... Up to tha present day Vanderbilt's cheque fat 2700,000 was erroneously supposed t., be tbJ largest ever drawn. This has been eclipsed, at one drawn by the Indian and Peninsular Bailroa4. Company for £1,250,000 on the London and! County Bank of London has just passed through the Clearing House. In 1883 the Pennsylvania Railroad drew a cheque in favour of Mesart Kidder, Peabody and Co,, for ovr ...

... The new steamer Lyell, of North-Shields, whict arrived at Barry on Monday from Sunderland, reports having been in collision with the steamer Eritb, of Sunderland, elf Fiamborough, Head oe Friday night. The Lyell has two or three plated holed jn the port bow and her stern damaged. The damage to the Erith is unknown, as slit proceeded on h9r voyage, refusing assistance, but it is supposed to be ...

... AFFAIRS OF A NEWPORT PROVISION DEALER. The first meeting of creditors to the estate Wm. Morgan, provision dealer and commission agent, ot Skinner-street, Newport, was held to-day at noon at tho offices of the Official Receiver. The gross liabilities were 21,996 13', bukmore than half this amonnt was stated to be secured. and only j6884 13 61 was expected to rank for dividend. Toe assets were ...

... TO-DAY'S MONEY. lSPECIAL T15 LEG RAM. ] IPM. Both Indian Exchanges, 1« 6 7-161 Honít Kong, 3' 4| 1; Shanghai, 4^ 9 £ At the Bank of Eiiglaii. i h« following Allotment* ...

... SIR JOHN PUtESTOW M;P., AND WELSH CONSTITUENCIES. The Central News says Sir Johu Puleston, ALP., has written to the chairman of his-com- mittee notifying his intention of withdrawing from the representation of Dovonport at the close of this Parliament. Sir John says the task of representing Devcmport is one which must excep- tionally tax the energy and the time of its repre- sentative, and be ...

... On Saturday night the oiffcers of the 3rd Bat- talion Sof the li'tyal Welsit Pusiliers dilled at the Holboru Restaurant, ill accordance with annual custom. There were prAsent-MajorR Hughes, Lord, and Sandbach Captains Philips, A. P. Lane, C. R. Mostyn-Owen, J. L. Dickin, Touzel, and tha C. JG. Hill-Trevor; Lieut.. Potter; aud the Hon. N. Hdl-Trevor and Mr Pearson, ...

... THE BATTLE OF. WATERLOO. A Brussels correspondent writes :-The Dutcfc Genu: Van Mcrlen, who was at the battle Waterloo, has made an appeal to the Dutcb Waterloo veterans to celebrate with him tht 75th anniversary of the battle. Seven veterans, the youngest of them boru in 1795 and the eldest in 1793, have answered the appeal, Six of them state that they are in want of assistance, whicl they ...

... CARDIFF AMUSEMENTS. I Theatre Royal. I Had Mr Fletcher's repu'at.um as a theatrical manager already been made, his recent enter- prise would assuredly enable him to forge ahead. The production of Dr Parry V operas last week was a bold stroke, considered from auy poiut; and while it may be taken for granted that a fairly substantial finaucial harvest, was reaped, there is in addition that ...

... I The Champion Boxer. i JOHN L. SULLIVAN TO BECOME I LAN AC I OP., I'm going to be an actor, said John L. Sullivan, as be stood in one of his poweriul pugi- listic poses in full evening dress before a large mirror in his star dressing-room in the National Theatre at Philadelphia the other evening. My friend Duncan B. Harrison is hard at work writing a new play for me, in which I will make ...

... SUDDEN DEATH OP MH? I BnEUON; I On Thursday evening, i, catch the 5.9 p.m. Wdiaud tralft Bridge, nellr ilreedn, MI M.K.C.V.S., fell down and expired altn t?ne?utty. The deceased ?fu'tem?n, been for MHM time in delicate heal ■ «M.» J *• 0 Vl t ...

... FATAL BOtLEU EXPLOSION. [KMUTKR'STRLKGRAttJ TORONTO, Wednesday.—The boilet'of au engine employed in thf) operation of shelling cora on a farm naar C,,Iellester exploded yesterday. Tw) men were killed iustautfy, and i:vo others 8orioue)y injured. ) ...

... BRIGANDS IN TURKEY. tRECTKK a TELEGRAM.] UOKSTANTtKOFLE, Monnay.—A son of Mabtnoud Damot Pasha, the Sultan's brother-in-law, who Wfs visiting a friend at a farm at Sinekii, nar Teba.taldja, on tba Extern R-ntwity.diataat about 90 kilometfes from Coastantiuopte, bas been carried off by brigands into the mountain! to-' gather with his friend who accompanied him. A detachment of cavalry has been ...