... FINE MOSAICS. The finest mosaic pavement in England, and one of the finest in Europe, exists in the remains of the Roman villa in the parish of Bignor, Sussex, If the villa was equal to the pavement it must have been very sumptuous, and on a level with the best in Italy. An old man's head, a Alednsa, a Ganymede, and a Combat of Loves are in gcod preservation, as well as some beautiful border ...

... Messrs. Morell and Mouillot's Company in the pretty, artistic musical comedy, The Shop Girl, pay a welcome return visit to the Theatre Royal, Cardiff, this week, and visitors to this cosy theatre will have an opportunity of renewing their acquaintance with several of the favourites who appeared in the successful pantomime of Forty Thieves. The Shop Girl is one of the brightest and most ...

... Mr. Arthur Lewis, a teacher at Penydarren Board Schools, has been awarded the Xeale Scholarship, open to candidates for Bangor and Borough-road Training Colleges. We may also mention that Mr. Lewis occupied the 34th position in the whole country. When it is remembered that there were over 1,500 candidates, Mr. Arthur Lewis' success becomes all the more gratifying' Mr. Lewis, who is the son of ...

... JSPARK8 KitoM THE AXVII, [Bv JOE IIAM.MEKSMITH.] The Penydarren people are getting on in the world. They walk the streets with heads high up in the air, and look down with scorn on their Merthyr and Dowlais neighbours. The Hospital and Intermediate School have added to the romantic beauty of their scenery, and they are very proud of these palatial buildings. They have also got a new bridge ...

... The number of insurgents in the Philippines is estimated at 15,000. Many of the native half-cast* women are taking an active part in the rebellion which seems to have for its object the establishment of a Republic, and some are even reported to be bearing arms. The criminal plan of the rebels was, to attack Manila on but their scheme became known and they had to act befure it had maturei ...

... A LIGHTHOUSE DESTROYED. During the course of September 26 the storm which raged throughout Great Britain on the pre- ceding day abated. Reports were received during the day of a large number of shipwrecks. The ship Alexandra Yeats, 1500 tons, Captain Brow- ing, bound from Holyhead to Devonport, with timber, parted from a tug near Miiford, and after beating along the Cornish coast from ...

... Several village- have been attacked and destroyed by a band of Mahomedans, who set out from Candia with the Governor's permission, and the Christians in ;h» country districts are so much exasperated that the Mahomedans are afraid to leave the towns. The Yice-Consuls have warned the Mahomeddn leaders and also urged the Governor not to send armed Mahomedans through Christian settlements. ...

... DK. DYKE, in his annual report, says Cefn ought to be a haven of health. So it ought. But it isn't. There were 128 cases of infectious diseases reported there in 1895. This gives a proportion of one in every 23, the population being 2,880. In the Merthyr district the proportion is one in 123, and one in 48 in Gelligaer. Cefn is thus, despite its natural advantages, very far from being a ...

... .James Walsh, the husband of the woman, Ellen Walsh, who died at Dowlais under strange circumstances, as already narrated in the Marthyr Times was brought up before the magistrates at Merthyr, on Thursday, but no evidence was offered against him, and he was then discharged by the Bench. ...

... The Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Duie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the Duke of Cambridge, and the other Elder Brethren of the Trinity House were entertained at luncheon on Monday after- noon by the Lord Mayor of London at the Man- sion House. The Prince of Wales afterwards attended a special meeting of the council of the Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund, held at the Mansion House, on ...

... SWANSEA HORSE SHOW.—At Swansea Horse Show on Thursday, Mr. David Griffiths, Green Dragon, Aberdare, was awarded two first prizes for mares. COUNTY SCHOOL.—A meeting of the governors of the above school was held on Friday.—A vote of sympathy was passed with the relatives of the late Mr. D Williams, on the proposition of Mr. R. H. Rhys, J.P., seconded by Mr. G. George, J.P. EMPIRE.—There is an ...

... The Queen, accompanied by Princess Henry of Batten berg, Piincess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and the children of the Duke and Duchess of York and of Princess Henry of Battenberg. left OsborneoB the evening of August 31 for Balmoral, where th. Royal party arrived the following afternoc-n. ...