... The following circular has been issued under date of January 22 To the shareholders of the Llynvi, Tondu and Ogmore Coal and Iron Company, Limited, 98, Canon-street, London, E. C. The directors regret to state that they find it necessary to call the share- holders together without waiting for the time at which they will be prepared to publish the accounts for the half-year ending December 31st ...

... The funeral of M'Cartliy, the released Fenian prisoner, took place at Dublin on Sunday. The procession was four hours in passing from St. Stephen's Green to Glasnevin, round by College Green, the Castle, the scene of Emmet's execu- tion in Thomas street, and the public-house in a street near it where M'Carthy himself was arrested 12 years ago. It was not as large or im- posing as the funeral ...

... -The Speaker took ohe oLtrL. at fjui AFFAIRS AT THE CAPE. Mr. W. E. FORSTER asked if the Government had received any information as to a fresh out- break at the Cape. Mr. LOWTHER said they had received a telegram dated Januarv 1st. from Sir Bartle Frere, stating that Kreli's overtures for surrender had come nothing; that a column under Colonel Glyn had met with considerable opposition; that ...

... On Sunday morning a letter was read to the congregation at the Metropolitan Tabernacle from Mr. Spurgeon, who has been compelled to go to the south of France owing to continued ill-health. Before he left London he was greatly exhausted, and, besides other ailments, complained very much of pains in the head, the result of overwork and study. In his letter he stated that, though he has only been ...

... At Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, a man has been killed by a bull he was driving. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone has returned to Hawarden Castle. The German Emperor will be present at the Strasburg military manoeuvres in spring. A MASK ox GLASS BALLS.—According to the New York papers, Captain Bogardus has success- fully accomplished the feat of breaking 5000 glass balls inside of bOU consecutive ...

... JOHN HEATH'S EXTRA STRONG STEEL PENS ivith oblique, turned up and rounded points, Golden Coated, bronzed and carbonised, suit all hands, all styles, all ages, and all kinds of work. Over 200 pat- terns. Sold by Stationers everywhere, in 6d, Is, and gross boxes. The public are respectfully requested to BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS and to see that they really get John Heath's Pens. Should any ...

... The following letter from Midhat Pasha appeared in several of Monday's papers:—Sir, According to the latest news which has come from Constantino- ple. it appears that the state of the fugitives and emigre* is of the most alarming, most distressing, and most pitiful character. Terrified by former massacres more than sixty districts have been deserted by the Mussulman families on the approach of ...

... ESCAPE FROM BIRMINGHAM GAOL. RE-ARREST OF THE PRISONER. The man John Sutcliffe, who escaped from the gaol at Winson Green, Birmingham, on the night of the 25th of July last, was re-arrested in London on Monday. The prisoner stood committed for trial on the charge of stealing a gold watch from the person of James Lawrence, in Dale End, some time during the month of May, and stabbing a man named ...

... Instructions have been issued by the authorities for the whole of the home infantry regiments to be supplied with a longer bayonet for the Martini- Henri rifle, and these will be taken into use at once. The Charity Commissioners are making a thorough inquiry into the educational and other endowments of the old town of Dorchester. The Grammar School, calculated to accommodate fully 100 pupils, ...

... ROMAN REMAINS. —A large number of highly inte- I resting Roman remains are still being discovered at j Usk, as the excavations are carried on. Coins, Samian ware, flint knives, coloured glass, and coarse pottery, are continually being discovered. ...

... The annual meeting of the subscribers to the above Institution was held on Thursday, 17th inst., at the Court-room, Town-hall. There were a number of subscribers present, and the Rev. J. T. Wrenford was voted to the chair. The Chairman said that the object of the meeting was to receive and consider the anuual report of the Directors, and the financial statement for the year. He then called ...

... THE EBBW VALE STEEL, IRON, AND COAL COMPANY. In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, on January 19th, the Master of the Rolls heard an ap- plication respecting the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal Company, Limited, and the Companies Act, 1867 and 1877, and on behalf of the said company, to reduce its capital by £ 670,275. Mr. Davey, Q.C., (with whom was Mr. F. C. J. Millar), said the ...