... The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock. CULLINANE, THE INFORMER. Mr Cox asked for information of Cullinane, the informer, and if the police knew his whereabouts. Mr BALFOUR repeated that he must decline to answer the question across the floor of the House. He did not know the whereabouts of Cullinane, and if he did ha probably would not think it his duty to Rtate them. Mr SEXTON declared ...

... CARDIFF LICENSED | VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION. ,w ANN.UAL BANQUET. THE WELSH SUNDAY CLOSING ACT. rt THE REV. G. A. JONES ON THIiE lit TWEST'ERN MAIL ARTICLES. a of ,d STRONTG CONTDIEMNATION OF THE it, MEASURE, ht nt Id ITS FAILURE APPARENT. le ?? On Tuesday evening, at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, ns' .be aznual banquet of the Cardiff Licensed to Victuallers and Beerhouse Keepera' Incorporated ts ...

... ALARlMINTG EXPLOSION AT PEN YGR A IG. . l SZ'i IS E DAD.LY INJURlED. ti ii -- Li About cloven o'clock on Thursdiy morning the ¶ .neiglibowbioodse o enrgrelig .ni Hcwd Amos wevc It tita-own iato considerable aitation by tile tidirngs t >. eiht an explosion hid taken place in No a S Pit, in the house coal sceam. The pit is about b 150 vaids deep, and between 150 and 200 amen s * and boys are ...

... PARAFFIN7 LAMP EXPLOSION AT SIHLFFIELD. I A Elocin eccitent occurred on Thursday night at Shefiekld, which terminated fatally. A hwom-anu named Eiizabeth Ann Ridley was goingL . upstairs with a paraffin lamnp In hier hand when the shaking of ?? lamp caused an explosion an3 thib I burnling oil was driven on lier clothes. She was terriblv burnt and died ot the ?? s few t hours alhee her ...

... A PUPIL TEACHER'S BR>EACHI OF PRIOAISE. .f -- ti AiN A IRI.EUALI.RE FORKi OF FflPIEXD- SM1.11, I - -- ol ci At the Leeds A-sizes on Tuesdiv Aineli' Annie uw teRjbcrieh-i, pupil tencher, of Hlalil'ax, claimed fc lie damages for breach of promise to marry from J3is. ld Edgar Oates, assistant overseer at Sjiuthoranr. a kie mrother of the pfainliff en tered the court, st ae baging in her arms the ...

... LLITHOEDD OLAWDD OFFA. CEFN MAW1 E Nos Lun diweddaf, cynnaliodd y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd gyngherdd ardderchog yn nghapel y Tabernael, yr hwn a fenthyciwyd i'r amgylchiad. ?? ac arweiniwyd gan Pencerdd Maelor. Yr oedd enwau Tenorydd y Bryn. iau a Llinos y De yn ddigon i oicrhau cynnulleidfa. Oedid ychydig yn y dechreu o herwydd pethau anocheladwy a ddigwyddasant, ao ofnid y buasai pethau yn ...

... HE N L LAN. CYNNALINWYD cyfarfod llenyddol a cherddorol nmawr eddog yn yr ieu Gapel, yn y lie uchod, nos Woner, Mawrth yr Sfed. O herwydd absennoldeb y cadeir- 1 ydd appwyntiedig (R. Hunmphreys Roberts, Ysw.), cymmerwyd y gadair gan John Roberts, Ysw., Fox- ball. Arweiniwvyd gan Mr. W. Jones, Pentre Du. Aed trwy y gweithrediadau fel y ?? gan y beirdd. Daeth dau yn mlaen--y Mri. Robert Jones ...

... A CONTRADICTION. TO THK KDITOR. Sirt,-Kiiidly allow me a small space in you most valuable paper to contradict the false rumour which now exists at Brynbyfryd, viz., that John Daviss, who met with an accident on Friday, the 22nd ult., near the Pentre Colliery, was refused admission into my house. This I deny, and have witnesses to prove it. He only cslled for some spirits outside on his way to ...

... An inquest on the body of John Fletcher, aged 50, a well-known Soutbport gentleman, who it is suspected was drugged and r.obbed in a cab in Manchester, and who expiied in tbe vehicle while being conveyed unconscious to the infirmary, was opened yesterday. It was adjourned till Monday afternoon, the city analyst's report on the contents of the deceased's stomach not being ready. It has been ...

... [BY A WELSH MEMBER. 1 Last week every subject, whetherlof Imperial or of locaLinterest, was cast into the shade by the great double event of the gigantic collapse of the Times case and the powerful indictment preferred by the Opposition against the Balfourian policy in Ireland. Never has any Government received such damaging cannonades during question time and in debate in the course of one ...

... ONE POUND BANK NOTES. We learn that Mr Goschen has under con- sideration a proposal for an issue of one pound bank-notes, this being in addition to the provision for which the right hon. gentleman 'intends to ask Parliament to enable him to carry out his scheme for the restoration of the gold coinage. ...

... THE EXPENSES OF THE SLIDING SCALE. TO THE KDITOB. SIK,—How is thfj money that is stopped from the workmen towards the expenses of tho sliding scale spent ? We are given to understand there are 64,000 workmen whose wages are ruled by the scale, and th3 owners make a levy at least three a year of 6 i per man and yet we are now told they are JB50 in arrear from the last audit, »na it is proposed ...