... The organ at the parish obnrcb, Stratford-on- Avon, which baa lately been reconatrncted, at a oott of nearly f 2,000, by Messrs Hill and Son, of London, performed another freak on Snuday,|much to tbe annoyance of the congregation Meembled for morning service. The instrument bfM a wonderful and intricate arrangement of electric wires, pneumatic tubes, and Hydraulic engines, the key- tfeard ...

... THE closing days of the old year witnessed yet another tithe victory. The last of the long list of cases entered for trial in the superior courts came on for hearing, before Mr Justice GKA^THAM, in London last week. Like all those which preceded it, this was decided ill favour of the defen- dants, and thus has the honour of Welsh Nonconformity been again vindicated. After having been pictured ...

... Calamitous Disaster in London. FIREE AT AN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Appalling Loss of Life. [PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.1 LONDON, Wednesday. Whilst tha bells from a score of London churches were noisily proclaiming to tho inhabi- tants of Forest Gate the advent of the new year, a series of heartrending scenes were being enacted close at hand. Shortly this morning, just as the merry peals whicu ...

... General News. The chaplain of the United States Congress is a blind man—Rev W. R. Milburn. Temperance teaching has been made com- pulsory in the State schools of Victoria, Aus- tralia. The Rev M. Duffill, of SwanseaJ is to be invited to the pastorate of Finsbury Congregational Church, Moorfields, London, should the trustees endorse the resolution passed by the church. Mr Daniel Thwaites, the ...

... A conference of the six joint committees of North Wales, with regard to the Intermediate Education Act, is to be beld early aw l/tababij at ...

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... THE SUNDAY-CLOSING ACT. A Whitohupch Publican Fined. At Llandaff police-court, on Monday-~before Col. Woods and Mr G. Elliot—George Steel, of the Crown Inn, Whitchurch, was charged with keeping his licensed premises open for the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday, the 15th inst. Mr David appeared for the defence.—P.C. J. Phillips (117) said on the above date he, in company with P.O. Jones, ...

... ITT Im Another X — REMARKABl C.c 'iU Mr Parnell i. The Evening News, Loa Vshedjjthe following statem. A petition fordivorce has been filed by William Henry O'Shea, of 124, Victoria-street, West- minster, and a justice of the peace in county Glare against his wife, Mr Charles Stewart Parnell, M.P., being the co-respondent. Tha grounds alleged are the adultery of Mrs O'Shea, during the period ...

... The lifeboats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have done excellent work during the past year, resulting in the rescue from the peril of death by drowning—and in the majority of instances from death itself—of as many as 408 persons. In addition to this list of noble services, the lifeboat crew3 were the means of preserving a vast amount of property, including assisting to save or ...

... South Wales Goal Trade. THE SLIDING SCALE. GLOOMY PROSPECT. Meeting of the Joint Committee. On Saturday a meeting of the sliding-scalo joint committee of the workmen and owners of South Wales and Monmouthshire was held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, In the absence of Sir W. T. Lewis, who is out of England for the benefit of his health, Mr W. Abraham,' M.P., occupied the chair. Mr P. Jones took ...

... Do ya6 thinkit will rain to-nig^* citizen ot the policeman. Oi don't Irow^porr sOi've oply been oa th* force wra wwe, replied tb»^oKasnao> ...

... Lpril, 1886, Captain #0'Shea Id. indeed, has elsewhere that the conduct of his )le. Those who conclude Mr Parnell is accused is guilty should remember t quite the man to sacrifice y for the sake of a guilty; Mr Parnell has known that his deadliest enemy. Tbis ..— and personal. The breach had nothing to do, at least so Captain O'Shea said, with Mrs O'Shea, Hence, putting apart all questions as ...