... I We do not know whether Mr. POOL is trying to rival the notorious Irish members in Parliament, but he is becoming quite a professional obstruc tiouist on the School Board. No matter if only a school cleaner is to be appointed, or how much ES. the object sought by any addition to the staff would result in benefitting the children attending the ,ted Board Schools or improve the machinery ...

... Mr. E. J. Reed/ALP.the Liberal candidate for- the uoited boroughs bridge, andLI&abrissaot, addressed the electors of Ckrdiff on Monday at the Markethall, his reception being most enthusiastic Br. Edwards presided,.and about two tbousaBd 'peraooa were present. In reviewing the action of the^ Govern- ment, he stated he-believed that there waa^a great deal of reform to. do. One- thing was to give ...

... The Statist sees all round us evidences of au im- proving tendency of trade. The hope of better times is at last supported by the beginning of those better times the incipient stage of trade revival is reached. The Statist reaches this conclusion from a survey of the trade reports. It is true that the feeling of hope- fulness rests chiefly upon the fact of American revival. That one thing ...

... II E Ia ------ - . o-e--l-vl - - m Z , - Eighty farmers saied for New York on Wednes- day, in order to trytheir fortunes in Texas. With few exceptions tie emigrants have been drawn from the norther districts of Yorkshire and from Durham. They comprise various classes of agriculturists, from the ordinary small tenant farmer upwards. Several of their num- ber were persons of good position, and ...

... News of a shocking murder committed in County Moath late on Sunday night reached Dublin on Monday. The body of a man named Thomas Tandy, a large farmer, of Athboy, has been found lying in a ditch in one of his own fields with such marks that show that he has been violently assaulted and shot. Deceased was 60 years of age, and it is said he was a man of eccentric habits. He was worth JE1500 a ...

... James Dilly was executed at Newgate on Monday morning for the murder of his illegitimate child. He was informed on Sunday of the reprieve of his paramour, Rainbow, and seemed greatly pleased thereat. Dilly never denied his guilt, and acknowledged the justness of his sentence. On Sunday night he enjoyed undisturbed repose. He walked with some difficulty to the scaffold, and appeared very ...

... Kettle, for £30 Il r his snare of loss a joint adveuture between pursuer and one Thomas Melville iu the purchase ...

... I DPE HAVCOGCKW RETURNS. I To L?8 SDYOBP OF FTH E tAN, Dublin, 27th August. SIt-In the Criminal and Judicial Statistics re- cently issued for 1878 there are some points 4f in. terest not referred to in the digests of the volume already given. lst, The arrests for drunkenness from 18783 up to 1878 have steadily increased. The following are the figures :-1873, 95,623; 1874, - 97;48S; 1875, 102 ...

... i- .'E - A monthly meeting of the Municipal Council will be held on Monday, at one oeloclc, to fix a day to receive applications for grand jury present- ments. to6 consider a letter from the Science and Art Department, London, stating that they are unable, %with the means at their disposal, to repair and send to the Sciences nd Art Museum in Dub. Tim all th;e casts bequeathed by the late Mr. ...

... LIE tlAmI4 tog, mui ay44W mgX r- n shell es~teem tP. -i# you' .wl a4ibrrd :ul th~e o~br- -te'iie in Ai~ao kt upon As 505Ue . Li thi Brakacd' cau~it ficlrii a ?AljeweitbM~the ?? t¢ li lrtfvyre~esleep. ,.;or.X4x ~eW thioulzh4ut aI . ?? time ho thorodghil I oInpleted. :he ttek or stable - eitudndates-.i ;in Swy towerds- .beuiq splirJel, Radio 4lae Sift. W 0y ospoet that the aan~es .of, ft and ?? ...

... * TA J WAR II ZIYLULAND LORD! CEIELMSFORD AT THE 'WAR OFFICE.~ O On 7Ihursday i~euitennnt-General. Lord Chelmsfoxd arrived from Bath at the Buekwgham Pealaes Hctel, London, and alnict urcediately-arove to the War Office, where he had an interview of ciil hour's duration with the Adjutant.; tlenera1. on leaving the- War Office 0 he Was heartily - sheered by the and crowd outside, theicheers ...

... ABANDONMENT OF THE SHIPS. As reported on Wednesday, a brig and two schooners were driven ashore at about 1 o'clock on that day near the Port Tennant Works. The brig is the Queen of Britain, from Carnarvon, bound to Hamburg with slates. One of the schooners is the Gleaner, of Southampton, and the other is named the Sarah Ann. It has been found impossible to get the ships off, and they have all ...