... Lord Teynham has entirely withdrawn from all con- nection with the Reform League. A residence has been prepared at Osaka for the British minister. An hotel is in preparation for foreigners at xeaao. A decree of the Portuguese government abolishes tho duties on cereals imported into Portugal until tho end of June, 1863. The Committee of the People's Hall, Stalybridge, have refused the use of ...

... TO COEBESPONDENTS. -Correspondents a.re requested to favour us with —communications as early in the week as possible, are obliged, every week, to omit many coinmu- ions which would appear if we received them be JThursday. °\iot undertake to return rejected correspondence titers send us anything they deem important they td preserve a copy. ...

... ■is* Our Correspondents are requested to favour us with > their communications as early in the week as possible, ) as we are obliged, every week, to omit many commu- 3 nications which would appear if we received them be- fore Thursday. ...

... MOUNTAIN AS1I BOAR 1 OF HEALTH. The fortnightly meeting of t ic took place on Monday, when there were present: Messrs liecs Williams (in the chair), D. Moigan, G. B:own, G. Wilkinson, G. James, T. Jones, E. '1 tjoaias, D. Coleman, G. Griffiths, the llev. D. June; and the Rev. W. Williams. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. THE REGISTRT OF HOUSES. The Clerk stated that all ...

... COMMITTEE MEETING. On Tuesday evening a Committee meeting of the Merthyr Reform Association was held in the ante-room of the Tem- per mce Hall, when delegates from the Ivorite and Philan- ri;iopic Lodges were present; the members of these lodges iiaving at their last quarterly meeting agreed to turn out to the Reform Demonstration to be held on Easter Monday. The object of this meeting was to ...

... MERTHYR AND THE DRAMA. Very old people at Merthyr remember the time when Cacdraw had its mountebanks, who gave away a pig as the great prize to the lucky holder of a certain ticket, the said tickets being distributed for 6d. each to any in the crowd. This was at the time when the villago nestled around the Church, and Thomas-town and all the upper part were either green fields or gardens. At ...

... The usual weekly meeting of the Board took place on Saturday, G. T. Clark, Esq., in the chair. Tht're were aluo present, Messrs. R. H. Rhys, J. Rhys, R. Thomas G. Martin. J. Edwards. I). Williams, B Kirhouse, G. Mat- thews, G. W. Russell, E W. Scale, H. Kirkliouse,D. Rosser, and L I ...

... LOCAL SUMMARY. THE Inquest to enquire into the deaths, and the causes of the accident at the Ferndale Colliery, commenced on Monday last, and is likely to continue for a fortnight. The opening address of the Coroner, G. OVERTON, Esq., was marked by several sound suggestions, and his re- marks with reference to the continuance of such acci- dents until some improvement in the condition of the ...

... Held their usual weekly meeting in the Board room on Saturday morning at eleven o'clock, Mr. T. G Clark, pre- siding. There were present Messrs. D. E. Williams, John Edwards, L Lewis, J. Griffiths, J. Williams, E. W. Scale, J. W. Russell, R. Thomas, G Martin, J. Reea, D. Roaser, W. Williams, T. Evans, &c. The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting, were confirmed by the Board. DIVINE ...

... ADDRESSED TO THE EDITOR. rho Editor is not responsible for the opinions of his Correspondent^ THE REV. C. WHITE AND THE REPORTER OF THE TELEGRAPH. SIR,—Under the nom de plume of Ossian, in your con- tempory The Express, the Rev. Charles White endeavours with an ill grace, to bolster up the charge of forgery he so recently had the assurance to prefer against ine. It will be needless for me ...

... Selina Salter was placed at the bar of Guildhall Police Court, on remand before Sir R. W. Garden, charged with breaking a window in the Smithfield Police station. Sir R. W. Carden was informed that since her remand she had broken all the windows in her cell in Newgate, and when they put her into the black hole she broke a portion of the flap that shut out the light. Sir R. W. Carden said that ...

... To the Independent Electors OF THE VXITED liOltOt'GH OF MERTBYR TYDFIL, VAYNOR, AND ABERDAKE. GR.xTT.EMrx,—Tho House of Commons having agreed unanimously to accord to our Borough a Sccoifil Repre- sentative, this just measure may he considered as ensured, and, encouraged by the ilatteiing requsitions I have received from so large and influential a proportion of the Constituency, I venture ...