... 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, ...

... '1ECON -l EAD'.1YTONr ?? ' ?? - ?? i,, ?? A -Zn , V* WMTasrn 1\MAL Oresac, 4.30 A.M. (IMUEMUt'S TIlMMORAMS ) . FRANCE. 'Rla s, Nov. 24-Thomayor ud dol)uty- imayor of Mollun have boon dismissed for advising the electors to vote according to their political principle, at the recent oloo d tiorS, and Dot to accept the so-called Con- serryttivo Republicans. The somi-oflioial, L, t shUil, believes ...

... I SROUD ELECTIONPETTIION | STROUD, WEDYERD&YA.Y t The fourth election petition for Stroud bids fair [e to outvie its three predecessors of the present year, d and to prove the self-styled virgin borough to be ~.anything but pure. That the case of the Liberals is is desperate is pretty ldearly shown by their tactics. k6 Two if not three, persons, whose testimony was ly sough~t on theoinuir, ...

... 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 ...

... ■ j • io INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION. MEETING IN BIRMINGHAM. A meeting to explain the principles of Industrial ce- operation was held in the Town Hall, Birmiagh»m last evening. The Mayor of Birmingham (ll. Joseph berlain) presided, the audience being mainly co p working-men. Letters of apology for were received from Professor Fawcett, M.P.> Burt, M.P., The CHAIRMA, in opning the proceedings, said ...

... Town-hall Question.-On the'evening of the 24th inst. a public meeting was held in the Maesteg tfritish Schoolroom to insider what the workmen of this plaS shidl contribute towards the erection of the proposed public hall. lhe meeting was attended only by the col- liers under the Llynvi, Tondu, and Ogmoie Coal and Iron Company, it being understood that the ironworkers tia-plaU: workers, &c., ...

... Paris, Tuesday Evening.—It appears certain that the Ministry will present itself without modi- fication to the assembly, on the opening of the Session. The crisis in the French Protestant Church is lJicreasing. ...

... o A correspondent writes to say that on xfecently a-. visiting Caradog at Treorky, in the course of of conversation he elicited that gentleman's views )le with reference to elsteddfodau, and with his per- ld- mission requests us to publish them. The subject in In question, it is needless to say, Is juat now Ift exciting conslidrable attention among Welshmen. he Mr. Jones, says our ...