... A dispatch from New York, dated June 24, states that the transport Kentucky, with 1,200 paroled Con- federate prisoners on board, struck a snag near Shreveport, on Red River, on the 9th, and sank in three minutes. Over 200 lives were lost. Galveston, Texas, the last seaport held by the Con- federates, was surrendered to General E. J. Davis by Kirby Smith on the 5th.. In conseqnence the Presi- ...

... SUMMARY OF PASSING EVENTS. THE fruits of over-speculation continue to affect India in a remarkable manner. The last mails from the East bring intelligence from Bombay of a ruin- ous character. Failures, the papers say, take place every day, and mercantile men know not where it may end; few houses are considered safe, and commerce is crippled to such an extent that it appears quite in a chaotic ...

... The correspondent of the Morning Post, writing from Stockholm, says:- It was not difficalt to be foreseen that the trial of Pastor Lindbaok for the murders he had committed at Siibodal would not occupy much time after the quali- fied confession which had been made by him with re- gard to them, more especially when it is remembered that in this country the formalities of a trial are to a great ...

... A mother came before the magistrate at the Clerk- en,well Police-court, and told a sad story of a lost daughter. Her girl, she said, was only fifteen years of age, but she had left her home with a married man who had deserted his wife and three children, and, although she had made every endeavour to discover their whereabouts, she had been unable to do so. This week she. had received a letter ...

... Coronation Day. The anniversary of the coronation of her Majesty the Queen, which event took place at Westminster Abbey on the 28th of June, IQOO wa, duly celebrated in London with Royal honour? At Windsor the bells of the Chapel Royal, of St. George, and parish church, began ringing at an earlyhour, while Royal salutes of 21 guns were fired from Fort Belvedere and the Royal Adelaide frigate ...

... NOTICE is hereby given, that the next General Half- Yearly or ORDINARY MEETING of the Share- holders of this Company will be held at the NEW INN, Pontypridd, in the county of Glamorgan, on MONDAY, the 31st day of July instant, at 12 o'clock at noon. •n ^ot*ce '8 hereby also given, that the Transfer Books will be closed on and after the 24th instant, and will not be re-opened until after the ...

... The usual monthly meeting of this Board was held at the Four Elms Inn, Roath, on Tuesday, C. Pearson, Esq. in the chair. There were also present Messrs. Nell, Douglas, and D. Thomas. The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed, the new member, Mr. J. Thomas, made the usual declaration ofqualification, and took his seat as a member of the Board. At the last meeting an estimate was ...

... SPECIAL RELIGIOCS SERVICES.—On Sunday last the anniversary sermons on behalf of the funds ot the Welsh Wesleyan Chapel were preached by the Rev. Thos. Aubrey, of North Wales. The popularity of the minister with the Wesleyan connection, together with his being a native of Nantyglo, and formerly a workmau in the ior?e at that plaee, brought people together from all Pay*s of the district to hear ...

... WE recommend to the attention of our working classes the following, which we find in an American newspaper, Fincher's Trade Review. It shews the condition of work and workers, and the conflict of labour and capital on the wage question, in a light much too distinct for them who wished to delude our people over to the States, under pro- mise of high wages and constant work There is trouble ...

... BEAUFORT. THE MEAT QUESTION.—The high price of meat is still a debated subject with the public here. A strike as an effectual remedy is becoming unpopular. A Limited Liability Company is suggested, where workmen can buy and kill their own meat. THE HAY HARVEST.—During the past week the weather has been changeable, and the occasional showers have in some measure impeded the progress of the ...

... To the Editor of the Free Press. SIR,—In your highly interesting account of the perpetual curacy of Trevethin in your paper of last Saturday there were a few errors in the account of the ecclesiastical divisions, which I hope you will permit me space at your earliest convenience to correct, otherwise they may per- haps be cited hereafter as authentic, and the errors be perpetuated. For brevity ...

... rTHOLIAD SIR DDINBYCH. ?? Yr etholwyr yn NeNuadd y Dref, Din- ty *bo,, dydd Maln divveddaf, am 10 o'r glooh, ali Wt a 1chrenwYd ar weitbrediadau y dydd, trwy fad fra b Llod Nynle. Yaw.. yr Ucbel-sirydd, yn Cymri fr *d gadeir, n John Parry Jones, Yew., Dinbyeb, trf T. lSyiydd. yn ?? y papuran arferol asmgylch- y yaa aodadd Syr Robert CnDlifle. o Acton Park, ~rGnreesaw. a dyvedodd ei fod yn codi ...