... 2XMkb$TOWN CORRESPONnCk. 1 A- I Branch Office, 87 George's street, Kingstown, Tuesday Night. Tnxe MUSNCIPAL ELECTIONS.-New Yesrae Pay (this day) will be a busy one in Kingstown. The East Wardwlll be contested by Mr JJCrosth- waite, J P, and Mr W Masterson, J P, against Mr Heron and Mr M'Credy. The two latter are supporters of the Insidious bill Messrs Crosth- waite and Masterson have, with a ...

... GLOOMY PROSPECT9- A GOO SIGQES- _ . _ T _ A GOO ' . Mr. Geo. Le I' 'trChairmaa ol the Wexford and WaterfoKl Roiiway Company, writes; *We hav' , I fear, hard times before us. The lesttarvest was Inferior. The potato grop ,was failure. Tbe continouea rain through autumn has preventedthousaal cultivation of the grouad. Though money has been saved in Ireland during the last two or three years, yet ...

... I AHU1JGARI.A0At dLEERAI A trial is at the present moment taking pla' at Szegediu, in Hungary, the extraordinary oa'mn plilated and dramatic history of which is des- tined to occupy a consplonous place amongst the criminal records of all countries and epoehs. The individuals Involved may be counted by hundreds-their crime. and offencss by thou. sands; and the first arrests took 'p'ace as far ...

... LATEST NEWS, I . ?? .SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. FROM OUR OWN 0ORRIMPONDEN'S. DREADFUL TRAGEDY IN CARDIFF. Cardiff, Tuesday. At 11 o'clock this morning a constable of the Cardiff borongh polica force was murdered by a Thomas Jones, butcher, of the same town. The constable, whose name is Thomas Perry, met Jones, with whom he wss acquainted, on the Cowbridg-road and walked with him towards the town, ...

... I MILIT.ARY INTELLIGENCE. I (Specially Reported.) The 2nd Battalion of the 24th (2ud Warwick- shire) Regiment, under the command of Colonel Thomal Ross, will, on arrival at Portslouthi, about the 5th instant, on board her Majesty's troop ship Serapis, be disembarked, and will proceed from thence to Warloy, where the Be.A talion will be stationed. Captain George G. Beazley, of the 83d (County ...

... -0 THE CATHOLIC 5UNIVERSETV. EBLARY Timm, 1873.-Professor Stewart will lecture during the term on Sophocles' Electro Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at I pMen; on Plato's RepnbLic, Book VIl, on Mo3days and Fridays. at 12 noon- on Cicero de Finibus, Book I, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at I1 am ; on Looretius, Book VI, on Wednesdays and Satur- days, at 11 am; and on Wednesdays on Comn. position ...

... IITLGRAPRHING WITaOUT WIRES. Some of our readers will perhaps reniteubsr I hat, since the practice of electro-telegraplly began, experimnents have been made at ?? urttes to prove that tessagee oulld ba sent. hrcugh vwater wittoult any wire at all. Cojper' 1Alrstes were buried on eacah sid3 of a river, for 'cample, or of a creek, and on flashing a acurrent suoros it was found that at sufficient ...

... ITHEES B18HZ&i OF SALFORbD ON POL1TI. i The ?? Rev Dr. Vauzhars, the newly. elected Catholic Bisliep of S&dfrd, h-s, within the last few days, delivered a very adintrable address on. the relations which exist between Catholicity and the political moveneentoof the hour. This address, useful and valtuablein ?? partioulars, is espeoially valuable in that it helps to remove a misconception which ...

... PIMR HEAm. 4RRIVAI& Up t3 9 a m., Decc 31. 1572. Wnd-1V.N.W.I Dec. 30.-Ann. Portferry, wheat Enterprite; Wex- ford, malt; Vohauntecr, St Mal., barley i Ellesmere. Glasgowe, whiting: E. Crooks, Glasgow. vheat; Otef Erygeson, New York, wheat; Cymba. steamer, Lon- don; Odinerva, steamer, Havre; Duke of Sutherland. steamer, Holyhead. SAILITGS. Dec. 30.-Duehess of Sutherland and Courtess of Erne, ...

... FOREIGN TEILEGRA.MS. I _ | . ?? FRANCE. Paris, Tuesday Evening. According to the Libe te of this evening diplo- miatlc relations have not been broken off bebweez Germany and the Vatican. In consequence, however, of the recent Papal Allocutlonas attack. ing the Emperor of Germany, Herr Stamm, tht German representative at the Vatican, received immediate unlimited leave of absence, in order not ...

... The rhinoceros-not the hippopotamus-is (dead ; and great mourning and lamentation fol. low. Itis the darkeveat in the dyingyear. Mr. Backland is in very low spirits ; and Se- veral gentlemen of a scientidio turn seek in 'gia and water relief from the general woe. Why this should be we know not. A rhinoceros is not a handainme animal ; ard his most enthusiasdec admirer has never ventured to ...

... BETTS V. MoGAVIN. This was a case for an incnuction restraining defendants from making use of plaintiff's cap- sules, which are protected by patent. We give the exact wording of the case as it occurred: Mr. EVnRITr-Sir. I have to move in a case of Betts v. McGavin for an injunction. The plaintiff is Mr. Betts, the gentleman who has had so mucli litigation with reference to patent capsules ...