... The prosecution of the West of England Bank directors and manager was resumed yesterday &t BristoJ. The readme of the minutes relating to Booker and Co., occu- pied severa.1 hours, and those relating to the Plymouth and Aberdare Company's trans- actions were next read. Mr Turquand, one of the omcial liquidators, was then examined. He said the bad debts entered at JE810,000 he valued at .6249 ...

... THE ELECTRIC LIGHT Arr MIL- FORD HAVEN. The contractor for the Milford Dock, Mr Lake, exhibited for the nrst timo the eleotric light at the docka oia TLurWAY ...

... FOOD IMPORTATION AT CARDIFF. We often hear complaints that there is no im- port trade at Cardiff, and, indeed, there is little enough by sen, but if the correct ngurea relating to the importation ot food from abroad, and from neighbouring countiea were published, they would cause some surprise. The trade done in American produce alone is immense, but it comes by rail from Liverpool. Now it is ...

... THE IRON TRADE- A Central News telegram says that Messrs Crawshay and Sons, Forest of Dean, have, in Consideration of the improved prospects of tLe iron trade, withdrawn the notices posted at their furnaces to terminate all contracts the wages rate and other issues will remain undisturbed. The Pall Mail Gazette of Friday, says :— Ac- cording to the telegram we printed yesterday, the estimated ...

... iLLANDILO. VOLUOTEER INSPECTION.—On Thursday after- noon the Lhmdiln Volunteers were inspected at Dynevor Park, by Col. Carden, A little over 70 men mustered, under the command of Captain Thomas. Adjutant Seagram was also on the field. The company v ent through their evolu- tions in a creditable manner. The wind blew so tempestuously that at times it was with difficulty the word of command ...

... ABANDONMENT OF THE SHIPS. As reported on Wednesday, a brig and two schooners were driven ashore at about 1 o'clock on that day near the Port Tennant Works. The brig is the Queen of Britain, from Carnarvon, bound to Hamburg with slates. One of the schooners is the Gleaner, of Southampton, and the other is named the Sarah Ann. It has been found impossible to get the ships off, and they have all ...

... Mr Gladstone, on Thursday, spoke at the Haw,rden flo er show, in r, e.,oii.e to a voe of thanks passed to Mrs Giad-itoue, who distributed tfaep rizes. He referred to the present depressed 6ondition of the Agricultural interest, an sug- gested that one of the modes in which the cultiva- tors of the soil in this country might improve their position was by paying a greater amount of attention to ...

... To the Editor of the SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS. SIR,—My attention has been called to your comments, under this heading, upon a question asked by Mr Jacobs at the last meeting of the Board of Guardians. It mattere little to your readers or to me whether my conduct meets with the approval of the writer of those lines, but it may be worth while, in the interest of the Con- servative cause, with ...

... PROPOSED RAIL WAY TO ABER- AYRON. Last weex we noticed that it was contemplated to construct a line of railway from Llanilar to Aberayron, the length of which will be 13 miles. We are now able to give further and more accu- rate details of the proposed scheme. It must be apparent to all that any fashionable watering place like Aberystwith cannot prosper without a sufficient outlet for Its ...

... T dE AMERICAN IRON TRADE. PURCHASE OF BRITISH IRON. The Times correspondent at Philadelphia tele- graphs on Thursday -There have recently been bought in England for the Bessemer furnaces in Pennsylvania 10,000 tons of pig iron, at prices Which make the coat 21 dollars per ton duty paid and landed in the United States. Large lots of old rails have also been bought in Englam, aagre- gating over ...

... On Thursday Lieutenant-General Lord Chelms- ford arrived from Bath at the Bucki igha n Palace Hotel, and alrno t immediately drove to the War Office, where he had an interview of an hour's duration with the Adjutant General. On leaving the War Office he was heartily cheered by the Crowd outside, the cheers being joined in by the officials of the department. The first to congratu- late his ...

... [SPECIAL TELEGRAM]. Un Friday the weather was delightfully fine, till a few minutes before the commencement, of th ...