... I.4trd Bute and His Leaseholders. MR HALDANE'S CRITICISM. Mr Haldane, M.P., writing in reference to the letter from the Marquis of Bute in regard to the leaseholders at Cumnock, says Such a style of Writing makes one rub oue's eyes and look again At the date of the letter. The spirit of the Mar- juis of Bute's ancestors is everything, the require- aaents ot the people of Cumnock is nothing. ...

... What the World Says. I hear that the Queen has decided to postpone her contemplated visit to Strathpeffer till next year, so her Majesty will remain at Balmoral until she comes south to Windsor in November. The Queen will probably go to Aix-ies-Bains early in the spring. The health cf the Priuco of Wales has so far improved that the apprehensions which caused so much anxiety a month since ...

... The Man About Town. Too much, it seems to mc, was made by the spcaker3 at some of tlD Miners meet- ings yesterday of the the attendance and I notice with regret that in one case it was attributed to ignoble mo- tives. I venture to suggest that all the t men did not ask for the Monday montilly 'holiday because they wanted to w attend mass meetings. Ihere are other things in life just as ...

... Waiter, a beefsteak-but not a small one. I am so terribly nervous that every little thing up- sets me. Sissy (charmingly): Do you know Charley Muttonhed asked me what day was April fool day? Sophia (sarcastic): I don't know why he should have asked. All days are the same to him. No, mum, said the help to her mistress I've made up my mind and that settles it. Ah, sighed the poor mistress ...

... THE FASTEST PASSAGE TO I THE CAPE. The Union Steamship Company's Royal Mail steamer Moor, which left Southampton on Sept. 6tb, arrived at Cape Town at nine a.m. yesterday. After deducting stoppages at Lisbon and Madeira, her net steaming time was 17 days 23iir 45min, the fastest passage yet made between Southamp- ton and Cape Town. This vessel has also made the quickest homeward passage ...

... I Release of an Editor. Mr W. G. Fisher,editor of the tifunster Et was released from Waterford Gaol this morn- after undergoing a fortnight's imprisonnaec- publiabiug boycotting resolutions in hill xL, .cF. paper. ...

... THE WAR OF RATES. The Economist, commenting upon the local war of rates, ueclares that one of the most striking movements amoAg Stock Exchange securities lately has been the violent fluctuations in Tutf V lie stock. After dealing with the position of the T.'ff undertaking our contemporary prc-ceedi: The Barry Dock and Rr-ilways Company was started in 1884 by some of the leading capitalists and ...

... GUZZLING JIM AND HE ARE THE SUBJECTS OF ENQUIRIES. The police are still huntin up the New York Herald's clues. Inspectors from Scotland-yard,from the City, and from several other parts of London are quietly and persistently thinking-out the problems associated with Cleary and Guzzling- Jim, Cleary and Guzzling Jim are the two characters nowjin every mouth in a district where such charac- ...

... STRIKE OF FITTERS AT BARRY, The fitters employed at Barry Graving Dock have come out in consequence of the company's have come out in consequence of the company's employing a non-society man. It appears that the company had been remonstrated with by the Cardiff society. As the man was still kept on, tbe men struck. Fitting work at the dry dock is now at a standstill. ...

... [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE FCHO.] Before the stipendiary at the Merthyr police- court to-day, Patrick Hurley, Black Lion-court, was charged with wounding his wife Margaret by bitting her on the head with a poker last night. —Charles A. Kelly, assistant to Dr Ward, said he was sent for to attend the prosecutrix. She,was suffering from loss of blood. There was a contused wound on the back of the ...

... Boundary Commissioner's Inquiry I At the Newport Town-hall this morning, Mr Archibald B. Bence Jones, barrister, the com- missioner appointed by the Home Secretary, under the powers of the Newport Corporation Act of 1889, to fix the boundaries, &c.» of the different wards, opened his inquiry. Newport was formerly divided into four wards for municipal purposes, but by the Improvement Act ...

... BREWSTER. SESSIONS. Swansea. The annual licensing session was held on Tues- day at the Town-hall, Swansea. The committee consisted of Messrs J. C. Fowler (in the chair), T. Phillips, sen., W. Stone, T. Davies, A. Mason, and T. C. Davies. THE BLACK LIST. The black list showed that out of 200 houses holding geueral licenses, 19 bad besn proceeded against and 13 convictions obtained. Out of 99 ...