... —On Thursday night of last week, between twelve and one o'clock, a man named James Hedley, of Belfast, who had been third engineer of the steamship Millwall, loading at Penarth Dock, was drowned. It appears that the unfortunate man had been to Cardiff, and was returning on board at the time above stated, and by some means fell into the dock. The body was recovered at 2.20 a.m. on Friday by ...

... Monday—before Mr. Valentine Trayes (chair- man). and Major Thornley. ...

... — Mr. Edward Davies, J.P., Plas Dinam, Montgomery- shire (son of the late Mr. David Davies, M.P., and a large landed proprietor), has decided to give the in- habitants of the district in which he resides the option of saying whether the public-houses which he owns shall be continued or closed. He says that they would have been closed long ago had he not been afraid that the inhabitants would ...

... Edwin Humphries, a labourer, employed at ballast crane work at Barry Dock. sustained serious injury yesterday evening. by one of his legs being crushed by a, ballast tub. He was removed to his home at Cadoxton, and medically attended to. ...

... There are two Welsh Bills of great im- portance now being discussed in Parlia- ment, the Tithes' Bill and the Liquor Traffic Bill. The fate of the Tithes' Bill hl the Lords points to two conclusions, one of which is probable, the other cer- tain. The first is that the Government have acted with despicable meanness to the Welsh Members, and the second is that the House of Lords, as it is at ...

... News reached Cardiff on Monday of the death of the Rev. Charles Parsons, late rector of Penarth, but recently of Brompton Ralph Rectory, Wiveles- combe. Mr. Parsons had for some while been in indifferent health, and in 1889 exchanged livings with the Rev. \V. Sweet-Escott. The rev. gentle- man, who was ordained a deacon in 1855. and a priest in 1856, was curate of St. Mary's, Cardiff, from ...

... MEETING OF THE ASYLUM COMMITTEE. A quarterly meeting of the Committee of Visitors for the County of Glamorgan and the County Boroughs of Cardiff and Swansea was held at the Asylum, near Bridgend, on Thursday. There were present. Coun- cillor David Davies (in the chair) Councillors John Williams, William Howell, R. Lewis, James Bryant. R. Morgan, T. Jones, W. Sims. J. Jenkins, H. N. Davies, J. ...

... —Michael Vendial. hawker, was summoned by David James, collector. Cowbridge. for refusing to pay toll on February 26th last.—The case was adjourned to the 21st instant. ...

... IN AND AROUND BARRY. THE SOUTH WALKS STAR. Good readers! Give it a right good welcome. We have launched our bark on the seas. May it have flowing tide? and favouring breezes. Happy augury. The inhabitants of Barry have shown their yearning- for knowledge and informa- tion by adopting the Public Libraries Act. Let us trust they will accept this new illuminant. Tin: SOUTH WALES STAR, as well to ...

... —At the Glamorgan- shire Assizes at Cardiff, on Tuesday, Giacomd Gennaro, 25, an Italian sailor, was convicted of unlawfully wounding George Frederick Burton at Barry on the 11th of February. Mr. Carslake Thompson prosecuted, and the prisoner wis defended by Mr. Marchant Williams.—The Judge sentenced prisoner to one month's imprisonment, taking into consideration the time he livl already been ...

... —The shipments of coal and coke at Barry Dock for six days, ending Saturday'last, amounted to 66,575 tons 7 cwt.—This was shipped on board 37 steamers and 13 sailing vessels total—50. The imports during the week con- sisted 100 casks of cement, 88 tons of slate, and 1,000 tons of pitwood. The number of vessels in dock on Monday morning last was 59—30 steamers and 29 sail- ing vessels. ...

... ST MARY'S CATIIOJJICi MISSION, CADOXTOX. The feast of Saint Patrick, the Apostle of the Irish race, was kept with much solemnity. Some hundreds of beautiful oleograph likenesses of the saint were got some time before, as well as a large number of the sa'nt's life by the Very Rev. Arthur Ryall, of Thurles, so that the congregation was well prepared to celebrate the feast in a worthy maimev. The ...