... THE CAMBRtAN RAI WAYS. ItMPORTTANT bEETING Or DiBEN'TUI:E UOLDEP.S. On. Wednesday the 12th inst., a very onitnerously- *tttended meeting of the debenture hollers oE the Coust section of the Camnbrian Ilailays was held at thu Crewe Arius Hotel, Crowe, to hear statemneots froml the directors respecting the present posit on and future plo. spects of that unldertakillg. In the abselnce of the ...

... On Friday night, Thomas Jones, of Colfryn (son of one of the largest farmers in the neighbourhood), ac- companied by Mir. Edward Morris, of Trewylan, left the village of Llansaiuttfraid, near Oswestry, in his gig about a quarter to twelve, and was followed in four or five. minutes, by Mr. Robert Morris, of Rbosddu, on horse- baeck. The three men, all of them farmers, had been, drinking at ...

... An appeal for aid towards the endowment of free schools in the districts of Brynford and Gorsedd, in the county of Flint, has just been issued by the Rev. Ed- ward Evans .Jones, of Gorsedd, and the Rev. DavidJones, of Brynford. The districts are poor and little known, being out of the general tract of tourists. The above clergymen point out that, midway between the two churches of Brynford and ...

... 141-IAttero to the Offitor. ad 4lE' BANGOtR LO('AL BOARD' OFb:H[EALTH '8 i'AI6D `I¶iE 'MEMORIALtOF THE DEFENCE COMMITTEE rTO TfI G]iNERAL BOARD OF an. t'lEkLI'-, LONDON. ,Se -SIR,-Alth A I biad ?? in the drawing up of eF thle menodal nbovS'reft~rred't, still I readily appended o my uamnetP it, bas ?? °y fitting dppy tl e coyi'eqtnsaoftho:8tatef nn:tstcptain; t it becomesany du y to a duce ...

... COMMISSIONERS' MEETING. The' onthly meeting of the Liandudno Improvement Commissioners was held on Monday, November 26th- Present-Messrs W. F. Chapman, chairman; M; Wil hams, J. B. Evans, Jos. Jones, Evan Hughes, James Williams, George Brooks, Thomas Parry, J-. Hughes, C. Fisher, Robert Hughes, and William Prichard. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr Parry, ...

... The volunteer review at Dover took place on Monday, and was in all respects completely successful. Looking at the eveilt in a utilitarian point of view, the proceed- ?? were allied with more important results than could' have been obtained at any other place within so easy reach from the metropolis. Our volunteer force was organised purely for defence. Nothing, therefore, could be more ...

... HIOLYHEAD. HlOLYHEAD UNION. An extraordinary meeting of the Guardians of the Holyhead Union met last Tuesday at the .Valley Hotel. There was a large gathering--thirty-one out of the thirty-seven Guardians, forning the Board, present.' They were the ?? Williams, Esq., chairman, William Jones, Esq., vice-chairman, Captain Rigby, and H. T. Holder Hogg, Esq., ex-officio; Aber. friaw: Mr. Griffith ...

... . The King of Prussia's birthday was kept on Tuesday;| e A Parliamentary banquet was given in honour of it, at C which members of all the political parties in the North l German Parliament were present. The H ealth of the t KingI was proposed by Herr Simson . Congratulatory t telegrams were received by the Kingfrow nearly all the European Courts, including those of Paris and St. P Petersburg ...

... Among the bits of good news which comne from the abodes of royalty, is, that her Royal Highness the Prin- cess of IVales is rapidly recovering from her attack of rheumatism, and may very shortly be pronounced con- valescent. In connection with the illness of the Priu. cess there is a story told, whib, if Itrue, must be the introduction of another medicine into the British Phar- macopeia, ...

... ANOTHER MIUNICIPAL CONi'EST. UPROAItIOUS PROCEEDINGS. The resignation of M\r Gold Edwards and Mr J. C. ist Wyune Edtwaid, as members of the Town Council, re al suited ii one of the most exciting contests that ever tat took place, even in Denbtigh, At an early stage Mr Thomas Evans, Trosypare, and Mr Lloyd, of Brook. he house, were mentioned as the moat likely parties to go lilto office, but ...

... 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 ...

... THE Weather AND THE CROPS.—A gentleman who has been travelling in Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Monmouth- shire, speaks most encouragingly of the hay crops. Mowing has begun in many places, and the grass falls heavdr III many plac ...