... MONEY MARKET.—FEIDAY. The sudden rise in the value of money has drawn atten- tion to the- probable future course of the Money Market too late to save many operators from the loss which has already overtaken them by yesterday's and this morning's decline in prices. As the general position is investigated, the belief gains adherents that money will be 4 per cent. at no distant date, and the ...

... The sitting of the Conference of the Miners' Dele- gates was resumed at St. Helen's, on Wedneeday; Mr. Halliday president. The first business was the finan- cial position of the districts, and the secretary reported it to be satisfactory. The president then delivered his address. He congratulated them upon the success of the association, although less than three years in exist- ence, in ...

... The commission of the peace for the county of Mon- mouth was opened on Saturday by Mr. Justice Byles, who was accompanied to St. Mary's Church by Mr. J as. Charles Hill, the High Sheriff of the county, and the Rev. Scott Whiting, Sheriff's Chaplain who preached the assize sermon from 1st Cor., chap. 15, v. 22, As in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive. Mr. E. B. Edwards, Under ...

... At the Mansion-house on the 27th ult., a well- dressed young man of 21, who had given the false name of Arthur Sidney Burney, was charged on remand, before Alderman Sir Sydney Waterlow, with forgeries upon Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Hi ban! cers, Lombard-street. On the 6th of May, 1370, two cheques for £ 150 and £ 25, purporting to bear the ^■1 signature of Messrs. Duche and Sons, of ...

... ANOTHER EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE. On the 30th ult. at Tuckingmill, a populous mining village in West Cornwall, was tho scene of a sad acei- dent, by which eight girls, between the ages of 17 and 21, lost their lives. About one hundred o-irls are employed in Messrs.. Bickford, Smith, and Co.'s factory, in which patent fuse is manufactured. A number of girls attended to clean up the spinning- ...

... delltTAL ACCIDENT AT ABERNANT.—Another fatal acei- at the Abernant Iron Company's Mineral Railway Vijjf lr ...

... BEDWELLTY. VESTRY MEETING.-On Thursday a very influential and well attended meeting of the ratepayers of this parish was held in the vestry room of the parish Church at eleven a.m. The Rev. W. Johns, the newly appointed vicar, took the chair by virtue of his office. The business commenced at once by the examining of the accounts of the overseers of the poor and the surveyors of the high- ways ...

... An unusual case of libel was heard at the Cardiff police court on Monday, before Mr. R. O. Jones, the stipendiary magistrate. The case was a criminal information for libel, brought by Mr. John Gunn, a retired draper, re- siding at Cardiff, against Af r. Robert McMillan, a draper, carrying on business in Newport. Mr. M. Morgan ap- peared for the complainant. The defendant stated that his ...

... Mention of the unhappy Pope seems to have same effect upon Mr. Newdegate, as red cloth has op an infuriated bull. A little while ago, when the I*0 Father was deprived of his temporal sovereignty) the QUEEN, in her private capacity, thought fit to him a letter of condolence, the honourable 11113111 of for North Warwickshire got into a dreadful state excitement, and prophesied all sorts of evil ...

... Mr. Robert W. Keate has received her Majesty's approval as Governor-in-Chief of the West African Settlements and Mr. Anthony Musgrave as Lieutenant- Governor of Natal. During the recess M. Thiers so-far anticipates the re- turn of the Government to Paris as to hold receptions at the Palace of the Elysee, which is being prepared for the purpose. The question of the restoration of two hundred ...

... DREADFUL LEAP OVER CEFN BRIDGE —Cefn fair did not pass away without a most deplorable accident. A coach painter of Merthyr, named Joseph Lee, who had gone to enjoy himself at the fair after the orthodox fashion, was returning home at night, considerably the worse for liquor. By some extraordinary infatuation, when on the bridge he became possessed with an idea that his watch was in the river ...

... RELIGIOUS SERVICES.—On Wednesday and Thursday the quarterly meeting of the Unitarian ministers of South Wales took place here. Divine service was held in the old Chapel. The ministers who took part in the services were the Rev. Professor Evans, Carmarthen; Revs. W. Thomas, Llandyssil; T. Thomas, Pantdafaid; J. Evans, Gellyonen; J. Evans, Cefn, Merthyr; and J. Joseph George, Aberdare. The ...