1st.—It was generally suggested that banking-houses should close at
four, because the system of shutting at five (after which hour there is
still much to be done) has the effect of driving their business very
often to sixes and sevens.
10th.—News arrived of Akbhar Khan being prepared to treat; but from such
a Khan nothing can be expected but half-and-half measures.
12th.—Miss Briers and Mary Ann Morgan brought to Union Hall on a charge
of having conspired to lead Mr. Woolley into another union against his
will. Mr. Woolley, though evidently on thorns, and regularly caught by
the Briers, declared his intention not to prosecute; he, however,
commenced a suit for divorce against Mary, in reference to whom he
refused to be _Molly-fied_.
[Illustration:
HORRID MURDER.
]