... ARREST OF A- SUFPOOED MURDERER. On Wednesday night Ubaldo Campagnoli. an Italian shoemaker,, who- has resided in Cardiff for about five years, to a Metropolitan police constable by the Cardiff police authorities, for transference to Italy, under the Extradition Treaty between England and that country. The accused is- charged with having, committed murderatAnoona, Italy, oiasy years ainoe, and ...

... RESPrTE OF THE DERBY MURDERER. The toilowing communication has been received by Mra Hollas, chairman of the public meetiDg- held in Derby in favour of respiting the convict ^.laiuwaring for the tnarder of a Whitehall, 12th August, 187D. SlR,—Tbe Secretary of State for the Home De- partment having considered your application on behalf sf, Gerald Mainwaring, I have the satisfaction to acqpaint ...

... At the Wandsworth Police-court, last week, John De Morgan, of Alexander terrace, Southend, was summoned by Mr. Fry, on behalf of the Metropolitan Board of Works, for unlawfully delivering a sermon or address on ( lapham Com- mon without first having obtained the written permission of the board, contrary to the bye-laws, —Mr. Besley supported the summons, and said the defendant had placed ...

... THE FRIENDLY ZULUS. At a meeting of the Royal Aquarium Company last week, at Westminster Palace Hotel, the manager, Captain Hobson, in answer to a ques- tion put by several shareholders, said in with- drawing the representation of the friendly Zulus he was actuated by a loyal motive. It was not simply that Mr. Cross himself objected, but he was given to understand there was an objection ...

... The Marie Lane Express- says :— The plant growth of the past ten days has been considerable, and on high- lying, well-drained land, and on most chalky and gravelly soils, the progres&made by the crops has been remarkable. It is to be feared serious damage has been caused by the floods of Saturday. Barley and cats must have been seriously beaten down. Wheat crops are not in many districts ...

... A meeting of this committee was held on Tues- day, under the presidency of the Prince of Wales. It was unauimously agreed, upon the suggestion of his Royal Highness^—(1) That a marble statue shall, with tho permission of-the Dean, be erected in Westminster Abbey. (2) That an ample sum having now been contributed, the subscriptions for this object shall be closed. (31 That any surplus from this ...

... NEWPORT POLICE INTKLLIG KNCE. COUNTY POLICE .—SATURDAY. [Magistrates; W. S. CARTWRIGHT, Esq. (ia tho chair), J T LL' GRATREX, and J FIKBANK, Esqrs.; and Lteut-Col. HEYWORTH.] rlAWKixo WITHOUT A LICENSE.—Wm- Lewis, on bail, was charged with hawking without a license at Malady-Fined ls and costs, or 7 days. STEALING A GOOSE.—Joseph Vickery was charged with stealing a goose the property of Edward ...

... THREE LADS CRUSHED TO DEATH. — On Friday morning a terrible accident occurred on one of the railways at Merthyr, by which the lives of three lads were sacrificed, their bodies being crushed in a fearful manner. It appears that notwithstanding the orders to the contrary, lads and others will persist in riding upon the front part of the mineral engines in giong and returning from work. Between ...

... The Manche>tr Courier says that Mr. II. M. Stanley has withdrawn from the proposed scheme for opening Africa to commercial enterprise and the iinal extinction of theslave traffic. In a letter to Mr. James Bradshaw, Mr. Stanley states that inasmuch as his health is now completely restored, and finding an unfriendly feeling towards him by certain gentlemen in Manchester, he at the be- ginning ...

... On Menday afternoon, Sir Michael Hacks-Beach, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was entertained at luncheon at the Birmingham Conservative Glob, Mr. J. B. Stcnw, president of the Birmingham- Conserva- tive Association, presiding. Mr. H. Chaplin, M.P., in proposing her Majesty's Ministers, said that if he did so on one ground more than anotherdt was that in time of trial and danger, almost ...

... Further circulars have just been issued by Messrs. G. and W. Underhill, the principal iron merchants of South Staffordshire, and who led the declared advance in iron by merchants pre- viously telegraphed. They say:— Owing to the unsettled and excited state of the iron trade, we are reluctantly compelled to withdraw all our prices. We shall be happy to give you special quotations, and we hope ...

... DARING BURGLARY & ATTEMPTED MURDER OF AN OLD LADY. In the following will be found further particulars of the outrage near Bristol referred to in another column About nine o'clock on Friday night the inhabitants of Pill, Bristol, were thrown into a state of the utmost excitement by the alarm given that Myrtle farm, about half a mile from the village, had been burglariously entered and a large ...