... THE 10TH VOLUNTEERS.—The members of this corps marched out last night. Despite the weather and the muddy state of the roads there was a good muster. A BACHELOR'S BALL took place last night in the Assembly Rooms, Town Hall, and was attended by a numerous company. THE NINE HOURS' MOVEMENT.—It will be observed from an advertisement in another column that the nine hours movement has been discussed ...

... SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUST. The monthly meeting of the Swansea Harbour trustees was convened at the Guildhall on Monday, at noon. After the Clerk (Mr. Lewis Thomas) had read over the report of the committee and the resolution thereon, the CHAIRMAN (Mr. Benson) called upon members of the trust to make any remarks. Mr. GRENFELL, in moving their adoption, congratulated the members of the board on the ...

... THE COLLIERS' INSURANCE FUND. An Important meeting of colliers was hold last even- ing at Pontypridd, at which the delegates passed a resolution to the effect that it was undesirable to devote the per centage accruing to them by reason of the late decision in the arbitration case, to the forma- tion of a nucleus for an Insurance Fund. As at present in formed upon the matter, we confess that it ...

... TWO HOUSES BURNT. On Saturday last, a few minutes before two o'clock, a fire broke out at Ne. 64, Judd-street, Euston Road, London, in the occupation of Mr. D. P. Myeri, Furniture Dealer. The flames commenced from some unknown cause in ground-floor warehouses, and owing to the inflam- mable nature of the furniture stored therein, the whole of the lower part of the building, as well as the ...

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... .Imperial HOUSE OF LORDS—MONDAY. Their Lordships met at four o'clock for the purpose of receiving the new Speaker of the House of Commons. The commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Halifax, the Earl of Bessborough, the Earl of Cork, and Viscount Eversley. The Yeomah Usher of the Black Rod was directed to summon the attendance of the Commons, and shortly re- appeared at the bar, ...

... THE STRIKE AT CANNOCK CHASE. An attempt made on Saturday to settle the colliers' strike at Cannock Chase promised to be successful, but ultimately broke down, and as a natural consequence there is a stronger feeling on the part of the men than ever to continue the strike. A deputation from a com- mittee of the men met representatives of the employers, and urged that the eight hours should be ...

... The University of Philadelphia have conferred their honorary degree of LL.D. on the Rev. John Robertson. THE COLLIER APPOINTMENT.—The correspondence on Sir R. Collier's appointment, published on Saturday, includes letters from Lord Chief Justice Bovill, condemn- ing the appointment. THE LICENSING BILL.-Alr. Bruce will certainly not be short of suggestions for framing the Government Licens- ing ...

... WASHINGTON, Monday. -The House of Representatives to-day refused to suspend its rules on the motion of General Butler in order to ask the President for infor- mation relative to the intentions of Great Britain. EARL GRANVILLE'S NOTE. No reply has yet been received from the American Government to the note of Lord Granville. STRIKE IN THE FOREST OF DEAN. Yesterday twelve hundred Forest of Dean ...

... MEDICAL APPOINTMENT.—Messrs. Cooke and Leckie, surgeons of this town, have been appointed surgeons to the new iron works and blast furnaces Treforest. The above gentlemen also attend the employes of the Taff Vale Iron Works, Treforest, of which works Dr. Cooke was the medical officer for many years. MEETING OF DELEGATES AT On Monday a meeting of Delegates from the Steam Coa Collieries was ...

... Senor Castelar has signified his adhesion to an associa- tion which has been started in Spain for the protection of individual rights and electoral liberties. Extensive mineral properties (says Herapath's Journal) have recently been leased in Glamorganshire, which when developed, will add considerably to the traffic on the Taff Vale and Rhymney. A printed circular, purporting to have been ...

... At Walsall, on Saturday night, a young man named! Samuel Cotterell, a brushmaker, nearly murdered a. young woman named Perkins, and then cut his own. throat. Cotterell had been paying his addresses to Miss Perkins, but last week she wrote to him with a view to break off the engagement, because she and her parents believed lie was not in a position to sup- port a wife. On Saturday evening ...