... VESSELS SIGNALLED AT THE SWAN- SEA BAY SIGNAL STATION. SWANSEA, Wecl Ret3day. -Wind, SW. Weather squally. Steamers Severn, of Glasgow; Jane Bacon, of Liverpool. ...

... THE LIZARD, Wednesday.—Wind W, strong. Weather, thick fog at intervals. Passed East- schooner Royal Charter, of Carnarvon ship Baltimore, of and for Bremen, from Baltimore- all well. Passed It-est-Fiteauier lien, of London. Dusk.—Wind, SW, strong. Weather, thick, rain. Sea rough. Barometer, 29*64. ...

... MR CHAMBERLAIN, M.P., ON THE SLIDING-SCALE. The meeting of the Mill and Forge Wages ird was held at Birmingham on Monday, er the presidency of Mr Chamberlain, M.P., dirator. The men asked for an advance of )d per ton on puddling, and 25 per cent on wages. The president suggested whether time had not coiae when the re-adjustment of mierht be dealt with on a broader principle, something like a ...

... THE GERMAN ARMY. It is expected that very shortly a change will take place in several of the principal commands in the German army. Some of the leading generals have petitioned forretiretnentcnaccountof old age. ...

... FLOODS iTluSTRIA. ELEVEN PERSONS DROWNED. Ice has been flowing by Vienna in large quantities. The ice accnmnlated in the river is two* metres higher than in the canal. The river flowed off to its old Danube-bed and inundated the country, leaving masses of ice behind. Near Fischamond, 10 kilometres below Vienna, the ice had accumulated, forming an embankment four feet higher than the river ...

... At the annual meeting of the Glamorgan- shire Agricultural Society yesterday, it was pointed out that holding the show trien- nially at Cowbridge involved a loss of money to the society, and the rule which provided for this was altered. IThe division of the county with districts was referred to the committee. Last year the exhibition at Cowbridge involved a los3 of 2457. An inquiry was ...

... The motithly meeting of this board was held on Friday, at their offices, in Skinner-street, when ;here were present Mr D. Edwards (chairman), Mr E. Thomas (vice-c'.airman), the Revs. J. Douglas and D. Cavalli, Messrs T. J. Mitchell, r. Colborne, A. C. Jones, R. Davies, and M Wheeler, together with the clerk, Mr Batchelor. Various matters arrising out of the minutes were discussed, and it was ...

... The third ladies' night of this society, took place at the Town Hall, Cardiff, on Friday, before a large and fashionable audience. The programme opened with a Ballet, or harmonized song, by Thomas Morley, My boijny lass she sinileth,' lendered with considerable precision after which followed one of more modern date, by Pearsall, Why do the roses whisper to the wind? Amongst the modern ...

... JUST ARRIVED PER S.S. RHUBINA 20 BOXES, containing 800 E 6 ht Hundred) specially mild cured BAlS. To those who like the flavour oi freh-cured mat, 1 would say try uDe. Tie price is (Sixpence Halfpenny) per 1: These Hams were cut from boss five months' old, which had been fed on maize and skim-milk. No finer meat is produced in England. Carriage paid 7d per pound. GEORGE HOPKINS, THE BAYES. ...

... THE meeting held last night at the Swiss Hall, Cardiff, was certainly one of the warmest and most enthusiastic ever held in that town. Mr REED could not otherwise than feel that he was standing face to face with genuine friends who had come prepared to give him a cordial welcome, and assure him that they were ready for the battle, come when it may. The thoroughly repre- sentative character of ...

... A RADNORSHIREliAND QUESTION. On Tuesday, in the Common Pleas Division of the High Court of Justice, Lord Justice Coleridge and Justice Lindley, sitting in banco at West- minster, had before them the case of Heath and auother v, Pugli and another. The action was to recover a piece of land called Greenwood Green, in the parish of Old,Radnor, Wales. Mr Coban, Q.C., and Mr Trevelyan appeared for ...

... CHARGE OF BIGAlY AT CA HDIFF. Joseph Rossiter, a labourer, about 50 years of age, was charged at Cardiff on Tuesday with feloniously intermarrying with Elizabeth Hicks, his first wife, Grace Shapland, being stdl aliye. The second wife (Hicks) said that she was married to the prisoner at the Registry-office, Cardiff, on Whit-Monday, 1874. She was residing in Emerald-street, and had lived with ...