... At the morning sitting the second reading of the Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Act Continuance Bill was moved an amend- ment against it,moved by Mr. S. CRAWFORD being rejected by a majority of 60. On resuming at half-past five it went into committee of supply, and the following votes were agreed to :-£1,6.5.0 for the repairs of Holyrood House; 91,000 for alterations in the new House of Commons £ ...

... MEllTIIYIt. A meeting, called by requisition to the Chief-constable, took place at the Bush Inn, on Wednesday evening week. Mr. Robert Jones in the chair. The Chairman, in opening the meeting, read the notice and then briefly stated the object of the meeting. Mr. David W. James then said that as he had taken an active part in getting up the requisition, he felt it his duty to express his ...

... CARDIFF TOWN COUNCIL. A quarterly Town Council Meeting, was held on Monday last, his Worship the Mayor in the Chair. After the passing of the various quarterly accounts, the Council decided upon placing at the Town-hall, for the purpose of cleansing, and using the necessary means for preserving it, a person who would be allowed to live rent free. A policeman who resides near the station-house ...

... The sittings of the Assembly have been brought prema- turely to a termination. The 11th was the day fixed for the proration; but in consequence of the flight o tne mem- bers v sufficient number for the transaction of business d el not remain, and the President therefore on Friday wibely adjoumecL 0- permanence was presided over on Saturday by Dupin. Mole and Changarmer were among the Members ...

... THE Earl of Lincoln arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday last, in his yacht, the Gitaaa, from a lengthened cruise in the Mediter- ranean, and a journey through Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine. We are glad to hear that his lordship's health has greatly bene- fitted by the warm climates of those countries. THE will of the late Sir Robert Peel was proved on Saturday, and probate passed for assents ...

... RIOTS IN FLINTSHIRE. The peaceable inhabitants of Holywell and the neigh- bourhood have been thrown into a state of alarm by certain violent and outrageous proceedings on the part of the miners employed in the Talergoch Mines. These men have been up in arms against their employers for the purpose of ob- taining a reduction of the hours of labour. The origin of the dispute, as far as we can ...

... CARDIFF. IN the H&iise of Commons on Tuesday, Sir R. Inglis pre- sented a petition from Glamorgan against the admission of Jews into Parliament. The county of Glamorgan has but little reason to be proud of such a fact. There is one alleviation connected with it—it must have come from a. locality so obscure that even its name is unknown. QUOIT CLUB.—On Saturday last, the Swansea Quoit Club, ...

... CONFLICT BETWEEN THE DANES AND THE SCHLESWIG HOL- STE, INERS.-SCHLESNVIG, July 25.—The anticipated contest commenced this morning at three o'clock, with an attack by the Danes on both wings of the Schleswig-Holstein army. Individual instances of courage were shown that would ap- pear almost incredible. A small battery of 12-pounders charged right into the thickest of the enemy's fire, posted ...

... HOPS. MONDAY.—'Rather more enqniry may be noticed in our market for the better descriptions of hops of last year's growth, but at no improvement upon last week's rates. The duty is estimated at £ 185,000. ...

... HARVEST DISASTER.—Fr.oous isr BFLGT.UM. --Under this date our correspondent says:—I traversed to-day the line from Lille to this town, and on my way saw a most melancholy har- vest scene. For nearly sixty miles all the low lauds are flooded, and in some spot the water extends over the rail way itself to such an extent that we were in fear that the fires would be put out and the train be at a ...

... THE English are a nation of shopkeepers, was the taunt of NAPOLEON; and perhaps in one short line never was national character better hit off. This spirit pervades all society-perhaps, on the whole, it is a useful spirit—it has made us very economical—very industrious-the only good paymasters in the world-yet it has its disadvantages. There are times when the shop should be dropped. For a man ...

... The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after two o'clock; when fev.ral petitions were presented, and notices were given of taotions for next session. The Yeoman Usher of the Black.Rod appeared at the far, and having advanced to the table, summoned the House to attend the House of Peers to hear the Royal assent given by commis ion to several Hills which had passed both Houses. Upon their return the ...