... MUnDEn OF AN ENGLISHMAN IN CHINA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] TEXT-SIN, Saturday.—It is reported that Mr Bagnall, an English colporteur, has been attacked by Shan Tung natives, and it is believed that he has b eeti killed. ...

... BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION. The annual meeting of the Cardiff auxiliary of this mission was hold in Bethauy Chapel on Tuesday evening. In toe unavoidable absence of the mayor, the chair was occupied by Mr Rees Jones, J.P., who, in the coarse or his remarks, observed that tha county ol Glamorgan takes a high place in the financial report—only four Eüg- lish counties contributing a larger amount. ...

... THE CHOLERA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] ROME, Thursday.—An official bulletin to day states that 16 fresh cases of cholera occurred yes- terday at Naples, and one death at Genoa. Up to 10 p.m. there have been no further cases or deaths. PARIS, Thursday.—The reported outbreak of cholera at Yport, near Rouen, is confirmed, 11 cases and 6 deaths have occurred during the past week The disease is ...

... Till: CARDIFF CwiilMIIA HON AND THE SHOP WINDOW BLINDS. At the police-court on Mondaj—before IrR. o. J-'nea, Mr J. \V. Vacholl, and Dr Fame—ivlr E. Dobbin,stationer, etc., St. Mary- street, wa ...

... The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes :-The romantic story which is going the rounds relating how a Spanish count, seeing the name of a youth of ten who was placbd second among 200 candidates in the piano com- petition at the Royal Academy of Music, wrote to the parents of the youth offering to adopt him, is substantially true. The noble- man resides, however, in Portugal ...

... LOCAL COMMISSIONS. The L0fic!(;>1, r:a:ette of Tuesday night conb.ins th ff)ii ...

... A series of papers on journalism Is being tributed by Mr. Arthur Reade in the Asked what a. country reporter, who had no specia.1 knowledge 'f art, ought to do if sent to an a,rt exhibition, Mr. Ruskin replied, Suppos- the country reporter to be a man of natural sense and intelligence, the best thing he can do is to describe carefully the subjects of the pictures he thinks likely to please ...

... Thomas Jones, tin-plate worker, Cradock-street, Llanelly, was charged on Wednesday, at the Llanelly petty-sessions, with bigamy, the circum- stances in connection with which were stated in our issue of Friday. P.S. Howell Evans, part of whose evidence was given at the time of the remand, now produced copies of the certificate of the first marriage and also the bigamous union. —Thomas Price ...

... POLICE COURT. —At this court, on Monday, the magistrates present being Colonel E. S. Hill, Mr R. C. G. Dornford, and Dr H. J. Paine, Thomas Barry, for leaving his ehild chargeable to the union, was sent to prison for one month, ...

... LONDON LETTER. Lomos, Monday Night. The extraordinary success of Mr Glad- stone's visit to Midlothian, and the mourn- ful failure of Sir Stafford Northcote, so far as the eliciting of popular enthusiasm was Concerned, has created an irritation amongst the Conservative party which is manifested In various ways. For one thing, the army of reporters which Hood the Premier in his Northern tour had ...

... condition. SERIOUS (JHARCiE AGAINST A GENTLEMAN. AtlNanuvich (Cheshire) police-court, 011 Mon- day, YVjlliam Parker, a retired gentleman, of Cheshire, was charged with assaulting Jeannstte Corbette, Wrexham, while travelling in a train between Whitchurch and Nantwich on Friday evening. A remand was applied for. Mr Brooke, solicitor, said he was travelling by the train in which the assault was ...

... We have reason to believe that Canon Smith, of Nottingham, will succeed the Rev. Dr. Morgan as vicar of St. Mary's, Swansea, Dr. Morgan some time ago privately announced his intention to the Simeon Trustees, who are the patrons, to eave Swansea for Leamington (his home), where he had been olfered the living of S:. Mary's. The patrons thereupon offered the living of Swansea to Canon Smith. A ...