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... The monthly meeting was held on Wednesday, Mr R TII' M,.ones,^n chair. There were present—Mr G. I Irultps, the Rev. T. H. Lee, Mr C. Tinker, and Mr Stephenson (the Clerk.) The general condition of Penarth was stated by Mr Thomas, in hid report, to be much better than it had been, epyecially with regard to Thomas was not aware of any zyinotij 311 V e district. • Mr Martin the contractor, h »d ...

... A SEAT FOR MR. H. S. GIFFARD, Q.C. It is rumoured that Mr. Deakin, the member for Laun- ceston, will retire in favour of Mr. Hardinge Gilford, Q.C., whose election, it is said, would be acquiesced in by the Liberals. t ...

... REPRESENTATION OF LAUNCESTON. It is confidently reported at Lannceston, that Mr. J. H. Deakin. junr.. the present Conservative member for the borough, who was elected on the 3rd of July last, intends to apply for the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds on the meeting of Parliament to-day week. Mr. Hardinge Giffard, Q.C., will be brought forward as the Conservative candidate,'and the Liberal ...

... THE LOCKOUT IN SOUTH WALES- ANOTHER CANARD. Our Cardiff Tory contemporary announced yesterday morning, from its own correspondent, that a meeting of members of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Coal-owners' Defence Association was to be held in London, yesterday. Of course such an announcement •would cause considerable excitement, and awaken expec- tations amonc the men of some action to be ...

... THE BBA83 BAND.-On Saturday evening the Llan. trissant brass band visited Hensol Castle, where they were hospitably entertained. During the evening they rendered the following programme exceedingly well Qaickstep— Mayflower selection- Martha, Flo- tow Welsh airs, R. Martyn valse- II Trovatore, Verdi selection- Lucrezia Borgia, Donizetti cava- t.ina— Lurline, Wallace polka Ems, Jullien ...

... CANTON BIBLE OMAN'A Missios.—Th& annual public msetiag in connaQtion with, this mission was held on Friday, in the Wesleyan School-room, Romilly-crescent, Mr G. 8. Stowe in the chair. There was a good attend- ance. The report stated that the agent had diligently anil successfully visited the afflicted and poor, and had dis- tributed copiosk of the Holy Scripturta for small weekly payments. ...

... At the London offices on Tuesday, a special General meeting of the company was held, for the purpose of authorisiug the raising or borrowing of capital The chair was occupied by Sir George Elliot. Bart., M.P. The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution for the creation miSZl H v ;000 ty^e issue of debenture stock or mortgage debentures. This was agreed to, as was also a resolution for the creation and ...

... NOVEL FOOT-EACE. Thursday afternoon a foot- race of rather an exciting character came off at the (inoll Cricket Ground, between Mr Joseph Phillips, fishmonger, who will reach his 6Uth yearaext June, and Mr William Lewis, who is 29 years of age. The stakes were £50. The distance 100 yards, Mr Phillips to have 20 yards start; the eld veteran when in his tunning dress appeared in excellent form, ...

... ESSAYS ON INTERNATIONAL LAW. ■ At the Social Science Congress on Saturday raomiv Lord Aberdare presented a prize of JE200 to Mr A, P. Sprague, of the American Bar, and a prize of 2100 to M. Paur Lacombe, of Paris, for essays on a code of inter-, national law. 1 ...

... THE RECENT ACCIDENT AT BAUKIVG. At the adjourned inquest, on Tuesday, at Baring on Arthur G. Sims, who was killed in the Barking collision, a verdict of death from misadventure w«s retiirn«d,tbe jury ad £ ng that blame was to be attachedto the dcivfcv of tiie seeond train aad the portarat Rein bam. PoL. Hptebseneon, ia his report to tiie Board of Trade, says that the driver of the second ...

... j j 1'trc-copetibaiên'rrétpon:aíij of. jht,P '((fll,' ,(, Writing on th? -Gth iastant, say# •—J particulars .which i havo g«tl»er«|l ahoxi 4 a *edish steamer L. 3. linger, and tl«a ^|llppprijly' '1 steamer L. 3. linger, and ■ tl«a ^|llppprijly' which accompanied this (litahser, i i&*ny donbt but that tbe fir^wnk « neous combustion' of some da^Ke' Ijpt 0ontain glyceiiiKb ^but whj^ch>. a ...