... I WaSrnRS MAIL OFFICE, 4.30 a.aS - - r FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. h FRANCE. ' h PAPIS, DEO. 21.-A telegramn from Vienna, pub- t lished in tre 7emps, says that the object of the alarmist man ...

... -LETER- - TO THE EDIO .LETTERS TO THE EDTTOR. !. .r Allcorrespoisdents must writeon Ona BIDE of the e Paperonly, or their letters will be rejected. We cannotpublish any letter unless the writer sends ...

... THE TAFF VALE RAILWAY e COMPANY AND THE FREIGHTERS. ler GREAT REDUCTION OF TOLLS. co Vi- RE-ARRZANGEMENT OF TalE Wk he PASSENGER TRAFFIC. - ,he l be For some time past the directors of the Tatfth ~8 V ...

... TKI.ALIT S' TATISTICS. In London, Cardiff, and fourteen of the largest sic Er stONssnS tile buirth; in the pa:;t w.veek wrere Pr and the deaths 3082, the latter showing a Rreat decline for the week in ...

... LORD ABERDARE ON HIGHER GRADE SCHOOLS. At the close of the. Ihiffrvn Joint School Gun- Kiittee meeting held on Wednesday, at Mountain Ash, Mr T. Edwards, chairman of theLlanwonno School Board, and the Rev. J. H. Protheroe, vicar of the parish and a member of the board, waited upon Lord Aberdare, and asked him, ou behalf of the board, to preside over a public meeting which it was intended tc ...

... FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT BRADFORD, FALL OF A CHIMNEY STACK. DESTRUCTION OF A MILL. 25 PERSONS KILLED-70 INJURED. HEARTRENDING SCENES. [ PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.] BRADFORD, Thursday Night.-An accident'on a more appalling scale than any previously re- corded in the annals of the town occurred here this morning. By the fall of a mill chimney between 20 and 30 persons were killed on the spot and 25 ...

... CARDIFF WATCH COMMITTEE The monthly meeting of the town council as a watch committee was held on Wednesday, under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr G. A. Stone). There were also present Alderman D. Jones, Councillors Beavan, Proger, Trounce, Carey, E. Jones, D. E. Jones, D. Jones, H. Jones, R. James, J. Evans, S. Andrews, A. Fulton, C. J. Jackson, R. Bird, W. E. vaughan, and V. Trayes. The Head ...

... [ALL BIGHTS RESERVED.] CHRISTMAS DAY AMONG THE TRAMPS OR, HOW I FOUND THE STOLEN HEIR. BY TM AUTHOR OF TnJ: Lira AND ADVENTUBBS OF A SOCIAL WASTBEL THE KING OF THE BKGGABS, &c. I'm done up, Joe, and can't go any furder. Spose we look for a skipper,' and try to get in at the old German's to-morrow. No, Jack; if you're going to jack up, you tolay, but I'm going on. I w dn't miss the fun at ...

... PoucE-cocBT.—On Tuesday, before Mpsf!rs E. D. WilHams and J. D. Jamet-, and the Rev. W. Hughes, W. H. Dando, 9, and John Webb, 11, were summoned for damaging points, by the Tre- d°gar Iron and Coal Company, Limited. The de- fendants pleaded guilty. P.C. Cronin proved the case. The bench considered the offence a very seri- ous one, and ordered the defendants to pay the damage, 4d each, and ...

... Re A. J. MMkaII, Brynmawr, boot and ebe. dealer, trading as Markall and Co. The nf«t general meeting of creditors waS held in Bristot on Monday, when a statement of affaira, showiC tiabi'ities JB1,176 143, and assets JB432 Us 10d,w« produced. It was resolved to liquidate the estate by arrangement. The largest and other tfadt creditors of Bristol and Cardiff; who waa appointed trusted in ...

... THE HEALTH OF THE POST- MASTEU-GENERAL. There is up to the present time no material change in Mr Fawcett's condition, which still continues to excite alarm. Dr. Andrew Clark visited the hon. gentleman at 3.45 on Friday afternoon, and remained in consultation for nearly an hour with Drs. Wright, J. Ford An- derson, and E. Garrett Anderson respectively. At 4.35 the following bulletin was issued ...

... WRECKS AND CASUALTIES. [SPECIAL TELEGRAMS FROM LLOYD'S AGENTS.] A tug with a large derelict ship with mizenmast and jibboom standing, and lifeboat in tow, passed St. Anne's Head at 10 a.m on Tuesday, making for Milford Haven. It is supposed to be the Storjohann. The Daisy, of Newport, from Dublin, with railway irou, has been towed into Newport leaky, having stranded on Nash Sands on December ...