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  2. Singular Case of Trance.

    A case of trance, which we are now about to relate, is certainly one of the most remarkable, as it undoubtedly is among the best verified, upon record. It appears that the wife of a blacksmith residing in ...

    Article : 257 words
  3. Arrival of the Mail.

    BY the arrival of the R.M.S. Geelong, yesterday, we are in possession of our usual files. The following are the principal items:— The Queen and the Prince of Wales. ...

    Article : 345 words
  4. Death of a Waterloo Veteran.

    James Joy, of Haddington-terrace, Acton, a pensioner of the 1st Life Guards, died on March 31. He was born about the year 1790, and at the ago of seventeen ballotted into ore of the militia regiments ...

    Article : 204 words
  5. IRELAND.

    OVER 1000 persons have emigrated from Queenstown recently. The emigrants express much indignation at the Coercion Bill. A movement is being made in Limerick to oppose the city members for supporting ...

    Article : 522 words
  6. A Lady Attacked by a Boa Constrictor.

    An Oxford correspondent sends an account of a very serious attack made on a young lady by a boa constrictor. It appears that a member of the University, who had lodgings in the High-street, Oxford, kept a ...

    Article : 200 words
  7. The University Boat Race.

    At last the spell is broken, and for the first time since that gallant oarsman, John Hall, of Magdalene, led his crow to victory in 1860, Cambridge has won the University boat race Ten years are, it is true, a long period to look back ...

    Article : 1,383 words
  8. The Late Fatal Duel

    The judge of Getafe, on signing the document notifying the death of Don Enrique, killed in the recent duel, showed a truly Spanish sense of delicacy. He gave his cirtificate to the effect that the Infant Don Enrique ...

    Article : 129 words
  9. THE REVIEW.

    SIR.—As it is feared by many that it is not the intention of the Executive to proclaim next Saturday as a public holiday, it would be both courteous and loyal if those of the public who are large ...

    Article : 153 words
  10. Political.

    Parliament has risen for the Easter Holidays, now, indeed, hastening to a close. The assembly itself is dissatisfied with the amount of work which it has accomplished, and herein decidedly reflects the ...

    Article : 428 words
  11. The Self-Accused Murderer.

    At Bow-street, on April 5, the man Dyer, who was charged three months ago, upon his own confession, with having murdered one George Wilson, at the Loddon gold-diggings, Victoria, was again brought up ...

    Article : 558 words
  12. Terrible Colliery Explosion.

    A terrible colliery accident happened on April 8 near Bathgate, the centre of a district where collieries and mineral oil distilleries are numerous. It was discovered about half-past eleven o'clock in the morning that the ...

    Article : 449 words
  13. COMMERCIAL.

    R. F. STUBBS AND CO. offered at their rooms yesterday morning, the balance of the cargo of teas, ex Nil Desperandum, and sold a large portion at rates varying from 2s 2d per lb., for best, to L6 15s per chest for ...

    Article : 824 words
  14. SPAIN.

    Spain itself is much as before. The conscription called up riots in Barcelona and elsewhere, and they were duly fomented by the Orleanists and by the Republicans. But Prim moved such huge force upon ...

    Article : 193 words
  15. Libel on the Prince of Wales.

    In the Court of Queen's Bench on 20th April, a rule for a criminal information was applied for against the proprietor of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph for a libel on the Countess of Sefton. The libel was in the ...

    Article : 993 words
  16. Mysterious Discovery.

    The journals of Toulouse publish accounts of a mysterious murder at Boux (Haute-Garonne). A tailor disappeared more than two months back, leaving a wife and three children. He had attended a fair at ...

    Article : 162 words
  17. STATE OF FRANCE.

    Across the Channel things are in a very unsatisfactory condition. The Emperor having finally made up his mind that he would have a Plebiscite, an appeal to universal suffrage as to the past and proposed reforms, ...

    Article : 481 words
  18. SPORTING. Billiard Match for the Championship.

    The second billiard match for the championship—properly so called—was played on the 14th April at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, between John Roberts, junior, and William Cook, the stakes being £100 a side, irrespective of the Champion's ...

    Article : 1,559 words
  19. Sad Death of Lady Lopes.

    A very sad death from burning occured at Frome on March 26th. Lady Lopes, the mother of Sir Massey Lopes, Bart., M.P., for South Devon, and Mr Henry Charles Lopes, M.P. for Launceston and Recorder of ...

    Article : 218 words
  20. Horrible Charges.

    Kirby Wilson Triffitt, of Sutton Bridge, appeared before the Long Sutton magistrates the other day, on the summons of Maria Burridge, for forcibly attempting to enter her dwelling-house on the night of March 15. ...

    Article : 214 words
  21. The Alleged Plot in Paris.

    Le Figaro, referring to the doubts that have been entertained to the existence of any conspiracy to justify the detention of a large humber of persons in custody, observes that it is understood now that the fittings of ...

    Article : 353 words
  22. MONEY MARKET.

    The demand for money has been on a moderate seale only. The rates remain at 2? per cent. The home funds are firmer. Consols for money 1/6, and reduced and now three per cents. 1/4 better. Bunk Stock rose, ...

    Article : 199 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 452 words
  24. Single, Married, and a Widower in One Hour.

    On April 7th, a sudden death occurred a Burton, by which a labouring man, named James Meaking of Repton, Derbyshire, was single, married, and a widower in an hour. Meaking came to Burton in the morning with ...

    Article : 171 words
  25. WOOL, TALLOW, HIDES, &c.

    The wool sales commenced on April 7. The attendance of buyers has been very numerous, and prices have been maintained firmly at about the closing rates of the last series. At the sale rooms on ...

    Article : 626 words
  26. Died of Joy,

    A melancholy but interesting circumstance connected with our merchant seamen occurred a few days since. In January, 1867, an institution was opened at Belvedere-on-Thames, as an asylum in age for such old sailors ...

    Article : 206 words
  27. The Missing Ships from Australia.

    The information communicated by the Aberdeen clipper Alexander Duthie, A. Douglas, commander, which arrived in London on April 9 from Melbourne, creates a hope that the crow of one, at least, of the ...

    Article : 272 words
  28. Growth of Freemasonry.

    Freemasonry has come to the front lately in two distant parts in Europe. It was the masonic lodges of Madrid that conducted the funeral of Don Enrique de Bourbon a few days ago, filling the chamber of death ...

    Article : 197 words
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