... THE CARDIFF PILOTS AND THE EN- TRANCE TO THE PORT. MR JOHN BOYLE, the Bute Trustee, told a Com- mittee of the House of Lords the other day, that the Bute Dock system had cost a round sum of two millions sterling. It will hardly be believed out of Cardiff that this splendid property is practically useless for the heavier class of ships one-fifth of the whole year, because of the existence of ...

... The parishioners of Llanfoist have resolved, by 11 votea to 7, to form a school board. Strong opposition was manifested to the movement by the vicar and the Blaenavon Company, who are the heaviest ratepayers. It was stated, however, that the company had ceased to support the village school, which was now £30 iu debt. The contention of the company is that they were never asked to support tha ...

... SCHOOL PRIZES.—On .Thursday afternoon, the chil- dren attending the Lower Rhymney Board Schaol, received their prizes for attending at school, ai d for passing the examinations. Certificates of merit we. e awarded according to the standards in which they had passed and those who had attended 40J times and upwards, received in addition volumes of books. The Revs T. T. Jones, F.C.S., and D. J3. ...

... FOREST OF DEAN. SCHOOL BOARD.The monthlv meeting was held at the Speech House, on. Wednesday. Present Mr W. B. Brain (chairman), Mr S. J. Thomas (vice-chairman), Sit, James Campbell, Bart., Revs W. H, Taylor and T. Nicholson, Dr Batten, and Idr Joseph Thompson. Sir Tames Campbell brought forward his resolution, That :his board having provided the full accommodation at Bibon, Pillowed, Ellwood ...

... l I rl 7 . t.. A. - .. i.7 I The painful excitement naturally felt in the neighbour- hood of Stanstead and Ware, on the discovery that two young women, of respectable connections and good character, had been mysteriously drowned in the River Leat can scarcely be said to have abated since the con- clusion of the inquest. The place where the bodies of Ellen Maddox (aged 20) and Felicitas Squibbs ...

... I A ?? in conneotion with this preceptory was held in the Orange Hall, Ballymoney, on Friday evening, the 1st inst. There was a large attendance of the members and their lady friends. Flags and banners belonging to the different local and other lodges were suspended around the hall, which was brilliantly illuminated with gas for the occasion. Among those on the platform were the following:- ...

... .LATESTH NEWS-. e- [SPECIAL & ORDINARY TELEGRAMSJ] . e. . to THE PROBABILITIES OF WAR. a. a. - te ALLIANCE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND le TURKEY. Ln FAILURE OF THE CONGRESS. i 10 A Times Bucharest telegram ?? popular Id belief appears to be here that war is extremely t probable between England and Russia, but the 1 s, more sedate-minded people still continue to hope le that hostilities will be avoided. ...

... BWTHYN FY NHAID OLIVER : BEF YMDDIDDANION, SYLWADAU, A HANESION NEWYDD A HEN. at GAN CYMYDOG. U Ymqveliad XL. Y1 &t AD0OFION NAN DOROTHY AM HEN GYFA1RODYDD d EGLWYSIG. fiI Daeth Haw Llwyd fwy na haner y ffordd i'm cyfar- hb fad y tro hwn, a phan y gwelodd fi, tynodd lythyr t] allan o'i boced a daeth ag ef yn ei law hyd atafj a a chyn gofyn sout yr oeddwn na dweyd gair am y tywydd tij na dim ...

... DlWRNOD AR LAN Y DUDDON. I Y Duddon yw yr afon fawr fordwyol oydd yn I gwahanu swyddi Lancashire a Camberland, neu Wlad Meirchion. Mae tueddau yr afen yu nodedig ar amryw 3 styriaethau; yn gyntaf, am ei fod yn gynull- fan i ymladl ceiliogod, prif ddifyrwoh y preswylwyr cynhenid. Tybir yr ymleddid oddeutu cant o'r brwydrau hyn yu flynyddol er gwaethaf pob gwyliad- wriaeth. Wrth erchwyn ei gwely ...

... ]JYDD) JAU, MfAWRTHE 2lainj 1878. HE ,LYN5TION TIR GRO:EG. Gfwlad fechan ydyw Groeg, ond y mae yn meddu ar bwysigrwydd hanesyddal *aa fedd odid xii wladi arall ei gyffelyb. Y mae ei hanes o'r amserau boreuaf hyd warchaead Caerdroin, cddiyno i lawr hyd at esgyniad Alexander Fawr a goruchiafiaeth Rhufain, yn nghyda'i hiaith a'i llenyddiaethi wedi ac yn parhau i fod yn destyn efrydiaeth yn mhrif ...

... ft . - oI (By Frean Special Wire.) LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. PreeUm44 Office. 211 Strand, London, ' Saturday Morning. I hear on high authority that it is the inten- tion of Germany to raise the question of maritime belligerent rights at the Berlin Congress. This step Will be taken, no doubt, aw a protest against the remarkable dlaim put forward by Lord Chan- cellor Cairns, at the instigation of ...

... VIC j ..T TO . ?? ?? .. O T . VICEREG}AL Vl$FT :TOl;CABRA- oS, i . . ?? ?? - , .- I Yeqterday alternoon ber GYacs the 'Diithesa of iMarl' borough, aciomirnallet lrlans' 2wto~j Puilkeand Litly Ssrieta t iurcbill, ind attoidet' bY Mr laget&A DC, 'hattdd the DWmtlari Convdbt, CQibra. I will be e-aqipbered that one of 'the listivisit'i paid by her'Ctrac6 to the reit Cat tholid inslttlooui of ...