... The writer of the Welsh Literary Notes in the Manchester Guardian has the following ;—The failure at Cardiff this week to find any pnze- taker in the chief essay competition is to be regretted, because the prize was iugeniously calculated as a kind of literary endownrent for a private student. It was so far provisional that it voald have helped him if he had but shown cause for it, at the most ...

... LIFEBOAT FOR BARRY. A TOUR OF INSPECTION. Captain R. Davies, dockmaster, Barry, secre- tary of the local branch of the National Life- boat Institution, together with Mr Evan Owen, coxswain, Mr Peter Lewis, second coxswain, and Mr D. George, bowman, are at present on a toar for the purpose of inspecting the lifeboats located at New Brighton, Helbere Island, Ros- comin, and Pwllheli. This is ...

... BUTCHART DIVORCE CASE. APPLICATION FOR NEW TRIAL. Yesterday in the Court of Appeal (consisting of Lords Justices A. L. Smith, Rigby, and Vaughan Williams), the hearing of this applica- tion of the respondent and co-resppondent for a new trial of the suit, which was heard before the President of the Divorce Division and a common jury, on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of ...

... PONTYPRIDD. Debt Collector Assaulted.—Before Dr. Hantei and Mr David Thomas, Priscilla and Cecilia Evans, married women, living in Oliver-street, Hopkinstown, were charged with assaulting Raphael Houghton, debt collector, Gelliwastad- road, Pontypridd. Mrs Evans refused to take the paper relating to a debt from him, and he placed if under the door. A stone was then thrown at him, and he ...

... ANTICIPATIONS. The interest in the Eclipse Stakes to-day was in a large measure as to how the other runners would be placed behind Flying Fox, whose victory was a foregone conclusion. The champion was accompanied to the post by Frontier, whose chance was deemed so slight that 66 to 1 was on offer against him. Odds of 100 to 14 had to be laid on Flying Fox when the flag fell, while of the ...

... LATE MR fARCDS GUNN. At the meeting offef ;La^i« ...

... BY CADRA WD. STONEHENGE. This hnge structure on Salisbury Plain is un- doubtedly the most perfect specimen of Druidical remains in the whole Island, but I regret that the historical accounts of this interesting piece of antiquity are so meagre that I am unable to offer anything definite as to the origin of these prodigious piles. Almost every antiquary who has written upon it hs advanced a. ...

... MARRIAGE ARRANGED. At N ewport County Police Court on Saturday the magistrates had before them an affiliation summons against Richard Jones, w.:t.er works labourer, taken out at the instance of Ellen Ward, single woma.n, of Lianvaches. The complainant. a young wholesome locking coantry girl, a trifle scared, appeared in the witness-box with the impedimenta in a shawl, and pushing bacfc the ...

... PERFORMANCES OF LOCAL MEN. Bisley, Saturday.—The chief event for decision at Bisley to-day was the competition for the Elcho Shield, which was given by the present Lord Wemyss, when Lord Elcho, so far back as 1862. The competition is open to teams of eight from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales respectively. The number of shots is 15 at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards. The winning team receives ...

... Mr Balfour's motion to suspend the 12 o'clock rule for the remainder of the Session will be pre- ceded, or accompanied, to-morrow by a. state- ment of the legislative sacrifices involved by the introduction of the Tithes Bill. The massacre will certainly not tend to increase the popularity of that unhappy measure. It is generally assumed that the Money-Lending Bill will be included in the list ...

... COLUMN FOR CHILDREN. COIN OF THE REALM. Among the many cheap memorials of the Jubilee which were sold in the streets of London two years ago one of the prettiest and most interesting was a, collection of Jubilee coin, representing the various pieces of mouey now in circulation. You could not have done much business at the shops with them, for they are all miniature specimens, and light as ...

... SAFE IN DOCK. A Falmouth telegram says :Although it had been decided not to make the attempt to bring the Paris into Falmouth until Thursday, the appearances of a probable change in the weather on Wednesday night caused the attempt to be made forthwith. The exploit was successfully accomplished, and at 1 o'clock this morning the vessel reached the month of the harbour. Here it was deemed ...