... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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, • ...

... A meeting of members of Parliament aini others is to be held in London this week for the I purpose of considering the feasibility of arrangiun for a Welsh exhibition in the metropolis next year. ...

... Important Meeting of the Council, A meeting of this council was held at the Jbute Arms Iou, Aberdare, un Monday. Mr W. Abraham, M.P., presided. There were also present Messrs W. Howells, Pontypridd Isaac Evans, Neatu'; D. Morgan, Aberdare John Lewis, secretary, and a large number of delegates. A lengthy discussion tolik place with reference to the appeal which had been made to the em- ployers ...

... Great alarm and anxiety was caused in. North Wales on Thursday night by a report that Sir Watkin Williams Wynn bad been shot. It appears that the bon. baronet, who is entertain- ing a party of sportsmen at Wynnstay, was out pheasant shooting on the estate in the afternoon, when he was accidentally shot in the face by one of his friends. The shot pierced the left eye. Dr Lawton Roberts (Sir ...

... It is well known that people who have just escaped death by drowning say that during the last period of their immersion, after the conscious struggle for life has ceased, they recall, with incredible vividness, all the events of their past life. Admiral Sir Francis Beaumont gave a very clear account of his emotions under such circumstances, which is quoted in Har- riet Martineau's ...

... A SWANSEA-LADEN SHIP IN PERIL. GALLANT RESCUE BY THE PENZANCC LIFEBOAT. Exciting Scenes, A heavy gale from the south-east tioke over Mount's Bay on Thursday evening, accompanied with showers of blinding rain and lightning. The probability that breaches in the sea wall would be caused, and also the fact that three strange vessels were observed in the offing, caused many anxious spectators and ...

... UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES, ABERYSTWYTII. Mr Flusk, a, student of this college, has gained an open scholarship of £ 40 per annum, tenable for three years, at the University of St Andrew's. Mr Fluck was second on the list out of a larga number of candidates. ...