GREA.T CONSERYA~ MEETING A T C'A'RD I F F,: of tia of MR. GTIFFARD AT THE D~RILL~-HALL iee LAST NIGHT. rh M_ . thc oil n11 of On the invitation of the members of the Cardiff Con- tee or' stitutional Association, Mr. Giffard addressed a crowded ord meeting'of Constitutionalists an

ABER~DARE LOCAL BOARD OF~AT. The ordinary meeting of this boerd was held yesteraaY, in the Board.room,when there were present-Megars. . H. Rhys (chairman), W. T. Lewis, D. Davies, M. Phillips, T. FPuh, W. Davies, and W. Powell. 'ihe minutes of the last board meeting were read and

RIPPING INTELLIGENCE. in great He CARDIFF. Navarretc ARRIVALS. in Versaill Bos H DMoc.--Decembor 29. inherif rag Ampthdl, 281, Dunn, Bristol, ballast we employ Elizabeth 70 Fox, Canal, empty Maxinia, 499, Steokdale, London, ballast Arturo, 499, Schiaffina, Limerick, ballast P an

THE AG1TATION FORA REBDTOTIO OF R~AILWAY RATES ]BY THE.IRONMASTERS ~ND HARDWARE XIERCIIAWTSý OF SOUTH $1 F- FORDSHIRE. ?? agitationl for a lowering of the railway rstes for t e I cafriago of-iron and hardwares, and other products G, a South Staffordshire, is kept up there. The co

B1 RTHS, LAMIGES, AND DEATHS. DooE~e,-wife of Commander H. T., R.N., Doee, 25. DdatK*WLL, wife of Ry. J. W., at Miatingley, Hoots, Dec. 14. CipaE?L, Mrs. C. M., at Woodstat, Dec. K5. eAmEm, wife of P. A., M.D., at Favereham, Dec. 27. Vuams.O.simw, Mrs., at Bouilognea-ur-Mor, Dfe.

THE REOTOR OP MERTHYR AND HI. CIRATES. 'd n ,roe TO THE EDITOR OF TH' "WHSTFAIM MKAL." ere. SIR,-The holy season -of Christmas. has been .one of the "truce "ýevesiuto the pbOsi, battered Rector of Merthyr. Surely there never has been such a storm raised in a tea- kettle before as

MR. GLADSTONE ON DISARMAMLENT. ere In answer to a proposition for general disarmament made pareh right on. ~ by thi brs, by the Peace Society to the Premier, t he right hon. geb- hI ia leman has returned the following answer through his eou secretary:-" I am directed to r6quest t

SHIPPING NOTWCES.. bI STEAM. COMMUNIOATION KBTWV`EENSWAISEAauF4Th LY. The S3WANSEA add H&AYE.- One of -i;hib Stamar of ?? Line will. be despatehed, at regul1'. uthly intervals, from SWANSEA to GENOA, LEGHORN,' 1VAPLES, MESSINA, end PALERMO. Goods are reoeivad'(uanJ less previousl

WESTMRN MAIL OFFICE, I A. (qEUTER's TELEGRAS.) ,THE MINISTIJRIAL CRISIS IN FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 30, EvENING. It is asserted that the new Cabinet is consti- tuted as follows ?? Emile Ollivier, Minister of the Inferior; -: M usson Billault, Minister of Justice; M. Maurie Richard, M

THE NEW YORK EOWARD MISSION AND LITTLE WANDEREIMS' HOME. The Rev. W. C. Van Meter, superintendent'of this phil- Lome. imthropic enterprise, in which, its we have reason to know, Columbi large numbers of our readers take interest, has just passed through this country on his way to