... ALLEGED OUTRAGE IN PENARTH ROADS. HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF A COLOURED CREW. According to information which has reached us it would appear that a ship, which left the roads on Monday night, was the scene of a cruel, and, indeed, barbarous outrage. It is stated that the crew consisted entirely of coloured men, who were shipped in Cardiff, and that as soon as the vessel had cleared the harbour at ...

... Calcutta, Nov. 24,-Sir lUchard Temple states that many landholders suspended collection of rents, and ask for no compensation for the land taken up for relief w(,jrks during the famine. Forty lakhs have been advanced to zemindars, land- holders, and merchants for the improvement of land, the benefit of the tenantry, and the importa- tion of grain. The Bengal subscriptions amount to nearly £ ...

... that if Mr Gladstone wmilfe at,Gre,enock niSht, said tics he would be the man tn y abandon ecclesiasticalpoli- party, but hi« ? Umte antl lead the Ijll,cral questions wrmi 1 cor,tinued agitatiou of ecclesiastical ranks d Wlden the breaches in the Libera ...

... BERLIN, Wednesday.—The Russian Govern- ment is desirous to enlarge the scope of the new Conference on the international usages of war, by taking its resolutions applicable to a wider terri- tory. Delegates from the South American States to be invited. It is also hoped at bt Peters- burg that the United States will take part in the Proceedings. ...

... THE LATE HEV. WILLIAM Alley Tt is the wisb of many of the friends of the late Rev. pastor of the Baptist Church, INvw-road, Oxford and some years since minister of the Baptist Church Com mercial-street, .Newport, that some of his lectures and sermons should be gathered into a small volume and pub- lished as a memorial of his lung and highly vained ministry. Addresses of various kinds had been ...

... THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE. Wolvhehampton, Wednesday.—North of England nail sheets were bought here in one hundred-ton luts, at l('s. under >outh Staffordshire prices, and northern aipde bars at similar reductions, and plates at prices even mTre against this district, t-outh Staffordshire bars are plen- tiful at £ 9 10s.; hoops £ '1015s. and £ 11; singles £ 12 10s. and £ 12 15s. per ...

... STROUD ELECTION PETITION. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) THIRD DAY. STROUD, WEDNESDAY. The inquiry into the petition against the return of Mr Brand/ was resumed this morning at ten o'clock, betere Baron Pigott. The hall was again crowded. Counsel for the petitioner, Mr Giffard, Q.C. and Mr A. L. >~mi i for the sitting member, Serjeant Parry, Mr Russel Q.C., and Mr Ant-tie. On the inquiry being ...

... T^EOAL'~iAt thf, receut law examination, Mr Beverlev IWsou Vacnell (son of the late Dr C. R VachelH T.!?l y P d the Prehuiinary examination. poii £ £ urt AvAiUSiCAL ^^NT.-At the borough Aldtrman i. day> before Mr R. O. Jones and cnar-ed^ithuamed John McKcnzie, wa« ko^LTL y HtK«rncierti\a' f Mrs SenienceJ to one month' ^e°' • W e he boimJed- 1'IOKI.NG a POCKKT -s ^Prl^ment, robbing a seaman ...

... BE SURE YOUR SINS WILL FiNDlYou OuT.-An inci- dent was witnessed in this town on Monday which may well induce tradesmen to be careful of the goods at their doors. An old woman was noticed by a townsman finger- ing some small articles at a shop door, and trying to un- hang them. He waited to watch the result. She failed and moved to another shop, at which door was a pile of goods rolled up. The ...

... rFROJl OUR SHIPPING REPORTER.] LATEST ARRIVALS IN PENARTH ROADS. CARDIFF, Wednesday Night.—Liseio, 449, ballast. Prospero, 404, ballast. Milford, 335, ballast. Jules Estelli, 732, ballast. S. G. G. Thompson, 128, ballast. Marie Serise, 142, ballast. Notre Dame des Victoire, 96, pitwood. Renson, 113, pitwood. Ville di Lacon, 113, pitwood. Aurelie, 62, potatoes. lSoatun, 230, timber. Caroline, ...

... REUTER'S and central news TELEGRAMS. A BONAP ARTIST MINISTER CONVICTED OF SWINDLING. PARIS, Wednesday.—Mr Clement Duvernois, f°mierly a Minister of State during the Empire, an who has lately been tried on a charge of and breach of trust in connection with territorial bank of Spain, was sentenced to-day to two years' imprisonment and a line of 1,000 francs. ...

... SHOCKING SCENE ON BOARD A STEAMER. A fire of an alarming character. has occurred on board the steamer Baltic at Granton Pier. A cask of paraffin, which was being drawn off for ship s use, was acciden- tally upset, and a quantity entering the engine room, and falling on one of the hrt-men, who had a lighted lamp m his hand, immediately ignited. In an instant the whole centre of the ship was on ...