... FREE NEWS ROOM AND LIBRARY FOR V HAND9WOtTI{. To ?? ]1rIOI 0of the DAsIY POST. Sir,-A public meating has been called by the Chairman of the Iocal Board to decido whethor thb inhabitants of Hasldswortlh shall have placed within their reach the con- veniccoe aui advautageV yf r.Iee News 3:ooni and Library. The meeting will be hold in St. Michael's School Iooms, at four o'clock on Tuesday next, ...

... NOT1(lES TO (JOIRFFSIONIEN'rS. We are Iverzuentlz' aced (nmConts reltstng to trate aon bztims addrcsaes. Te have tostatethtctcedo notansscei ,s~C.71 etiquiries.- Perss.ss. cLiO/1 d{esire inforrnation of tkj4 1..ind mujst refer t4 a directosrv,. or advertise 411cit eccu~g Alljctcses ?? for publicationi must be. accaeisanst b3 -the nac and address of tha. writer, not ecessarily fl, ssubliadion. ...

... :I ~d WESTERN MAIL OFricE, 4.30 A.M. (REUTER'S TEL.EGRAXS.) TBl THE FRENCH MINISTERIAL id CB-ISIS. )a Pr~ns, DEC. 12.-The Ministerlal crisis A T> continues. The Left persist in demanding as lisa withdrawal of M. Dufaure from the 3od Cabinet, and Marshal MacMahon absolutely c ap refuses to part with General Berthaut as 'Ibe re Minister of War. Under these circumstances PV r.it is thought there ...

... t £ (0f Wir ?? SA AIlTAN.-With every desire to oblige you, se coan. not. publish what is manifestly an unfair intereisce hrom an isolated fat, hi TUE RISE AND PROGRESS OF CARDIFF. di TO THE EDITOR. Si:n,-Your correspondent, A Very Old Cardifian, seems desirous to convey an im- f pression that a late town meeting and a recent m deputation to Lord Bute's truetees have some gi occult ...

... DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF RAILWAYPASSENGERSE ng ire CWMBRAN MEN OUT ON A SUNDAY. At the Caerleon potty sessions on Thursday ny (before Messrs. John James and F. J. Hall), a en number of men belonging to the Cwmbran Works he were brought Lp for taking part in a disgraceful Ia row on Sunday, the 3rd inst. They had been to Id- Newport, andjreturned home by the last train in a .eh state of ?? third ...

... SAMM?ON IN 1876. The season of 1876 was not a peculiariy remu- nerative one to either the net-fisher or the angler for salmon. Some fisheries are said to havo reaped a rich harvest, but in many waters fish were not very abundant, and dirappointing captures were the rule and not the exception. ' ais nas specially so in the case of anglers, who up to the last waited in vain for fortune to favour ...

... ?? I -Y,- M y! 29Q ?? ?? ~ Zu CHRISTMAS SERVICES.-Special services were held inmost of the metropolitan places of worship, and the congregations were, as usual, very large. At St. Paul's Cathedral there was I igh Service, and the sermon was by Dean Church, whose theme was the child-like humility which should characterise the life of true Christians. -At Westminster Abbey the preacher was ...

... THwE following description of this animal is given by Mr. Gilpin, vide The Scotsman's Library:- In one of his parks we were informed the Duke of Queensberry had preserved a breed of the old Scottish buffalo, which we were very desirous to see. Our conductor told us they might probably be in some distant part of the park ; and might with difficulty be found. We determined, however, to go in ...

... Yesterday was tbe first speech day at the High School, Newcastle, whichs was opened carly'in the present year, and there was a largo atteidance of the parents and friends of the pupils, the room in which the gathering took place being crowded. The building, the foundation stone of which was laid b3y thle Bishop of Exeter, is a handsome soil coinsuodious structure, which is not only en ...

... I DISTRIT_ NEWS. Ce Cblt the.- meetingto w ofll bothe Council was hold yetra;the Mrayor fEd'niiiJ. Banks) reiding Aldermotinu, butionros o prto e that the saltry of tl town Cleric be raised from d400. to 0o. per annum. M.i Dalton seconddo the motion, hnd in doing aso exipcesedl:nl hope tht thce resolution weold hbe passed unlaniobirsl inO n bisreasn theple~les t ec noyvil op ont uu r.enly ...

... NOTrCES.TO l Ops ?? NDENTS, ! We are re t enuy asked qusestions, ref&tssg to trade&and busines addc 'esses7 We hiaac to state that wredo not an3w7er sBuch, eCuirie. Pcrsons wcho desire inforrnation of thi* kind must refe to a dir-ectotru. or adrertime their issents. AfU letters ijt endedfor publication must be accompanied hbi She wuane and address of the writer, rot reces.sarpy for mfbliceion. ...

... WHITE AND COLOURUD RACES IN BARBADOES. A correspondent of the P1Tiies, writing from Barbadoes, says :- The news of Mr. Polpe Haen'iecey's approaching depatu4re caused a great display of feeling on1 the pnrt of the black hnd coloured classes wlith whom his popularity is extraordinary. An address, signed -by several thousand persons, was nresented to him, ihr which thoy deplored his leavin the ...