... Tie members of this ancient and respectable order, belong- t) the Cardiff district having lately established a Widow an-I Jrplians' Fuud conceived the idea that they should be addiig greatly to that fund, if they got up a well regulated excursion to the fashionable little watering place Weston- supo-Mare. A trip was announced for Whit-Monday, and two team-boats, the Pilot and Ely were ...

... BRIDGEND RACES. These races came off on Ogmore Down, on MnndaY and Tuesday se'nnight, under the stewardship of the Hon- W. H. Wyndhsm Quin, Dunraven Cas le J. Nicholl Carne, Esq., D.C.L., Dimlands' Castle, and John COLA Nicholl, Esq., Merthyr Mawr House. The weather bei ng delightful, the attendance was numerous, whilst the field was large, and the sport first-rate, particularly on the first ...

... ^UIIOCRED APPROACHING MAHRIAGE OF H.R.II* PRINCE OF WALES.—The Prince of Wales, it is 0nfident]y stated, is going to marry Princess Alex- br i!na Prussia, daughter of Prince Albrecht, jn°i er the King. The nuptials are to lake place autumn of rext year, and all the preliminaries contract (so it is asserted) are already settled. 1) jj? Majesty the King of the Belgians, accompanied it n Higness ...

... HALLAX'S BAMD.-Thi. band gave another of their series of pleasant out-door concerts on Monday evening last, Burrows-square being selected as the muster-point for the occasion. The next musical meet will take place on Monday evening nexs at Heathfleld. BEGGARLY TRICK—At the Swansea Police Court, Tuesday, in answer to Mr. T. A. Williams, one of the magistrates, Mr. Dunn, the superintendent of ...

... EPITOME OF NEWS. A fchow of wilil-flowers has taken ptare at Uomsey. t e inauguration of the statue of Handel, at Halle, P'ace on the lht July. he meeting ol the British Association for I860 will .■?,place at Oxford. j he English in the Sandwich Islands propose erect- ? a monument to Captain Cook. th D 0lIth Carolina the slave population is 383,000 Ignite population 2S3.000. ha«|h C° nquest, ...

... Some talk of an invasion As a thing whereat to sneeze, And say we have no occasion To guard our shores and seas Now, Punch is no alarmist, Nor is moved by idle tears, But he sees no harm that we all should arm As Rifle Volunteers Lest sudden foes assail us, fis well we be prepared; Our Fleet—who knows ?—may fail us,' Nor serve our shores to guard. For self-defence then, purely, Good reason ...

... THE CAMPBELL TESTIMONIAL.—We are happy to find that the subscriptions towards the testimonial to be given to the Bishop of Bsngor, on his departure from Merthyr, amounts, including the subscriptions uf the Marchioness of Bute and Lord Dynevor, to the handsome sum of 9566. Many speculations have arisen as to the form the testimonial should assume; but a strong feeling having been expressed by ...

... A meeting of the Liberal members of the House 6^ Commons was held on Monday afternoon, at Willis's Rooms, and was attended by 274 gentlemen, representing the various sections of that party. The proceedings were opened by Lord Palmerston, who observed that the issue upon which Government had dissolved Parliament was not the question of Reform, or any other matter of legislatioft, but simply and ...

... ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND. The attentiou of the friends of the church is invited to the following regulations of the Ecclesiastical Com. missioners «f Th v • n» Whi,ehall Place, S.W., June, 1859. e Commissioners for England are pre- fund „n°rWC,e.,Ve •PPlic,tlon8 for grants, out of Ibe common for the cure of 1' towards making better provision by^ benefactions fronJ o°herDsouw;le ...

... LONDON CATTLE-MARKET—MONDAY. The imports of cattle and sheep from the Continent into the port of London tittrirgthe past week havelarge The official Custom boose return give an entry of 252 oxen, 605 clives, 4 '29S»heep, 6 piK', and 2 horse*, making to- gether a total of 5,163. head, against 2,079 at the correspond- ing period of last year, and 1,798 in 1857, The supplies of meat to-day were ...

... ELECTION OF THE BISUOP OF BANGOR.-On Friday the Very Rev. James Henry Cotton, B.C.IJ., Dean of Bangor, and the Rev. John William Trevor, M.A., treasurer of the Cathedral, met at Bangor Cathedral, and in accordance with her Majesty's conqe d'etireelected the Venerable J. Colquhoun Campbell, M.A., Archdeacon of Llandaff, and Rector of Merthyr Tydvil, to the bishopric of Bangor, rendered vfcant ...

... Louis Napoleon —what a game Tis at thy hand to play If to achieve eternal fame, And gain an everlasting name, Blest for all ages, be thiue aim, Before thee lies the way. Thou wilt but have to keep the word Of honour thou bast spoke, And seek no further with the sword Which thou hast drawn, than to afford The aid by Italy implored, And ride her from her yoke. That done, thy sword if thou wilt ...