... EXPOSURE OF THE LABOUR TRADE OF TE SOUTH PACIFIC. HOW PLANTATION LABOUR IS OBTAINED. TREACHERY OF ENGLISH SEAMEN. THE REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION. Great excitement has been caused throughout Queensland by the publication of the report of the Royal Cornmission appointed to Inquire into the conduct of the labour trade in New Guinea and the adjacent islands. Public attention was I drawn ...

... THE POLITICAL SITUATION* LORD SALISBURY'S VIISIT TO THE QUEEN AT WJNDSOR. THE NEW CABINET. LONDON, WENB'ESDAY EvEiNG. The Press Association states that, as the result of further consultations with his principal political supporters to-day, the M harquess of Salisbury has been enabled to complete hi, Cabinet, and his lordship has this evening proceeded to Windsor to submit the proposed ...

... :I NORMINS AND THE UNIT.nD STATES I GOVERNMENT. DECLARATION OF GRIEVAoauS AI7D ~ Thle following appeal has been addreslsed to the of President and people of thle United States by the a,, leaders of the Mormons:-momln A. condition 6! affairs imperillingZ the vitalbe interests of thle ?? majority of the pesople of in, Utah and their co-religionistis in the neighbouring I States and Territories ...

... O~flIFFdi IdC ARDIFF'. Itd I ViTct z CoMirrsu.-A meeting of this cnrn- t. Tnittee WRS lield in the Town-haLI on Wednesday. L d Thoe nayor (Mr. A. Fulton) presided, and there '1 were also present Councillors V. Jones, Vaughbn, t Carey, bir Morgan, and J. Rarnsdale. Councillor J. t Carey referred to the lire which recently occurred q is | at his premises in Crockherbtown, and in thie A , course ...

... W -itS Mf.f Orar & rr . R WTWCESN MAIL OGuIs, 4.30 A.M. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ENGLAND AND RUSSIA RETUIN OF THE BOUNDARY C0M- MISSION TO I.NDIA, f STANDARD TELEORAOI.3 81LNGAO, Loss 4 (t'ia MEsED, TUEsDAY). News of the cession of Penjdeb has everywhere been received by the Afghans, who express them- selves as much disappointed, but show no excite- ment. The Commission is preparing to return ...

... THE CA.IBRI&N SOCIETY OF SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. The first meeting of a series for the reading of be papers and the discussion of subjects of Interest, to to the Principality of Wales, in connection with de the Cambrian Society of South Wales and Men- W E mouthshire, was held at the Towmn-hall, Cardiff. on se Tuesday afternoon. The Ven. Archdeacon Griffiths he 7 presided, and there were ...

... ITHE 'MISSING MAN' AT TREHEFBIJCT. We stated a sbhrt time ago tat a woan ?? I HRXs ThoIma ws ma i nsing finm Tynrwydd. On Tuesdavmnorinr, a nine o'cqock, sL. a shlepherd n 1 named Morgan Davies wavs colltcrin. i his sioehpon I liii mountair he saw i body rontinr.g h Graigliyn ,Pond, between Hlamnrbonddu. and Rihhos, a.d g.av` t informatiron to the pOlilet. l ?? ns'ble ,r Bryant erd Den:eroi ru ...

... L - -, I , fl . The country must feel relieved and 1I grateful at the termination of the prolonged ti Ministerial crisis which left England without I a Government for a whole fortnight at a most P critical period of her relations with foreign i States. Opinions will differ as to whether it ti was worth while for Lord SArawatrny to wait P so long in order to obtain promises of for- bearance ...

... CARDIFF AS (tF A SUBMARINK MINING COMPAXT. The Wat Office have selected Car iiff as the headquarters of a submarine mining company tiie defence of the Bristol Channel, end tins new company will form an addition to th* establishment of the 1st Gloucester Engi- neer Volunteers, whose headQu;¡rt, > are Gloucester. An officer and some men of the i-It. Gloucester Engineers are now at Chatham, ...

... THE NEW AMERICAN MINIS- TER TO ENGLAND. Her Majesty's judges were entertained by the Lord Mayor at dinner, at the Mansion House, on Wednesday evening. Amongst the distin- guished guests present was Mr Phelps, the new American Minister. In proposing the health of the latter, the Lord Mayor especially thanked his excellency. As he believed this was the first occasion since his arrival in this ...

... MEETING OF PLUMBERS AT CARDIFF. In connection with the Cardiff district of the United Operative Plumbers' Association, a meet- ing was held at the Glove and Shears Inn, Duke- street, on Wednesday night, with the object of considering the best means of advancing the interests of the trade in Cardiff. Mr W. H. Allen, secretary of the district, occupied the chair, and there was a fairly numerous ...

... THE GREAT FRENCH POISONING CASE. [STANDARD TELEGRAM. J PARIS, Friday Night. — The trial of Pel, on the charge of poisoning his wife and mistress, was resumed on Saturday A number of additional witnesses were beard for the prosecution. Among them were the mother, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law of Pebs late wife, .who testified that at the time their relative died, which is now four years ...