... The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. POSTPONEMENT OF MOTION. Mr. MIALL postponed his motion with respect to the disestablishment of the Church of England until the 17th of May. GALWAY ELECTION PETITION. Sir ^COLMAN O'LOGIILAN gave notice that as soon as the inquiry before Mr. Justice Keogh into the Galway Election Petition was concluded, he should call attention to the interference of ...

... SWANSEA. It is stated that Mr. Sterry has purchased the whole of Mr. C. H. Smith's collieries and mineral property. It is reported that the BIshwell collieries, near Swansea, formerly worked by the Royal Forest of Dean Mining Company, have been purchased by a well-known firm, and will be restored. THE NEW STEEL VORKS AT LouGtion. -A great num- ber of hands are now employed in excavating the ...

... Td-«!ay'a market was well attended and well supplied, aad was remarkable for the number of calves and lambs en offer. The supply of sleep was about the average, with five or six pens of Spanish amongst them. The pigs were very few. but sows were exceedingly well repre- tented. Trade, on the whole, was brisk, the prices being —Beef 7d to 8d per lb., mutton 9icl to lOd per Ib, pigs 108 te 10s 6d ...

... HER LOUD AND MASTER. Monsignor Capel, says the Echo of last night, has just instructed the young Marchioness of Buto what relation she is henceforth, as a good daughter of the Church, to hold towards her newly-wedded husband. After reminding her that in swallowing the wafer had received God, the Monsignor, in tho nupti' benediction, informed Lotliair, twice over, that lie was Lady Bute's ...

... BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting of this Board,, held on Tuesday (Mr. Howel Gwyn in the chair), and subsequent to the re-instating of the various members of committees, and the re-election of chairman and vice- chairmen a discussion took place on the small-pox epi- demic, which eventuated in the carrying of a motion put by Mr. Parsons, and seconded by Mr. Price, that a num- ber of the ...

... 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 ...

... CARDIFF CORN MARKET.—SATURDAY. Very little business done at market to-day. Prices of native grain may be quoted about the same as test Satur- day. Foreign grain may be bought at the following rates :—Maize, prime American, 30s per 480 lbs.; seconds, 27s to 28s Egyptian beans, 35s 6d to 86s 6d per 480 lbs. Black Sea grinding barley, 25s to 26s per 400 lbs. French and Russian oats, 21s to 22s ...

... FIRE.—About two o'clock on Monday morning A fire was discovered in the bar of the Volunteer Inn, Llanarth- street, kept by Mr. Parkinson. An alarm was at once given by Sergt. Wimall, who promptly despatched P.C. Gadd for the hose and reel from the Town-hall. The fire was, however, extinguished by a few buckets of water. It appeared that the fire had originated near a gas pipe, which had melted ...

... EPITOME OF NEWS. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN WALES.—A railway accident lias occurred on the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway, by which several passengers were Injured. HARPIST TO THE QUEEN.—Mr, John Thomas, the eminent harpist, has just received the appointment of harpist to her Majesty the Queen, in succession to Mr. 13. Chatterton, deceased. THE SENTENCE ON BLANQUI.—The Council of Re- vision ...

... At the Middlesex Sessions on Tuesday, Richard Medix, 30, describing himself as a ladder maker, was indicted for wilfully committing damage to the amount of JE19 10s. to certain property, to wit, eight skylights, a roof, two doors, and a table, belonging to the guardians of the poor of the City of London. Mr. Poland appeared for tho prosecutors the pri- soner, who was undefended, pleaded guilty ...