... GLOUCESTER AND BERKELEY CANAL COMPAN'Y. IIALF-TEARLY IMEETING. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Canal Otlices, Gloucester, yesterdtay, whenr W. C. ILucy, Esq., chabirmno of directors, presided. Tbe attend- ance of sharehollers was nqt so large as ussil'. The roudrt, of which we gave a summary a fewv days since, wrs taken as read, and the C{AcIMAtsn, AIn moving its adop- ...

... DESTINATION OF TrH INCREASE OF I THE SUSTENTATION-FUND. , (To eke Editor of tei Gfatgove Herald.. t 3 .. Wanlockhead, May 11, 1874. ' I St-Now that the total 'contributions for- ther 1 Sustentation Fund will have been nearly forwarded I to the treasurer, and as this subject ought to be t . ventilated, I trust you will have the goodness to , allow'space for this briefcorruespondeace. Its pub- t ...

... pic ,!8 oiOrWiCL AS EticL Cosrsiso-Txns, 5 -The usual monthly meeting of the Town d ''ouncil was held in the Coart-House yesterday, c I'recaost Croudis presiding. It was agreed to h rensir the Old Bridge, the estimated expense P bag £lfO. Prom anminute of the Finance Corn- s stittes, which was read and approved, it ap- a teared that the account of Messrs Girahams W oardlaw, Parliamentary ...

... FOREIGN TELEGRAMS. REUTER'S AXD CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAMS. THE SPANISH MINISTRY. MAOKID, Wednesday.—After much discussion *nd difficulty, lasting all night, a new ca £ irle formed at three o clock this morning. £ 1 fcoaed as follows General Zabala,^ President ot the Council and Minister of War; .^orc^f^' Minister of Foreign A lau*; Scnoi Minister oi Finance Senor Alonso Martinez, Af • of lustice ...

... BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The weekly meeting of this Board was held on Saturday, Mr. J. C. Nicholl in the chair. There was a good attendance of members. After some discussion as t liability, an order was made for the burial of a man who had been found dead in the river Ogmore. A committee of the Board who had visited the asylum reported on the satisfactory state in which they found that institution ...

... LORD CARNARVON has lost no time in apprising the Legislature of the policy he proposes to institute on the Gold Coast. The question whether we should abandon the Coast, or whether we should assume the larger responsibilities which the war naturally entails upon us if we remain there, was shortly dis- missed. Lord CARNARCON is of opinion that for moral reasons- by which we understand him to ...

... morniag. +i ^^farthfa ironworkers was held yesterday Puddlere, balJe ^rawen Inn, Brecon-road, consisting of nacemeu, Ac. &c' ,rC- «q«ezers, shearers, blast fur- represented. 'Thn' la ^ac^» every class of workmen was mitted on tfce of the Press were ad- mentioned, and thafStk0 In £ that no names were to be quested to do so. would withdraw whenever re- A Chairman havinn- commenced by several ...

... i The quarterly meeting of tho Town Council was held. on Tuesday afternoon unudor the presidency of Mr. W. Williams, nmrJ4'V, there being a good attendance. The MAYor. Said the first *-1s of the council would be to pass the quartr for payment. ti After a brief conversati ...

... COUNTY MAYO. aod The nomination is fixed for Wednesday the polling iur the Thursday week following. STROUD. yesterdlay, as The nomination for Stroud took plac jjr Dorring- follows :—Mr Brand, L; Mr Stanton, n > ton, C Mr Holloway, C. POOLE- rvative candidate Sir Ivor Guest will be the tr Poole. ...

... THE P&ESI3YTERIAN CHURCH. -us~tR~iaa or Dow^lThi5i Presbytery. met on Tcessday last forthe vkitatioonof theconlgre . gation of Crfosgar, of wrhih ..he Rev .Jonn (i. ?? is tes paster. lThitiv. ?? H. Shanksi having taken the chabir, a ?? of Presby- tery reported thnat they habd installed Mlr. Thomas Gaw and Mgr. Alexandei ?? in the office of ruling elder mn the COngregat~ien of Halley. Thle com- ...

... TJLE COUNTY FRANCHISE. Mr. ]PISRARLI seems to have been in his , happiest vein in dealing with Mr. Tiru4' o VELYAN?'S Bill yesterday, and the arguments he advanced in favour of postponing the dis- cussion of the question of 6xtending houses hold suffrage to the counties will command- general approvaL No one 'except, peihaps, Mr. GWIDEGATI, would-be disposed to deny that Mr. TitE LYA:K'AS ...

... THE VISIT, OF THE - i 'CZAR I ACCIDENT TO THE IMPERIAL YACHT. DISAPPONTM9NT-AT GRANESEND. ARRIVAL OF THE. EMPEROR AT *DOVER. DEPARTURE FOR WINDSOR. The Emperor of Rugsia. eimbirked ?? at. 10 o'clock on Tuesday night for England on board the Imperial yacht. On leaving the port, however, the yacht ran aground, and the Car's. arrival ('which was to have taken place about noon on Wednesday) was ...