... Disrftptt lliure. BEIDGEND. The Opera Comique Company gave three per axices in the Town-hall, on Friday, S;atur ay, Monday nights. 'J he attendance was no aig n either occasion The singing was excellent ana acting good. The principal actors J^ere oriow (bass), Mr. Manley (tenor), Miss J. an ey (s prano). The voices are first-class, and the ppaying of Mr G. F. King, on the pianoforte, was quite ...

... Feb. 24.—SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Morning Prayer. Venite -119. Daily Psalm—129,130. Te Dcum—1,3. Jubilate—131. Introit-US. Responses—Nares in F r Hymn—237. Afternoon service at half-past three. Daily Psalms—132. Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis— Nares in F. Anthem, Praise the Lord.Hayes. Hymn—164. Litany and Sermon at 7 o'clock in the evening; hymn 1G8 1, 2, 5, 6 188, 11, verses i, ii, iii, and ...

... GL^JICilO. AS3HIHE ADJOURNED QUAIITEE SESSIONS. Yc.-ter-: y tho adjourned court of Quarter Sessions wr.soye->i i>y I!. 0.' Jones, Esq.. chairman, A. Passer, jt i-iiruini:. Rev. H. H. Ricicards, S:c.. tor tne other business. THK (IIIAN D JURY. S. Nash. Esq., Cardiff, Foreman Denis Culi, PontyprMd J, M. Haynes, J. Hollyer, D. Jotham, W. Kitchen, d. Kent. J-M;irychurch, J.1oore, Cardif f; Thos. ...

... H A Y IS A F 0 II I', Saturday February 16, 1367. fceef, Gd to 83 Mutton, 7,1 to Lamb, Od to Od i,V(i to 7d, J'grfe ',d to 6d; Buttsr, Is 2d to Is ...

... and saiu he felt great pleasure in finding himself among his tenantry once more. He was glad to see them look so well, and was very thankful that so many had as- so well, and was very thankful that so many had as- sembled there that day, and more especbllv to those persons who bad come from the upper part of Pem- brokeshire, and who had set the great inclemency of the weather at naught.. He ...

... IN the present day, when the fever of politics on the ques- tion of Reform is at his height, very few politicians take a sufficient time, or patience, to study the various social elements lying around the roots of all practical politics, which are imbedded in the soil of every day habits, those habits giving them their life-power. The speech of her Majesty the Queen, at the opening of ...

... MISCELLANEOUS. An EXPENSIVE\NEWSPAPER.—It is to be hoped that the Duke of ,Montrose, who is understood to be a very energetic man, will be able to make some more reasonable arrangements with the, French Post-office than exist at present. A few hours ago we received a twopenny newspaper, which was apparently insufficiently stamped, and for this paper no less a film than 5s. lid. was charged, ...

... (Before R. O. JONES, W. ALEXANDER, W. D. BUSHELL J. PRIDE, and GEO. BIRD, Esqrs.) THE SHAWL CASE -Edward Harrison and Michael, on the remanded charge or stealing a shawl, were to-day dis- charged, for want of evidence,—the Bench, however, re- marking that it was a very suspicious case. SHIP DEsERTION.-Four seamen were charged with de- serting from the ship Charlgrove, now lying in Penarth Dock ...

... I -I HOLYnEAD LOCAL BOARD.-We have received teitttr se on this subject from a gentleman, who &igsihimself le, Rip Van Winkle, which we should have no par- m ticular objection to insert could we comprehend the TI writer's meaning. It may be our obtuseness and want o of perception, but so it is, and we must have another d( wrinkle to enable us to fathom the bottom of the w letter. He ...

... FOX-HUNT.—On the 19th inst. the renowned Llan- wonno pack met at the Butcher's Arms. When at Byd- Wenarth wood, they struck upon a trail that led the hounds to Cilfynydd cover, from which Reynard quietly slipped out, ere the music that disturbed him was Muffled by the tall pines in which he had taken shelter. The warm work which now commenced was proof enough that Reynard was on his legs, and ...

... LECTURE AT TONYFELIN.—Last- week an interesting lecture was delivered at Tonyfelin new chapel, by the Rev. F. E. James, Baptist minister, Glynneath, on the Rev. Thomas Rees, an old minister, who laboured for many years in the Baptist connexion. The Rev. T. E. Rowlands, minister of the place, occupied the chair. Mr. James in his prefatory remarks enumerated all the eminent men which the ...

... The late Walter Coffin. When we announce the death of Mr. Coffin, our readers will feel that one has passed away whose name demands more than a passing obituary notice at our hands. The late Mr. Coffin was born at Bridgend, on the 7th June, 1785, and had, therefore, nearly completed his eighty-third year. His grandfather was a member of the old Somersetshire family of Coffin, who came over, ...