... SERVANTS WANTING PLACES of any des and HGWehofders requiring Seriate, shoaii ^rt-ort. c in t ;e CAKDIK r' Tt*AS. Price Is fjr ii words, pfiVPAlI iLATl!; MASONS.—WANTED, good, steadj P WO lv MEN. W»je«, 71. per hour. Apply to Field US, George-street, Edinburgh. 32-2 W ODOTnGS and APARTMENTS WANTED, Li or wbe LET, should be advertised in tie CARDEFJ Tiitas, ce IT words. (TWELVE AGENTS ill Wales ...

... THE WESLEYAN METHODIST- CONFERENCE AT NOTTINGHAM. STATIONS OF LOCAL MINISTERS. LBPECIAL TELEGRAM.J The Stationing k OMBlittte have completed the first draft of stations, and the following are thj appointments for this district:— THE SWANSEA DISTRICT. Swansea—Joshua Mason, Alfred Martyn (Mutn')Ies), Simpson Nichols (Gower), '¿noch Biscombe (Horton), who shall change on one Sunday in every year ...

... THE PRISONS BILL. At tha Huntingdonshire Quarter Sessions, held on Mon- day, it was resolved, after considerable discussion, that it is inexpedient to take away the pow^r of the supervision of county gaols from the visiting Q • *he magistrates at the Staffordshire Quarter Sessions adopted a petition to Parliament objecting to the pro- 3a limiting tho authority. of visiting justices, on the ...

... TENNIS. ANDREWS T. JONIES. -A tennis match was played cl the 15th and 17th insts. between R. Andrews, NelsoJj and W. Jones, New Tredegar, for £ 20 a side. The fin? day the match was played on the Bridge-end Fall COTIS Aberdare, Andrew scoring 40 and Jones 10. The secori day's match was played at the Dynevor Ball Court, N: ...

... THE IRON ANDC0AL TRADES. TERMINATION OF A STRIKE 'AT NEW TREDEGAR. On Friday, in consequence of a disagreement having arisen at Powell's Daffryn Pit, New Tredegar, a large number of the workmen brought out their tools, accor- ding to a decision which had been arrived at on the Thursday previous to strike against the scheme adopted by the company for the weighing of the small coal brought to ...

... THE RATEPAYERS AND THE LLAX- WOOO SCHOOL BOARD. On Thursday evening, in accordance with announce- ment by placard, an indignation meeting'' was held at the Butchers' Arms' long room, Mr Thomas Morgan presiding. The placard referred to contained several charges against the members of the school board, namely, that, through neglect, a sum of money amounting to had been paid as interest on £1,400 ...

... Mrs. Mathew has just died at Kirkcaldy, at the age of 101 years. One grand night at the Middle Temp!e last, terni, t«ys the Examiner, an Hindu ffen Ibnonn, whether from extreme loyalty or from mischief, caused ;i» confusion by drink- ing to the Empress when uio -lesn's heal tb was pro- posed. A story went the othü chj that something similar had taken plKceiri high quarters?. Sir Salar Jung ...

... RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. FOR THE PAST WEEK. 1876, 1875. Increase. Decrease & je. Z. Rhymnev 2324 2;tX! 24 — Midland » 114052 1 i« 7 — 2 5 Taff Vale 9'J10 8706 244 Penarth Harbour. Ac. 1480 1 96 — 219 London & North Western 17973 180685. = 765 Great Western 13 !4FC6 1317 8 13- 3 Brecon and Merthyr 1 5L 1322 120 Pembroke and Teany 512 8i ...

... CRUEL CONDUCT OF AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN. At the Newport police court, yesterday, before Mr Benjamin Evans (deputy-mayor), Mr Charles Lewis. and Mr A. J. Stevens, Charles Strange, the captain of an American ship, was charred with assaulting John Williams and Zebulon Herbert, two ooloured seamen, who were on board the ship Henry F, faul, belonging to The first-named complainant stated that on ...

... A five miles intericiat.uinni L-ioycte race has xasen place at Wolverhampton, between Messrs. Terron, of Paris, Joquet, of Lyons, and Gers, of Paris, and Messrs. Tyler, Nisbet, and Osborne, all of London. The Frenchmen won every heat, and all three contested in the final heat; Mons. Joquet winning easily iti 16 minutes ób seconds. Afterwards a five-mile handicap was run, twelve contest- ing, ...

... TIli~TOrBR(friON BILL. DKFCTAHOS TO TRR HOME SECRETARY. Mr Cros3, relying to a deputation which waited upon him y S3 terday, urspxig the total abolition of vivisection, mid the OoverBxamt rnterale to steer a conrse between the two extrecae viem advocated on the oueøüvn. MEETISG AT M.ANO HESTER. A towoJs m^ethig, tinder the presidency of the Mayor, held Town H:ill yeeterdav, to con. jWfer the ...

... THE IRON AND COAL TRADES. STOPPAGE OF COLLIERIES. The colliers at the Princess Royal pfts, Forest of Dean, were yesterday discharged in a body, without notice. Brookball Ditohes Culliery, at which a hundred men are employed, will be closed on Tuesday next, should the men continue to refuse a ten per cent reduction. Reports on which we can rely have reached us from districts in South Wales to ...