... SUSPENSION OF A CARDIFF CAPTAIN'S CERTIFICATE. On Wednesday, at the Bristol Local Marine Board office—before Mark Vvbitwdl (chairman), Mr Charles Nash, and Captain Thompson—the hearing of the charges agninst John Morgan, of George-street, Cardiff, was resumed. Tiie de- fendant was master of the barque liedesdale, and he was charged that, while on a voyage of the barque from Cardiff to the West ...

... A perfoimanee of the Victories of Judali after the Captivity, a new cantata with historical readings, was given in the Wesley;m Schoolroom OIl Monday evening by the Salem Chapel choir, under the condnctorship of Mr R. Martyn. The readings were given by the Rev. Mr Brigden. The soiosand choruses were well rendered, the former being sung by members of the choir, assisted by Mr Edwin Thomas, ...

... WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The market to-day was unimproved, but a few good parcels of finished iron changed hands for export. The first were J612 for the Severn brand, £ 13 for best sorts, and E14 for double bars, £ 6 158 to B7. Tin plates were in slow demand, with prices regulated by speculation. Some pig vendors, who last week could effpefc no sales, did business to-day. Part- mine pigs, 47 ...

... MEETING AT MILFORD HAVEN. A meeting of the members of the Mechanics' Institute was held on Tuesday night. Mr W. Williams, the chairman, read a letter from the town clerk of Cardiff, asking the institute to sign a memorial to the Education Department, praying for the establish- ment at Cardiff of the proposed new college. He had read the elaborate statistics prepared by the Cardiff Corporation, ...

... The suggestion of holding an exhibition for the artistic decoration of the new building induced some of the wcaltlilor residents of the district to undertake the decorations of certain portions of t!? building themselves. Foremost among them was Mr James Ware, Penr.rth, to who.o liberality on occasions the town is greatly indebted. One of the principal rooms In the building is that known as ...

... The Press Association is informed from Dublin on the best authority that no credence whatever is attached in official circles there to the extraordinary publication in to-day's Freeman's Journal. It has been read with extreme pain by the Viceroy, a.nd grief is expressed by the mem- bers of his Excellency's staff that it should have been made public. Early on Friday morning, a, man, about 55 ...

... THE LATE CHIEF SECRETARY. Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish, whose un-1 « timely deaihwe announce this morning, was the a second son of the Duke of Devonshire, by Lady 1 BtaEche, daughter of the sixth Earl of Carlisle. i His lordship was bo £ n in 1836, and wag, therefore in his 46th year. He was educated at Trinity > ] College, Cambridge, and early took part in; political life. In 1879, he ...

... THE ABERCARNE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. On Wednesday a meeting of the trustees of the Abercarne Colliery Explosion Fund was held at the Mansion-house, when there were present Mr Thomas Cordes, of Newport, in the chair, Mr Alderman Grundy, of Manchester, Colonel Lyne, and Mr John Moses, of Newport, with Mr Edwin Grove, the secretary to the trust. The accounts submitted by the auditors were duly ...

... AT EIN GOHEBWYR. Y 8M rhai o'n gohebwyr yn ddfnyddio mor wad, fel y mae braidd yn.annichenadwy dar- llen eu eyfansoddiadau goddefed y cyfryw i ni awgryma y priodokleb o ddefnyddio ink Goefcega, Xfatawa.—Y mae ambell linell anystwyth yn y darn hwn, o ddiffyg gofal am yr aocen a' ewtan. ttyddwch ofalus am hyn. Cydymdeimlad a Mr a Mrs August, &c. Wrth gwrs yr ydym ya rhwymeddweydtu-un waith, fod ...

... Dr. John Brown, author of R°j> and his Friends, died at Edinburgh on Thursday morn- intr. and ...

... We aeeded, but that it may be jused for flooring, lining to carts, for packing-cases. Some say it makes excellent water pipes for underground use. ^he bark is or may be used for tanning and dyeing. The nuts are used in some coun- tries as food for horses, pigs, and other animals. With the flour of wheat the ground nuts are said to add to the strength •of bookbinders' paste. In short, the uses ...

... BRISTOL POLICEMEN FOR HONG KONG. On Thursday, thirteen members of the Bristol police force, who had been selected by the colonial authority to go to Hong Kong, were paraded at the central station, Bristol. Mr E. W. Coathupe, the chief constable, said he was sorry to lose their services, and he hoped they would be a credit to Bristol. The men are each to be paid £ 18 down, receive £2 a week ...