... LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. A most'confident belief in peace prevails in the :ity, of war is laughed at, IlJ underwriters are most eager to accept the lowest, premiums on British hulls. The same view is entertained on all the Exchanges. The demand for ac eommodation on commercial pa;*r lias been qniefc. We. append quotations :— British pnndi?.—o per cent Consols, 95* to do, do, for Acc Hint. 15 ...

... RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. j IOLL X11E PAST WEEK. IOLL X11E PAST WEEK. 1873 1877. In De. £ South Eastern 3 ;473 3112 Lo; loi, '.0230 3312) 7110 MiOlaa-t 113720 M2317 JIctropoMtan 10352 104i7 — 75 Metroi>ilitan District CtKitf 243 — Lancashire and Yorksliiro 03023 CO 127 S04 852!) t61ù H7 Penarth Harbour, &c. 1«09 1502 — 107 ilhyninev 2084 '2o4D — Pembroke and Tenby 522 471 51 — ...

... LATEST MARKETS. CORN*. LONDON- COKN MAUULT, Wednesday. — Jlar- ket exceedingly quiet. English wheat nominally without change. Foreign entirely neglected. Flour slow sale at barely7 late rates. Other articles quiet and unaltered iu value. British—wheat, 510 qrs maize, 500 qrs; oats, 700 qrs. Foreign— wheat, 22,720 qrs barley, 2,910 qrs oats, 13,030 qrs: flour. 9,090 sacks, 9,180 barrels. CORN ...

... GLAMORGAN ARTILLERY _AXD RIFLE ASSOCIATION. THE SHOOTING FOR THE ASSOCIA- TION MEDAL. RECEPTION OF THE WINNER AT CARDIFF. The shooting competitions at Port Talbot were resumed and concluded on Friday. The morning opened threateningly, with scuds of rain at inter- vals, and a stiff breeze from the Channel blowing across the ranges. Towards noon the weather changed for the worse, and rain ...

... NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING | MEETING. I NEWJIAKKET, Monday Night. ORDER OF RUNNJXO. -Coffee Room Stakes, 2-0 Flying Handicap, 2-:?5 Selling Strikes, T Y C, 2*55 Two Thousand Guineas Trial, 3-2) First Welter, 3-50 Selling Plate, last half of B M, 4-15; Two year old Stakes, 4-45 Prince of W ales Handicap. 5-15. ENTRIES.—Selling Tlate (Inst half D.M.^—Florentine, Happy Wife tiolt (each 43,110), ...

... CARDIFF, Wednesday.—Pollux ss, 944, sun- dries Rapid, 365, iron ore Brunette ss, 481, bal- last Eliza, 61, light; Swallow. 28, light; Car- rr.el, 7S0, light; Britons Queen, 82, light; Jessie, 182, burnt ore; Nancy, 17Bi ballast; Celestine, 132, pit wood; Becor, 878, ballast; Jane, 134, ballast. CARDIFF- ARRIVALS. ROATH BASIN, May 1.—Halcyon ss, 1020 Gardin, Bremerhaven, ballast. Westoe ss, 727 ...

... | MERTIIYE POST OFFICE. J i -r-Xr-rr 113 i ...

... CHESTER RACES. Stewards: Duke of Westminster, K.G., Duke of Hamilton, K.T., Duke of Montrose, Earl of Wilton, Karl of Stamford aud Warrington, Sir G. Chetwynd, Bart., Sir W. W. Wyiiu, i Bart., M.P., Mr George Payne, and Mr F. Gretton. Handi- cappers: Messrs Topham. Judge Mr Jobnson. Starter Mr M'George. Clerk of the Course: Mr Thomas Lawley. Clerk of the Stales: Mr J. Pratt. TUESDAY. For some ...

... WEJIK ENDING MAVj;25th. Patients attended at the Dispensary .n 447 Patients attended at their homes 64 Patients in the Infirmary during the week 18 Dr. CHEESE, Surgeon, for the week. O. E. MAKSH, M.K.C.S., Eng.. L.R.C.P. House Surgeon. SOUTH DISTRICT. No. of Patients during the week. ••• 6 £ No. of Visits jvaid to PatientsLlurmg the week 170 R. COOKE, M.R.C.S., Londoa, istiing Surgeon. ...

... SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL. Next Wednesday afternoon, at two o'clock, a very interesting performance will be given at the Gaiety Theatre in aid of the Shakespeare Memo- rial, now approaching completion at Stratford-on- Avon. Miss Neilson, Miss Genevieve Ward,Miss Ada Cavendish, Mips Kate Field, Mr and Mrs Kendal, Messrs Hermann Vezin, Marius, Con- way, Forbes, Robertson, Terriss, and many others, ...

... RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. fUK TIlE l'AST \Y!J:K. 1813 1S77. In De. ie. jE. ie. S()ut¡ E;.tern 3.178 3U2 .0230 3:;12) 7110 113720 1-22317 103M 10427 75 )lctroDolÏtaT1 District 6209 5006 243 L.uicMhtrou.iH.'Y'rkshii.e 63û23 €6:27 2S ...

... CARDIFF. SWANSEA.' ? NEWPORT. May. '——————————:————.—————!—————————— 'MomEven'H?htMont'Evt'nH?ht.McrhEY?H?ht 13 M 321? 3M'27 10229? ?2211?335'4 8263 14 T ?425; 4 5529 8 3?3572*94306 4285 15 W 5 25 5 5231 C. 4 25 4 5425 11 5 31 6 5630 2 101'618 6463?. 5 521 5 48 26 6 622 649 30 7 UF 7 10 7 :{.f;l 4 612 63526 6 7 16 73930 7 18S 75t!'8l83010 658 72126 0:81823:00 19? 841'i) 22987458 7249?8459 &287 ...