... I FLOODS IN HUNGARY. I FORTY-FIVE VILLAGES DESTROYED. Not an hour elapses without news arriving of some fresh disaster from the floods in Hungary. At the town of Csaba affairs have fortunately somewhat improvect eince the waters of the White Körö. River de.sttoyed the railway embankmcnl; there. According to the Pesth correspondent of the Standard the Hungarian Minister of Public Work* arrived ...

... AN OVERDOSE OF MORPHIA. H Dr. Danfoid Thomas held an at Hasnp^tead on the body of Mr Edward years, formerly a chief clerk of the i^d-cffice, who died on Tuesday evening at fj?3 ll«ii euce' 21» South-hill-park-gardens, From evi- iiHe°d appeared that Mr Rose had suffered for soma tima from neuralgia. To fc'18 Pa,n '!Q was 'n ^10 habit of injecting ()>j rj?la» ail ...

... The story reaches us of a al freak which hM been performed in SpitalHelds. For a w;>ger an unfortunate man named D jgins, living a:. 49, Dunn-street, was induced to drink a d ...

... CARDIFF. I FIRE IN THE WYNDHAM ARCADE.—About ten minutes to five o'clock on Sunday evening in- formation was received at the offices of the fire brigade of an outbreak of fire in the Wyndham Arcade, St Mary-street. Engineer Geen pro. ceeded at once to the spot with the reel, and found that the fire was upon the premises of Mr Wyatt, confectioner. It bad broken out under- neath thestaircase, in ...

... Affairs in Ireland. A Judge on Crime in County Cork. I Mr Justioe Gibson, in opening the Cork Assizes to-day, commented upon the faot that a number of offences committed in both ridings of the county during the past six months differed little from the corresponding period of last year. He found, however, that boycotting was on a decline, and there was now less disposition on the part of ...

... The Deptford Election. VIEWS OF TO-DAY'S PAPERS. The London Morning Journals. The Times says:—What is established beyond doubt by the polling at Deptford, coming after the gain of a seat at Doneasteij, is that the country has not, as tho Gladstoni.ans aud Paroellites contended the other day, declared against the Government and its policy. If, on look- ing back at the Parliamentary vacancies ...

... BANKRUPTCY EXAMINATIONS AT MERTHYR. The public examination of Thomas Howell, grocer, was held at Merthyr, on Wednesday, before Mr Registrar D. Rses Lewis. Mr D. Robert Lewis appeared for the bankrupt. In answer to Mr Daniel, the Official Receiver, the debtor stated that he was for eight and a-half years in business at 80, Caeharris, Dowlais, and for the six months preceding ids petition he ...

... SHOCKING SUICIDE AT W0LVERIIAMPI ON. On Wednesday, Mr Thomas Lovatt (48), oalj proprietor, of Peacock-yard, Wolverhampton, committed suicide in a most determined manner. While iu his bedroom he discharged into his mouth two chambers of a. five-chambered revolver, fearfully disfiguring his face. One bullet passed out a little above the left eye and penetrated thg wall, while the other lodged in ...

... FAILURE OF A TIN-PLATE MERCHANT. An Extraordinary Case. I At tho L mdon Bankruptcy Court on Vveanc** J day, Mr Registrar G ffurd had before him an application for discharge by the above bankrupt-, who formerly carried on a Imsiness as a tin plate and metal m reliant at 83, Upper Thames-street, and against whose est.oe a receiving order was mado 011 the 4-rh July, 1887, on the petition of D. R. ...

... UXFAILINCi KEMKDY FOR HEADACHKS. bolt IiVDIGESTION. Sold by all Chemists, &c.. in 72d, Is Id, a,,ill 25 b(I boxos BEWARE OF IMITATIONS ...

... [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGBAM.1 I BERLIN, Tuesday.—The Reichstag closed its session to-day. Before the final adjournmeut5 a motion was unanimously adopted requesting the Chancellor to bring in next session a bill pro- viding for the erection of a national monument to the memory of the late Emperor William. ...

... A fire occurred punday morning in the Calico Printing Messrs Heyes and Sons, at Barrhead, ow. A building 170 feet long and 30 feet wicjj vhere dyeing, scouring, and other operatiol -1 iere carried on, was destroyed, and the——tcert buildings were damaged. The loss, hicit at,,ounts to 910,000, is covered by insurance. The pawn office of Francis Mackellean, Great Western road, Glasgow, was also ...