... The great non-unionist demonstration at Staveley is re- ported at considerable length in those of the morning papers which do not believe in trades unionism. Both branohes of the Legislature were represented on the occasion. The Duke of Devonshire congratulated the miners of Staveley on having emancipated themselves from the thraldom of the unions, and vindicated the liberty of labour. The ...

... TTIP Hark Evcamitier telltt the folio-wine .mu8ing story: 'At the Cork Coal Quay an itinerant fiddler was subject. ing his instrument to a species of torture which compelled it to confess with many groans and squeals all it knew about 'The Wind that shakes the Barley,' when a. Venus of the Coal Quay, not unlike her Hottentot sister m physical conformation, looking indeed like the fattened- up ...

... During the past week a decided improvement has mani- fested itself in the shipping trade. A great many fine vessels have arrived, tonnage is becoming more plentiful, and things are looking very much better than they were. The Abys- sinian expedition has been the means of arising the rates of freight for Bombay, Simon's Bay, and Cape de Verds, &c., consideiably. We hear 20s. for vessels on the ...

... CARDIFF PILOTS' REGATTA. The annual regatta of the pilot boats of this port took place on Monday. There was nothing at all pretentious about the announcements of it—the Pilotage Board of Cardiff did not, a-j the Pilotage Commission of Newpoit did the other week, contribute a handsome sum of money for prizes-or if they did the fact did not publicly transpire. No distinguished names were ...

... BRISTOL. DIVIDEND.—The Bristol Steam Navigation Company have jllst paid a dividend at the rate of £3 per share. This is a fall of £1 per share comparaJ with the pre- vious dividend. SENSATIONAL PKEACHING.—On Sunday, in consequence of many persons being unable to obtain admission to Pithay Chapel wheu the Rev. Master Enoch Probert, a boy of 12 (from Wales), delivered sermons there some week or ...

... SWANSEA. BOUNDARY COMMISSION —The Swansea Town Council, at a meeting on Wednesday, resolved that considering the large area of their borough, they would recommend the Boundary Commissioners not to make any addition to its present limits. COMMENCING HOUSEKEEPING IN EARLY LIFE.-A mar- riage took place a few days since in Landore whick created a good deal of local gossip. Thomas Rees, a mason, of ...

... GLAMORGAN GENERAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. This old established society, which has nearly com- pleted a century of its existence, having been formed in the year 1772, held its annual show on Tuesday at Cow- btidge. It was generally known throughout the country that the show of horned cattle at the exhibition would be prevented by the orders of the Privy Council, enacted in consequence of the ...

... Open every Saturday from 10 till 2; and on Saturday and Mon- day Evenings, from Seven till half-past Eight. The gentlemen to be in attendance are—on Saturday, 1\IJ. Hardess and the Rev. J. Rees Jenkins on Saturday Evening, Mr. Pride, on Monday Evening, Mr. John Vachell. ...

... BOARD OF HEALTH ELECTION.—The contest for the election of three members for the Board of Health ended in the return of Mr. Trehern Thomas, implement maker by 157 votes, the Rev. David Roberts, church curate, 133 votes, and Mr. Thomas Jones, chemist, 113 votes. Mr. John Griffiths, auctioneer, who has been a member for some years past, only obtained 71 votes. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—J. C. Nicholl, ...

... BELL RINGING EXTRAORDINARy.-On Monday evening. e j ,1' eight men, bell ringers, at St. Martin's- in-the.Fields, LllIdorr. and belonging to an association called the Cumberland Association of Bell Kinger-, a'Si/ Kensington Parish Church (St. Mary „ rrV1cl ^ave a |aniple of their powers in bell *ln-8'°g. commenced at five minutes to seven, and im„, 0clock, thus ringing without intermission „ ...

... DRATH OF THE BRITISH MINISTER. NEW YORK, Thursday, 6 p.m.-Sir Frederick Bruce has died of diphtheria. Gold 143f. Sterling exchange on London 109i. 5.20 United States bonds 1141, Illinois 131. Erie 63. ...

... llnt'i'li CoL'u?hS' J*™s Goer! ,b mirifls'which has visi,fd >ome of the rich f n a^ttn^°ned through mere igno- j' ist engineering principles, ond thorough sregor or economy of time and labour. Copper and iron are found in different form.. On theenst coast the Consul has gone over miles and n iles of iron sand winch is said to contain over 60 per cent, of pure metal! £ 1S To se the ...