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... ELECTION OF MAYOR.—The Mayor of Carmarthen was elected on Wednesday. Some difficulty was anticipated if left to the 9th, and the device of ascertaining the feel- ings of the council by ballot was resorted to. Mr D. M. Morgan and Mr Shackell were named as eligible candi- dates, and the sense of a private meeting was taken. Every councillor wrote the name of the candidate he approved of on a ...

... NEW MATCH 500 b. ft. Half a mile. Stray 1 Betting—9 to 4 on Stray Shot, WHO held a slight lead throughout, and won by three parts of a length. The HAINTON PLATE. About six furlongs. Wrangler 1 King George 2 Memory 3 Seven ran. Betting—3 TO 1 AGST^ KJDG George, 100 to 30 agst Louise of Lorne, 4 to I ags» Curate, 5 to 1 agst Wrangler, and 10 to 1 agst and Memory. Wrangler and King George held a ...

... THE CLERICAL LIBEL CASE ONCE MORE. In the Court of Common Pleas on Wednesday, the two libel cases of Jones against Duncan, aud Davies against Danoan, came before the court once more,on an application by the defendants counsel for a rule calling upon the plaintiff8 to Bho cause why the money which they had paid into Court should not be paid over to the defendants. It will be remembered that the ...

... BOARD OF HEALTH.Th, bi-monthly meeting was held yesterday. Present Mr WflHam Jones, chairman; Messrs George Martin, John Jones, T. H. Hosgooa, Thomas Jenkins, J. W. James, W. L. Daniel, John Gabe, Thos. Lloyd, W. Gould, J. Probert, H. Davies, and E. Ho wells. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The chairman stated that the award in the arbitration case between the board ...

... HURST CASTLE, Wednesday.-North German Lloyd steamer Main, from New York, passed 4.25 morning. QUEENSTOWFF, Wednesday. -Cun.ard steamer, Parthia, arrived from New York 7.50 morning. MOVILLE, Wednesday. Anchor steamer, Utopia, arrived from New York four afternoon. ...

... QUARRELLING HAULIERS.—At the Treherbert petty- sessions, before Mr. G. Williams, John Gomer, Llwynpia, summoned William Thomas, Llwynpia for assaulting him on the 12th ul t. Defendant was fined 6s'and costs. STEALING COAL.—William Williams, Ystrad, a youngster of ten years old, was charged with stealing 10lbs of coal, the property of the Ocean Coal Company. Police-constable Jenkins proved the ...

... TEA PARTY.—On Monday the Sunday school teachers and friends at the Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel sat down to tea in the afternoon, and enjoyed a very pleasant meeting. In the evening a musical enter- tainment was given by the choir, which was under the conductorship of Mr W. Nash. Miss Nash presided at the harmonium. The attendance was moderately geod. ...

... NEWPORT DOCK COMPANY. The halt-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of this company took place on Thursday at the omces.Bock- street, Newport. Mr Samuel Homfray, the chairman, presided. The notice convening the meeting having been read by Admiral Toote, the secretary, The CHAIRMAN intimated that the reports and state- ments of accounts which had been printed and circulated amongst the ...

... LORD BUTE; HIS CHAMPIONS AND CL-CITICS. IUs » „r™ V I?' ? St -A the combs' c ,of conflict ia spreading,un • 111 the west it has reached Ply'™1 lbe Hull in the east, and Edinburgh™ the norft, every 8ide-; UtLL9rdBuTE an* Lord BUTE'S agents, their p 8*01}s> their assumptions, and their action awards Cardiff, W becJe the com- mon tex ° ent newspaper journalism. The VOlC6fh! ir!1VerSaI ...

... For two years or more there have been frequent and per sistenfc rumours that the large dividends of this Company were paid partly by relieving revenue at the exnense of capital, and within the last few weeks it has been stated that even the late poor dividend of 4 per cent. was not fully earned. The only circumstances that have been pointed out in confirmation of these rumours are the fact ...

... DISTIR;ICT INTELLIGENE. ?? A n d - C&RDIFF. 4* TIESTIa¶ONIAL IO MR. C. W. DAVID,-'~Oarreaders a 'Will not have forgoten tliat a little -more than a ber of the more Influential of tho'hinhabitants of Cardiff with a handsome teatimonlal~in recognition of therrisiiy emninent publie services which he had Ii. ?? mayor. 'Upwards of .400 gentlemen entered into a subscrip- i tionx on the occasion, ...