... A CAT IN THE WITNESS-BOX AT NEWPORT. At the Newport county police-court, on Salur-« day, before Messrs R. F. Woollett and E. Lewis, William Webb, a bjy, was summoned for stealing; a trap, the property of George White. Prosecutor stated that he missed the trap from his pigeon cub on Tuesday morning, and eave information to the police. On being charged with stealing it by Supt. Gurney, the boy ...

... 'TUB BSISTOL CHANNEL YACHT CLCB.—Mr J. Caarka Richardson has been unanimously elected commodore of the Bristol Channel Yacht Club. THE RAILWAY.—In deference to the wish of marfiy passengers the manager of the Mumbles Railway has put on a reserved car at the reduced charge of 6d each way. the reduced charge of 6d each way. MoBRisTOir ENGLISH BAPTIST CHAPEL.—Tho naif-yearly services in ...

... B LAIN A. PIT ACCIDENT.—On Monday morning a serious accident happened to a young man named James Pugh, Alma-row. It seems that when about to commence work, a dumb bell tell upon him, crushing bis hip severity. Dr Boulger was in immediate attendance. ...

... SAMBO PROVES A TARTAR. Thomas Simmonds, a good specimen of the English seaman-, was charged at the Newport borough police-court, on Wednesday, with fighting at the Shipping Office. Mr T. Porteous, local superintendent, said that a crew were going intoa room tosign articles on Mon- day afternoon. One of these was a coloured man named Mansfield, who had walked from London to get a berth. ...

... The steamship Amo, of Sunderland, was towed intoFalnouth on Wednesday in a disabled condi- tion, having broken her mainshaft off Cape Finis- TERR ...

... h RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM. OPENING OF THE SOBRANJE. ■ RUSSIAN FLEET ORDERED TO VARNA. THE VACANT7 THRONE, IBEETXB'S TELEGRAM. I TIRNOVA, Saturday. General Kaulbars despatched an ultimatum to the Bulgarian Government this afternoon com- plaining of the treatment of Russian subjects in Bulgaria, and of the general system of terrorism employed by the Government, and threatening that if in three days' ...

... Oes wedd le ryfeddach,-a'i anndl Yn wenwynig niwlach? Halogir, beichir Taibach Gan dewfwg bynod afiacb. CTN FFIG WTSON. ...

... FUNERAL OF THE REV. J. S. ADAMS, AT LLANDDOWROR. The funeral of the Rev, J. S. Adams, of West Exeter, Otsega Co., New York, U.S.A., took place at Llanddowror on Monday afternoon. De- ceased, who was a. native of Llanddowror, went to America from Beaufort, Breconshire, about 37 years ago, and successfully ministered to the Calvinistic Methodists in that country for 36 years. He travelled ...

... At the Rbondda miners' meeting on Monday, Mr Abraham, M.P., referred to the decision given by the magistrates at Ystrad, last week, on the outb Dunraven Colliery litigation. The case was one in which a workman had claimed certain allowances for clod-cutting, the ground of action being that an official of the proprietary bad sanctioned certain rates of payment. The bench (the stipendiary was ...

... CONVERSION OF THE i>U L.LTC-Ii In the latter part of fa-t week -hire w~a registered in London a public comp .y, to ba known by the style or title cu the Qieen-tre.efc (Cardiff) Arcade C onipany, Vmiteu. Ae: ro' forth in the prospectus, 11.: oldcct tl-lg new commercial corporation is t.) con- struct another arcade in ON jiS, :c order to c..rry out so important ness undertaking, the company w: ...

... Mil ARTHUR J. WILLIAMS ON THE 1IUSH QUESTION. Williams, M.P. for South Gla- morgan, has written to Mr Idris Williams, Bryn- glas, Portli, expressing a hope that my people wiil be true, as they always are, to the great principles of justice, and back up our great Prime Minister. The hon. gentleman is anxious to con- fer with his constituents, and will probably ad- diess them at Cymmer or ...

... At the Newport Borough police-court on Wednesday William Crane, hobbler, was charged with violently assaulting P.C. James. On Monday evening the officer, who has been in the force only seven weeks, was called in by the landlord of the Royal Oak public-house to remove the prisoner. The officer got thrown, and both he and another policeman were badly used after they got prisoner out of the house ...