... BRECON AND MERTHYR TYDFIL RAILWAY. Three, meetings of various interest in this company were appointed to be held on the 23rd, at the Lon- don Tavern, under the provisions of the Act of Parlia- ment recently passed. The meeting of the shareholders was to have been held at noon, the meeting of the holders of Lloyd's bonds at half-past twelve, of the debenture holders at one o'clock. The report ...

... BANKRUPTS.—The following announcements appear in the Gazette :-William Lemin Royston, Buckley Flintshire, chemist, Oct. 7, at 12: sol. Mr Allen, Mold, off. assig. the Registrar. Seymour Saffery Sayer Brecon, brewer, Oct. 5, at 11: sol. Mr Miller, Bristol; off. assig. Mr Accraman. Thomas Kirtlan, Bridgnorth, draper, Oct. 14, at 12: sol. Mr Backhouse, Bridg- north off. assig. Mr Kinnear.—The ...

... The Church Congress was opened at Dublin on the 29 th. Mr Anthony Trollope is opposing Lord Stanley at King's Lynn. Ald. Lawrence has been elected Lord Mayor. The voto of thanks to the retiring Lord Mayor, Aid. Allen, was proposed in very dubious terms, and carried in the tace of pppositien, ...

... MR HOW ON MR GLADSTONE AND THE IRISH CHURCH. Fi-om the Oswestry Advertiser.) A large number of our readers will read with mcch interest a letter by the Rev. W. Walsham How which we publish in another column. There is no clergy- man in this district, or perhaps in the whole of Shrop- shire, whose opinions carry greater weight than those of the rector of Whittington, and anything that he may ...

... PETTY SESSIONS. September 25th.—Before Earl Vane, W. W. E. Wynne, Esq., and John Pughej, Esq. Keeping Dogs without Licences.—The following persons were summoned by Mr Randle, supervisor of Inland Revenue, for keeping dogs without having a licence, and each fined 25s.:—William Edwards, Ellis Jones, Evan Jones (joiner), David Thomas, Evan Jones, William Davies (Tal-y-llyn), Edward Jones, ...

... VALE OF LLANGOLLEN RAILWAYS COMPANY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was also held on Saturday, at Llangollen, Col. Tottenham pre- siding. The report, which was as follows, was read and adopted It is a satisfaction to the directors to report that the gross receip's from traffic, for the half-year ending 3oth June last, exhibit an increase of upwards of 10 per cent. over those of the ...

... THE REGISTRATION COURTS. CARDIG.KN Sfl IRE.-ABERYST WITH. (FIRST DAY.) The registration commenced on the 21st Sept., be- fore J. Percy Severn, Esq. Mr Frederick Roberts, Mr Hugh Hughes, Mr J. Atwood, and Mr W. H Thomas, solicitors, attended on behalf of the Conservatives whilst Mr Smith (of the firm of Smith, Lewis, and Jones, of Merthyr), solicitor, and Mr Evan Davies, L.L.D.,of Swansea, ...

... THE FAIR.—At the September fair, on Wednesday, there was but a small show of stock of any kind, a few of which found purchasers at low rates, but much went home unsold. The attendance of buyers was very small, doubtless owing to the fair at Newtown having been held on the previous day, and most of the dealers having gone home with their purchases. ...

... Considerable interestis being manifested in reference to this movement throughout the Principality, and beyond the border, and this feeling is, happily, found to be daily on the increase. On Thursday evening, the 24th September, a special meeting was held in the spacious hall on the college premises, for the purpose of explaining the nature, progress, and prospects of this institution, to a ...

... HARVEST THANKSGIVING. — On Wednesday, the 16th inst., a general thanksgiving was held at this place. Prayer meetings were held during the whole day in the various chapels, crowds cf people congre- gated from the villages around, and the day was kept j sacred. DRAINING THE TOWN.—We are pleased to notice that the drainage works here have commenced; not before they were wanted, for during the hot ...

... OoijeiiiL t-rip. rsotoricu Charlotte Wi.igfield dead. Mr Ciiarl. j £ ilL is to he made a baronet ior iua forty-six years' service in India. The Archbishop of York has returned from the Continent. Queen Victoria, in her last passage through Paris, left 5,000f. to the servants of the British Embassy. It has been discovered at Wakefield that one of the paupers has E40 invested in a bank! Large ...

... CORN, &-c. LIvrilPOOL CORN.—TUESDAY. Lirpre attendance. Fair consumptive demand for Whent. at a REDUCTION oi TWOPENCE to THREEPENCE PER CENTAL on the rat S 01 this day week. our in moderate request, at late prices. Oats and Oaimeal dull, and neglected. Beans rather cheaper. Barley and Peas unchanged. Indian corn (piet, but steady in value. LONDON, MONDAY.—There were large supplies of foreign ...