... ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ENGLISH GRAND LODGE OF WALES. The annual session of the Grand (English) Lodge of Wales, which it had been arranged to be held in Cardiff in 1878, opened on Wednesday evening with a recaption soiree. The Grand Lod^e of Wales was instituted at Cardiff in 1872, when the first session was held. The difference of the two languages, however, resulted in a division, and the ...

... POLICE-COURT.——At the police-court 011 Monday —the Stijjendiary (Mr J. Bishop) on the bench— limothy Hagarty, a labourer, was summoned for deserting his wife and family, and leaving tliein chargeable to the Merthyr Union. The case warf adjourned for a fortnight.- Wil Ii a.m Thomas, collier, again answered the charge of deserting hit children This case was again adjourned for a week. John ...

... We hear that arrangements are being made at the St. Petersburg Ministry of Finance for the despatch of a party of officials to the new Russian frontier contiguous with Roamania, for the pur- pose of establishing revenue depdts, and controlling the commerce entering and leaving Bessarabia. ...

... THE FUNERAL of the late Mr Llewellyn Jen- kin-l will leave his residence, near Hentroed f-tition, for Hengoed Chapl, at three p. rn. I on Wednesday, ...

... THEFT OF A COAT.-At the borough police- on Monday-before the Stipendiary (Mr J. C. Fowler) and other magistrates—a Pole, named Alexander Sizwbzesake, was charged with steal- ing a coat from Fynone House, the property of Mr Charles Bath. It appeared that this was a most impudent robbery. The accused went to the house in question, and was seen by one of the servants wearing away the coat. He was ...

... Constantinople, Wednesday. — The Porte 1(13 been informed that the Marquis of Sa!is- will probably iiot adhere to the pro- P'r-1: Germany for a common step the part of the signatory Powers to the •treaty of Berlin with the object of bringing Porte to execute the stipulations of that Treat-. ...

... iSPECIAL TEt.ECat.VMS LLOYD'S AGEJtTS. | MISSING VESSELS.—A Lloyd's telegram states that here is reason to fear that the new screw steamer Y ...

... Traffic on the Chatham and Dover liailwav was delayed for some hours on Wednesday morning by the axle of a goods wagon breakiug near Farring- ton-road Station. The wagon was smashed and engine thrown off the line. The Scotch Pullman Express and a heavily-laden goods train were in collision at Whitehall Junction, near Leeds, early onWednesday morning. Several wagons were smashed, and the line ...

... The arrangements for the autumnal session of the Baptist Union, to be held in Leeds on the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th oi October, and of which the Rev Hugh S to well Brown is to be president, are to the effect that on Monday evening, the 7th, there will be a sermon by the vice-president, the Rev George Gould, of Norwich. luesaay morning there will be a missionary coufcrence, at which uapers will ...

... [SPECIAL TELEGEAIR.] Another miner, making the third, has suc- cumbed to the dynamite explosion which oc- curred at Carnbrea, West Cornwall, and two others are in a. precarious state. The shook caused by the rush of air the cause of the deaths. ...

... PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL.— On Friday evening a crowded MEETING was held at the schoolroom, to present a gold watch and chain, valued 60guineas, and a purse containing A cheque for £ 14 to Mr George Neale, assistant to Dr II. N. Davies. Mr LIASR attended the w ...

... CON'OUR.AATIONAL CUI'KCii.—Thanksgiving vices were held in this Church on Thursday evening. Tiie sonnon was delivered by the pas- til-, REV .T. Matthews. PETTY SESSIONS.—On Friday, before Afr-List r and Mr E. J. Pliiilips, Edward Morgan, FOR riding 0:1 a wagon without reins, was fined Zs 6d and 13s costs.—George Evans and liiomas Mor- gan. for stealing apples from an orcnard 111 (Jwe- heiog, ...