... Mr. Asbbury has sold his famous yacht, the Cambria, to Mr. R. Wood, of Dee Bank House, Chester. Spain is about to form two cable connections—one with England and the other with Portugal. Protestantism is organising itself in Spain. A synod representing nineteen churches has met at Madrid, elected a consistory, and adopted a confession of faith. William Harmer, charged with perjury in the ...

... CARDIFF TIMES OFFICE, SATURDAY, One P.M. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. lliEUTER'S AND PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. VERSALLES, Thursday.—An Italian barque, laden with petroleum, took fire last night. She waji completely isolated. VERS; I LLES, Friday.—Some members of the Interna- tionel have been arrested at Lyons. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Friday. — The Austrian and Hungarian Ministers have resolved ...

... In February last Mr. John Philip Ayres, a wine merchant, of High-street, Windsor, was sentenced to two months' hard labour by Mr. Ingham, one of tho magistrates of the Wandsworth Police-court, for wil- fully and maliciously damaging the fittings of a first- class carriage on the London and South-Western Railway on the journey from Waterloo terminus to Windsor. He appealed against his worship's ...

... ALARMING FIRE IN A LIVERPOOL XIOIEIJ. On Monday a fire of a rather alarming nature oc- curred in tho North-Western Hotel Liverpool, one of tho largest buildings of the kind out of London. A little before noon an alarm was raised in the hotel that one portion of the sou wing of the buildino- was on fire, and on investiga ion it was discovered that one of the small rooms on the third storey, ...

... COWBRIDGE. FARMERS' CLUB.—A general meeting of thia society was held at the Bear Hotel on Tuesday. Mr. A. B. Price presided. There was also a good number of farmers pre- sent. It was unanimously resolved that a sheep shear- ing match shall take place on the 14th of May next, when prizes to the amount of J622 will be offered for com- petition. A band will attend, and we anticipate a good ...

... I CARDIFF POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (Before Mr. R. A^JON^ND Mr. J. PRIDE.) ASSAULT UPON THE POLICE --WALTER Wilkinson was charged with assaulting POLICE Constable Crocker. Mary Wilkinson/wife of the v.rigoner, Jane Margaret, and John Reeve were charged with rescuing Walter Wilkin- son from the custody ...

... BISHOP TEMPLE ON THE CHURCH AND NONCONFORMITY. The Bishop of Exeter, in his visitation charge, on aturday, at Liskeard, remarked that all institutions were now on trial, and must stand or fall according as -p e/r ^iHty was proved or not, and to this the Church Establishment was no exception. The Church must possess within itself the power of reforming abuses and lernodelling her machinery to ...

... CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE MASTERS AND MEN. On Thursday a number of delegates, representing the steam coat collieries of South Wales, had an interview Tt fhenR wS Hraf°l r6 Sv«m C°al °Wners' Association at the Royal Hotel Cardiff, upon the wages question It was proposed by the men to make the conference general, and to include the iron works and house coal collieries within the limits of the ...

... CONTEMPORARY OPINION ON LORD BUTE'S MARRIAGE. The Spectator remarks that Lothair, otherwise the Jarqnia of Bute, was married on Tuesday to Lady Jonsande, Miss Gwendaliue Howard, daughter of Lord loward of Glossop. The ceremony was performed by Cardinal Grandison, Archbishop Manning mass was laid by Monsiguor Catesby, and the novelist who has lescribed, exalted and satirized them all, Mr. ...

... GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OF LORD CLANCARTY. Lord Clancarty died yesterday morning, at Saltliill, Monkstown, Dublin county. The deceaced nobleman was born in 1803, and succeeded his father in 1837. GALWAY ELECTION PETITION. The hearing of the Galway election petition wae re- sumed yesterday. The Archbishop of Tuam and other ecclesiastics were examined in favour of the sitting member. THE ...

... OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. LONDON, Thursday. The Liberals of the outer political world, which does not know the movements going on behind the scenes, were put in a flutter on Monday by the grave announce- ment of the Daily News, that before the end of the week Mr. Gladstone's Government would probably re- sign, in consequence of a defeat in reference to Mr. Fawcett's Dublin University Bill; and ...

... 1 WE have lately received a large number of letters respecting the spread of what is called Rit.ualism, 5 and its partial manifestation in connection with Roath Church. Several of these communications have been published ill the belief that free trans- mission of thought upon the subject may prove advantageous others, less temperate in tone, and characterised by violent No x opeiy vitupera- ...