... BRISTOL.. TIT3 DEAF AND DUMB OF BRISTOL AND NEIGHBOUR- HOOD, to the number of 00, were treated by the Rev ;W. J. Mayers and bis friends, in tlie vestry adjoining City-road Chapel, on Friday evening, Feb. 1st, with all excellent tea. Grateful and cheerful faces greeted the eyes of the visitors, and those Idndly waited on them at the tables, After tea the company retired to the large schoolroom ...

... ECHOES OF THE WEEK, [CONTRIBUTED BY PETElt I'LAYI-AIR. ] Those who have taken an interest in Prophecy, must have followed recent events in the East anxiously, for it has long been predicted that the Turk would fall, as indicated in the eleventh chapter of Daniel. The pro- phecy, to my mind, has been realised with marvellous exactitude. Let me quote from verse 40 (chapter xi.):— 43. And at the ...

... THE SINGIJUR DEATH AT THE CARDIFF POLICE-STATION. Early on Sunday morning a man, who was believed to be a private of the 41st Regiment, was found by the Caroiff police in state of insensibility, supposed to pro- ceed from drunkenness, in Mill-lane, Cardiff. He was conveyed to the police station where it was discovered that lie was dead, as has been already reported. The cir- cumstances ...

... ADOLYGIAD AH LYFRAU. Hancs gan Dcifydd Movganwg.—Bu y tes- tun hwn yn gystadleuol yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1861, pan y dyfarnwyd y wobr i'r awdwr, Oddiar y pryd hwnw y mae efe wedi ilafurio yn dJlrfawr i heh aethu a pherifeiihio y gwaith, fsl erbyn hyn y mae yn ffurfio cyfrol faintiolus a hardd, yn cael ei lutfliiurno gan amryw o arluniau ardderchog, Y mae eiJieu mwy o wcithiau or natur ...

... It was under Mr Fawcett that the Posfc-offiuo first began to employ women for clerical work. After a considerable interval the only institution in the City that can rival the Post-office in imporbance--the Bank of England—has followed suit. A short time ago several appointments were experimentally thrown open to women, and the experiment hits worked 80 wan that the directors extended its scops ...

... SIR WILLIAM T. LEWIS. —— The Shipping World, in its comments Cardiff Harbour Trust scheme, says £ William Lewis is a shrewd man, and, possibly more after tho manner of BisinaroK .jjjj Metternich, a capable diplomatist as well. hospitality was not ostentatious, were profuse no questions seemed to be ing for his imperturbable frankness, a0-0f(jf trouble too great to satisfy the demands for jji# ...

... The St. Petersbur f Official Messenger the following announcement concerniiiK fl health j-Since the severe attack ot^ from which the Tsar recover fui]v restored, his Majesty's health has not been fu1 „hritis) The summer disease of the kidneys I P sutTervened. and this renders it necessary for his Majesty during the cold season to stay in^a war climate in order that a cure may be better ...

... Th »!elWb'0ve is tlld I-ion of St. Mark, Venice. Opposite Chamber in the Palace was a head of this thr*; *J*h mouth open, into which persons secretly Pl^ j? afcever was to taeet the eye of the Doge. We Publjn ] tlle :iea ...

... A Cabinot Council was held on Tuesday after- noon, in Downing-street, all the Ministers being present except Earl Spencer. Mr Bruce Jones, who acoscientally shot himself on Monday, died on Tuesday morning from his injuries. Amputation was performed, but the patient never rallied. patient never rallied. At Liverpool assizes, on Monday, John Gib- bons, farm labourer, was charged with the murder ...

... [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] PERA, Tuesday.—The British Ambassador had yesterday an interview with the Grand Vizier. Lord Dufferin strongly advised that functionary to desist from any attempts to retrench the privileges of the Christian communities under Turkish rule, and pointed out that such a course would be inopportune and even dangerous both locally and with regard to international relations. ...

... CHARGE AGATNSTTCLERGY- MAN. On Saturday, at the Hammersmith Police- court, the Rev. William Handcock, vicar of St. Mathew's and Christ Church, Hammersmith, was charged on a warrant with indecently assaulting Ellen Rosaline Thomas, the wife of an accountant, residing in Sterndale-road, Brook Green. Mr John Haines appeared on behalf of the complainant, and Mr St. John Wontner for the defendant. ...

... BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—Mr R. H. Rhys pre- sided at the usual weekly meeting on Saturday. The clerk to the guardians of the Newcastle-on- Tyne Union forwarded to this board, with a view to their taking similar action, a copy of a resolu- tion passed by that body on the subject of the necessity of better provision being made for the treatment of habitual drunkards. This resolution prayed the Local ...