... LLANDAFF DIOCESAN CONFERENCE AT NEWPORT. A conference of the clergy and laity of the Llandaff Diocese was commenced at Newport Town-ball on Thursday. Tbe Bishop of Llandaff presided, and was supported by Dean Vaughan, Archdeacons Griffiths and Brace, Canons Evans, Hawkins, Edwards, Allen, the Vicars of Roath, Llandaff, St J obn's. Cardiff; Chancellor Woods, Sir Mather Jackson, &c. There was a ...

... MR PRITCHARD MORGAN AT PLYMOUTH. At two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Mr Pritchard Morgan attended at tbe South Pit, Plymouth, and addressed tbe night men before they went down.—Speaking a little later to the day men. who had just come up, Mr Morgan appealed to them for their support on the ground that he was himself a working man. He considered that this con- stituency—essentially a working ...

... Another Horrible Murder A MOTHER KICKED TO DEATHI A Selby correspondent telegraphs »A brutal murder was committed during last night at Sherburn, a village between this place and Leeds. A public-bouse known as the Travellers' Rest is kept there by a Mrs Moun- tain, who was assisted by her son George. Last night the son locked himself, bis mother, and a servant girl named Annie Hutcbinson in one ...

... THE MITRE-SQUARE TRAGEDY. INQUEST ANDTVERDICT: The' inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Catherine Eddowes, aged 43, the Mitre-square victim, was resumed on Thursday morning at the city mortuary, Golden lane, by Mr Langham, city coroner. The interest in the proceedings is in no way abated, and the usual crowds congregated round the doors of the buildings. Colonel Sir James ...

... SHAMEFUL TREATMENT OFTilR W. REDMOND. M.P. Since Mr W. Redmond, M.P.thas been in Wex- ford prison he has been three times on punishment diet—bread and water—for refusing to exercise with criminals. On Tuesday be complained of the quality of the bread, and said it had been changed for worse. He is said to be reduced eleven pounds in weight since bis incarceration nnder the Crimes Act. ...

... WORKMEN'S TOPICS. BY W. ABRAHAM, M.P., Mabon. THE EIGHT-HOURS MOVEMENT. The agitation for reducing: the hoars of labour height per day was commenced in Ohio, in the United Staies, so far back as 1865, and resulted in bill being introduced into the General Assembly there on January 22nd, 1866, known as House BiU No. 58, by H. B. Buuning, Regulating the hours of labour and fixing the same at ...

... Angry subscriber (bo editor): I am mad all tit way through, an' I want my paper stopped Editor Yes, sir do you want your bill made out? No I ain't mad enough for that. A WOMAN'S REASON.— What good will it do to tell Jennie tnat Mr Shaw once flirted with you wtier» tbey love e&cL uttner .-sked Mamie. was the repiv, it tbcthrae ü: A S'JKeBisg, is Sii/iii.— V -ji'gtr (of Ao«trn, b) If you come ...

... William Gower and Charles Dobell were again brought up at Tunbridge Wells on Monday for the murder of Densley Cyrus Lawrence in July last. It was declared during the hearing that Dobell had stated to the police that since the murder they had arranged to pop off another man, named Langridge, and afterwards another, named Edwards. Prisoners, who behaved them- selves very coolly, were committed ...

... ALwArs READI.—Locomotive builder (on a ailway train): The reason we are kept waiting tere is because the engine has broken down. I lave examined it, and if I only had the proper ools I could fix it in half an hour. Hopeful wue; lore's a baiipiq. detto ...

... CARDIFF GUARDIANS AND THE WORKHOUSE MANAGEMENT. At a meeting of the Cardiff of Guardians, on Saturday, Dr Paine presiding, the weekly report of the master of the workhouse (Mr Greenhalgb) contained tbe following paragraph Darin* the put week two letters have appeared ia one of the local evening papers containing serious Allegations against the ofbeers of the work. thou e. The statements ...

... The Election of County Councillors. The ordinary meeting of the Mertbyr Local Board was held on Wednesday, under the presidency of Mr Thomas Williams, J.P.-In accordance with notice of motion, Mr David Davies proposed that the resolution passed some time since in favour of borrowing j320,000 be rescinded, a smaller amount having been found sufficient. This was seconded by Mr Thomas Jones, ...

... The inaugural meeting of the Church Congress was held at the Free Trade Hali, Manchester, on Tuesoay morning. The Bishop of Manchester presided, and amonest those on the platform were T 1^°P York, the Bishops of Carlisle, liichheld, Peterborough, Wakefield, Newcastle. Sydney, Bedford, Shrewsbury, Nottingham, Maritzburg, Capetown, North Queensland, Dun- edia, Dakota, Grahamstown, Calcutta, ...