... The inquest on the sufferers bv the late explosion at the Green Pit was resumed on Wednesday. After the coroner had summed up the evidence at consÜlerable length, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that death bad resulted from suffocation caused by fire- damp, but that there was not sufficient evidence to show how the explosion originated. WESEEYAN CHAPEL.—On Sunday last, two .ible ...

... EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF VOLUNTEERS. The annual in,pection and field day of the first adminis- trative battalion of the Montgomeryshire Rifle Volunteers took place on the racecourse, Newtown, on Friday week. The corns which took part in the movements were the New- town, Welshpool, and Llanidloes companies, the total strength on ihe field being over 200, and the proportionate company strength ...

... CARDIGANSHIRE ELECTION. Last week the Liberal candidate, Mr E. Richards, held a series of public meetings in the neighbourhood of Llandyssil and Cardigan, 1 resided over by Sir T. D. Lloyd, Bronwydd, J. Pugh Pryc', Esq, Bwlchbychan, W. Jones, Esq., Llwynygroes, D. Evans, E#q., Cidigill, and E. L. Fitzwilliana, Eiq Newcastle Etnlyr, and the candidate was supported by the various Dissenting ...

... allO\el1 that tho n:lronet has conferred a permanent beJlefit \v i Vi C0 he,'ie: worked l,n ...

... FIFTY YEARS IN A DUNGEON-M. Andreoli, a Rus- sian writer, who was exiled some years ago to Siberia, is now contributing to the Revue Modernc. under the title of Souvenirs de Siberia, his recollections not only of Siberian but also of Russian life. In the last number of the Revue he tells a story, the end of which belongs to the present reign, the beginning to the rein of Paul, of whose ...

... METROPOLITAN, MONDAY.—(THE GREAT CHRISTMAS CATTLE MARKET.)—Notwithstanding that the past has been a very unfavourable season for the production of cattle-food —the supply now in the country being unusually small—the show of beasts here to-day, for Christmas consumption, was quite equal to any former period as regards quality. All breeds, with the exception of the pure polled Scots, were well ...

... THE REVISING BARRISTER'S COURT IN. MERIONETHSHIRE. Our readers will all remember the unseecaiy interruptions, and not very polite insinuations, on jhe j part of the Conservative advocates during the sitasags of the Revising Barrister's Court in Merionethshire. It is satisfactory to know that now that the Appeals have gone to a higher court, five out of six have been decided in favcuv of^the ...

... KuRTH SHROPSHIRE. Mr of The Lvth, has appeared as the Liberal candidate for this constituency, against the old members, Mr Orrasby Gore and Lord Newport, with every chance of success. The returns froca the Liberal canvassers are most favourable. MERIONETHSHIRE ELECTION.—Tiiewrit for the elec- tion of a member arrived at the Under Sheriff's Office on Thursday morning, and according to existing ...

... Three persons have been killed at Sing Sing, United States, through the upsetting of a petroleum lamp. At a grand funeral service at Florence, last week, in memory of Rossini, celebrated by order of the gov- ernment, most of the foreign ministers were present. The female clerks in tte Treasury Beaurau, says the New York Tribune, do their work so well that their salaries have been placed on the ...

... The Earl and Countess Vane have been entertain- ing a distinguished party at Wynyard Park, near Sun- derland. A Liberal Association is being established for Chester. It is to be hoped that this effort to promote union, as well as organization, will be successful. The Welsh papers are discussing a proposal to hold a banquet in London to celebrate the Liberal victories in Wales. Some pigs from ...

... The next number of the Aberystwyth Times will be published on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 31st. Communications must be sent to the Publisher not later than Wed- nesday evening. ...

... TEA MEETING.— The Wesleyans of this place held t'leir twenty-third annual tea party oi Ch i,tmas Day, when nearly four hundred Bat duwn to tea. In the evening a concert was given to a crowded audience by the Aberystwyth and Tre'rddol choirs, conducted by Messrs Morgan and Lloyd, Aberystwyth, and Jones and Owens, Tre'rddol, when several solos, trios, quartettes, and anthems, were admirably sung ...