... THE Weather AND THE CROPS.—A gentleman who has been travelling in Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Monmouth- shire, speaks most encouragingly of the hay crops. Mowing has begun in many places, and the grass falls heavdr III many plac ...

... The usual weekly meeting of this Board was held on Saturday last at the Board Room of the Union Work- house, E. W. David, Esq., chairman, presiding. After the usual minutes of the preceding meeting had been read by Mr. Stephenson the recently appointed Clerk of the Board, The Chairman stated that he had received a com- munication from Miss Jenner, complaining of a nuisance at Wenvoe which she ...

... The committee for promoting the working men s ex- cursion to Paris are desirous that some practical good should result from the visit, and have, therefore, pro- posed that a fund should be set apart for the purpose of awarding prizes to those excursionists who furnish the oest essays and reports on the subject of their visit. A selection of these is to be published in order that subscribers to ...

... A man named William Wil1imson, a surfaceman! belonging to the north-west of Fifeshire, was on Saturday apprehended and brought to Cupar, on a charge of having murdered Edward Glenning, a grieve, in the service of Mr. Alexander Hunter, farmer, on the farms of Fordell-hill and Strathburn, two farms in the vicinity of Leuchars, the St. Andrew's Junction of the North British Railway. The ...

... THE OCCUPATION OF THE PAPAL STATES. THE INTERVENTION OF FRANCE. The Times says the Government of the Emperor Na. poleon and that of King Victor Emmanuel have taken up their respective positions. The French expedition to Rome, with which the FioreBce Cabinet was threatened, has been resolved upon in principle in full Ministerial Council at St. Cloud. The execution of this resolution has been ...

... BURGLARY.—We understand that the house of Dr. Llewellyn, of this town, was entered, either on Friday night, or early on Thursday morning last, and several articles cf great value stolen therefrom. We trust the perpetrators will soon be detected and brought to justice, fearing the innocent may be accused. One or two rob- beries have, within these few months, been committed, but no one as yet ...

... Last week the scholars and others connected with the Baptist Sunday School, at Twn Gwyo, held their annual tea party. A meeting was held in the chapel at 2 p.m., and the lespected pastor, the Rev. William Haddock, was voted to the chair. The teachers and children sang and recited several pieces very creditably. At 3.30 all repaired to the schoolroom to tea, of which upwards of 100 partook. ...

... letters ta BATHING AT BARRY ISLAND. SlR,—My attention lias been called to a paragraph which appears in the Cardiff Times of August 17, under the head- ing Deplorable accident at Barry Island. You state that Mr. David Llewellyn was drowned there on the 12t'i August. I was on Barry Island on that day, and can state that Mr. Llewellyn was drowned in Porthkerry Bay, near Cold Knap. Had he bathed ...

... SATURDAY. MANSLAUGHTER AT YSTRADYIOPWO. Richard Watkins, aged 25, a collier, was charged with the manslaughter of Daniel Jones, on tin* 15th of August. He was also charged on the Coroner' warrant. Counsel for the prosecution, Mr. W. H. Michael far the prisoner, Mr. Bowen. Mr. W. H. Michael, having brit-fly and with much fairness stated the facts of the case, called Jenkin Williams, who deposed ...

... The great non-unionist demonstration at Staveley is re- ported at considerable length in those of the morning papers which do not believe in trades unionism. Both branohes of the Legislature were represented on the occasion. The Duke of Devonshire congratulated the miners of Staveley on having emancipated themselves from the thraldom of the unions, and vindicated the liberty of labour. The ...

... TTIP Hark Evcamitier telltt the folio-wine .mu8ing story: 'At the Cork Coal Quay an itinerant fiddler was subject. ing his instrument to a species of torture which compelled it to confess with many groans and squeals all it knew about 'The Wind that shakes the Barley,' when a. Venus of the Coal Quay, not unlike her Hottentot sister m physical conformation, looking indeed like the fattened- up ...

... During the past week a decided improvement has mani- fested itself in the shipping trade. A great many fine vessels have arrived, tonnage is becoming more plentiful, and things are looking very much better than they were. The Abys- sinian expedition has been the means of arising the rates of freight for Bombay, Simon's Bay, and Cape de Verds, &c., consideiably. We hear 20s. for vessels on the ...