... NOTES AT THE CARDIFF 4 COUNCIL. [BY OUR CARDIFF COUNSELLOR.] I I would that the Mayor had been present on Monday, to exercise his good offices on the occasion of the special Council Meeting. But if the ex- Mayor with his over-powering presence had attended, matters might still have been smoothed over a little. But both were non est; even Alderman Taylor was absent, and plain practical men were ...

... [ET OUK ANTIQUARY.] The beautiful custom of placing flowers on the graves of the departed, will be observed to-morrow through- out this locality, and it will not, perhaps, prove unin- teresting to the readers of this journal, if I produce a few historical facts relating to Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday has had other titles such as Dominica Capihliivuim, from the ceremony of washing the head on this ...

... SACERDOTALISM AND APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION. BY A PURITAN PEtfST. [We do not necessarily hold ourselves responsible ior me opinions which our correspondent expresses -Ed. S.lV.B.] (Continued.) We endeavoured to show in our previous paper the fallacy of construing what is mentioned in Acts xiii, 1-3, as an act of ordination in the now accepted sense of the word. Admitting episcopal ordination to be ...

... Mrs. HigSins observed, at Rome, the other day, eagerly intent on the statue of the Apollo Belvidere, panning; with the air of a connoisseur each detail of un- draped ^contour, lurmng to a hy-stander, she introduced herself, and asked, Is this the Apollo lielvidere ? A young lady artist, well-known in Rome, replied in the affirmative. Considered a great statue P queried Mrs. H.,and was answered ...

... LOR:D BEACONSFIELD'S ILLNESS. Lord Beaconsfield'a condition yestcrday showed a marked improvement, and the annxiety xciited on theieprevioun day, when lie was believed to bh in a critical state, vas gceastly allayed. In anlswer to an early enqutiy it wvas stated tha t his lordship had passed a gootl night, and was more favourably regardedl After the usunl consaltrntion be- tween the doctors, ...

... T«E CHILDREN'S EMIGRATION iovMES. ,,,be eigltil report of the committee shows that the work nhe Colm tion Avithe Emigration Homes, established by }lr i. l T iddlemoro iome years ago, is making satisfac- tisr, 1sregress The object of tile inlstitution), ts is ?? well rica5, is to ?? neglected children from the streets told iron tne ranks of the criminal population, to give liens a ?? traini ang ...

... EpNLIAMENTS LAST NIGHT. HTOUSE OF LORDS. Ler JaolsIhips met at five o'clock. Then J AFFAIRS IN TURKEY. I TBATI5EDEN and CAMPCFLL, who lead a notice on tart b thal he would vall attention to tho recent cor- the Paer on Turkey, and move for the despatcheswhich ,gPeillctll': i ~ihdrawal of Sir Henry Layard at Constanti. ?? 5tpoued the miatter till Thurstlay next, in cousec. olfe Pof the continued ...

... BIR~MINGHAM TOWN MISSION. Ienua1 mceting ot thle Birmmgham Town Mlission h hl yestcrda?, !n the Committee Room of the Town I t cr the presidency of Councillor White. Amongst jhsi5 I the Itevds. J. D1. MloCerrow and C. u sJoyiciman, Barrow, Ilessrs. Go. Smith, Tatham. Ia , 'c .-Thoe I1ev. MRICAIAII HILL (tbh secretary) 0-borfln sulreotw I I Lthe 51wtal rpt hiclh stated that the agents of the ...

... MIDLAND COUNTIES IDIOT ASYLUM AT | K 1OWL E. The fourteenth annual general meeting In conniection wvithl this institution was held yeterday, in the Committee Room of the Town Hall ; the Moayor (Alderman R.. Chame- berlain) pe idin. There 'were also present Lord Leigh (odIieutenmnt of Warwiekshiere), Mr. Ar-thur Heodgson (High Sheriff of Warwilckshire), tire Bevds. Canon Willisi- iron ansi ...

... 31R. J. COLLINGS, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. On Thursday IIi. J. Collings attended a Liberal dineso at the Ipsuich Reform Club, and in replying to the toast of the House of Commons, referred to 'is votes onl the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Bill. Ile said lie was not going to defend his vote, because it needed no defence. and when the smoke lid passed off the battlefield, ?? bence, and in a ...

... WEATHEIR FOIRECASTS. The followint report wae issued freom the Meteorological Departilcent at p.n. yesterday:- DrsT-rarcr. FonttOASTs. 0. Scotlaud, ?? Easterly breezes; light, fine weather, 1. Scotland, L3 . Iight easterly anal northlcasterly breezes 2. England, N.E.. . j L1e wveather. E IEasterly and ?? wvinds; light 3. England, E or nidoto;te line, cooL .4. Mid. Counties.. Same as IeOs. 1 ...

... fSP~rIAL Tl~lEGRA;W,.] HonrE OF CotLoxcs, ?? Night. The House of Commons has occupied itself to-night with a game of cross purposes, rather pretty than provocative of the progress of business. There was by no mcans a crowded house when the Speaker tcolo the chair. The front Opposition benclh was crowded, but this was an ex- ception. There wa's a fair muster of Irisls memnbers, with Mr. Parnell ...