... SATUEBAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1»72. S'rEA..1\(TRAFFJC BETWEEN CARDIFF AND AMERICA. The establishment of a line of large steMEhers between Ðardiff and America, has given rise tQ a good deal of speculation as to its practicability;, ánd the happy results that would flow to this Port from it. The croakers, shake their heavy beads and look excessively solemn and wise, while the sanguine and young ...

... A Conference was held yesterday at Glasgow between the master shipbuilders and engineers and the repre- seutatives of the men. The latter demanded fifty-one 0r P11*' which the employers opposed, but ultimat y promised to endeavour to persuade the Ship- builders Association to grant fifty-four hours, with an increase of five per cent. in wages.. ...

... [FROM THE SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS.] THE result of the contest for the North-West Riding of Yorkshire has created considerable ex- citement throughout the country. Up to a very late hour of the polling day doubts were enter- tained as to the true position of affairs, and both aides claimed a victory. But the matter has since been set at rest by a subsequent declaration, and mre appears no ...

... The remains of Mr. W. Thomas, of the Lanbradach Arms, Treforest, who fell a victim to small-pox, will be interred to-day (Friday) at White Cross. Mr. J. Rees, late Cashier Taff Vale Iron Wbrks, Tre: forest, will be buried on Monday, at th'e hour fixed for the conveyance of the corpse to its long home. The deceased, who had been in the employment of Mr. R. Fothergill for twenty years, was 36 ...

... MR. H. RICHARD, M.P., AND HIS CON- STITUENTS. AMONG the extra-parliamentary utterances which have recently attracted attention, the speeches of Mr. RICHARD, one of the members for Merthyr, are deserving of special notice. As an orator no less than as a politician the hon. gentleman has a great claim upon his constituency and Noncon- formists at large. His principles are expounded with ...

... COWBRIDGE. TEA MEETING AT LLANHARR?-~A tea meeting was held at Llanharry on Monday afternoon last, when about 200 children sat down to tea, which was given gratis by the Sunday school teachers and other friends. In the evening a public meeting was held, the chair being taken by the Rev. J. Evans, minister of the place. Addresses were delivered between the recitations, readings, singing, and ...

... In the Tichborne case, yesterday, the after enlarging on the claimant's ignorance of Stonyhur-^ went on to point out his absolute ignorance of many pla1^ well known to Koger—-Jersey, Wardour Castle, and v ton Grange, and Ivnoyle, the residence of his j Roger, wliei-i 22 years of age, had an affecting interv*ieV with his grandfather on his deathbed, on which the j ant said nothing. Passing to ...

... THE ARMY ESTIMATES. f The Army Estimates for 1872-73 have been printed!, and | comparing the total amount of the estimates for 1871-72j ( £ 15,851,700), and the total amount of those for j current year ( £ 14,824,500) we find there iSl [ now a net decrease of £ 1,027,200. The net amount' I of the vote for 1872-73, after deducting { estimated Exchequer extra receipts, is £ lo,5S2,000, or £ 840 ...

... imperial parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS—MONDAY. heir Lordships met at f> o'clock. rn RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. J> Earl »f Air LIE called attention to the question or u Amalgamation, and asked the Government rather they would inform the House what course they T ttded to take on the subject. HALIFAX, thought that in certain casesamalgamation desirable, because it tended to economy in the working u ...

... LOCAL TOPICS. EXTENSION OF THE ROATH BOUNDARY. WITHOUT pretending to predict the result of the Roath Local Government Enquiry, we think no one can doubt that the case presented on behalf of the Board fully sustained the position they have taken up. They claim power to extend their boundaries around the whole parish of Roath—the northern part, including Penylan, because, as was admitted, they ...

... The case of Tichborne v. Lushington was resumed on Wednesday morning, at the Westminster Sessions House, before Lord Chief Justice Bovill and a Middlesex special jury. The Attorney-General, continuing his address for the de- fence, said that a correspondent had mentioned to him that the imposter in the French case, cited on Tuesday, had a curious growth of the thumb nail, which the real man ...

... THE CORPORATION AND THE SCHOOL BO ARD.—IN the Court of Queen's Bench, on Wednesday, before the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Mellor and Lush, Sir J. B. Karslake, Q.C., appeared on behalf of the Swansea Corporation for the purpose of showing cause against a rule for a mandamus commanding them to pay the treasurer of the School Board £.100, being the sum re- quired for the purposes of the ...