... GOOD RUN WITH THE LLANGIBBY HOUNDS. DEAR MR. EDITOR,—I have not had the pleasure of seeing you in the hunting field nor can I call to my recol- lection that I have ever seen you in the pig skin even but knowing your desire to cater for the information and for the amusement of your numerous friends, 1 offer for your publication, a short account of a very good run with these hounds, on Tuesday ...

... ■War* TSAOKS.—We hear constantly of absconding contraetors. It is not a matter of much sur- n it is Teraembersd that it is a regular busi- hesi- fellows to make ireuwes. OiT.—A person was boasting that he was axaily in Ireland.— .LeII, aaid a by. v» sfcen some of the same family so high wid not to^h the ground?1 deal of the brute in man. For ATsmpTg^ c oiatic, often puppy-ish, sometimes ...

... MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY A^ D CANAL. w eoli ending 19 11 Corresponding week, 1864 12 3 TAFF VALE Weekending Mar. 12, 1865 18 3 Corresponding week, 1864 £ 5,723 12 11 GREAT WEST Week ending Mar. 12, 1865. £ 58,863 4 2 Corresponding week 1864 £ 56 608 6 0 ...

... Neither in St. George's, Southwark, nor in Field- lane, Wapping, nor in Bethnal-green, in London, nor in the worst parts of Liverpool, did we witness more abject, squalid demoralization than in some parts of Newcastle and Gateshead- The fearful manner in which the inhabitants of some of the poorer districts of the town are crowded together, is a disgrace to the municipal authorities, who, how- ...

... WIFE MURDER NEAR NEWCASTLE. On Sunday morning, one of those shocking cases of wife murder, which are only too common, occurred at Wide Open, a small hamlet near the Six Mile Bridge, on the turnpike road between Newcastle and Morpeth, the unfortunate victim being Margaret Cook, the wife ox John Cook, a hind in the employment of Mr. John David- son, of the Wide Open farm. The facts of the case, ...

... The commissioners appointed to inquire into the pro- visions and operation of the law with reference to capi- tal'pumshment^have issued their report, of which the following are the main portions THE ABOLITION OF —The com- missioners forbear to enter into the abstract question of the expediency cf abolishing or maintaining capital punishment, on which subject differences of opinion exist among ...

... THE FEJSlAff SQUABBLE IN AMEiUCA, The Philadelphia correspondent of the Times fur- nishes a statement of the circumstances attending the recent squabble among the Fenian leaders in America. He says:— The Senate impeaches O'Mahony with fraud, and O'Mahony charges the Senate with perfidy. The Senate impeaches O'Mahony and turns him out of office, and by kicking the 'Senate out of doors. ...

... BRYNMAWR. ADJUTANT'S DRILL.-On Thursday hst the Second Breconshire Volunteers had their first out of door drill for the season. They were met at the Drill Hall here by Adjutant Hughes, Captain Bailey, and Lieutenant Jones. Being told off, they marched, headed by their band, to a field about half a mile from the town, where they went through a variety of military evolutions preparatory to the ...

... 01 Mayor m 1 t^19 ciaartorly meeting; and that the this Bo a,?*,0ar we^ before 'he eyes of the public and rS Petition. said, L prevented Mr Fox lending the i Mr H^ewa 8Pea^ °f the petition from this Board. ibe one fro 011: And I Bpeak of that in connection with The sub/11 'be Harbour Commissioners. JOINT Was no^ Puraued. OP MESSRS. XIRBT AMD STEEL OK 8TBEET CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS. 8 ■ktayor ...

... DEATH OF THE KfNG OF THE BELGIANS- His Majesty the King of the Belgians expired at eleven o'clock on Sunday morning, surrounded by the Royal Family. His Majesty preserved his faculties up to the last moment. Not only for the last few day?, but also at intervals for years past, the telegrams have been busy about the health of the King of the Belgians; so that the calamity of his death can ...

... LIFE-BOAT SERYICEs.-During the last twelve months the life-hoats of the National Life-boat Institution have providentially been the means of rescuing 444 lives from the following shipwrecks on the coasts of the United Kingdom Brig Willie Ridley, of Plymouth, 8 barque Amana, of Sunderland, 18 schooner Susan, of Dublin, 4 fishing-boat, of Berwiek-on-Tiveed, saved vessel and crew, 6 brig ...

... SPECIAL MEETING OF THE NEWPORT TOWN COUNCIL. Oa Tuesday a special meeting of the Town Council was held in the Council Chamber, for the purpose of re- ceiving a report from the Parliamentary Committee of the Board, and for other matters. Present: Aldermen R. Mullock (in the chair), H. J. Davis, W. Townsend, J. N. Knapp. Messrs. G. W. Jones, T. Beynon, T. F. Lewis, N. Hewertson, W. W. Morgan, J. ...