... An ABSCONDING SALVATIONIST.—At Tredegar police-court on Tuesday—before Mr J. G. Jam's —^William James, one of the members of the United Brethren, applied to the magistrate for a warrant for the apprehension of Joseph Thucker, who had obtained £2 under false pretences on Thursday, the 3ylh of November. This was granted.. ALLEGED THEFT OF A WATCH.—Jane Carpen- ter, alias Lewis, was charged with ...

... THE COLLEGE SITE DEADLOCK, WE regret to have to announce in another column that the Swansea and Cardiff Com- mittees, having now both met and consi- dered each others' proposals, are as far from agreement as at first. We are not quite sure that they are not even further apart than they were before. It will be remembered that the original proposal of the Cardiff eOIDmittee was to leave the ...

... CARDIFF THExVTRE PANTO- MIME. DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. Mr Fletcher, the lessee of the Cardiff Theatre, is to be congratulated on the production of one of the best and most elaborate pantomimes ever seen in Cardiff. Indeed, from the first glimpses we have had of it, it is to be pronounced as not infe- rior to what can be seen in Manchester, Liver- pool, or any other of the large ...

... The Vienna correspondent of the S^mda J, tele- graphing on the 1st instair., says:—Thei wa- aanged to-day at Steinamaoger, in ll ingary. a peasant woniaa from Skerdahaly, named Lyukas K&tP., for a scries of erimes which had excited universal horror. The cri- Biinal was fifty-two years of age, short in stature, and of a placid aspect. She procured a lartre quantity of araenio upon the pretence ...

... Dec. 1st being the thirty-eighth birthday of the Pnnoess of Wales, the usual customs were observed in London. The bells of some of the West end churches gave forth merry peals at intervals during the day, while the lioyal Standard was hoisted on the top of several of the public buildings. The drum-major doing duty with the detachment of Foot Guards which mounted the Queen's Guard in the morn- ...

... INQUEST.—On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Vulcan Inn, Brynmawr, touching the death of Ann Morris, wife of William Morris, a labourer, working at Ebbw ale. The evidence tended to show that on Saturday morning, the 2ad inst., deceased was in her usual health, though she complained of a headache. She was found under the tabl at- ten o'clock insensi- ble, and died two hours later. In ...

... The third annual dinner of the Cardiff Quoit A Club was held on Thursday evening at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, under the presidency of Mr. S. Cooper (captain of the club), in the absence of Mr. E, . P. Ingedew, president. The vice-chair was oc-, cupied by Mr. G.N. White, and among those present Ty at the head tables were Messrs. J. H. White, G. tht North, W. D. Blessley, M. Morgan, NV. P. Carey ...

... I IFROM 0aR Om:o COw c sPOnnN-1N1 I LONDON, WEDNESD.AY NxaGR. The Times has made a good hit with its extremely interesting articles on the third et. volume of Bishop Wilberforces Life, whick t the other newspapers seem not yet to have Lte got hold of. Thanks to the indiscretion of the -se bishop's son, the took is the liveliest collee& in-tion of gossip about the notabilities of our ig time ...

... I~~ WESTER MAIL Os-mcs, 4.30 A.M. LATEST GENEAL NEWS. be' arit The weather yesterday wa-s dull and showery- die tho forecast for to-day for South Wales, issued hel from the Meteorological Office, ?? I winds, strong, a gale in places; squally, wet, and .MIhI unsettled. Col It is stated that Mr. Gill intends shortly to retire I from the representation of Weestmeath. I MIr. Fawcett continues to ...

... VIOLENT ASSAULTS AT SWVANSEA. a ae POKER AND KNIFE. 1 At the Swansea Borough Police Court on Wed-ft , nesday (before -Messrs. J. G. Hall, J. Buse, and T.P ?? Davies), James Lynn, hawker, 68, Little t' nMadoc-street, wvas charged w ith wounding James l Smith. Prosecutor said he was an umbrella- L mender, and lived in Little Madoc-street. On v F Tuesday evening he was' in the Lord Napier beer- h ...

... INQUEST.—An inquiry was held at the Tredegar Arms on Monday, before Mr W. H. Brewer, coroner, and a jury, of. whom Mr W. Clayton was foreman, into the cause of the death of Thomas Parry, a founder, aged 67, employed at the Sirbowy furnaces, whose death was reported in our columns on Friday last. The jury found that the deceased was accidentally killed by fall- ing off a stove, and added a ...

... THE FRENCH IN MADAGASCAR. The Madagascar Committee have issued an ad- dress entitled, What are the French claims in Madagascar? discussing the whole claims, and setting forth the reasons why England may claim a voice in the settlement, the 3hief of these being that there has been a distinct understanding be- tweeu England and Franoe for several years past that eaoh nation should respeot the ...