... ^§»l°ttpSers°of7IT^ ?heriff received the Kov*W candidates on Mondav Mr. f^6' Qeens gate London, ES hn D* M'Corkell, Strand House 8«4^iQatedn8e5LatlVe,iTere4thvf °nly candi: colling takes place on the guard, were I/111 818ienal' „ n?e sustaining fractured ribs t>Utnbarf!fmo °°Uiding with a passenger Station on Saturday. The smashed, and a first-class carriage ...

... There is nothing more nourishing and warming. weather than a cup of really good Cocoa, but the has been to obtain it pure. This may be secured »t of one halpenny for a large breakfast cap by usi0*?$0 bury's Cocoa Essence, which goes three times as ibe adulterated and starchy compounds ordinarily 8? gtf smallest packet making fourteen breakfast caps Cocoa. j ...

... WEST AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE COALOWNERS.— On Dec. 5, a representative meeting of the coal- owners of West and South Yorkshire was hold at Wakefield with a view to arriving at a mutual arrangement as to the basis of a sliding scale for the regulation of wages. The result is not an- nounced. CURIOUS POINT IN A MINERS' STRIKE.—A curious point has arisen in connection with the strike of Warwickshire ...

... NEWPORT BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The ordinary meeting of this Board was held on Saturday, at the Union Workhouse, when there were present: Mr P. Woodruff (in the ehair), Mr C. Lyne (in the vice-chair), Revs F. B. Leonard, J. C. S. Dar- by, E. Jenkins, J. Griffiths, and J. Davies Messrs T. Latch, W. Jones, (Cefnllogell), J. W. Bebell, P. James, S. Scard, E. Thomas, J. H. Hillier, E, Cross, J. G. ...

... ENGLAND AND SPAIN. The Paris correspondent of the Times tele- graphing under date November 28th, says: The Spaniards, to judge by a letter I have received from Madrid, are somewhat offended at thtf selection oi Lord Napier of Magdala, the Governor Of Gibraltar, as Envoy Extraordinary of Great Britain at the wedding of King Alfonso. Of course here is no objection to Lord Napier personally, Ten ...

... On Tuesday a new rectory, which had been com- pleted for the re&idence of the Rev. A. G. Morris, rector of Llanvihangel-with-Roggiett, was burnt to the ground. It appears that the police-officer in the station at Roggiett noticed a light reflected on the window of the new rectory about ten o'clock on Mon- day night, but supposed it to be from tire in the grate, as the building was so far ...

... The steamship Zeliner brought to Bristol on Wed- nesday, the captain and crew, 28 in number, of the Newcastle steamer Emblehope, abandoned on Saturday in the Bay of Biscay, in a sinking condition. The crew had a narrow escape. On Wednesday morning, Henry Bedingfield was ex- ecuted at Ipswich Goal for the murder of Eliza Rndd. RORKE'S DRIFT ON CANVAS. -With the permis- sion of the Colonel of ...

... Speaking on Tuesday at a Conservative dinner at Beeston, Lord Galway said he should like to express the feeling of regret, as representing that constituency, which must have come over them all upon hearing of the loss they had sustained by the death of that eminent nobleman the Duke of Portland. Though the Duke lived a great deal, owing to ill health, out of the world, those who had dealings ...

... The Marquis of Salisbury presided on Tuesday over the annual dinner of the West Herts Agricultural Society, held in the Corn Exchange, Watford, and in proposing the toast Prosperity to the West Herts Agricultural Society, said: It is the misfortune of an interest like the agricultural interest, that it is so powerful; that it has many friends, and its many friends take the opportunity of its ...

... On Dec. 18th, Dr. Wood, the North Yorkshire coroner, opened an inquiry into the extraordinary cases of suspected poisoning at Hamer, near Rose- dale, a lonely place on the North Yorkshire moors, to reach which a gang of men had to be employed cutting a road through the snow for the coroner to get up. Evidence was then given that two fine young men, each 6 feet in height and 21 years old, named ...

... A NEW EARTH. BLACK, empty, bare, across that Eastern sky, High on the barren hill, three crosses stand, And slowly-crimsoning sunset stains the land For very shame that such a man could die. Hear'st thou again th' exceeding bitter cry, Father, take home my soul!' That little band Of weary watchers strives to understand, But cannot yet. See how the shadows lie The very earth seems clasped by ...

... Rumours of a burial scandal of a somewhat peculiar character were current in Luton last week, it being generally circulated and believed that a corpse had been taken to the Church cemetery for burial, that no clergyman could be found to perform the service, and that the coffin had been left in the chapel until next morning. The fact that the deceased person who was not interred without so much ...