... THIBEE LIVfES LOST. Newtont on Mednesday evening was thrown into a itltoe of intelluce e xcitement by the occs- sionof afrightful boatingdisasterontheriverUsk. In the boat, which bad been hireci for the purpose of pleasuro, was a party of ten ladies and gen- t'cmon, who, starting fromn Beaufort Wharf, pro. cceded up, the river, and nuder rthe bridge, in excellent formr. A strong current w3a ...

... SOUND IVE MEMNTS. ?? or,. . . IONDON, CHATvnAM, AND) Davrns RALxWAv.- 1 he posit ion which this company holds ta-day in ibe estimation of investors stands out in ?? rontrast to that which it occupied no later than February last, when, uinder the delusive sallre. nI ment8 01 the then proposied Fusion Bil1,1 the proprietors where asked to adopt a scheme of I amalgamnation with the South ...

... An extraordinary scene occurred at Bandon, County Cork, last week, on the occasion of the burial of a Mrs. Loane, the wife of a Protestant trader in the town. It was alleged this woman had become a Roman Catholic before her death. The husband denied it, and invited two Protestant clergymen to perform the burial service. Two Roman Catholic clergymen alsoattended—one, the parish priest, ...

... How TO STOP TooTmAcim.-App -y to the cavity Of a little cotton vrtjc.1 satuiiaea Nvitkl DATilKS;* WXi-Tnc, whicn may ia ordered tiotnijrh SXTf Chemist, peat-free for 8 stamps from DAYJU, Chemist-, Teub FLORILINE FOR THE TEETH AND BBKATH.— A low ilrop3 of the liquid Floriline sprinkled on a wet *>oth-brush pnxtuces a pleasant lather, which thoroughly *Jeanses the teeth from all parasites or ...

... BLACKWOOD. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The adjourned meet- ing of the Bed well ty Agricultural Society was held, on Friday, at the Carpenters' Arms Hotel, ^aptain E. D. Williams was in the chair, and Dr James in the vice-chair. The minutes of the last meeting were confirmed, and the prize list for the coming cattle show was arranged. Nearly all the prizes in each class were increased in value. Mr J. ...

... A TAX ON CHINAMEN. VICTORIA.VANCOUVER'S ISLAND, Saturday. —A Bill has been introduced in the Legisla- tive Assembly imposing a tax on every Chinaman in the province. ...

... THE VICAR OF ST. JOHN'S, CAR- DIFF, ON ELEMENTARY EDU- CATION. The Vicar of St. John's, Cardiff, and late Diocesan Inspector of Church Schools in the Diocese of Llandaff, is reputedly an authority on elementary education. His undisguised antipathy to Board Schools, or, perhaps we ought to say, his strong bias in favour of Denominational educa- tion, impels us to regard his public utterances on ...

... The Speaker took the ciiair at five minutes to 4 o'clock. TREATIES. Mr ETT.ANDS gave notice that early next Session or in tne next Pari; unent, if he should be a nuunher of it, oe sho-il i move that in the opiuion of t ie Ho ise, all future treaties of guarantee ought to he laid on the table of both Houses of beiore being ratified, in order that an >rtun-.iy may be alforded to both House* of ...

... [BY A PRACTICAL MAN.) The depression which has so long prevailed ovet the tin-plte trade continues with unabated vigour, and, as far as mortal ken can peer into the future. there are bat few of opinion that the outlook will warrant the prediction of a speedy improvement in the price of tin-plate, and this is very diq. appointing to many who had anticipated tnat a rift in the dark cloud would ...

... SINGULAR DEATH OF A SCHOOLBOY. An inquiry has been held at St. George's Hospital, Londan, into the death of a boy named King, aged eleven years, whose parents reside at Rolla-street, Battertoa-park. He attended a Board school in the neighbourhood of Battersea, and one evening he re- turned home feeling very ill, and complaining that one of the teachers had struck him on the top of his head. A ...

... HORRIBLE REVELATIONS. Public indignation an 1 excitement have been painfully roused at Neath during the past week, in consequence of a report that the youngest child of a married woman, named Margaret Vincent, had died on Saturday from starvation. An inquiry was opened before Mr Cuthbertaon, the coroner, when the mother underwent a brief examination. She stated that the deceased was nearly two ...

... HENLLIS. ACCIDENT IN THE HA y FIELD.—An accident happened recently to a little boy, son of Mr Adam Lewis, of Henllis. While he was amusing himself in a hay field, he fell down and broke his arm. He was conveyed to the surgery of Dr. Davidson, by whom -he was attended to immediately. ...