... THE WIMBLEDON MEETING. CONTINUATION OF THE SHOOTING. LOCAL SCORES FOR THE QUEEN'S PRIZE. WIMBLEDON, Monday (Six o'clock).—The open- ing day was not,as usually is the case,very exciting, inasmuch as only one competition for money prizes was brought to a conclusion during the day, namely the Alfred Competition. Another match, that between the single teams representing Oxford and Cambridge ...

... AN ESCAPE FROM THE HAREM. A correspondent writes from Naples, July 6 :— That the course of true love sometimes runs smooth has been verified in Naples, or rather Resina, within the last three or four days. On the 22nd I ebruary, 1880, a young lady fled from the residence of the ex-Khedive, and took refuge in a house on the opposite side of the road. There was A young man, it is needless to say ...

... CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—At the Llanelly sessions, on Wednesday, David Williams, Llanelly, haulier, was charged by Inspector Fair, Car- marthen, with working a horse in an unfit state. Mr Wm. Howell defended. Fined 5s and costs.— Thomas Francis, Park-row, Llanelly, was charged by Inspector Fair with ill-treating a horse. Mr T. B. Snead defended. He was fined 10s and costs, or 14 days. ANIMAL ...

... The Select Committee on London City Land* Bill have recommended against purchasing a site on the Thames Embankment in order to erect new buildings for the Royal Mint. The committee consider the present buildings, with a few altera- tions, sufficient for the demands likely to he madj upon it. WILLIAMS'S (Pontardawe) WORM I.OZKNGKS a1 universally considered the most effective veiacdy for ...

... YR EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL, MERTHYR TYDFIL. Y mae y parotoadau ar gvfer Yr Eisteddfod yn myned yn mlaen yn hwylus, a'r trefniadau ar gyfer y gwahanol gyfardodydd agos cael eu gorphen. Anfonwyd rhaglen o drefniadau yr uraedd, cyfarfodydd y Cymmrodorion, cyfarfod- ydd y Beirdd, a chyfarfodydd yr Arholiadau am Urddau i luawa o brif lenorion ein cenedl, ac y maent wedi derbyn cymeradwyaeth gan ...

... THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. [From the Mark Lane Express.] [BY TELEGRAPH.] A week of almost uninterruptedly fine weather, with high temperature both by night and by day, and without high winds, has proved very favour- able to successful blossoming of wheats. The un- healthy discoloration consequent on the cold spell has disappeared,and the position of the crop at the present date appears to be ...

... MK. ILLINGWORTH, M.P., ON MILITARY WASTE. In a recent speech, on Armaments, Mr Alfred IIlingworth,M.P., remarked :— am convinced that. the great majority of this country hold strong convictions in favour of peace and the principles of arbitration as applied to war but, unfortunately, political power it ao distributed in this country, that the full force of the national sentiment does not ...

... THE NEW PF-Ns.-The Truth and nothing but the Truth.— Macniven and Cameron's Pens are the best. Argue. The BIG WAVEBLBY, and the Bio J are unequalled.- Waterford Advertiser. Big J Pen, Big Warerley P«H| 6d. and Is. per box, Sold by all Stationers. Sample box, with at. the kinds, Is. Id. by post. riLntentees Macniven and Cameron, 23 to 33, Blair-street, Edinburgh. (Established 1770 ) ...

... AN EXTRAORDINARY UICIDF.A man named Hugh Dub. rty, of Walton, Preston, who should have been married on Saturday, committed suicide. He had een with some frie nds, and on re- turning home, as the? were the banks of the river Ri' b'e, which was in full flood, be suddenly said Good-by, and attempted to dash over the protection rail. A friend got hold of him. hut the man pulled awav from his ...

... SHOCKING CASE OF Thomas Fox, a re^peeta'-do-looking labourer, was charotd b, fore the Eastbourne tnagis' rutes, on rouinnd, with causing the death of his wife. The deceased was eoti.-idercd in such a critical sta(e that her depositions were taken by a magistrate u'imott directly after the occurrence. The main facts are as follows The pri- soner went to his in Eastbourne rather tl;e wcrse for ...

... ilocai Auction alc. [Auctioneers will do well to keep us fully informed as to properties which they have sold. The publication of this class of news will, we trust, he mutually beneficial to the public, and to loc:,ll'i'ufeFsiLlI11l1 -it CARDIFF. Horscs. On Saturday Messrs. Stephenson, Alexander aud Co. held their fortnightly :ode of horses at their repository, Queen-street. There was a large ...

... DEAN STANLEY. I The death of Dr. Stanley, Dean of Westminster Abbey, has been a cause of universal sorrow. It was hoped that there were more years of usefulness before the most liberal, broad-minded, and tolerant divine of the age. But he has gone to his rest, and his place will know him no more. The Dean may be said to have died in harness, for his illness was of only brief duration. At first ...