... Apropos of the coiou' of the unifoim of the British army, a correspondent gives us this extract from a document wiitten by the French ambassador at the Court of Henry the Eighth: May 20th, 1539.—At the last review in London I counted about fifteen thousand English, without reckoning foreigners. They were in white uniform from head to foot. False' He gazed gloomily at the girl of his heart ...

... A Cardiff correspondent telegraphs that the crisis in the South Wales coal trade may be deemed at an end. The workmen give notice to terminate the sliding scale with a view of raising the standard, and fixing a minimum rate of wages, and the appointmentof an umpire. The masters retorted by giving notice to terminate contracts at the end of March. At a general-conference the workmen held at ...

... ST. PETERSBURG. The Novoe Vremya publishes a despatch from Vladivostok containing the following from Seoul: The King of Corea has chosen another Queen, and has assumed the title of Emperor. The representatives of the Powers have protested. The Heir Apparent is going as a special envoy to Europe and America. The King's father, lai Won Kun, insisted on liia being sent away, the object being to ...

... To the Editor of the RIIYL RECOBD AND ADVSETISSB SIR,—I have been absent from the office for some time, and iu consequence I have not been able either to read or to answer Mr Latham's last two letters in your paper promptly, as I Otherwise should have done. I propose, however, to write you fully next week. In the meantime, I desire to let your readers see for themselves (1) a copy of the two ...

... Last Thursday week, au interesting event took place at Denbigh, namely, the marriage of Mr E. H. Vaughan, trrocer, High Street, RIJyl, son of Mr E. Vaughan. 40, West Parade (one of the oldest inhabitants of this town),'to Miss Kitie Lloyd, etpp- daughter to Mr Robert J P., Denbigh. The ceremony took place at Capel Ua-vr, at 12.30, but long before the arrival of the wedding party some hundreds ...

... WANTING TO GO TO PRISON. At Hereford Police Court, William WaFby, a middle aged man, was charged with having broken a jeweller's window and various articles within it, in Bridge Street, on Saturday night. The Head Constable (Mr. Frank Richardson) said the defendant was about the most idle man that had stood in the dock, and it was evident he had committed the offence with the object of getting ...

... CALCUTTA. Passengers by the steamer Kilwa, who have arrived at Kurrachee, state that the disorders at Muscat continue. The rebels, numbering 350, hold the town, while the Sultan's force of about 2,500 men occupy the forts. The rebels are armed with Martini-Henry rifles procured from Zanzibar, and are excellent marksmen, while the weapons of the Sultan's troops are absolute. A number of dead ...

... DEATH OF THE ST. ASAPH RELIEV- ING OFFICE U. We regret to announce the death whioh took place on Tuesday, suddenly and somewhat unexpectedly of Mr Wm. Ellis, the relieving officer for the Rhyl and St. Asaph Districts. The late Mr Ellis was appointed to the office in succession to the late Mr John Jones, ten years ago, and previous to then was a Schoolmaster at Tremairchion. His unvarying ...

... THE HOME USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. To POWDER GLASS.—Make a piece of class red hot iu the fire, allll while ill tllis state plunge it illto cold water; it will immediately break illto powder. Tliis must be sifted and dried. PARCIIMEXT blot.ting- paper for a sccouù or two in dilute sulplmiic acid, then rinse repeatedly in several changes of water, and hang it iii. When dry, it has a ci iimpled or ...

... 1 THE HOME USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. j PIPECLAY FOK THE DOORSTEP.—TJse this in preference to whiting when cleaning the doorstep, for it does not come off on the skirts, and will keep clean for several days in dry weather if carefully swept. LINSEED TEA.—Pour two quarts of boiling water on one ounce of whole linseed and twelve drachms of liquorice root sliced. Add a few slices of lemon. Let the ...

... The command of the Bedfordshire Volun- teers is about to become vacant by the retire- ment of Colonel J. T. Green, V.D., who has given more than thirty-five years' service, he having been appointed captain of the Woburn Company in 18G0, and colonel of the county corps in 1873. He will be succeeded by Colonel E. It Green, who has also been many years in the corps. A collier, who has been out of ...

... AN EMBARRASSED BACHELOR. A young man who informed the Court that he resided in Lillington Street, Pimlico, applied to Mr. De Rutzen at Westminster for advice as to a young woman who insisted that she was his wife. Wherever he went she followed him, and she was constantly writing him affectionate letters. Mr. De Rutzen, looking at one of the letters handed up by the appli- cant, said that lie ...