... SAD DBATH OF A CARDIFF CHILD. An inquiry was conducted on Saturday a.t Cardiff Town Hall by Mr E. Bernard Reece into the circumstances of the death of Sidney Fepas, aged five, of 3, Agate-street, Roatb, who was drowned in a pond off NewpMt roact on Thurs- day afternoon lasi. A child who was in deceased's company on the occasion said that little Ferris, when in the neighbourhood of tba pond, ...

... A terrible drama was enacted in Brussels on Friday. A man named Bernard, who had been divorced from his wife, saw her taJkinc? to ft shop assistant, and at once drew a revolver and fired four shots at the latter, killing him on tbe spot. The murderer declares that he believed that the dead man was his wife's paramour. ...

... THE ALLEGED MAD DOG -AT FONTABDULAIS. Some of the reports in connectisa with this incident have been very much exaggerated. whole village did not turn out armed with pokers, tongs, and clubs, nor was the dog iyncherl by the villagers. He was taken possession of by Sergeant Lewis and P.O. Sims, and kept at police station until Friday, wbyn a veterinary surgeon from Swansea examined him. He was ...

... A SMELTER'S ACCIDENT BENEFIT. On Saturday evening Mr Ben Tillett, by request, formally handed over to Mr JessE. Stock- wood, a moniber of the Steel Smelters' Union, employed at the Briton Ferry Steel Works, a cheque for £ 100 in payment of the Union's dis- ablement benefit. Mr Stockwood had had his leg ampntated in consequence of some ingots falling upon it. Mr Mecpherson, the organiser of the ...

... A PERILOUS VOYAGE. The fourth of a series of experiments to test the loug-distancc travelling capacities of balloons was made on Saturday, when the aeronaut, Mr Spencc-r, and a friend named Pollock left the Crystal Palace in a favourable north-west wind to cross the English Channel. The balloon was last reported travelling south-east, six miles at sea, from Hastings. The trip proved remarkably ...

... LEEDS BREACH OF PROMISE ] SUIT. ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER'S COURTSHIP. Mr F.dwin Gray, the under sheriff of York, sat with a jury to assess damag-es in a breach of pro- mise action, at the Leads Town Hall Thsplaintiff was Miss Maud Ethel Spencer, t il( daughter of n. deceased member of the Leeds City Council, now residing with her mother a.t Barley Lodge-road, and the defendant, George Arundale ...

... BUTE DOCKS, Saturday. There was only a small attendance on 'Change to-day, as is usually the case on the last day of the week, and the steam coal market ruled quiet in all departments. The week has been a very irregular and unsatisfactory one from nearly all points of view, owing to the continued scarcity of tonnage and high freights, and, unfortunately, at the time of writing, the outlook ...

... SATURDAY, JULY 29,1899. THE TRANSVAAL DEBATE LAST NIGHT. OUR respectable and mnch-egteemed contemporary, the Birmingham, Post, which is always and under all conditions the faithful henchman of Mr CHAMBERLAIN, is grievously perturbed in spirit and dis- turbed.in temper because Mr BALFOUR has ungraciously stolen a march upon Mr CHAJCBKRLAIN and forestalled his pre- rogative as revealer of ...

... THE NAVAL MANCEUVRES. PROBABLE DECLARATION OF WAR TO-DAY. The impression that hostiities between the fleets were to have begun on Thursday proved unfounded. The Standard correspondent on board her Majesty's ship Diadem at Belfast Lough states that news has reached the fleet that Vies-Admiral Sir Harry Rawson has received intelligence of the unexpected death of his brother, and that he has in ...

... LAWN TENNIS. TAFF PARK (PONTYPRIDD) v MOUNTAIN ASH. At Mountain Ash on Thursday. Results Singles^-K. Koberts (Taff Park) beat Rowlands, 7-5,6-3 H. Crockett (Taff Park) beat T. Morgan, 6-0. t Park> beat Mather, 6-3, £ 2; t SWi?u Roberts (Taff Park) beat Leighton 6-0 6-1 T' (Taff Park) beat R.Thomas, 6-1, 6-1 ■' H* beat D- Phillips, 6-3, 6-4 E. Mabbit (Taff Park) drew with B. Herbert, 6-3 3-3- w ...

... NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD. THE FINAL CONCERT. The special concert to be held to-night at tlif Eisteddfod Pavilion, Cardiff. in aid of tht, Eistedcifod fandx promises to bo a great success There has been a large demand for tickets, which are offered at prices within the reach of all, and A, hope is entertained that the hall will be well filled on tho occasion. Tho programme is aa attractive one, and ...

... SAILING.BOAT RACES AT PEMBROKE DOCK. A race for sailing-boats not exceeding 24 feet linear ra-; i;v:, which took place under the auspices of the Pembrokeshire Sailing Club at Pembroke Dock on Saturday afternoon, resulted as follows 1 Mr Thomas Brace's Silver Arrow; 2, Mj J. B. Thomas's Daisy 3, Mr H. A. Jones Lloyd s Vesper. Silver Arrow won by one minute. Another race for boats not exceeding ...