... Finals for the Lincoln Handicap. Sportsman—Vigilant: Wise Man, with St John and King Monmouth places. Special Commissioner Wise Man, with Fullerton and Veracity the best of the others. Man on the -pot: Veracity or Galli- nule, with Kingfisher place. Newmarket Corres- pendent; Gervas 1, Wise Man 2, The Baron 3. Sporting Life—Au^ur: Tyrone or Johnny Morgan, with Veracity and Galiinule places ...

... Postponement of Sandown Park Meeting. In consequence of a great fall of snow, the Sandown Park Meeting has been postponed until to-morrow (Saturday). ...

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... EXTENSION OF THE CARDIFF WORKHOUSE. At Saturday's meeting of the Cardiff Board of Guardians, the contract for the extension of the workhouse buildings was given to Mr Clerke Burton, of Cardiff. His tender was for a little over £ 9,000. ...

... THE ATTACK ON GIBRALTAR. A Two Hours' Bombardment. [It k;VTk,'R'S TELEGRAR. I GIBRALTAR, Wednesday.—The Bham attack upon the fortress of Gibraltar was opened eariy this morning by the Channel Squadron, with the object of ascertaining whether sufficient warning could be obtained from the signal stations of the approach of a hostile i-quadron so as to permit of the batteries being manned in time ...

... DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A FARMEH. 1 ,.i .• 3 >' o' i. Oi iK 'ooor :-art /V*.uo .WJJO ...

... SWANSEA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The monthly meeting of the Swansea Chamber of Commerce was held at the Town-hall on Friday afternoon, under the presidency of Mr R. D. Burnie. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMi'ANT AND ITS RATES. A letter was read from the Cardiff Chamber stating that that chamber was about to ask the Severn River Commissioners to receive a deputa- tion whose object was to urge the ...

... A HYPOCRITICALOLD PILFERER. An extraordinary scene was enacted yesterday in the Church of Saint Gcmainl'Auxerroisduring the capture of a female pilferer by a private detective. The offender, who was an unctuous elderly person, had been surprised in a draper's shop just as she was engaged in annexing various articles of haberdashery. Accordingly, she retreated quickly from the establishment, ...

... TOM SMITH'S CRACKERS ON FIRE. About eight o'clock this morning a tire broke out on the premises of Messrs Tom Smith and Co., the well-known manufacturer* of Tom Smith's Crackers, at Wilson-street, Finsbury. The fire spread rapidly, much of the stock being of an inflitmmable nature, and soon two large buildings were involved. In an hour and a half their roofs were off, and some of the floors ...

... Accident to the Irish Mail. MARVELLOUS ESCAPES. A Holyhead correspondent telegraph!! that au alarming accident occurred to the Irish mail train as it entered Holybead Station at five o'clock this morning. Outside the station there is a long and dangerous gradient, and as the train came down this it was observed that it was travelling at an unusual speed, whilst the engine whistle blew ...

... A BOGUS CLUB AT SWANSEA. At. the Swansea police-court on Thursday— before tha stipendiary (Mr J. C. Fowler) and Messrs J. G. Hall and J. C. Vye-Parminter- Jeremiah Lynch, 18, Cwm-strfet. Thomas Lewis, Tontinp-street William Pugsley, 10, Clifton-terrace Morris Bresuau, 13, Greyhound- strect; Ed. Sullivan, 18, Llaugefelach-road Bartholomew Flynn, 21, Greyhound-street John Halliday, Jockey-street ...

... SEQUEL TO A CARDIFF ASSAULT CASE. Attempt to Procure a Prisoner's Release About eight months ago a young man named Cornelius Donoghue was convicted, together with two others, at quarter sessions, at Cardiff, for being concerned in an unprovoked assault, attended by great violence, en the persons of Mr George Bull, a local organist, and another gentleman. The prisoners were sontenced to 18 ...