... MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—In consequence of the death of Mr George Arthur Rees, an election of a councillor in his stead was fixed for the 1st July. The last day for nomination was on Tuesday, and Mr Win. Harries, of Gloucester House, who has issued his address, is the only candidate in the field. ...

... LOCAL POSTAL ARRANGE- MENTS. We are requested to state that Treharris, Quaker's Yard, and Navigation sub-offices, for- merly served by Pontypridd, are now served from Cardiff, and to prevent delay, letters posted locally should be addressed Near Cardiff. ...

... leS?n»Fif^?rif ay^~Lalfc, evenic £ > shortly after °gChester f°r Connah s Quay.Capt, J. Crofts, sudden!la°?nVor. ^essrs Davison and Co., was train Wlu a °* apoplexy in the him Vp rK every assistance was rendered hun he dIed in a few minutes after he had been Crofts at.Con.nah> Qu^ Station. Captain bPPn V^S returning from London, where he had Wales C ev,dence oa railway extension in ...

... GLASGOW, Friday.—This jiiorning a man and woman, apparently vagrants, threw a child into the canal at Grangemouth. Seeing that they were observed by the lockkeeper, they pulled it out with the assistance of the broom which thpv carried, and made off. Information was at onor given to the police, who are in pursuit. ...

... LOCAL COMMISSIONS. The London Gazette of Friday night contains the following:— War Office, Pall Mall, June 27th, 1884. LINE BATTALIONS.—(The South Wales Borderers.)- Major Smith Byron Boyds, from the Duke of Cam- bridge's Own (Middlesex Begiment), to be Major, vice H. M. Williams, who exchanges.—Lieutenant George Herbert Arbuthnot has been appointed a probationer for the Indian Staff Corps. ...

... LONDON LETTER. [SPECIALLY WIRED. J [n OCR GALLERY CORRESPONDENT.] THE DYNAMITE EXPLOSIONS-A NOTEWORTHY MAGAZINE ARTICLE—THE METROPOLIS AND THE REFORM BILL-SIR BARTLE FAERE AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY—POPULAR ENTHU- SIASM FOR MR IRVING THE VICTORY OVER THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS—IM- PORTANT FOR THE TRADING COMMNITY— THE GREATEST RACE-HORSE OF MODERN TIMES LORD RANDOLPH ATTAINS HIS AMBITION. LONDON, ...

... OF THE HUSBAND. Iras arrest day Hugh Rutherford Shortland, who |he death f t e^Qce m connection with feas btouffi?f u W*fe' Laura Shortland, in April, e. efore the nllgiqttates fQr.tlttJtourWi fcMr « x Treasury .^ding, one of the solicitors to tbe on behalf of the Public Pro- Baouth, Mr B. G. Bennett, solicitor, of rJy- the accused. been madeu8 most exhaustive inquiries had &nd ha Inspector ...

... Lord Selborue was present on Saturday night at a conversazione held in the Drill-hall, Derby, to welcome the Bishop of Southwell to that part of his diocese. Referring to the increase of the Episcopate, he said in our own times we had seen the establishment of fivo new bishoprics. Notwithstanding all tha uncertainties that might be before them as to the future temporal interests of their ...

... H The progress of smoking in South Aus- tralia has been so great in reoent years as to ren- der it advisable to check it growth among tba youth of the colony. A measure has, there- fore, been laid before the House of Assembly, which proposes that any person under 18 years of afire wb? sh,a11 smoke any pipe, cigar, 01 cigarette .be deemed guilty of an offence, and, on conviction, shall be ...

... The hearing of this case at Bar was resumed on Saturday morning before the Lord Chief Justice, Mr Justice Grove, and Baron Huddle- ston. Sir Hardinge Giffard continued the pro- ceedings by reading extracts from the minutes of the committee which had sat upon Mr Brad- laugh's case. Among these was a statement of that gentleman which he made to the committee, that the words of asseveration would ...

... BARRY DOCK BILL. PARLIAMENTARY COM- MITTEE PROC35EDINGS. CROSS-EXAMINATION OF MU W. T. LEWIS. LORD BUTE AND HIS CARDIFF PROPERTY. Writing on Thursday, our special correspondent says The whole of the day has been occupied with the cross-examination of Mr William Thomas Lewis, whose examination in chief was con- cluded on the previous night. Mr Lewis is the backbone of the Bute case, and very ...

... FIGHTING IN TONQlitf. ATTACK BY THE CHINESE UPON THE FRENCH. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, Thursday.—A despatch from j-janoi; dated Monday, announces that a body>f 4 0Q0 Chinese regular troops, entrenched with rtillerv at Langoon, in violation of the treaty of ) iHh of May last, attacked on Monday a Fren^f while on the March. In the fightin^ ,-rC,e ensued the French lost seven killed ° WJ n ...