... SOUTH WALES BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. THE BARRY DOCK BILLS. THE EXTENSION BILL DISPOSED OF. tFROM OUR SPKCfAL CORRESPONDENT.') Housa OF COMMONS, Monday. Very good progress has been made with the South Wales Railway and Dock Bills to-day, the measure for the construction of a. connecting )ink between tha Barry Railway and the Rhymney line being concluded, and counsel for the next bil! in the group ...

... SPECIAL RULES, MINES ACT, 1887. We Would remind the coalowners that these ru)es for the south-western district, which includes Monmouthshire, parts of G!amorgansbiro and Bfecon.shire, Gloucestershire, and Somersetshire, are now completed,andshould be posted attba mines at once. There has been some dehy in preparing thfm, as it was considered desirable to have a uniform code, if possibie, fur ...

... ART EXHIBITION AT CAKDIFF. LOCAL COMPETITIONS. On Thursday next cue of the most interesting art exhibitions held at CardiS' will be opened at the Art Depot, 27, Duke-street. It consists of a number of specimens of local amateur skMI in almost every branch of art m which the unpro- fessional hand ventures. TM exhibits include painting, original and copied, cryatoleum, stadies of Sowers, ...

... [SPECIAL TELEGRAMS FROM LLOYD'S AGKNTS. I A tei--grtitk troni Kirkwall reports that the brigan- tine Kirk has been lifted and towed into Strownts. Her cargo, ice, is all lost. A Madeira telegram states that the Norwegiai-i barque Anton, from Swansea to; Jamaica, foundered at sea on May 25th. Crew landed at Madeira. The steamer John Marychurch, when leaving dock at Hull, collided with and sank ...

... THE fee charged varies in amount from 10', the most usual charge, to £1. In the list for the ensuing year there are six ptallions for which the fee is £113, 4- i (40 bre), English thoroughbreds. This is very small considering that a good deal of our best blood has been imported. The Italians have not confined themselves to the thoroughbred, for they have bought such well known specimens of the ...

... MR BRADLAUGHS~LIBEL ACTION. In the Court of Ssssion, Edinburgh, on WedoFL3J day, the case oi Mr Bradlaugh against Colston ADJ; Co. Edinburgh, for alleged libel in the life of Bradlaugh, came before Lord Trayner. The caS l had been delayed to see if a settlement could effected, but it was intimated on JWednesdw that the proposal had fallen through, and lordship, therefore, ordered the record to ...

... HEREFORD ATHLETIC SPORTS. A RECORD BROKEN BY A MONMOUTH MAN. Under tho auspices of the Hereford Amateur Athletic Association, sports were held at Here- ford on Whit-Monday, when prizes to the value of JB150 were subjects of competition. The entries included many well-known athletes from Birming. ham, Worcester, Gloucester, Monmouth, Cardiff, Shrewsbury, Edinboiough, London, Wolver- hampton, ...

... OGMORE VALE. Chorai. Singing.—To- Cnt;rei/>»tionsl churches of the Bridgend, Girw Valley. K-oifie. and the Ogmore districts met at Bet.h&uia Cnapnl, Oiimorp, Oil Monday, under the leadership of the Rev W. Emlyn Jones, Morriston. The morning meeting was preside.) over by the Rev H. L'non Lewis, Bryncethin.—In the afternoon the Rev S. Jones, L'angrallo, presided, aud in the evening the R«v J. G ...

... CARDIFF SAVINGS BANK AND TRUSTEES LIABILITIES. Au attempt having been made to throw dis- credit on the information which we published yesterday, to the effect that the Government have definitely resolved to secure for the depositors in the Cardiff Trustee Savings Bank, 20s in the J6, with interest up to date, we think it desirable to repeat the statement, with the addition that it came from an ...

... ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD. At the Mansion House, London, yesterday afternoon, Dr George Philpot aud his brother, Arthur William Philpot, were charged with conspiring to induce the Mutual Accident Insurance Company, of London and Manchester, to grant a policy of insurance to Arthur Philpot by fraudulent representation. The evidence showed that the second-named defendant had effected ...

... MUMBLES I,IGHTHOUSE, Friday.—Wind WSW, tight. Weather clear and Hue. Sea moderate.. Passed East- of Ba.rr' ...

... THE POPE AND IRELAND. IMPORTANT LETTER FROM AH.Og.. BISHOP WALSH. { OUTSIDE INFLUENCE WITH THE A' VATICAN. I f DAILY XEWS TELEGRAM.] t ROME, Thursday Night.—The Pope, in speaking this morning with a person belonging to his court,. took exception to the remarks made byMrParnell on the recent Poutifical letter. His Holiness said that as the Pian of Campaign and the practice of boycotting met ...