... AKDA* F CATHEDRAL SCHOOL. PKIPAY. •- TL DEAN OF IFF, ■ i; ...

... 1N TE liN A TI ON A77 G 001) TEj] PLA ny. MEETING AT CARDIFF. The Ri^ht Worthy Grand Lodge of the world resumed its sitting for tlie third day on Thursday morning, in the Town IIall, Cardilf. Bro. Geo. Gladstone, R.W.G.T. opened the lodge, at 10'clock. The first business taken was the elec- tion oi oii'cers. Bro. Joseph Malius, Em-laud was nnammouslvelected to the chief post-—that of Bight ...

... VTEST JHDLANDS TRADE REPORT. faPKOIAL KEBdR+ OWN COBSESFOKDBNT. I BIFUWKHLATT, Xhursday.—THE boøp andbaJing strip firmsxgpox^ED to-day a growing iuquiiy ior IIEOPSANDSTIJI* from the States, together with some orders, but generally makeis' present priees ARE deernjt too high for the negotistor,. Make. WIEVE T at there vi I FCON*e »LOFSENGBTL* buying UPOU the pree- U> «, WAS ftr»er to-day.. 1 WU ...

... ANOTHER DISASTER IN AFGHANISTAN. i A BRITISH BRIGADE ANNIHILATED. GMAT BATTLE NEAR GANDAHAli. BE. BURROWS DEFEATED DY AYOOB KHAN. SUPPOSED LOSS OF 2000 LIVES. THOOP TO BE SENT OUT FROM ENGLAND. MARCH OF REINFORCEMENTS. (REUTERS TELEGRAM, t SnILA, Wednesday. —General Burrows has been severely defeated by Ayoob Khan. Forces dispersed, and now straggling back to Candahar. SIMLA, Wednesday ...

... NOTES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. [BY A WELSH MEMBEK.1 LONDON, Saturday.—The t-.vo questions that have principally occupied the attention of the House of Commons during the week have been the Compensation for Disturbance Bill and the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill. The former has safely passed through Committee. But there is another fierce battle to be fought on Monday on the third read- ing, ...

... ALLEGED MU ROE Ii AT MAN- CHESTE B. The inouest upon Alice Ann Hal!, the girl said to have been murd-red by her lover, Thomas Mayne, at Newton Heath, near Manchester, was concluded on TÍl'i.scL\y. Deceased and her eet- heart, who is in custody, spent the evening of the 17th i-nst. together* and at eleven o'clock they were on the bank of the can d. when deceased fell Is into the water. Mayne ...

... BOAT ACCIDEN'FON THE SEVERN. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Ou; Forest of Dean correspondent write? :—On Sunday afternoon a boat, containing three per- sons, while sailing down the Severu, capsized op- potdte the parish churchyard, Cliffcs, at a part of the liver known as The Rapids. One ot the gentlemen was able to swim, an I he succeeded in reaching land on the Arlfng am banks. The oti e s could not s ...

... n A TT X JLLIi L\AJ.JU X A Cardiff firm rtcently asked for quotations fot, 3,000 tons of steel rads. and 3,000 tons of steel blooms. One English firm regretted that at pre- sent it could not offer any quotation. Another says it would not suit them to give a quotation. A third is not in a position to quote. A fourth offers steel rail, from 571bs to 501bs to the yard, at 10S f.o.b. at ...

... > CHEPSTOW. THE SCHOOL BOARD PUPILS.-Ori Wednesday last the children attending the board schools, in the new schoolroom, were regaled with cake and tea. Great credit is due to Mr Lloyd, master, and Miss Vowlas, mistress, for their exertions in this matter. AT THE PETTY-BSSSIONS on Thursday Richard Harris pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkepness in Chepstow street. The Chairman, in passing ...

... LORD HARTINGTON IN LANCASHIRE. Oa Monday night the Marquis of Hurtington resumed his candidature for North East Lanca- shire, at Rawtenstall. His lordship wa3 met at the s'atitin by the loctl committee. and a large number If spectators were present. 1a the evening a public meeting was held, under the presidency of Mr Tlios. Brooks. On b. in introduced, Lord HARRINGTON, who was received with ...

... GLAMORGANSHIRE ASSIZES. The business of the summer assizes for the county of Glamorgan was opened at the Guildhall, Swansea, on Monday—before the Right Hon. Sir Richard Baggallay Knt., and the Right Hon. Henry Thesiger, The calendar contains the names of 39 prisoners. S. T CROWN COURT. [Before Mr Justice BAGGALLAY.] His Lordship took his seat at 11.10, when the following gentlemen were sworn ...

... THE SOUTH WALES EISTEDDFOD. THE ANNUAL MEETING AT SWANSEA. ARCHDEACON GRIFFITHS ON EISTED0F0DAU. ADDRESS BY BR IN LELF l RICHARDS. FIRST DAY. The South Wales Eisteadfod, at Swansea, was opened there 011 Wednesday forenoon, in a large temporary wooden building erected for this pur- pose, an 1 intended also for the meetings of the British Association. The attendance was by no mc* ns large. At ...