... ötgtU Cardiff SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1860. THE PILOTAGE QUESTION. CARDIFF and Newport are alike interested in this question. It has been frequently before the public, and has occupied the consideration of muncipal and other bodies from time to time. The Cardiff Corporation are about taking steps to rid the port of the anomalies which exist in reference to its pilotage, and we understand ...

... CAERPHILLY, THE FAIR on Tuesday was well supplied with horses, cattle, sheep, and all kinds of live stock- indeed it was the fullest fair which has been held this year. The day was dreadfully wet, and most of tfce business was transacted in-doors. Early in the clay a pretty general clearance was made, at good prices. An accident occurred during the day by aingr £ ;om his horse while riding ...

... MERTHYR. We are happy to inform our readers that the ex- ertions of Messrs. Overton and Russell, assisted by H. A. Bruce, Esq., M.P., have been crowned with complete success, and that the clause exempting mines, quarries, and tramways from rating under the Local Boards of Health has been rejected by the House of Commons. This will make a difference of nearly X2000 a year to the tradesmen and ...

... ABERDARE. The County Court, held before his Honour Judge Falconer, this month, was unusually devoid of in- terest, though a very large number of cases were heard. The only insolvent who presented himself was thrown overboard. There were entered for hear- ing 36 adjourned plaints, 357 new cases, 14 adjourned judgment summonses, 67 fresh judgments, and one interpleader. BOARD OF HEALTH.—The ...

... A petition has, it is said, been lodged against the recent return of Francis Macdonogh, Q.C., for Sligo. ...

... BSIDGSKD AND COWBBLDGE HIGHWAY BOARD.—At the ttyepting on Saturday, the clerk, Mr. Cox, reported that his letter to Lord Cawdor, written immediately after the last meeting, respecting the Highway Bill then before the House of Lords, did not reach his Lordship until after the Bill had passed through the Lords' Committee. The Bill has since become law.—The Surveyor reported that the approach to ...

... BRISTOL. A field battery of the Royal Artillery has arrived at Horfield Barracks. A Valuable PROPERTY.—A Bath, contemporary has an advertisement announcing that one of the best taps in Bristol is to be let; coming-in about X20,000 1 The rent, it is said, is chiefly made by beds FALL OF RAIN.-The rain gauges of the Bristol Waterworks Company on their stations at Barrow Gurney and Chewton ...

... ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT EASTERN AT MILFORD HAVEN. The Great Eastern steamship arrived at Milford Haven on Sunday evening at six o'clock, having left New York on the 16th instant and Halifax at two p.m., on the 19th instant. Her arrival created great deal of excitement, and her reception was a most enthusiastic one, the officers and men of the Channel fleet being very demonstrative. Her de- ...

... COLEFORD, MONMOUTH, USK, Aic'; PONTYPOOL. FBOM WEEK D!ÙS. A'M- P.M. P.M. A M- IRC. Monmouth Dep. 8 20 10 45! 2 30! 5 4.H » ifc Dmgestowe 8 31 lij 55 2 4 ...

... The season of the Royal Academy which closed the other day, has been the most successful on record. The. receipts at. the door, have reached the very large sum of £ 11,600. This is a eonsiderable excess over the famous Derby Day year. ...

... VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.-La Jenne France, from Cardiff for Havannah, May 20, 43 N., 20 W. The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company have declared a divided at the rate of 3 per cent. for the half year ending June 30, ...

... This Regatta, which came off on Monday last, was at. tended with the most fortuitous results. Through the exertions of the pilots themselves and the committee, a programme was put before the public that has never been excelled, if equalled, at any aquatic amusement in the Bristol Channel. During the past week or so, the Swansea pilots have been cock-crowing about the superior sailing qualities ...