... MURDERS IN BURMAH. Executions continue iu the palace of the King of Burmah. Five princesses were recently murdered on suspicion of being in correspondence with Prince Nyoungyan. ...

... THE LANCASHIRE OPERATIVE SPINNERS. DEMAND I OR WAGES ADVANCE [SPECIAL TKLKOBAM.J At the quarterly meeting of the Amalgamated Association of Operative Spinners, Winders, and Twisters, of Lancashire and adjoining counties, held, in Alanchester, on Sunday the question of making a general application through the whole of the spinning trade for a 10 per cent advance in wages was discussed. It was ...

... ILLNESS OF PLUNKETT. M.P. It is reported that Mr Plunkett, the tive member for West is lying at his so ill of low fever that M.. Loudon physician has been telegraphed for. ...

... THE SALVATION ARMY AT GLOUCESTER. At the Gloucester police-court, on Monday, Mr C. Overthrow, a resident of Longsmith-street, made an application to be protected from the nuisance created at the Wellington Hall, by the people calling themselves The Salvation Army. For the last four Sundays he had not been able to have any rest indoors in consequence of the dis- turbances that were created. He ...

... PONTYPRIDD. THE FOG.—All almost unprecedented fog set in on Tuesday in this locality. Towards nightfall it became extremely dense. ...

... LOCAL LIQUIDATIONS. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE, David Jone;, of Kinif's-court, in the village and pal-iollof,it.Iley, Carmarthen, draper, grocer, and ironmonger. William Thomas, Market-street, Pontypool, Mon., beerhouse keeper. Choirles Welsh, Poutypool, grocer. ...

... A COLONEL ON NATIONAL PUGILISM. Colonel Knight, M.P., speaking at a dinner at Kidderminster, on Tuesday evening, said there was only one road to national greatness, and that was to be able t,, fight and take our own part. However insignificant England might look on the map, she had risen in greatness because she had bred a race capable of fig::ting auy other nation. The volunteer movement made ...

... A SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENT. A suspicious movement is going on, proceeding from Afghanistan. From the frontier, Afghani in small parties are travelling to different parts of India and every train for the interior takes from 20 to 40 members oi this warlike nation. Th authorities are on the alert and will carefully watch these travellers. ...

... THE PURCHASE OF THE CARDIFF WATERWORKS. The Cardiff W .terworks undertaking passed on Wednesday from the Cardiff Waterworks Com- pany to the Cardiff Corporation. It had been arranged that this event should take place on the 24t1J, but the Waterworks undertaking actually passed into the hands of the Corporation on the 29ih of September, although the Act did not cive the Corporation the power to ...

... PONTYPRIDIFBOARD OF GUARDIANS. THE DEFALCATION OF AN EX- RELIEVING OFFICER. lhe meeting of the Puntypridd Board of Guardians was held on Wednesday, under the ppresidency of the Rev. D. W. Williams, Fair- field.—The Chairman drew attention to the claims sent in by tradesmen for goods supplied to pnu- pers on the order of the Ystrad ex-Relieving Officer (D. S. Davies.) He (the chairman) had ...

... The Central News says that the situa- tion in Afghanistan is not materially changed. General Roberts is considered to have adopted a prudent course in view of the concentration of the Ghuznee tribes in takinc his army into the Cantonments of the Sheepur. He has a very serviceable reliable body of men with him, numbering about 7,000 of all arms, in whom he reposes great confidence. General ...

... THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE MRS MATTHSWS, wife of the Rev. John Matthews, the well-known Congrega ional minister, took place on Monday afternoon. Mrs Matthews died on Tuesday, the tlth inst,, at the age of 70 years. She was widely known among the Inde; endents, and highly esteemed by rich and poor. The funeral was at- tended by a large number of naniaters, who headed the cortege. Following them ...