... AFFAIRS IN ZULULAND. The Colonial Secretary has requested Sir Garnet Wolseley to make known to Col. Bayley his sense of the admirable arrangements made by him for the cap- ture of Moirosis stronghold- ...

... THE SHOCKING OUTRAGE tjPON A GIRL NEAR PONTYPOOL. At the Magistrates' clerk's office, in Pontypool. on Wednesday last, William Hobbs and Albert Smith, farm servants were brought up on remand from the piewous I ritlay, charged with committing a rape upon the person of Mary Newman, on the night of the 9th inst., at Llanvjir Kilgeddin. Mrelltyd Gardner, Aber- gavenny, appeared for the prosecution ...

... 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 ...

... RETURN OF THE OCEANIC TO THE MERSEY.— It seems only the other day when this splendid steamer, the pioneer of the White Star fleet, arrived in the Mersey from the hands of her designers and builders, Messrs. Harland and Wolff, of Belfast. Since then she has earned for herself a great reputa- tion on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. After accomplishing 51 voyages in the Atlantic service ...

... MONMOUTH. THEFT OF Monday morning, informa- tion was received at the Monmouth police office that had been stolen from Mrs Nutty's lodg- ing-house. It was found that Mrs Nutty kept her money secreted under her bed, and her room-door always locked. The money was stolen on Monday. ...

... EXPULSION OF MR. JOHN WILLIAMS.- A SCENE. The usual monthly meeting of the Pontypool Local Board was held at the Town Hall on Wed- nesday, Mr T. Fletcher in the chair. There were also present-Messrs W. Sandbrook, P. Eckersley, W. H. Rosser, W. H. Haskins, S. Morgan, G. Jeremiah, D. Davies, T. Roderick, H. Fox, G. Gorrell, G. J. Jee, and F. Morgan. Besides the officers, Mr John Williams, of the ...

... FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE ICE.—On the evening of the 11th, two men, residing at Ely, named Williams and Clarke, were at St. Fagan's, and left the Plymouth Arms late in the evening. The Ely was frozen over, and, as it would save them a mile, they resolved to cross it. Clarke was a light young man, and he got over safely Williams was a stout man, weighing 16 stone. When in the middle the ice broke ...

... top-i e ninthly sittings of this Court were held this W6ek on Tuesday and Friday. TUESDAY. Tim INTEKPLEADER ACTION. wished fT -fVe —la this action, the plaintiff Little, «fW '° distrain upon the household furniture and Uml j ^amnel Popp.bot Pope's brother broughtan in- j against him to restrain him from seiz- for S00c^,as (the brother) held a bill of sale of tvT °n reply to the Judge,Pope ...

... There were 1630 beasts, including 240 foreign market steady; 4s to 6s 4d. 5870 sheep, inclu ding 50 foreign market firm 5s to 7s 2d. 13f calves, 5s to 6s per 8 lbs. ...

... The declaration of the poll in the County Donegal election took place on Tuesday. Con- servative voters from London, Cork, Dublin, and Scotland, were brought to record their votes. The numbers were announced as follows:- 2313 Mr. M'CorkeIl (Conservative). 1630 Majority for Mr. G83 ...

... A Sydney telegram dated Dec. 11th, states that Mr. Watson, the Colonial Treasurer, in his financial statement last night to the Legislative Assembly, said that in consequence of the tem- porary falling off in the land sales there would be a diminution of income for 1879, which he pro- posed to charge against the remaining balance of the surplus of the previous years. He estimated that the ...

... EXPOSING DISEASED MEAT.—At the Newport police-court, on Monday, Peter Donovan, an Irish cattle dealer, was charged with exposing for sale in the Newport Cattle Market a number of sheep affected with scab. Mr Woollet-t, solicitor, appear- ed for the prosecution. Mr Henry Williams, the inspector of nuisances, stated the case. The de- fendant was a regular dealer in the Newport mar- ket from ...