... THE CONSERVATIVES OF WEST BIRAINGHAI. MIR, J. DUEJPIIREYS AS A TORY CANDIDATE. A meeting of Conservatives was held last evening, at tho Dudley Road Board Schoolc, to hear an address from a Mlr. John Dnmlshreys, of Bermondsey, London, who jlts been adopted by the Tory party in the Wret Birmingham Division as a working man candidate, The building was crowded, and a large number of Liberals ...

... DISTRICT LICENSING MEETINGS, DEW)LEY, -The Borough Licensing Sessions were held yesterday, the magistrates Plresent leinig Messrs. S. Price (the Meuyer), J. Niicholls, and B. Gardner, It was reported by SUIperintendent Herman that there were 270ol1 licensed houses in the borough, 3 heerhmasea, and S refreshmenwt- houses. Thu licenses of two alchooses lied lapsedi in thle year, and two new ...

... (BY CUNKGLAS.] THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD. The Aberd'ire Eisteddfod Corn,iiLt.-c is sin. cerely to be congratulated upon the great and signal success of its efforts. It has succeeded in spite of gloomy and quite dismal predictions, and in face of many local dimculties and petty jealousies. At the beginning of the year slug- gishness seemed to prevail at AberJare, but Wales seems more and more ...

... A meeting was held at the King's Head Hotel, Newport, on Monday evening, to arrange the fixtures for the forthcoming football season. Mr H. J. Simpson presided, and amongst those present were Messrs J. Bryant, Swansea; Griffiths, W. Wilkins, Llanelly; A. Duncan and W. H. Treatt, Cardiff; J. Harding, T. J. S. Clapp, C. E. Parsons, J. Bellerby, Newport D. T. Lloyd, Carmarthen G. Williams, ...

... A MHRTHYR GHOST STORY. A remarkable ghost story ia. now going the romifia at Mcrthyr. Not long since the wife of a local resident died, a.nd her child was banded over to the care of tho deceased woman's sister-in- law. Matters went on favourably until one night, when, it is said, the sister-in-law beheld, or fancied she saw, the form of the dead woman standing at the end of the bedstead as if ...

... DISTRICT N-EWS. BATHI. at. OuRvOING OMMITRsx.-Tbe fortaightiy meeting was. ar. held In the Council Chamber at Ibe Guildhal yestordfy Be' morDing, Alderman Gibbs in the chair. The Clark read a letter from residents In Hay hill, oalling attention to the foilowieg matter :-A memorial for Increasing the, dy light at the top of Hay hill had lately been presented to t. tbe committee. A lamp of ...

... RIPON LIBERAL' ASSO A --to'I - SPEEH0HBY THi A1RQUI OF RIPON~ ?? is ' 7. ENTHUJSIASTIC GATHERING. A .0 Ac is [SPRcOUL REPORT.] ins 3, Last night, iunder the assspices of th~e Ripon' G as Divcifio Liberal Association, a, meetinig ?? its held in the Drill Hall, Ripon-the Most HOD. to, the Marquis of Ripon, K.G., president. of the rej 'Association, presiding. The hail was crowded, at .the noble ...

... 1YEJRL,' A. ND COLONIAL BLULS D1iSPAITC21 01' XNEXT MAIle 'LIi i DEnnrNATIONM. i:ow LuvnI(s. lb I lA t D A. en t iifn .. . i. Ia :ttl i-. .. S .pt.1 . i S pIt 2. AuStWalia, Viz. :- Vejolia, Nlvt S,,jltt~IWtals, I jei-iani zlimit Sti1t AtStr:itLil alld J Tiaail, vii lit in i v tnitid. . i.. .L t , 12-I .esten Alltrlia. Via Brilv .i-S.pt LS. I -i. '2 I Beillrauji . ...

... DISTRESSING SCENE. At Jersey on Monday, a young French gentle- man, whilst bathing, was overwhelmed by a strong sea. His father went to his assistance, but both were drowned in sight of their family on shore. ...

... The people of Drogheda have been for the la:-t few days in a state of wonder at a most romantic marriage which took place, the bridegroom being George Harpur, J.P., a gentleman of 86 years of age, and the bride being Miss Anne Finlay, aged 35 years, who had been his housekeeper. The gentleman is the richest man in or about Dro. gheda in fact, his personal estate is said to be worth £ 100,000. ...

... INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECEABITES, ON Saturday, the 29th inst., the members of the Conqueror Tent, No. 1372, with their wives and lady friends, went on an excursion to Langford Lodge, near Crarmlin, in four well-appointed brakes, belonging to UIr. Adam Turner, of Clifton Streeb. The party assembled at the Tem peraure Hall, 108, Grosvenor Street, at 8-15 a.m., and, after a delay of about twenty ...

... THE STRAY LION'S FATE. A sudden and melancholy ending has befaJIen the lion Sultan, who so imprudently broke away from his cage last week a:¡d took to inhaling the sea. breezes on the beach at St. Brevin t'Ocea.n. His keepers spent three days scouring the country in search of him, but without any result. Sultan, however, unfortunately for himself, was observed on Friday roaming about the beach ...