... A curious case of stolen treasure has been heard at Kilmainham Court-home, Dublin, Robert M'Hugh, aged only 19, who had been in the employment of a Mrs. Kelly,a publican,wa3 put forward to receive sen- tence for stealing money, the propeity of his em- ployer. He had surrendered plunder to tha amount of 2386 since his conviction. Suspicion as to his honesty being raised, two half-crowns, marked ...

... DISRICT' NTEWS. CARDTE. Snr. Srssnsrs's Czuacax-On Wednesday even- w ell lug, a tea was given to the choir of; aof Mariner Coffee Tavern, by Mir. fi. Sleep, the choir- ticucl ihafwo hi reda h has master. The young people spent a very pleasant ! o evening and thoroughily enjoyed themselves. The duff, incum-bent, yids. Russell, and Mr. HZillestrom, the .incumbent's warden, w ere present. Credit ...

... IfCAR1.IARTllEN BOARD OF [. GUARDIAN$S. . ~¶UAstLW1LNr. .At the forenightly me.eting of this'board, held on ,Saturday-, an anmnated discussion took place re- ;specting the place or places to be selected for dis- .tributing relief to out-door paupers in the parish of .St. Peter. The Chairman said that the agent for ,the lessee of the Carmarthen Miarket had refused .to accept the tenancy of th~e ...

... P],N.AR.l 1LOCAL BOAR2D. The uscual mlonthily- meeting oF this board ?? hekld on Mlonday evening. -lihen ther-e wvore presenlt the chairman (M~r. Jawnes Richards). Messrs. RI. Forrest, T.PH.Thompson, rL A. Jones, JolnmRichards, R. HR. Strong, and J. At. Cnrlactt (clerk).-The Clierk said thakt since ILast meeting he lied written to tho Cardiff W~aterwvorke Committee, as instructed, .nd rculive. ...

... ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. — On Fri- day evening last, a fire broke out in a store-room ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. — On Fri- day evening last, a fire broke out in a store-room at the Abbey (Tintern) Wire and Tin Works, near this town, and, as there were quantities of oils of various description on the premises, the fire spread rapidly and raged with great fury. Num- bers of men were ...

... The Press Association correspondent at Leek, Strtti'ordshire, reports, with reference to the extraordinary confession of the man Brooks, that •'■iiice the trial lie appeared despondent and stricken with remorse. He seemed to be wasting N-iby, and for some time it was evident his end vas not far off. On Friday morning (the 30th ult.), Wg very ill, lie sent for Mr William Harrison, a tinner, ...

... On Thursday John Trevitt, landlord of the British Queen Inn, Wolverhampton, was found by his wife drowned in a tub of pig food. His head and shoulders were immersed. He had lately been drinking freely. ...

... J IRE. A.bout eleven o'clock on Friday evening the inhabitants of Cwmavon were disturbed by the ringing of tlie fire-bell, and it was afterwards found that one of the furnaces of the tinworks had set fire to an adjoining stack, and the fire ex- tended to the roof of the works, and would have proved serious but for the tiin-dy assistance of Sergeant Lougber and his staff, who soon got the ...

... T::K TRANSVAAL BOKR WAR SIEGE or PRKTOKIA.—.Re?. Goo. Weavind hasbeen nine years ia the Tno'.svaai as a We'eyan Missionary. lie Lectures to-niorr e.v at 8 p.m. Assembly Koooa Is. oi. and Is ...

... The Investors' G.nrJian gives the following particulars of new local companies:— MORDEY, CARNEY, AND COMPANY, LIMITED. Under an agreement of the 20th December this company will take over the goodwill and effects of Messrs Moruoy and Carney, carrying on busi- ness as shipbuilders a.nd repairers, and mechanical engineers, at Newport, in the county of Mon- mouth. The company was registered on ...

... (Before His Honour Judge HERBERT.) v. DULONG.—His Honour gave judg- ment in this case, which came before hun at the last court. The plaintiff a Spanish mer- chant, and defendant a Freach captain. The claim was for the value of a deck cargo, which the defendwit threw overboard from his vessel tempestuous weather to save the ship and the rest of the cargo, the latter being the plaintiff's pro- ...

... LOCAL LIQUIDATIONS. fFROM Tl'ESDAV NIGHT'S GAZETTE.] John Williams, 3. Market-street, and Chapel- street, Pontypridd, grocer, trading as J. Wil- liams and Company. Wm. Green, of Pontyrhan Vicarage, near thyr Tydvil, cl -rk in holy orders. BANKRUPT. James Raphael, of 35, Crichton-street, Cardiff, tailor, draper, and outfitter. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John Lloyd Jones, at the date of the petition, ...