... TO THE EDITOR. SiR.—As a purchaser ...

... THE CUTTING OF THE FIRST SOD. It has been decided to postpone the ceremony of the cutting of the first sod of the Barry Dock works, and the banquet following thereupon, from Wednesday next till Wednesday, the 12th November, the former day not allowing sufficient time for the completion of the necessary arrange- ments, ...

... RECENT PAMPHLETS. PEERS OR PEOPLE: Which shall Rule ? by DEMOS (National Reform Union, 46, jBrown-street, Manchester), is the production of a young journal- ist who knows how to handle his pen. In a pam- phlet of 56 pages, he takes the House of Lords to task, and condemns that chamber out of the mouths of some of its most distinguished occu- pants. Carrying the reader from fact to fact, he ...

... Is YOUR CHILD ILL, If so, try Williams's Pontardawe, Worm Lozenges, which have been in use ilver 20 years, and eclipsed all other remedies. Sold in most chemists at 9^d, 13id, and 2s 9d. Prepared from the original recipe only by J. Davies, Chemist, 33. High-street, Swansea. The lozenges are agreeable, and ontain nothing iniurious. I ...

... Owing to the engine of a down ballast train on the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway run-' uing- off the metals outside Brompton Tunnel, on Saturday evening, the Dover boat express to London and the Granville express (down) were delayed, and all local traffic suspended for more than an hour. The inquest on the two men killed by a boiler explosion at Wolverhampton was opened on Saturday, but ...

... THE SOUTH WALES COAL AND IRON TRADE. Our Pontypridd reporter writes :—Tae coal trade activity is very qualified indeed. The do. cided tendency at present is to a recession in sunply and prices. In the Rhoudda. VaUey short time has been the rule at several coULeriesIa&t week. ...

... DKATH OF Hilt J. S. TBE- LAWNEY. The death is annouueed of Sir John Salisbury Trelawiiey; who for many years represented Tavistock, and subsequently East Cornwall in Parliament, He has beeu a martyr to the gout for several years past, and has been unable to take an active part; in publio affairs,- lie was one of the advanced Liberals of his clay,,and. Ilia parliamentary services ware valued by ...

... On Thursday Messrs G. and C. James, Merthyr, communicated with Mr Griffith, Diocesan Secretary, Cardiff, to the effect that his last communication will be brought before the parishioners' committee in due course. ...

... LOCAL SUCCESSES. The following is the list of successful candi- dates at the last June examination held in con- nection with Trinity College, London :— SENioR Divisio.N. -Ethel Jane Cape (2nd class honours) Katie Smith, and Minnie Gertrude Howell. JUNIOR D i visio- -Miss B. G. Williams (special mention. 3rd class), Miss L. J. Pady (1st class honours), Miss M. A. Davies, Miss E. Bottiug, Miss A ...

... [SPECIALLY WIRED, j [BY OUR GALLERY CORRESPONDENT.] PLAYFUL PARNELLITES—AMUSING THEMSELVES WITH THE TORY MOUSE—LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL AND THE LIVERPOOL M.P. 'S— A PETULANT CABINET MINISTER—IRISH MEMBERS AND THE FRANCHISE BILL— LABOUREHS V. FARMERS IN THE GREEN ISLE—A DOCTORS'S GRIEVANCE—FAILURE OF THE OIL CROP. LONDON, Wednesday Night. The way the Parnellites play with the Government is ...

... THE RECTORSHIP OF MERTHYR. Tho Lord Bishop of the Diocese has again been eonlluunicted with on behalf of the parishioners of Merthyr, but his lordship's secretary writes to say that not) ...

... FOR Wedding and Keeper Rings, í) to George Best, Watchmaker and Jeweller, 16, St. Mary-stree. and 24. lioyal Arcade, Cardiff 65690 ...