... FLEASANT WORDS never come .mis. To the poor they give cheer to the sorrowful, comfort to the happy, greater happiness. Perhaps we are always care- ful to speak kindly to the poor, the sick, the aged; but are we always as ready to give a pleasant word to the rich, the gay, the apparently happy? Do we not sometimes forget that there are diseases of the soul; that there is a hunger other than ...

... STATE OF ZJLULAND. A correspondent in Northern Zululand, under date Dccembc-r 29, sends the Durban representative of the Times disquieting accounts of the state of things there. The general opinion in the country is that the people are sleeping (.n a volcano. There is jnifgovernraent everywhere, from the chiefs. to the smallest captains. Thne is no hand to restrain them I ;and there is no ...

... 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 ...

... Mr. Mark Whitehead, a jeweller and watchmaker of Chichester, on Friday surrendered to his recog- nizances at Clerkenwell police-court charged with receiving a quantity of stolen jewellery, the pro-perty of Mr. William Windhurst, wholesale jeweller, of Clerkenwell, and Benjamin Frost, 18, errand boy, George Frederick Stokes, 18, labourer, and Harvey Dickson, 19, a milkman, were charged with ...

... Mr. M. A. Bass, M.P., addressing his constituents at Harbourne on Wednesday, predicted that, mon- strous as it might seem,there would next session be an alliance between the followers of Mr. Parnell and the Tories. It would be one, he said, that would run the Government very hard indeed,and he therefore warned his constituency to be ready for another election, whether it came this year, or ...

... SCANDAL AT LEAMINGTON. Some years ago there was an improper acquaint- a.nce between a surgeon of Leamington named James Russell Jeaffreson, who is now married, and Mary Charters, of the same place, and recently the latter has caused Mr. Jeaffreton some little annoyance. A few days ago she went to his stables, struck him in the face with her umbrella, and threatened to do for him, creating a ...

... TRlE CHA.NGES IN THE CABTNRT. The prolonged delay in the completion of the Cabinet is due, no doubt, to the difficulty ?? of finding a suitable place for Sir C'rAnLrs 0 DIL.KIE and a capable successor to him in theda' office of Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs. We do not credit for a moment the idle gossip p3 that the QuEEN objects to receive Sir ?? DILKE as a Cabinet 3Minister. Sirkts ...

... Aff0t t ]a~,Iti ' A B . 0 . M~ONDAY4, NOVEMBER3e ;Go, 1SS2.: LETTING THE BARRY CAT OUT OF . THE BAG. . - Inn DIta. Why are the Cardiff freighters determined to build a new dock at Barry? Out of hatred to Lord BaTr, say the large hearted, whole souled creatures with whom Bute- phobia is a religion. Seewhat Lord BUTe'S new Bill has done' exclaim these candid, earnest writers. It has ...

... T1'HE B.AN RLU'TCY OI lER-3BERT JO 'N I f2,S. On StitUrdatv, at the SwYiSea County Cout t, i Judgeg ]3. T. Willoittis heard thie adjurned ipolica.- V tion ofll n iomas Williams, trusteo in the b:inkriptcv ; of HIerbert Jones, to set e[side certain deeds, i , order to get possessioin ocf a shop and business iL: t!xf~siL) ret. vwhich haid been astllgted to AMrs. Tucktield. Nir. Ben-on ...

... - e Avettvitet bai.I WEDNE.MFSDAY, DEEBR20, lSS2.- lrILOMOTION IN THE ARMY. The principle so long advocated by violent no and headlong military reformers of the the civilian persuasion, namely, promotion by th, pure selection, has just made its first appear- If ance on any important scale in the shape of ci a batch of promotions from the rank of oC an Colonel to that of Major-General. With- ...

... EXTRAORDINARY FOGS. lisa Communication on the Tees V'alley Railway wa's sedi re-opened at noon on Monday, the line having A rile been blocked by the snowstorm since Wedlnesday, geit he The recent snowstorm, which was felt with gre Cat t-r, tie severity around Richmond, promises to be pro- Jon )ei longed by thie unusually severe frost wh~ich has '1 li d-set in. In Swaledale, above Richmond, ...

... EtIE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR\ - SOUTH WALES II AND MONMOUTMSHIRE. | at AN ARGUME NT FOR SWANSEA. as .- ir LETTER lIL I TO TUSE EDITOR. al SrM,-In my first letter I showed that Swansea wV St is more accessible than Cardiff to the whole of E i South WVales. In mv second I showed it is more si in harmony with Welsh sentiment and feeling. at To-day I shall show it to be in heartier accord with ...