... CHRISTCHURCH. ROYAL O A K .—TUESDAY. Present The Rev. Thomas Pope and the Rev. Chancellor Williams. This was the annual licensing day, and most of the inn- keepers of the division of Christchurch attended to receive their licenses. There were three applications for now licenses, namely, by Mrs. Mary Howell, of the Cross Hands, and Mr. Griffith Thomas and Mr. William Parr, of Fair Oak. The ...

... Births, Marriages, and Deaths. BIRTHS. On the 12th instant, at Corfu, the wife of Richard Morgan Hall, Esq., 48th Regiment, of a daughter. On the 9th instant, at Plymouth Works, Merthyr, the wife of S. W. Kelly, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 22nd instant, at Llanelly church, by license, be- fore the Rev. E. Morris, Mr. William Rosser, Fose Vach, near Loughor, to Mrs. Elizabeth Davies, ...

... LLANGIBBY. SCHOOL EXAMINATION.—The examination of the chil- dren of Llangibby school took place on the 1st instant, when they were examined by the Rev. E. A.Williams, the much-respected curate. The reading was extremely cre- ditable. Geography, scripture, ari hmetic, and grammar, were subjects of examination, and the readiness with which, the answers were given, elicited much commendation from ...

... Cfjeatre. The benefits have proceeded (with the exception of one or two open evenings), during the week and those who are pleased to see the players well bestowed, have, upon the whole, no cause to regret that they have not been treated according to their deserts. The benefit of that very useful actor and artist, Mr. Bassano, was fixed for Tuesday and his bill of fare was exceedingly ...

... A shipbuilder at Chester has stopped payment, with liabilities reported at nearly £ 18-000, of which £ 40,000 is owing for timber, and f 18,000 for iron. A large ship- ping company at Liverpool are among the creditors, having advanced k25 000 on a vessel building for them. WIVES WANTED: ELIGIBLE OPPORTUNITIES.—Mar- riageable girls are at a high premium in the Minesota market. The Boston Daily ...

... MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, HIGH-ST., NEWPORT. SATURDAY. Present:—The Rev. Thomas Pope and the Rev. Chancellor Williams. James Lewis and John Stanton were charged with neglecting their work, while in the employ of Mr. Roger Keene, Witson. They were charged on separate infor- mations. Lewis said he had not broken his contract with Mr. Keene; but Mr. Keene had done so with him.—Mr. Keene said the ...

... BLACKWOOD. ODDFELLOWSHIP.-The officers and brothers of the Pros- perity Lodge of Oddfellows, M.U., celebrated their anni. versary on Saturday, the 5th instant, at the Carpenters Arms Inn. About seventy sat down, and enjoyed the liberal dinner prepared by Host Henry Blatch. A number of toasts and sentiments were given during the evening and speeches and songs pleasantly interspersed the ...

... REPORT ON RAILWAYS, 1853. The report of the proceedings of the Railway Depart- ment of the Board of Trade, during the year 1853, by Captain Galton, R.E., has been issued. The report states that the length of new lines of railway sanctioned by the Legislature in the United Kingdom, dur- ing the year 1853, was 940 miles, which amount is very O isiderably greater than that sanctioned during any ...

... ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONGRESS, AT CHEPSTOW. On Monday last, the interesting proceedings of this na- tional association, were commenced at Chepstow, which place had been judiciously selected for the eleventh con- gress, as admirably situated—in point of historical asso- ciations, antiquarian relics, and diversity of sources for archaeological research—to enable the association to carry out one of ...

... EBBW VALE. ODDFELLOWSHIP.—On Monday last, the British Crown Lodge of the Order of Oddfellowship celebrated the 13th amuversary at the Castle Inn, where Host David Edwards catered in a style that gained the approbation of all the party. After dinner, the chair was taken by Mr. Stephen Jones, P.G., and the vice-chair by Mr.William Daltry, P.G. Mr. Samuel Price, agent, Victoria, acted as toast ...

... PROMISE OF THE HARVEST. Th;'Bankera' Magazine gives the fo lowing estimate of the probah-e yield Wheat, nine tenths of an average rye, »n average barley almost an average; oats, seven eights to nine-teivhs of an average; beans, an average potatoes, one fourth beyond anaveiage; hay, three-fourths of an average; turnips, one-fourth beyond an average; meat, five-sixths of an average; cheese on ...

... THE DYING MANIAC. In my early youth, I spent some time with an amiable wo- man who devoted many of her leisure hours to visiting and ministering to the spiritual and temporal wants of the poor. Amongst other recipients of her Christian love and benevolence, was a poor maniac, in whom she took great interest, and whom she had the pleasure of seeing restored to her faculties some time before her ...