... On Saturday the nomination and election ol Mr. R. W. Duff, as member of Parliament for the county of Banff, took place. There was no op- position. Mr. Duff is re-elected on his appoint- ment as a Lord of the Treasury. Sundav last being the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the usual custom of decking the regimental colours was generally observed. The Duke Wellington's hearsfe, in St. ...

... THE SOCIALISTS AND THE DUBLIN MURDERS. At a recent meeting of the Social Democratic Working Men's Club, in Loudon, a resolution was unanimously adopted highly approving of the courageous deed of the Irish rebels, which act was especially weil-timed, inasmuch as it took place at a moment when certain chiefs of the Land League party were upon the point of enter- ing into a shameful treaty with ...

... NOTES BY A LONDON CORRESPONDENT. Lo: DON. Sunday X ght. Politics are thankfully dropped for the brief space between now and rhs meeting of Parliament. Tud period hitherto elapsed has been turbulent and not productive of much real work. Unfortu- nately there is no ground for excessive hope for better times after the House meets again. The Irish members, unless something miraculous lU- tervenes. ...

... On Wednesday evening a large meeting of rate- Payers, convened by the Mayor in compliance with a r^ittisition which bore the 'signature of 20 burgesses, cÏII held at the Town Hall, Newport, to consider and tbte,rmine as to the desirability of petitioning against Bill promoted by the Alexandra Dock Company, a 'Power to extend their works, and for other purposes, ^authorising the payment of the ...

... ST. PETERSBURG, Monday. An Imperial decree addressed to the Senate is promulgated to-day announcing that Count Igna.- tieff, at his own request, made on the ground of ill health, has been relieved from the post of Minister of the Interior, and has been appointed President of the Academy and a member of the Senate, at the same time retaining his position as member of the Council of the Empife, ...

... EXPLOSION ON BOARD A WAR VESSEL. A Plymouth telegram states that advices have been received there, from Madeira, of the burst- ing of one of the new 25-pounder breech-loading guns on board her Majesty's Swiftsure, a few days ago. It is stated that one man was killed and four others severely injured. Their lives are despaired of. The Admiralty are understood to have been at once acquainted with ...

... rHE LADIES' COLUMN. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. HALF-PAY PUDDING.-Four oz. of suet, 4oz. of raisins, 4oz. of bread crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of treacle, and half a pint of milk. Mix all to- gether boil in a mould for four hours; serve with wine or brandy sauce. STEWED CUCUMBER.—Pare a cncumbes, and slice an onion cut the cucumber in thick slices, and fry them and the onion in butter. When done, take ...

... The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsac. at a quarter-past four. PROGRESS OF BILLS. The Caledonia I Railway (Further Powers) Bill and the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Bill were read a third time and pass- d. The Local Govern- ment (Ireland) Provisional Order Bill, Gas Provisionali Order Bill, and Water Provisional Orders Bill. were, the motion of Lord ROSEBER Y, read a ...

... Over two hundred undergraduates took B.A. degree in the Senate House, Cambridge, Saturday. The building was well filled, incTodgJ a large number of ladies. Boating men cheered, biit there was an absenoe of th»t p ment which characterised the proceeding* former years. ...

... LIQUIDATION. — Charles Llewellin Bruton 55, Commercial-street, Newport, presentation tea' dealer. When a young lady refuses a marriage proposal it is a case of sleight of hand. John, said a teacher, I'm very sorry to have to punish you. Then don't; I'll let you off this time, responded John. At a printers' festival lately, the following toast was offered Woman—second only to the Press in ...

... WHIT-MONDAY, 1882. Methought, John Barleycorn, thy reign was past, That men and women had all wiser grown Than ever more to let thy liquor drown Their senses-and their reason overcast, Their limbs to quiver or benumb at last: To-day—my pleasant thought is well-nigh gone, My cheriehed hope and fond desire overthrown When I beheld thy power was still so vast, Thy rule and influence o'er men so ...

... ACTION FOii LIB.L. At the Queen's Bench Division, on Thursday, before Baron Huddleston and a special jury, the case of Doherty v. Lowther and others came ou tor hearing. It was an action for libel. The defenda-ms disputed the meaning of the alleged libel as given by the plain- tiff, and pleaded justification, privilege, and absence of malice. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Edward Pollock ap- ...