... 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. ...

... DISMISSAt. OF THE GOVERNOR OF GUIANA. The Paris lulair publishes an extract from the letter upon which, it alleges, ex-Captain Dreyfus was found guilty of treason. The letter was written in cipher from the German Embassy in Paris to the Italian Embassy. It was abstracted by French agents en route and photographed. The War Office had the key, and was thus able to read the letter, which related ...

... WEDDING.—On Saturday last, there were stlenni- ised in Merthyr the nuptials of Mr. John Jone^ Hafod-street, and Miss Gwen Jones, daughter of M> and Mrs. John Lewis Jones, High-street, Cefn. DEATH.—We regret to record the death of tie youngest child, about seven mouths old, of Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland, Lower Vaynor-road, which occurred on Monday morning. Mr. Sutherland is the cashier of the ...

... IN connection with the proposed railway to the Jungfran, it is proposed to establish a series of me- teorological stations at different altitudes, where the weather will be observed. That on the summit will cost about £4000. TUB giant red pickling cabbages now to be seen in the English markets are sent to us from Rotterdam by the Dutch growers, who are expert producers of them, all tbeir ...

... Public Meeting at Merthyr. On Tuesday night, Mr. Frank T. James, High Constable of Merthyr, convened a public meeting at the Temperance Hall inresponsetoa numerously signed requisition. Despite the stormy weather there was a large attendance. The High Con- stable presided, and was supported on the platform by Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., Alderman Thomas Williams, J.P., Rev. Canon Wade, Mr. Rhys ...

... The visit of Mr. William Greet's company in Mr. WilaonBarrett's Sign of the Cross,' to the Theatre Royal, Cardiff, is peculiarly interesting, inasmuch as it was at this theatre that Mr. Wilson Barrett and his clever and capable company gave the hundredth performance of this strangely potent drama. There is scarcely any necessity to re-echo its praises here. They have been sung and lauded ...

... SPARKS FROM THE ANVIL. [BY JOE HAMMERSMITH.] Mr. Ellis Griffith, M.P., has drafted a Bill to do away with inspections of bodies by coroners' juries. Both parties, I should think, are likely to support this Bill, and it will pass into law as soon as the Govern- ment can spare the necessary time. A bargain is a bargain, even with a sewage system. The Pontsticill people put floor- cloths in their ...

... Miss DAVIES, of Risca, the lady evangelist, preached at the Presbyterian Chapel on Sunday. THE Town Band gave an excellent sacred concert at the Assembly Rooms on Sunday evening. On Monday they captured the first prize at the Llan- trissant Eisteddfod for rendering The Chieftain. ...

... ACCORDING to Sir G. Osborne Morgan, the Church of England is rapidly becoming,in many places, a half-way house to Rome. Once it was regarded as the great bulwark against Popery. It is that no longer. Dr. Pusey was a Papist in everything but name so are his followers, the Ritualists. It is not a wicked Dissenter like Mr. S. T. Evans or Mr. Lloyd George who is saying these things, but a devoted ...

... Saturday. Present Messrs. T. Jenkins, J.P. (in the chair), J. Edwards, D. Da vies, J. Lloyd, W. Lewis, 1. Hopkins, Mrs. Emma Williams, Mrs. Peter Williams, Mrs. M. Williams, Mrs. D. M. Richards, John Rees, D. Evans, V. A. Wills, T. Morris, Joseph Owen, M. Truran, J.P., J. Rogers, J.P., D. Abraham, 1). James, T. Harris, J. W. Morgan,!). Price, T. Howell, T. Williams, J.P., T. Pyle, Dan Thomas, ...

... At Portsmouth, on September 14, Henry Jamet Aldridge, a private in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, serving on II.M.S. Hannibal, was com- mitted for trial on a charge of attempting to murder Ada May Harding, a domestic servant, employed in Southsea, with whom he had been keeping company. The prisoner stabbed the girl with a carving knife, and afterwards gave himself up to the police. He was ...