... 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. ...

... Mr Gladstone and the f Freedom of Cardiff. MEETING AT THE WORKMEN'S I LIBERAL CLUB. The proposal to confer the freedom of the borough of Cardiff on Mr Gladstone received its first note of public approval last night. Since the project was revived last week every Liberal in the town, and the wider constituency in the principality, gave it most hearty approbation, but it remained for the members ...

... Cardiff Arrivals. ^an 16 —Theophilus, 42, Bristol, light- i11 hfw?'. ^ullnuia, pitwood. KAB* J|l'i IV.—L K Chavlewood ss, 547. ?»lir, '1, Newport, light, M, K' iVci '1 cu* *'an —^Ceria, 89b, Dunkerque, N ss' Dieppe, siiudiies. Dodo an, •s'i fifii -i3trrdeaux. pitwood. ii,. ?,rK' ^a —Carlton ss, 132 London, '*• f>7 JlUT«f'rVlt'r ss> Bay^nne, pitwood. ...

... DISGRACEFUL SCENES AT PONTYPRIDD. Never before in tho history of Pontypridd—not even at the time of parliamentary elections—was such rowdyism »ampant and faction feeling displayed to the extreme degree as was witnessed in that town on Wednesday night, when both political candidates sought, but sought vainly, to address a last word to the excited electors of the division. Up to almost the last ...

... SALVATION AHMY ON ITS DEFENCE. St. James's Hall was crowded last evening by the followers of the Salvation Army, who assemblad to celebrate the commissioning of the 7,000th of its officers. General Booth was in command. He explained that they had already passed the number of 7,000 officers enrolled, and he claimed that this event was of interest to the public and to the religious world. ...

... A serious accident happened to a servant girl living at 4: North Edward-street, Cardiff, oil Tuesday. She was engaged in cleaning the boiler, on the sides of which some fat bad collected- during the cooking of a ham a few days ago. some strange manner this fat ignite4 and while she was attempting to put out the light her clothes caught fire, and abO | was soon enveloped in flames. She rushed ...

... At the Old Bailey to.day;.a man named Wake- field, father of 17 children, was sentenced to fiye years' imprisonment for bagamy. He was negociating a third marriage when arrested. ...

... Lecture at Cardiff. I The first of a series of five lectures on the History Qt Nonconformity in England, its Heroes, SuEferings, and Tr omphs, was given in the Charles-street Congregational Chapd, Cardifif, yesterday evening by the Rev J. Williamson, M.A. The lectures have been prepared for the Congregational Union of England and Wales,and are illustrated by a large number of interesting and ...

... Tha public examination in bankrupicy of James Thomas, Windsor Hotel, Merthyr Vale, was held betore Air Rcgistrai Lewis, on Monday, at Merthyr. 1'ho debtor questioned at length by Air W. L. D nie ,I official receiver. Mr Beddoe represented Mr Thomas Jones, George Brewery, Aberdare (a creditor for L250) Mr Ileynolds (from the i ffics of Messrs S.mous and Plews) attended in behalf of several ...

... MURDER AND SUICIDE. I A dentist named Ayer, residing at Hayleton, Pennsylvania, hot his wife dead with a revolver yesterday, and then committed suicide by shoot- jug himself. The deed is attributed to inonotary troubles.. ...

... A CHARACTERISTIC COMMUNI- CATION. The following postcard to the Rev Newman Hall was read at the annual meeting of Schools at Christ Church, Westminster-road, on Tuesday evening:— Beloved Brother,— Your love allows brevity. Thank you. I aito arising from stupor to p-.iin, from pain to intervals of ease; from coughing hard to a weak voice; from writhing to wriggling about in an initial style of ...