The agricultural returns of Great Britain chew thali in the present year there are in the island 2,364,010 acres under wheat, 2,085,474 under barley, 2,882,223 'ander oats, 590,173 under potatoes, and 58,509 under hope. This is an increase of ground under these crops -of 66,512

WEDNESDAY. Before Messrs. tr. Stinger . Loathes, J. Y. Robins. - and Oswald Milne.' LICENSING Busirmss.—This was the annual licensing day for the varions parishes in this Petty Sessional Division. There wad no objecdon by police, and the whole of the existing licenses were, renew

FE,TIVITI3O AT HAMS.—Lori Norton gave hip annual dinner and tea to about 159 of his co.tage tenants and their wives, in Hams-park, on Wednesday, the 22nd. The usual games ana sports place afterwards, and prizes were given to the successful competitcrs in the races. The children

At the Coleshill Petty Sessions on Wednesday, Edward Parry (29), butler, late of Blyth-hall, Shustoke, near Colombia, was brought up in custody, having been remanded by L rd Norton from the previous Wednesday, 15th inst., charged by Harriet Ela Dugdale, of Biyth-hall sf resaid,

SCHOOL BOARD.—A meeting was held on Monday evening, and there was a full attendance of members. Miss Lucy Jones was appointed assistant-teacher at Edgewick-schools, in the place of Miss Isaac resigned. The salary was to be £35 a year, and Miss Jones was to receive in addition, a

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The Cronin trial was continued on Saturday, when. Mr. James Clancy, a journalist attached to a New York paper, gave evidence. He said that he visited. O'Sullivan on the morning of the day on which the body of Dr. Cronin was found, but before it was found. In conversation respect