... A LAMPLIGHTER S SrORy. The Bridgrioater Mercury furnishes the following interesting Manley, uf Bridgwater, is a happy man. His good fortune deserves to be made public. Having hveti among as all hill lite, nnd held t.he position of lamplighter for over 29 years, his name and face are familiar to everybody in Bridgwater. He is liked by ali, and it is safe to say cne may go here, there, or yonder ...

... SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUST. The monthly meeting of the Swansea Harbour Trust was held on Monday. Mr G. B. Strick presided, and there were also present—the Mayor (Alderman Tuiloch), Alderman Daniel, Coun- cillor Burnie, Messrs E. Strick, W. H. Francis, and F. G. Price.—Mr Burnie moved the adoption of the minutes of the finance committee, an abstract of which has already been published, and pointed ...

... The new gas works at Penrhiwceiber are fast approaching completion. They are situated on a i strip of land bounded on tbe one side by tbe I Cynon river, and the T.V.R. on the other, at a distance of about 300 yards from the railway station. The various buildings connected with the works are divided into three sections. In entering the works by the new road we firs observe the foreman's cottage ...

... LIFE AND DEATH IN SMYRNA, A correspondent cf the Daily Neves, wtioso letter is dated Smyrna, March 29, says see every day that this Government is decayinff. There is no security for hfe even here. Dunne the past week four persons have been assassinated in the streets of this city. This being so in Socyrna-the next most important town after Constftutintiple-lu)w can we expect things to be ...

... THE FATAL FIRE AT MALPAS. An inquest was held at the Three Horse Shoes Inn, Malpas, ou Wednesday afternoon, before Air Coroner Edwards, on the body of James Wilson, alias Hart, who was found burnt to death in a stable on Malpas Farm, in the occupation of Mr Arthur Exton. Evidence was given showing that the deceased, who was 45 years of age, had worked about the district of Malpas for some ...

... THE SEAL FISHERY. A telegram from St. John's reports that the Esqm- m&ux and six other soo-mers passed Cape St John into White at the end of The Eale were reporte'! to have 10,000 seaJs t) ...

... M. FLOQUET'S NEW CABINET. [RKCTEB'S TELEGBAM.J PARIS, Monday Afternoon.—The new Cabinet will probably be composed of M. Floquat, Presi- dent of Council, and Minister of the Interior; M. Goblet, Minister of Foreign Affairs; M. de Froycitiet, War; Admiral Krantz, Marine M. Ricard, Justice; M. Paytral, Finance M. Lack- roy, Public Instruction; M. Loubet, Public Works M. Viette, Agriculture; and M ...

... THE MEN GIVE NOTICE. On Saturday last, considerably more than one- half of the miners employed at the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd, Poatypridd, banded in to the management a month's notice to terminate the contract under which they at present work. The matter in dispute is whether thecoal worked is the six feet seem or not. This question was referred to Messrs Forster Brown and Biath to ...

... A RICH YIELD. Mr Morgan, of ths Dolgeily gold workings, informs Central News that on Monday he obtained 628 ounces of gold from 334 tons of quartz, being the cleaning up of the last fortnight. This result is highly satisfactory, as it equals those of the best gold mines in the world, the average being nearly twu ounces to the ton, and less than a quarter of an ounce paying the cost of production. ...

... COLTSFOOT CHKST PROTECTOR, for coughs, colds, bronchitis, delicate chests. A liqi lid extract of colts- foot, witb other golden remedies. ThO! most etfectua.1 lung remedy. See advertisement in' Welsh papers. 90b0 ...

... CANADA AND THE STATES. PROPOSED TRADE RECIPROCITY. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] OTTAWA, Saturday. After a debate lasting 15 days, it which 71 members participated, a division was taken at 20 minutes past lour this morning, in the Dominion House of Commons, upon the ministerial amendment to Sir Richard Cart- wright's motion for unrestricted trade reciprocity between Canada and the United States, which, ...

... An extraordinary charge of attempted murder was before the magistrates at Manchester on Saturday. A young man, named Kirkpa.trick, son ot a dentist, invited a boy, named Meeham, to accompany him on the way to work. Taking him to tlie canal bank he told him to look at the fishes, and then threw him in. He was observed and pursued. On being captured lie confessed he tried to dro >vn the boy. The ...