... EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA. Hundreds of Lives Lost. Calcutta, Tuesday.—Last night a succession of earthquake shocks ceurred in Darjeelmg, in- volving great loss of life aud immense damage to property. The number of victims has not yet been ascertained. The first report says that about nine European children and between 20 and 60 natives have perished. The earthquake accompanied by a. remark- able ...

... ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A SWEETHEART. Suicide of the Assailant, About half past 6 on Monday nveuing a young cloth presser, William Tiiake, of Llavertiill, Suf- folk, attempted tbe life of his sweetheart Kate t'aek, aged about 20. with whom he bad quar- railed on Saturday. Pask and her sister walSiog homewards at night were met by Tbake, and oit Kate refusing to speak to him he fired two shots i at ...

... The first meeting of the newly-formed Postal and Telegraph Congress is to be held at the Guild Hall, Derby, on Friday and Saturday, Sep- I (ember 29th and 30th. ...

... SUCCESS. We record the success of Mr D Hart- wel1 James, B.A., son of the Rev D LIyd James, D I)., The Rectory, in the ordination examination hehl last week for the Diocese of Llanda^f. Out of a large number of candidates, Mr James succeeded in securing third position on the list. He has been licensed to the curacy of Merthvr, and he carries with him the best wishes f his many friends for ...

... Manchester Corporation has decided to spend £ 860,000 on a scheme to municipalise its tramway systems. On Monday morning several batteries of Royal Artillery passed through Gobowen on their wav !o Birkenhead for embarcation to South Africa. The numbers that were conveyed were 17 officers, 499 non-commissioned officers and men, and 432 horses. There were four trains, and the last passed Gobowon ...

... Dl COLQUHOUX PLEADS GUILTY. Dr Colquhoun was brought up at the Glasgow- Sheriff's Court, on Tuesday, on the charge o! embezzling sums amounting to over £ 50,000 en- trusted to hitn by clients. The prisoner, when formally charged by the Sheriff, said he had agreed to plead guilty. As the case was one which the Sherifl could not deal with, he remitted the accused to the High Court for sentence. ...

... A MEAN COLLIER. On Thrsday, at the Porth Police Court (be- fore Messrs T. P. Jenkins, Drs Parry and Lewis, and Councillor D. Thomas) Aaron Mat- hewen, collier, was charged with stealing E2 9s 3d, the amount of wages due to Evan David Morris, a butty employed by him as a miner. The prosecutor Morris, who resides at Mountain road, Blaenllechau, had arranged with the prisoner to meet him on ...

... Porth. We have pleasure in drawing the attention of our readers to the classes in Mechanical Science which commence at the Boys' School, Porth, on Monday next, at 7 o'clock. The classes are in charge of Mr Arthnr Cryer, County Engineering Lecturer, the subjects being Machine Drawing and Applied Mechanics. Although the syllabus followed will be that prescribed by the Science and Art Department, ...

... IMPORTANT TO ADVERTISERS. THE EMBODIMENT. The man who is desirous of making his way in the world and is try- ing to do business without advertising, is like wink- ing in the dark he may know what he is doing, but nobody else does. Therefore, to be successful, he must advertise and keep his name be fore the public. T he GL AMOBGAV FREE PRESS is jus t the paper to m eet the se requirements. Its ...

... NOTES AND QUERIES. THE BREECHES'' BIBLE. In reply to Curious, In the past several editions .of the Bible have been published, con- taining both serious and sometimes curious mis- takes. The Bible which came to be named as above was published in 1579 by Whittingham, Gilby, and Sampson. In Genesis iii., verse 7, the mistake occurs, The eyes of them bothe were opened and they sewed figge- ...

... BOER IMBROGLIO NEW DEVELOPMENTS. A SCORE FOR BRITISH DIPLOMACY. KRUGER IN A DILEMMA. PORTUGAL CHANGES FRONT. MUNITIONS FOR PRETORIA RELEASED. (Press Association Special Telegram.) Pretoria, Thursday,-The accounts of the new developments in the situation published in the local Press coincide with the particulars con- tained in my telegram yesterday. A summary of the recent negotiations, which ...

... AFFAIRS IN PARIS. GUERIN'S LITTLE GAME. Paris, Tia(irsday.-During the night three drunken men were arrested in the vicinity of the Rue de Chabrol for shouting, Long live Guerin down with the Jews. M. Guerin appeared on the roof of the Anti-Juif buildings at daybreak as usual.—Reuter. Patis, Thursday.—The evening and morning* passed very calmly in the Rue de Chabrol, and as the police placed ...