... THE RAID ON THE CITY BETTING- HOUSES. ■^be examination of the persons apprehended by the Mice took place before the Lord Mayor of London on The Justice-room of the Mansion House was crowded to excess, the defendants alone occupying nearly *be entire portion of the Court set aside for the public. The first case taken was that against Mr. Morgan, the ^fcdlord of the Rising Sun public-house, ...

... The German papers ^criticise the Presidential Message of M. Thiers with great interest, and enter iully into its general purport. The North German Gazette says that the vital point of the Message, so far as it regards foreigners, lies in the enunciation of the principle that Every Government must be Conservative, and that Society will tolerate no other form. It is through the Conservative ...

... GENERAL NEWS. Sir. Brie, chief Charity Commissioner, rosigno I. A respectable Buxton chemist, Mr. John Acicu, /.rs co.'iiw.ted suicidu by rrkit^ pmssic acid. iVo Liberals and ono Conservative returned at fee municipal elections at i n: nsisiple are, it is said, to be petitioned against on the ground of bribery. There is no truth in the report that 3Ir. Aj rton is to succeed Sir Richard Temple ...

... THE COMIC PAPERS. (From lmch.) Wnnx GUKKX MEETS 0 fr with »ir>uvu u.)_« Of onOor both of us t-ha tim* is (aside): Uoth—las i:* .A rv.u.r .• •: :VA pinch: All very well to T.r-y '(: •>.(.- if t ;s SQj-t of weather goes on Ii.-r?, { /'»>» /• At'f. r-l- •. juatfige England by teh-graph. Splendid hot sunshine in Australia, Sir, was reported at the Telegraph Paiiquet on .Flitly night— message ...

... BRIDGEND. R^H,E TABERNACLE.—The usual anniversary services of the church at the above place were held on four succes- sive evenings last week. Very excellent sermons were delivered to attentive congregations. The Rev. W. Joseph, of Porthcawl, and Rev. J. Davies of Maesteg, preached in English the Rev. R. Hughes, of Beaufort, preached two sermons and the Rev. W. Evans, of Aber- ayron, three ...

... A short time ago a letter appeared in the columns of the Times signed by several Communists, prisoners in the Isle of Oleron, complaining of the treatment to whicn they were subjected. The Times then had the happy thought to send a special commissioner to see how far their complaints were just, and this gentleman has, after duo inspection, issued his report. A good deal of nnwarrantable ...

... THE ATHANASIAN CKEETV—Tr-; AreiJtJishop of Can- terbury has summoned the of Convocation on the Athanaslan Creed to me t at Lambeth or December 2. ANOTHEK ELECTION PETITION.—The defeated candi- dates at the recent Municipal election at Barnstaph have resolved to petition ag-ii: st the jviorn of theii opponents on the ground of briocry. Tuey daLa th' seats. ...

... BLACKWOOD. POLICE-COUIW. l he monthly petty sessions were held on Friday before i lessrp. Joseph Davies and Edmund Thomas. The last named took his seat for the first time here as a magistrate. AFFILIATION.-Mary Lewis charged Watkin Vaughan with being the putative father of her illegitimate child. Case dismissed for want of evidence. ASSAULT.-George White charged Evan Evans with assaulting him ...

... A letter from the distant province of Amoor, Siberia, says that great preparations are being made on that coast of the North Pacific to welcome the Grand Duke Alexis, the Imperial visitor. Every one is persuaded that his visit will be attended with the happiest results to the province, and for the whole of Oriental Siberia. The proprietors of the gold mines of Transbaikal purpose meet- ing at ...

... MERTHYR. BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The usual weekly meeting of this Board was held on Saturday, Mr. R. H. Rhys in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. It had been proposed by Mr. William Harris at the last meeting that one meal of American bacon be given to the inmates per week in lieu of fresh meat. The Master now reported that the difference in price for 206 persons ...

... NEATH. BITING OFF A MAN'S CHIN.—William Owen was on Monday brought up by Superintendent Phillips, before the Mayor and ex-Mayor, charged with wounding George Williams at the Bull public-house on Saturday evening. It appeared that the men were old acquaintaneas. Defendant formerly lodged at the Bull, while complainant lodges there still, and it is thought that a little jealousy has arisen ...

... On Saturday Mr. Payne, the City of London Coroner, held an inquiry into the deaths of Samuel Simmonds and George Simmonds, father and son, who were killed at the explosion at Ross's Saw Mills, Page's-walk, Bermondsey. The bodies of the deceased, who, during their lifetime, filled the situations of engine-driver and stoker at the mills in question, having been identified, a number of the ...