News in Brief
The works at Eaton-house, the seat of Earl Grosvenor, are now isearly completed. The north wing is entirely finished and occupied, and the workmen are putting the stained glass into the windows of the south wing, and finishing the gilding of the roof. One room in this wing. nearly 140 feet in length, is tobe the library; a number of fine paintings, by the old masters, will, we understand, ornarnent this noble apartmnent.-CJester Chronicle. At the sessions for Flintshire, MIr. Trigg, a man of gentle manly appearance, was indicted for deserting his wife and family, and leaving them chargeable to ihe parish of flawarden. It appeared that Mr. Trigg, who was a person of good education and a surgeon, banS formed an adulterous connexion with a publican's wife in the neighbourhood, with whom he eloped, leaving his own wife, an in- teresting woman, and four young children, wi,hout means for her support. The precarious assistance of friends was soon expended, and she was necessitated to ask relief of the parish, who in conse- quence took the present measures. The prisoner made a sorry de- fence, and was found g,ilty. The Chairman sentenced hirm to six months' imprisonmenr, and to be kept to hard labour. On judg- ment being pronounced, the prisoner fainted.-Countru ptaper. SErtlous AccrDENT.-On 'lbhursday last a 'bricklayer's labourer, *ho was at work on the premises of a Mr. 'radsworth, cieesemo newrk Staverton..row, Newington, in ascending a ladder withsom woringmaterials, unfortunately missed lila foot-hold, and was precipitated with great violence into the street, whereby his neckwas islocated, and other parts of his body severely bruised. Asurgeon was instntly sent for, who deemed it expedient to re- move him immediately to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he now re- m ains ign amost precarirous state. It is, howrever, fortunate that he hanofmltorodeor