... 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 ...

... APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF LORD WINDSOR. We have been informed on good authority that i marriage will shortly take place between Lord Windsor and Miss Alberta Victoria Sarah Caro- line Paget, only daughter of Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget, K.C.B., &c., who has been for many years British ambassador at Rome. Lady Paget and Miss Paget have paid frequent visits to England, and on one of these ...

... PROGRESS AT NEWPORT. If ever there was a town in the kingdom which has just reason to congratulate itself upon the steady and assured progress it has made in its publio life and material expansion. Newport is surely the place. It has not sprung into existence by leaps and bounds, but it has made its way to a front rank among the towns of the country]) upon what may be pronounced to bo tho ...

... The Press Association is officially informed that the Queen has been pleased to approve the ^I'poiiitnient of Major Evelyn Baring, C.S.I., v.I, E., R.A., to be an extra Knight Commander of the Star of India. The Edinburgh Proe Church Presbytery, on 7/ ednesday, agreed to memorialise the Homo ^eeretary to mitigate toe sentences passed on the ^tromeferry Sabbatarian rioters. Among the members ...

... THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] CArgO, THURSDAY. The official return of cholera deaths were, since yesterday, 422. From Alexandria two deaths are reported. ...

... MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. SUGGESTIONS FOR A SITE. THE TEMPORARY WORK OF THE COLLEGE. A meeting of the council in connection with the University College of South Wales and Mon- mouthshire was held at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Monday. Mr Alfred Thomas, ex-mayor, presided. There were also present Mr J. T. D. Llewelyn, Penllergare, Swansea Mr B. T. Wil- liams, Q.C., Mr J. Llewellyn, the principal ...