... ANOTHER FASTING MAN. Succi, it will be remembered, fasted for 40 day* in tbe Westminster Aquarium under the eyeli of mixed coinuiitc-.e of journalists and doctors. Hv has a rival in M. Jacques, who began at the Aquarium on Saturday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, a fast of six weeks. The ca*e» are slightly differ- ent from one an;>th-r. Succi's feat was absolutely purposeless, and could servo no ...

... 7--Iae SAt of WrtoI. Probable abandonment of the Harbour Railway Extension and Coaltip Railway Bill I This was the rumour circulating in commercial cireles on Saturday, and on inquiry we found thab it had some real foundation, inasnmuch as a Council meeting is to be eummoned for Friday next to consider the subject, The Bristol Corporation have done a great deal for the Great Western Railway ...

... DAN WJET 3? THE PRDYOSTS OF SCDTLAW. In the aeveirsg the Lerd Mayor of Londonl wsra entertainsed to a banquet given in the Waterioo ; l Hotel, Zdinbargh, by the Lord Provosts and v Prevreet of Scotland. Tbe Rigbt Hon. Lord Provost Boyd of Edinburgh presided. Covero . were lasid for 120 geotlemes. The chaiman was |J su~pprted on the right by tbe Right Hor. the'i Lord Mayer sE Londop, Barern ...

... [REUTKK'S TKLKGKAKS.J VAI.ENOIA, Saturday.— Lne cholera continues ùe,:r6aijllJg at Puebla ot Rugat. Fiva cases and one death are, however, reported from the village of Fenoilet, also ill the province of Valencia. MADHID, S iturday.—The French, Government has established medicd inspection for travellers coming from Spain, and has also prohibited the importation into Franco of Spanish fruit and ...

... RAID ON AN ALLEGED SHEBEEN AT CARDIFF. At a quarter-past twelve o'clock on Sunday P.C. Phillips (67) and P.O. Wargan (65), made a raid on tho house of James Hanuay, 2, Peel- street, and seized four-four aud a-half g-ajjon casks of beer, which they conveyed to tho police- station. Tfeere were seven men and women in tlio hous, at the tiiiie. Proceedings will iu due course bo taken against the ...

... I * THE STANLEY HOSPITAL It is written in the Talmud that man is barn with his hands clenched; he dies with his hands wideropen. Entering life he-desire&6every- thing; leaving the world all that he possessed has slipped away. How often the world's great thinkers have expressed the same ?? frequently it finds utterance within ourselves; yet how difficult is its realisation in daily life. To ...

... WEATHER FORECASTS. The following forecasts were prepared last night at the Meteorological Ofiice at eigbt o'clock DISTBTCTS— 9, Scotland, N. 1. Scotland, E. f Westerly and Southerly 2. England,N. 15. J- breezss, light; fair gener 3. England, E. ) ally. 4. Mid. Counties j 5. Engl.,S.(Lon.) West^rly breezes, light and Channel), j £ ™derate 111081 Probably 6. Scotland, W.) 7. Engl., N.W., I & ...

... DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT ANTICIPATED. The first order in the programme of business to-day in the Houae of Commons is the resolu- tion which Mr W. H. Smith will move That a select committee be appointed to inquire whether by means of an abridged form of proce- dure or otherwise, the consideration of bills which have been partly considered in this House could be facilitated in the next ensuing ...

... South wales art society, F> — g VISIT TO MARGAM. I TBS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES. 'HI 5,ULTI,NB^S of the South Wales Art Society TP Club, to the number of about 60, 4BU day on Saturday, AT Marfam T0T^Y' MISS Talbot not only grantiug admission * ...

... TO-DAY, Le Victoria InStltute-H. Rana. on Geographical the P- Poaition of the Garden of Eden, &ociety of Arts, 8. y London Hungarian Association-Ball, Frince's Ha ll, tr + Piccadilly 9 Gel Catdrivjrs' kcnevolent Association-Annnual Meeting, I St. James's Hall, S. Thi 3 Solicitoxas Benevolent A.sociation-Featival Dinner, plij te Whiteball Rooms, 7. o T. Strand Lileral Association-Council ...

... GRIEAT MEETING AT BIRMINGIIAM. I A ?? -- - A . A ?? in4ter +-n .0I ~.IiUt1tiAl ?? Ajl DlIsXiI~iUs~A1v. Sl A great nnti-compensation demoustration took pyace m at 13irruingham on Saturday, orgauised by the aious Mo temperanco societies. The oppouents of the Govtrn. E ruent Measure net in different parts of the town, and Evz marcphed to Biriley Hall, where a grand processiou B ias forrhed. Nerly ...

... 1TIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.- OXFORD, FMAY. Mr. Robert Gordon Duff, from Sherborne Shool, has been elected to a scholarshlo in modern hi3tory, and M Alfred Clarence lilingworto, from St. David's College, Lampeter, to an exhibition in the same subject at Lincol n College., Howous ScEooa or OrmsiL Srcnm lt Ltrance annaCaS. First Cla-None. Second Class.-J. G. Oumming, Bslliol; C. Fisher, Magdalen; A. ...