... C|e (lart'If Cim.es, Fj, Y, JULY 18, 1863. THE TRADE OF CARDIFF. FROM circumstances beyond our control, we have not been able to^publish our monthly trade summary until this week. We have gone, as usual, through out: exports of coal and iron for the past month of June, and also for the six months ending the 30th ult., which we have compared with the two previous years.. The figures are ...

... Among the ladies the chief topic of conversation is the marriage of the Princess Alice, under the re- markable circumstances which are so formally re- corded in the Court Circular. I can add nothing to this account, nor substract nothing from it; but it may be of some little interest to mention that the account of the marriage which you may see in the London daily papers emanated from the ...

... THE GAS AGITATION. THE gas question seems to be the all- absorbing topic of discussion amongst all classes of the community: and, therefore, it is again our province to say a woid upon the subject. In the first place, we cannot look over the very significant fact that the Mayor' is said to have refused the use of the Town- hall; when applied to by a number of respect- able ratepayers, ...

... ijjtarkete. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE.—MONDAY. The English wheat trade this morning, was not brisk but rather more doing in foreign; quotation generally the same as on Monday last. A little doing in American flour, but English trade slow, without alteration from Monday. The supply of Barley is very trifling, and prices fully equal to Monday last. Oats about the same as on Friday,, say 6d. dearer ...

... We copy the following graphic description of an insult oftered to British sailors on the Mediterranean from the columns of a morning contemporary:— Chios is in quite a state of ferment to-day, owing to the Pasha of Rhodes having been compelled to apologise for having insulted the British flag. I hastily send you the particulars. Her Majesty's sloop, Foxhound, Capt. Hobart (brother of Lord ...

... 0 W TALK. BY OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT OUT readers will understand that we do not hold ourselves responsible for our able correspondents opinions, THE past week has certainly been the most re- markable in the memory of the sight-seers of London. The greatesf glutton must have been satisfied, and the most opposite tastes have found suitable food. While, as usual, the Inter- national Exhibition ...

... PROJECTED CONFERENCE AT CONSTANTI- NOPLE. THE Patrie of June 27 asserts that the Ambassadors of several of the Great Powers will assemble in conference at Constantinople in July next, to deliberate on the affairs of Servia. ...

... CITY, JULY 8.—The stock markets are firm to-day, the appear ance of the weather being more favourable. Afresh inprove- ment of about | per cent, has taken place in the funds, the prepa- rations for Thursday's settlement not showiug any excessive sup- ply of stock. As regards English railway stocks, prices in severs instances are rather better. Generally, the tendency of the prices of public ...

... DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by hi, Royal Hi,:],- ne.>s t ic 1 nncc of Wales, with the junior members of The Royal family, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Uov;d suite, left Windsor on Tuesday evening at G.50,bvspe..d tram on the Great Western line, under the char-o of Mr Gooch, locomotive engineer. On arriviug at Leamin-ton i distance of 90 miles, at 9.25, ...

... NOTICE OF ADJUDICATION AND FIRST MEETING OF CREDITORS. HENRY PROSSER, of No. 19, Charlotte-street, Dowlais, in the parish of Mertliyr-Tydfil, in the county of Glamorgan, Brewer and Hop Merchant, having been ad- judged Bankrupt under a Petition for Adjudication of Bankruptcy, tiled in the County Court of Gla- morganshire, holden at Merthyr Tydfil on the 22nd day of July, 1862, is hereby ...

... July 27.—Sixth Sunday after Trinity. Morning Service at 11 o'Clock. Lessons—First, 12th ch. B Samuel; Second, 15th ch. John. Venite Battisliill. Daily Psalms Dupuis. Te Detuu; Horsley. Jubilate; Turner. Hymn; No. 168. Afternoon Service at 3 o'Clock. Lessons-Fii-st, 19th ch. II. Samuel; Second, 2nd & 3rd ch. Titus. Daily Psalms Monk. Magnificat Dr. Cooke. Nunc Dimittis; Aldrich. Anthem—Turn ...

... THE VICTORIA PRESS.—The jurors of the Interna- tional Exhibition have awarded a medal for good print- ing by female labour to Miss Emily Faithfull, of the Victoria Press. GOING TO LAW.—In the superior courts of common law, 114,850 writs were issued for the commencement of actions in the year 1861 in the county courts, 903,957 plaints were entered; in the sheriffs' couit of London, and the ...