... On Thursday week, the Amiable Benefit Society held their club feast at the King of Prussia Inn, near Llanarth. The members met at half-past ten o'clock, and walked to Llan«'-> gattock Church, headed by the Llanarth and Clytha Band. The Rev. Mr. Peak performed divine service- The members then returned to their club room, where a good dinner was provided by Mrs. George, and ample justice was ...

... CARDIFF. The Rev. Titos. Hughes Jones, Maesfog, late of Beaufort, has been collated to the Vicarage of Pendovlon, near Cardiff, Glamorganshire, vacant by the death of the late Dr. Williams, c Master of the (o.vbridge Grammar School. Pation, the llight. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Llaiuiail. FIRE.—On Tuesday se'nnight, the inhabitants of Llandaff werethrown into a state of alarm by the discovery ...

... CHURCH MISSIONS. On the evening of Monday last the Annual and General Meeting of the Cardiff Auxiliary of the Church Missionary Society was held in the Town-hall, Cardiff, upon which occasion the chair was taken by THE VENERABLE, THE ARCHDEACON OF LLANDAFF. who was supported by the presence of a numerous and influential body of clergy, as well as by a great many of the gentry, tradesmen, and ...

... Lord Clarendon has been appointed the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, vice Lord Besborough deceased. THE CROPS OF WHEAT in this part of the country (owing to the late genial rains and warmer weather) are greatly improved the early sown spring corn has also at present a very healthy appearance.— Welshman. LOVE-LETTER INK.—SomeYankee has invented a new kind of ink, catled the love-letter ink. It ...

... Arrivals and Sailings for the week ending May 27. ARRIVED. Racer, Power, St. John's, timber. Sutton, Peake, Rouen, ballast.—Industry, Hart, Kinsale, cattle. Dasher, Squires, Bideford, oats. Hope, Nutt, B .r.staple, porter. Dove, Warlow, Co;k, cattle.—Margaret, James, Liverpool, sundries. -Ellen, Dingley, Bridgwater, hay. Star, Richards, Bridg- water, flour.—Rose, hite, Chepstow, cinders.—Cape ...

... The weather has been uninterruptedly line d .ring the week, with just sufficient moisture to promote vegetation, and a de- cided improvement has been wiought in the aspect of the country. Moie auspicious weather than that lately experienced could scarcely be desued and one cause of uneasiness, VIZ., the backwardness of the crops, has, in some measure, been removed. Stll11t is scarcely possible ...

... The intense eagerness of the London public to behold and heai that wondrous vocalist, whose melodious spells have en- chanted listening audiences, wherever they have been cast, is ou the eve of being allayed. A clever critical biography of this great vocalist has just been published, in which we find the fol- lowing excellent analysis of her artistic character She ap- pears to hold the ...

... CONSIDERING the vast importance of this subject, it waS but httle to the credit of the great bulk of the House of Commons, and particularly of many meiflbers for manufacturing districts, that the house should have been counted out last week, during the discussion upon Mr. Bright's motion. The cotton trade is not, as many uninformed j person3 think, and as some writers, who know jbetter» have, ...

... The Grand Duke of Tuscany has granted his subjects the liberty of the press. Great preparations are making at Cambridge for the approach- ingtnstaHatton. Four Don-commissioned officers of Royal Marinta were Ga- zetted on Friday last as second Lieutenants. The repeal reading room at Limerick has lately been converted into a shop for the sale of provisions. It is not unusual to see poor ...

... SIR,—My attention havim; been directed to a paragraph in your journal 01 Saturday last, therein an attempt has been made by seme one (evidently not 01 the craft), to lower me in the es- timation of the public, Lut with what views 1 am at a loss to conceive, I will thank you, as an act of justice to myself, to publish the following copy of a letter received from the Grand Lodge, leaving your ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.—We refer our readers to our Parliamentary Summary of Monday, which appears in our fourth page, for the outline of the New Poor Law Bill, introduced by Sir G. Grey. The proceedings on Tuesday and Wednesday, of both Houses, we are com- pelled to omit. They possess but little claims to impor- tance or interest. THE FOREIGN NEWS of the week possesses no interest to the general ...

... THE CURATE'S PETITION. Pity toe sorrows of a studious breast, While a poor Curate supplicates, attend; Fat plura1ists, and heads with mitres deck'd, Condole with me. and be a scholar's friend. Life's early morning dawn'd with promise fair, Bright rose the sun and gilt the flowery scene; Gaily I drifted down the flatt'ring tide, Nor dream'd the storm would intervene. Sent bv fond relatives to ...