... TO THB EDITOR OF THE MINING JOURNAL. SIR, -Additional evidence ot the existence of gold In Merionethshire was adduced, on Monday, by Captain Hogan discovering gold iu the deep adit level (No. 6) of the Great Cambriau Mine, four miles north-west of Dol- gelly. I have examined the lode with Cuptain Hogan, where the precious metal can be distinctly seen it is iu a beautiful white quartz, spotted ...

... Finu.—On Wednesday evening a fire broke out at the house of Mr, Evans, of Penguin farm, near Cardiff. Fortunately the fire WM extinguished before pnu:b ¡niSI chief replied. ...

... CARDIFF POLIC E.—SATHBDAT. [Before his Worship the Mayor, David Lewis, Esq.] SUMMONSES FOR WAGES. Joseph John v. Joseph Morse.—Tlie complainant, a sea- man, on board tbe Isabella, of Plymouth, claimed from tbe lefendant, the master of the vessel, £7 16s. 6d., balance of wages due to him, at £4 per month. The case was with- jrawn. Charles Porter v. Lightbody.—The complainant, a ship- :arpenter. ...

... BANKKBPTS. M. Inglis and E. Bond, merchants. London W. Groom, innke- per, Sudbury, Suffolk Victor Bauer, ineichaut, London Geo. Cooier Rouse (commonly called George Cooper), grocer, Doker-court, Essex W. Kiddell and M. T. Raymond, merchants, London W. Morgan, licensed victualler, Wtiitechapel, Middlesex T, G. Kerr, dealer in railway shares, Loudon and Chelsea T. Horder, chemist, London .il. ...

... CARMARTHEN TRAINING COLLEGE. CLASS LIST of Students of the Training College, Carmar- then, and masters, mistresses, and ex-pupil teachers of Church Schools in the diocese of LlandatF, who obtained certificates (Ii merit at Christmas, 1854 I.—SrrnEyrs AT CAE.VAETITEX.—(a) Year's Stu- dents.—First Class D iwen, John \£.x. P. T., Swansea).— Second Class Tedman, John \1:x. P. T. at Third Class ...

... MOUNT 8TUABT HOTEL, BUTE DOCKS. On Wednesday last, Mr. Alfred Cooper's housewarming dinner took place, in celebration of his succeeding his respected father in the business of the above hotel, on which occasion Richard Evans, Esq., presided, and Mr. Wm. Lewis, tailor, &c., Smith-street, officiated as vice-president. On the chair- tnan's right sat the late landlord, Mr. Wm. Cooper, Mr. Henry ...

... This feast has been and still is celebrated in tltf most div*i- sified manner. In early times Font bajjowing versal ceremony on Wliit-Suoday-eve, and the christening of children was reserved for that interesting occasion; and, iff Catholic times, it was usual to dramatize the of the Holy Ghost in the Churches. The Whitsuu aW were j originally the love feasts of the early Christians, and took ...

... HOLLOWAT'S PILLS.—An infallible remedy for Coughs, Colds, and Asthmatic Complaints.—Mr. David Morris, a respectable farmer, residing at Capel Evan, near Llanelly, had been a sufferer for many year* from chronic cough aud psthma, for which he had triad remedies innumerable with- l obtaining tbe least alleviation of his sufferings. At he waa recommended by Mr. Hughes, druggist, of 'its t^m1!?'* ...

... A DILIGENCE ON A SLEDGE.—t he diligence which plies between Alost and Brussels has lately been perform. ing its journey with great swiftness on a sledge. FEAUFUL EXPLOSION OF A RAILWAY ENGINE AT GLOUCESTER.—A terrible explosion of an engine on the Great Western Railway took place at the Gloucester station on Wednesday.—The 6 a.m. train from Padding- ton arrived there at 10 20. and the engine ...

... Sir Joshuu Howard has published Ii Treatise on Naval Gunnery, in which he says the glorious victory the Alma was a fruitless victory, an,1 the celebrated flank march a mistake. Altbough in many instances he appears to hold opiuioos in common with thegieat Mag- yar orator, he will not be suspecterl of uuworthy motives in freely and fully stating those opiniolJs alld eondusions on the war in the ...

... LAMARTINE ON RUSS[A. Russia, which eXleüds from Poland tJ Per-ia Rnd China already weighs infiinitely too much on the globe. If to such wejot:,t lie added thaI of the lO S.OOu squares leagues of tb OUUlil311 empire in Asia and Europe, all balance of forces in the world is at an ead We should hHve to enter nn a whole hemisphere and 011 the half of the famous Jitiis Poloniee, applied not merely ...

... The stipend of a Scotch Minister is often paid partly in grain, as witness the following colloquy related by Dr. Alton William, you must bring me better grhin; I can't sell it, it is so bad.— it is just whf the land pro- duces, Sir, and I have naething else to gie.— But then you are a bad farmer, William, you must farm better. Tut, Sir, Tilt, Sir. that's t':vil-I'II no take that off ...