... THE scene in and about assize courts on the earlier days of the sittings is anything but creditable to the good sense of the people. All who have causes for trial are assembled, although it is a matter of abso- lute certainty that comparatively few can be dealt with on the opening day. Litigants with their solicitors and witnesses travel to the assize town in droves and travel home again at ...

... NOVEL FOOTBALL CLAIM. Mr gtewart McNichol, acting on behalf of a S' ,2? .oufc a summons against the Association on the following claim 1883, Febriiiry 25th, to Joss and damage sustained by pursuer on or about this ^fenders, as representing f th.Hh ...

... MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS FOR CARDIFF. IMPORTANT LETTER, FROM SIR W. rr. LE W m. At a meeting of the Town-hall Committeaof the Ciki-I ff Corporation on Monday there were present Alderman David Jones (in the chair), Alderman D. Lewis, W. Sanders, T. W. Jacobs, T. Rees, and P. W. Carey, Councillors Gerhold, Brain, Munn, and and Mr J. L. Wheat'ey (town cJerk). -The first business taken by the committee ...

... AN EXACT DEFENDANT.—Joseph Farren, A Newport ne'er-do well, boarded the defend- ant's stand at the Newport Town-hall on Monday, and Officer Faulker declared that at 9.50 p.m. on Saturday evening Farren, who had imbibed freely, created a scene in tho 'Newport Market, declined to go home as desired, and proceeded to k-ntwine) his leg. around the ex trmni ties of the otncer. Farren assented to ...

... FIRE.—A portion of the roof covering the calcining furnaces at the copper works took fire at noon on Monday, but the flames were subdued after about an hour's hard work. It is not known how it originated. SUDDEN I)EATH. -A tin-plate worker named David Arnold, aged 28. hailing fi-o Wain wen, Cwmbwria, Swansea, died during Sunday night at the Cornish Arms Inn. He had been working at Irimsaran, ...

... ASSAULTING A FOOTBALL KEFEUEE. John Morton was fined j61 and oosts at Don- caster, on Monday, for assaulting Joseph Henry Young, a football referee. The Bench said these assaults at football matches must be put a stop to or more serious results would follow. ...

... SOUTH WALES CLK.RKS' ASSOCIA- TION. The aixth annual report of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Clerks' Association, wbioh will be presented at the general meeting of the mem- bers to be held at the St. JohnVhall, Cardiff, on Wednesday next, states that the directors regret the record for thfe past year is not more favour- able in regard to numbers, the actual r.umber of members being 359 ...

... J EXPERIENCES OF A DETECTIVE. [ BY JAMES M'GOVAN, Author of Brought to Bay, Hunted Down, Strange Clues, Traced and 'ifrackeu, Solved Mysteries, &e. A Bowi of Baked Potatoes. M'Sweeny and I were standing chatting :t the foot of South Frederick-street when a h?- Dawson sidled pa:-Jfced \jj» at something quic v 'ha.ii a walk. He had been running, A suppo- i hut ij.aliased to sober down his ...

... Important Statement by Mr Harford. At a meeting of the railway men at Edinburgh on Thursday, Mr Harford made a statement to the effect that he expected to be able to make an announcement this evening of importance regai d- ing the strike. Subsequent inquiries show that Mr John Walker, the manager of the North British Railway Company, has been approached by the men, and that an interview has ...

... Extraordinary Disclosures. The inquest on the body of the infant of a ornestic servant named Louisa Dudman was concluded at Putney on Tuesday. The •Qedical evidence showed that the left left leg, and right foot were detached from the body by burning, and the skull ^as fractured, but the precise cause of death ^>uld not be stated. Louisa Dudman, the mother, after being cautioned, deposed that ...

... By Lloffwr. ORGRAFF Y GYMRAEG. Pwy Ddylai Benderfynu'r Cwestiwn P Cwestiwn sydd wedi bod yn poeni pen a chalon llawer lienor ieuanc yn Nghymru yw pa fodd i syllebu gair neillduol. Wrth chwilio awdurdodau ar y cwestiwn, ca o bosibl fod tair neu bedair ffordd wahanol yn cael eu defnyddio. Os dilyna reol un awdurdod, trosedda eiddo awdurdod arall, ac yn ei benblcth gwna'r truan reol newydd spoil ...

... WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. THE proposal that local authorities shall bestir themselves to provide work for the unemployed is a startling advance upon popular recognition of the duty of such bodies. Whilst not altogether novel, seeing that a circular was issued some years ago similar to that just sent out by the Local Government Board, it has at this time the distinguishing characteristic of ...