... On Saturday evening a train belonging to the Austrian State Railway, laden with petroleum and petty wares, left the rails near Pesth station. The sparks of the engine ignited the petroleum, and eight waggons were entirely consumed There was no loss of life. ...

... The readers of the MERLIN have been from titae to time amused by the productions (taken generaMy from a Bristol contemporary) of a humourous writer whose nom de plume is given above. A number of hi* pieces have now been collected into a book, puMisbed* by Messrs Houlston and Sons, London, and forr& a shilling's-worth over which an appreciative reader may make sure of a hearty laugh, Some of ...

... Thomas Mears, of Shadwell, was summoned for exposing and offering for sale beef which was unfit for human consumption. On Saturday, August 9th, the sanitary inspector of St. George's parish saw the defendant offering meat for sale on a temporary stall. On making an examination he found lOlbs. of corn-beef quite decomposed and totally unfit for the food of any human being. The meat was ...

... A STORY OF A RING.—A day or two since a jeweller of the Rue Rimbuteaa was much surprised by a visit from a working man, who offered to sell him a splendid diamond ring,, worth at least 10,000f., for the small sum of 4'J0f. His suspicions being aroused by the divergence between the value of the trinket and the sum asked for it by the would-be vendor, he said he would call at the abode of the ...

... A DOMESTIC DIFFICULTY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Liverpool D uly Post says :-The presence in London of Cardinal Howard, who is the guest of his cousin, the Duke of Norfolk, in St. James's-square, is exciting considerable interest. His Eminence did not come over, as was stated, to attend the marriage of a kinsman, but for a very different object. The fact is Cardinal Howard has been ...

... TREDEGAR. ACCIDENTS.—OQ Monday, a collier named) David Itiiee, working in JSo. 4 pit, Siriiowy, met with a frightful accident. Sb was comings up the driitr when fey some means his leg-got entauglecJin the rope, aud U was twisted round, sustaining abad fracture of both-limbs.-On the same day, a L-gy, named Jones | who had been forbiddm; by his parent.-tcogo neasr tbe moontain incline, went' ...

... A SHIP RUN DOWN OFF HARWICH. A Lloyd's telegram saysThe Anna (brigantine), of and for London, from Shields, laden with coal, was run into and sunk, off Harwich, by the Lindisfarne (steamer), of Newcastle. The latter vessel proceeded north, with slight damage to her upperworks, after landing Captain Kitchingham and the crew of the Anna, who lost all their effects. ...

... ) 42 INSURGENTS KILLED. A limes despatch, dated Vienm, says:— The disturbances which broke out a few days ago at Rasgrad have been quelled by the Bulgarian Militia. Forty-two of the Mahom- medan insurgents having been killed, the rest, after a short resistance, took to flight, shelter- ing themselves in the forests of Osman Bazar. ...

... A somewhat remarkable action for libel has just been tried at the Cork Assizes before Judge Barry. The plaintiff was a young lady named Burke, and the defendant was a relative of hers, Mr. Francis Downing, solicitor, of Killarney, and brother of the late Mr. M'Carthy Downing. The libels complained of were contained in a series,cf letters written by the defendant to a relative, Mrs. Washington ...

... ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. MONMOUTHSHIRE. It is stated that Mr. Crompton Roberts, of Dry- bridge House, Monmouth, will be the Conservative candidate at the next election for the county of Mon- mouth, in conjunction with Colonel Morgan. BRECONSHIRE. A numerously-signed requisition having been pre- sented to the Hou. Arthur John Morgan, brother of Lord Tredegar, asking him to contest Breconshire in ...

... RUSSIAN CRUISERS. The Globe learns from St. Petersburg that a pro- posal has been made to the Moscow Cruiser Com- mittee by a group of American capitalists to esta- blish a navy yard at Sebastopol for the construc- tion and maintenance of Russian cruisers. The projectors engage to construct privateers of a new type, to train Russian workmen as dockyard em- ployes, and to employ only native ...

... The following is a telegram to the New Yorl Herald, dated Salt Lake City, Utah, August 11, 1879 :-Apostle Joseph F. Smith, in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, on Monday afternoon, delivered a furious speech, which has greatly added to the popular excitement. He said: The Mormons have met their enemies with their own weapon, the Bible, and defeated them every time. Our enemies, not content with ...