... DI öLhe Cardiff Cimes. i SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1867. THE COMMERCIAL CRISIS. BANKS, railways, and contractors, all seem alike to be overwhelmed with ruin. Companies whose credit has been beyond question, and firms whose solvency Ud reputation might have commanded any amount If Of capital from the commercial world, have now lifted into bankruptcy, and brought ruin upon thousands. Since May of ...

... POLICE COURT—MONDAY. (Before T. W. BOOKER and G. PHILLIPS, Esqj.) Tne jury list for th; pamhea in t.. division of Kihhor wt'e brought in, verified, IInd allowed. OBSTRUCTION.—Patrick O'Brian, Michael Regan. Timo- thy Brian, William Scott, Michael O'Briin.aod Bartholomew Bryan, wpre fined 2i. 6d. each and costs, for obstructing the highway at Roath, after being repeatedly cautioned by the ...

... POLluHU ROBBEIT OF FaUlT FBOM TBI COTENT GARDEN Maw, KET.—There appeart to have been for some time a series of robberies in Covent Garden Market. On the 23rd of August last a quantity of fruit having been consigned to Messrs. Pankhurst and Draper, salesmen at the market, eighteen half-sieves were stolen. A polioe-constable saw the fruit taken away and apprehended the thieves, Edward Finn, John ...

... BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—-At the meeting TO Mr. J. C. Nicholl was IN the chair. A reply Cox's letter respecting the admission of Oliver (W ?AU TO a London Hospital was read, and it was de- T-bat the case be left in the hands of the doctor at °8EA Infirmary, and that he be supplied W1[B JB0 Mecbanical apparatus for his patient. A bill, bad been sent in from the London hospital where Sefton had been ...

... CARDIFF COUNTY COURT. (Before Judge HERBERT.) The usual monthly sitting of this Court was opened at the Town Hall on Wednesday. The sitting will, it is expected, last till Saturday, as there were more than 900 cases set down for hearing. Most of them are. however, of a trivial cha- racter, and possess but little public interest. ACTION FOR ILLEGAL DISTRESS. J. Edmunds v. H. Bennett.—Mr. Morgan ...

... THANKSGIVING FOR THE HARVEST. Thanksgiving meetings were held last week at Tonyfelin chapel and at the Calvinistic Methodist chapel, both of which were well attended. The Rev. Mr. Morris, from Llanelly, has been ap- pointed a curate of St. Martin's Church, in this town. He officiated on Sunday last. The additional English service was commenced on Sunday evening, and it was well attended. RHOS ...

... We have now particulars of the death of Sir Frederick Bruce. His Excellency had been suffering in the throat for some time, but did not apprehend anything serious until death had seized him. He had been staying at Nar- raganeett Beach, and left that place for Boston, where he arrived soon after nine in the evening of the 19th Sept. He was then in a very exhausted and apparently moribund state. ...

... Professor Beesly is clever at comparisons. He has discovered that the assaults committed by the members of trader; shave their parallel in the tumultuous pro- ceeding the mobs hired by noblemen and rich middle- class n..i on the hustings. Says the Professor, these men shew ti,dr gross hypocrisy in reading solemn lectures to taii ...

... This Committee met on Wednesday at the Towo'Hall Present—Councillor Jenkins in the chair, and Cxinc.l dors Spencer, Dr. Taylor, Bowen, Winstone, Flint Elliott, Todd, and J. Bird. The Superintendent of Police sent in his report for the month, and also the annual abstract of criminal sta- tistics, the substance of which is as follows:- Population 36,000. Police Force: 45; salaries, £ 2,849; ...

... SIR,-I am sure you will kindly give me space for a few remarks on furious driving, which especially apply to the streets of Canton. The danger is aggravated by the driver not knowing how to drive in turning sharp corners they frequently take the wrong side, thus throwing pedestrian* off their guard. Last Wednesday, near the reservoir on the Llandaff road, a number of donkey carts were drawn up ...

... Guildford is one of the boroughs which has been placed in Schedule A of the Reform Act, and in future it will return only one member to Parliament. Both parties are already actively endeavouring to secure the return of their man, and it is difficult to say whether Mr. Onslow or Mr. Garth will be ousted from the representation. The* former hon. member has issued an address asking for perfect ...

... Female suffrage is at present the subject of a porous campaign in Kansas. The present Governor ..tie State is the President of the Imperial Suffrage Asso ciation, and under his auspices meetings are being held in nearly every county of the State, at which female suffrage aud negro suffrage are being advocated. ...