... TRlE CHA.NGES IN THE CABTNRT. The prolonged delay in the completion of the Cabinet is due, no doubt, to the difficulty ?? of finding a suitable place for Sir C'rAnLrs 0 DIL.KIE and a capable successor to him in theda' office of Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs. We do not credit for a moment the idle gossip p3 that the QuEEN objects to receive Sir ?? DILKE as a Cabinet 3Minister. Sirkts ...

... - e Avettvitet bai.I WEDNE.MFSDAY, DEEBR20, lSS2.- lrILOMOTION IN THE ARMY. The principle so long advocated by violent no and headlong military reformers of the the civilian persuasion, namely, promotion by th, pure selection, has just made its first appear- If ance on any important scale in the shape of ci a batch of promotions from the rank of oC an Colonel to that of Major-General. With- ...

... EXTRAORDINARY FOGS. lisa Communication on the Tees V'alley Railway wa's sedi re-opened at noon on Monday, the line having A rile been blocked by the snowstorm since Wedlnesday, geit he The recent snowstorm, which was felt with gre Cat t-r, tie severity around Richmond, promises to be pro- Jon )ei longed by thie unusually severe frost wh~ich has '1 li d-set in. In Swaledale, above Richmond, ...

... EtIE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR\ - SOUTH WALES II AND MONMOUTMSHIRE. | at AN ARGUME NT FOR SWANSEA. as .- ir LETTER lIL I TO TUSE EDITOR. al SrM,-In my first letter I showed that Swansea wV St is more accessible than Cardiff to the whole of E i South WVales. In mv second I showed it is more si in harmony with Welsh sentiment and feeling. at To-day I shall show it to be in heartier accord with ...

... THE CARDIFF NIVERSITY cCOLLEGE SCHEME. LETTER V. TO THE EDITO1t. Sm,-It is rather amusing to witness the fret e fulness of a dictator, belonging to the Fourth E Estate, towering up in defence of his immaculate g 1 impartiality, after rejecting comments adverse b to his pet plans. Nothing is easier than the prae- t tice of using editorial type to make high-sounding, t bombastic assertions, ...

... I WTEi SmAltAiL OFFiCE, 4.30 Ax. Sir 0. over t FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ' I, will b -) Car FRANCNE. Birtil PAnlIS, DEr . 7.-The Governmenthas introduced A I Bill in the Cihal;ber of Deputies for a Vote of North credit on account of N. de Brazza's mission to porter Nest Afica. Mr. The Republique rranqaise to-day, in an article pieces jpon the Egyptian question, says, in order to pro- the at sect ...

... I T~ 1WVrSTrnaS l MAIL OFFicE, 4.80 A.m LATEST GENERAL NEWS, - More or less rain fell during the whole of yester- day. SThei) . for South \Vates for to-day, issued from thu %luteorological Office, is:-Soultil- Sp easterly breezes, light to calm, colder; clear in dit some places, foggy in others. he Mr. Doherty, landowner, of Donegal, is men- tioned as the Parnellite candidate for Queen's th ...

... S\WrANSEA PUBLIC LIBRARY. aANOTHER GIFT OF PICTURES B Cu ay, 3111. DEFFBTT FRANCIS. Car mu lit An ordinary meeting of the Swansea Public ?? Committee was iekldat the Central Library at onl Tuesday afternoon. On tire mnotion of Mr. i V ?? Bath (the chairman), seconded by Mr. lost IRDaffett-Francis, M~r. G5. 13. Brook (vice-chairmlan) k esls wa's appointed- chiairman for thle ensuing year.- ...

... Ut 1 - - Nvl it. I S]?gIOU7k, RAILArVAR- COLLISIONe tb col1ision occurredol7 the MatchesacerSheffield, Bn and Lincoln R;ilway on Friday, 13t Great Coates, m7 near Grimsby, betevecn the 12.45 mid-day tvsin rnE from Gri7nsby and a ballast train, which was being IllE 7ttiere shunted near Great Coates Station. Several persons lwnz said were badly injured, end some carriages and Hc ,don wagons ...

... AB1 12- . 1 1 SATURDAY, DECEMUBERI .3, 1882, ; d-0- Before the opportunity again occurs to us n t of greeting our readers editorially Christmas C f will have come and gone, Christmasfor which such abundant preparation has been made by P young and old, high and low, everyone to the best of his meaus and capacity for enjoyment. Ii a For days, if not weeks, past the ever-vigilant 8 b tradesman ...

... |IIE M.ERITYR, SCHOOL BOARD | AND I ADVANCED ELEMENTrARY I I .1HOOLS. l .1- On Friday the fortnightlv meeting of this School Board was held, Mr. W. L. Daniel in the chair.-A deputation waited upon the board with reference to the establishment of advanced elementary schools in the distriet.-Mr. Souther one of the members of the deputation, reminded the board that some time ago a memorial to the ...

... TRE TONQUINEXPEDITION. uter's Paris telegram, dated Saturday, says the A ie binet has decided to postpone bringing forward Freac uin el-edit, but there is at present no foundation that the e tion has been abandoned for tie al Syndicate of the Union of Commerce and Tbe Gv ern;l tho motion of its president, unanimously 5i~astry cesiution recommeonding the ocupation of the idelitol nO 'territory ...