... OPENING OF THE ABERDARE RAILWAY. THE PUBLIC DINNER. At four o'clock on Wednesday se'nnight, a very numerous party of gentlemen sat down to a most sumptuous Champagne dinner at the Boot Inn, having been provided at the expense of the Company, who entertained as many of their friends as the large room would contain. We observed present—Sir John Guest, Bart., in the chair Captain Lewis, the ...

... WESLEYAN CONFERENCE, BRISTOL. One hundred and one years (says the Watchman) have now elapsed since the Rev. John Wesley held a Conference, for the first time, in the city of Bristol. Only one Con- ference had been previously assembled by thatdistinguished man; the present is, therefore, the one hundred and third annual assembly. In 1745, the number of Ministers who attended was very small; ...

... MERTHYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. On Friday, the 7th instant, a meeting of the Cambrian Literati took place at Goodrich Castle, the residence of Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick. At about one o'clock up- wards of sixty ladies and gentlemen had arrived, who sat down to a magnificent dejeune laid in the library. Mr. John Thomas and party from Merthyr, accompanied by Mr. Llewellyn Williams, harpist, of ...

... CARDIFF. CRICKET MATCH. A spirited cricket match was played on Tuesday last, at Car diff, the Newport club being matched against the Tredegar and Cardiff clubs. The innings, given below, show that the New- port club were the winners by 66 runs:— NEWPORT.—FIRST INNINGS. D. Prothero, c Jenner, b. 1 E. Attfield, c. Matthews, b. J. Russell 17 2 E. Cairns, c. J. Russell, b. J. Russell 5 D. Harrhy, ...

... DESCRIPTION OF A YACHT. BUT let me show you to the captain's berth, The cabin, where he rules en vrai Sultaun. Circled with small necessities of earth; The hookah's fragrance through the crystal drawn, Tue high-life novel (read with many a yawn); And, glitteriug round the little aea-budoir, Enamelled pistols, daggers Ottoman For billets-doux, an ivory escritoire, With fifty bijou things, ...

... out LETTER BOX. MILITARY FLOGGING. Tii the Editor of th, Monmouthshire Merlin. £ IR,—Yv'iiile other towns in this county are actively engaged in preferring petitions to Parliament for the abolition of the degrading and inhuman practice of flogging our soldiers to death, it is hoped that the inhabitants of Monmouth will not allow their town to be pointed at as an exception, but that they will ...

... LivERPoor., WEDNKSDAY AFTERNOON.—The Cambria, Captain Judkhis, has again achieved an tf\ ordinary passage, having arrived in the Mersey •little before one o'clock. She left Boston on the Ist' 'j Halifax on the 3d inst.; therefore, allowing difference of time, she has run the distance from u tvtthm nine days. Captain Judkins reports that be #j si^cht of Cape Race, Newfoundland, at seven I ...

... NEWPORT CATTLE MARKET.—WBDNMMY, Avo, 12. Price per lb. to sink the olTal. s. d. s. d. 0 5 to 0 6 Sheep 0 6 0 6t Calves 0 6 0 ( Pigs (per score) 8 0 8 6 there were several arrivals of Irish and Jersey stock to-day, together with a quantity from this neighbourhood, particu- larly of store sheep and cattle; and considering that a great fair is near at hand, this may be called one of the best ...

... MERTHYR PETTY SESSIONS. [Held on Wednesday. Aug. 5th, before J. Wilson and W. Meyrick, Esqrs.] William Walters, of the Miners' Arins beer-house, Caepant- tywyll, was charged by Superintendent Wn :nn with keeping his house open for the sale of beer, See., before one o'clock on the morning of the 2nd inst. Pined 10s. and expenses. Thomas Thomas, of the Balance beer-house, Caepant- tywyll, was ...

... ROOFS HEATED BY THE SUN—simple, cheap, and very effective plan for abating the intolerable heat which has, during this summer, caused much suffering, and pro- bably no small amount of disease, to those who are unfor- tunately compelled to work in upper shops or warehouses, especially under slated roofs, is simply to procure a few pounds of common whiting, mix it with a sufficient quan- tity of ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7. The royal assent was given to-day, by commission, to twenty, onebifts. Several bills having been advanced a stage, Lord Campbell presented a petition from the proprietors and publishers of provincial newspapers, pointing out several defects in the law of libel, and praying for a remedy. The Lord Chancellor presented a petition from the mayor and corporation of ...

... At the Exeter Assizes, a true bill was found a Latimer, editor of the Western Times for defamation of the Bishop of Exeter. { The reduction that has taken place in the bread is far from being commensurate with the in the price of wheat.— Bristol Journal. ( BRUTAL CASE OF RAPE.—Our readers may a very aggravated case, which occurred in the spri? present year, of two young ladies (sisters) the ...