... Pontypridd Shooting Case. TRIAL AT THEASSIZESTO-DAY., SCENE IN COURT. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE KCHO,] At the South Wales Assizes at Swansea, to-day —before Mr Justice Cave-Thomas Morgan, Pontypridd, was indicted for the manslaughter of Morgan Salathiel on the 24-th August. Mr Arthur Lewis and Mr Wood fall prosecuted, and Mr W. Bowen Rowlands, (,).C., M.P., de- fended. Mrs Higgins having ...

... CARDIFF MUNICIPAL' ELECTIONS. I SIR E. J, REEI), MP., ON THE LIBERAL VICTORIES. A telegram having beea despatched at one a, m. to Sir Edward Reed, conveying to him the news of the Liberal gain (our seats on the town council, Mr R. N. Hail, secretary of the Cardiff Liberal Association, received by the following Liberal Association, Cardiff.—Have watched municipal contests with intense interest, ...

... THE STABBING AFFRAY IN EAST LONDON. The inquest concerning the death of John Brown, a native of Glasgow, an army pensioner, who was fatally stabbed near Rat cliff-highway, was resumed yesterday. A number of Spaniards were originally charged with being concerned in the murder; and now another named Hammond, a Swede, is accused of having committed the crime. The chief witness was a young woman ...

... I Gossip of the Day. From To-day's London Letters, f Supposed Windfall for Mr Gladstone. | It is rumoured that Mr Gladstone benefit* considerably under Lord Wolverton's will. I ha.vet no private information on the subject (*ays thq London correspondent of the Manchester 4fu#r £ ian), but on antecedent grounds it is highly probable that rumour is for once correct. The Glyna of banking fame were ...

... SPORTING ITEMS. LDr,] Aile.,bury's stud of hunters and hounds is advertised for sale. The bast offer on the field for the Manchester November Handicap was t00 to 6. Royal Rose, who finished last for the Lanca- shire Handicap yesterday, ran in Mr Naylor's Colours, St Mirin has bpen sold by the Duke of West- minster, and will shortly be shipped to Buenos Ayres. The Alexandra Plate at Harpenden, ...

... Sir M. Mackenzie's Opinion Supported. CHRONICLE TEI,EGPAU. I VIENNA, Friday Night.—The result of the c()';r;uh,>,t:on of the four physicians on the Crown Prince's case is to br,-iiz the German pbysiciaus round to Sir Mortll Mackenzie's opinion that an operation from the outside is not advisable at present. It is hoped that the swelling, which now renders it impossible to extract any portion ...

... DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES AT I MERTHYR. Won at Last, comedy-drama, by Wybert Reeve, was performed last night at the Temper- ance Hall, Merthyr, by members of the Mertbyr Dramatic Club. The house was crowded in all parts, and a handsome addition to the new hospital funds—the object in view—must have been secured. Oon&tancc Warburton, the sometime impulsive and light hearted sister of Lieut. ...

... THE SCENE IN COURT. I A New Turn of Affairs. A CLUE TO THE SECOND MAN, I Supposed Flight to America. I [FKOJI OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.] LILANELLT, Thursday. Tbe magisterial inquiry into the Dafen tragedy was resumed this morning. Great excitement was manifested in the town anticipatory of the affair, this being increased because, unlike the coroner's inquiry, a view of the accused (David ...

... SEQUEL TO A BRISTOL ASSIZE TRIAL. Yesterday, for the second time within four days, the attention of the Taunton magistrates was occupied with a complaint arising out of a trial at Bristol assize last week. On Saturday a man named Yarde was sentenced by Mr Justice Wills to 18 months' bard labour for an offence under the Criminal Law Amendment Act against Eliza- beth Burford, the daughter of a ...

... THE POISONING OF A WED- DING PARTY. In connection with the poisonous'wedding cake at Jarrcw, from the ili-effects of which 20 people are now known to have suffered, the report of the county analyst (Mr Stock) has been received. It states that the icing on one of the cakes contained 22 per cent. of arsenic. The baking powder, lump sugar, and castor sugar obtained by the maker of thecake, and ...

... SPORTiNG ITEMS. Robinson bad sucb a tough seat on Gipey Kiftll in the opening race at Brighton, on Tu-sday, that he declined to ride again during the aflernoon. A fine race was witnestied for the Hassocks Plate at Brighton yesterday, Attila securing verdict a bead in advance of Roodee and who ran a dead beat for second place. Tonans, after having been at his owner's place in Northamptonshire ...

... SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AT CARDIFF. Early this morning a carpenter named Den Keeney, azed 39, and living at 36, C iancery-lane, Grangetowu, was crossing the railway line in that neighbourhood wbou an engine, that was passing at the time, knocked him down. His ribs were fractured, and his right ankle badly injured. He was conveyed to the infirmary and detained. About the same time a labourer named ...