... THE ENGLISH CALVINISTIC METHODIST CHURCH. On Monday evening a meeting was held at Stuart Hall in recognition of the Rev. James Mortimer, as minister of the English Calvinistic Methodist Church. Tea having been provided, with other refreshments, and partaken of by a numerous company, a public meeting was subsequently opened, at which the hall was well filled, the chair being taken by Mr. John ...

... i'loinc The Shipping Gazette has recorded 394 wrecks since the first ot January. Land and Water announces the death at Regent's Park of the comparatively large chimpanzee from catarrh. It is understood that the return of her Majesty and the Court to Windsor Castle will be the beginning of a somewhat gayer season than usual. The Irish Times of Saturday states that it has been determined to ...

... 1VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL GENERAL SESSIONS of the PEACE for the County of Glamorgan will be holden at the TOWN HALL, Bridgend, in the said County, on TUESDAY, the Twenty- sixth day of FEBRUARY, lS(j7, at One o'clock in the Af- ternoon, for the Appointment of a CHIEF CONSTABLE of the Police of the said County, in the room of Captain Napier, deceased, and for other general purposes ...

... A paragraph appeared on Thursday in the columns of a contemporary in regard to the Abyssinian captives, which, if not corrected, may lead to considerable mis- apprehension of the course the government have taken to procure their release. The paragraph is to the effect that on the 28th December Colonel Merewether had left Aden for Massowah to hand over to the Emperor Theodore the machinery and ...

... CIGAR-MAKING IN HAVANA.—There may be small manu- facturers of Havana who own but two or three slaves, or em- ploy but two or three workmen, and they may do their work in a brutish and uncleanly manner; but so far as my own ex- perience at the Hija de Cabanas y Carvajal's renders me a trustworthy witness, I may vouch for the scrupulous cleanli- ness and delicacy with which every single stage in ...

... The American House of Representatives, after a warm debate concerning the suppression of Protes- tant worship in Rome, has decided to discontinue the American legation in that city, and will hereafter be represented there only by a consul. A young Greek at Washington has given to the American parers a letter he has received from Athens giving an account ot the murder by the Turks of nine ...

... MEN AND THINGS, MEK and their circumstances are always current topics. Circumstances have often much more to do with men— their habits, their tastes, and the aspect of their cha- racter, in tho estimate of others—than the most distinct attributes of personal predilections. It is a. very sug- gestive problem, Which is tho master power ? that of the man in forming the circumstances or that of ...

... TUESDAY.—(Before J. C. Fowler, Esq., and Captain R. T. Roberts.) Affiliation Order.—David Lloyd was summoned by Eliza- beth Williams as thefather of her illegitimate child. Last court day the ccise was adjourned as the defendant wished to offer a defence. To-day he did not appear, and had been to the complainant and wished to settle the case.—An order of 2s. 6d. for the first six weeks, 2s. ...

... LAW EXAMINATION.—Mr. W. J. Lloy.L second son of Mr. John Lloyd, of the King's Head Newport. successfully passed a final examination at THE Hall of the Incorporated Law Society, in London, h\st Hilary- term, and has been admitted w' ...

... SHIPPING CASUALTIES. The ship Abby Ryerson, of Yarmouth (N.S.), Dennis, from Cardiff, had very heavy weather, which washed away her skylight, &c. The Anguste and Louise, Hansen, from Cardiff, arrived on the 4th inst., with bulwarks stove, &c., having expe- rienced heavy weather. ...

... A WELSH DIVORCE CASE. The following case came before the Divorce Court on Friday: Kendall v. Kendal. This was a wife's petition for a dissolution of her marriage, on the ground of her husband's adultery and cruelty. There was no appear- ance for the respondent. It appeared that the parties were married in India, in October, 1861, where they resided for some time, and then returned to this ...

... PENNY READINGS.—The usual fortnightly readings were held in the British School-room of this place, on Wednesday night. The chair was taken by Mr. H. Mor- gan, who kept the meeting alive from time to time by reciting some humourous tales in Welsh. The pro- gramme was one of unusual attraction, and notwith- standing the unfavourable weather, the meeting was fairly attended. The chief attraction ...