... GLAMORGANSHIRE REFORMATORY SCHOOL. Among the beneficent agencies which the enlighten- ment and philanthropy of the age have brought into operation, that of the Reformatory School claims con- siderable attention. It is not merely that the waifs and strays of the streets are gathered together and subjected to a refining process, but that positive crime is nipped in the bud, and the nascent ...

... THE MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES. Cardiff is in the throes of labour, r,very do^eu y .ids • Vf -,pinal streets signs are evident of the struggle m, b,e Shi* place to bring forth, on Tuesday, such v of orSamentas shall redeem the character of some amount of artistic feelmg. Hou.es aie aueauy Sing oat glass bosses, cunningly-woven web» o tin 1 g..s times, with mottoes and strange devices, darkly shadow ...

... THE PRICE OF MEAT. On Tuesday a novel subject occupied the attention of the House of Commons. One of the members for Bir- mingham asked the Premier whether it would be pos- sible to issue a proclamation calling upon her Majesty's loyal subjects to abstain from eating veal and lamb, and thereby giving to these unsuspecting victims of the butcher's knife an opportunity to grow up into full- ...

... PENARTH. PETTY SESSIONS.—On Monday, before the Rev^ H- H. Rickards, and H. T Lee Matthew Grithths, Ynispen- Dwch, James Be van, Bentyrch, Jonah Davis, and William Davies, Llan^aff, all appeared to s^m to show cause why should they not contribute s°mei?V towards the maintenance of their old parent- charge was proved by Ldward Millas, collector Union, and crders were made accordingly--&e^e^^tf' ...

... THE WELSH IN LIVERPOOL. The Welsh Baptist Association of Liverpool and Birkenhead was held last week, when the following ministers from North and South Wales officiated The Revs. E. Thomas, Newport; J. Thomas, Bassaleg; D. Oliver Edwards, EbbwVale H. Price, Rhydwilym G. H. Roberts, Tabor; J. Jones, Llauberis D. Thomas, and G. James, Llangefni; S. Thomas, Bala; W. T. Davies, Pandv'r Capel J. R. ...

... THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.—Th« rumour to which a morning contemporary on Monday gave currency, to the effect that the Government have received an important telegram from America, giving prospect of a satisfactory issue to the question now pending be- tween the two countries, is without foundation. No «uch telegram has been received by the Government. PnlLIC HEALTH BILL.—A numerons deputation ■on ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. NEW COURT OF APPEAL. In reply to the Duke of The Lord CHANCELLOR explained that he had thought it more respectful to the House to bring- the question of the constitution of the proposed new Court of Appeal be- fore their lordships in the first instance by way of resolu- tion rather than in the form of a Bill, so that the whole matter ...

... SEVERN TUNNEL RAILWAY BILL. This Bill came before the Court for the consideration of the question of locus standi on private bills on Mon- day. The referees present were Mr. Charles W. W. Wynne (in the chair), Mr. Rickards, Sir John Duck- worth, and Mr. Bonham Carter. The Bill, the subject of the inquiry, is for the author- isation of Parliament to the construction of the Severn Tunnel Railway ...

... NEATH. ALLEGED CHILD MURDER.—The young woman, Lucy Earl, who is supposed to be the mother of the chiIiffound in a closet at Glyn-Neath, was brought to Neath on Satur- day night last, in custody, en a warranfc eharging her with the wilful murder of her male child. The pris»n«r was yesterday taken before the coroner at Glyn-Neath,. where the adjourned inquest was held. The principal evidence, ...

... CARDIFF TIMES OFFICE, SATURDAY, ONE P. jr. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, [REUTER'S AXD PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. PARIS, Thursday.—Blanqui is to have a new trial. M. Germans yesterday arrosted. the editor of the de la jl[arlle. an article offensive to the llussian Military authorities. Special advices announce that the Carlist movement is extending in Catalonia and and Arragona. M. Thiers ...

... At the Hampshire Sessions on the 8th inst., Lord Eversley in the chair, Sir \V. Heathcote called atten- tion to the extraordinary number of assaults on females which had been committed at Bournemouth during the past year and a half, offences varying from the use of gross language to the most serious Crimes. To such an extent had these outrages been carried that a friend of his own (Sir Thomas ...

... .Tames Donovan, William Marr, and James Ives, coalheavers, were brought before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court on the oth inst., charged with in- timidating and assaulting Dennis Crawley, also a coalheaver, on the 14th of March last. The prisoners belong to the United Coalheavers' Association, of which the complainant also was formerly a member, but a meeting was held, and he was ...