... An amusing case was heard at Nantwich county court yesterday-befora his Honour Judge Thomas Hugbes-in which John Worrali, a car proprietor, claimed £ 19 7s for damage to a horse and trap from George Harding, a young gentle- man. Plaintiff said the defendant hired the horse and trap to drive to Bunbury, Shortly after- wards he saw Mr Harding drive away with his young laay. Had be known that ...

... (IIY NRWMABKKT. Tuesday.—On the Bury side. Enoch's Workington, Pinzoi;, Hounùsditcl1. Fontainebleau, and Churchwarden negotiated a mile. Geo. Dawson's St Serf, Wild Rose, Memoir, Seaton, Semolina, and Master Astley galloped six furlongs. John Dawson's, sen, Greenwich, Sweetbriar, Wise Man, and Plato covered a mile and a quirter. Hvanss Ginestra and Signorina negotiated seven furlongs. Gurry's ...

... -IREUTER7S THLE GRAMS.]. I ALKMAAR, Wednesday.—A tire oroica out here this morning in the LAw Courts, which were nearly entirely destroyed. The Archives were, however, saved. The Guildhall and the Museum were at one time threatened by the fl tnes, but fiually escaped injury. ...

... [BKCTEE'S TELEGRAM.] VOLOSOA (ISTBIA), Tuesday.—Couut Julil1, Andrassy, lace Austro-Hugariau Minister oi Foreign A tl',d rs, died here at three o'clock this morning. ...

... IREUTER'S TELEGRAM.] PARTS, Tuesday.-ConRiderabI3 agitation pre- vails among the men employed iu St. Etienne colliery district. Four hundred miners yesterday refused to descend the Jubin pit in consequence of the dismissal of a fellow workman. The miners of Vilteccenf pit threaten to strike for the same reason. ...

... A Strike Resoived Upon. A meeting of tradesmen and labourers engaged in the build ii g trades at Merthyr was held on Monday morning at the market-hall, Merthyr, to consider what steps should b3 taken in view of the month's notice to employers for an advance of from 6d to 7d per hour for tradesmen having expired, and the fact that no concession had been made. About 170 workmen were present. Mr ...

... THE CARDIFF THEATKtS. I The FLyal. I The management of the Theatre Royal must be congratulated upon having framed their arrange- ments so as to open immediately after the panto- mime with so talented a company, possessing so attractive a repertoire as that, of Miss Kate Vaughau. There has long been a deep-rooted prejudice amongst theatre-goers against what are understood as adaptations from ...

... TRADES' UNION CONGRESS. I Resignation of Mr Broadhurst. I Mr Broadimrst, M.P., has sent the following letter to the Chairman of the Parliamentary Com- mittee of the Triiies' Union Congress Sir,—It is my itilention to retire from the secretaryulvp of the Trades' Union Congress Parliamentary Committee at the end of the con- gress year, and I deem it my duty to g,ve this timely notice to the ...

... The Tramway Dispute at Cardiff. I [BY AN OLD TRADES UNIONIST.] Tile stoppage ot the tram and 'bus traffic is a senous inconvenience to the public, by whom it is regarded with strong dissatisfaction. In general, the blame is placed against the employes, whose action of Saturday is said to have been, to say the least, too precipitate; not a few of the public loudly censure them for unduly ...

... His I,, yztt Highness the Prince of Wales has addressed the following letter to a correspondent with reference to the use of naked lights in coal Marlborough House, Pall Mall, S. W., Feb. 19õh. Dear Sir,—I run desired by the Prince ot Wales to thank you for your letter of the 12th inst. respecting the appalling disaster which has recently taken place at Poutypool. His Royal Highness has felt ...

... Escapade of Boys in Birmingham. HOW THEY SPENT THE LEGACY. I At the Derby Police-court yesterday, George Henry Lomax and Walter Pope were charged on remand with stealing on January 26th L200, the moneys of William Pope, a moulder, the father of one of the prisoners.—Mrs Pope de- posed to the money, which was in gold, having been taken from her drawer in her bearoom on the 26rh of January, and ...

... DEFRUADiNG THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES. A Fine of £ 175. Frederick Browne, tobacconist, Whitehouse- street, Stepney, was to-day fined L175 or six months' imprisonment for receiving a quantity of tobacco from sailors winch had not beeu submitted to the customs authorities. ...