... THE THEATRE.—Mr. Hord's stay being limited to another week, it is intended that the volunteers and their friends shall return by a benefit the kindness of the company in placing their comfortable little theatre at their disposal. WOOL FAIR.—South Wales does not possess a town in which any representatives of the wool trade meet. It is determined to get up such a fair as will do honour to the ...

... THE llArtvr.sr.—I'Lio mowing of seeJs Clm. rm-nceu it tu»s neighbourhood, last Monday, in a field on tin- :HIIn nf .Mr. Edward Morgan, hast Barry, and consice:ing tbe inclemency of the weather during the spring quarter, tbe cop is remarkably good, both i in quality and quantity. The perennial grass is ccffiicg en tast, aru v. t! svm be tH cut. ...

... WHITSUN HOLIDAYS.—As is customary here on Whit- Monday and Tuesday, the whole place wore the appearance of a holiday, and though Llandaff Fair seems to he all the there and is a great temptation to most of the country people, we are plea,ed to say that very few of the inhabit ants of Pentyrch were there, for which we give this re-tsoii- they had quite as good entertainments and as muh ...

... principal railways on Saturday, the excuse of the di- rectors being that the change is rendered necessary by the advantages recently given to guards and drivers. The increase, which only affects return tickets, is equal to an addition of about one-ninth of the former rates. Communications from Vienna say that a letter ad- ...

... The Queen is about to perform an act of great muni- ficence. During the five years that she has remained in retirement she has necessarily accumulated a large portion of her privy purse allowance, which, under happier circumstances, would have been spent in Royal hospitality both to her own subjects and to foreign Princes. Her Majesty, desiring it should not be sup- posed that she had saved ...

... Scarcely a day passes but in the columns of the papers may be seen these two ominous words— Missing Ships—heading a short paragraph an- nouncing the sailing of some vessel from one port for another, and concluding with the words has not been heard of since. Each disappearing vessel adds another to the vast list of the untold tales of the sea. A valuable ship, loaded with a rich cargo, sud ...

... A TEA MEETING in connection with the re-opening of James's street Wesleyan chapel, was held at the Wesleyau chapel on Monday last, when about 400 per- sons partook of the social cup; after which the meeting was ably addressed by the Revs — Green, C. Smith, and others The chair was occupied by the Rev J. Puddicombe. We believe the proceeds will be equally divided between the two chapels. THE ...

... THE TAILORS' STRIKE.—Though the bearings of this agi- tation are not as important in an economical sense as those of other movements of a similar nature which concern manufac- tures having certain localities as their particular centres, re- sults have been already produced by it which will probably in a veiy short time alter the conditions of an extensive trade. In the first place a wider ...

... Cardiff has lost one of her oldest and wisest sons-and by the death of Mr. EDWARD PRIEST RICHARDS, which we announce in our obituary to-day, the chain of sequence between the pre- sent and the past generations has been deprived of one of its most important and material links. Born in our Town, and descended from the Richardses and the Priests, who have for cen- turies possessed a fair share of ...

... The following is a list of the days when, and the places where the forthcoming assizes are to be held: OXFORD -(Mr. Justice hee and Mr. Justice Mellor.) Abingdon, July 11; Oxford, 13: Worcester, 17: Staf- ford, 23 Shiewsbuvy, August I; Hereford, 5 Mon- mouth, 8 Gloucester, 12. SOUTH WALES. Ofr. Baron Channel.)-Haverford west, Ju y 5 Cardigan, 9 Carmarthen, 11 Cardiff, 16 Brecon, 27 Presteign. ...

... PEKARTH PETTY SESSIONS.—Wm. Kelly, James Heme, and Edward Murphy, were charged, on Monday, with steal- ing a quantity of rope from the J. C. Munro, a ship in the dock, but as the captain had gone to sea the case was dis- missed.—Several persons were summoned and finei for al- lowing cattle to stray on the highway. ...

... HARCOURT ON REDISTRIBUTION. redistribution scheme of the Government is the ?f a letter to the Times by Mr. Vernon Harcourt. to .rerrJinds us that last year great objections were taken 8tu>ealing with the Franchise Bill without a concurrent etQent of the question of redistribution. But if it iC trne then, when only a limited suffrage was how much more applicable is the argument The franchise is ...