... Sir William Thompson's expression of opinion wi h respect to the availability of Niagara Falls as a source of motive power seems to have created some little sensation. It is not very generally known that this famous waterfall has already been harnessed and put to practical account. A techni- cal contemporary gives au account, illustrated by wood engravings, of a large and first-class flour- ...

... 011 Saturday, J. Sexton wAlked W. Jenkins at the above grounds, seven miles for 210 aside. After a most exciting finish the Cardiff pet won by 2 yards. Mr Wiltshire was stakeholder and referee. ...

... A heavy storm of iliunder and lightning passed over Caeiieon e:irly on Friday morning. The lightning struck a large oak tree, which was stripped of bark, aud rent in several places. A Lrge branch, not less than a ton in weight, was almost severed from the trunk, and bark was thrown to some distance. ...

... SCHOOL BOAIID.—A vacancy having occurred- this board, the Rev Wm. JotIn, Calvinistic Me- thodist minister, has been selected to fill it. CYMANFA.—This week the choirs forming the Bridgend Congregational Singing Union met at the l aberuacle, when a Cymanfa wag held. Mr D. Morris, of Morriston, was the leader. The choirs of Aberkenfig, Brvnmenyn, Brvncetbin. Cefn, eoity-, Ooychurcb, L'.anharran ...

... NEWPORT. HORSE AND STOCK FAIR.—On Thursday the an* nual horse and stock fair was held at the New;x>r| Ca tie Market. It is the last remnant of the fair known as Stow Fair, of ancient date. By an ap- plication made by the Monmouthshire Chamber Agriculture, through the Newport Town Council the fair will no longer be held on the Thursday but will be incorporated with the weekly stocl market held ...

... ACCIDENT, OU Monday. as John Thomas WM at work iu the Broad Oik Colliery, he was squeezed against the wall, and two of his ribe were broken. ...

... SELECTIONS FROM TUB SPORTING CLIPPBR.Plate- Bloom, Barns. Cup- Bit, Bass. Welter Beach. Stakes —Bloom. Special — Cup—Save thirty-seven. Plate Forty-three. ADVT ...

... LISBON, Sunday.—Before resigning, the late Ministry concluded a Treaty of Com- merce, Navigation, Extradition, and Sup- pression of the Slave Trade between Por- tugal and Great Britain. The Treaty de- clares the Zambesi and its affluent* free to the commerce of the world, concedes to Great Britain the right of free transit of merchandise to and from the Transvaal, and iffords facilities for ...

... LETTER FROM THE KING. SrnLA, Monday.—An agent of the King Or Burmah is coming to SimJa with a com* piimentary letter from King Theebaw to the Viceroy. ...

... On Sunday the new Primitive Methodist Chapel at Blaenaveo, which haa been for soma two years in course of esection, was opened for Divine worship. Sermons were prebehed morning and evening by the Rev T. T. Shields, eireuit minister, and in the afternoon the Rev W. Sees, Broad- street Baptist, preached, The attendance was good. and the sum of .£20 was realised in aid of the building fund. The ...

... HlSCA AND MYNYDDISL'.VYN SCHOOL BOARD. The above joint boards met at Newbridge on Friday afternoon. There were present Messrs Daniel Edwards (iu tne chair), William Griffit's, E. Edwards, W. James, Thomas Moses, Drs. W. H. Davies and Robotham, the Revs Basil Williams, T. Lewis (clerk), and Mr Watkins, architect, Newport. The Clerk submitted tenders for building the Cross Keys School, viz. ...

... OUU LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. CEBXANT'S DOINGS IN ESGLA.óD-FR1NCE BATTEN- BUEG'S VISIT TO THE QUKES-PROBABLJI VISIT OF THK QUEEN TO GERMANY—SIR N. DE ROTHS- CHILD—NRA SVJKOU YALOFF SCANDAL-ILLNESS OF LORD DUDLEY—A RIVAL TO THE GOOD T. MOLARS. Diplomatists are getting uneaay as to Germany and Ler action in Prince Bismarck is not the man to threaten without meaning ...