... THE HO USE OF COMMONS AND LORD SANDHURST. - . . . .. . . .. A- v q .. It is not often that the House of Commons c iS ?? to pass a vote of censure upon 2 a nobleman who holds high office in the army, X has rendered good service to his country, and X has won the esteem of his pears and the members of that honourabla profession on I which he has shed, during his brilliant career, additional ...

... d __ d An-important appeal case came before the Court d of 'Common Pleas yesterday. The appellant had rx been convicted of carrying on betting on a race- ; course by the common mode of standing on a stool 5 and laying money on horses. The court held that ,, this was an offence under the Act, and upheld the 0 eonviction. It_ y e ONE Matthew AlBride, who was recently re- a ceiving gratuitous ...

... The San Francisco Alt 'gives the following ac- count of the disastrous ascension made by Captain Barbier and [party with his Silk baloon, Le. Secours, in that city on the afternoon of the 4th of April :- The entire forenoon was occupied in inflating the monster, and when it left on its sail in the aiir it contained 60.000 feet of gas., The attend- ance at the gardens Was not as large as ...

... THE PRESS ASSOCUU'TION. - The. annual meeting of the Dress Association PI (Limited) was held yesterday,. at- the offices, in h Wine Office-court, London.; lr; 1?P. S Macliver, of Bristol, presided The report. and balance-sheet, cr wbich.were of a highly satisfactory character, were le I unanimously adopted. Mr. F. COifford,.who retires *w -by rotation from the Committee of Management, b4 *.is ...

... TBE SANITARY CCONDITION OF CARLDIFF. The annual report on the sanitary condition of Cardiff during the year 1873 has just been furnished to the Local Board of Health by its efliient medical 6fficer, Dr. H. J. Paine. A more elaborate and ax- lbauetive document could scarcely have been com- piled under the circurmstances, and we confidently expect that its circulation throughout the borough will ...

... LOCAL LAW CASE. In the Vice-Chancellors' Courts, Lincoln's-Inn. before Vice-Chancdlor iSir R. Malins, the case of the Great Vv extern Colliery Company v. Tucker and another was again heard. The matter came before the court on Wed. on the application by the defendants to have the l)ill dismissed for want of prosecution. After hearing counsel for the respective parties (the plaintiffs having ...

... On Friday evening the Duchess de la Rochefoucauld- Bisaccia gave a dance at the French Embassy, at Albert- gate, to meet their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin- cess of Wales. The Duke of Cambridge, the Due de Nemours, nearly all the members of the diplomatic corps and about 500 of the elite of society were invited to meet the Prince and Princess. Several years have elapsed since the ...

... ;— a EGLWYSILAN. SCHOOL BOARD EEE^TION.—A correspondent writes:— This parish, although it has escaped, a contest in the elec- tion of Guardians or the poor, is likely to have to undergo the expense and excitemieht of a contest in connection with a. School Board, election, eight members having been nominated for seven seats. The ratepayers had wisely arranged the members^so that every portion ...

... The Western Merning Newt Madeira correspondent lays:—H.M.S. BatTMoata, frem Cape Coast, arrived Apri128rd, andiwas to leave April 25th, [or .Spithead. Colonel Maxwell: died on board the Africa on the 14th April. The Liverpool Pott states that Joseph Edmund Perry, Liverpool, agefit for the Westminsetr Brymbo Seal Company, has absoonded with &lO,OOO! Biuom.—BrrfS Coooa.—43tBAXMruL eoM- monnk— ...

... NAVAL EXPENDITURE. A Parliamentary return, issued yesterday, shoW £ that the estimated increase of naval expenditure this year, compared with last, will be :£174,760. ...

... CARDIFF RACES AND STEEPLE- PHASES. FRIDAY. The promoters of these sports were most fortunate in having such genial weather for their meeting. O utdoor amusement seems to require the invigorating influence of a sunny sky. The morning of Friday was dull and cold a thick, murky atmosphere portended a change, but at noon the sun broke out again, and the weather for the remainder of the day was ...

... The inquiry into the petition against the relurn of Mr. E. J. Reed for the Pembroke Boroughs was te have come on yesterday, but when the time for the hearing arrived, the petitioner, Mr. Long, abandoned his application, and the petition was ordered to be withdrawn. We understaud that among the Tories of Pembroke Dock the intelligence caused great conster- nation and disappointment, inasmuch as ...