... In the House of Lords, yesterday, the In the House of Lords, yesterday, the Public Health (Water) Act, 1873, received the Royal Assent. The Lord Chancellor, replying to Earl Granville, said the measure introduced to the House was intended to promote the intermediate education of boys in Ireland, but if Parliament desired it ex- tended so as to include girls, the Government would have to make ...

... MIDDLESBOROUGlI ELECTION. RETURN OF THE LIBERAL CANDI- DATE. The Middlesborough election took place on Thursday, and resulted in the return of the Liberal candidate by a large majority. The re- sult of the poll was Wilson (Liberal) „ 5,307 2,415 majority for the Liberal candidate 2,892. At the election in 1874 Mr Henry William Ferdinand Bolchow was returned by a majority of 2,176 above Mr F. ...

... LLANELLY. NEW DOCK BUILDING SOCIETY.—On Friday the annual meeting of the above society was held at the Cambrian-room, New Dock, Llanelly. Messrs J. H. Rogers, South Wales WTorks Henry Pritchard, Dafen William Morgan, Seaside William Davies, Chapel-street; J. A. Williams, and J. L. Bowen, Athenaeum-street, were elected directors, and Mr David Bowen was re-appointed auditor. BOARD OF HEALTH.—On ...

... nV ( \i FiiON, when moving the second read- ,-r,c^ of the Habitual Drunkards' Bil!, wi-!bed to disabuse the minds of members of any mea that this was a heroic measure proposing to oeal v.iJ the -neat national curse of intemperance, or to ™°out the object which it had m view by m- l';f.,t:0113 0f a costly nature, supported out of national funds. All he proposed to deal wita was chS drunkenness, ...

... BliilliS, MARIUAGUS, & I'. A.MS. Notices of Birth*, i! arr mjes, air! Dtathi ore chrtrjed 31 the rat: o' U for On firs' I'u-etUy Words, end 9>l j for Mnl additional Ten Wm-is, and must ùe puitrAiD. hi nil casw the notice must be auiheuiieated by l/te mnne and the writer. j maTH. Use 5th May, at S4;¡\\vcl!. Victoria, Australia, t'j wiie •> £ P'niiip Robert- Ks-j, contractor fumictlv ...

... LONDON. MONDAY EVENING. The:e is a pretty fair denv.r.d for discount at the foll^win^ rates -.— Bank tilt — and 3 montha, 23 per cent 4 months, 2'i per cent; G mouths, 2i 'percent. Trade P.ilK—2 and 3 moutha, 3 per cent; 4 months, per cent, C months, 3 per cent. A very small busiue.is hfw !>een doue on the Stock Kxc:i;ui^t; to-day. !u the home rail'.vny market (ii-eat Northern A Stock has ...

... The quarter-sessions for Pembrokeshire cr menced on Tuesday, at the Shire-hall, Haverford- west. The chairman, Mr J. B. Bowen, M.P., be- ing engaged in Parliament, and therefre to attend. Mr Lewis Mathias was appointed chair- man. Mr \V. O. Stephenson Owen was appointed to preside on the following d:w,a.t the trial of prison- eri. Some communication fro the Secretary of Spate's department ...

... ADVICE TO MOTHERS—Are au broken your let byjja sick child suffering witii the pain of cut- ting teeth' Go atoncc to a chemist and get a bott'e of Mrs Wrasi-ow's SOOTIHW VVKU;\ It will relieve the i>or sufferer immediately It is perfectly harrnlesnd pleasant to taste; it produces natural, quiet slepp, by reo ieving the (.VIM from pain, and the little cber-ib awakes bright as a button. It ...

... THE AFFAIRS OF CRETE. Mr MONK called attention to the affairs of Crete, arguing thnt the state of the Christian population there demanded the serious attention of the Government, with a view to the welfare and protection of the inhabitants being secured at the Eastern Congress. He pressed upon Her Majesty's Government the desirability of the policy of annexing Crete to Greece. S:r G. CAMPBELL ...

... NEATH. VtSSELS CLEARED—June 29. Hayle, Frank, B, 160 coal, Dynevor Co La. Rochelle, Fema.nd Ra.oul, F, 160 coal, Evans La. PIielle, Industrie, coal. Dynevor Co Trouville, Titania, coal, Dynevor Co VESSELS CLEARED—July 1.' Caen, Alfred Louis, F, 140 coa.1, Evans & Bevan C&ta.nia, Acorn, B, 176 coa.1, Dynevor Co St Va:U¡t, Theodore, F, 100 coal. Dynevor Co Peazance, Mary Boynes, B, 185 coal, ...

... OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. LONDON. FRIDAY EVE-TYG. MATTERS AT THE CONGRESS—T!IE BI.ESSED TJDfNGS EUROPE—T!;E ATTEMPT ON THE LU'E OF T'.IE EMPEROR OF CAUSE OY PUDDEX DEATH — THE rRKHY 0:' THE — THE NEW FUR T:;E CAFE—THE CAMP AT WIMBLEDON—DRILL I\- AT THN LONDON SCHOOLS— THE PROTECTION 07 IRON FROM RT. The and .To; have taken a heavy Ml out of their contemporaries this morn- ing. While the and ...

... STEAM ON THE SWANSEA TRAMWAYS. GREAT MEETING AT THE MUSIC- HALL. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] On Friday night a large meeting was held at the Music-hall, Swansea, in favour of the continu- ance of steam on the Oystermouth Tramway. Long before the time of meeting the hall was well filled. The chair was occupied by Mr W. Robinson Smith, vice-president of the Swansea Ratepayers' Protection Association, ...