... Under the auspices of the Vigilant Committee re- cently established at Pontlottyn, a public meeting was held at the Primitive Methodist chapel, Pontlottyn, on Wednesday night last, to discuss the new Licensing Act, and other important matters connected therewith. Among those present were the Revs. J. P. Williams and A. Davies, Pontlottyn T. Williams, Llangynog J. R. Williams, Penygroes and ...

... In a case of breach of promise tried at the Bail Court-, the plaintiff, a domestic servant, obtained £250 from a brewer at Paulton. Viscount Bury has declined the office of Vice- Chamoerlain to the Queen, vacant by the elevation of Lord Castlerosse to the peerage. The Earl of Moray has died suddenly of apoplexy in Elginsnire. He will be succeeded in the earldom by his youngest brother, the Hon ...

... j ■' ■ DItfAS. ]S 1: A FQOLISH FKEAS.—NARROW.JJSO^PE.—Four ,^ANILE-, men of this place, who came up in a' trap from pridd, had a narrow escape on Saturday. They met the Dinas dentist opposite.the^iijas hou&e coal level. Tliey were,all precty hilarious^ and one suggested that, the iftare suffered from top.th-a>die, and asked tjie dentist to extract her tooth. That gentleman being anxious to ...

... THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—As the 1st November ap- proaches the excitement, anent the forthcoming election of Town Councillors, increases. The retiring members (called by their opponents the Four-horse team) are Mr. G. T. Smith, auctioneer; Mr. J. Watkins, wine merchant. Mr. John Rees, draper and Mr. R. Morris, currier. There are also in the field Mr. Charles Hackney, china dealer • Mr. Peter ...

... THE VACCINATION QUESTION. At the Clerkenwell Police-court on Monday, Mr. Stokes, of 29, Kingsdown-road, Upper Holloway, appeared to show cause why an order should not be made on him under section 31 of the Vaccination Act for his child, which is under years of age, to bo vaccinated. The defendant has been several times before the court at the instance of Mr. John Broome, the oilieer appointed ...

... Services at 11, 3.30, and 7 o'elock. Holy Comm at 8 and after morning prayer.. Minsirma Whit-Sunday, May 19th; collections for °f!rhe spirit ef the Morning Smart in F; yreed, Smart; Introit, P anthem Lord,' Macfarreri; hymn 127. Evening: ntajW hS It came even to pass, Ousely; hymns 128, 217- 129, 139, 370. Whit-Monday,—Morninst: Hym» ^ornimr ^• Tuesday-Horning;, Hymns 175, 128. ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.—SATURDAY.. Their lordships met at twelve o'clock. CONSOLIDATED FCXD BILL. The Marquis of KII-ON UI IVEIT the second reading of the Consolidated Fuel t-ix millions) Bill, which was agreed to. The Bill was then committed. The standing orders? 37 and 3-S were suspe The Marquis o' liiPox inovud that the j'ii: b! re..d a third time. Tliis was agreed to and the Bill passed. The House ...

... PROPOSED DESECRATION OF UAZZIX 1'8 CORPSE. We hope it is not yet too late for the friends of Mazzim, says the Daily News, to protest against the horrid indignity to which rt is proposed his remains should be subjected. No one, we are sure, could have viewed with greater aversion than Mazzini himself the process of petrifying a corpse and giving to it a ghastly resemblance to life. We do not ...

... NEATH. THE SEWERS.—In consequence of a report sent by the Surveyor to the Committee, they decided to make ar- 1 rangements with; the Water Company for flushing the sewers named in the report, four times a year, at a cost ofJESOayear THE POLICE.—The Head-constable a quarterly report ( shows that 1213 cases have been brought, before the magis- strates this quarter, being a decrease ef three ...

... EAIlL RUSSELL AND THE HISTORICAI SOCIETY. On Monday Earl Kussell was installed into tho chair of the Historical Society, in the place of the late Mr. Grote, and, acting upon invariable custom, delivered an address on a subject kindred to the objects of the Society. Earl Kussell, whose rising was the signal for a warm and appreciative burst of cheers, said he could not but feel that he had been ...

... CARDIFF POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ...

... As usual, the statistics of the tonnage employed in the coasting trade, as shown by the Board of Trade returns, are important and interesting. There were entered 1,595,115 tons, against 1,670,669 in August, 1871, and 1,535,739 in 1870 so that there has been no substantial increase over 1870 aad a positive decrease !ft1871' 0ft1^ tonnage entered as coasting, o9Cy01, much more than one-third ...