... Proposed Application to the Board of Trade. At a meeting of the public works committee of tbe Cardiff Town Council, this afternoon, a letter was read from the secretary of the Cardiff District and Penarth Harbour Tramway Company, stating that the directors were by no means negli- gent of the matter of the repairs of the tramway. There would be a meeting of the board on Satur- day, when tenders ...

... Opening of Parliament I To-day. I THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. WESTMINSTER, 11 20. A little flutter of excitement round the precincts of Westminster has been the only indication so far that the opening day of the new session has arrived. One or two members were seen in the vicinity of the House befure the daylight was clearly established, seeking to sccme the right to favourite seats in the chamber by ...

... - [ Lo-sox*, Wednesday Night. TIE political world is fairly agog to-night. MIlnisters and their colleagues and chief sunporters are dining together according to their 'iouses, Lord Salisbury and Mr. Smith acting as the rensective hosts. The Duke of Bedford is enter- taininZ a distinguished party of Liberal Unionists -. and Mlr. Gladstone, having returned from his visit to i the Continent, has ...

... AMR. POWELL WILLIAMS, M.P., AT I I DUNDEE.| ISpealin at D1undee, on Mlonday night, in support of the canddidature of General Sir Henry Daly, the Unionist ca.didate, Mir. Powell Williams, MM said he thought it was peculiarly fitting that he should address a Scottish amiherece on the 7rish question. Genaerations ago, their forefathers sent their sons to the north of Ireland. They took nith ...

... RHEUMATISM, acute or chronic, relieved by Column's Concentrated Mustard Oil. TRUTH of Dec. 3, 188a, says Do you know anyone who suffers from Rheumatism ? I ask because if you do I ean tell him or her about a wonderful remedy. You have seen i olman's Mustard everywhere. Well, the original Colman had rheumatism, and discovered that there is a green oil in mustard seeds which cures it. Numbers ...

... THE SWANSEA WIFE- MURDER. FURTHER PARTICULARS. THE INQUEST AND VERDICT. ANTECEDENTS OF THE PRISONER. !.SPECI AL, J The interest taken by the people of Swansea in the details attending the murder, and their anxiety to know more, is as great as ever it was. But nothing more can be forthcoming, if the prisoner remains silent, of either the circumstances attending the tragedy or of the motive for ...

... FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE AT PEMBROKE. On Tuesday, the marriage of Mr A. Pollard Lewis, manager of the London and Provincial Bank, Pembroke, with Miss Mary E. A. Browne, eldest daughter of the Rev R. C. Browne, chaplain of H.M. forceF,andgr4nd.daugbterof the late Gen. Sir Henry Browne, was solemnised at St. Mary's Church, Pembroke. The ceremony took place at two o'clock in toe afternooa, and wai ...

... CORRESPONDENCE. LOCK-OUT AT BIRCHGROVE COLLIERY. TO TKK EDITOH.. SIR,—At the 1 Pit, Birchgrove. thre happeus at present to be a dispute about the cuttiug price per ton of coal, for what is known the Drew Veill, a pry small seam of cl)a,1 o about 1 foot 10 inches thick. Thi., .seam is worked by auother cumpany close by, for wliicLi 11 eertaju priee paid. Tile workmen at Bncugrove have offered ...

... THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CONVICTED IRISH HLEMBERS LONDON, WnDN ?? to a rumour current to-day the matters of importance re- ferred to in the Conservative whip will include the consideration of the parliamentary position of the Irish members convicted under the Crimes Act. It is reported that before the moving of the Address in reply to the Queen's Speech a motion will be t made on behalf of ...

... AN IM.PORTANT INVESTIGATION. A ?? Dublin journal, hsving heard so much said both in the Irish and En lish Press in favour of - mndleri'nl Oil. rietermwjined to investigate' thu .master themselves. by personal interviews with peoplo w ho had use d it, in order to learn whether or nut one.half that v-as said, of its magieal power was ruct, or whether it was one of those gihrantio adviertising ...

... WEATHER STATISTICS, Summnry of temnqerature, rainfaUl, 'and duration of bti( sunshine in the United Kingdom for ioultural and iAM uarposes for the week endoig Feb.Fh. rmsuedby the Ut0501' Fopecal 6&ce, london. r0 @ 1, orn to$ SLowg!- gm Eghst. . . _ Po__ o-la~ ?? 05'JA . ODaily M axima. l a ~ r - Daily hiesni f s e0050555005 I tS; Above for Bolew; I ~ ?? ?? ?? Mesa tojliWO 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ 0 ~ ^ So ...

... I SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BRACR O-I I - - PROCEDURE. |- *Sir Michael HickseBeach last night presided at Ia dinner of the C-ntitutional Union, at St. IJames's Restaurant. Piccadilly, There were about 80 gentlen-en present. The t. ...