... Donustic Strbauts. WANTKDi a good General.—Apply Mrs Benjamin* 80# Sfttttoiums Iterant. 2 weekly (extra income) for either sex, without C3n- 9W vas-intr.—Send addressed enveloye for panlculars jtt ad (stamps), returnable (if desired) for the value of .nttia.torv sample complete, and guaraneed by Evans, and Co.. T 131, (ilobe Warehouse, Birmingham. (Jhis is genuine.) 399 tXgmths. dvabdhxs. &r. ...

... JUNE 4th. 1842—A Royal Proclamation was issued regard- ing light sovereigns and half-sovereigns in circulation. Sir James Graham refused to present an address of congratulation to the Queen from the Orangemen of Birmingham. Explosion at Apothecaries Hall, caused hy the bursting of a bombshell on which Mr Henneli, the principal analyser, was operating. He was blown to atoms. 1861-The Lord Mayor ...

... PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED. APtUL 23rd. 1850-William Wordsworth, Poet Laureate, died, aged 80. 1851-The 100th anniversary of the Society of Antiquaries was celebrated at Freemasons' Tavern. 1860-Earl Cowley, having obtained special leave of absence from the Embassy at PariB, defended himself in the Lords from a charge brought against him by Lord Nor- mandy of treating as private ...

... PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED. FEBRUARY 26th. 1838—The Honse of Commons disenssed an alleged case of breach of privilege com- mitted by Daniel O'Conneli, in so far as he had stated at a meeting in the Crown aud Anchor that foul perjury was committed by tüc Toiy Election Committees. 1843-At the fuceial of the notorious Richard Carlisle in Kensal Green Cemetery, a dis- turbance was created ...

... ULANDAFF SCHOOL BOARD. Result ef the Election, The resent of the poll for fiyo members to constitute the newly-Authorised Llandaff School Board wns cteciaied ou MoEaay evening as follows:- I ELECTED. Mr KMuey 532 Mr C, F. Sanders 553 Mr KMuey 532 Mr Kicliai (1 Williams C 435 Rev. J, E, 391 Mr J70 NOT ELECTED. MrJ.H. Hallett — 289 Dr. Arthur C 231 Mr G. H. Hodekinson Ind :>24 TMrThonMhsfees — ...

... BALANCE OF PARTIES. The state of parties based on un- opposed returns and results of contested elections is as follows .MINISTERIALISTS. Conservatives .n. 333) Liberal Unionists 68) OPPOSITION. 185) Independent Labour. 1 r 268 Nationalists 82) Government majority. 133 Members elected 669 To be elected. 1 Strength of Parliament 670 ANALYSIS OF RETURNS. The following it an analysis of the ...

... PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED. MAY 28th. 1838-Riotons proceedings commenced at Boughton, Kent, under the leadership of Oohn Thorn, alias Sir William Conrtenay. 1851—Riot at Twmworth on the occasion of a meeting of farmers of North Warwickshire in the Town Hall for the purpose of dis- cussing the grievances they were subjected to by the Free Trade policy. 1856—The misunderstanding between ...

... APRIL 30th. 1839-T.iieoterisint-Generstl Sir Herbert Tuylot died, aged 64. He had been Private Sec- retary to the Dnke of York and George III. 1846—The Royal Commissioners appointed to in- quire into the uniformity of railway gauge preseuted their leport to Parliament. 1849-Samuel Maunder, author of many useful books of reference, died, aged 59. 1855—The Right Hon. J. C. Herries, Chancellor of ...

... :iituations ;p2 weekly (exfra income) for either sex, without can Arf v s iilg.—Send (Kldressed enveiope for particulars ■'srSdfs • ¡is), returnable (if 8esired) for the value of ■^ifiatOi -ample oompiete, and guaranteed by Evans, Watt an' o., X131. Uiobe Warehouse, Birmingham. -:Tnis is genuine.) 399 dratrellera, & X?6monthly added to income by selling our Cele- brated Teas. French, Coffee, ...

... A MODERN WAR. Stores and Ammunition. The glory of victory, the shame of defeat, and sorrow for our heroic dead have been the points of the Transvaal war that have impressed them- selves on the public. The question of ammuni- tion and supplies, of ways and means, baa been forgotten. The amount of material necessary to carry on a modern war may be judged from the following figures taken from an ...

... The Emperor's Terms. British Fighting. SHARP ENGAGENIENT, (Press Association Special Telegram.) PEKING, Saturday. A small British force, under Oolonel Tullcch, of the 26th Balachlstan Regiment, encountered the llOXIr;¡ while reconnoitring north east of Pekiusj. at the village of Kao-Li-Ying, which was barricaded, and where the officials gave the force an insolent rtception. It was discovered ...

... HOMICIDAL MANIA. I New York, Snnds,y.—The wife of Mr WalterM. Smith, one of the best known business men of New York, shot her three children and then killed herself. Mrs Smith was at her country house at Inwood, New JerBoy. Her six-year-old son was bidding he godd-bye ou his aep&rtnTt) to boarding school. 1 he mother, who had beec suffering from homicidal mAni, shot him dead. Then she rushed ...