... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... CORRESPONDENCE. [The Euitor is not responsible for the sentiments of his correspondents.] ...

... THE FATAL VIADUCT ACCIDENT. In our last number, we stated that the fall of four girders on the west side of the Crumlin Viaduct, had un- fortunately occasioned the death of two of the men engaged in the work of removing the scaffolding from between the abutment and the first pier, on the west side of the valley. We have now to report the proceedings at the inquest, held on Saturday, at the ...

... THE MERLIN'S NO rES OF THE WEEK JftlB great event of the week is the visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French to our shores. It is an event fraught with much importance, and must have its due effect Upon the' wavering councils of Austria-the timid policy of Prussia, and cannot be overlooked in the deep delibera- tions which we are told are daily and nightly held in the winter palace of ...

... THE FARMER'S COLUMN. GREAT POULTRY SHOW The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Poultry Exhibition in the Corn Exchange of that town on Wednesday an Thursday, last week, and received the almost universe support and attendance of every family of distinction in tM surrounding neighbourhood. The efforts of the managipff committee were most untiring and effective, and the ptise list a. very liberal one, and hence ...

... SUNDAY LESSONS. APRIL 15.—1ST SUNDAY AFTER EASTp.R.forD;g, 1st lesson, I'Gth ch. Numbers; 2ud lesson, 12th cb. A*«a' Evening, 1st lesson, 22nd ch. N umbers j 2nd lesson, ch. James. I? A IRS.—Glamorganshire: Aberdare, April 16; CtfIØ Neath, April 16. — Monmouthshire Be,iweilty yillage, April 16; Monmouth, April 18; Usk, April 20.-Hrecll4 shire Devynock, April 16 Llangynyd, April 20; garth, ...