... TRE IIEAkLTI OF CAIIDIFF. lie V% During the week that ended on Saturday list, gt i1 the 15th tof December, therm were 60 birtihs regis. ill So torei as htavinig happened within the limits of tile mj Ja, borough of Gtrdiff, 65 being the average number Li *1y la-t year. The births relate to 29 boys and 31 A he girls. od In the sanme period the deaths, in Cardiff rose Pi is froml 29 to 36, this ...

... F IUNERATL OF THE, LATE CANON , ONES, OF LLANTRISANT. . r The funeral of the late Rev. Canon Jones, B.D., 2vicar of Llantrisant, took place on Friday at the Ir fancient churchyard of Llanflac ParIsh near P Swansea. The coratiye left Llantrisant in the early 6t morrnrng, and traversed the whole distance over C: e the public highway. A longtime was necessarily wI occupied in the mournful juurney ...

... |THE (JR0WN PRINCE'S VISIT TO I . R3ll.. I [REUTER'S ThLUEC.IAMC,] ROMIE, DECEMaBER 19, Tibe CGogfaa nu rdassa to-day ?? German GC'rowvn Prince, in speaking of his hfiprossions in conneetion with yesterday's visit to the Iope, has manifested great symn- pathy with thc elevated ]a1glago of his Holiness upon questions of religion and morality. His Imperial Eligl- ness listened to these ...

... THE KING'S NORTON LTGETDSG QUESTION. t ~~VESTRY MEETING. A vestry meeting of the parishioners of -Nortisfiel i was 'held on Saturday, in the Parish school room, for the Pur, Bpose of considering the proposed purchase by thle ?? s Norton Rural Sanitary Authority of that portion oft sh I gas undertaking of the Birmingham Corporation whilh is .~within the district of the Authority. In thep ...

... CORRESPONDENCE, NOTICES 'Tu uw,.iAEr'0NDENTS. All letters inteneled for publication ssrust be accomsadsied f1 the name and addrem.e of the writer; nit ssecessanfly f(, publication, but for the inffsrmolion of the Editor. When answers to questions arc noS given in the course of a day or two, the questioncrs will pleasoe to understand thai we are unable to ?? the information asked for. We cannot ...

... THE SIX DAYS' WALIUNG MATCH AT I SHEFFIELD. The six days' (twelve hours per day) 'go as you please contest was recommenced yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, at the Norfolk Hall, Slieffield, Thle affair is creating a great amount of interest, and the vast building is crowded lwith large and enthusiastic audiences from the time of starting until closing. The field was yesterday reduced to ...

... From alt etietircan point of view, to speck of thle ltaleyott days of yore, yclentt The (.ood Olt] 'limes, is now Somewhat of ai mnisinomer, as, thanks to the inoderlit facilities of transit, mnany delicacies frost the most distant parts of thle globe, that were unattainablo to our pre- deceussors, are placed at Our disposal in abundane, in good conldition, cnd at cheap prices. Fur suchel ...

... fIEI N TUE disastrous news from EGYPT has formed the chief political theme abroad as well as at home. The details of Hicks Pashas defeat are given elsewhere, but we may mention here that the news created great alarm at Cairo. Cabinet Councils were at once held, Sir Evelyn Baring lost no time in advising the British Govern- men to cancel the order to withdraw the troops, and measures were taken ...

... .19ilottict New. .1 An old man, named Irish John, was on Wednesday killed in crossing the railway line near Doncaster. A navvy named John Parisb, while working on cutting of the Scarborough and Whitby Railway, on t 3rd iust., -was fatally injured by a fall of earth, and died on Frday last week. The Venerable Archdeacon Stephen Creyke, rector of ?? Percy, near York, died at the rectory at that ...

... ?? I - - ?? .f !O!X R %. 6, ,4 ?o ? v J$ 1? PA Fol~ once the, Londoners Are dilp.,'ing the gond osnse which disproves. Csyly p sWeepURS g ousicstion of their F general ?? by t~4rig plqtg o ~e!iPssre afforded 4jithe miiienntary. lull~is, polities to turn thei at, tentioni to oIther. malttdrs of some insportance. l I politics inbe realily,.a as Cihb, -&qld~ ~cihpL jopp his pieces; tiothhsng more ...

... The Baroness ]lurdett-Coutts has addressed the follow- a ing letter to the Home Secretary:- Stratton Street, t Piccadilly, W., Decemiber 7, 1883.-Sir, I venture to c address this letter to you in conjunction with a small c society with whom I am working for the dfelnce and protection of children. Are are not ignorant that there is no need to awaken your persoial sympathy for our ftbles clients ...

... THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE - FREEMASONS. On Saturday afternoon a Special Grand Lodge of the ?? Degree in Freemasonry was held at the Freemasons' e Tavern, London, by dispensation from the Grand Blaster, 0 Lord Henniker, for the purpose of conferrinkif upon his 0 Royal Highness the Prince of Wales the rank of Grand Mester and Past (frand Master. When Lord Henniker ' took his seat ol the throne ...