... AN INTERESTING LETTER BY THOMAS CHARLES, OF BALA. The Evangelical Magazine is the oldest magazine of its kind issued. We have been favoured with a copy of a letter addressed by Mr Charles nearly 90 years ago by the Rev D. B. Hooke, late of Rhyl, to the managers of the magazine. It contains some facts which will bo of special interest to those who are interested in the history of Welsh ...

... EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY BY BOYS. Four boys—William Stott, Frank Skuse, Henry Eley, and Frederick Bliss tho three formor of Freeling-street, Caledonian-road, and the last- named of Burton-crescent — were charged befote Mr Horace .Smith, at the Dal- ston polics-court, yesterday,, with stealing a bag containing £ 15 in silver, the property of Christian Lewis Heiser, a baker, of 22, Seven Sisters' ...

... Glamorganshire Quarter Sessions. THIS DAY. The Glamorganshire Quarter SeAikioua were opened to-day in the court-house at the Town- ball, Cardiff, at one o'clock, when the following magistrates were presentMr J. T, D. Llewellyn (in the chair), Mr L. LI. DiUwyn, M.P., SirHussey Vivian, M.P., Rev C. R. Knight, General Lee, Mr Henry Lewis, Sir J. L. E. Spearman, Mr R. A. Valpy, Mr M. B. Williams, ...

... A BORDER BULLY. The killing pf Joe Hall, the rowdy, roysterer, gambler and all around border rough, by Herbert Reynolds, the cowboy, at Whitman, this State, one year ago, was a sensational murder, and one that created much excitement at the time, at- though but httie about the affair was ever heard of through the Omaha press. Joe Hall, the victim of the tragedy in ques- tion, made his ...

... I ALLEGED BIQAMY AT DARDIFF. At Cardiff police court on Wednesday—before | Mr North—John Marsh, 30 years old, was charged, on the information of Detective Fowler, with unlawfully iutermarryiog with Selina Evans, eu the 25tb January, 1887, hi# first wife, Alice, being then alive. The arrest only took place on Tuesday, and on the application of the police the case was adjourned until Friday. ...

... A MINE FLOODED. 300 Miners Idle. I Three hundred miners employed at Broomstair Colliery, Hyde, are out of work owing to the flooding of the mine. Pumps have been working since Monday morning, but little effect has been produced on the waters. ...

... Death of a Well-known Sportsman. Mr Bobert Howett, the well-known sportsman, tiietl at his residence, Woodborough Mancr, near Notting- ham, last evening, after a severe at ta-cic of bronchitis and brain fever. He will be much missed by a host of sorrowing friends. Mr Ilowett in his time owned several good racehorses, tho best known performers on thotuif being Muaden and Activity. ...

... RECENT NEWS OF EMIN PASHA. I fCBNTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.! SUAKIM, Thursday Morning. -A sergeant of the Old Egyptian Army haa arrived here from Wady Haifa. He states that ha left Khartoum on the 23rd of November, and that at that time Emin Pasha was certainly no taken prisoner. Indeed he was able to fully maintain his authority, and had repeatedly defeated the dervishes in the contests in the Bahr ...

... County Councils. The Rhymney Iron Company and their Candidate. A SH^BKHOLDKK'S OPINION. Ou Tuesday evening a numerously attended meeting was held at the Hlghsr Grade School, Pontlottyn, to listen to addresses,i„ favour of the candidature of the Rev Aaron Davies, from Mr M. Roberts-Jones, barrister, and jj[r David Davies, Glebeland, Merthyr Tydfil, the latter gentlemau being a heavy shareholder ...

... INQUESTS AT CARDIFF. At the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Wednesday evening, Mr E. B Reece held an inquiry touching the death of Thomas Alien, of 1, Catherine-street, Cathays, who was on the previous day discovered lying at the bottom of a clay pit belonging to the Brick Works Company, Maindy, with his skull fractured, evidently from falling on a large stoue. The father uf the deceased identified tbe ...

... THE BRIADFORD HORROR. a .MFOP.IANT EVIDENOE. ad -- a The Bradford correspondent of tie CCentral as News ?? police on Thursday suc- ceeded in securing u very important piece of at evidence in relation to the murderer, which .6- in their opinion naterially tends to strengthen er the case agaiust the prisoner Barrett. The wit- 3g ,r. ness is a woman who on Saturday morning had rt. to proceed ...

... [BY COSMOS.] MORE CHUROH CATECHISMS. DEAR COSMOS,—I must disagree with you when you say One would imagined that the iniquitous pamphlet by the Rev Frederic Aubert Gace, M.A. would have been suppressed. As a matter of fact, the teaching quoted by you is substantially that of all but a few Episcopal schools, and is definitely the instruction of the clergy of that church. I enclose copies of ...