... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... THE LORDS SPIRITUAL. By the death of the Bishop of Llandaff, tin Bishop of Truro, as senior Bishop not in the l1 pper House of Parliament, would have become entitled to a summons to the House of Lords, but as he is promoted to Canterbury, the Bishop of Rochester will become junior bishop in the Housa of Lords, and thus relieve the Bishop of St David's from the duty of reading prayers, which ...

... News has just reached Liverpool that the Liver- pool barque Laugrigg Hall was wrecked on Dec. 15 on Tuskar, 24 of the crew being drowned. The ship was under the command of Captain Williams, and only left the Mersey on Thursday for Calcutta. Two men, apparently the only survivors of the crew, were washed ashore in a lifaboat at Carnsore, on the Irish coast, in an exhausted condition. The ...

... The Manc^8ter Police last week apprehended, f on a charc of frarid' a man, named Geo Kemp, a who unr^ thenamesof Xenneih and .oran, had adverted for persons to make waterproof aprons, and had demanded 4. deposit of Is. tiom each ap- pliant. He occupied a small house and shop con- t tsining very little furniture. Over One thousand C letters were delivered at his address that day, I the ...

... The following patent record for South Wales and Monmouthshire for the week ending Dec. 19 is supplied by Mr N. Watts, A.M.I.C.E., office for patents, 4, Crockherbtown, Cardiff:- Applications for letters patent were made by William Morgan, Pontypridd, for miners' safety lamps; by Jonn Williams, Cardiff, for improve- ments in the furnaces of steam boilers and of furnaces for any other purpose ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... A strong south-easterly gale has been blowing klong the east coast of Scotland since Saturday, accompanied by rain and fog. The schooner Gleaner from Sunderland for Montrose, was caught in the gale and nearly driven ashore at Montrose on Monday. The lifeboat was manned, and the vessel got safely over the bar. Informa- tion has been received that a vessel, name un- known, was dashed on the ...