... FAILURE li THE HARDWARE TRADE. The failure is announced in the London Bank nlpcy Court to-day of Higgitt and Bland, iroi and ,hardware merchants, Saurhwark Bridge road. The liabilities are estimated at £ 50,000. and the assets at a similar amount, ...

... THE TRAFFIC AT TREFOREST. Taff Vale v, Barry Company. I On Tuesday the Railway Commissioners, Mr Justice Wills, the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Peel, and Mr Commissioner W. P. Price resumed, for the fifth time, the hearing of an application by the Tuff Vale Railway Company to have a bonus fixed which the Barry Dock and Railways Company should pay them for collecting and delivering traffic to them ...

...  THE STRANDED BALLET  GIRLS, Appeal to the Public. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,—Anyone reading your article in last night's and this morning's papers would be under the impression that we had been receiving £.3 a week, but we wish it to be known that such is not the cise bad it been so, we would have been in a position to have reached our homes in London. Instead of receiving that amouut, we wish ...

... THE ALLEGED BURGLARY ATI ABTRDARE. {SPECIAL TELKGUAii TO THE EOHO) Charles Carter aud John Jones, who were brought before the magistrates at Aberdare yes- terday, were charged on remand at the Mertbyr police-court to-day—before Mr North—with breaking and entering the premises of Mr E. Burkle, pawnbroker, Aberdare, on the night of January 31st, and 3tealiug a large number of watches and nugs. ...

... ASSAULT ON A CANON'S WIFE. On Monday afternoon, Mis Wilkinson, wife of Callon Wilkinson, rector of Si. Martin's, was paying a visit to a poor parishioner, living in 19 Court, Lower Essex-street, when she was met by a miati named James Hawkesley, living in the same court. Hawkesley went up to her and accused her of having given him time some years ago. She denied ever having seen him before, ...

... -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. ...

... 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 ...

... RESIGNATION OF MR JUSTIOE FIELD. It is stated that Mr Justice Field has resigned his seat on the Bench as a Judtreof the Queen's Bench Division. judge having been appointed on Feb. 6, 1875, has served the fifteen years entitling him to a retiring pension. ...

... Lloyd's Casualty Telegrams. The steamers Hibernian and Paradox collided off Surrey Canal buoys, Thame* the latter had consider- able damage to her port bow, the Hibernian damaging her stem. The State of Georgia arrived at Greenock leaking, re ported having atiuck the rocks off Sanriit Citta. The steamer De Trapani, from Cardiff l'or Leghorn, collided with the steamer, Larnaca from Uremerhaven' ...

... Sudden Death of Mr Biggar, M.P. The Slar in its fourth edition to-day saya :-Wo R Ply regret to learn on w'lat seems only too Oct authority of the sudden death of Mr Joseph lnvar' at Clapham this morning. Press Association was informed on inquiry II the offices of the Irish Press Agency that the Was believed to ba quite true. The death I p the hon. member was very sudden, as be was ,resent in ...

... I THE RAILWAY COMMISSION. I A Convenient Arrangement. Mr Justice W ills, at the sitting of ttie Railway Commission, this morning, said he desired to make a public announcement as to the course to be pursued by the Commission in future. He intended to have sittings of the Vourt at the beginning of each legal terii-, aud to dispose of all work whie.h hud -.ccumnlate.d. Mr Pope, Q.C., thought the ...