... SEWS FROM SIR SAMUEL BAKER. Letters have been received at Alexandria from Sir Samuel Baker, dated October 20, 1871. Sir Samuel has sent back 300 of his troops as useless and unreliable. One letter, dated Ismailia, Gondokora, N. lat. 4 55. October Nothing is smooth in Africa. Lpon arrival here, as I expected, we were quickly plunged into wtr with the Bari tribes, who have been for years leagued ...

... which does not teach that honesty is the best policy. (Hear, hear, from Mr Green). Mr C. H. James said he did not intend to maka a speech. He would only say that after having saved himself year which he used to give to the British School, be would not say to the Catholics you shan't have our money, and yet give the rates to a British School. Mr Clark said he intended to follow the example set ...

... TREDEGAR POLICE COURT. TUESDAY.—(Before J. G. James, Esq., and Dr Coates.) ASSAULT.—Cooney v. Etberidge.—Mr Lane appeared for complainant, a railman, and Mr C. R. Harris for defendant, a rougher atEbbwVale.—Etheridge lodges at the Harp InD, Cooney bad pent out a report that the house W&II Dot properly conducted, and on the defendant going to the house of John Lloyd, & collier, to have the ...

... BREAKFAST.-Epps's COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COMFORTING,— By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the opera- tions of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine- properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills.—Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with ...

... Jmpqiat$};u;liami;nt. HOUSE OF LORDS—MONDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. THE COLLIER DEBATE—CORRECTIONS AND EXPLANA- TIONS. The LORD CHANCELLOR and the Duke of ARGYLL corrected passages in their speeches in the Collier de- bate on Thursday. The former said Mr. Walpole denied having ever called in Mr. Beales to consult during the Hyde Park disturbances, and the latter said that Lord ...

... MONMOUTHSHIRE CHAMBER OF AGRI- CULTURE.—THE LABOURERS' QUESTION. OF the great physical and social waves of Change which are passing so rapidly over the face of the earth, the most marked is that relating to capital and labour. Old customs and usages are quickly giving way to new the great distance maintained for centuries between employed and employers is growing less by degrees society is ...

... THE MORDAUNT DIVORCE CASE AGAIN POSTPONED. Man about Town writes in the Sporting Gazette —The rumour that the Mordaunt case was about to be resumed is entirely unfounded. The unhappy re- spondent has, I understand, again lapsed into a men- tal condition completely precluding the possibility of her pleading to the issue raised against her, and now requires perpetual surveillance. The suit, in ...

... MONEY MARKET. -THURSDAY. The Stock Markets show a rather dull tendency, but the changes are very few. The British Funds are J lower. In American Securities, Eries are 1 better, and the Funded Loan J. In Home Railway Stocks, there is a rise of i in Great Western but a decline of 1 in Metropolitan. In the Foreign Market there are no changes worthy of remark. There has been a strong demand for ...

... PONTYPRIDD. NEW CHURCH BELL.—The superanuated tinkle of the church bell, which has become an old familiar sound to Pontypridd church-goers and non-church-gocrs, has this week given place to a more resonant and dignified cam- panellian note. A rich peal of bells is a desideratum, and would be had at once, but for one little difficulty-nioney PETTY SESSIONS.—The usual weekly sessions were held ...

... READINGS.—Another of these popular entertainments evas held at Treherbert British School Room on Thursday Jjeinng, the 15th inst., Mr. T. Curnew being chairman. Ane Programme opened with a pianoforte solo, The • £ erman entry into Paris, a stirring piece of instrumental j Usi.c, which drew forth a storm of applause. Mr. A. sang The shake of the hand and also a song •«Va chorus (with party), ...

... A MATE CHARGED WITH STEALING A REVOLVER.—At the borough police court on Friday, James Ray, mate of the ship Nina, of Rochester, Captain Hazleman, was charged with stealing a five-barrelled revolver, the pro- perty of the captain. It appeared from the evidence that the mate had been seen about the sreets in company with some loose women, ,ith the revolver in his possession. Detective Curtis ...

... TUESDAY\~M:B, 13, 1872. THE tidings of the assassination of Earl MAYO, the popular and highly-esteemed Viceroy of India, will be received in every quarter of the land with feel- ings of sorrow and dismay. Appointed by a Con- servative Ministry, the selection of his lordship to fill the arduous post was virtually confirmed by politicians of every class and order. So much, indeed, was he ...