... LATEST TELE 11AAS, a SOUTH WALEWS IION AND COAL TRAD y. CADItIFFP, FcrnD4.-The scarci tyf ordelra whigh ha5 y prevailed in the iron trade Of South Wale, o n ,e .e least continnes to increnase, nd the macte Prsouee tihes 'i ap~parent indiff'erecne the prospect of in Cessatfion of~ with eonsequence of a further redsction in we on Otivork in 5 ditiou of the coal trade is exceehinaly as 'gteet Tbe ...

... THIE PROSPEOTS OF EMIGRANTS TO AMERCA. Persons abroad wishing to emigrate should, says the past New York Times, remember that the season of the year He dic willhave muc~hto dowith their success or failure. Seasons chapel have afar greater influence on business in the United before States than in England. Thus, let that most useful class, dinnex farm labourers, come here in the autumn, and ...

... CHUDLEIGH DI8TRICT AGRIOULTURAL I ASSOCIATION. The fifth annual ploughing matches and dinner in con- A nection with the above aseociation, were held yesterday at for I Chudleigh. The ploighing took'place in two fields for n occjupied. by Messrs. Mitchell and Blanchford, at Harcomba. Il Thirty-two men competod, and of these twenty used ploughs fuse' manufactured by Mr. Eddy, of Kermford ; aix ...

... SATUBDAY, NOVEIBJR 7, 1874. jj Yetrdsy mnorning a meeting of the. ?? of art. Stapetn as held in the Vety Ios, and by ad eurndet, No atthe B~ell inn, Stapleton, to sapprovo of anl application by DtilcMssrs. Stanley and Wasbrunlgh,on behalf of the sroinotors o for a provisional order under the provision's of 'ihe 'iraia- )m ways Act, 1870, autborising the construetioa of a tramwaly c, or ...

... THE ABOLTION OF SECOND-CLASS CARRIAGES. An importait circular, signed by the chairman of the ofaud m y Company, has just been issued in defence of the reaat. policy of the board. Mr. Ellis recalls the earl history of the line, and, shows how it was compelled, by the competition of the Great Northern and the ! extensious of the other great companies, to develop itself intoaftlough system. in ...

... OPENING OF THE FIRST BLOCK IN THE MERMAID YARD. On Saturday the ceremony of opening the first block oft buildings, erected in the Mermaid Yard by the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company of Exeter, took place. A large shed Weas erected in close proximity to the buildings fori the convenience and comfort of the large assemblage of persona who came to witness the interesting ceremony of opening ...

... The Conferenos for the present year commenced at the Victoria Hall, in this city, on Thursday, under the pre- sidency of the Bishop. Nearly all the representatives vwera present. Six of the sixteen subjects on the paper were got through, the whole of the morning sitting being devoted to luestions relating to education, raised by the report of the Religious Instruction and the Sunday School ...

... The strike in South-sest Lancashire still continues. Sul Indeed, if anything, both masters and men seem more and I determined than over to fight the battle to the bitter end, needs The men are exerting themselves most strenuously to eveni obtain support from other districts in Eingland and Wales. affair Deputatious have been visiting the collieries in various from parts of South Wales, in ...

... ?? Twain says the Saudivich Islanders are generally as' )S unlettered as tire back Side of a tombstone. Ld The Wabash is so low that the fish stand on their heads to or: wet their gills.-.Anec'icea poper'. In Wiry is a farmer like a chicken P-Because he delights in lur A full crop. L, Au old lady thinks that aL good' many modern songs a L thoroughly deserve to be called strains,' ng A ...

... mTHE FATAL AOO1PNT TO MR. !ROGERRS. On Monduoy, Mr. C. Scott, deputy-coronerf or tne Weilterni division of Gloucestershire, held an inquest at Hooperlo hotel, Avonmouth, on the body of Mr. Jonathan Rogers, -42 years of ege, the prinpa of therfirin of Messrs. Rogers and Co., carriage mawf± acturera, of 'Collegekplsce, Bristol, who was ?? on the previous Thursday in endeavouring to extricate his ...

... Winter and summer, in spite of his eighty-two years, Pius lt: rises at half.past five and dresses himself without any asistanceo He generally wakes of himself. After I1some prayers he goes to one of his private chapels, where the noly Sacrament is always preserved, and which con- teins soe inestimable relics; among others a fragment of the orib, and a large piece of the true cross, the veil of ...

... - DEATH or JOHN GILL, ESQ., MANAGEh or STUCKEY'S at BANs.-The death of this popular and highly-esteemed 1e gentleman, which was announced on Thursday morning, has m cast quite agloom over the town. About three mouths ago es lie wvent to London to havy an operation performed. It is believed that while under the influence of chloroform he got in a severe cid, which culminated in an aggravated ...