... PROPOSED BAANOO SISaTEDDPOD. [To the Editor.] Sir,-I gather from the columns of that ahinirab]e journal, 'The British Bandsman, that a. Cam- bridge and DistrictMusical Competition has been recently organised, and a committee formed (with my old friend and master, Dr. Mann, as chairman) to oarry the scheme into effect. ,The object of the whole competition is to promote the study and practice ...

... Police Court.-On Monday, before Mr T. Forcer Evans and Captain W. I. Edwards, Thomas Wright, of Dublin, was charged with being drunk ani riotous. He was fin'ed Is 6d including ?? Edwards, of no fixed residence, was fined 2s 6d for being drunk on Sunday last.' On Friday the Tan'refail tug,,,Briton,. accident- olly collided-ith the'' propalerfof the Royal mail steamer Ulster. The injury ...

... GEND1AL EW5s OF TEE WOE, I it in sbatad whst ?? Popd hva telegraphed to ,President Kruger uging the necessity for pru- ;denee and modeatio; in :t present crisis. The Duke of Westminster, as chairman of the 'Chester. Re'ooue (nompany, on S&turday laid the foundation stone of 'the new stands on :the Roodee. The Prince of Wales, on behalf of the Queen, an Saturday laid the foundatioh stone of the ...

... LL&NDUDNOSA SABASIQ,,OL XNOR L' X me H O~PITh.L ?? | Th S irepor for ti~yea- 189 ' wp issued o'n atli>tday. We extraet he'ktoin ,-Tn lac ixigithe 18bh annual repart vbe'fo~re the ~iubs' ,bers aad 'friends of tltis iinstitutibn, th&,'.Board of 'Msanagement are pleased to ?? toreceord the increasing popularity of the hospital, as evinced by the continued kindness and generositty of old friends ...

... LD qDVXXRG I E Q Al ; Colonel W. IL Slacke, RIE, Local Govern- ment Board. inspector,- held ani inquiry at tihe Maistrates? Room,, Bangor, on Saturday with reference to the application of the City &ouncil Ifor powers to borrow the.sum of £400 for the erection of a refuse destructor &in connection with thike.1ectric lighting works, and the sum of £143 fi*'the provision of additional public ...

... OARNARVON. Musical Festival.-Tne chief popular event of the week here was the musical, festival of the Congre-' gationalist6 of Carnarvonshire hold in the pavilion on Monday. The latest gathering of the kind took place five years ago, the festival having been in- augurated some fifteen years ago .lhrough the in- 'strumentality of the' hla~ Rev. E,. Stephen. (T:s y mnarian), who died shortly ...

... 1TBW WELSH QTOCRH IN LONDOS. It is estimated that 'in South London alone there are over 15,000 Welsh-speaking preclle, for whom, up till January, 1897, there was ino Church of England place of worship where the service was read and the eermon preached iii the Welsh language. It was, therefore, felt hty the Welsh-speaking members of the Anagiioan corn- munion south of the Thames that this want ...

... ST. DAVIDS COLLEG, LAPETE3R. PMsU OF THE JUNE EXMINATION. The lollowing are the results of the June pulb. lie examination:- B.D.: Rev. Benjamin Davies, B.A., Ply- mouth; Rev. George Griffith Williams, ?? viear of Ely, Oardiff. Thoological Certificate (supplemaental): T. F. Fisher, B.A. Ammanford. B.A. Degree.-lonours, Classics-Class 1: W. J. Gravell,. Kidwelly. Class 2: W. R. Da- vies, Lledrod ...

... CRIOOIETH. Metropolitan Bank, Limited. - The above bank will aot be open in future on Fridays, only on Tues- days and fair days. Urban District Council.-The monthly meeting of the Council was held, oni dturday evening, when there were ?? Thomas Burnell (chair-' man), Dr. Livingstone Davies, Messrs William WMt- kins, W. G. Evans, 0. Parr . E. Palmer, H. Honphreya, Evan Jones, J; ,bias (deputy ...

... LANXRWST. Chester Society of Natural Science.-The annual outing in connection with this society took place on Wednesday, when the members left by an early morning train for North Wales, arriving at Llanrwst at twelve o'clock. Herj they- were met by Mr P. McIntyre (agent for Lord Carrington), Dr. Thom%. Jones, J.P., and Mr T. Elias. They were shoute over the ancient Owydyr Chapel adjoining the ...

... T'ME ANTIVIT AND CONTINUITY OF THE BRITISH COURSE. [To the Editor.] Sir,-My Abject in writing; the following lines is to try, at least to prove, a~s far as it can be p roved, Ithe great antiquity of outr branch of the ChristianL Church. It is now so much the fashion among a section of Welsh Nonconformists to decry it and call it a New Church, an alen, an offshoot from Rorpe, or a Clurch ...

... ?? ,, .1 'iPO ETMA op . joankruptay .Copit.-On Mo 3.y, before tim re- I ~iftrar (Mr T1~6niaJoiaes),:theb bank ~pt of petr, J.ovweni Marine-tkrrae, Clicoieth, waeime'ntioned, liit As the bankruptf, whose debts &rnount to' Z37 199 Ild-, di'd not Happe&, the julk iamreco was adjourned sins6; 'd Mr Wi21iam Morris Jones appear6d for XA palitaoiinl ?? D. I. Bowen, arjccieth. About : thtoi'aud ...