... - T.E JESUS COLLEGE CO1 CbOYEBT.I TO TWZ ZDTTOW, Sim,-t is not wonderful that, as a Welshman and a late foundationer of Jesus College, I ghould have watched with interst the ecatrovezey now proceeding on the aubjeet, but the only excuse I have for joining in the fray mein that I have at last been stung into doing sEO by the dean's reference to Mr. Harper's tamed elephants, a taunt implying ...

... THE AEASTERN 1 QUESTION | THE AFGHANISTAN DIFFICULTY. THE DEPUTATION TO THE 'S PREMIER. A it The Fre Association is enabled to amounce that a letter was, on Monday morning, sent to r the Troeaury from Lord Lawrence, on behalf of t the Afghan Committee, asking Lord BecOufield e0 to receive a deputation on or before Wednesday Iy next. tho 20th inst. The object of thedepitation S e, will be ...

... THIBEE LIVfES LOST. Newtont on Mednesday evening was thrown into a itltoe of intelluce e xcitement by the occs- sionof afrightful boatingdisasterontheriverUsk. In the boat, which bad been hireci for the purpose of pleasuro, was a party of ten ladies and gen- t'cmon, who, starting fromn Beaufort Wharf, pro. cceded up, the river, and nuder rthe bridge, in excellent formr. A strong current w3a ...

... CHEISTCOETRCH SCHOOL BonnD.aAt a meeting on Friday, the board rescinded the rein- S ltiCD giving the cntrct to Mr. Small for the newoschoti at laerry, at a cost of 2,000. Tke architect (Mr. Goodman) was instructed to prepare fresh plane, so as to reduce the ?? nmaterially. ?? B3RECON BOARDt OF GUARDIAS met on Saturday, at the Town-hall; the Rev. Garnons Williams presided, The ut-relief for the ...

... w~it tot t A,,ls 1 - I IAt the quarterly meeting of the Cowbridgo Farmers' Club, on Taesday, over which OW. m Is m_-Z_ -- _ ?? -- __IsL ^. - C tf , t-iL - -L , -L -S f-ti T. Picton-Turbervill presided, an interesting paper on the cultivation of the soil was read by Mr. W. T. Wright, of St. Nicholas, snd a discussion took place thereon. An improve- ment in the position and dwellings of ...

... SECIOND juifTION. WSTZMe MAIL (VYticZ 4.30 Ax ^TESS CYTELEGRAMS. IORE lSfIfTl(G AT THE CAPE. I)E)I1T'OBALJAi lION OF THE yQLsTL? '1EERSI ?? Tows, SEP-. ?? Plymouth.) ?? tjif- TraLsvaal troubles continue. The gaffirs are reported to be fighting with consi. derable dptcrbnination and courage, and the volant-ers a re demoralised by the opposition VUtCoui& red- SPANISH POLITICS. 7ri MAI)PDI, OCT. ...

... SOUND IVE MEMNTS. ?? or,. . . IONDON, CHATvnAM, AND) Davrns RALxWAv.- 1 he posit ion which this company holds ta-day in ibe estimation of investors stands out in ?? rontrast to that which it occupied no later than February last, when, uinder the delusive sallre. nI ment8 01 the then proposied Fusion Bil1,1 the proprietors where asked to adopt a scheme of I amalgamnation with the South ...

... WEATTHER STAT1STICS OF TBE UNITED KINGDOM FOR ATRI- CULTURAL AND SANITAMY PFUPOSES, FOIR THE WSEE ENDING AUG. X 1878. i8rPECIL TELEGMAXI FS Q0 THI METEORLOLOGICAIL OFFrCV. TEbIPSRATOUE., j.ATNFALrL. ~~ u s 8 o r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 r e o r DISTrICTs. ° | b ' le3s tban Mean O5 C,, ; e I nfeal d he snoaq i~c o ...

... DEGREE DAY AT ST. DAVID'S1 COLLEGE, LAMFETI I - - ?? Aa.a .LJ lsb A new and very important era in the history of Welsh progress was inaugurated on that day when St. David's Colleje, far sway in the hll s of Cardigaushire, acting under the authority of a charter granted by her present Majesty, first conferred degrees, and these of the same value as corresponding honours gained in the English ...

... )NV.4J)6 EDIION lý* fiNYA ,it (J.17 , 10AME .A- L T2EL'S ui 'fL,;RA'S. HI- IhET21AN ]'ANK ftATE. ii .. , ?? I ?? ?? rem'la .i~iqt t.i i, ?? his t1l6 ild it i ?? of dii'oo', to *%N (A,. ot ?? of tadvanles to 3 T 1 TkE INDTAN WAR. V,. ?? A c ?? 'J.}io hos-tile * -. P;-, ht'tV' i,'c,,pittril the L nl'ni of -,dhy t.'wiirai H-toward. F , . ; lEVER EPIDER iU iN AMEHiICA. ..,ri ?? A(I.tii 20TI l eel ...

... On Tuesday morning, at the ofice of the Brynmawr Coal and Iron Company, Abertillery 1(belere Mdr. Basil Jayne and iz. P. A. Willismus, t Thomas Weeks and George Ferry, colliers, were c charged by the police with the manslaughter of c one Charles Clarke at Abertilery in 1873. As t stated in the Westerh ail of Monday, Clarke met rwith his death by violence at a place called Pantvpuddiug, close ...

... T2HE DEAVER COLONY IN THE ISLE OF BUTE. Q T~ VQ 1 ' A '4 - Ma SUCCESS OF A NOVEL ACCLIMA. TISATION EXPERIMENT. The lbes(rij Chronicle Bays -The colony of ay beavers which Lord Bute lhas acelimatised at lebi Drumrcoch moor are thoroughly at home. There din are now 16 within the enclosure, and all are dning well. Their work is visited by large numbers of ladies and gentlemen interested in ...