... THE RECOVERY OF LOST TREASURE. I Extraordinary Diving Operations. The royal raaii steamer sneroro* Peiongiag w Messrs Elder, Dempster, and Co. West African line, has just landed at Liverpool :£20.0Q0 in specie, part of the treasure recovered from the steamer Alphonso XU., sunk at Grand Canary. The operations in connectioil with the raooveiy of the money are probably without parallel in the ...

... CARDIFF. THE LARGEST AND llEST-Ied assortment of Carpenters', Joiners', and Shipwrights' tools is at Perkins Bros, and Co., §3, St. Mary-street. 463e NOEI. 1 NOMA. NoN. Christmas Cards, Christmas Books. Edwin Dobbin, No. 1, St. Mary- street* and 52, Crockherbtown, has a splendid assort- ment of th* newest patterns in Christmas cards English and foreign make, Also a large ataek. 0 Christmas ...

... of TMiiity wjgo, efib» a: bicycle accident oa the ptmvn&wnoay. The evidence showed thab- decea sed suffered from cfcHMfc &&bit6C$Md4hat this had tatm-an. acute fenttt. Tlii/ doctor could not say whether tMAOdMaat tdas a' plr edisposing' cause of death. The jury found that death resulted from acute diabtbifeacattatfKl b^thftwaidant. ...

... SIR E. J. REED ON THE NAVY. Sir E. J. Reed, speaking at a Liberal dinner at Portsmouth, on Wednesday night, said he could not view with coulplacency may apprjach to weakness in the British navy, wa had not enongh first-class fhips finished to replace tha out-of-date vessels in the Channel Squadron. ...

... THE VARIOUS FORTUNE OF A FRENCH MINISTwi? aveno'er TIT'F' T th° rol« avenger. The Irencli are by nature a war- like People. Fro, tll(,, eariio,,t peri0d of thoir hh;tory to the present day they have arms. to be nm'f P°ople who seem e,t or' S d ...

... Supposed Suicide from ^Religious Mania. On Saturday evening there was a rumour that a young man, named James John, 28 jears of aee« lodging with Mrs Sarah Williams, 9, Chapel- street, had died from the effects of poison De- ceased came to the Rhondda about 3 veai-a a ...

... A Timely Warning. It has come to the knowledge of the Commis- sioner of Police of the Metropolis that a fraud is about to be attempted by a gaag of notorious con- victs and others operating from Switzerland. The modus operandi is as follows Circulars will be forwarded to persons in this country pointing out the ad vantage of buying a. watch for jE2 which can be pledged in Great Britain for 22 ...

... In tbe Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice this afternoon, in the case of Bishop v. Labouchere, a verdict was g, van for tbe defendant with costs, there being no appearance on the part of the plaintiff. ...

... THE ELECTION RIOTSIN SOMERSET. Ten Committals. I A special sessions was held at Kilmeredon to hear cases arising out of the serious election dis- turbances at Radstock and Holcombe on the polling-day for the Frome division of Somerset.. The evidence showed that on the afternoon of. December 1st the town of Radstock was in pos- • session of an excited mob lof over 1,000 people, who completely ...

... WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE NEAR SOUTHAMPTON. A shocking discovery was made on Wednes- day morning at Shirley, near Southampton, The general shop of John Cook, formerly publican, being found closed, the police, on information from Mrs Cook's relatives, forced an entrance, when they discovered Mrs Cook's body in a passage, with the mark of a severe blow on the forehead, and a rope round her neck. ...

... ( DiliLy -NFWS TELEGRAZI. I YORK, Tuesday. -General Grant is sink- ing His death is expected at any moment. It may b, said figtiratively that the whole of the people .re watching by his bedside. He shows great for:tude. but said yesterday he hoped the end wouluoome somii ...

... DYNAMITE EXPLOSION AT HALIFAX. Two Men Shockingly Injured. A young man named Samuel Jackson, engaged in making a new main sewer in Halifax on Tuesday, was standing neir the tire in the boiler- shed with two dynamite cartridges in bis hand, such aa are used for blasting purposes, when the dynamite became ignited. Jackson had both his hands blown off, one leg shockingly mutilated, and received ...