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... e speaker took the chair at four o'clock. TV! -VI CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT. ask f'i gave notice that on Monday next he would tenri il 'Prime Minister whether the Government in- Session Proceed with the Corrupt Practices Bill this T A DEFAULTING STAMP DISTRIBUTOR. S r«Ply to Mr. RYLANDS, bepn1' Y1ER sai(l it was true that a loss of £ 2,000_ had -buim.00*'i?onei^ by the defalcations of the stamp ...
... The Castell Coch Bridge Bill was read a third time in the House of Commons on Monday night. There were no prisoners for trial at the police court yesterday morning. PRESENTATION AT ST. MARY'S.—A purse of gold sub- scribed by the parishioners of St. Mary's as a token of their esteem and regard, was yesterday presented to the Rev. W. Jones, on the occasion of his leaving the parish. CARDIFF ...
... FALL OF SNOW.—A heavy fall of snow took place yester- day (Sunday) in Cardiff, and the thermometer sank lower than it has been for many weeks. In consequence of the prevalence of east and north-easterly winds the arrival of a large number of vessels has been delayed. SERVICE FOB THE POLICE.—The Rev. D. Howell, ever active in movements for the spiritual welfare of the people within his charge, ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... left ^NTiNorLB, April 23.—Prince Frederick Charles V on board an Austrian steamer for Vienna via hijjj a He has accepted an antique sword, presented to f a souvenir of his visit here by the German colony clothe Sultan the Order of the Medjidie of the first boarj -Prince William of Denmark left yesterday on a French steamer, also en route for Vienna ...
... HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack a few nainutes before five o'clock. MISCELLANEOUS. The Duke of CLEVELAND moved the second reading of the Prison Ministers' Bill. Lord ORANMORE and BROWNE moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. The Earl of DELAVVAR. supported the Bill. The Earl of CARNARVON said it must be evident to all that the ...
... OYSTER FISHERY.—The large number of 200,000 oysters were taken off the Pembrokeshire sea coast during the past week. The trade promises to be a very remunerative one, and we trust the success achieved by the oyster- dredgers will be the means of attracting the attention of fishermen and capitalists to the deep-sea fishing of the coast generally. It is now almost entirely neglected while a ...
... 'RE MAN WITH THE IltON HAND.—At the Police-conrt g? Monday (before Mr. J. C. Fowler), Hugh Pearce, aged a Herculean specimen of the Northumbrian breed, j ^divig six feet five inches and a half in his stocking Vr > was charged with an unprovoked assault on Sergt, I at Troedyrhiw on the evening of Saturday, tke 20th T^&nt. Prisoner lost his left arm in an accident some years &°> and its jilace ...
... Enm.-Rumours are current that a slight fire broke out in one of the Messrs. Sterry's works yesterday morning which, however, through the prompt attendance and vigorous application of the officials, was speedily sup- pressed. CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION.—The quarterly meet- ing of the Congregational Association will commence this (Wednesday) evening, when the Rev. J. Waite, B.A., of Cardiff, ...