... CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The ordinary meeting of the Cardiff Board of Guardians was held to-day, Dr Paine in the chair. A letter was read from Mr Edward Fletcher, proprietor of the Theatre Royal, offer- ing to admit the Ely School inmates to the pan- tomime. The offer was tbankfuliy accepted. Another offer from Councillor Brain to supply them with a treat of tea and cake wap also re- ceived ...

... Blve-green, who is not engaged in the Derby, is su:e to go close for the Guineas. The death is announced of J. H. Sadler, tho sculler, who twice won the championship of the world. Auionrj the horses ia the private sale list are the well-known steeplechasers Magic and Hettie. the property of the iJrinca of Waies. Last season Prince of Tyre showed some con- tradictory form. But the cause of his ...

... Unsolicited Advance at Cardiff. We are requested by the employél of Messrs R. Bird and Sou, oil merchants, Cardiff, to permit them to acknowledge publicly the gener- osity of their employers in making unsolicited an advance in wftizes of five per cent., taking effect with the first week in the new year. A like advance was made by Messrs Bird and Son three months ago. ...

... The pffpa?Uons in abtlo'' Vittiaii of the pita posed visit of the Prince and Pfiocsss of Wales to Poole on the 13'.h inst. are in a very forward state. His Royal Highdopg will open the flew recreation ground a fed tha people's park, by Lotd WittborM. ...

... Ten persons are at present lyioff eeriouslj ill at Luton sufferitg from the effects of poi8. On Sunday there was a dinner party at the rideDce of Mr Thomas Huckle, a retired lteQtlem, and who is a guardian of the poor, there batJg ten persons present, including Mr Huckle's ADd their three daughters, his brother and his wife, and other frieide. They partook of a foose, and within fron four to ...

... [REUTERS TELEGRAM.] MZQB, Thur8(Üy.-A strike commenced to-day air,ohg the colliers employed at the pits of MeEsra CDckerdl and the Manbaye Company, in the Seraing district. Altogether 1,2*0 men have Joined the movement, and demaud an increase of salary. Order is, however, maintained. Work is going on jtthe collieries ou the left bank of the Meuse, at Charleroi. The situation is unchanged. ...

... DEATH OF A FRENCH DUKE. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM ] tLa Wednesday inigtit. I:tlo Due de Reggie died yesterday in consequence of a carriage accident which befel him in Melun on Saturday, Thrown violently from his carriage to the ground, the dukb sustained a fracture of the skull. The duke was 69 years old. He was the lion of the general whu commanded the Roman expedition, and grandson of Marshal ...

... The Dean Forest Tragedy I At the resumed inquest at Drybrook on Tues- day into the circumstances attending the death of James Tyler, a labourer, the following evidence was also taken:- Alfred Triggs, collier, said he lived at Dry- brook, and half an hour after arriving at the Rose in Hand the deceased came to the door. He did not appear the worse for drink. Witness put his arm round deceased's ...

... í CH:XTRAL SEWS TKLI.;GRAM.l NEW YORK, Wednesday.—A steamer from Rio de Janeiro reports a story current there that 40 sailors, who, whilst drunk, shouted, Long liva tiie Emperor in the streets of Rio, have beeu executed by order of the GovermBfent, ...

... Personal Paragraphs. THE PRINCE OF PIANISTS, Rubenstein, the prince of pianists, has been raised to the dignity of honorary citizen of St Petersburg aud Petorhoff, and hon. doctor of the LToi vorsity of St. Petersburg, to which digni- ties the Cz ir lias added a pension of 3,000 roubles. --0-- LIVES. Samuel J;ime« Wood, the veteran London fire- man, died on Sunday week, and his remains were ...

... Liverpool Grand National. Messrs Weatherby reque-st us to stale t.ha.t Mr I Atkinson's Carlsba (6 yrs) should have been included among the entries for the Liverpool Grand National  Steep', echase. ...

... L,VrE 0HI1IS1 MAS CHEER, I ?'. 1?..fcounty pohca-coutt this a f ter tjon,, J [ oft connty po !ce-caur liS a tAr hfin, ???V'H?n?.I.indiadyoftberhiIan- t hro ? ^eer h ousp, Pcntywiiin, was suti:- ]-'(?ntyw?tizi, was burn- in(Ilif?(i for keeping open her li- (it-i, I premises for the sale bf drii,i. ^ari1^ WiHiatn Jame, David Jones, and Pav,l ''VHrthorne, three nrtiz-ms, were accused of 1.;0 I, ...