26 SEPTEMBER 1863, page 3

Mr. Bass, In A Speech At Derby Yesterday Week, Referred

very politely to a statement in these columns some little time back, to the effect that the average English wheat harvest might probably be reckoned at about 6,500,000 quarters,......

The Bench Of Magistrates At Castle Hedingham Have Shown More

sense than the coroner's jury. They have committed Mrs. Smith, the woman who beat the dumb Frenchman to death for bewitching her, and Stammers, the builder, who assisted her in......

The Prussian Government Has Finally Refused To Consent To...

Austrian plan for the reform of the Germanic Bund. The form of refusal is, of course, polite, being a partial acceptance, on the condition that all the main propositions shall......

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Social Science Is Only An Inaccurate Term For The Whole

body of opinion on public questions which need thorough discussion by real students, but which are either not suitable or not ripe for Parliamentary discussion. A volunteer......

But Little Progress Has Been Made With The Inquiry Into

the mysterious deaths at Wolverhampton and Dudley. A man named Cheenery was found dead some weeks since in a locked- up house at the former place, his head being hacked nearly......

"l. P." Writes To The Times, Imploring Contributions...

" Mothers' Kitchens" of Blackburn. Although the dis- tress has decreased, it will still be terrible this winter, and the health of the operatives is beginning to give way. There......

On Tuesday The Mayor And Corporation Of Liverpool, Who Had

already given a ball to the Admiral, gave a dinner to a hundred of the picked sailors and marines of the fleet. They were amply supplied with beef and pudding, beer and grog,......

The Barristers Are Getting Restive. We Understand That At...

last Liverpool Assizes a case occurred in which the Judge had to interfere between hostile Queen's Counsel of high standing, and in the Common Serjeant's Court, on Tues- day,......

It Is Announced, Apparently On Good Authority, That Gene-...

Franklin, who was supposed to have been sent to Mobile, has really quitted New Orleans in order to enter Texas. He is accompanied by nearly thirty thousand men, with whom he is......