... Lloyd's agent at San Francisco telegraphs Eight of the icebound whalers have arrived safely in port. ...

... Messrs Weatherby officially announce the following scratchings Liverpool engagements—Alto, Silver Spur, Polynesia Yardarm, Theodolite. Out of all handicaps for which the weights have appeared—Quakeress. November uurdle Race, Liverpool-Domina. Sylva, Givendale, Angela. Knowsley Nursery, Liverpool Italica, Windfall, D'Orsay. Croxteth Cup, Liverpool—Prelude. Liverpool Nursery-Itaiicii, D'Orsay. ...

... .TO-DAY'S POLICE._ CARDIFF. A.SSAUJ.TING THE POLICK.—At the Cardiff policc- court this lnorniug—before Mr Peter Price- Thos. Harris, Wm. Thomas and Thos. McGuire were charged with wilfully obstructing Police- constables Green and Webber in Millicent-street, nlso with assaulting P.C.'s Grefen and Tarr on the 5th iust. P.C. Green was, it appeared, called to quell a disturbance in the locality, ...

... j THE SUGGESTED LABOUR • ASSOCIATION. On Monday afternoon a mass meeting of colliers was held at the Temperance Hall, Merthyr, Mr J. Jones, Plymouth, presiding. Mr David Morgan, miners' agent, delivered an exhaustive speech, more particularly in reference to the provisions of the now Local Government Act, and he dwelt with emphasis upon the benefits which would accrue to tha working classes ...

... A NOVEL WITNESS, Colonel Gouraud has received a phonogram from Mr Edison containing a record of the Chippewa Indians imitation of the cry of an owl. This record has been obtained by the great American dry goods merchants, Messrs H. B. CHNFFL N and Company, New York on behalf of the Jackson Manufacturing Company, of Nassau, N.H., who wiii introduce the same before Mr Justice Kay in their trade- ...

... LORD HARTINGTON IN SOUTH WALES, On Wednesday night Lord Hartmgfcon arrived at Bridgend by the Paddington express. His lordship, who was warmly cheered, at once drove to Dunraven Castle, Lord Randolph Churchill left Dunraven Castle on Thursday morning, taking the fast express to London. ...

... THE EMIGRANT'S RETURN, At the Bow-street police-court yesterday William Russell, an army pensioner, was charged on remand, before Mr Bridge with stealing furniture value jB8, the property of Michael Dunworth.—Mr Bridge committed the defendant for trial, not only for felony but for attempting to procure the two girls for the purposes of proatita* tion. ...

... VICE-CHANCELLOR OF CAM- BRIDGE UNIVERSITY, At Cambridge, to-day, the Rev C. E. Searle, master of Pembroke College, was elected vice- -chancellor of the tiuiversity. ...

... eI I T'IMPOSING CEREMONIAL AT THE, act, CARDIFF TOWNVIIHALL. ved- itetr On Tuesday afternoon, at the Cardiff TownihlDJI iSO, the widespread respect and deep feeling of esteem tlt- 53in which' Sir Morgan Morgan (the late mayor of 'eli- Cardiff) and Lady Morgan are held by' their' 'lu fellow-townsfolk found in some meatsure an out- ape let by the presentation of several handsome ret, mementoes ...

... i : I ION l'I0 A~L L I I-,I RA;L F EDERP.A - .1 TIION AT )3IiMINGRA M. 2 The Peier'ilh nnnerri meetirra of tule cuuncil of LI LimNatona Liera Feeraionwas openedl~ attp 13hinitEdialt lfTuesda1y?.rSirt~: James Erisor;, b tnpra-iciit cr~ the! fe dtratior, uriclpied tirechair,t itil ?? Was, a, u-go attlendaned of delegates from 1, of fill paris if the coitritr. ` Thre Cost ros,. in' Openting tire ...

... LONDON. Satard&y. The Money Market waa quiet in tone, with very tittio doinf;. Discounts were fairly steady, the r ...

... SOUTH WALES CHESS ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the executive of this association was held at the Park Hotel, Cardiff, on Saturday evening, wheu every chess cluli ill the district was fully represented, Rhondda United only excepted. Mr J. C. Woods, Swansea, presided. The first business discussed was the expediency of establishing a challenge cup for inter-club competition, and this was unanimously ...