... The Cardiff Board of Guardians on Saturday appointed Miss EmilyCollins (25), of Bridgend Asylum, as laundress at the Workhouse, and Miss Emily Mitchell (28), of 29, Habershoa- street, Splotlands, as night attendant in the old women's wards. ...

... ANCIENT ROME. DISCOVERY IN THE FORUM. Rome, Saturday Morning.—-Excavations some grounds bought by an English gentleman here have revealed some superb ruins of tha Basilica. Aemilia. The work of exploration is being continued. The moat interesting results are anticipated.—Central News. ...

... ABDUL ALARMJED. WHAT HAS BECOME OF THAT SOLDIER ? Constantinople, July 12th.-As is generally known the way between the Palace of Yildiz and the Hamidieh Kiosque is lined with troops when his Majesty drives to the Mosque on Fridays to perform his devotions. Last Friday as his Majesty was alone in the carriage a soldier advanced from the ranks,and crying Padishahim tehok yasba,Athrew a document ...

... THROUGH FRENCH SPECTACLES. M. FUSTICK ON PAN-CELTIC REUNION. APPRECIATION OF WELSH BARDISM A highly appreciative article on Celtic Fetes from the pen of M. Jean deFustick appears in last week's issue of La Iievue. a weekly maga- zine published in Paa-is. It will be remembered that M. De Fustick is one of the distinguished Breton visitors to the Cardiff Eisteddfod, and under the circumstances ...

... BROTHERS OF THE CHAIN, a startling new story from the Den of the successful novelist, George Griffith, appears -in the Cardiff Times snd South -Wales Wee £ &r,NeVs, » ...

... THE GRAND THEATRE, SWANSEA. This theatre will be reopened to-night by Mr Frank Curzon's excellent company in The Case of Rebellious Susan. This is the first visit of the comedy to Swansea. It has a great Lon- don reputation, and as it will be admirably staged, and several well-known London artistes, till recently with Mr George Alexander at the St. James's Theatre, will be engaged, a great ...

... SWANSEA EXCHANGE. SWANSEA, Saturday. The following fixtures were completed here to-day Swansea to King's Lynn, 69 6d (Gertrude). Trouville, 58 9d (Player). Homewards: Archangel to Swansea, 50s, deals, &c. (Ravensworth). ...

... At Cardiff County Court on 'ihursday (before his Honour Judge Owen) an action was heard for declaration on behalf of the trustee in bank- ruptcy of Mr W.V. Mumfoid,tobacconist and news- agent, Castle-road, that certain things contained in an inspectorship deed granted by the bankrupt to Mr W. Armstrong, of Leeds, for the benefit of the creditors, were really within the order and disposition of ...

... LOCAL DIVORCE CASE. FREEMAN v. FBEEMAJSL Loudon. Alonday,-In the Divorce Division to- day (before Mr Justice Barnee) a case was heard iu which Mrs Rose Freeman, residing at fiilven- deg, Pembrokeshire, petitioiied for a divorce from her husband. Mr Vernon Freeman, descrifaed aSL a gentleman of means, against whom she allegel cruelty and adultery. The parties were married in 1883 at St. Peter's ...

... PONTYPRIDD ANTI-VACCI- NATORS. THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR. The Lancet observes :-Tie. tremendous experiment contiDues to provide difficulties for nearly everyone concerned in its On July 12th, at the Pontypridd Police Court, a Unitarian minister, named Griffiths, who holds the degree of D.D., applied for a certificate of exemption for his child under the Vaccination Act. For a long time Dr. ...

... TOOK HIS SWEETHEART TO CARDIFF. At 3Tonntain Ash County Court on Wednesday Thcrmis Williams, who was represented by Mr W. P. Nicholas, sued a cousin named William John Morgan, for whom Mr Henry Beddde appeared, for &13 9s. The sum of 1,12 10s was for money lent, and the remainder for lodgings. The money was lent during the receEt strike, and part 01 it used to take the defendant- and bis ...

... CONVENTION AT TREDEGAR. On Wednesday the seventh annual convention of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Union of the Christian Endeavour Society was com- menced at Tredegar. A large number of dele- gates were present. In the afternoon the con- vention serman was preached by the Rev. J. Knight Chaplin, editor of the ChristianEndeavour. A reception of delegates followed, those attending being ...