... The Act for the better protection of infant life which has just been issued will take effect November 1 next. The object of the statute, as declared by the preamble is to make better provision for the protection of in- fants under one year, intrusted to persons to be nursed or maintained for hire or reward in that behalf. The provisions of the Act are not to extend to the relatives or ...

... SATURDAY. Before Colonel Byrde & A. D. Berrington, Esq. CHARGE OF PERMITTING DRUNKENNESS. Richard Broom was charged with permitting drunkenness in his house, at Blaenafon. Mr Plews defended. P.c. John Hughes deposed that on Monday evening, the 9th of September, he was on duty, As he passed the Bridge End beerhouse, he heard a great noise and disorderly conduct. He went inside and saw several ...

... THE INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONGRESS. The Times, In the following leader, review tho whole s- tlca of Prison Di&oiplins and its efleet on Criminals, aad also points out he necessity ef making punishment deterrent enongh to protect life and property The International Prison Congress, which concluded its labours on Saturday, has. on the whole, justified the hopes of its promoters. It has brought ...

... A California hotel consists of the hollow trunks of ten immense trees, standing in a group a few feet apart. Nine of the hollow trees, duly papered and whitewashed, are used as bedrooms, and the tenth as an ogioe and bar room. The vexed oonundrum propounded by Hamlet in his soliloquy to who would faraela bear! has at last been solved in a satisfactory manner. The widow of a man named Fsrdels, ...

... MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A WOMAN.—On Monday evening an inquest was opened on the body of a woman named Sarah Morgan, aged 33, wife of a mariner, and who resided at Raglan-street. The inquiry took place owing to certain distressing circumstances which sur- rounded the death of the unfortunate woman, who was being attended during her confinement by uncertifi- cated medical assistant to a surgeon of ...

... W ell-wishers to the cause of true progress will be glad to learn that Miss Rye, who so long interested herself in the emigration of women to the colonies, con- tinues her exertions to rescue street children from the evil influences which surround them. At the close of the American war a Mr. van Meter carried some city Arabs from New York to the far West, where some well-disposed persons gave ...

... In London, the other evening, Mrs. Howe, an American lady, earnestly imbued with the idea of attaining universal peace on t. ai tli by Christian teach- ing and its practical application, gave the second of a series of four religious services in the drawing-room of Freemasons' Hall. Taking for her text that opening verse of the fifth chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, in which the ...

... Referring to the graceful tribute of her Majesty to the enterprising traveller, the Daily News writes :— The Queen is never willing to be left out of any good work in which her subjects are interested. Her Majesty has sent to Mr. H. M. Stanley, the discoverer of Livingstone, a present of a gold snuff-box set, in brilliants, and, what is more valuable, an appreciative personal message, ...

... THE MARKETS. :MARK-LA.NE.-M01œA.Y. At Mark-lane to-day there is renewed firmness. The supply of English wheat is moderate. With a fair demand fully late rates are obtgined; old samples are occasionally Is. per quarter dearer. The demand for foreign ,heat-ot which a moderate supply is on saie—is Eteady, and prices are is, to 2s. per qr. higher. There is a moderate supply of barley on offer. ...

... The steamer Java which arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, brought intelligence of a fearful storm which took place in the Western States. A despatch from Milwaukee, dated September 30th, says 'A severe north-east wind and heavy rain set in here on Saturday night, and did not abate until noon yesterday. The schooner York State was beached near South Point, and a lumber vessel at Milwaukee was ...

... Several of the comments which have recently ap- peared relative to this act have been founded on error and misapprehension (remarks the Lancet). Thus it has been stated that the punishment for adulteration is for the first offence a fine of and for the second imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months. No-, it should be known that these penalties are re- served only for the actual ...

... AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MAILS The following are the days of sailing of the mails for Australia and New Zealand. Papers and letters-must be posted a day earlier. The postage via Southampton is: Papers Id.; letters 6d. The postage via Brindisi is: Papers 4d.; letters 9d. Australia, via Southampton.Aug. l(morning) „ via „ 9(evening) New Zealand, via San Franj^sco, July 25 ...