... [FROM THE DAILY NEWS.] Mr. Hardy's view of his opponents, as he sees them across the floor of the House of Commons, is by no means a flattering on&. We doubt, how- ever, whether he has, after all his study, arrived at a very correct estimate of them. It is one of the very oldest devices of Conservatism to ex- aggerate the domestic differences of the Liberal party, and it never seems to occur ...

... MINERS' RIOTS IN SCOTLAND. Riots at Slamannon, Scotland, were resumed on Saturday morning. A thousand men marched, armed with sticks, to prevent workmen at Messrs. Nimmo and Co.'a from working at 4a. per day. A strong body of police arrived, and order was restored. ...

... The libel served on the Rev. Fergus Ferguson, an eminent Glasgow minister, charging him with holding unorthodox views, has at last been found relevant by the Glasgow United Presbyterian Presbytery. ...

... John Herdsman, aged 87, has died at Ellough- ton, near Hull. He was born in that neighbour- hood, stood 6ft. 2in., and seventy years ago he joined the First Life Guards, and in the wars gained Victoria. Toulouse, and Waterloo medals. He was wounded in the sword arm, and had his sword broken in the last grand charge at Waterloo. He was promoted for his gallantry, and on dis- charge was granted ...

... VOLUNTEER CONCERT.—A grand concert took place on Monday, at the Institute, under the patronage of J. Rowbotham, Esq., and the officers of the 2nd Mon. R.V.C. The public evinced the keenest interest in the affair, the room being crowded into the very vesti- bule. The concert was given in aid of the Band Fund, and was a most complete success. The vocalists were Misses G. Lewis and Jenny Lewis ...

... BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. It is a great pity that those fair dames who are in search of a good complexion, or who are anxious to retain their good looks, should not take more legitimate means of doing so than run- ning after people who make it their business to prey upon the credulity and frailty of human nature. It is surprising that any woman of ordinary education should be ignorant of the fact ...

... At the Cambridge Assizes, on Saturday, before Mr. Baron Huddleston, Peter Simpson, 22, soldier, was convicted oi wounding Frederick Southgate, a warder of the Ipswich County Gaol, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prisoner said he intended to kill the wardeT in the heat of his passion, alleging that Southgate had tampered with his gruel and that he could obtain no redress from ...

... U S K A monument has just been erected in Usk church- yard, to the memory of the late Sir Digby Wyatt by his brother, Thomas Henry Wyatt, Esq. It consists of a red Aberdeen ledger, with chamfered edges, on which is the following inscription:—Here rest'the remains of Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt Kt Born 28 July, 1820 died 21 May, 1877. We asked life of Thee, and Thou gavst him a long life, even ...

... Five Men Killed.—Several Injured. On the 7th inst. a fearful explosion took place at Silverdale, in a pit almost adjoining the colliery, and in the same seam in which the explosion recently occurred at Apedale, the property of Messrs. Stanier and Co., by which over 20 men were killed. By the explosion on the 7th instant, which occurred through an accumulation of gas, five men were killed, and ...

... THE Newport Town Council have lately been charged with an unwillingness to look the Free Library ques- tion in the face, and with a desire to postpone, if not silte die, at all events to some more convenient season, all thought of carrying out the extension scheme lately brought under their notice. Nothing is easier than to level accusations, and to some, nothing is more agreeable than to ...

... THE EASTERN QUESTION. The following particulars of current events have been transmitted during the week by Correspondents of London daily papers, through Reuter's agency, &c. — THE BERLIN CONGRESS. ARRIVAL OF THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD. BERLIN, TUESDAY NIGHT. The Earl of Beaconsfield arrived a little before eight this evening. He was met at the station by the whole personnel of the British ...

... An exciting scene occurred in the Stockport Borough Police Court on Tuesday morning. A man of the name of Edward Charles Foy, described as an actor, from Birmingham, was brought up oil remand charged with felony. Directty after the case had been proceeded with the prisoner, who was seated in the dock, suddenly threw himself head foremost down a long flight of steps leading from the court to a ...