... -if= am-- t'i:j9 -I ]DauNC.-0fl Praday, att the pjA16 court, befort tl1J itefi~i May r, Re t. -Jo)isr, and Aldermanf Alexander, Richard matronl stafford, a sailor, wats charged with bein rn.H a t ordered to pay 5s. SELNIBEER AT ILLEGAL HoURcS,-~Wliam HanFan, C1nn ?? et Iein Crline-street, a~ppearedl to INvan s a summons for sellin beer o at illegal hours, onl Sunday, the for St, I loth ?? ...

... ELECTION INTELLIGE-NCE. -tl:r rt.11mng- commenred yestordlay morningz. At ten *'cV(.lk Br;oituwusS comniittee issued the following ltlistotrc, 2'37 Sleiigi, 214; Grey, -3d. Sir G. Grey ra. tii'; lt~ et &svcI. At tv;elve the Consr-vative retirn was Sleigh . ?? ?? , Si7 Bri.tove ?? At twoo 'clock tihe Lhbern! return was:- ?? ?? ?? C2k c of tile jell I:istowe ?? *eiglh ?? se;s great excitement, ...

... ,, -Ar Mnnilnv ?? 3IissOi'W CI1EqUE, 61Eonilayonum , tbe'18tb'inst., Ilqr. George Colemnni, jusis', of Lad senpostd a cheque at P'ont pool for £80, I T Rshom as spencer, care of s-lst.offce, PontyPridd . date the cheque has not been heard Of. T e eo c heq ue -was stoped on Thu rsday morning at'bth ?? PrriinnilB nl of E oghlf rll, Cardi fl. AqSAAULT1ING '.ME POiacE.-At the Poliebcourt on ...

... Ilt otstan - hi* MONDAY! APBIL 4, 1870. The royal assent was to have been given to the , Peace Prete1wvaiion. Bill on SaturOy, Adn their i .ords1hips met for that puspose, but through some misunderstanding the 4ouse of .ComtMQns at its rising adjotnrd until Monday at the usiial hour, . o th~e kiouso of Lo'ds coulld do nothing' but ndn w itiou4 perf ing t1. busipcss for . .i~li thiey arsemb1ed. ...

... IMPEMIAL PARLIAMENT. S to i HOUSE OF COMMONSr-MONDAY. sug The Speaker took tho chair at 4 o'clock. I et bif Titrer ,as a numerous attendanice bE members, anti Itheshale galleries allotted to strangers and distinguished visitors in I were crowded. Among the latter were MyV. Motley (the It American Mlinister), Chief Justice Whitesido, thle Earl of nut he Derby, tlie Lord Chalncellor, Lord. ...

... MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. On the 22nd inst., Mr. Whitmaish, coroner for North Wilts, held an inquiry at the Queen's Hotel, Swindon, respecting the death of Mr. Neat Corp Hard- ing, a solicitor, of Warminster, and son of an inde- pendent gentleman residing in that town. From the evidence taken tacts of a very painful character were disclosed. The deceased was a finely built young man, 27 years of age ...

... TEA DUTIES.—During the seven days following the announcement of Mr. Lowe's arrangements for the new financial year, no less than £ 200,U0U was received at the London Custom House as duty on tea. This large amount was collected on 45,000 entries. THE BELGIAN TKOFMANN.—The Journal de Lieqe states that the King ot the Belgians has commuted the capital sentence pronounced against Dessous-ie- ...

... [BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] The decision come to by Ironmasters with regard to prices at their quarterly meeting on Thursday se'night was fully anticipated in last week's report, and now prices have been fixed for the next three months, there is a probability of buyers shortly giving out orders which, no doubt, have been delayed for the result of the meeting referred to. A daily contemporary's ...

... DISCOVERY OF SKELETONS. The Journal de Trivoux (Ain) publishes a letter from Neyron, stating that some labourers in digging up a field in that neighbourhood to plant it with vines, came Oil ahout eighteen or twenty skeletons buried two or three feet below the surface, without order and a short distance from each other. These remains are sup- posed to be those of different victims of Dumollard, ...

... AN INTERCHANGE OF GIFTS.—Le Gaulois says that Marshal Prim has recently made a present to the ] Emperor Napoleon of 20,000 cigars with gilt ends and ( ornamented with the Imperial N., also gilt, on each cigar, which is estimated to be worth Hfr. In return the Emperor has sent to the Spanish Marshal a. pair of Tases of Sevres manufacture. ( ...

... (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, WEDNESDAY. Members spent the last tours of the pra-Eacter session in recrimination and reproaches about the state of public (business. Well might they do so. The condition of affairs is most deplorable. All that has been done is to pass the Coercion Bill, and to get a clause and a half of the Land Bill through committee. There are now nearly 3.50 amendments to ...

... LATEST NEWS. OFF WE, FrÙlrty. (BY I-\DO-EL'EOPI:AX TELKGEAPH.) INDIA. CALCUTTA, April 21.—The press continues to criticise the fitiancUl administration of India, especially com- menfing upon the injustice of charging: the expendi- ture for public w nk-s against the current revenue. The Friend of India hope that the memorial to the Duke of Argyll wiil be answered by his sending a financial ...