... THE AUSTRALIANS V. NORTHUMBERLAND. One of the least important of the Australian matches was commenced on the Gosforth Ground at New. castle, the Colonists' Eleven being opposed by the county of Northumberland. It would have been better had the county been able to put 14 or 15 men into the Sold, but the Australians do not wish toplay other than eleven-a-side matches during the present trip. ...

... THEFT BY A Bov.—At Penarth petty sesatOM on Monday, before Mr J. S. Corbett and CoL Lee, David Evans, a boy of 13, was charged remand with stealing a pair of earrings. This caw and another against the boy had been Rone into a previous occasion by the bench, and he was now sentenced to 10 days' imprisonment, and five yean in a reformatory. ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. The Speakci- took the chair at four o'clock. MARRIAGE LAWS. Mr DODSON, in reply to Mr B.llingham, said that after notice of a marriage at a registrar's office, if the parties desired fó be married at a place of religious worship they must give a fresh notice to the incumbent of the place, who was liable to be indicted for felony for celebrating a marriage with- out ...

... MIDDLESBROUGH, Thursday.—The iron trade has been steady so far as prices go, but unsettled in other respects owing to the operations in Egypt. The announcement of the bombardment of the forts fell like a wet blanket on the quarterly meeting, and tliere was no inclination to do busi- ness, nor is there yet, as people are induced to wait to t-ee what will be the outcome of the diffi- culty. The ...

... LONDON AND PROVINCIAL- BANK, LIMITED. The half-yearly general meeting of the share- holders was held at the Cannon-street Hotel, Lon- don, yesterday, Mr Brinsley Nixon in the chair. The report showed that the gross profits for the half-year amounted to £ 78,320, and after deduct- ing all current expenses, income tax, directors' re- muneration, auditors' fees, and interest to cus- tomers, there ...

... ( COLEFORD. 1 ATAI ACOTT)ENT.-On Tuesday a fatal acci- dent occurred to James Smith, a miner, employed at the Bucklutlf iron mine, by a fall of the roof. ...

... MEETING OF THE CONFER- ENCE. CONSTANTINOPLE, Saturday. — The conference met this morning, and discussed the terms of a. Note to be addressed to the Porte, demanding that Turkish troops should still be despatched to Egypt. In consequence of the receipt of instruc- tions from Earl Granville, Lord Dufferin ex- plained the recent action taken by England in Egypt. Several of the ambassadors are ...

... 40 PEOPLE INJURED. A dreadful collision occurred on Sunday with- in 0:13 hundred yards of tile Cork terminus af the C-ork and Queenstovvn Railway, Owing to some mistake with regard to signs the up and down tiains ran into each other, injuring some 40 people so seriously that they had to be conveyed to the hospital, many of them on strctchers. Nobody was killed outright, but upwards of 12 of ...

... The Registrar-General's returns for the week ending Saturday last, shew the average rate of mortality to have been 18'1 per 1,000. Wolver- hampton, 95 Huddersfield, 12'5: Sunderland, 13-1 • Brighton, 13'o; Norwich, lo'O; Leeds, I5.4.Birmingham, 16'0 Bristol and Portsmouth, 16-1; Blackburn, 16 2; Plymouth, 168 Leices- ter 16'9 • London and Birkenhead, 17'5; Sheffield,'l80 Nottingham, 181; ...

... TO THE EDITOR. Sin,-I noticed in your Monday's issue a lettei under the above heading, and am quite sure On. looker is labouring under a great delusion, really cannot be acquainted with the facts of the case, otherwise lie would not make the assertions he has made. In the first place, he omitted mention that the gentleman who was assaulteo caused the greatest provocation by his ungentle manly ...

... (SPECIAL REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) OFF ALEXANDRIA, Friday, 9.15 p.m. —The Rosetta Gate is guarded to-night by 700 marine^ The Alexandra and Penelope left this evening fo Port Said, under Admiral Hoskin's flag. The Khedive is at the R ae-el-Tin Palace, surrounded by guards from the fleet. His yacht Mahoussa is anchored in front of the Palace, under the guns of the Invincible. A strong body of men ...

... OPENING OF TWO BOARD SCHOOLS AT CARDIFF. The schools recently erected under the auspices of the Cardiff School Board at Stacey-road and Splottlands, were opened by the Mayor, Mr A. Thomas, on Friday. There was a large attendance at both places. Among those present were Mr J. Batchelor, chairman of the Cardiff School Board Mr Lewis Williams, vice-chairman, and chairman of the building committee ...