... Mr Austin Oa tea, private secretary to Cardinal Vaagijan, hae bauu ç.lUpelle\i tHuguglI ill-health -1 ...

... Z- A PROGRESStVE I -TEA. Father, said Jenny, one bright Mitumn morn- tpg as the family sat at the breakfast table, I have invitations for Thursday to a progressive te& at the house of Mrs Newform. Will you go with me ? Wal. now, darter, replied Uncle Timothy, I've drinked utmost every kind o' tea.—old hyson M' yoang hyson, oolong an' gunpowder, an' I've tasted o' Japan, though I can t ...

... ACTION FOR LIBEL. I At Wilts Assizes to-oay (before Mr Justice Grantham) an action for libel was brought by Mr Ernest Carpenter, proprietor of the new Queen's Thoatre, Bristol, against the proprietors of the North Wilts Herald. The a,llegel libel was in reference to a poster illustrating a scene in the play, Greed of Gold, which was described as Debasing, demoralising, and debauching. After ...

... FOOTBALL. I Valuable Recruit for Tondu. We bear that Dai Davies, the isndgand half- back, is not likaly to play for Bridgend again, having obtained employment at Tondu. It is probable, therefore, he will don the jersey for that team. CKUMLIN have January 21st vacant, home or a-way give or take guarantee.—pritchard, secretary. ABERCYKON FOOTBALL CLUB have open dates January, February. Will give ...

... ANOTHER VESSEL STRANDED. The Crew Saved. A Lloyd's Northumberland message states that i ...

... THE JUDICIAL CHOP, Some amusement was caused at the South London Sessions, Newington, yesterday, by the learned Chairman (Mr McConnell) proposing to adjourn the Court for luncheon at 12.30, instead of the usual hour of 1.30. He had evidently mis- taken the time, but was about to leave the bench, accompanied by the other justices, when the Judge's Clerk hastily intervened with the in- formation ...

... PAINFUL DETAILS. I A Berlin correspondent writing on Wednesday night says :—Last Monday a duel toolt place at Met-, ns already stated, betwesn an officer and civilian, in which the latter was shot. About two years :1go when duelling increased so greatly that it began to become a public nuisance, restrictive mea.sures were attempted in a decree of the Em- peror, which permitted it only in very ...

... A collision, unattended, however, by perfiongl injury, occurred near Hammersmith, on the Met ropolitan Railway, about 8 this morning. A light eogino collided with a passsug er train, three car- riages being derailed, blocking the up line and dislocating the traffic to the City. A breakdown succeeded in clearing the obstruction by 1 o'clock. ...

... 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 ...

... TREFOREST CYCLING CLUB-, SOIREE. On Friday evening, the Trpforeai Cycling ChiK bdd a very successful soiree at the Schools* when a large company was present. Dancing ormmesiced at seven o'clock, and was OOntintMif until after midnight, when the gathering persed after a most enjoyable time. The cater* io was in the capable hands of the lady w>»yn. bers of the club, who accomplished their worlf ...

... A CARDIFF MYSTERY. James Elen, who arrived in Cardiff from Barrow-in-Furness on Saturday last, has mys- teriously disappeared from his lodgings, 2, Caer- r philly-street, East Moots. He left that address on Monday morning to commence work I at the Dowlais Iron and Steel Works, which place he left at 5 o'clock the same evening. From this point all trace of him is lost. Failing to turn up at his ...

... CARDIFF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The New Minister. A meeting of Paisley Free Presbytery was held on Wednesday in St. George's Church Session House, Paisley, the Rev. G. J. Tait, moderator, to dispose of a call from the Presbyterian Church, Windsor- place, Cardiff, to the Rev. Alex. Macmillan, of Free Martyrs, Paisley. The Rev. W. E. Shaw, Sir John Gunn, and Messrs Hey wood and D. Thomson were the ...