... Women Tortured in Hungary. EXTRAORDINARY STORY. I A Vienna correspondent writes :—An extra- ordinary story is reported from Komorn, in Hun- gary. The officials of the municipality of Mocsa, in the Komorn Comitat, are accused of having applied torture to persons imprisoned on sus- picion of theft. It seems that some time ago the safe of the municipality was robbed of nearly 3,000 florins. ...

... A STEAMER WRECKED. Halifax, Monday Night.-The steamer Portia from New York to Halifax, has been wrecked in a fog The passengers were safely pat ashore on Sarabro Island, and assistance has beeu sent there.—Central News. A Lloyd's Halifax,Nova Scotia,message states —Jhe steamer Portia from New York is ashore eat Sambro, and will probably be a total wreck. e pasaengers and crew have been landed. ...

... In a Knicker Suit. I A humorous incident is related in connection with the presentation to the Prince of Wales of the Gold Medallists at the Great Highland Show at Edinburgh. A well-known North Country fiockmaster, who had not expected to win the championship in his section, had gone to the show in a light check knicker suit, and neglected to bring the regulation dress of frock coat and top ...

... THE LIARS AT CARDIFF. f Next week Cardiff is to have a visit to the Theatre Royal of Miss Emma Hutcuison a London com^ny in one of the g^s^«coe«jB t rphp Liars, which ran for a whole °Jr J tie Criterion Theatre, Loudon. This Lst nhiv of Henry Arthur Jones has been con- laat Piay ot tie v not even excepting Tufp on hie Shop or The Dancing Girl; The Bauole b P jal pojut of view it is the sii ...

... [SPMIAI/TO THE BARRY DOCK NEWS j There lives at Barry Docks-which was de- scribed by Mr Justice Grantham whiile addressing a juty in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice as recently as the 12th ultimo as a most important commercial centre-a lady who has experienced, so to speak, a visit to the con- fines of the great unseen. If twelve months ago anyone had been bold ...

... NEXT WEEK'S FUNCTIONS. I THE MAYOR'S RECEPTION. I Elaborate Arrangements. I The proceedings within the Eisteddfod Pavilion form after all bnt a part, though a large one, of the many functions to be held during the week in connection with the great Pan-Celtic gathering at the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, 1899. The Eisteddfod may be compared to a huge planet which, wherever it migrates, ...

... A Case for the Assizes. I At Pontardwe Police Court yesterday the decision of the Bench was delivered in the Allt- wen Church assault case, in which the rector of the parish alleged that he was prevented and obstructed by threats in celebrating divine service by police and by the curate in charge of Alltwen. The summonses were against the Rev. John Walter Rees, curate, and P.O. Jenkins, of the ...

... SEQUEL TO THE MURDER OF A SWEETHEART. Josiah Cornelius Parker (24), blacksmith's striker, was executed in Northampton Gaol this morning for murdering his sweetheart, Mary Elizabeth Meadows, at Northampton by shooting her. At the trial Parker said that they had arranged to die together, but after shooting his girl twice to make a good job of it, he ha.d not the heart to kill himself. The ...

... Date of Board of Trade inspection. I Wednesday last was provisionally selected as the date for opening-, tije new pier and railway station for passenger traffic at Barry, but although everything is in readiness the Board of Trade in- spection 11118 not yet taken place. A reply ha.s, however, been received to the effect that Colonel Yorke, K.E., will visit Barry on Friday for the purpose of ...

... AN INFANT-;S TEHRlBLE DEATH. I A child named Peter O'Hare, nineteen rconths, old, met hiB death yesterday at LoDgriggend under painful circumstances. The mother had gone out of the kitchen, end the little child toddling after her fell into a pot full of boiling water lying on the floor. The scalding water ran over its body to such an extent that it died in great agony shortly afterwards. ...

... IN DARKEST ENGLAND. I The Beat of the Salvation Army Drum. I To hear Mrs jjrauivvc11 tioDth speak upon the social work of the Salvation Army, a large meet- ing was held by kina PerTOiseion of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at Stafford House, St. James's, yesterday. Mrs Bramwell Booth spoke of the Salvation Army as an 0rgaIl'9a^ocl which bad been raised from the poor to work for tho poor ...

... Prosecution of Officers. I Madrid, Saturday.—The Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine decided yesterday to postpone judgment in the trial of Admiral Cervera and his officers in connection with the loss of the Spanish squadron off Santiago de Cuba. Admiral Cervera and other commanders, with the excep- tion of Captain Diaz Moren, who comma.uded the Christobel Colon, and General Peredes, who was on ...