... CARDIFF1. 1BOAID OF GUARDIANs.-The weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians was hold on Saturday;_ under the presidency of Mr. a. W. David thd chairman. Tho matron of the house reported that during the week there had been 13 admissions, 23 discharges, and two deaths, leaving 303 inmato, 16 of whom were in the Refuge. This was an increase of 27 on the corresponding week of last year. Forty ...

... .VOIRRESPONDENCL. - :- - - - ~ - ' I I I ~ THE BISfOP OS LiA.TD4FF AND THE GBLI4G4ER F$0HOOL ZS0HME.; T O THE t°OR OF Tax M Xa. Sla,-In your, remarks on The GeIligaer scheme which appeared on the 16th, you say- We shave the evidence of the Bishop's own speech dnuring the debate in the i'pper. House to show that his lordship,,at all events, was aware that the trustees, by eafsentifig to: ...

... .: , . . ?? - - To. ,: :. ~ , ' . .: ia The Scotch confirmation under seal of the Coin f! missariat of Edinburgh,,dated the .16th ult., of the . ?? Eon. Duncan M'Nei31, ELord C'olonsay, late of -n t No 73, Great King-street,; Edinburgh, who died at - Pau on the 31st of 'January 1lst, was sealedin Lon- ' don on the 21st. ulb t, The executoi4 are the Right t: Hon, Sir John M'NeilI:,.G.C.B., the ...

... THE BANQUET ATTIlHE! ROYAL' fe he ;on Saturday. evening the President and. Council tof the Boyal' ademy gave their anniversary baa-, er. quet to:a distinguished company Rat i Burlington Ve House, on th'e evo of the openiig of the eihibition' Ot to, day. There was a distinguished company pro; sent. a The PE81:DENT having proposed thel healthw of ?? the Queen, the ,Prince and Princess of Wales ...

... I Tn - S- - i M\ONDA Y, MA Y 11,-1874. .1-1- /1111 A fire, which destroyed a large amount of property, broke out at Uartiff on Saturday . : . +rdi nin nf I evening. It originated irk. the premisesof Messrs. CROSS, ironmongers, St. Mary- street, and during its. progress a quantity of gunpowder, stored in the upper portion of tie building, exploded. The polile-station, which adjoins the premises ...

... | LABOURERS' COTTAGES IN $IJFF'OLIK A vivid picture of the interior of an agricultural laborer's cottage at Brundish, in Suffolk, is given by the Times correspondent. The thatch was sadly out of repair, and the next heavy downpour, after so much dry weather, would certainly find its way- through it. Thele was one living-room, and in its way nothing could be more clean y or comfortable, The ...

... OPENING OF THE PUBLIC HALL AT' ABERAVON. COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO r THE MAYOR. -- r SPEECHES BY MR. TALBOT, M.P., AI~D MR, LL. DILLWYN, M.P. 0 IPROM OUR OWN BEPORTERS.t - -V TRANSMITTED BY SPECIAL TRAIN. u The formal opening of the public hall at Afber- avon on Thursday, was made the occasion of a t complimentary dinner to the Mayor, Mr. T. D. t Daniel, who, with Mr. Marmnaduke Tennant, the a ...

... Before many years elapse, Russia may not only produce sufficient coal for home oonsunption, but be in a position to export largely. For a long time a seam of bituminous coal was known to underlie E the steppes between the Sea of Azoff and River B Dnieper, in Southern Russia. But no attempt was then nade to open it out, the price .f imported coal being too low-to permit any prospect of profit- ...

... 3/ANCHESTER UNITY OF ODD- FELLOWs. !The Annual Moveable Committee of the Man- ebeoter Unity of Oddfellows again met on Thursday morning, at Richmond, Surrey. The Gy&rnd Msstek, Mr. Westorn, of Poole, presided. The meeting first proceeded to ?? the remain- T ijg propositions for amending the general laws of the Unity. A: proposition from Reading for pro- hibiting canvassing by candidates for ...

... SATUBDAY, MAY 23, 1874. An open verdiot has been returned by the coroner's jry in the case of suspected .- - u y1 fl ¶ 1 I .. 11I murder at (aAC. The deceased, it wigl be remembered, was found drowned in the Canal, and it was proved that he had pre- viously been engaged in a street quarrel. At the Cardilf police-court yesterday two persons were muloted in a fine of 20s. and costs for ...

... THE HO USE OF COMMONS AND LORD SANDHURST. - . . . .. . . .. A- v q .. It is not often that the House of Commons c iS ?? to pass a vote of censure upon 2 a nobleman who holds high office in the army, X has rendered good service to his country, and X has won the esteem of his pears and the members of that honourabla profession on I which he has shed, during his brilliant career, additional ...

... d __ d An-important appeal case came before the Court d of 'Common Pleas yesterday. The appellant had rx been convicted of carrying on betting on a race- ; course by the common mode of standing on a stool 5 and laying money on horses. The court held that ,, this was an offence under the Act, and upheld the 0 eonviction. It_ y e ONE Matthew AlBride, who was recently re- a ceiving gratuitous ...