... 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 ...

... (Before E. W. David and F. C. Vachell, Esq.) ILLEGAL HOURS.—Edward Milward, of the Prince of Wales beer bouse, Canton, was fined 20i. including costs, for keeping his house open at illegal hours on the 7th inst. The defendant had been cautioned for the like offence. DRUNK AND RIOTOUS.—Tuscan Davies was charged with being drunk and riotous at Grangetown on the 18th inst. Discharged with a ...

... At the Manchester City Police Court, on two labourers, named William M'Donogh.and Laurence Dolan, were charged with the manslaaght fames M'Evoy. The principal witness was a s p > named Mary Lacy. She saw the prisoner and dece^ed iaoompaa/ in Poll.r,J,»«et httto o olook on Saturday night, one nMrV •, « -it- >» lenge deceased to fight, and the deceas aftp'r- and went away as if going home. Afew ...

... A letter from Faenza, dated 27th August, states that the robberies, violence, and assassinations were daily on the increase. On the 24th, between Faenza and Forli, more than twelve highway robberies took place on the same day above thirty persons were also robbed of all they had between Faenza and Brisigheila. The authorities asked for a reinforcement of gendarmerie, but none were sent and the ...

... Some statistics which have lately been published of bush ran,'ing in New South Wales during the last few years show to what an extent this institution has grown in that colony. Since the month of June, 1864, a period of three years, eleven members of the police have been shot dead by bushrangers, and sixteen wounded by firearms in attempts to capture them. Fifteen other persons have also been ...

... The special half-quarterly meeting of this Board was held on Monday.. In the absence of the Mayor Alderman Pride occupied the chair. There were also present, Councillors J. Bird, P. Bird, H. Bowen, T. Evans, J. N. Flint. J. P. Ingledew, D. Jones, R. J. Todd, Dr. Taylor, E. WhifFen, and J. Winstone. The Town Clerk read a letter from the Mayor, re- gretting his being unable to attend the meeting ...

... THE PAY DAY.—On Saturday last the usual pay jtook place, and every thing connected with it passed off gatis- factory. THE ENGINEER OF THE WORKS.—We understand that Mr. Fairnburn, from the North of England, has been ap- pointed the engineer of the works instead of Mr. Moyle, who has resigned his appointment in consequence of ill- health, and goes to the south of France. THE WATER WORKS. —This ...

... A letter from Lisle gives the subjoined details :— When the Empress went to the prison of Loos her Majesty visited the Penitentiary in its most minute details, inquiring into everything—the sanitary state, dietary system, and the general spirit of the inmates nothing indeed escaped her investigations. The Empress excited astonishment at the precision and multiplicity of her questions on the ...