... NEWPORT POLICE INTELLIGENCE. COUNTY POLICE.—SATURDAY. [Magistrates: W. S. CARTWRIGHT, Esq., (inthechair); T. CORDES, Esq., M.P. T. GRATREX, Esq., J. HALL, Esq., J. FIRBANK, Esq., L. A. HoMTB>y» Esq., and R. LAYBOURNE, Esq.] AN OCCASIONAL COURT-HOUSE. — The Magistra ordered a minute to be entered, to the effect that County Police-station, Bridge-street, shall be used a Court-house, when ...

... THE STORING OF COAL CARGOES. [BPECIAL TELEGRAM. 1 An important judgment was delivered on Thurs- day, at Liverpool, in the Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the London steamer Roscommon, while on a voyage from Liverpool to Havannnb, with a cargo of coal. The court held that the vessel when she left Liverpool was in a good and seaworthy condition as regarding her machinery an l equipments, ...

... THE TIN STANDARDS The Cornish tin sintlters on Thursday advanced the standards for tin ore £ 2 i.er ton, making superior common £93. and superior fiue £U4 per ...

... TONYPANDY. CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION.—On Monday the Riordda district held its monthly association meetit g at ELenezer, the Rev. D. Thomas in the chair. A jiaper on liPsalmody, followed by a debate, was read by Mr M. O. Jones, Treherbert. The meeting was well attended. In the evening (the Revs. J. Rees (Treherbert) and B. Davies Treorky) preached. ...

... The Welsh Wesleyan convention was held at Merthyr, on Friday and Saturday, under the presidency of the Chairman of the South Wales Welsh District. Austin Phillips, a commercial traveller, was sent for trial at Merthyr police- conrt, on Saturday, en a charge of embez- zling vari 114 sums of mojiey belonging to his employers, Messrs Kerr and Hislop, Xertliyr. The result of the Bristol School ...

... [BY PKTBR THE WELSH COAL TRADE. The masters in the Welsh coal trade-are acting with sound sense. They are seeking to exteua the new Sliding-scale in so general a way that a future conflict over wages may be reduced to a minimum* I am told that the TaB: Vale Railway never took down so much coal to Cardiff as on; some recent daya. Some ot the coal trains were six and eight houra late; owing to ...

... LLANFABON. ENTERTAINMENT was held at the Nelson Is ational Schoolroom, in aid of the readinf,.room funds, Thursday evening. The chairman owa, Mr T. J. Evans, Treharris. ...

... PETTY-SESSIONS—At ti.e petty-sessions Saturday-before Mr John Jones, 11. P., Jones, Air R. Campbell Davys. and Mr Arthur Rees-Wllham Hughes, labouier. and rimothjr David W illiams, a lad, were charged with being in pursuit of game on the farm of Glantowy. at 12 o'clock in the afternoon of Satur- day, the 10th instant. Hughes said he did not admit the charge; but the Joungti- defendant pleaded ...

... THE MINISTERS of the various denomination* have this week commenced a Bible-class, open ta allcomers, to be held every Tuesday evening. IRADE.—There is a rumour this Neek that tfys upper mill of the Clydach Iron Works will be rê- started iu the course of a fe .v weeks bv the Messrs, Jayne Brothers. The lower mill. lately re-started by Messrs. divans ;iiid Morgan, is in full swin £ aud has ...

... COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN STAF- FORDSHIRE. THE year is young, yet it has already added to the historical number of colliery explo- sions It will be seen, by the intelligence which we print elsewhere that yesterday morning a mining catastrophe took place at what is known as the Lady Pit (working the Banbury seam), at Leycett, in North Staffordshire. The seam in ques- tion is notoriously fiery in ...

... On Wednesday a special meeting of the Newport Town Council was held, for the purpose of select- ing a gentleman for the appointment of deputy town clerk. There were present—Mr H. Russell Evans, mayor, in the chair; Mr Joseph Gibbs, ex- mayor; Aldeiman Lyne. Alderman Romfr:y, Alderman James Murphy, Alderman Davis, Councillors John Moses Wyndhara Jones, Thomas Beynon, A. n. Bear, D. A. Vaughan, ...

... FORTH. ELZCtION OF BURIAL BOAM) FOR DISTRICT OF LU.!IWOIIIHO.-A veetry meeting was held at the Forth Hotelz on Monday afternoon, for the par- pose of electlD a burial for that aection of tne parish of Hanwonno recently incorporated by Act of ParEament with the Y ...