... In the Queen's Bench division of the H?h II t;le Q¡¡C)Ù, BeT'ch di1ion of the Hi!!h Court of Justice, London, on Thursday. Mr Justice A. L. Smith, sitting without a.' iury, resumed the hearing of the case of Calvert v] Great Western Colliery Company, Limited, which was an action commenced by'the late Mr John Calvert, of Llantwit Vardre, Glamorgan, and now carried on by his !??r&seiit:iHve, ...

... THE SPEAKER AND GOLF. i Mr Pcüi, rhe Spoake*, îüunally ojienod a goli dub aa Biggleswade to-day. Mr Peel, after ma icing a short expressing his approval of the the first ball amidst the loud chcers of r distinguished par;.y which had assembled. ...

... MR GLADSTONE AND THE VOLUNTEERS. Mrs Gl?dsbone presented the 'prizeE to the 2nd Volunteer P?ttaiion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in the Gymnasium at Hawarden last evening. She was accompanied by Mr Gladstone, in the course of a very brief address, dwelt ul)., I,, necessity of mai:1ê.;ning the efficiency of tre Army, including the Volunteers. He th01¡ght the latter object micrht be accomplished ...

... SIR HENRY HAWKINS. I Mr Justice Hawkins is not one of those judges who have been promoted to the Bench as a reward for political services. It is true that once upon a time be did make a ?al]y into the region of politics but it was a good while ago, and the public in general may very well have for- gotten it. The constituency which he wooed in vain was the borough of Barnstaple, and it was the ...

... The Cymer Shooting Affray. PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY. At the Glamorgan Assizes, held at the Town Hall, Cardiff, to-day, before Mr Justice Vaugha.n Williams, a miner named William-Botterrill, aged 34. was indicted for shooting one James Matthews, and at Matthew Gillsmore and William Francis with in;.«nt to kill, on the 13th of October last, at Cymer. The prisoner pleaded not guilty to each of the ...

... I The Sailors' Stabbing Affray. At the Thames police-court to-day, Janipezlein Krause and Skiblow, three Russian sailors of the steamer Leibenstein, were charged on remand with killing Frederick Swain, and also with catting, wounding, and assaulting three other men belonging to the steamer John Bright, during a melee at 31111wall Docks. Mr Lewis appeared on behalf of the Treasury, and Mr ...

... THE WEATHER. Telegrams received by the Press Association this morning show that the hard frost which set in at the latter end of last week continues, and that there is a poebability that skating will soon become general. This is already the case in North Lincolnshire and North Notts, where all field work is stopped. The frost in London this morning was accompanied by a dense fog. and traffic ...

... St Andrew's Day. I CARDIFF CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. The Scotsmen of Cardiff honoured the memory of their uational saint in customary hearty fashion. On Monday evening they assembled, to the number of about one hundred, in the banquetting-hall of the Park Hotel, where they were given-not for the first time- excellent proof of the high-class cuisine capa- bilities of the popular establishment managed ...

... I FOOTBALL. THE NEWPORT HAKHIKRS have December 5th, December for ::ooa teams.—Apply Secretary, 4, Power-street, Bavraek-hill. Xewport. lQ04e ...

... I Smcke Lambert and Butler's Superfine Shag in  I picl-ets. To be obtained of aJl Toonists a.nd Grocers ...

... A BRUTAL HUSBAND AT CARDIFF. For violently assaulting his wife and wounding her by kicking her in the face at No. 2. Daviey- place, on the 5th December, William Nicholls, 49, was this morning sent to gaol for three months with hard labour by the Cardiff miqllis- trates. Prisoner alleged that his wife was rlrunk at the time, and that she fell -over the fender. On the other h>,nd the wife paid ...

... YANKEE YARNS. I Deborah's Brown Hair. Thirty-seven years ago a Yankee fishing skipper of Vinal Haven, Me., named Solomon Marshall, was courting Deborah Sholes, of Upper Port la Tour, Nova Scotia. While at her home he had begged a lock of her beautiful brown hair. During the succeeding winter, which he spent at his home, he received the news that the young lady of his hetrt had turned tickle ...