... A large and influential meeting of guardians of the poor and ratepayers of Coy/bridge and its neighbour- hood was held at the Town Hall, Cowbridge, on Tues- day last, under the presidency of Mr. R. C. Nicholl Carne, the mayor, and there were also in attendance the Rev. T. Edmondes, vicar of Cowbridge, Rev. S. Williams, Rev. F. W. Edmondes, Rev. Parry Thomas, Rev. E. B. Woods, Rev. L. Morgan, ...

... A PUBLIC WANT. A MOVEMENT was set on foot at the Town-hall on Tues- day evening, which, if carried out in a proper spirit, cannot but prove to be a boon to the inhabitants of Cardiff. Some few gentlemen of the town have been impressed with the necessity of forming a club for young men, whither they might resort after the labours of the day for rational enjoyment and amusement. That such an ...

... Cardiff Times OJicc, Saturday, 13 Noon. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON, SATURDAY, 9 a.m. GENERAL NEWS. The Star believes that no lengthened debate is to be looked for on Monday. Mr. Gladstone's motion will simply be for the introduction of a bill. made we presume. in the usual technical form. instructing the chairman of the committee to bring in the bill. In moving this Mr. Gladstone is ...

... The following correspondence has taken place between Mr. James Ashbury, owner of the English yacht Cambria, and Mr. William Douglas, owner of the American yacht Sappho:— Union Club, New York, Jan. 19,1869. Dear Sir,—On the return of the Sappho, in November last, I became her owner. From the day of her defeat I have been anxious that she. should again enter into the lists in friendly contest ...

... SOCIAL EVENING.—The eighth series of these popular entertainments took place on Wednesday evening in the National School-room. Mr. J. D. Llewellyn, sur- geon, presided. The following programme was gone through:—Overture, piano, Mrs. Llewellyn and Miss Woodruff; reading, Mr. Joseph Evans; song, Mrs. Jackson reading, Mr. Jones, Whitecross School; song, Mr. Thomas Goodfellow; glee, St. Martin's ...

... CONTEMPORARY OPINIONS. THE OPENING SESSION. The Times, after surveying the long list of perplexing questions which await the solution of Parliament, observes that it is plain the amount of work to be submitted tc the Legislature will be enough to satisfy the most ardeni devotee of parliamentary life. The central question the day—that upon which the present Ministry enterec into office-must ...

... FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. LONDON, THURSDAY. Surely never did Session open more tamely than this. Yet it is expected to be the stormiest for many a year past; and remembering those of the last three yearn that is saying a good deal. By common consent there is to be no preliminary skirmishing, but the strength of both armies will be reserved for the great battle close at hand. This rigid ...

... THE EASTERN DIFFICULTY. The state of affairs in Greece must for the present be given up as wholly incomprehensible. Positive informa- tion that the crisis is at an end, and that the declaration has been accepted, reaches London and Vienna in abund- ance but at Paris the most complete ignorance prevailed up to Wednesday evening. No communication had been received from Athens for forty-eight ...

... SIR,—I feel great pleasure, when reading the columns of your most valuable journal, to see such vast improve- ments and success following our great and enterprising capitalists belonging to the coal trade of this fast increasing valley. Not long since I noticed a paragraph about striking the well-known four-foot seam of steam coal at the Dinas colliery by the firm of Coffin and Co.; also of ...

... A dispute has broken out at the Denaby Main Colliery. near Mexborough, very similar to that which was fought at Staveley some time ago. The proprietors refuse to employ men who are connected with a trade union, and up to a short time ago their colliers complied with this demand. They number about three hundred, and during the last month about one-third of them have joined the South Yorkshire ...

... THE ADMIRALTY AND ITS CONTRACTS. The Dundee. Advertiser says': Information frØtt1 several quarters reaches us to the effect that some extra- ordinary revelations are likely to result from the Admiralty prosecution instituted last week. Written and verbal statements are pouring in upon the authorities, snewing the various ramifications of a system vrra carried on to an extent of which the ...

... INQUEST.—An inquest was held at the Travellers' Rest, at this place, on Wedn-sdav last, un the body of Mrs Ann Thomas, who was reported to have died at Ystrad Mynach. The inquiry was made before the coroner, W. H. Brewer. Esq., and a respectable jury, of which Mr Ri hards was the foreman. After hear- ing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of Died from natural cases. COURSING.—Last ...