... CABDIFF SCHOOL BOARD ELEOTION. MFETING AT CATRAYS IN SUPPORT OF TUIDDEN DEUMIAT ONAL CANDIDAnrs. On Saturday etening a divisional materir, in support of the four denominatioeal candidates ass held at the Catbays Church School. Mr. I: g~edew pres.ed, said in the course of a fewt opening retuarks spoke in favour of religious tcking in tbe echools. He then called upon the car didl.es present to ...

... THE -r, QLTwO KTIJRKISH ?? WAR ATEU' . TELEGRAMS. Ii CLOSSING OF THE .ISAL KANS. | ' l; ADVANCE ON SOFIA. i i.RETihEAT OF THE TURKS. 'TURLRE OF BAKER PASHA. A ?? from thoeRussianheadqnarters, ,t~d Begot, Saturday, ?? have alcd here of the manner in which the -Onsluge of the DBalkans was effected. On DeCceumber 2(; the Russian troops started from UrXiorLio for Tschurpjan, and from Wrats. ciE ...

... ?? dx- I ARTSTICE NEGOTI- I A.ATIONS. t THIE RUSSAN DEMANDS. THE REPORTED SUSPENSION I OF HOSTILI'TIES. SURRENDER OF ADrflANOPLE. ' The Pera correspondent of the Dal. ?Y Tele. ygrqph, writing on Friday night, says -The Turkish delegates met the Grand DakS d Nicholas yesterday evening at Tirnova, wahe 8] the preliminary notes were exchanged i The Grand Duke then announced that A he had decided ...

... ~- -0 L l A LETTERS TO TV' ,A6 EDITOR. An Allr-A, a t* AU eorrespon e, the paper only, or . lmust Wnite On oiE sinS o0 - d-fr letters -Il be rejected. MEDICA . ZR, P-RRNUES BRTWXEN DR. csflt AND DR. STANISTRERBr. ?? is my own opinion, and, as far as I Vilvie teen given to understand, that of the Vnic at large, incling several members of the tredical profession to whom I have related the late ...

... IR MY f VnYv:!lY I (Br )louswn.) We are evidently improving in South Wales, for Christmas has passed with its many eistedd. focda, and the Welsh national journals are almost free from the usual wails of lusersat the Literary tournaments. There was a time -when the small poets, after the eisteddfodau at Christmas bad been held, deluged the Welsh editors with epistles displaying the displeasure ...

... * .. POLITICAL AFFAIRS. --The opening of Parliament on Thursday is dealt with in another column. Lord Derby was not expected to be able to attend, having been unwell for some days. Mr. Mitchell Henry was to move the Home Rule Amend- ment to the Address to the T hrone. On Wednesday evening the usual Parliamentary dinners were given by the leaders of the Government and the Opposition. ...

... . C Q- fl RRAL J'~OTES W.I THE YEAR'S FOREIGN FOOD. -The recently-publlished Board of Trade Returns show that last year we expended upol agricultural commodities from abroad the enormous sum b 96,879,737?., which is the largest outlay there has been for many years, and nearly ten millions more than last. The increase was chiefly-indeed, we may say entirely--upon wheat, for which we paid 33 ...

... Ia I -,t A _ 1 as s. ?? The Central News is in a position to state that the report that the Queen will be present at the opening of Parliament is incorrect. Prince Leo. pold continues in such a weak state that he has not been able to take out-door exercise since the Queen's departure, and is wheeled about the castle in a chair. The Press Association states that they are in a a position to ...

... COAIEROIAL. TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS. .HULL BIRANCH.. t4,NUAL D.INNER. The thirteenth aniual banquet o. the local sup. porters of the Commercial Triavellera' Schools, Pinner, Middlesex, took place on Friday,. at the Cress Keys I Hotel. The iinsu was of the first class, and ab dis- tinguiahed coulpany sat down. The chair wa. occu- pied by his Worship the Mayor (Alderman R. Wailer) and the vice ...

... I (.cxrat 30X5.2 I In Paris it is reported that the Empress Charlotte, who has long been demented, is nowv dying. 1 The Court went into mourning on Mlonday until the tith of Feb., for the late King of Italy. Over 25,000 have been subscribed to relieve the dis- tress in South Wales. The Prince of Wales has arrived at Hamilton Palace on a visit to the Duke of Hamilton. , Queen Victoria has ...

... THE SHIPWRECK 01 F TUE MERSEY. SUPPOSED LOSS OF ALL HANDS. From further particulars which have come to band regarding the brigantine Pigeon, which, as reported in the Mercury of yesterday, sank on Sunday morning near Askew's Spit, which is nearly opposite Waterloo, it is feared that the whole of the crew, who were supposed to have lauded in the vessel's boat, have perished. it will be ...

... I LETTERS TO THE EDITORSO ALLEGED EXTORT)ION. Gentalemen,-Wculd you allow ms tt roqg your columns to attract attenti n to the mrinner na ?? the London eud Ns rrh-western Railway courpany sur- charges tbird class fares to about l3e pe. eeC., on thr plea that the &overuimert no longer s560 ?? iew remis- sion of duty,which. es ve knov. isonly5 per t This io ?? Vila no l fvres on the Chester eid ...