... We have long had the fable of the lawyer eating the oyster and giving a shell to each pleader, and now we have a pendant. A French lawyer is re- ported, in a separation case, to have pleaded very warmly for his client, who. he said, was literally dying of hunger, and who had two small children. He demanded the immediate aid of 2000f., in the name of humanity and in the name of Justice, and, ...

... Saturday, the day of the Municipal Election, passed off very quietly in Newport. There being no contest in any but the North Ward, papers were put up on the pillars at the Town-hall early on Saturday, stating that Messrs. B. Evans and G. Hoskins (the retiring member^ for the South Ward); H. A. Huzzey and O. Goss (for the Central Ward).; and J. W. Jones and A. Blake (forthe East Ward) had been ...

... The annual ploughing match of this Club took place on Friday, on Llancayo Farm, in the occupation of Mr. E. David. Thirty-one teams were on the field. At the Three Salmons Hotel there was an exhibition of poultry, butter, and cheese. Prizes were also given for roots, &c. JUDGES. Produce: Mr. W. Morgan, Lodge Farm; Mrs. Watkins, Usk and Miss Morgan. Green Crops Mr. W. Morgan and Mr. W. Lloyd, ...

... The Sydney Morning Herald of April 24 says:- Reference has frequently been made of late to the probability-of his Royal Highness the Prince -of Wales visiting Australia; and it .appears from an explanation made by Sir Henry Parkes on the 16th that on the 3rd of January last the Governor sent a telegraan to the Secretary of State, of which he read a copy:—'January 3, 1879.—Ministers have asked ...

... MAR K E T S WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE. Bell's Weekly Messenger says :—A week of variable weather, which has been favourable to the grass and root crops, but which has kept the wheat crop in a backward state, has failed to produce any activity in the trade for wheat. In some quarters rather a firmer tone has been apparent, but it has been by no means general; and, con- sequently, the ...

... DESPATCHES FROM WOLSELEY. The Gazette of Oct. 10th publishes despatches from Sir G. Wolseley, presumably those sent home in the care of Lord Gifford. It is stated in them that Cetewayo will be detained in Capetown as a prisoner at large, under the authority of an Act to be passed for that purpose by the Cape Parliament. Sir Garnet has every reaqon to believe that peace will be perma- nent! and ...

... (Before Co). BYRDE and E. J. PHILLIPS, Esq.) STEALING A CHICKEN, — Alice Anne Holder was charged with stealing a fowl, the property of Anne Williams.-Prisoner sold the fowl to Thomas Lewis, jun,, butcher, Pontypool. Her plea was that the fowl was a nuisance to her, as she could not keep it out of the house.-P.S. Young said prisoner came to the station and gave herself up.-Sentenced to one ...

... The Thyetmyo correspondent of the Times telfl* graphed on Oct. 10:—The Mandalay party has arrived. They travelled leisurely, the steamet stopping at every station as usual. At some sta* tions they were joined by British subjects. At nO place did they meet with any opposition or annoy- ance. The Burmese Government had telegrapher an order to offer no obstruction. All the British 1 steamers we ...

... A Madrid despatch of Dec. 5th states that the Spanish Government will despatch several small war vessels to Cuba. Previous to the departure of the 17th Lancers from Natal, Sir Garnet Wolseley granted permis- .sion to a number of the men to transfer thoir services to the Cape Mounted Rifles. The same privilege is to be extended to the King's Dragoon Guards. Hugh Burns, Patrick Kearns, and Marv ...

... DESTRUCTION Olf GLASGOW THEATRE ROYAL BY FIRE. One of the largest and best equipped theatres in the kingdom was on Sunday morning destroyed by fire. At the close of Saturday night's per- formance, curiously enough the last performance of the season pantomime, the theatre doors were all locked, Mr. Knapp, the manager, and a few gen- tlemen remaining inside. Shortly after midnight Mr. Knapp ...

... INCREASE OF ENGLISH PAUPERISM. The comparative statement of pauperism for December, 1877, and December, 1878, shows that the number of paupers in England and Wales at the end of the Christmas quarter of 1878 was 736,340, which was an increase of 51,122, or 7-5 per cent; compared with 1877, and 62,207 or 9*2 per cent. compared with 1876. In the three di- visions of England in which the ...

... MR. ARCH AND THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS' UNION. At a largely-attended meeting of delegates from the various branches of the Oxford district of the National Agricultural Labourers' Union, held on Saturday At Oxford, under the presidency of Mr. Willet, chairman of the district, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:— That this meeting deeply regrets the present position of the ...