... AN UNPLEASANT PREDICAMENT. The winter is an tmmttally wrar* one in France aa well u elsewhre. A natural consequence of the txoessive cold is to embolden the woltai which iafest certain districts in the provinces, and to induce them to prowl about in dangerous proximity to villages or bamlets in search of feod. In the department of the Haute Marne they appear to hare become singularly audacious ...

... THE PERCH In an article on Perch Fishing in Winter, the writer A few words; in conclusion, as to the culinary merits of Perca fluviatUis. The perch fairly stands at the bead of all coa.ae fish, gudgeon excepted, gastrono- mically. As the chub is the worst of this class, so is the perch the beBt-i e, a river and not a pond perch. Perhapa this is ope reason why he is suoh a favourite fieh with ...

... value in 1872. fftisallanmts Jnicllxgmct. HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. A LARGE SALMON.—A monster salmon, measuring 4ft. 5in. in length, has been presented to the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in Lincoln's-inn- fields, by Mr. Frank Buckland, to whom the fish had been sent from Hampshire, where it was found in a dying state a few days ago, lying in a drain. The salmon had evidently ...

... POLICEMAN SHOT AT CARDIFF. On Thurday morning, as P.c. Rowe was on his beat on the Newport road, Cardiff, he thought he saw something suspicious at the back of a villa, and went into the garden, when he was confronted by a burglar, who ordered him to stand. The officer bravely seized the man, who at once shot him, the policeman receiving serious wounds. The burglar escaped. ...

... NEWPORT BOARD OF GUARDIANS, The ordinary meeting of this Board was heldkon Saturday, at the Union Workhouse,, when there were present—Mr. G. B. Gething (in the chair); Mr. W. ( Jones, Cefnllogell (in the vice-chaar); Revs. F.' B. ] Leonard, and E. Jenkins; Meaazav S. Scard, E. Thomas, W. John, M. M. Cope, S. B. Jones, J. R. Hillier, and J. Huxtable. j STATISTICS; -1 Newport Union Workhouse ...

... K. Planquette, the composer of the popular opera Les Cloches de Corneville, has not scored any great success at the Monte Carlo at Monaco in his new operetta, Le Chevalier Gaston (the libretto by M. Pierre Veron), although the cast in. eluded the names of Mesdames Galle-Marie, La- combe-Dwpresi, and M. Ismael, ...

... By an Order in Council passed on Monday after- noon all cattle arriving from the United States ports on and after March 3rd are directed to be slaughtered in consequence of recent discovery of plouro-pneumonia amongst animals landed from the States. The United States Minister sent a protest from his Government against scheduling American ports as an uncalled for interference with legitimate ...

... Five Patlians Killed. A correspondent telegraphing from Candahar on February Gth, says:—Five Pathan fanatics dashed into our camp here this afternoon, wounding four Europeans and three natives. In the confusion one soldier of the 59th was killed and two were wounded by shots from their comrades. The five Pathans were killed. ...

... Death of Col. Per y Wyndham. News of a sad accident has (telegraphs a corre- spondent of the Times) been received from Ran- goon. Colonel Percy Wyndham, a gentleman well known in Calcutta and Rangoon, announced an ascent in a balloon of his own construction. After attaining a height of about 500ft. the balloon burst, and the unfortunate aeronaut fell into the Royal lake, whence he was ...

... A comedietta by Mr. Ernest Cuthbert, entitled Once Again, has been produced at the Vaude- ville Theatre, and was supported by Mr. Wm. HargreaTes. Mr. Garthorne, and Miss Illington. At the Cornwall Winter Assizes, which opened on Monday at Bodmin, there was not a single cause entered on the civil side, and only three criminals. One pleaded guilty, anotber was not called on to plead, being ...

... M A It K E T S THE MARKETS AND THE GRAIN TRADE The Mark-lane Express says — The stackyards have beeti lately worke.) down to supply stock to keep thRlU in condition, so that many district* are likely to be bare of fodder nuJels there be a mild and early sprisg. The long winter hindrance to Held work must make snr:nf operations active. Deliveries of English wheat Laveb.en fully up to the ...

... It appears from the last number of the news- paper Cyprus, published in the island, that Sir Garnet Wolseley has just enacted an ordinance, with the advice of the Legislative Council, to amend the laws affecting customs and excise duties. Some extensive alterations have been made in many of the import duties. Several articles may now be imported free, and all goods are exempt from export duty ...