... Mr. E. J. Reed/ALP.the Liberal candidate for- the uoited boroughs bridge, andLI&abrissaot, addressed the electors of Ckrdiff on Monday at the Markethall, his reception being most enthusiastic Br. Edwards presided,.and about two tbousaBd 'peraooa were present. In reviewing the action of the^ Govern- ment, he stated he-believed that there waa^a great deal of reform to. do. One- thing was to give ...

... BETTING PROSECUTIONS AT NEWCASTLE. At the Newcastleon-Tyne Police-court, last week, before Mr. W. H. Stephenson and Mr. J. Bul- man, Geo. Cummings, blacksmith, Sunderland, was charged that he, being the occupier of a certain enclosed place, and having the management thereof, namely, a wooden erection or stand, Situated at the west end and outside the enclosure en the Town Moor, he did on the ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OP MRS. S. BATCHELOR.—We last week announced, with much regret, the death of Mrs. Samuel Batchelor, of Glan Newport, Mon, by which sad event numerous true and devoted friends have experienced an irreparable loss. Coming to reside in Newport in 1858, she soon won for herself the love and respect of many valued friends by her warm heart, frank demeanour, strongi.good ...

... At the Liverpool Police Court on Saturday, Messrs. R. R. Minton and Co., oil and colour merchants, having several shops in the town, were summoned under the provisions of the Pharmacy Act of 1878 for having sold a certain quantity of oxalic acid in a packet, the cover of which did not set forth the name of the article or the name and address of the sellers. The informa- tion was laid by Mr. ...

... CALDIOOT. FATAL ACCIDENTS AT THE TUSNEL WORKS.—An inquest was held at tho Old Tippling Philosopher Inn, Caldicot, on Saturday (before Mr W. H. Brewer, di- visional coroner), upon the body of Oliver Sheppard, a married man, living at Undy, who came to his death through inhaling the fumes of dynamite, nsed at the works of the Severn Tunnel, at Caldicot, on the Mon. mouthshire side of the river. ...

... THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO ITALY. Her Majesty tho Queen passed through Portsmouth on Tuesday en route for the Continent. Preparations had been made at the dockyard for her Majesty's embark- ation, and a platform and covered way were constructed .at th^ Sout^JJ^way. jetty-, Tha general representatives or the press were ex«l«ded frotn every point of vantage in the dockyard. Shol-tly before noon the ...

... Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa Dear Father and Mother,—I now^I^the pleasure to pen you a few lines, hoping they will find you quite well, as they leave me at present. Since I wrote to you last we have had a deal of hard work and terrihl« fighting. But before you receive this letter I exDecfc you have heard something about it by the newspapers. But I will tell you a little about it what I ...

... MONDAY.—The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. MAILS. In answer to Mr. Baxter, Lord J. MANNERS stated that in 345 instances the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company had incurred penalties during the last eleven years, and had forfeited altogether £58,500. In the new contract the company had abated JB1000 a year of the subsidy. THE C. D. ACTS. In answer to Sir H. Johnstone, The CHANCELLOR ...

... A rather singular matter has just-come to light 'at Portsmouth Dockyard. In going through tho books it was found that there was a surplus of JB2000 which must be spent by the end of the financial year, the 24th iimt. Tn wider, therefore, to spend the money some 400 have foeen employed overtime, some of them making its many as ten days in a week. Most of the men have been placed at work on the ...

... A fire broke out^on ^SuncLy in Jiast JJUUUUU Theatre, Whitechapel, at a quarter W) mue. xna flames were first discovered in the part where the scenery is stored. In a short time the enure imildine was in flames, and was totally destroyed, together with pari of the adjoining premises, before the fire-engines obtained the mastery. The premises are covered by insurance. The theatre has been ...

... A telegram has been addressed to Lieut.-Gen. Sir Samuel Browne, commanding the Afghan ex- pedition, by the Prince of Wales, as follows:—I congratulate you and your brave army on your successes, which, I feel confident, will continue. My thoughts are with the army of Afghanistan, especially with the 10th Hussars and the llth Bengal Cavalry. ...

... The Times correspondent at Ottawa telegraphs the contents of the budget by which the Finance Minister of the Dominion proposed to raise two million dollars by the imposition of differential duties. His proposals are of a very reactionary character, and as an example of the kind of legis- lation which some people would like to see imposed in England their effects will be watched with much ...