... DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT GLASGOW. J Damages £ 20,000. A destructive fireoccurred last Dizht in the flour mills of W. and A. Glen, Cheapside and Piccadilly, Glasgow. The mills, which are 80 feet iong aud six stories high, are already destroyed, and extensive landed stores to the south were in great jeopardy. The inhabitants of adjacent houses fieri to the street. The damage is estimated at 220,000, ...

... MADAME Adelina Patti will make her first appearance in London this season at the concert which is to be given in the Royal Albert Hall next Saturday afternoon. SEVERAL head of cattle belonging to a farmer near Greystoke, Cumberland, recently died under mysterious circum- stances, and the investigation of the cause of death is exciting much interest. Only a few weeks ago a Westmoreland farmer ...

... DAMAGES FOR THE LOSS OF A HUSBAND. At the Liverpool Assizes yesterday Elizabeth Bentley, of Great Harwood, near Blaflfcburn, sought to recover damages from the Lincoln- shire and Yorkshire Railway Company for the loss of her husband, a stonemason, who was killed at Rishton while crossing some shunting lines to reach the station. The defence was that the man's death was the result of his own ...

... Theatrical Sketches. No. V. THE PRIVATE SECRETARY. D' yeou know that one of the bast farcical comedies extant is the clever and entertaining piece at present tenanting the Theatre Royal, Cardiff. There are, perhaps, few playgoers in the United Kingdom who have not laughed at the grotesque AND ludicrous situa- tions abounding in this admirable comedy. No one could witness unmoved the quaint ...

... SOUTH GLAMORGAN. Mr Richard Cory was no sooner disqualified as a candidate for the South Glamorgan Division, in opposition to Mr A. J. Williams, than the Liberal Secessionists and their Tory allies com- menced to look about for a gentleman to fill his place. A joint committee of Conservatives and Liberal dissentients was formed,and several names were taken into consideration, with the result ...

... Sir E. J. Reed, fit TO THK EDITOR. SIR, have received a telegram from Sir E. J. Reed, stating that he will arrive in Cardiff to- morrow (Wednesday) afternoon by the 5.35 train. It is hoped as many members as possible of the Liberal and Radical Associations will be at the Great Western Railwav Station to give him a hearty reception.—Yours, hearty reception.—Yours, R. OAKES, Secretary Joint ...

... THE REPRESENTATION OF MERTHYR.. It is feared that, owing to the infirmities in. separable from advancing age, Mr Henty Richard, M.P., may not be able to stand the fatigue of another electoral campaign. Should such a contingency happen, Mr Fred Davis, Ferndale, will, it is rumoured, be nominated to succeed Mr Richard in the representation. ...

... MR CAINE AND THE CRISIS, Mr Caiue,M.P.,has writteu to the chairman of the Clapham Liberal and Radical Association stating that on account of his vote on the Irish Govern- ment Bill he feels he is out of harmony with the association, and begging to resign his office as its president. At a meeting of the association specially convened for tne purpose, the resignation was accepted without comment. ...

... g=- — —-—■■ Visit of Mr Parnell to Cardiff. W é are able to announce that a great Liberal demonstration will take place at the Park-lull, Cardiff, on Monday evening next, when, in addition to -Sir E. J. Reed and other speakers, Mr Parnell has positively promised to attend tind 81Joak on the Irish question. ...

... The Hon. H. R. Brand arrived at Cardiff by the Irish mail at ten o'clock on Monday night, at which time there was a goodly assembly of persons upon the platforms at the Great Western Station. The whole of the gentlemen present, however, had not turned out in honour of Mr Brand, for it so happened that Mr A. J. Wiliiams, the member for South Glamorgan, was expected by the same train, and the ...

... Mysterious Death of a Medical Man. FL'ju-e Asyintn, two miles from Gloucester, on Mr institution. Deceased \v:. ationfc 25 years oid., and had praci;st»d on his own account at Witney ■jiid iis \vj.j .di/ised oy two of 'ie sr.f.iV of St. Bar- Ac- crdingiy he was ofiic:i' at Hartiwood in March lust. H. did liio work v.-h;i, likeu, and always Sbfcmed hng'it, un-i c'.ie«:ru»:. On ti.aurday, Iv ...

... On Tuesday morning a very fsad accident befel a man named David Protheroe, a joiner, residing at Llechryd. He was crossing the Rhyniney railway line when the 9.46 a.m. train passed by, knocked him down, and cut him in two. The man could not hear very well, and did not hear the train coming. An inquest will be held. ...