... SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE^IRON TRADE. [SPECIAL KEPOET FROM OUR OWN CORBESPOXDENT.L Yi OLVERHArPTOX, Wednesday.—A tolerably cheerful tone ruled the market this afternoon. More business was done in finished iron than had been expected. Bars ranged from £ 8 10s to sheets from £ 9 to pigs were quiet, and the make undiminished upon a month ago, Quotations were easy. The workmen of the Patent Shaft and ...

... NEWPORT DISTRICT OF INDKI'END. ST ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS, M-U- MR CORDES, M.P., AND THE WAR. A On Monday the annual meeting of the Newport I)istri( of Independent Order of Oddfellows, M.U., was held 1 the Oddfellows'-hall, Herbert-street, Newport. lie „ tendance of representatives was numerous. The lodges composing the district were cach represen^A,2 ...

... trgE REV MR HOWELL AND THE CARDIFFSCHOOL BOARD. Our TorJ- conetmporary has brought a Met of hornets, rou^dhis'C/'arS. Inhfe Anxiety to say something an pleasant at tie expense of the Cardiff^School Board, he charged that Body with endeavouring to gdt hold of sites for schools on terajis- at optfe'iiefarioTis and saq-Uegioua. trua, the Boai-d had indee'd ficted inuefensibly—'f otir contemporary ...

... STRANGE NEGLECT TU COLLECT RATES AT DUBLIN. A commission is sitting in Dublin to enquire into the management of the Collector General's OfEce in the city. For several years nins-and-a-ha.If per celt. of the whole sum collected as rate? has been uncoliected It is said, for the want of proper vigilance. There is a;so a, proposition being made for the revision of the va'uatio'! which h admitted ...

... SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A TREORKY TRADESMAN. On Monday, at the fen tre petty-sessions--before Mr G. Williams (stipendiary iarg-strale) -Shen i Beynon. grocer, Treorky, whose estate is new in liquidation, was charged with fraudulently removing and concealing a great quantity «f his stock since lie filed las petition. Gilbert Gould was also charged with aiding and abettipc hi in. Mr Griffith, of ...

... The Sheffield School Board resolved on Thursday to allow their schools to be used in the evenings by friendly and kindred societies ...

... VALUAELKJDK-icoVKin' FOII TIIF, IIAIS. — If your uair is tuniin^' jTrey or or t'lt■ i-'fiii-wtr for if win.positively ecaWre in every ante Grcv or \Yhitc hair to its oritfittft) colour, vvn.liout. leayii. the dja»rreo- able smell of most fiestorem H RHIKM the hair oharmindy b^iiutifui; -as «'olf ...

... THE MIDLAND COMPANY AND THEIR SIGNALS. At the adjourned inquest on Wednesday on the bodies of the two men killed by the railway collision at Hol- beck, nero- Leeds, one of the witnesses stated that it was optional whether the company supplied their drivers with notices of alteration of signals or not. Notices were posted up in the engine-shed sometimes the day before alterations came into ...

... A YOUTH DECAPITATED ON THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY. Shortly after the down express ha, ...

... STRANGE EXPLOSION OF POWDER AT EBBW VALE. t a.funerarwithhtg wife, he purch.&ed &o'cc g?)pOH'(t?; which h ...

... Fancy liooJs of English Manufacture. It is pleasing to find that England holds iier own lIst tiie ke competition of foreigners in these articles, tne demauti f >r whieb lot. t'lis time of is enormous. We are told that Cad burythe wakei* thè C'JebratødCocOQ Essence, huve sent out miariy two scions of tlJeir exquisite luiic twxet. Clic-cal Azf-, ainoe Juwu, aw they will form r. vveltniDC tonaw ...

... THE PROPOSALS FOR MEDIATION- MEETING OF THIU?N(;LISU CABINET. Her Majesty's Ministers, meeting in Cabinet Council on Wednesday, had before them, more or less formally, the views of the Russian Government as to the approaching negotiations for peace. The effect of these communications has been to throw great doubt upon the success of any endeavours to arrive at a present understanding. Russia ...