... 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 ...

... On Tuesday evening, during the big gun drill by the 1st Hanta Artillery Volunteers at Hamble, gun burst, severely injuring two men. One of them, named Borch, was taken in at Netley Hos- etal with a broken, leg. The other's face was jured, ...

... One of the Krupp guns has been recovered from the wreck of the Grosser-Kurforst. Her Majesty the Queen and Princess Beatrice and suite left Balmoral on Friday, and took the train at Ballater, en for Windsor. As three sinkers were working at a pit new Bolton, ou Thursday, the rope got off the drum, and they were hurried with velocity to the bottom. They were dreadfully shaken. No fewer than 40 ...

... THE ZULU TIL ''j MOVEMENT IN ADVANCE. The Oapt Times in its latest telegram published the steamer was leaving on May 6th says:—Oii Saturday morning Clyana's people crossed the Tugela at Ulyana's Drift, about nine miles above the Lower Tugela, to gather in the crop. They were fired on by an ambush of Zulus. They then retired, and re- ported to Captain Lucas, who sent 500 border guard natives ...

... ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. ADDRESSED TO THE EDITOR. THE BOROUGH ELECTION. SIR,-The election days are approaching — Lord Beaconsfield only possibly knows how near they are. It is to be hoped that when the time comes, those who assume to lead, will not introduce as a fit and proper candidate to represent us in Parliament any one but a believer in the Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, and His ...

... CANADIAN RAILWAY DINING CARS. While attention is being directed to the scantiness and dearness of the accommodation in the dining rooms connected with our railway stations in this country, it is refreshing to see what the energy of our Canadian brethren is doing in the matter of railway refreshments. Not content with drawing-room and sleeping cars, a novel addition has been made to some of ...

... EXCURSION TO WESTON. — About 800 persons availed themselves of the cheap trip to Weston, per the Lady Mary, on Monday. The excursion- ists were accompanied by the 8th Glamorgan Volunteer Band. ...

... At the Aberdare police-court on Tuesday-be- fore Mr J. Bishop (the Stipendiary). Mr R, H. Rhys, Mr D. E. Williams, and Mr Edwards—Mr John Jones, landlord of the Wayue'a Arms, Gadlys Tips, was summoned for an offence against the licensing laws. P.C. James James proved that on Sunday morning, the 15th inst.. at 11.29 a.m., he saw a man enter defendant's house by the back door, aud in a short ...

... CETEWAYO'S* OVERTURES REJECTED. The Bishop of Natal, writing to the Aborigines Protection Society, on May 10th, says:—Unfunzi and Ukisi mare were sent back on May 9th, as Sir Henry Buhver in- forms me, having been kept as prisoners March 3rd, for nearly seven we-^ks, and then seat back with a message, as I know from another source, with a message that if Cetewayo sends any more messages he ...