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PARLIAMENTARY. The new Parliament was opened yesterday with the usual formalities. The Commons, having assembled in the Lower Chamber, were summoned to the Upper, where the Lord Chancellor told them that when they had elected a Speaker and been sworn in he would in. form them why the Queen had called them together- which meant that he would read a Queen's Speech to them. While the Lords were taking* the oath, the Commoners returned to their own Chamber and pro- ceeded with the important task of electing a Speaker. Mr. Brand was unanimously re-elected, every section of the House-including, it should be observed, the I I active section of the Irish party, represented by Mr. Frank Hugh O'Donnell, in the absence of Mr. Parnell-assuring the right hon. gentleman that he was exactly the man for that position, that his rulings had always given satisfaction, and that his judgment and impartiality were as heartily recognised as his urbanity and his thorough acquaintance with the forms and rules of the House. Mr. Brand acknow- ledged these kindly sentiments, and reciprocated the wa. in expressions of friendship and support he re- ceived. He, at the same time, took the opportunity to give a word of good advice to the new members, telling them that he owed his exalted position to his attachment and loyalty to the House of Commons, pointing out that that assembly is the pattern to which not only our colonies, but also all nationalities progressing towards constitutionalism, look up. Then the House adjourned till to-day, when more formali- ties, in the shape of confirming the Speaker's appoint- ment, will be followed by the swearing-in of the mem- bers of both Houses. Mr. J. Arthur Godley, Mr. Edward W. Hamilton, and M. H. W. Primrose have been appointed Private Secretaries to Mr. Gladstone. The Press Association understands that Lord Richard Grosvenor has been appointed Patronage Secretary to the Treasury, and will accordingly act as Parliamentary Whip to the new Government, in the place of Mr. Adam, who is appointed First Commissioner of Works. Mr. Watkin Williams has been appointed Solicitor- General, and will in due course receive the honour of knighthood. By the latest statement prevalent in official Minis- terial circles, it would appear that the office of Judge. Advocate-General is not to be abolished, and that Mr. O. Morgan, Q C., is likely to till the post. Mr. Arthur Peel has, it is stated, been offered the post of Under-Secretary for the Home Department; and the two Junior Lords of the Treasury, who act as assistant Whips, are to be Sir Arthur Hayter, M.P., for Bath, and Mr. Cotes, M. P., for Shrewsbury.

VOLUNTEER APPOINTMENTS FIRST MON. RIFLE CORPS. For the week ending- the 8th Mav. 1880. MONDAY.—Band practice at 7.30 p.m. TUESDAY.—Company and recruits' drill at 7.30 p.m. WEDNESDAY,—Recruits' drill at 7.30 p.m. THURSDAY.—Class firing at 4.30 p.m. FRIDAY.—Adjutant's drill, in uniform, band to at- tend, at 7.30 p.m. MEM.—Colour-sergt. J. G. Anatice to be Quarter Master-sergeant; Sergt. J. H. Elliott to be Orderly Room-sergeant; Private J. Minks to be Armourer- sergeant. —————' SEVENTH MON. RIFLE CORPS. For the week ending 8th Mar, 1880. I MONDAY.—Company drill at 7.30 p.m. TUESDAY.—Recruits' drill at 7.30 p.m. THURSDAY.—Recruits' drill at 7.30 p.m. FRIDAY.—Company drill at 7.30 p.m. Band practice as usual.

A BRUTAL HUSBAND A terrible revelation of domestic life was the sub- ject of a coroner's inquiry at Manchester on Wednes- day afternoon. The wife of William Hamill bad died in childbirth, and had been left, it was stated without food, with a box for a pillow, and neither' bed nor covering. She had four children, all found perfectly nude, and without food for some days. The husband, who had been in receipt of good wages, had, it was said, squandered them in drink and gambling. He was committed for manslaughter. A meeting in support of the land agitation was held in Dublin last night, and was attended by 5,000 per- sons. Resolutions were adopted similar ta those pro- posed at the Land Congress. The proceedings were somewhat disorderly. Mr J. S. Cuthbertson, son of the Rev W. F. Cuth- bertson, chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, when about to cross the railway near Bishop Stortford, on Friday, was cut to pieces by an express train. His father was on his way to Scotland at the time of the sad occurrence. Last evening, shortly after ten o'clock, Mr. Berbert Gladstone, the accepted Liberal candidate for the seat for Leeds vacated by his father, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, on his election for Midlothian, arrived in Leeds. He was accompanied by his mother Mrs. W. E. Gladstone. Before the commencement of the Parliamentary session, which cannot be opened for practical business until the 20th May, the Earl of Beaconstield will address a meeting of the Conservative party, compris- ing members of both Houses. The date of the meet- ing has not yet been settled, but will probably be about the 19th of May.

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DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM EVANS. The shafts of Death have sped with painful fre- quency in this neighbourhood lately; and this week we have to add the names of two well-known and respected townsmen to the dreary record of the departed. Mr William Evans, J.P., of The Fields, and Mr John Griffiths, contractor, of Dorset-place, Stow-hill, have both passed to the "bourne whence no traveller returns since the period of our last publi- cation. Of Mr Griffiths a separate notice is given in another column. The death of Mr Henry Evans, eldest son of the gentleman whose demise it is now our painful duty to record, will still be fresh in the recollection of many of our readers. In the prime of life, and while yet the future seemed full of bright promise, he was I taken away, but a few years ago, from an affectionate wife and several young children. Still more recently -only, indeed, within the present year-Mrs Ward, eldest daughter of the now deceased Mr Evans, succumbed to the fell messenger, and that within a few months of her second marriage. These afflictive j visitations, though they cannot be regarded as having brought about the disorder from which Mr Evans has 1/ died, yet cast a shadow over his later years, and pro- bably aggravated the symptoms of the heart disease which has now proved fatal. That Mr Evans suffered from an affection of the heart had been known to his friends for some years. Within the last twelve- months the disorder had assumed a character which gave reason for solicitude to his family circle; and although the deceased had the advantage of consulting, from time to time, gentlemen of the greatest eminence in the medical profession, it had been feared for some months that the fatal stroke could not be averted for a long period. It has at length fallen, and on Satur- day morning last Mr Evans closed his eyes in death, to the great grief of a fond family and many friends. Mr Bvans' career affords an example of thrift, diligence, and enterprise. Having received the neces- sary training, he undertook, while a' young man, the principal management of a grocery and provision business which had been for some years carried on by his father. By his shrewd study of the elements which contribute to success in tiade, as well as by his energy, perseverance, and toil, the business became marked by growth and stability and when (a few years since) the retail department of it was sold to Mr John Atkins, the well-known shop near the Town Hall was considered one of the busiest hives of in- dustry in Newport. Here, and in the substantial warehouse in Corn-street in which the wholesale trade is carried on, Mr Evans amassed an ample fortune. In the year 1850 he built the stately man- sion on the outskirts of the town, known as "The Fields;" and. there, within a short distance, we believe, of where he was born, and where his father held a small farm some seventy years ago, Mr Evans resided up to the close of his life. Until failing health necessitated a change, the deceased still plodded on in the path of business, spending a portion of each day in his oounting-house, and giving personal attention to the more important trade transactions. This, how- ever, at length became impracticable, and a few months ago, after about 50 years of active business life, in order to his withdrawal from mercantile en- gagements, the business was transferred by private arrangement to a company, composed of relatives of the family and gentlemen who had for many years been in Mr Evans's employ. Deceased retained a considerable interest in the concern, but retired from the management. From this time Mr Evans lived principally in seclusion from the activities of life, and when the closing scene came it could scarcely have been unexpected. While justly mindful of his own interest, and dili- gent in the prosecution of business, Mr Evans also gave attention to public duties. In the year 1845 he was elected a member of the Town Council, and in 1848 was raised to the Chief Magistracy of the Borough. Eight years later (viz., in 1856), he was elected an Alderman; but at the expiration of this office he undertook no further duties in connection with the Town Council. While he was yet engaged in these municipal offices, his name was placed in the Com- mission of the Peace for the Borough. To the respon- sible duties connected with this post he gave close and painstaking attention as long as his health per- mitted and we are persuaded that his judicious counsel will be by none more painfully missed than by the gentlemen with whom he acted on the Bench. Mr. Evans was, at the time of his death, the senior borough magistrate and recently he was appointed a magistrate for the county. He had also been for some years a director of the Monmouthshire Railway Company, and of the Water Works Company, and took a leading and intelligent interest in the promo- tion of undertakings calculated to benefit the locality in which his life was spent. In the various capacities in which Mr. Evans was known to his fellow-townsmen there was ample sphere for observation as to the principles upon which his life was shaped, and as to the firmness or otherwise with which he carried out his conscientious convictions of duty. Looking back upon the career just closed, we believe there are none among us who would pass upon it a judgment other than favourable. If it were com- mon for men to be faultless, and for fallible judgment not to err, then a career of exemplary honour and fidelity would make no palpable mark in the record of human existence. While it cannot be claimed for our lamented townsman that he was superhuman and never mistaken, it may be alleged that his life ex- hibited a true aim and a sense of responsibility. He was a shrewd and successful merchant, but he also won the reputation of being, in business matters, a man of strict probity. He was a discerning magis- trate-one whose knowledge of human nature would preserve him from being easily deceived he knew when to be severe but while anxious to 11 do justly," he nevertheless "loved mercy." In social life he was genial, accessible, and kind and among the hundreds who knew him well, there are doubtless many who will cherish grateful recollections of his unostenta- tious benevolence, and lament the removal of a true friend. His family sustains a loss which, for a time at least, will be felt to be irreparable. In religion Mr. Evans was a Baptist; in politics, a Liberal; but in neither sense was he a bigot or an enthusiast. He had reasons which to him were suffi- cient to justify his preferences; hut these did not blind him to the excellencies of those who held not his views. In that he was a man whose example and precept were calculated to soften the asperities of I partisanship, whose counsel was judicious and avail- able, and whose judicial career was a boon to the tOwu-Mr. Evans' death occasions a gap in Newport which it will not be easy to fill. The funeral took place on Tuesday morning, at 11, at the Newport Cemetery. It was conducted with a simplicity quite in keeping with the life of the lamented deceased. The body was borne from the residence, across the fields to the grave, on the shoulders of a number of bearers selected principally from among men who had been in Mr. Evans' employ. The funeral procession was composed of the officiating minister, the Rev. J. W. Lance, Dr. H. Melville Brewer, the only son and three sons-in law of the deceased, viz., Mr. Arthur Evans, Mr. L. Owen, Mr. B. P. Woos- nam, and Mr. J. E. Ward, with Master H. Evans, a grandson and some immediate friends and gentlemen who had stood in business relations with Mr. Evans. The pall-bearere were Mr Lewis, Mr Williams, Mr Thomas, Mr Hancock, and Mr Gill; and there were eighteen under-bearers. Before entering the Cemetery these were met by a great number of persons who had attended to show a last mark of respect to the deceased—among whom were the M >yor, Mr Wyndham Jones, Mr Gibbs, Mr Huzzey, Mr Bolt, Mr Maddock, Mr R. F. Woollett, Mr R. G. Cullum, Mr T. P. Wansbrough, Mr W. Graham, Mr Ebenezer Lewis, Mr T. Kessick, Mr G. Batchelor, Mr W. Christophers, Mr G. B. Batchelor, Mr J. E. Brewer, Dr. R. E. W. Brewer, the Rev. T. LI. Lister, Mr A. J. David, Mr H. Beynon, Messrs J. Northcott, M. Wheeler, W. Vaughan, E. Jenkins, C. Rowe, W. Owen, E. J. Smith, J. Horner, and E. Frost, S. Vernon, Mr Warren, Mr J, Gould, Mr H. Richards, and many others. Floral wreaths of the choicest description -white blooms upon green ground—were laid upon the coffin Just prior to its being borne away from The Fields, and before it was lowered into the vault, a cross of similarly chaste design was added. The funeral service was impressively read. by the Rev. J. W. Lance. Mr B. Evans, London House, was the undertaker, the coffin, &c., being supplied by Messrs Palmer and Son, Llanarth-street.

THE ATALANTA. Her Majesty's ship Wye, which was dispatched in search of the Atcdanta, arrived at Plymouth on Wed. nesday night, but brought no intelligence tending to throw light on the fate of the missing vessel. On Wednesday afternoon a bottle covered on one side with tin-foil, containing a paper, with the follow- ing written on it, was found at Frodsham Marsh, near the confluence of the river Weaver with the Mersey —"H.M.S. Atalanta, March 16th. Fearful hurri- cane uiimasted; going down fast off the Lizard. H. SMITH, boy." The message has been forwarded to the Admiralty, but it is already known that there was no boy named H. Smith on board, and the paper is Deiieved to be a wicked fabrication. Our Portsmouth correspondent telegraphs :—" It is understood at Portsmouth that the Admiralty have already under consideration the ultimate probable necessity of striking the Atalanta out of the Navy List, but that they will wait until June, and should no news arrive in the meantime will strike her out of that month's issue. The Wye, arrived at Spithead last night from Fly mouth*"

DEATH OF MR. JOHN GRIFFITx A few months ago, when the familiar figure of L gentleman might have been frequently seen in the streets of Newport, but few, if any, would have thought that a life so seemingly vigorous would be so soon closed. But who can truly estimate the measure of human existence ? On the 19th of January last Mr Griffiths was attacked with apoplexy, followed by paralysis of the left side. For some days he lay in a condition which gave but little hope that he could survive the immediate effects of the attack. After a time, however, and under the most watchful and solicitous treatment, he rallied to a moderate extent; I the severer symptoms were mitigated, and until Thursday of last week there was a fair prospect that his life might be prolonged. But on the day named, viz., the 22nd inst., he had another fit, by which the brain was overpowered he did not recover conscious- ness, and death took place about 10 on Friday night, at Dorset-place, Stow-hill. Thus another respected resident of Newport, well- known in the town and district throngh his connection with public undertakings, has been withdrawn from our midst; and in his removal many besides his family circle and other relatives will lament the loss of a genial associate and a valued friend. He was a man of simple habits—trustful, kind-hearted, and friendly; and having for some years mixed much in social life, and been connected with business men, by I whom he was highly esteemed, in public undertakings, his death, at the comparatively early age of 58, will be matter of regret over a wide circle. Mr. Griffiths, who was born at Longtown in Herefordshire, in 1822, came to Newport in* 1847he had thus been about 33 years in the town. For some time he carried on business as a builder, and among the more conspicuous of the structures erected under his direction are the Wesleyan Chapel, Commercial- street, the Masonic Hall, Dock-street, the Infirmary and the Baptist Chapel on Stow-bill, and the fine block of houses known as the Bank Buildings, in Tredegar- place. In later years Mr. Griffiths gave his attention chiefly to heavy contracts he was the contractor for the Sirhowy Railway, the Cowbridge Railway, and the Alexandra (Newport) Dock. In carrying out these undertakings (in some of which he was associated with Mr. Thomas Thomas J Mr. Griffiths exhibited an energy and intelligence which secured the confidence of the Companies with whom he contracted. His most recent undertaking is the splendid dock on the Usk which has added so much to the commercial importance of Newport, and in the memories of many his name will long be linked with that great enterprise. Mr. Griffiths was a prominent Freemason and an honorary Oddfellow. On the 12th of October, 1875, he was admitted a freeman of the city of London in connection with the Needlemakers Guild. A Wesleyan Methodist in religion, he was a Con- servative in politics. He took a warm interest in social, political, and municipal movements and while firm, in controversial points, in the maintenance of his own views, he was neither bitter nor resentful in spirit. In many respects he was a man Newport could ill afford to lose. The funeral took place on Wednesday morning, leaving the house in Dorset Place about 11.30. The coffin was of polished oak, brass mounted, and bore on the breast-plate the name, age, and date of death. On the pall were placed several wreaths of choice and chastely-arranged hothouse flowers. The funeral procession left the house in the following order:— Freemasons (two abreast). First Coach-Rev. C. H. Bishop, Dr. Davies, Mr. J. Gibbs, Mr. C. Rowe, Mr. H. J. Parnall. Second Coach.—Mr. W. Graham, Mr. B. Evans, Mr. T. Thomas, Mr. Christophers. Third Coach Mr. Machray, Mr. Knapp, Mr. Plaisted, Mr. Marrows, Mr. Arthur. Eight Under-bearers. Undertaker (Mr. Palmer). Hearse (containing body of deceased). The Mourners' Coach—Mr. E. J. Griffiths, Mr. A. F. Griffiths, sons of deceased, Mr. Stott, and Mr. Harwich. Private Carriage-Sir George Elliott, Mr. C. J. Parkin- son, and other gentlemen. After the mourning coaches followed a large number of the leading gentlemen and tradesmen of the town, amongst whom were the Mayor (Mr. H. R. Evans,) and several Town Councillors Messrs. H. P. Bolt, James Maddock, J. R. Jacob, J. Northcott, J. Keyse, R. B. Evans, D. E. Davies, J. S. Stone, J. Railton, H. Jeffs, J. Fawckner, C. H. Jones, James Brown, Humphreys Davies, and a number of others. Many friends had also gathered at the Cemetery to witness the interment. The burial service was conducted by tha Rev. C. H. Bishop, Wesleyan Minister. The funeral arrangements were entrusted to Mr. W. M. Palmer, of Llanarth-street, and were carefully carried out.

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K Mundc Selborne followed in and Lorcl Pi, called, and stay, 12.10 Earl Grauvil. Minister and Earl Gr. carriage to Paddington, they left. ° At Paddiogton this morning -to see t'le departure ei 1 he Mnusters who took their sea were the Duke of Richmond and Goru. Northumberland, Sir Stafford Northcott, Sir Richard A Cross, Colonel Stanley, brook Sir M. H. Beach, Lord Sandon, and quis of balisbury. 7 Mr Peel, Clerk of the Council, was also in thetr* which arrived at Windsor at a quarter to one o'clock. The Ministers were loudly cheered by the persons who had assembled at the station. Royal carriages were in waiting, in which the Ministers drove to the Castl. and, after having had an audience of Her Majesty re- turned to town by special train. ( The following members of the new Cabinet left Pad- dington by special train, for Windsor, at ten minutes past one :—Mr. Gladstone, Lord Selborne, the Duke of Argyll, Sir Wm. Harcourt, Earl Granville, the Earl of Kimberley, Mr. Childers, the Marquis of Hartington Mr. Bright, Mr. W. E. Forster, and Lord Northbrook* Lord Ripon, Lord Sydney, and the Duke of Connaught travelled with the Ministers to Windsor. The ar. rangements at the station were similar to those made for the departure of the outgoing Ministers. There was a very large crowd both outside and inside the station. Several benches on which spectators were standing gave way uader the pressure, but no one was seriously hurt. Mr Gladstone was loudly cheered, and the plaudits were continuous from the time Mr. Bright, who was the first Minister to arrive, appeared until the train left the station. The train arrived at Windsor at a quarter to two o'clock, and the new Ministers met with, an enthusiastic reception from the crowd at the station, as they walked to the Royal car. riages which were in waiting, and in which they drove to the Castle, where they remained one hour and three-quarters. The members of the new Cabinet were sworn in, and received their seals of office, as follows cZn TtkeS! i W- E- Glad8b0Qe- Lord High Chancellor. Lord Selborne. Lord Privy Seal Duke of Argyll Home Department Sir William Harcourt. Foreign do. Lord Granville. Colonial do. Lord Kimberley. War do. Mr. Childers. India do. Lord Hartington. First Lord Admiralty. Lord Northbrook. Chan. Duchy Lancaster Mr. John Bright. Irish Department Mr W. E. Forster. Lord President Council Earl Spencer. Pres. Local Govt Board Mr. Dodaoo. Prei. Board of Trade. Mr. Chamberlain. The above form the Cabinet. The following appointments have also been made, the holders of which will not have seats in the Cabinet N Postmaster-General Mr. Fawcett. Financial Sec. Treasury Lord F. Cavendish. Vice Pres. of Council Mr. Mundella. Under Sec. Forgn Affairs Sir Charles Dilke. Sec. to the Adnilratty Mr. G. Shaw-Lefevre. Chief Com. of Works. Mr. W. P. Adam. Under Sec. for Colonies Mr. Grant Duff. Attorney.General. Sir Henry James. Governor Gen. of India Marquis of Ripon. Ambassador at Cons tan- nople Lord Carlingford. The following appointments are also given in some of the papers, but it does not appear that they have been officially completed Lord Chamberlain Earl of Kenmare. Lord High Steward Earl of Sydney. Master of the Buck- hounds Earl of Cork. Master oj the Horse Duke of Westminster. Upper See. for India. Marquis of Llansdowne. ■] Under Sec. for War Earl of Morley. Civil Lord of the Admiralty Mr. T. FLI-assey. Financial Secretary to the War Office. Mr. Cambell-Bannerman. The London papers (says a contemporary) look upon the concession so tardily made by the Premier to the Radicals as having been inevitable. The Times remarks that, after all, the great majority of the Cabinet will be Liberals, or Whigs of the old type. Lord Selborne, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Granville, Lord Hartington, and Lord Northbrook are no more likely to countenance extreme measures in domestic affairs than in foreign policy. Mr Forster, Mr Childers, and Sir William Harcourt are also guarantees for the sympathy of the Cabinet with old traditions and moderate views. In the presence of such a company of moderate men, Mr Bright may be expected to be as reasonable in urgiag the views characteristic of him as he was in the laxt Liberal Cabinet; and even the admission of a younger and more advanced Liberal to the circle need excite no anxiety. The Standard says it would be easy to raise a cry of alarm at the recog- nition that has been thus grudgingly accorded to the representatives of the Advanced Liberal party, but the more sensible course is to do nothing of the sort. The Radical gentlemen, who now find themselves for the first time in Downing-street or thereabouts, will discover before long that they have a good deal to learn and not a little to forget. The Daily News, of course, is glad the Advanced Liberals will be repre- sented in the Cabinet. The Administration has now secured the services of Sir Charles Dilke and of Mr Chamberlain. This is not at all a question of the victors and the spoils. It is simply a question of the efficiency or inefficiency of a Cabinet for the political work which it must be supposed to have in view. The Telegraph says that by almost common consent, and solely on account of his proved ability, friends and foes alike looked for the admission of Sir Charles Dilke to a Cabinet chair. It need not be said that the junior member for Birmingham, although in. dustrious in organising and acclimatising the foreign machine known as the Caucus," has not the stand. ing of Sir Charles Dilke in the House of Commans but if his presumed elevation to a position at the Council Board is approved by his Radical friends, we must assume that they are gratified as well as satisfied. The Morning Post looks upon the composition of the Cabinet as not favourable to the Extreme Left, and thinks the difficulty which the new Prime Minister found in dealing with the Radicals shows that already there is a screw loose in the composition of the Government. Evidently Lord Ripon is not the choice of the Daily News for the Governor-General of India. And we wonder how the appointment will be received by the religious Liberals who subscribe liberally to the sup. port of Indian missions ? They may not think much about it now, but when they come to read by and by, as they will read in their religious periodicals, that the Roman Catholic movement among the nativea of India has received a tremendous impetus from the appoint- ment of Lord Ripon as Viceroy, that the representa- tive of a Protestant ruler over the largest portion of her empire attends the Catholic Chapel in Calcutta, and travels about the country with a retinue of priestly advisers, opening convents here and nunneries there and pleading for Roman Catholic missions everywhere, we may expect religious Liberals to feel just a twinge of conscience at the work they have helped to do. Indeed, the religious professions of Liberal aspirants to office must often be a difficulty with a Liberal Premier in constructing his Government. For instance while a zealous Roman Catholic pervert goes to rale two hundred millions of Hindoos and Mahotamedans, a respectable Churchman is appointed to govern a nation of Roman Catholics, assisted by a Quaker. Another Quaker, a Unitarian, and a Scotch Presby- terian, help to complete a Government appointed to rule Pretestant and orthodox England.

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THE ISlcrltn. NEWPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1880. THE NEW MINISTRY. ^ore palpable confession of failure and p^kness than that virtually made by Mr. 'ADSTONB in the construction of his Cabinet c,*ould not be easy to find. He takes the to haQcellorship of the Exchequer, in addition Ojj Premiership, because, in his opinion, no of his colleagues—not even Mr. CHILDERS, J. 0 has been cramming' finance with a view 8tfte manufacture of possible Budgets—is enough for the post. He puts Lord jj^tington, who ha3 been Secretary of State Or "\yar^ aj. Jjgad of the India Office, thus HsQificantly superseding his Grace of ARGYLL, giving the heir to the Devonshire estates 4ri office which he knows nothing about in Place of one with which he is to a certain ftteiit familiar. He takes Mr. CHILDERS, who i8 Acquainted with the routine of the Admiralty, pitchforks him into the War Office, which quite out of his line. He takes Lord J ^Sthbrooit, whose extraordinary grasp of "ptthan affairs he was at some pains to assert ot very long ago, and makes him Ruler of e Queen's Na-vee." The moral of all this obvious to the observant Conservative. It Plainly amount to thus :—" You, my dear Lord ajA,?TIi^P0N, were not particularly successful to tat r Office be good enough, therefore, than 6 ^a<^a O^C0» an^ try to do better QHlL ^0l1 did before. As for you, my dear a DErS, I know you have been going in for th °t^s' *u the hope of being Chancellor of e, Exchequer; :but it really won't do. I w t*md you back to the Admiralty, because, Q nov,r) you got me into some trouble when forf wf6re ^ere Iasfc5 so I'll make you com- y^ffle at the War Office, where, I daresay, fo almost as well as anybody else. As ^70RI> NORTHBROOK, you know next to othing about ships, so you will make a very *air First Lord. You have, I admit, a tolerable acquaintance with Indian affairs, but, you see, 1111 Cabinet is constructed on the principle of Pitting square pegs into round holes, and to give you an Oriental appointment would spoil Everything." Mr. GLADSTONE told the electors at Black- heath some six years ago, he had long observed hat if a commoner and a pear weri contend- 11 °u- elp avoura, the people always had a »™akmg fondness for a lord." Is it on this to f1111 S° maQy ^or(^3 are now called on .orm a Government which the people ^ave created ? Out of a Cabinet of Ij fU' n° ^ess than six are lords. on ^hat have most of them done to bring *eign °f Liberalism, compared with out in the cold ? We can believe r« Ij0w»e 8r,bstantial reasons for not asking bench, Mr. BAXTER to sit on the same acceptabl eSIdes, Mr. LOWE might not be very Windsor. So with Sir CHARLES g°ne •' had in an unguarded moment pub]: 1 r a Republic. Mr. CHAMBGBLAIN had Ha C repudiated the leadership of Lord UTINGTOH. and might be left to the last, but v Qat had Mr RYLANDS, MR. MUNDELLA, and JACOB BRIGHT done amiss P he fact is—the Government is intensely jj. ^gish. Lord RUSSELL said some time before p0_ eath that if the Liberals ever were in he w* a^a*n> would be on a Whig basis, and C?rreG^ r^he Radicals, as usual, have fitron L.i0-n'S Provider- They have created a yp. ?g Ministry of old-fashioned middle-aged f0p 1S8» and nothing more, and are themselves. practical purposes, outsiders. Mr. Jja^ in Mr. GLADSTONE'S last Parliament, >el hemoan that the Dissenters sold them- Vy tlf ^°r nou £ kt> and had not been increased a „ Price. His successor will have to add CJL chapter to these lamentations. The Sol he in no danger until another dis gj^^jon draws nigh. So with the publicans. WILFRID LAWSON, to use his own phrase, j^ght like mad," and half the House are *^ed to do "something." But there is not V> in the Government likely to move a peg Local Option. Mr. BRIGHT "squared" rAoN AlqDLET, and we shall probably hear no 4b0,qt tirades against beer until an appeal is T^be made to the country. Bill may be passed. It cannot Parjgjj harm. Now that nearly all country • YJ*11''yin £ grounds are full, it can matter imp0r, at legislation is decreed. It is more Pe0pi ari.^ to take care that the r'glits of the CerQQ,e to burial in any part of our public *al ]„ les be secured, a right which oar Libe- tlje ^-makers did not care to secure when J; established such cemeteries. to The Oounty Franchise is hardly likely to be fthouta •year-S* Any change would bring a million ltnnae(^ate dissolution. Besides, can iD- million or tl- labourers be added to the pre- be fair to give lC^ra wifch safety ? Would it two members, lea^1^ voters and only thousand voters or tbo^oughs with only a Mth members P If n0'ty<L\?3 richly endowed S drawn ? Towns with the line to ^hitants must lose their ine^"40'^0}n~ merely members of a group Qf town"/ a Npe for this ? if SO, Couservat7ve83' nothing to ftar. London, Middl^ IdJSinster, South. West Lancashire, %7Pool, are proofs that immense numbers °K»Npatibl6 with the most constitutional ^6t • there are seeds of discord in the Cabi- Vs palpable. Any attempt to make such eith bgrnous elements cohere must be attended ^ifch sharp friction or large compromise, isto^blio win observe with interest which it

V PROGRESS. Newport Town Council have at length the conclusion that the widening of WL^eet is within the sphere of practical ation. At their meeting on Wednesday V report from a Committee to this effect brought up, with a recommendation that Powers already obtained by the Council the compulsory purchase of property, at once Put ^orce- It was also that the future conduct of the 1lesti QsiQess relating to the improvement in iL6tltatv S^ou^ be entrusted to the Parlia- IV8 last an-^ ^mProvement Committee. Upon P^t some discussion arose, Mr. R, all 0 manifasting a fM.r got 5^ttee a P°^er should be given to the Com- a .the'c proper function of the Council, Wh°l mg an(^ resPon8ible body, be set desirnkibe admitted that it is ospeciaii6 be cautious upon this point Q y when a desire for independent mtnittee seems to go beyond the t- r requirements of the case — It yet must 'be obvious that such a work as that now to be undertaken must, in the interest of the bo- rough, be assigned to a Committee of compe- tent men. It would be a mistake^ to make public, from time to time, the particulars of delicate negociations involving the interest of the tradesmen whose properties will have to be dealt with, as well as the interest of the town. As there is an ambition, so there is a jealousy which may o er-reach itself;" and to give publicity to transactions which evi- dently ought to be conducted privately, might prove seriously prejudicial on all hands. If the Committee be met in a fair spirit by the holders of the required property, it may be hoped that a necessary improvement will be .carried out at a not unreasonable outlay. If I otherwise, and the respective values have to be assessed by an arbitrator, the issue to the owners concerned will probably be no more profitable, while the lawyers will be consider- ably in pocket.

TH E A V G H A N CAMP AIGN. ANOTHER DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY. The following telegram from the India Office is from the Viceroy, dated Simla, 29th April, 1880 Mes- seager arrived Cabul (28th) reports people of Wardak and Logar attacked General Ross on Sunday. Se- vere engagement. Enemy completely dispersed, leaving twelve hundred dead our loss not mentioned. Logaris have consequently returned home. Country thereabouts much disturbed, and passage of letters difficult. Some excitement still in Kohistan." [" DAILY NEWS TELEGRAMS.] CABUL, WEDNESDAY, 3.55 P.M. Native messengers report an engagement at Syda- bad, on the 25th, between General Ross and a large body of mixed tribesmen. The Logaris arrived too late. The enemy were beaten with a loss of 1,200. The British loss is not yet known.

MARKETS. NEWPORT CATTLE MARKET-WEDNESDAY. There was a very good attendance to-day, but business was dull. The ruling prices were:—Beef, best, Sild to 911 per lb; second quality, 8id to Sid; mutton, shorn, 9td; ditto, in wool, lid to Is; pigs, porkers, lis to 12s per score; barren cows, £ 12 to .£15 each. NEWPORT CORN MARKET—WEDNESDAY. There was a small attendance to-day, and business was quiet. Prices were as follow: — Wheat: Nicolaief Ghirkas, 49s to 50s American red winter, 53s to 54s 4d ditto spring, 49s to 50s ditto white, 53s to 55s English white and red, 43s to 51s per qr. Flour Plain tie, 39s to 40s per sack extras, 41s 6d to 42s 6d superfine, 44s to 45s. Barley, grinding, 25s 6d to 26s 6d. American maize, 26y to 27s; Galatz and round, 31s 6d to 33s 6d. Oats: White, 23s to 25s; black, 22s 6d to 23. 6d. Egyptian beans, 43s to 45s. BRISTOL CATTLE MARKET.—THURSDAY. We had a short supply of beef on our market to-d-iy, owing to the non-arrival of an expected large consign- ment of American cattle they were speedily cleared out at rather higher rates, best samples fetching 80s, and middling qualities, 70s per cwt. There was also a slhort supply of mutton, which sold freely. Best shorn wethers fetched lOd per lb., and heavy ewes, 9d. There was a fair show of lamb, which was in demand at from Is to Is 2d per lb. There were about 1,000 pigs on offer from Ireland. Bacon pigs fetched 12s per score, and porkers from 12s 3d fo 12s 6d. The Irish consignment of store cattle numbered about 1,100, but trade was slow, owing to the cold weather, and all were not sold. CAERPHILLY CHEESE MARKET-THURSDAY. The weekly market for the sale of new cheese was held to-day. There was a fair attendance, several buyers from the iroHWOrking district being present. The supply of cheese was moderate, and came chiefly from the Moors district. The prices were nearly the same as last week, ranging from 80s to 84s per cwt., according to quality. There was an early clearance.

gitlftsi, Md gwt&isi. [Announcements of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, not exceeding 25 words, are inserted for a prepay- ment of ONE SHILLING each. If more than 25 words, EIGHTEENPENCE should be remitted. When orders for insertion are given without prepayment, the chargie is SIXPENCE FOR EACH 10 WORDS, or proportion thereof. MARRIAGES. ENGLAND-TRAVELL.-On the 17th inst., at St. John's Church, Cardiff, by the Rev. C. J. Thompson, Richard, fourth son of J. H. England, Eastbrook House, Dynas Powis, to Minnie, daughter of Richard Travell, of Rumney Court, near Cardiff. Rumney Court, near Cardiff. ALLARD-LoCKE.-on the 28th inst., at All Saints, Wokingham, John Hayward Allard, of Heytesbury, Wilts, to Clarissa Mary, third daughter of the late Edward Locke, of Maindee, Newport, Mon. LEAMON—REED.—On the 27th inst., at the parish church, Wilton, Taunton, by the Rev. Fitzhardinge LEAMON-REED.-On the 27th inst., at the parish church, Wilton, Taunton, by the Rev. Fitzhardinge Berkeley Portman, M A., rector of Staple Fitzpaine, assisted by the Rev. William Reed, M.A., brother of the bride, Philip Leamon, Esq., of Whitwell Hall, Reepham, Norfolk, to Elizabeth, second daughter of William Reed, Esq., Fullands, Taunton. DEATHS. Ev ANs.-On the 24th inst., at his residence, The Fields Newport, Mon., William Evans, Esq., J.P., aged 65 years GRIFFITHS.—On the 23rd inst., at 5, Dorset-place, Newport, Mon., Mr. John Griffiths, contractor, agel 58 years. Deeply regretted. s COOKE.—On the 29th inst., at Florence Villa, Clifton Wood, Clifton, Mary Anne Frances, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Cooke Esq., of Goytre House, Mon- moutkshire, in her 80 bh year. MOULTON.—On the 26th inst;, at Kingston House, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts, Stephen Moulton, aged 85 years. —

Mr. Lowe has accepted the offer of a peerage, which has been placed at his disposal by Mr. Gladstone, and will take the title of Viscount Sherbrook, after his country estate. A young negro bootblack observed a neighbour poring wisely over a newspaper, wherupon he address- ed him thus Julius, what are you loooking at dat paper for ? You cant read ?" GO away," cried the other, indignantly guess I can read I's big ennff for that." "Big enuff !"retorted the other, scornfully, dat ain't nuffin. A cow's big enough to catch mice, but she can't." An Irisn ostler was sent to tne stable to bring forth a traveller's horse. Not knowing which of the two strange horses in the stable belonged to the traveller, and wishing to avoid the appearance of ignorance in his business, he saddled both animals and brought them to the door. The traveller pointed out his own horse, saying, "That's my nag." "Certainly, yer honour, I know that very well; but I didn't know which was the other gintleman'a