... ART AND UTEKATUKE. MESSRS. OIlAP)r.s AND HALL will shortly publish in a colleeted form the Traveller's Tales of Mr. F. Boyle, now appearing tn All the Year Round. These records of the stories attached to curiosities gathered by the author ir. the course of his explorations of remote countries will bear the title of Legends of my Bungalow. ))1(. LUDWIG STERN has been eent by the Prussian ...

... A DIAMOND MERCHANT OF PARis has lost diamonds of the value of over £1000 sterling. He cannot say wbetb r they were stolen or fell out of hia pocket in the street. AN INQUEST AT ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL, into the cause of death of a man named Joseph Walteri,, aged 53, lately residing at 11, Marshall-street, St. Goorlgt,'s- road, Southwark, London, raaulted in a verdict of Accidental dextb. ...

... At the assizes held in Chester, before Lord Justice Baggallay, Williams v. Hugbes, an action to recover damages for breach of promise and seduc- tion, was trled. Mr M'Intyre, Q.O., M.P.. in opening the case, stated tbat the plaintiff was Bditb Agnes Williams, who had resided with her parents at Rhosy- medre, Ruabon. Defendant was an accountant and son of an iron manufacturer at Ruabon, and ...

... FRAUD BY A STAMP DISTRIBUTOR. Extensive frauds are found to have been committed by Mr. Colelougb, late stamp diktributer for the Queen a Benca Division, Dublin, amounting, so far as ascertained, to several thousand pounds. Mr. 001- clough has been fullv committed for trial at the next commission by Mr. O'Donel, police magistrate, before whom he was brought up on remand. Mr. Murphy, Q.C., who ...

... I lit-, NEW I'KNs.- The Truth and nothing but the Ti tttli.- AuKMiiN cn and Cameron's l'ens'are the best. — Argus. The v> aterford Advertiser. Bip; J Pen, Bijj Waverley Pen, titl. and Is. per box, Sold by all Stationers. Sample box, with al; the kinds, ls. Id. by post. Pantentees Macniven aiul Cameron, 23 to 33, Blair-street, Eilinburjrh. (hstablished 1770 ) Beware of the party offering ...

... HEALTH OF LONDON. In London last week 2533 births and 1816 deaths Were registered. Allowing for increase of populat.ion, the birtl-s exeteded by 41, and the deaths by no less than 304, the average numbers in the corresponding week of the last ten ye-irs. Trie annual death-rare from all causes, which had been equal to 191, nd 19 6, and 21-6 per 1000 in the three preceding weeks, further rose ...

... Lord Chief Justicc Coleridge, in charging- the grand jury at Manchester, on Thursday, ob- served that the crime of perjury was greatly on thp ?ti?rc?p. 1? vra? ? aer?ou? cr??e, po?uHn? the stream of justice at its source. He was not one of those who wished for any increase in the severity of our penal code, but he would not look ill upon a law which increased the possible ainojRit of ...

... [Correspondents must write legibly and on one aide or thepap^v toeir addresses must to all ease« »cepmpaay t^ir ^™unications, not neoessarUy tor pabli- ourselves responribl^? 800(1 faith- w« do nothold our Correspondents i0/u0^%opiJiioB a?d Mary-street, Cardiff'] • ^ouih Wales Echo, 36, 9*- THE RECTOR OF MERTHYR AND LLANDAFF EXHIBITIONS. The Rev. John Griffiths, Rector of Merthyr, writes :-1 ...

... SOCIETY GOSStP. (From 1, Truth.) The Duke of Edinburgh is expected to return from his Baltic cruise about July 30. Early in August be will go to Germany, as be and the duchess intend residing at Coburg for several weeks. I have always considered that our soldiers are sent to prison for far too trivial offences. The result is, that imprisonment has almost ceased to be looked upon as a ...

... I BLAINA. The A.M.C. of the Philanthropic Friendly Society will be held at Blaina, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next, when matters of great importance to the members of the society will be brought under notice. PEMBBOKESHIRE. During the past week Dr. Scholfield, of Cardiff, has been holding successful meetings in Pembrokeshire. On Sunday last he preached in the Baptist chapel, Milford, in ...

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... I Affairs in Afghanistan are approaching a | crisis, and a battle is imminent between the two rivals who are contending for the throne ?? of the country. Ayoon Khan, advancing with all his troops, has reached the bank of s' the Helmund, at the same point where he tic crossed the river last year, and he will now by either march upon Girislik and Candahar, or, aN adopting a bolder course of ...