... I)io NA\rlI'lRS' QUAR'VERL,-5Y I P IT I,-1 ELI \ Nj i, I x, X~zapc.-The iront trait t(i si- m ;ncetintr caie off licit this afternoon. 'T Iere wvas a it t~cidter nda ehtecrfnil tone, With a fair amkoulnt C iipuiry for 'stoile, Etiat, pigs. tad finbished iroln. QOwta- zt .l, or vi, vere very firvith Ian upwar'd tendencey. -: ttuit coald took the Same Idireetionl neitherlo, however., Z* 't er Iw ...

... A DISASTER ON CHRISTMT&S DAY. - a, . . . . . . Richmond, the Ahief cty of Virginia, formerly capital of the Confederate States, ihas been the scene of another terrible catastrophe. Not a yesrbas passed since the fulling in of the flooring of the Capit~l spread desolation through. out the city, and since thenl She disastrous floods have destroyed much life and property. The unfortunate year ...

... I mo mvF 3ZDITOR OF THE WESTXERN MAIL. -t.- orcot rotpoatdcn Is, A Tratlesinai''an t ' ' b ir~ ave cuille aottentitini, ati(, as I think~, with great ''etit, to te obstructions whicht occur, to the ti'itliji Lie owilig, to Vtoe incousidlerato pi'actioet of thel anll Ultihestreot, IttA vehlicles to Sttaud atI their, doors; i o holu tjmteits tei 'fa'li iltl not ho itill fartheler it and''nq e ...

... GENERAL 1NEWS. U 311 2, a Tune crumbling skeletons of ten human beings were re. I' if ce'etly discovered in a cave near Glasgow, Kentucky. a be LORD FRnEDERICK PAULET died at his chambers in the 9l 'or Albany, London, yesterday, in his 61st year. f ?? THER French war steamer Givynne left Queenstowa yesterday morning on a cruise, a enl a !e, THE BRITISHf EMBASSY Will be lodged this winter in at ...

... (FRODe OURi OWN REPORTER.) t] BLERMINGHANE, MOND&Y. 0 I- Messrs. Charles Bowen and Allexandor Sollar, the com- c mnissioncre appointed by Government to inquire into the d existence of the truck system in the South Steffordshire a d district, oponed their inquiry at the Town Hall, Birming- h ham this morning, ., The first witness was RichardWillianis, manager of the , n Wednesb'ry Patent Shaft ...

... DISTRICT INTELLiGBNCE. noi toill UA1RDIFF'. Tine, ~is Ma. LoanT. -An inquest. was holul touebiing the death of Mrs. Lord betfore Mr. Itoees, * coroner, at the Cardiff Arms Hotel last night. Thel his first witness esamiuied was 1sabeallo Keean, barmaid At. the Toi htotel, who said that Mrs, Lord Conmplained of a sore throat W5il enl Mon(Iay afternoon, but had beau inl her nsual spirits up to ...

... COES-PO QNTDEN * EDUCATION MEETING AT PONTYPRIDD. TO TH EDITOR- OF, TE WESTERN xkyr,' 'Sit,-In reply to Mr. Daviet's (the mnster of Gyfeillox National School) letierin this ?? WesseruMxsi4, I regret that there should have been any error in the statistics given by nme as refer ing to' his school. But the error was not mine, as the figures were copied from the returns in the assis- tant ...

... RAwluNG IIAS COME into fashion in madras. LADY KING, of Madingley Hall, near Cambridge, died Se on Sunday, after a few days' illness, Ir THERE IS LIKELY to be a great fight between the Great :0 Northein and the Midland Railway Companies for the coal e' traffic to London. Tim RIGHT HON. MiR. HUGH COHILDERS has nearly recovered from his recent indisposition, and will retarn to s the Admiralty in ...

... . OIS-PONDENCR , - I' OHRIflLAS BOXES AtLIAS ADVE * . t-lSEEMENTh. -- -'fO DIB 1 BDITOMB ;OF THE IOOL l Oentleu,-III ens.)didy inform ~the pubalic if &ny- RE(Whtislift amont of, Uhrdiletaboxes or New year's gifts~- hJaM beee gien to the Liverpaoo Jocal charities thie season' tI allpiathropic ce and other tradesunen, who averioe ther dnaff0.8last season as being given' in lieu'Of- Ch'ristmias ...

... A id. Et erdayO tl e,,icnd 4policae .oourt, Dile-etret,\1 I lyeore Me~r A. Shand and J. Wo96ufft ammA 1'r ia^'3.4lebe1't'; igplell; eaid toi'be a. ecliciter or;:t ?? n~ciuP.omlty; 'of'a & verpjoIL p vsmthvgq>,apzn~ninqd~i Iy.is, w3Fe, Esabew-th.i t a.:pbell, at preseat residing m Cam-stretfOr . avng, assaulted her on t 1th ingant. . . Thoraley ;a. are ;for the 'complinant, aid Mr. Cobb for ti ...

... TIE : LTH - A COMMTTEE. : ; ITie wedlyieting oe this eomirtittselwas heid yesterda,4,in the' inumipl ri fflcesd ale'stroet,. Dr. ilderp in the' chaii. The, othoerminberikprsesnt were Mr. -oderman Do yea,-hessrs. Turner,1Vining, . ' ldorrnby Denton, Yates, tlamrbell, 22ollden, and W. Wil liams , £, .. MElDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTh'S RE3POR]T. * The Medical Officern of Heaith reorted that' the ...

... IA WOMIAN PERSONATING A A At W1'orship-street police eourt, London, yoster- day, Sarah alaker, aged 35, described as a laundress, residing at Edmonton, but refusing a more defnite address, and another woman dressed in men's clothes, were charged viith felony. When, the gnoler. asked the second prisoner her name, she replied, I had rather not give a name. Air. Nevwton asked why; and Inspector ...