... 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 ...

... interview with yakoob khan. DEPARTURE of the ameeb from CABUL. Candahar telegram, dated Nov. 28, says: Of fVn*?res^ situation aB far as this part Con ^Q*8tan *s concerned centres in the west, Not^erning whi°h information is still scanty. thing certain is known regarding the intentions rm y°°b Khan at Herat or of Mir Afzul at Farah. latter, always an ignorant and higoted Mussul- ^aa ^ecome ...

... The death of M. Michel Chevalier, the eminent political economist, is announced from Paris on Saturday. BRITISH HEROES IN ZULULAND AKD THEIR REWARD. —The War Office will recommend her Majesty to make a further number of military promotions for the Zulu campaign to officers who have served with distinction under Sir Garnet Wolseley. Her Majesty will next year be recommended to confer the Baton ...

... A curious and singularly unromantic lawsuit is, or was, before the Supreme Court of Illinois. The plain- tiff is a Miss Susan M'Killop, and the defendant an affectionate and enterprising dentist, who, some short time ago, went to reside in the town of Clinton, where Miss M'Killop dwelt. His success in his profession was rapid, if we may believe the recital of the case in the New York Times, ...

... LOCAL INTELLICXENCE. OR^ A ,N*) DEBATING AND LITERARY 8 society was held on in r^illis in fh u-at tbe Cc>«rt Room, Town Hall. >te F read, anff!.chair- Act3 HI and IV of Othello ftion To Tkr ^Was ^°^°wed by criticisms. The raa of a»fn- r ar^ea'3 Burial Bill acceptable as a J0 Rased of.e Burials Agitation ? will be ni r^e ?-e nexfc meeting. Mr Hazell will open luVe» aud will be followed by Mr ...

... Mr. Rodney C. Allfrey, a gentleman residiig in Whitchurch, and well known with Sir Watkin't>. the Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire houndr com mitted suicide at two o'clock on Wednesday, by *li tot- ing himself through the head with a revolver. The ball entered the right temple, and lodged in the back part of the head. Death was not instantaneous, but ensued at 5.45 p.m. Doctors were ...

... The Liverpool Reform Club have invited Mr. Gladstone to a banquet on the 29th inst., in honour of his 70th birthday. It is generally thought he will accept the invitation, along with the Duke of Argyll. ...

... At the Nottingham Town Hall on Monday, before Mr. Patterson, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Saul Isaac, M.P., Alexander M'Cooke Weir, surgeon, residing in Ark- wright street, Nottingham, was brought up in custody charged on a warrant with having, on the 27th of November, unlawfully and feloniously wounded Ms wife, causing grievous bodily harm. Mr. Williams ap- peared to prosecute.—Mrs. Edith Weir stated I ...

... A St. Petersburg telegram of Sunday says:- The court-martial on the trial of Leon Mirsky and several other political prisoners delivered judgment late last night. Mirsky was sentenced to be hanged, Inri Tarkhoff was condemned to hard labour for thirteen years and four months for having assisted to oonceal Mirsky and for forging passports. Six other prisoners were aoquittea. ...