... ANNUAL DINNER OF RAIL- WAY OFFICIALS AT BUILTH. The tenth annual dinner of the employes of the London and North Western, Mid-Wales, and other railways, was held in the Assembly-room, Builth, on Friday evening. The dinner, pro- vided by Mr Philip James, of the Lion Hotel, was laid out in his well-known style The spacious room had been nicely decorated for the occasion by Messrs Tranter, ...

... THE DECISION (\i THE CALLIOPE CASK. THH judgment given In the case of t!is Ciuliope may seem to muny to be need- lessly severe. One na.tumlly sympathiser with the owner of a vessel who, it be :1:ullled, loses quite enough when cargo &nd evcrytlmig else h.tve Tl!.en it lias to be borne in mind thn.t the &i.'n of men ftCCUlllulate and fall :).t last, uot upon those who have been pronounced ...

... [FKOM OUR WELSH CORP.ESFOXOENT.] The council of the Cymmrodorion Society met on Wednesday evening at Lonsdale Chambers, Chancery Lane, Mr Stephen Evans, J.P., Chisle- hnrst, presiding. The following members were present:—The Rev. John Da vies, M.A., Mi- Mr Howel W. Lloyd, M.A.,Mr Brinlev Richards, Dr. Isambaid Owen, M.A., the Rev. i. Morgan, M.A., the Rev. Evan Jones, Mr R. H. Jenkins, Mr ...

... The P.incQ of Wi?og arrived at Marlborf):?h House, nn Friday afternoon, from visiting the Ma.rJ nf Sta'T)fnrfJ. at BradIT;1,ti, JJciccstershim- ...

... The Press Association correspondent at Leek, Strtti'ordshire, reports, with reference to the extraordinary confession of the man Brooks, that •'■iiice the trial lie appeared despondent and stricken with remorse. He seemed to be wasting N-iby, and for some time it was evident his end vas not far off. On Friday morning (the 30th ult.), Wg very ill, lie sent for Mr William Harrison, a tinner, ...

... ABERDARK CHAMBER OF TRADE.. The monthly council meeting was held at Mr Dance's assembly-room, on Tuesday afternoon, under the presidency of Mr Evan Thomas. In reply to the representations made as to the dan- gerous level crossing at Cwmanian, a tracing of which had been forwarded to them, Mr Grierson, of the (Jreat Western Railway Company, replied that he would draw'the engineer's attention to ...

... A statement appeared in the Daily Telegraph of Tuesday morning th,)t warrants had been issued for the arrest of a clergyman whose wife is the principal of a boarding-school in the neighbour- hood of London, on the charge of having cor- rupted several girls in his wife's school. The Press Association learns on inquiry that the statement is substantially correct. The warrants have not yet been ...

... A QUARREL AMONG PROFESSORS. Professor Nanson, of the'Melbourne University, has been fined £50, and Professor Elkington has been suspended for a month from his duties and emoluments by the Council of the Umversity, on account of a fracas arising out of the election of president of tho professorial board. Professor Nanson, who was accused by Professor Elkington of voting unfairly, called the ...

... HORRIBLE iNlUTILATION.' BY A HINDOO. On Saturday night, as two professional singers, natives of Bombay, were playing banjos and singing in the Lloyd's Arms, a public-house in one of the lowest districts in Leeds, a labourer, named James Hoban, criticised their performances, and said they ought to be ashamed of themselves for ekulking about instead of working. James Miller, one of the Hindoos, ...

... THE POLITICAL WISDOM OF WTOODSTOCK: WHEN the Conservatives of Woodstock in public meeting duly assembled, under the presidency of Lord RANDOLPH CHURCHILL, declare that HER MAJESTY'S Government have hitherto failed by their measures in re- storing law and order in Ireland, they amuse themselves with a mere farrago of historical platitude, and enlighten nobody. The pro- position is one on which ...

... the '^■8sociation is informed that the t' about to be published by t ^el is Urcat Britain and Rome of England to hold diplo- the Sovereign Pontiff? ...

... At Wandsworth policecfJurt, on .[onday, -Ta: Charles Gurney, who was described as a soUcitor, residing in Temperley.na,J, Baiham, was charged with being-drunk and assaulting P.O. Hayes, 179 V,whi]e in the execution of his duty. -The evidence showed that on Saturday evening the constable was called to the Balham Hotel to eject the pá,(lner from the private bar. The prisoner struck him on the ...