... I . . 1+ Oll, Yl t X THURSSDA Y, TULY 26, I883. ?? w - -- TI TIT FATE OF CAPTAINS WEBB. worry I I . I ,- When the celebrated Channel swimmner made known his intention to attempt the whirlpool and rapids of Niagara Falls, pro- bably no one on this earth possessing the slightest knowledge of Niagara and the limits of human endurance entertained for a moment the belief that the reckless fellow ...

... I ss ~ ~ n, Le o ;z~.Er n * .. I WESrTrz' M&TL OGene, 4.30 A.hL LASTEST GENERAL NEWVS. 'rIhe (cort CiYrelr says her MaIjesty continues 1 to make ?? progres-s, and can walk a Jittle better. i Twenty prisoners Nvere brought into Sligo from U icounties Mayo and Gialwa'y on Saturd~ay to be tried for clarges of nurder and ?? con- a iracy. d According to private advices received froin Cairo, it is ...

... Is I if f i tt UL 6, i 8it83 FRIDAY, JULsY 6, 1885. There is a danger that Welsh people may b be carried off their feet by the tide of 0o enthusiasm which has set in so strongly in E favour of Higher and Intermediate Educa- W tion. Enthusiasm is a good thing, and P education is a good thing, each in its place. si There may be times and circumstances at ol r, which either would be positively ...

... Mr. HsELY pointed out the true moral of his | p victory in a county of Ulster when, after the I jji declaration o' the poll, he said that his return ml had taught that haughty 'Minister, Mr. GMADSEN vE, a lesson which would never be pa forgotten as long as the GLAnSTxs Cabinet sea held together. The ridiculously small an number of votes polled by the Ministerial Cc candidate shows that the ...

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... ht A New York man has applied for a patent for ,nd what he termsn An improved device for esecutine tcriminals condemned to death. It is a method ot 1 caus'ng instantalneous death without pain to tile the criminal, and wvithout disfiguring his body. It ur. consists of an ordinary arm-chair with leg con- wtaining some substance which will insulate the a bod o the chair from the floor. The arms ...

... 3BRITISHE-ME DICOAL ASSOCIATION. SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSEME L.. : BRANCE.MEETING. n The 13th annual meeting of this branch of the d British Medical Association was held at the Hoa- I n pital, Swansea, on the 4th inst. The retiring pre- ( 's sident (Mr. Evan Jones, Aberdare) having resigned I r. the chair to the president-elect (M1r. Ebenezer I Davies, medical officer of health, Swansea), a d ...

... MIDLAIND INSTITUTE EXCURSION. An excursion to IKenilwvorth in connection with the Bir- minglham and Midland Institute Union of Teachers and Studentstook place on Saturday. Thepartymunberedl more than 380, and included the Riev. Canon Wilkinson, Council. lore liehop, B. F. Martineau, and Lawley Parker, Dr. Dam- man, Messrs. H. S. Pearson, J. S. Manton, Edwin Smith, Paxton Porter, C. J. Wood ...

... FIvE, PERSONS I(ILLEDi AND SIXTEEN', INJURED. Ac correspondent say., that a terrible traomcsr oi,, ocrred at Huddersfield yevrterdiy aft~ernoon~. A a ste,.a tram, which left Lfisdley-a suburb of Huddersfleil-s,t5 balf-past two, was coining down an incline, it is statedl tia, the brake did not fict, and the enlgine gained a great Tle, d On turning into St. Georige's Squlares, the car was thro. ...

... , SA~O1R ION.AVONI TO1fCE~P., AlAD MIDLAND JU ZCTION ISiEBJ~r iPOl:ON.AVON-, ~TowcE9ThSP., AND M~IDLAND JUONTION 'il+r.-This bill, which has passed through the Ifotge of (tl smess cacneleore an unopposed Committee of the House cf rdsestrda afecon ; Lord Redesdale presiding.i It is 5h15O confer further powers on the Stratford-on-Avon, To'xv- 5 terand ?1idlanc Junction Railway Company in ...

... THE SECOND SUEZ CANAL. d THE AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS BILL. [rSPECIAL TELEGRAM.] HOUSE OF COMMoNs, Tuesday Night. 0 The short debate which took place in the House of Lords tonight is likely further to enlighten public e opinion on the question of the Suez Canal. e Lord Cranville, in a dispassionate but forcible state. e ment, traced the history of the case. and pointed out 0 the objection to our ...

... A maiden Quarter Session was held at Dover, yester- day. for the first time for a generation. The public Libraries Acts have been adopted in the parish of Wvadilworth by a majority of 1,068. The Dresdlen Gallery has purchased Defregger's new painting at the Munich Exhibition for £2,500. Tile AdelPhi closed oil Saturday evening, but will- soon be reopented for thle revival of The Streets of ...