... Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun,( n» letter t« the Marquis of Montrose, wrote 1 Know a very wise man that believed that if man were permitted t* make all the ballads he neei Dot care who should make laws of the nation. ...

... Esgyn i goryn Pisgah—wna Moses, Grymuswr Jehovah; O'i fawr waith i farw â, Yn iach yn llaw'r Gorucha'. Gowerton. CRuspBTN. ...

... THE ING0LDSBY DISASTER. A Penzance correspondent, gappTsnientiag [ details of the disaster on the Cardiff steamer 1 lugoldsby reported on Saturday, states She left Cardiff early on Thursday morning. The gale steadily increased in violence, and the sea rose until bciweea Gorlrovy and the Longehips the vessel was momentarily in pyril. Making head- was impossible, and the captain, John 1 Smith, ...

... A. meeting of the Court of Governors of Aberystwyth College was held on Friday at the Gwalia Hotel, Llandrindod Wells. Major-General Sir J. Hills-Johnes, V.C., presided. Principal Roberta referred to bequests re- cently made to the College, and mentioned the suggested establishment of a lectureship in music. He was very glad to say the amount asked for had been more than promised, and the ...

... An Ex-Convict's Kemarkable Career. At the Shire Hall, Shrewsbury, on Monday (before Mr T. Corbett), Charles Henry Phillips (73), alias Daniel Kinsey, a, native of Breconshire, was charged on remand with breaking open offer- tory boxes at Urangton. Shrewsbury, and Hope Bowdler, and stealing the contents. Since prisoner's arrest the affair has assumed some- what formidable proportions, and the ...

... Ghosts and Spooks. A HAUNTED CHURCH. Lord Bute's Investigations. On Saturday Father White, the venerable priest of Holy Trinity, Hammersmith—Romau Catholics call the church Brook Green— came downstairs with a paper in his hand, astonishment in his eyes, and indignation on his lips. The newspaper contained an account of an alleged recent apparition of the spectral figure of a monk in the ...

... SWANSEA AND NEATH INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY. The annual banquet of the members of the Incorporated Law Society of Swansea and Neath was held at the Royal Hotel, Swansea, on Monday night. Mr J. Moy Evans, the new president, occupied ,the chair, and he was sup- ported by his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams, the Mayor (Mr Martin), Mr J. C. Woods (the ex- president), the ex-Mayor (Alderman Thomas), Mr ...

... Tl'e Mayor of Cardiff (Aid. T. Morel) presided over a moating of the Parliamentary Committee of the Cardiff County Council on Monday. On the minutes of the laSt meeting being read, Coun- cillor Robinson referred to the discussion at that meeting prior to the appointment of a sub-com- mittee to deal with the boundaries question and to formulate a, scheme for a Parliamentary Bill Councillor ...

... I feel I must discourse to you on the blouse, for whatever fashionists may say there is no gar- ment more useful and charming. Coats and skirts though, to be made in daintiest mode, still will remain with us. and as therefore an under bodice is a stern necessity the blouse claims the place, and holds it, too, most gracefully. Of course I know there are some folk who persist in wearing a sloppy ...

... This question was raised on Monday at p meeting of the Management Committee of the Swansea School ooard by the Rev Daviea, and Alderman Harris added the further question whether it was right for schools of 20.000 children to be closed because of tbe prevalence of 20 or 30 cases of infectious disease. Tbe Chairman (Rev. J. Pollock) naturally explained that the board were powerless if the ...

... On Monday the Lord Mayor forwaxded to » treasurer of the Sirdar's G-ordon Memorial Fund the sum of 422,739, which had baelueceived at the House. ...

... t^P^real, April 17th.—The steamer Gaspesia Trepassey, outside St. John's, on Satur- Was Preveated from entering by fog and HtggTffcs- She was assisted this far by the ferot^ Kite, beloa.ging to Messrs Bo wring diau sfrs' who are also the agents at the Cana- Thp Company. rePort that the Kite came in sight of the wr8'14 three weeks ago, but was unable to Besjo tor several days. The Kite had 1 ...