... In Tuesday's sitting of the Chamber of Depu- ties, the bill authorising the prolongation of existing treaties of commerce was adopted. In the course of the debate, M. Tirard, the Minister of Commerce, spoke warmly in favour of free trade, the effects of which, he said, had been to augment national prosperity. ...

... (Before His Honour JUDGE HERBERT.) MONDAY. THE SILICATE PAINT CASE. His Honour now delivered judgment in the case of Hagward v. Batchellor, an action heard at the last and the previous Courts, in which the plaintiff sought to recover X5 for the painting of defendant's house with silicate paint.—His Honour said he had gone through the prospectus of the makers of this paint, and, as he ...

... MONDAY.—Their lordships met at four o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given, by commission, to the Dispensary Houses (Ireland) Bill, the Salmon Fishery Law (Amendment) Bill, the Convents (Ireland) Act Repeal, the Public Health Act Amendment (Interments) Bill, the Sale of Food and Drugs Amendment Bill, the Confirmation of Marriage (Her Majesty's Ships) Bill, the Lan- caster Gas ...

... TERRIBLE PRIZE FIGHT NEAR OXFORD.—A terrible prize fight, in which >0 rounds were fought, and both combatants were so severely punished that their faces were quite unrecognisable, occurred at Culliam, on the 7th instant, between a. labourer named William Henry Kandall. who assumed the name of Daddy H ttuhd! and Charles Summerfield, who hails from London, and was styled The Little Londoner, ...

... To heal the sick and alleviate the sufferings of poor frail humanity, is the grandly beneficent office of the physician; and few there are among us who have not, at some time or another, found it necessary to call into their aid the skilful ser- vices of some one of the noble band who have undertaken the self-sacrificing duties of a profes- sion which demands, more than any other, that their ...

... The Wesleyan Conference commenced its 136th annual session on Tuesday morning at Birming- ham, and was attended by about 600 ministers. Dr. Rigg, the President, occupied the chair. There has been considerable diversity of opinion respect- ing the President for the ensuing year, but when the vote was taken it was found that the 'number for the Rev. E. Jenkins was 75, and for the Rev B. Gregory, ...

... A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE LATE JOSEPH KAY, ESQ, OF BLAENAVON. To the Editor of the Free Press. Dear Sir,—The doleful intelligence of the death of Mr Kay has filled many hearts with the deepest sorrow, and this sorrow has not been confined to the town with which his name has been so long and so honourably associated, for there are very many in all parts of Wales, and in many parts of England, ...

... BY AN ABERSYCHAN CONTRIBUTOR. IN the Pontypool Police Court there have lately been several cases in which the Local Gas Co. summoned defaulting customers; in one their lawyer asked for a committal of the defendant, and read out the Act with reference thereto, in the other payment was asked for forthwith, but time was given to both defendants—very kindly —and they have now, we learn, hearing ...

... formed one of the corps which visited Staddon Heights, commanding Plymouth Sound and, to a. certain extent, the eastern and southern approaches thereto, the site of an encampment of upwards of 1,300 officers and men of the Royal and Volunteer Artillery-chiefly the latter. The camp, which covers an area of 190 yards by 120 yards, is situated between Fort Stamford and Bovisand Fort, and its ...

... The Times correspondent at Umlalazi Plain fist Division), writing on July 2, says:—The Zulu power appears to be crumbling. Submissions are made hourly. The young men, on whom the King relied for a last effort, appear to be desert- ing. Two of Dunn's scouts report that Lord Chelmsford was close to Ulundi, and had burnt two of the largest kraals—one, Ixibo, the principal military ikraal, and the ...

... Sir Frederick Haines, the Commander-in-Chief in India, says the Central News, will complete his five years of staff employment next spring. He will be succeeded by Sir Garnet Wolseley, pre- suming that the services of the latter can be spared at the Cape by that time. The appoint- ment is by far the most extensive command in the British army, and is better paid than any other military berth in ...

... SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY. On Thursday morning, a carpenter named Thomas Morse, in the employment of the Monmouthshire Railway Company, met with a shocking accident, which it is feared will he attended with fatal results. He was riding to Pontypool in the 9.15 train from Newport, and on its approaching the Fal Lane Bridge, he incautiously put his head out of the win- dow, ...