... LARGE ORDERS FOR RAILWAY MATERIAL. Yesterday it was reported that ono of the largest iron railwp-y carriage and waggon building companies in the South Staffordshire district have just booked a forcign contract valued at £ 100,000. The name of the successful company has uot yet officially transpired, but it is known that nearly all the makers are now very busy on orders from South America, ...

... Mr Bethell's Marriage with a Kaffir Girl. THE MARRIAGE DECLARED INVALID. As briefly reported in last nights Echo, Mr Justice Stirling delivered judgment yesterday on the question of the validity of the marriage of the late Mr Christopher Bethel], of the Cape Mounted Police, with Teepoo, a member of the Baralong tribe, in South Africa. If the validity of the marriage were established, the child ...

... MR STANLEY'S FINAL REPORT. I It is expected (says to-day's Daily News) that the final report of Mr Lyulph Stanley on the Cardiff Trustees Savings Bank, together with the evidence—which includes various important dociiiiients-will be laid on the table of the House either this (Thursday) evening or to- morrow evening. ...

... I AN ANATOMICAL CURIOSITY. I [DAILY NEWS TELEGRAM. J VIENNA, Thursday.—A bankrupt appeared here in court yesterday who in the course of the pro- ceedings declared that his backbone ran from his chin downwards, and that his chest was situated where other people generally have their backs. He furthermore stated that the London Anatomi- cal Society had purchased his body for a consider- able ...

... I A PARIS SUBURB FLOODED. I SERIOUS LOSS OF PROPERTY. The Paris correspondent of the Daily New writes to-day:—One of the main conduits supplying Paris with water burst yesterday under the high street of the suburb of Gentilly. The cellars of the adjoining houses were flooded almost immediately, and vety soon the water had risen almost the whole height of the ground ibor on a length of 600 ...

... THE SPANISH CONVENT SCANDAL. Indignation at Madrid. The Madrid correspondent of the Standard writes to-day :-Fresh details have been published of the melancholy incident which recently occurred in the convent at Vigo. They show that the nun,after taking the veil, had a scene with her father and the abbess. She then rapidly became worse, and made her will, bequeathing to the convent all the ...

... At the Cardiff police court, to-day-before Mr T. W. Lewis (stipendiary) and Dr H. J. Paine- Emma Smith (alias Adams), Thomas John Davies, John William Burns, and John Hailey were charged with stealing from the Royal Hotel a tin case, containing a large quantity of electro-plated goods, valued at J330, the property of Messrs Mark Willis and Sons, Sheffield, on the 30th ult.—On the case being ...

... SUICIDE AT AMMANFORD. A grocer, named David Emauuel, committed suicide on Thursday at Ammanford, He waa found suspended by a rope to a beam in the attic of his house. The deceased, who was about 40 years of age, leaves a widow aud font children. ...

... THE ELECTION AT liAMPSTEAI), I A WALK OVER FOR MR BRQDIE- H0ARE. Mi E. Brodio-Hoara, C >a ...

... VERY SAD AT HER AGE. I A POLICE-COURT ODDITY. I At the Worship-street police-court, London, yesterday, Mrs Mary Brown, of independent means, 70 years of age, was again charged with being drunk and incapable in Mare-street, Hackney.—Police-constable 44 H R deposed that on Monday evening ho found Mrs Brown lying on the pavement. She got up and clung to the railings, but was unable to walk away, ...

... CARDIFF BANKRUPTCY COURT. To-Day's Examinations. I At the Cardiff Bankruptcy Court to-day— before Mr Regititrar Langiey — the following examinations in bankruptcy were conducted In re THOMAS SEELEY, furniture dealer, Cardiff. —The debtor was examined by the official receiver as to transactions with a mys- terious person named Langdon. — Mr Stephens applied for an adjournment of the examination ...

... I THE COPPER SYNDICATE. 1 I A Definite Understanding Come to. Our ParIs correspondent informs us that the copper syndicate has succeeded in coming to a definite understanding with the Spanish com- panies. This arrangement is based on the price of jB60 for Chili bars, £64 for refined ingots, and JB65 to 267 for best selected. The association guarantees these as minimum prices, and divides with ...