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THE ASHANTEE WAR.
ONE of those invariable pioneers of modern warfare, " the special correspondent," had, by December 21, crossed the Prah, and heads his letter from " the further side " of that river. He ...
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A COLD-BLOODED AND FIENDISH MURDER.
Pottsville, Pa., January 24.—Last night about 11 o'clock, at Delaware, a small collection of houses near Minersville, was the scene of the most cold-blooded and liendish murder that ever was ...
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CLAIM TO THE EGLINTON PEERAGE BY A SOLDIER.
A claim to the title and estates of the Earl of Eglinton came before the Sheriff Court of Chancery, Edinburgh, last week. The claimant (Mr. Foulton) maintains that he is the great-grandson ...
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EXECUTIONS IN GLOUCESTER.
Edward Charles Butt, Edwin Bailey, and Ann Barry were yesterday morning executed in Gloucester gaol, Anderson, Calcraft's assistant, being the executioner. They walked to the drop firmly, ...
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN LONDON.
YESTERDAY afternoon a destructive fire happened at the printing and publishing office of Lloyd's Newspaper, in the neighbourhood of Fleet-street. The promises extended from Crown-court in ...
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SAD END OF A CLASSICAL SCHOLAR.
An inquest was recently held at Guy's Hospital on the body of Sir. William John Liddell, aged fifty-two, a professor of Latin and Greek, and formerly a graduate at Cambridge University. Mr. ...
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EXTRAORDINARY BREACH OF PROMISE.
This was originally an action for breach of promise of marriage, tried before Beron Pollock at the last Liverpool Assizes, and resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff, with L300 damages. The ...
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A MONASTIC TRAGEDY.
A remarkable trial will be commenced next week before the Criminal Court of Alessandria, in Piedmont. It is a charge against Amalia Menghini and her brother, Guido Menghini, of the ...
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ATTEMPT TO MURDER A BANKER.
The telegram forwarded regarding the murderous assault upon Mr. Fitzgerald, cashier of the Castlebar National Bank, and the robbery of a large sum of money, was, save in one or two immaterial ...
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