... A MOST REMABKABLE VESSEL OF WAR is now being designed by Mr. Page, to be submitted to Her Majesty's Government, of such a nature as to defy the utmost powers of existing ordnance, and which will be op||*Me of throwing with accuracy 70C explosive shells per hour into any dockyard three miles distance. ON Monday week, at ten o'clock, a bride and bridegroom made their appearance at the front ...

... BOARD OF HEALTH. A meeting of the Board took place on Thursday, when the following members were present: R. T. Crawshay, Esq., (chairman), Messrs. Forman, D. Rosser, J. Bryant, D. Williams, J. Jones, and T. H. Williams. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and signed, the following report was read from the surveyor, all the recommendations in which were agreed to:- Merthyr Tydfil, ...

... MARRUGB. Dec. 20th, 1859, bv licence, at St. Tydfil's Church, by the Rev. J. Griffith, Mr. James Thomas, of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Copper Refiner, to Miss Ann Davies, youngest daughter of Mr. John Davies, Tydfil's Well, Merthyr, late Gronrr and Soirit Merchant. Dec. 28th, at Penuel Banfisf Chapel, Rhymney, by the Rev. D. Rhys Jones, Minister, Mr. John Jenkins, tailor, Liverpool, to Miss ...

... RIFLECoRFs.-The Merthyr Corps continue to make considerable advancement in their drill. Mr. Wrenn, whose services are given gratuitously, is most assiduous in his attention, and appears desirous that the rudimentary part of the extrcise should be thorough ly acquired before any very complicated movemer I s are attempted. There are, however, about 2Q members who are quite competent to go ...

... Once more we have stopped at another mile- stone on the road of life-have cheered our friends, welcomed, sympathized, lamented, just as of old-and DOW, with loins grirdled up anew, and with pilgrim's staff in hand, we again start forward towards the goal. Collectively speaking, the last journey of ours was one of a satisfactory character. The town has lost ground in some respects, but gained ...

... PRIODV^OSRDD. U. fones, Yxw., Orchard Villa, Caerdydd, a Miss S. Venables, Liverpool, Nadolig, 1859. WED I awydd, a rleol,-a chuaw, Merch ieuane synwyrol, Deuawdd, lieb un nawdd vn ol, Wen SARAH, i JONES siriol. I doi'r amed aur yma,-yn oes rwydd JONES, i'w Orchard Villa, i-: Bydded tear ei boddhad da, L Yn oes wyrion, i SARAH. (Swnai luniaidd perfddelw, a pher rosyn gwiw, Ddywenydd i deimlad, ...

... NEW PALACB AT BAN GOB.—The Episcopal palace at Bangor having been suffered by the late diocesan to fall into such a state of dilapidation as to defy repair at a reasonable cost, it was decided by the authorities, when the Right Rev. Dr. Campbell was promoted to the see, that a new palace should be forthwith erected, and the con- tract for it is now open. AT the Mansion House, London, on ...

... BLAEN AVON. ACCORDING to announcements made in several of the local papers, the new mill at the BIaen. avon works—which reflects the greatest credit on that very remarkable clever young man. the designer of the new forge—was to have been opened for regular work on Tuesday last, when, as is usual on such occasions, and as may have been assumed in this instance, some grand demon- stration was to ...

... H. M., Tred egaf.- A ch alleng-e such as your letter con- tains can only appear as an advertisement. The Wizard in our next. N OTIC E.-The Railway Time Tables are published with as much care to ensure correctness as possible, but should they contain any errors, the publisher does not hold himself responsible for any inconvenience they may arise therefrom, as changes sometimes take place in ...

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... MONDAY. — Before J. C. Fowler, Esq. A WHOLESALE THIEF.—Jane Williams, the wife of John Williams, a collier, living at Troedy- yrhiw, was this morning placed in the dock with no leas than three charges against her. The first was for stealing twelve yards ofcoburg, a flat-iron, and a half-pint gtass.— Mrs. Sweet said I am the landlady of the Angel Inn, at Troedyrhiw. On Wednesday last (Jan. 4,) ...

... The electors of Reading have this week achieved a- triumph* over Toryism, and reli- gious bigotry, by electing Sir F. Goldsmith as their representative. When this gentleman came forward to solicit the suffrages of the Reading electors, a cry was raised of Christi- anity in danger, and a sound believer, of the name of Benson, was .put forward as the Defender of the faith. Happily, the peo- ...