... There was a collection here last Sunday, April 8tbiJ behalf of the Llandaff Diocesan Church Extension Soci^j when £ 5 19s. 6d. was collected in St. David's churjj Rhondda Valley, and £ 1 5s. 6d. in the old parish churo! total, £ 7 5s. It is only eleven months since the llhoflx church was consecrated. it ia pleasing to seu aO lartf j congregation worshipping in it every Lord's day. also worthy ...

... IVERPOOI., MONDAY.—The American ship John Rut- ledge arrived here on Friday, from New York, having sunered severe damage, and lost two seamen overboard f of the 10th ult. The following is the report Sands Left New York, March 9, in company IpqV • Hudson, for London, (which sprung a And r>n 8,a5n,e 8ale, and was abandoned on the 12th ult.) shiftir,n f I *he ship was thrown on her beam ends by N ...

... WINTER CRUISING IN LAKE MICHIGAN. UNPRECEDENTED EXPOSURE. We have received a call from Captain Easson. of the now famous httle sloop L'idy Ann, which entered the har- bour last Thursday, after having been a castaway in the lake for almost a month. There may be many who will call the captain's exposure of his life to save so small a craft only a piece of fool-hardiness, which success only saves ...

... I?1' cl°*ely followed, however, by Burnt Sienna; and, in • 8 0rder, the last field was gained, when Boxhall put forth utmost skill, and fled past the chair four lengths ahead ot arrows—the race, thus concluded, being the best and most °wy and honestly-contested, witnessed on this course for ? £ y a y ear praises were heard in all directions.. wiT stewards' ordinary was held at the Angel Hotel ...

... A WORCESTER TOWN COUNCILLOR DRUNK AT At t 0M M1TTEE MEETING. Counpi^stv' .'k8^661 COrnmittee of the Worcester Town The of that town nature ti 17 he. rose with feelings of a most painful Drevinii« «• 6v^r J° a ccuTOstsnce which occurred on the tee M, ng d,uring the sitting of the Streets' Commit- >i -ri • *>°2ward came into the room, and Mr. Ward said, m^8t ?° out ...

... THE IIMAiUJOUIR IBOAIRD-DEFEA'i' OF '['IE I[.A II,W..AY E(I3NO(PULISTS.-UIMPIOVE[)COMA .sIIUNI ION BlDT..l.EN BiLPAST AN SCOTL'.AND). WVi cannot too highly comnplimient our Haibour Coin- inis:.ioliers on thlie siMg,1a1r Wisdom of their decisions respecting the two subjecti which came ipromitnently cmfore, rliirn aIt tihuir special mtetLileg yesterday. Thie formier of these qiestiouis was, the ...

... ADJOURNE1D EASTER VESTRY. Ott Saturday bis-thil dIaY RpPOintedl fat' holding the adjourned vestry of tile Parish of Shankitiil, for Ill- pointing overspeler Of deserteld children, It'vvin- EL rate fort providing offiusi's for thie poor, and 'nominating Officers of health for' thil( iiuing Vrar-t ulat'L, number, oif p'rsoiis attendred inl front of tile Parishi Churchl, long before tho hour ...

... WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1855. In the absence of any very prominent topic of news Or subject of discussion we shall here notice one Or twO matters which must not be passed over quite without mention. Among these the first place undoubtedly belongs to the sudden and apparently unexpected dispersion of our much, and deservedly, vaunted resource-the Mliliti8. Upon our Militia regiments rested all ...

... I R EL AAND. A ceremony of no orklinary interest, and quite unique in a the Irish Church, took place in tbe srcbiepiscopal palace of a Armaglh, on the 29th ult., when an address from the prelates and clergy of Irelanrl was presented to the veaerable primate, b on the occasion of his completing the fiftieth year of his epis. copate. The address, which is understood to have been r drawn up by ...

... ' intelligence from the Crimea to the 24th ilt. is said to c; blive been received in St. Petersburg. It states that the (S boonhardinest had not recommmenced, although the bat- a: teries bad been 6uished on the IGth. Prince Gnrtscha- koff arrived in Stbastopol on the 20th. The death of B Mvenschikoff has been reported and contradicted. Oi Advices to the l7th have reached the British and h ...

... P O K T R Y AN EDITOR'S TRIALS. bubble,— Toii :tn;¡ trounle, Oh, wlmt sad Trial-! of Patience an Editor— The Heixloiiiailal We'—is compell'd to su.stain What, a leech is that ravenous Public Creditor, Demanding News -News,' with imperious disdain. Paragraphs, Leaders, Reviews, Omnium Gatherum,— Pariiamciitiiry speeches to read and eorulcn.se,— Partisan Patriots to tiatter and slaver e'm,— ...

... MR. LAYARO'S INSTALLATION AT ABERDEEN. —Mr. Layard, Lord Rector elect of Manschal College and University, was installed on Thursday afternoon, in the presence of one of the most distinguished assemblages ever gathered within the magnificent public hall of the new buildings. At 12 o'clock the Lord Provost, magistrates, and council of the city were conducted to the platform, followed by the ...