... 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 ...

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... LI2ANIDAFF WOR1kM ?? CLUll. 'I HE ANNUAL .1ET'VINU Theannual metning of tie Llanid- llT orking Men's Club, ii as held en Alonday evening at the schoolrootu, Lliandaff, under the presidency of tile Lord lishop of the diocese. There WaLs a lu-rge attendance of ws orking onla, nianiv of i hoti could3 not find st;atq. The secrvt-rcy, Mr. Janicms. reid a report, from which it appeaired thatt the ...

... The usual monthly meeting of the rural sanitary authority of the Cardiff Union was held in the Union Offices, Cardiff, on Wednesday, Mr. R. For- rest in the chair. The reports of the inspector of nuisances were read, and various orders were made with regard to defects in the water supply. MLr. Waiing, C.E., submitted the following report with regard to the Llandaff sewerage works:-- I beg to ...

... FROM a private letter from Color we learn some interesting information in reference to M. Lessep's gigantic undertaking— the Panama Canal. At the present moment there are nearly one hundred civil engineers, clerks, &c., who are busily engaged in verifying last year's survey, and im- proving it where necessary. The greatest obstacle which they have to encounter is the Chagre3 River, which they ...

... THE MURDERERS OF THE CZAR. ST. PETERSDURO, Monday.—Sentence of death -as finally read in the presence of the six political ^prisoners, who are allowed 24 hours to appeal. ...

... ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.—The 'services in con- nection with the anniversary of the Independent Sunday-school, Welsh-street, were held on Sunday last, when two very eloquent sermons were preached by the Rev. J. Hall Stephens, of Cardiff, and select pieces sung in excellent style by the children. There were large congregations, and the services were in every way successful. ...

... POLICE-COUBT.—There was a somewhat long list of drnnken and disorderly charges to be disposed of by Mr J. Bishop, stipendiary, on Monday. David Jones, collier, of Tirphil (who did not appear), was charged with having committed a savage assault upon his wife, and in his absence was committed for one month with hard labour.— Elizabeth Butler, a woman of ill-fame, of Dow- lai= ...

... HOLLOW AY'S PILLS.-The diseases common to our rigorous climate which endanger the constitution will always exist, though many may bo mitigated and their effects removed by timely aid appropriately ap. plied. Holloway's Pills are acknowledgeci far and wide to be the most effective purifier of the blood, the most certain regulator of disordered organs, and the safest and surest aperient that can ...