... The Australian correspondent of the Times gives an in- teresting account of a new invention made by Mr. Read, an officer of the Supreme Court over there, which will pre- vent the spontaneous combustion which so often occurs in the hold of ships, by informing the captain of the exact temperature. This instrument is admirable in its sim- plicity 'and precision. The materials are glass, india- ...

... The Economist observes that for the moment the situa- tion of our monev market is one of greatdifficulty. The Bank raised its rate considerably above the market rate; the market rate slewly followed it, but without any real' effect in attracting money to this country. A small sum is indeed coming from America, but it is only a small sum, and is a peculiar operation, not, as we hear, leaving an ...

... MUNI-IPA WARD M T- - MfUNICIPAL -WAs2D:ORTiNfS. THIRD MUNICIPAL WARD. A meeting of the electors of the Third Ward was held last night, in the Hall of the Tontine Hotel, for the urpose of nominating a candidate to represont the ward in the Council, in room of Bailie MIathieson, who has now retired, There was a large attendance, Ur Logan was called to the, chair.. The ortnar said that at last ...

... 9STIEwB To Trow EDITOR, t TlEB ADULTERATION 01? GLASGOW, f WHISKY, r . Andersonian Ui livernitr f lilasgow, 0-lulber , '9th, 19'2o I SIR,-The Jrrors in Dr Gra , analya, ' t4 wbj I drew special att..e . fin lay letter , t the 21' inst., were :- 1st, His method of separating the tbrec AlcaEj -methylic, ethylic, and amvbie. Thse, I , could not be separated by simple distillation L2d T're utter ...

... J-111 TLIqL OF TA YLOR. OUR readers may perhaps recollect that some months ago a man named TAYLOR killed his wife and his infant daughter, nearly killed his son, a boy of fourteen, and did his utmost to kill himself too, an attempt of which the failure may perhaps be described, without any want of charity, as unfortunate. He began by cutting his throat, he tore open his wound after it had been ...

... DITT SCAOOLf BOARDS. TofwEITOR of £k i~ ERJU cIrA, * Srn,-b &s the ~nblic nhsd~at~present is eginning to be, a. goods deal)agitated~ concernfiig! the' nature.~ and working of f, the nrew.Education Bilf,, a proper ventilatiou of the subject is imperatively'denadel- Ase, it is not to he suppoef that the clauses bf the -Act are suf'iciently understod by athe great maJority fbthe tatepayersi. The ...

... BA-NKRU, PTS. Robinson Campbell, late of 36, Bedford-place, §^sell Square, Middlesex-row, Percy-road, Shepherds' retired lieut.-colonel Utep A. Williams, coal merchant, 11, Wrotham-road, J? ^den Town, Middlesex n lejns, coal merchant, 146, Caledonian-road, King's Middlesex TT >J^e Hawkins and George Howe, as Hawkins and w °^ve, haw and Ktvnw merchants, 2, Sarah place,Creek- 11eOad, Deptford, j ...

... TO THE BURGESSES OF THE BOROUGH OF NEATH. ENTLEMEN,-L beg again to offer you my services as a Member of the Neath Town Council; and in omg so I wish to observe that, although business engagements prevent my close attention to committee affairs, nevertheless, supported by your confidence, I hope, as formerly, to be present, whenever occasion requires, to support the true interests of our Town ...

... The deficiency of banking facilities at Swansea, and the growing importance of its trade, have combined to induce a number of gentlemen well known in the finan- cial aud commercial world, to form a new bank, upon the limited liability principle, which it is hoped will prove a source of profit to the promoters and advantage to the trading community of the Port. The company starts with a capital ...

... MR. CORY AND THE WESLEYANS.—A correspondent writes to complain that the name of a popular Wesleyan minister appears in the list of Mr. Cory's committee, and deprecates the act upon the ground that three of the can- didates for election to the Council are ineiiibirs of that religious body. It must not, however, be forgotten that the reverend gentleman alluded to can vote only for the East Ward, ...

... THE INQUEST. The adjourned inquest upon the body of Emma Duncan, whose shocking death at the hands of her husband, Andrew Joseph Duncan, we have reported in previous issues, was held in the old police-court, Temple-street, Swansea, yesterday afternoon, by Mr. G. Strick, the coroner for the district, and a respectable jury of 15 tradesmen, with Mr. James Goodall, draper, as foreman. The Coroner ...

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