... Since the present French Ministry came irto office upon the 14th of December last 30 decrees have, at their recommendation, been signed by Marshal MacMahon for the free pardon or reduc- tion of the sentences passed upon 1106 persons concerned in the Communist insurrection. In 500 cases a full pardon was granted, and in the 606 other cases the sentence was either reduced or commuted. During the ...

... On Saturday afternoon, the monument to the late Lord Lyttelton, erected by public subscrip- tion, was handed over to the custody of the dean ancl chapter of Woraester, in the cathedral, with some ceremony. The monument is a large ceno- taph, nine feet long, four feet wide, and six feet high, and occupies the centre transept. The design is by the late Sir Gilbert Scott-an altar tomb of the ...

... TWO LIVES LOST. A disastrous fire £ which took place in Ennis on Tuesday morning. It broke out in a r-rr. Brady's seed warehous in which there was a considerable storage of aetroleum. The flames spread with fearful rapidity, and the occupants of the house, being driven to the second floor windows, were obliged to jump out into the street, there being no fire-escape or ladder sufficiently long. ...

... The Globe of Tuesday night, states that the late Mr. P. Ellis Eyton, M.P., has left by his will £ 2,000 to found a scholarship for a North Wales boy, tenable at the University College of Wales. Mr. Henry Parnall, of Bishopsgate, has left £ 5,000 for the general pur- poses of the college. ...

... BEDWELLTY CATTLE SHOW. The second annual exhibition in connection with the newly-organised Bedwellty Agricultural Society was held on Thursday, at Blackwood, the smaller ex- hibits being arranged in the Drill-hall near the station, and the cattle, horses, implements, &c., on the ground outside. The show in all respects showed a marked improvement upon the former year, and some of the classes ...

... On Tuesday morning, at Abertillery, Thomig: Weeks and George Perry, colliers, were charged bf the police with the manslaughter of one Charleg Clarke at Abertillery, in 1873. Clarke met with hlg death by violence at a place called Pantypudding' close to Abertillery. and one Charles White wasfou0 ...

... On Monday, the coroner's inquiry as to the deaths arising from the deplorable collision between the by well Castle and the Princess Alice was resumed at Woolwich. The inquiry has been continued through the week, a great number of witnesses having been examined. In substance, the evidence given is a de- tailed confirmation of the,particulars already published, so far as these relate to the ...

... BRUTALITY IN A LONDON STREET. A London correspondent says:—Unless I had been told by an eye-witness of a scene of brutality which occurred in a West-end thoroughfare, I could not have believed it possible. A wretched cat, chased by some boys, took refuge in a shop where it bit or scratched someone who tried to expel it. Thereupon it was pronounced to be mad, was carried into the street, and ...

... On Sunday afternoon, a meeting of railway servants was held at the Spinners' Institute, Preston, to consider the injustice of the trip system as now enforced on the London and North Western Railway, and to take such action as may be deemed expedient in the men's interests. Railway men from all lines in the locality were invited to attend, and when the proceedings commenced there were upwards ...

... ABERCAHNE RELIEF FUSD.—On Monday evening a public meeting in aid of the above fund was con- vened at tiie hail ot the Literary and Scientific Institu- tion. The Rv. W. Hughes, vicar, in the chair. Resolutions favourable to the object were passed, and a committee of ministers and tradesmen formed for carrying out of the purpose of the meeting. The list was headed by the Rev. William Hughes for ...

... ) THE SOUTH WALES COALFIELD, & METHODS OF WORKING COAL IN ITS MINES. The coalfield of Monmouthshire and South Wales extends from Pontypool on the east, by Llantrissant and Swansea, to Caermarthen Bay on the west, and around on its north outcrop by Llandybie, Hirwain, and Tre- degar to Pontypool. This portion of the coalfield is about 58 miles from east to west, with an average breadth of 15 ...

... Before C. J. PARKES, Esq. DRUNKENNESS. Timothy Lynch was charged with being drunk, in Trosnant, on Monday night.—Prisoner, who had a broken arm, was discharged on promising to leave the town. ...