. A number of young men, actuated ...

... THE BRITISH WORKMAN. The Daily Telegraph remarks :—A scheme to pro- mote and extend technical instruction to the metropolis is now under the consideration ot the General Purposes Committee of the Corporation of the City of London. If carried into effect in the manner proposed it may produce beneficial results among the artisans and ap- prentices who will largely avail themselves of its advan- ...

... THE BATTLE AGAINST SMALL-POX. In a leader o. the possibility of an outbreak of small-pox in London, The Times remarksj We had a violent and destructive outbreak of small-pox in L-'ndQji half a dozen years ago, and we may, not_ improbably, be on the verge of another. But medical science seems to be unable to say whether we are near such a trial or not, or whether, when it comee, it will be ...

... An important geographical discovery is announced from India. The course of the Sanpu, or great river of Tibet, has been surveyed by one of the native explorers attached to the Indian Survey for a distance of 200. miles eastward of Chetang, the furthest point to which it had hitherto been traced in that direction. It then turned southward into some hills which the explorer was unable to ...

... In London, a paper has been read at the Society of Arte by Mr. William Thompson, F.R.S E., F.C.S, the Injurious Effects of the Air of Large Towns on Animal and Vegetable Life, and on Methods Pro. posed for Securing Salubrious Air. A great variety of chemical facts and valuable statistics were brought forward, mainly on the authority of Dr. Angus Smith, to show that not only is the air of our ...

... W ell-wishers to the cause of true progress will be glad to learn that Miss Rye, who so long interested herself in the emigration of women to the colonies, con- tinues her exertions to rescue street children from the evil influences which surround them. At the close of the American war a Mr. van Meter carried some city Arabs from New York to the far West, where some well-disposed persons gave ...