... m Vhe annual digest of the principal cases tb an decided last year iný our law courts has int. lot just been published, and amongst the den- a.V d. siqns are a few of considerable interest to th ;he employers and workmen. Unfortunately, in #s Judge-made law is increasing in 'bulk and th me importance every year, and on. several Di 1e occasions Parliament. has had to legislat 'o lve in order to ...

... THE WEDDING OF MIADAM-E PATTI. A NOVEL RAILWAY JOURNEY TO LONDON. i ' 'lie arrangements made bIllr. W. A. Hart .e for the comfort of Madame Patti-or should it not rather be said the Baroness Cederstrom?- and her guests were such as to render the proceedings after the wedding, not only agree- able, but entirely novel. A Ilggage, or brake- van, had undergone co complete a metainor- .phosie that ...

... ,.I The funerall of Air, \. Watt.'Wcilliasls. J.P.. St. David's, will be a public one, and will take place at St. David's at eleven o'clock to-morroiw (SaturdaY) morning. 'The aismporary light at the PFrtheawl Light- house has been eousidorably improved by the introduction of ab patent lamp. This is due .to' the efforts ot' Mr. Blackall. Newport, and his assistanit, Mr. Workman. Xer Majesty's ...

... I' COLLIR'S DEATH AT LLAN- HILLETH. E. _ His Honour Judge Owenl, sitting at Pontypool Ai IS County-court on Wednesday, had before him (Th the action of Morgan v. Partridge, Jones, and mal Co., which was brought under the Workumen's wo, ?? Compensation Act by Mary Morganl, of Viaduct- and terrace, Crumlin, widow of a, collier emploedt at No. 2 Pit, Llshililloth, owned by Messrs. le Partridge, ...

... Mr. TomH Ellis, MPf., is expected back from Egypt in a fortnight or so. Of all the scores of places called Dinas in Walet, not one of them fits the usual English translation of that name, city. It is interesting to know that the Rev. T. IV. George, the chairman of the LMantwit Lower School Board, weighs foarteen stonee and stands 5ft. 9in. in his baptismal golosbna. The first leading ...

... CORR: ESPONDENC We cannot publish any letter unles s the wie Mr sends hiIs, Real.Name and. Address, notm'ades-, Doaw sarily for publication, but as. a guarcillted O pof t good faith.,01 *All ?? must' write on Oils Side of to h~ tbe psper~cnly,~ or thir letters will be rejected, greg .. Correspondents cr adivised:. not to send rena' or iginaltdocumentswt their letters. -.We pros declinito be ?? ...

... THE BUILDING TRADE AND COMPEINSATION. T4 -. Ahv T-1r~ ,\ Rnpqm p per tnv * be )Y It is estimated by the Home Secretary ari re that about 700,000 builders and brick- asi id layers come within the scope of the Work- no men's Compensation Act. This number is sh, , only 30,000 less than the total number of sin t- miners in the 'United Kingdom, who, how- off A ever,-have a much larger number of ...

... ,1H1E P iI llPINES.( ?? CRITICAL SITUATION AT ILOILO. INSURGENTS HOLDING OUT. press Association special telegram from a ylsailai. dated Sunday, ?? American Q dtspatelbmtot which has arrived here reports + diett the situatiolt at Iloilo is e cxtremely eriti- b ?? s bburb of Mo ol is held by 1,500 armed f, lattiese and more are reported to be await- E iri n ordlers to enbar ; from Negros Island, ...

... WELSH FOOTBALLERS AND FRENCH , . CUSTOMS. I a .._2 ?? - . ?? -4.1 al -stand * In the olden time Sunday was the great M day for games in Wales, and playing ball a against the walls of the parish church was quite a recogoised pastime. Since then tr we have become very good, snd even from to . the reign, of the pious Howel have been tu getting better, -and better, till now the E cyclist who takes ...

... ! PIER-HEAD OBSTRUCTION I I AT CARDIFF. I'A ACTION NOT YET SETTLED. Another meeting of the committee appointed S by the Cardiff Town Council to take such action as they mucy deeum desirable in reference to the barriers erected by the Cardiff Railway Company at the pier-head (which, it will. be remembered, were demolished by corporation t workmen) was held on Wednesday. The mayor Ci (Alderman ...

... LONDON WELSH WATER . \ SCHEME. ?? par rio inf of BILL OPPOSED ON STANDING toN 11n ORDERS. sat 1, Mr. Caippion, one -of the examiners of Private the he Bills, on Wednesday afternoon ii Committee- ber ?? 'Id. roon No. 16 of the House of Commons, com-m he menced the hearing of the numerous allegations (Al nscontained in the meemorial against the Bill pro- ?? en ?? rcmoted by the London County ...

... SWINE FEVER IN . CARI)AR.. 4 0 THENSHIRE. FARMERS OF THE COOU ;; EXASPERATED. CONFERENCE WYITH A BOARD op AGRICULTURE OFFICIAL. A special meeting of thc Carniartbenshirh CouutY Coescil was held at the Guild-hall Carmarthen, on Saturday for the purpose of discussing the serious difficulties and hardships experienced by agriculturists and others in the county owing to the operations of the ?? ...