... DECEMBER 10. G. F, JABNSBY Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, boo (and shoe manufacturer. II. High-street, Southward, Jaeeman. W. HOG1ms, George-street, FtilliAM-TOad, publican. G. L. SCHEMBBI, Leadenhall-street, City, and Malta, merchant, G. W. THOMAS, Lavender-clock, Rotherliitlie, and Poplar shipwright. J. H. Noums, Birmingham, paper dealer. J. WILSON, Nether Stilton, Yorkshire., corn merchant ...

... NOTICE is hereby given, that the TOLLS arising nt the several Toll Gates in the county of Glamorgan, will be LET by AUCTION from the 31st day of December, 1858, to the 31st day of December, 1859, to the highest bidder, at the CARDIFF ARMS INN, CARDIFF, in the county of Glamorgan, on WEDNESDAY, DEC. 29th, 1858, at one o'clock in the after- noon of such day, in manner directed by the several ...

... In the month of August, 1825, four agricultural servant*, not one of whom had reached manhood, met together in the yard of Blaendynficb farm. in the parish of Mothvey. They were there by accident. John Price and David Samuel had gone from a neighbouring farm, the former according to his own statement to remain during the night, and the latter to visit a servant-maid whom be was U courtinjt. ...

... MKRTHYR AND NEIG-HBOURHOOD. H R>US K ROBBERY.—The housj- of M r. James Edwards, tailor, of Dowlais, was entered on Sunday evenirg, be- tween the hours of six ai d ei^ht, while the family were it chapel, by means of unlocking the front door. A box in an i p-stairs r, orn was broken open, and £20 10s, in gol I, £7 19.. in silver, 12s. in copper, and a Brecon Old Bank note, were stolen therefrom. ...

... LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL. EARLY LAMBS. — Mr. H. Kirby, farm bailiff to the Ysuljfera Iron Company, has now at Attygreeg farm in the Swansea Yall y two healthy lambs, lambed on the 28th and 29ih ult. We believe this to he unprecedented in such a ruuunlniiioiis district as the abite. MACHYNLLETH AND NEWTOWN UAILWAY.—The cere- mony of cutting the tint sud of this important undertaking took |l*ce in a ...

... The following Idler apprftied ill the Sir,-I availed mysulf of the meeting 01 the Socio! Science Assndarion I Liverpool to brin.» under ihe ni'tice ot one of the departments, l»y means of a piper which I then read, the abominations of 'statutes' for hiiiojr farm servants—a deep-rooted and W'i.le-sjiread evil th.t is ever undermining the morality of.our agricultural servants, and is lii;;hiy ...

... An amorou* old gentleman is the stock property of the farce-writer. He fails in re»l life. On the stage his asth- matic sobs may make singular contrast to; the fervent sighs ot a favoured lover, and it is in accordance with all prece- dent that just before the curtain falls he withdraws his pre- tentions iu favour of the happier swain. & bestows his fortune upon the youihful pair whose course ...

... iLonttm. LORD DERRY AND BATES.—A deputa- hoi^fo Pre a memorial on church rates from incura- ^vipto tn'lk f|m™Wardeii3 of Birmingham, had an inter- rpR-1 the Earl of Derby, on Thursday, at his official read fuR I? ^o^ing-street, The memorial haying been premier conversed with the deputation for some Dp-v011,: difficulties surrounding the question. Lord j-, 130 means confirmed the impression of ...

... A strange discovery has been made at Tynemoutb, clearing up, it is thought, a mystery connected with the sudden disappearance of a young man thirty-five years ago. While the w rkmen were excavaMng for cellarage at the property in Tyne-street, in this town, recently occupied by the Mechanics' Insti ute, they discovered about twelve feet below the surface a quantity of human bones, which had ...

... HcntJCMs ana Of IFencto, FATAL ACCIDENT UNDER DISTRESSING CIR- CUMSTANCES.—On Sunday night one of the most distres- sing accidents that could well occur took place, by which a respectable young man, named Michael Mnrphy. son of Mr. Laurence Murphy, ironmonger, of Church-street, lost his life. The deceased, who bore a very high cha- racter, was betrothed to a young lady named Mary Lawler. ...

... Saturday, December 4, 1858. OUR DISSENTIN(P.MINIST ERS. WE have long thought that it wa3 in the power of our dissenting ministers to effect more good than they have done Taken as a body, they have far more influence with the people than the clergy have, yet, with rare exceptions, we do not see that popularity exercised out of the Sabbatarian channel; out of the usual course. The admirable ...

... SIR FRANCIS HEAD. |: TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'EXAMINER.' Sir,-With reference to your article in the Examiner of the 4th inst. on Sir Francis Head and France, it has oc- curred to me to suggest that you may have mistaken the branch of the family to which Sir Francis belongs, and that he probably belongs to the Block branch, as shown by his signa- ture, Francis B. Head. I have the honour to be ...