... HAnHY ANDTCADOXTON LOCAL A special meeting of the above Board was held af Cadoxton on Monday atternoon, when there were present Mr Yi. D, Jotit,3 (in the chair), Rev Cauou Allen, and Messrs J. Robinson, J. Jones, P. J. O'Donnel', d- C. Meggitt, C. Morgan. W. Thomas, J. C. Pardoe (surveyor), J. Hughes (clerk), a°d C. (collector). A letter was read from the secretary or tte Barry Dock and ...

... PONTYPRIDD. FATAL ACCIDENT AT CILFTNYDD.—On Taes- day, at the B«ssetts Arm. Cdfynydd, Mr E. B. Reece, Cardiff, held an inquiry with reference to tf,e deatb of a lad named William Osborne, aged 13, who was killed at the Albion Colliery by being ttenck by a rope on Ccrwima* nigbt. Deceased was minding the rope on the pit bank, and by some means had his arm drawn into the machinery connected with ...

... BABY-FARMING AT SOUTHPORT. At Southport, on Tuesday, W. Pearson, Eliza- beth Pearson, Sarah Frcggatt, and Julia Brade were remanded on a charge of causing the death of three illegitimate children, who ware farmed by the Pearsons. Mrs Brade was the mother of two of the deceased childreo, and the coroner's jary fouud she was accessory before the fact, whilst verdict of manslaughter was returned ...

... MUMBLES LIGHTHOUSE, Tuesday.—Wind WSW, fresh. Weather cloudy. Sea smooth. Passed East- barquentine Mary, of Stavanger schooner Camwoodoi of Liverpool schooner Louise Marin ketches I'll Try and Cambria, of Barnstaple brig Eugene Gaston, of Vannes steamers Avon, of Glasgow Kilkeel, of Newry. Passed West—steamers Carnsew, of Penzance Plantaeenet, of Liverpool .Solway King, of White- haven ...

... JEN BY CANNIBALS. irices from San Francisco received at In on Tuesday state that intelligence c 1 there on December 23rd that the ot ee seamen of the British schooner rise were killed and eaten by cannibals at lond Island, one of the Solomon group, on ar 29th; and the newi of the massacre » been carried to Captain Hunt, of her pity's corvette Ruyalist,. he shelled the vil- pon the island. ...

... A horribl, been enacted at Gentillv. outside Par^ ere Madame Christophle killed her (jQ*and—a butcher—ia his sleep and then commi 3d suicide. The pair were both- young, and 1; i lately failed in business. Madame O'.ristophle two bullets in tlie temple, one of whic.. in its passage tore out an eye. Her husband b6ins had been blown out. Under the woman' body the police-inspector found a letter ...

... INQUEST AT PONTYPRIDD. Mr E. 13. Reece. Cardiff, held an inquest on Tuesday, at the Union Workhouse, Pontypridd, on the body of a man named John Canon, a ballad singer, who was found dead in the shop of a barber named Pridgeon, at Mill-street, Ponty- pridd, on Sunday last. The evidence showed that the deceased, with Pridgeon, and Jones another barber, bad been drinking together at the Blue ...

... OPTBRSVK OF FrBE.-Shortly before ote o'clock op iuesdiy atvi'rnoon some people passing down g M»rj-«rreet, near the Theatre Royal, noticed a of smoke issuing from the cellar of Our lijf s Cigar Di van, which is situated on the corner of Wood-street. The occupiert were ia- formed,but access to the cellar was presented by thifk smoke. The proprietor, Mr Salisbury, off to the fire-engine station ...

... The Press Association learns that the Diplo- matic Corps generally has been attacked by influenza. The first to be taken was Count Hatzfeldt, German Ambassador, who has been laid up for nearly a fortnight. Lord Salisbury is now sugaring at Hattield, and Sir Philip Currie's private secretary at the Foreigc Office, the Hon. Francis Villiers, is also laid up. The complaint has also spread to the ...

... MR STEAD'S NEW VENTURE. I hear, writes the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian that Mr Stead is sanguine as to Uteprospecis of his new venture. He has received many letters of approval of his forthcom- ing Review from distinguished men. The Prima MmisUsr writes :—I have little doubt that- the undertaking will be successful, and in a literary point of view very useful. The number of ...

... A LOCAL ALMANACK..—Mr Vaughan has for the third ver- issued his valuable almanack and year book for Swansea. In addition to mass of inter- esting general information, it contains much use- ful matter on local matters, which is wonderfully accurate. A SCHOOL BOARD WITHOUT FUNDS,-At the monthly meeting of the Oystermouth School Board, held on Monday evening, bills amounting to £ 204 14s lid ...

... MLDDLKSBBODGH, Tuesday.—The iron market finished up the year »ery strongly, there being a firmer market than last Tuesday, with price* about per ton higher. Tile merchants' quota- tion for N'1. 3 delivery over Jauuary was 62, (yi per ton. Very few makers wer prepared to take less than 63, ód, stud asked 64s to 65s from January to March, some being ready to accept 65 to June. Generally, ...