... SPORTING ITEMS. Tile Lewes jockey Ecott thinks Frigate is bound to win the Grand National. Indian Prince has won a big trial, and he is booked a certamty for the Llyerpool Spring Cup. It seems that Tommy Tittleuaouse beat both Yarm and Frapotel in a trial that took place on tbe new Hedon racecourse. Helmsley cleared out a lot of Sherrara's horses in a trial, and he will, if started, win the ...

... District Intelligence, CARDIFF. DON'T FORCICT SEVFR'I'IiOkD BOARn SOHOOI* CONCERT, to-night, Coioniai Hali, inew-street, Cardiff. Armada and ^hakespeare, in beautiful cos- tumes. 1 rices 2s ana Is. Tickets may be bad at the doors. gill For high-class Portraits go to A. & G. Tayloi's, Duke-street. One quality, the best one price, bI per dozen. NEWPORT. Rover Safety has set the fasuion to the ...

... THE BOAT RACE. The Cambridge University crew bad a couple Oxford* ...

... THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN'S CASE. Mr Jeuue, Q.C., continued his arguments this morning at Lambeth Palace in the case of Reed and others against the Lord Bishop of Lmcclu. He said the question in this case t was whether, apart from the authority or weight of the Bishop of St David's case aod cases connected with it, there was an inherent, jurisdic- tion in the metropolitan to try criminally ...

... I YANKEE YARNS. I LITTLE JOHNNT. Little Johnny B., a four-and-a-half-years youngster, was taken by his father to an Episcopal church. When be came home his mother asked him what he saw. Ob, said he, Mr H. came out of a room and read with a shirt around him and talked to a book, Out one night when the moon was about four days old, he exclaimed, Look pa! the moon is broke. One day Johnny's ...

... TRESPASS BV THE BARRY 000K COMPANY,. In tea vjaoen'j Bsncii Bivioiou ot the High Court of Justice, London, on Wednesday, Mr Justics A. L. Smith, sitting without a jury, resumed the hearing of the case of Thomas v. Barry Dock and Railways Company, which was an action brought by the plaintitfs, Miss Clara Thomas and others, who hold certain lauds and a trainroad in the parishes of Liantrissaut, ...

... LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT, f Barry Dock and Railways Bill. Tiie Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Dock and Railway Company and the Newport (Alexaudra) Dock Company, Limited, have ( lodged petitions in the Private Bill Office of tbe j House of Lords praying to be heard against the f above bill when it reaches the committee stage, I I Garw Water Bill. ...

... THE ATTEMPT TO POISON BY I A TUTOR. Our Swansea reporter telegraphs:—Though no information has reached Swansea con- necting the gentleman whom a Ger- man tutor attempted to poison with the family of the Swansea stipendiary magis- trate, it is a fact that Mr Fowler has a son named John Bacon Fowler, that he is an archi- tect, and that he is now oa the continent for the benefit of his health. ...

... A SCOTCH BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. XI,000 Damages. In the Court of Session, Edinburgh, there was settled an action for breach of promise'brought by Annie MacFarlane, Craigneuk, Dennistoun, Glasgow, against Alexander Hogg, an extensive sugar broker, in Glasgow. Mr.Hogg was stated to be very wealthy, being believed to be worth £ 100,000. He gave the plaintiff many valuable presents, and used to ...

... Loss of a Newport-Laden Steamer. ANOTHER TERRIBLE INCIDENT OF THE LATE GALE. The s.s. Budapest, which left Newport on the 30th of January, bound for Las Palmas, one of tho Canary Islands, with a cargo of 1, £ 0j tons of coal, is reported missing. The vessel belonged to Messrs Burrell and Sous, shipowners, of Glasgow, and was laden in the Alexandra Dock, Newport, the brokers being Messrs Watts, ...

... I A Very Proper Verdict. I t In the Queen's Benoh Division, yesterday— before Mr Baron 14ddleston and a common jury —the case of Simpkins v. Garrett was tried. The plaintiff, Mrs Eliza Anne Simpkina, sued Mr John Garrett to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage. The defendant denied tbe promise and the breach, Mr Lyon and Mr Lyndon Bell appeared for the, plaintiff; while Mr Cock, ...

... DEATH OF AN EMINENT WE8LEYAN. Wesleyan Methodists everywhere will hear with regret of the death of the Rev Luke TyermaD, one of the foremost ministers of the denomination, which occurred on Thursday at his residence, Clapham Park, London. The imme- diate cause of death was dropsy. The deceased entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1844. He is well known as the biographerof Wesley, Whitefield, and ...