... AUTBJO'BMED COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE. We are Happy, says Guardian, to see that the objections brought against certain portions of the Bible are- about to be met by leading theologians of the Church osrifngland in a very practical way. If a false and unfair system of interpretation has been applied to the testr of scripture the best way of confuting it is to apply a true and legitimate one. The ...

... DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE. MONMOrTHSHIRE ENGLISH BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. The half-yearly meeting of the above-named Association was held in the Baptist Chapel, Caerleon, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 3rd and 4th of November. Notwith- standing the unfavorable state of the weather, there was a good attendance of ministers and messengers. The services commenced on Tuesday evening, when sermons were ...

... STORY OF LEGACY. The U!v¿vc1siiy Magazine contains an amusing Di- gressive Essay on Wills, in which are related nume- rous examples of carious wills. The following is a specimen :-=-- In the year 179S the following s*.range circumstance occurred in connection with a wiE. Two gentlemen, who.hud been left executors to a friend, on examining the property, fotmd a scrap of paper on which was ...

... ACCIDENT.—On Friday last an accident happened to a miner named David Eva.s, aged about 20, by which he unfortunately lost his left hand. In charging a hole, the wire by some means ignited the powder, and the ramming was forcibly ejected, shattering the poor fellow's tiand so severely, that it required amputation above the wrist. LECTURE.—A lecture on Colliers and Miners was given at the ...

... CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETy.-Sermons, morning and evening, on behalf of this society were preached at St. Mary's church, and we understand that the collections were liberally responded to. A public meeting on behalf f of the same object was held on the following day, at the Grammar School, when several instructive addresses were delivered. POLICE COURT, MONDAY, before W. W. MANNING,, Esquire. ...

... CUPID AND HYMEN IN A LAW COURT! In the Court of Common Pleas in London all action has been brought by Mr. Warrington against Sir John Pringle, under the following circumstances The plaintiff is a general decorator, and was employed by Sir John Pringle to furnish certain ornamental fittings for his house on the occasion of his daughter's marriage in July last. The most prominent of these ...

... I have just obtained the journal of a young man who spent many days in the hands of the brigands—and the hands of the greatest of them all, Caruso. 1 believe the particulars of what he saw will interest your readers, and will better teach them what those brigands are ',says the Turin cor- respondent of the Mornino Slca):- ^Enrico Lombardi has notyet completed his twentieth year. He is of ...

... Money Market. CITY, NOVEMBER 3.-The stock markets at the resumption- of business this morning, after yesterday's holiday, were a gocC deal prejudiced by the rise in the Bank rate of discount, aiid by the generally uncertain prospects of the money market. Prices opened at a general and rather severe fall. From this there has since been a partial recovery, and the markets are now steadier than ...

... PROCLAMATION OF PRINCE CHRISTIAN AS r KING OF DENMARK. At Copenhagen, on Monday, November 16, M. Hall, President of the Council of Ministers, proclaimed Prince Christian as King of Denmark, under the title of King Christian IX., from the'balcony of the Palace of (jiixistiansbuxg. > On the appearance-of the new King on the balcony an immense crowd assembled before the palace and gave ...

... COMMON SENSE.—On the evening of Monday last the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown, of Liverpool, delivered his interesting lecture under the above title, at the Town Hall, to a numerous and most respectable auditory. The rev. gentleman was introduced by D. Lawrence, Esq. Mr. Brown is not unknown in this district, having previously lectured in this and neighbouring towns, and to those who have heard him ...

... AN UNFORTUNATE LADY.—In the Divorce Court, on Tuesday, Lady Clinton, the petitioner in a suit for dissolution of marriage, appeared in person, just before the rising of the court, and stated to his lordship that a motion ha d been made on her behalf since the beginning of term for a commission to examine witnesses abroad, con- trary to her desire. Upon which, Sir J. Wilde said she ought to ...

... BY OUR LOIJDON CORRESPONDENT. Out readers will understand that we do not hold ourselves responsible for our able Correspoz-ident's opinions. THE Crawley Court-Martial is dragging its weary length along, and promises to interfere with the Christmas holidays of all engaged in it. The following description of Colonel Crawley, drawn by a graphic pen, I have taken from the columns of a professional ...