... e speaker took the chair at four o'clock. TV! -VI CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT. ask f'i gave notice that on Monday next he would tenri il 'Prime Minister whether the Government in- Session Proceed with the Corrupt Practices Bill this T A DEFAULTING STAMP DISTRIBUTOR. S r«Ply to Mr. RYLANDS, bepn1' Y1ER sai(l it was true that a loss of £ 2,000_ had -buim.00*'i?onei^ by the defalcations of the stamp ...

... | FRAUD AND FORGERY. At the Hammersmith William Hemming, an auctioneer, of Stamford-street, Blackfriars. was brought up in the custody of Mr. Palmer, chief inspector, Scotland-vard, charged with obtaining a cheque-book from the Notting-hill branch of the National Bank by false representations, and with uttering several forged cheques. Mr. Elsie Wyatt, accountant at the Notting-hill branch of ...

... BOROUGH MAGISTRATES' CoUrT, April 19th;-Before the Mayor, Thomas Gee, Esq., and R. Llyd Williams, Esq.-The wine and spirit license held by the late Mr D. G. Morgan, High-street, was transferred over to Messrs. Alfred and Thomas Ashford, Mr Morgan's suc- cessors in trade. PETTY SESSIONS, Wednesday, April 24th. Before P. I. Chambres, Esq,, Llysmeirchion (chairman); Major Jocelyn Ffoulkes; Rev. ...

... ReUAL DEANEItY OF LLiFoN.-A ruridecanal chapter meeting of this deanery was held at Bodedern on F'ri- day the 19th inst. After divine service bad been per- formed in the parish church at half-past ten a.m., by the vicar, the Ven. Archdeacon Wynne Jone;, assisted by his curate, the Rev. Evan Jones, the clergy and lay consultees present assembled in the schoolroom, where, under the presidency of ...

... rIIARMACEfrIvTCAL EXAMItNATIoNS. -We IAC hi ijIY Io learn tbiat ALr William Jones, late dispenst y assow'4anlt at Mr Gritliths, chemist, kc., Batigor, andl dU of ll, J. Junea, brewer, &e., of this town, bas suecetsfully psamed the Pharmaceutical Society's prelireiualy examinationa. Mr W. Jones, who was prepared for hie exasullimatioo by the Rev. BR. Thomas, W.A., is the first frorn this town w ...

... STEAM CULTIVATION IN SCOTLAND.—The Scots- man says:—During several years the leading agricul- turists in Aberdeenshire have often considered the practicability of introducing steam cultivation. The smallness of many of the holdings, however, and the uneven surface, combined with the prevelance of earth- fast stones in a large proportion of the county, operated formidably against the movement. ...

... CYFARFOD YSGOLION YN CAMBRIAN EHILL. Cynhaliwyd cyfarfod trimisol Ysgolion Sabbothol y eii Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, dosbarth Bsllarat, Yn ngbapel Cambrian Hill, ar y 7fed o Ionawr, 1872. fc L ywydd-r Ali, Caleb Jones. . Am wyth o'r glach y bore, ymdriniwyd a gwahanol3 faterion mewn cysylltiad a'r ysgolioa. Ar dderbyniad W rhif a llafuir yr ysgolion, cafwyd ar ddeall fod l3eihad a 13 yn rhif ...

... ?? gn-vv'flill TY Y CYFVUtEDIN. DyUd4Merdher, Ebr.11 ?? cedd ?? ya breseunol ychydig ar6 ol hanner dydd. 'lliesnr Trwyyddedrut Syr S. Ibbetson?. Syr H. Selwyn Ibbetson a gynnygioddailddarllen- i mesar Minwerthiant Gwirodydd. Syr R. Anstrother a gyq-nygiodd fod Pr mesur gael el ddarllea yr ailw&ithb yakbhen y chwemisifrdiwr- nod hwnw. Mr. Pease hefyd awrthwvnebodd y mesur. Siaradodd Dr. Crewer ...

... EVERYBODY has long observed the decline of the Government, so that its dissolution at any moment would cause no surprise. The respectable and independent Liberal organs are forecasting its doom. The defeats in the House of Commons last week show that Ministers have lost the confi- dence of their friends. Their followers are luke- warm, or cold, because they know there is a re- action against ...

... Achievement, the celebrated racehorse, and the property of Colonel Pearson, hast just died at Rufford Abbey. THE MONEY MARKET.—The money market during the week has been very easy, and the outer market has been a little under the Bank rate, as usual. But we see no reason to vary the general prediction which we gave lately, that if the German Government persist in taking all, or almost all, ...

... OYSTER FISHERY.—The large number of 200,000 oysters were taken off the Pembrokeshire sea coast during the past week. The trade promises to be a very remunerative one, and we trust the success achieved by the oyster- dredgers will be the means of attracting the attention of fishermen and capitalists to the deep-sea fishing of the coast generally. It is now almost entirely neglected while a ...

... RELEASE OF THE CLAIMANT. It is said that the Tichborne claimant will probably be released on bail to-day Friday). THE EMPRESS OF GERMANY. It is stated that the Empres3 of Germany will pro- baiilj come to England shortly on a visit to the Queen. WBXFORD ELECTION. CLOSE OF THE POLII.—W. A. Redmond. 321; Walter Redmon, 51; Bacon, none. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CAMBRIAN RAILWAY. John Whittiogton, a ...