... WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS ?— Mr M. Ennor writes thus to the Mining Journal :-There is nothing strange or mysterious in these occurrences, for as the mines get deep such large spaces are opened that there is a waut of a sufficient current of air to keep pace with them. Large and deep mines will continue to ex- plode, until men will not be found to work in them. If the tide once ...

... TYDEE PF-THESDA BAPTIST CAPEL --On evening, t e 25.h ul> the Rev. !j. D Eiarirds, the muoh ret- peeted minister of the abo»t-n aued chapel d;- ivtred It most telling address on th- ! ...

... PLANT HOUSES. Chrysanthemums, some of which will now be get. ting past their best as regards flowers, should be immediately removed, and have their flowering shoots cut down to the ground. From the old base, it may be needless to state, cuttings at a later period may be obtained for the purpose of forming plants for next year s flowering. Any sorts, therefore, which it is desirable should be ...

... NEWPORT, SATURDAY, DEC. 7, 1867. IT will gratify our Newport readers to be in- formed that the prospects of the Alexandra Dock Company are brightening. Probably no public undertaking has been started in this locality about which a more wide-spread inte- rest has prevailed; and although it ha3 been understood from the first that the scheme was of a thoroughly bona fide character, yet the delay ...

... Want of EIlIn'¡ ai.i South Uales District Bunk I'ailey, (Jratres, lUiaoas, NLholsuo, Alil-ian, and Ba, ley Junior Tits iTviri itl Backing Corporation Limited J lhe^R,>ik> arc ^esti limij?,. Ji«u 10 to exception • uzjm. lL.:y uotb-t at j ...

... CAERLEON. —On W. Laice, of Newport, de 's.rtl a lec'-ir* in the Baptist els: I in | this -own. To lecture was entitled '• de and fr> sidf, 11d w-is given ia veil ..tyie ot I the iecsrer. The Re?. D. Li. J -hsm pre-'de- »n~i tt\e | ohspsi was we;! fi 11« i. The proc-ed^ or the iev'nre a;e j to be givei: iu sid of he chap-i funds. ...

... B Ii 1 S T O L EYE HOSPITAL, LOWER MAUDLIN STREET, Admission Days— Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from half-past Eleven to One. Surgeon—Da, BARTLEI, ...

... ..A. REDUCTION IN WAGES.—We regret to record on Saturday last a notice was posted up at the of the iron works here, that in a month a re^ fiction of wages would be enforced, the drop beil>g, we believe, ten per cent. A similar notice e-a r. to have been issued at Pontypool. The con- tInued depression of the iron trade has led to this 8tep, which has net altogether been unexpected. TEA PARTY ...

... BATH AND WESr OF ENGLAHD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The Council of this important Society have determined to hold their next meeting at Fal- mouth, during the Whitsan week, 1868. From the Stock Prize Sheet just issued, it appears that the Society offers no less than £1,150 in prizes for Cat- tle and Poultry, and as there is every reason to hope that all restrictions on Cattle traffic willshortly ...

... MONMOUTH. The Atheneum Readings were opened last week with the following. Mr. Champney Powell took the Opening part thm FBIBNDS, townsmen, men of Monmonth, lend Your ears To one who craves your patience for a minute. I come to plead a causa, and not to praise it,- The pleasant readings of the years gone by! Is there no voice to speak a word for them No voice but mine to mourn that they are ...

... The notices of intended application to Parliament for railway Bills in the Session of 1868 are 109, as com- pared with 171 for 1867, 450 for 1866, 415 for 1865, and 360 for 1864. Considering the protracted effects of the panic of May, 1866, and the continued want of confidence in railway enterpraise and railway securities gsnrrally, it seems surprising that so many notioes for the ...

... ANNIVERSARY SUPPER, OF COURT ROBIN H OOD.- On Wednesday, the 27th ult., Court Robin Hood, 2,159, celebrated their 21sc anniversary in the spa- cious club-rqorn at the Globe Inn. Host Spooner, assisted by his amiable spouse, set before about 60 guests, as substantial and bountiful a spread as any one could wish to enjoy. There were beef (roast and boiled), roasting-pig, mutton, hare, tongues, a ...