... [BY THE CAKMI-F ANTIQUARY.] I. IXTRODrCTOn L Come along you fusty old bookworm, and enjoy a Christmas once in your life time Emma wishes me to say that you shall htve a whole two hours every day to yourself in the library, provided you make yourself sociable during the other hours of your stay. You see we have made up our minds that you are coming, so pack up your necessaries and come away at ...

... GOOD NEWS FOR MINERS, On Wednesday a deputation of the Sliding Scale Com- mittee waited upon the Rev. T. Jones, of Rhymney, at the Black Lion Hotel, Cardiff, to consider a scheme of the rev. gentleman's for decomposing and destroying explosive gases in coal mines. The following 7members of the com- mittee were present :-Mr. W. Abraham, in the chair, and Messrs John Morgan, E. Francis, J. ...

... SLAUGHTERING IN PRIVATE HOUSES AT CARDIFF. An interesting point was raised in the Cardiff police court on Wednesday. As our readers are aware, the sanitary regulations of the Borough do not permit of the slaughtering of animals on unlicensed premises,. With a view to afford full accommodation to butchers and others who in the course of their trades require to kill, com- modious slaughter ...

... Cijc fan about CoWit. Where is Alderman David Erhn answers, where ?— I will admit, however, that the gallant colonel was present at the recent field day of the Council But how often has he attended ordinary meetings He has on all hands been recognised as a gentleman who has done, and is capible of doing much good for Cardiff. His absence at Council meetings is most probably capable of ...

... ExdTixc SCENE AT A SHIPWRECK.—Shortly before six o'clock Ihursday morning, during a furious squall accompanied by rain, the Austrian barque Atlast, 400 tons, with maize, from New York, for Papenburg, was driven ashore on Atherficld Ledge, a dangerous part of the coast at the back of the Isle of Wight, about 14 miles from Ventnor. As soon as the squall had passed over she was observed by the ...

... -1 - Jill 91 PARLIAMEN ?? IT was a complaint made with more or less truth against the late Government that, partly from disinclination, and partly from engagements in more distant parts of Europe, they were not able to bestow a proper amount of attention on the affairs of Ireland. Hence (we were told) Obstruction, designed to recall their attention to matters nearer home. It cannot be said for ...

... Th- ~1OUR.T TnlE Queen and the Princess Beatrice returned to Balmoral on Saturday from the Glassalt Shiel, where they had been spending a few days. On Sunday morning Her Majesty and the Princess attendled Divine Service at Crathie Church, the Rev. A. Campbell officiating. The Queen has received no visitors at Ealmoral this week, but has taken her usual walks and drives with Princess Beatrice. ...

... TIHE fifty-fourth Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Architecture, and Sculpture was opened at Edinburgh on the 31st ult. For two generations it has been the means of diffusing a taste for Art among the Scottish public; and it has been the outward sign of a School of Art, the fame of which has extended far beyond the borders of Scotland. The present Exhibition contains 1, ...

... or,, PV fE); 1IUAfA T S|Nm I 101' FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.-In the prodtuction of these two articles of consumption is thought by not a few persons to lie the farmer's hope of profit for the future. Now, without going into the question of mean profit, we would point out the riskiness of the procedure. How many Kentish farmers can afford to rely on hops alone? One year may give him a thousand ...

... ?? . i, I , - Rl R ? VS -, - ? I - TImE HOUSE OF LoRDs.--The Earl of Galloway has written to The Timnes explaining that he voted with the majority for the rejection of the Irish Registration Bill because he thought that the reason urged by Lord Redesdale was conclusive-viz., that no practical inconvenience could be occasioned, as it would not come into operation for a whole year, before which ...

... THE DISTRESS L.V THE WVEST OF IRE! lAI) TTHERE are two pawn offices in the little town of Clifdicfl..0h 1 G which are crammed to the ceiling with every kind of mnove i& tho can be spared from the poor cabins of the surrounding cofl)', 311 the islands off the wild Connemara coast. ' Here is a sketch of a woman who was discovered at ),,n one frosty morning last December, awaiting the taking ...

... THESE engravings, the second of a series several of which we have already published, are from photographs by Herr Max Ohnefalsch Richter, special correspondent of the NLue Freie Presse. The first sketch shows Mr. Richter's old cook Gerasimi with his two sons, the elder Sophocles, the younger Stasiandros. Another represents a bridal party. A young lad is seen kissing the hand of a priest * in ...