... Mr Brinton, M.P., addressing his constituents at Kidderminster on Friday night, said that but for most energetic support from their party, and the piloting of the Prime Minister, the Govern- ment could not have overcome their unexampled difficulties during last session, and passed measures for the pacification of Ireland. The determined obstruction offered had convinced the Government and the ...

... SOUTH WALES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. TO THE EDITOR. Sin,—Tiie interesting and weighty letter of Mr Lewis Morris on the expected college encourages me to repeat a proposal on the same subject which I made in your columns some months ago. Iu part of his letter Mr Morris discussei a plan for deciding between the claims of Cardiff and Swansea; later on he throws out a hint that, practically, both towns ...

... FORESTRY.—The usual half-yearly meeting of the Neath District of the Ancient Order of Foresters took place on Thursday at the Travel- lers' Rest, Cwmdu, under the presidency of Bro. H. Morgan, D.C.R. Twenty-two courts were represented. 2107 4s was paid into the dis- trict fund by the various courts. The most important business was the election of D.C.R. for the ensuing year. There were three ...

... THE SUEZ CANAL. When the now tariff dues of the Suez Canal were established some four years ago, the com- pany undertook to spend a million francs per annum during thirty years ill improvements of a nature to facilitate the transit of vessels through the canal. This engagement was adhered to during three years but the rapid growth of the traffic and the knowledge that unless serious ...

... ABERDARE MINING DISTRICT M O N T HI V The above society held feheir monthly meeting on Monday, at the Mason^s Anns, Aberaman, under the presidency of Mr VVilliam Bowden. The Chairman, having opened the meeting, called on Mr D. Morgan, their aerent, to g,vt. an account of his stewardship for tiie month. Mr Morgan said he was proud to state t.iat tiie best feeling prevailed between employers and ...

... BOARD OF HEALTH.—On Thursday the ordinary monthly meeting of the above beard was held in the Institute. Present—Messrs H. H. Powell (chairman), II. I) ay son, T. Henry, Wm. Lloyd, V, m. i uiberville, Job Jones, Rees Lewis, Thos. Morgan Dr. Davies, medical officer and Ward, clerk; Thorns, surveyor; and Thomas, nuisance inspector. A long discussion took place in refer- ence to the water taps ...

... CHRISTMAS CARDS.—We have received another batch of Christmas and New Year cards,and they are certainly in every way a credit to the firm which sends them out—Messrs W. A. Mansell and Co., of Ox ford-street, London. Last year Messrs Mansell made a new departure in the matter and design of these cards, and so successful has been the venture, that the experiment is re- peated this year with ...

... ST. PSTENSBUSTG, Sunday. The Journal de St. Petersburg to-day, commenk ing upon the assertions made by various foreign, newspapers with regard to the coarse pursued by, General Tchernajeff and the Russian army in, Turkestan, declares those rumours to be absurd and unfounded. The semi-offieial journal adds that the tactics of these foreign journals must not in any case be regarded, as strange, ...

... MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. The forthcoming elections are creating but little interest here, and it is not thought that there will be an opposition. The Working Men s Conservative Association, at a crowded and unanimous meeting, decided to support the four ::rtr(mcarf a confces^ ss mivnr Porter TWiils )• the present and Mr Rr orSau (G), Mr John Furney (C.), and Mr Horatio Tamplin Griffiths (C.) Tows ...

... PAKIS, Monday. M. Gerville Reache, one of the deputies for (Guadeloupe, has written to Sir Garnet Wolseley, requesting him to have delivered to Arabi Push a. a letter in which Reache offers to act as his counsel. ...

... [ CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION AT SWANSEA. The Conservative banquet organised by the Swan- sea Constitutional Club was held at the Albert-hall on Friday evening, and passed off with the most complete suscess. The Constitutional Club, .opened in January last, now numbers over 800 members. The Hon. H. Ceerl Raikes, M.P., had consented to deliver a political addreas to the members, and the leading ...

... - I - - l FRBIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1SS2. 4 Irrespective of the debates upon the v Cloture resolutions, Her IMAJESTYSs Onposi- a tion will have ample opportunities after the f reassembling of Parliament for criticising I questions of Government policy. English 0 people will hardly wait for the bill to be a taxed before inquiring whether the war in d Egypt could have been avoided. The nr enthusiasm ...