... DETAINING A W!FE. A gentlemanly-looking mnn told Mr Horace Smith, at the Dalston police-court yesterday, that his wife had left him, and he hod reason to believe his brofcher-in-iaw was harbouring hr at York-terrace, Camden Town.—Mr Srpith: What do you want from me?—Applicant A summons for detaining my wife. (Laughter.)—Mr Romain (solicitor): That would depend upon the value placed upon the ...

... SENTENCE ON A ZULU CHIEF. I I RYUTER'S TELEGRAM. J (DURBAN, November 22.-The first of the trials of Zulu chiefs at Etshowe has concluded, the chief Somblolo being tOllnd gnilty of high treason, in taking part, under ■^hingana. in the fight in which Lieutenant Frisco and Mr Trent were killed. He was 484tenced to five years' hard labour. The chief's dOfOace was that he was forced into rebellion ...

... Newport Harbour Com- mission. THE PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION. The monthly meeting of the Newport Harbour Commissioners was held this morn- ing, the chairman, Colonel Lyne, presiding. The question of the reconstitution of the commis- sion was discussed at length. A report of a committee of the whole board was read sanctioning the proposed clauses of the Newport Improvement Bill, which propoaej ...

... AN IMPUDENT THEfT AT CARDIFF. At the Cardiff pohce-court to-day—before Mr T. W. Lewis (stipendiary) aud Dr Paine-Tbomas Morris (32) was chargeU with stealing 3 pairs of boots, value 22s, from 24, Mary Ann-street, the property of Mary Leary, on the 13th iust. The prisoner, who was a seaman, was lodging at the house of the prosecutrix for the night. In the morning lio made ofiE with the boots, ...

... THE ACTION AGAINST A CARDIFF CONTRACTOR. Singular Conflict of Testimony. I In the Queen's Bench Division on Tuesday- before Mr Justice Denman and a special 1ury- the trial was resumed of the action in which Colonel George Tonjline, of Orwell Park, near Felixstowe, sued Mr Jonathan Edwin Billups, contractor, of Cardiff, to recover a sum of £ 3,000, said to have been lent to the defendant. Mr ...

... Lloyd's agent at San Francisco telegraphs Eight of the icebound whalers have arrived safely in port. ...

... Messrs Weatherby officially announce the following scratchings Liverpool engagements—Alto, Silver Spur, Polynesia Yardarm, Theodolite. Out of all handicaps for which the weights have appeared—Quakeress. November uurdle Race, Liverpool-Domina. Sylva, Givendale, Angela. Knowsley Nursery, Liverpool Italica, Windfall, D'Orsay. Croxteth Cup, Liverpool—Prelude. Liverpool Nursery-Itaiicii, D'Orsay. ...

... MOVEMENTS OF ROYALTY. The Prince of Wales leaves on the 13th inst. for Flushing, to meet the Empress Frederick and accompany her Majesty to England. The Royal party will reach Windsar on the 16th, the same day on which the Queen is expected from Scotland. ...

... The number of visitors t » the exhibition yesterday was 3,113, making^? ;;hs total number since tbe opening day, 181,113, • ...

... To day, in the Exchequer Division, judgment 'all given in the Castlereagh conspiracy cases. The two questions submitted for the decision of the court were (15t) whether the defendants were entitled to be furnished with a copy of the depositions at a secret enquiry, and (2nd) Whether legal evidence had been rejected. The Court held that the magistrates were right in refusílJ the depositions ...

... THE HOME SECRETARY AND RAILWAY SERVANTS. Replying to a la¡-e deputation of employes of the. London and Noi'jh-Western to-uay, the Hume Secretary said lie was satisfied that if employers behaved as this company had done the result was more too tite, iiiell tlitti any -system of enforced liability, and it was in order not to destroy such arrangements that he introduced the insurance clause in ...

... ATROCIOUS MUHDER IN HAMBURG. [CKNTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM, ] HAMBURG, Sunday Night,—An atrocious mur- der was brought to light yesterday at Banker Dock. A box containing the corpse of Herr Huelseberg, a 'orwarding agent employed by the American Packet Company, was discovered and handed over to the police. Beyond the fact that the body was in a box, there were unmistakable evidences of foul plav. The ...