... last, fill-. Thomas Fiddian in the chair. Mr. Samuel Allpcrt exhibited and described a very beautiful series of encrinites, from his own collection, amongst which were several previously undescribed species. Mr. George He&ton also exhibited large number of fossils of various species. Mr. H. Scollick read a paper descriptive of the various methods use for the capture, setting up, and ...

... SELLING FE\TAN NEWS.-Last night, about ten I ,,CjOcj ItA blind man was arrested in North Street for offering for sale a number of slips purporting to con- I tain the latest news from Dublin ?? the trial of the State prisoners and of the escape of Stephens. The slips also contained a letter headed Dublin S Castle, Friday morning, Nov. 24th, and directed to . Dear O'Downell. Tbe prisoner-who, ...

... (s I ns, O)a C? tmf?,''t THURSDAY MORXIXG. NvO. 3 - -i - -; Tun trial of Luby, the Fenian,. was continued yesterday, and among the witnesses examined was Pierce Nagle, the informer, whosel evi- dence was taken at great length. The case' for the Crown was thought to be nearly closed last night. l That the rebellion in Jamaica has been entirely crushed out, anid that about 00O rebels have been ...

... AMENITIES,— Sorry I Lor' bless yoa Bir, I shall be jolly glad when twelve o'clock comes, and It's all over, said the turnpike man. You wouldn't believe the life the 'busmen and the cabbies have been a leading me a week past; ah, for a month amost. To- day it has been dreadful. And you may be as good at chaff as you like, but you can't have an answer ready for everyone. Mo and my boys have ...

... ANOTHER of the Wride family has ridden into office, by the country guardians overriding the wishes of the urban. No doubt the office will be decently filled, for the Messrs. Wride prove their ability to hold offices by the dexterity with which they work themselves into them. The new over- seer, late relieving officer, was opposed at his appointment just as his brother and successor has been ...

... MGRDER AT CWMBR.XN.- On Saturday evening a workman was stabbed at Cwmbran by a fellow la- bourer, and died from the injuries inflicted. Both men were employed in the extensive works of the Patent Nut and Bolt Company (limited). The state- ments made with reference to the lamentable atfair are, as is usual in such cases, conflicting, but it seems certain that the man who committed the crime was ...

... MERTHYR. GAS WORKS—A tine gasometer is in course of erection at the Gas Works, but up to the present the effect of a spring underneath, and which oozes through the rock, has been to retard work. Troed- yrhiew and Cefn will soon be supplied with gas. DEATH OF A DOWLAIS WORKMAN.—Intelligence was received this week to the effect that a Dowjais work- man, well known here, had met with his death at ...

... le PORTSMOUTH DRAINAGE. it To the EDITOR of the HionsaRa TELtGREAJH. d Sa&,-It is generally reported in the borough that the e Drainage Committee have ordered a cheque for 3,0001. to d be drawn in favour of the contractor, upon the certificate n of the Engineer. e. If this really be true, it is high time that a special 't meeting of the Local Board should be called, with the ;e view of ...

... dSTRICT NEWS ' NEW'TON ABBOT.-GcOrte Wotton; plasterer, wab' summoned before the magistrates on Thursday for assaulting 'Mr. Thomas Edwin Sarah, of the Prince of Wales Inn. On the preceding evening Wotton went to the complainant's house, called for somt beer, was rtfused from his having a former score still on the el ate and when he abused Mrs. Sarah the ?? bst ter Wcttogisto leave the house. ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY ADVICES reached our shores yesterday of fresh horrors in Jamaica. The rebellion, we are told has been crushed out. and the teleprrnm ,AA. -n - has been crushed out, and the telegram adds, ascal'~'0 as if it were the most ordinary transaction, that oy rebels have been shot or hanged since the arrival of tb troops in the island. The Govianoon, in openin. th Houses of the ...

... ubindis I copy !Ibth dec~ree iussud by t1he President of C~hili.oon the notification of the Spanish b e, Fetting free all the ports of the coast and withda'rawi nili eport and import duties, and like. wie nearly all formalities of (Istom House inspec. tion:- Santiago, Nov. 7. Under this date his Excellency the President has decreed as follows:- Considering, -1. That the Commander of the ...

... The election of members to represent the rate. payers in the Barony Parochial Board took place yesterday in the different districts of the parish. . . FIEST, OR ANDEBSTON DTSTRrcT. The following gentlemen were elected for this district Alex. Ewing, grain merchant, 7 Claremont Terrace. A. Hi. le'Lellan, proprietor, 20 Queen's crescent. Jobn Young, baker, 63 St Vincene Crescent. Philip Blackr, ...