... RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. FOR THE PAST WEEK. 1877 1876. In Dc. JB. £ £ £ 47736 46246 1490 London. Brighton. & S C. 39993 ;jSS6:{ 1131 2706 2300 — Midland 132492 131609 — Lancashire and Yorkthn-e G9657 677o2 1825 Metropolitan 9730 9419 311 Metropolitan District 5307 4360 447 8378 8718 — 310 Penarth Harbour fie. 1424 — 102 Pembroke aud Tenby 618 517 101 Great Western 143254 138S73 4381 London ...

... THE WESLEYAN METHODIST CON- FERENCE AT BRADFORD. THE MEETING OF LAITY AND MINISTERS. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. Tbe conference, with ministers and laymen as- sociated together, met at 10 o'clock on Monday morning. The b ...

... RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. FOR THE PAST WEEK. 1878 1877. In De. 9. le. £ k. South Eastern 30000 37311 — 6711 London, Britriitou, & S. C 28547 35JO — 7t'5'3 llû844 13543 — 10147 10326 — 179 Metropolitan District 6717 5405 312 Lancashire and Yorkshire 66606 717.43 1526 2557 2492 7953 7818 105 i,enarth Harbour, &e. 1118 1321 — 203 'Pembroke and Tenby 304 444 — 43956 51445 London & South Western ...

... A Lloyd's telegram from Karo states that the Harris- burg, Cardiff to Japan, sar. k 10 miles southward of Tavira. The crew were saved. HOLLOWAY'S OJMTMKNT AND PTIXP. -DISKASKS OF WOMKN — Meaieal fcienoa in all ajies has been direeieii t-> a'lc- viste t1 ...

... LOSS OF A SWANSEA VESSEL. Fi\e meii w^'e taken to the Liverpool Sailors' Home on Wednesday, having been rescued from their vessel, the Holywood, of SwTiHsea, which had been wrecked. They were forwarded toj North, Shields, where they had shipped, ...

... NORTH OF ENGLAND REPORT. MIDDLESBOROUGH, Thursday. —Whether for a permanency or whether as a mere temporary movement is by no means clear, but certainly there has been a marked rise in the pig-iron maiket during the past week. The advance, taken all round, cannot be put down at less than Is per ton. This upward movement has taken many by surprise, especially coming upon the in- crease of ...

... On Thursday firing was commenced with earnestness, and was continued with vigour all day. The Lord Lieutenant took an active interest in the proceedings, and in the contest for the officers' prize cup kept the scores himself. The breeze was even brisker than yester- day, but the shooting was exceptionally good. When the contest was ended the visitors (of whom there were about 800) betook ...

... LORD ABERDARE ON THE ARMY AND NAVY. Lord Aberdare, speaking at the annual dinner of the University College on Tharsday night, in proposing the Army and Navy and Reserve Forces, said we were all proud of our army and navy, and in spite of what we read almost every day as to their inefficiency, believed that when the day of trial came they would do their duty. The en- quiries of the French ...

... MONMOUTH FARMERS' CLUB SlIO W. The above event was held in the Cattle Market, 011 Wednesday. The exhibits far exceeded, both in quality and quantity, tho-ie of any former show of the club. The fat stock, cart horses, and sheep were particularly good, but the attendance of spectators was small, the rain falling in torrents, and tne wind blowing a hurricane. Too much cannot be said in praise of ...

... LLANDOUGH. BAPT, ST CHAPEL.-The annual tea meeting in connection with the above chapel was held on Wednesday. The attendance was good, notwith- standing the inclemency of the weather. In the evening a concert was given by a choir, from the Tabernacle, Cardiff, under the leadership of Mr David Lloyd, and presided over by Mr Alfred TlinmwL ...

... VOLUNTEEHS FOR ACTIVhi SERVICE. Further detachments of several hundred volunteers from various regiments in Eng- land and Scotland for service at the Ca5 have arrived at Portsmouth. ...

... LLANELLY. VESSELS CLEARED—Sept. 21. Liverpool, Llanelly ss, B, sundries, C N Broom VESSELS CLEARED—Sept. 23. Douglas, Arcana, B, IG5 coal, A Stone Bristol, Cambria. ss, 13, general, C N Broom VESSELS CLEARED-Sept. 24. Dieppe, Joseph, B, 370 coal, Nevill & Co Morecambe, Norman ss, B, sundries, C N Broom Drogheda, Barbara, B, 150 coal, A Stone Wexford, Sker, B, 90 coal, Gwaun-cae-Gurwen VESSELS ...