... LORD CLARENDON ON AGRICULTUBRL I .I., . ~ AFFAIRS. ' I . The second annual meeting of the West Herts Agricultural Society was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Essex Hotel, Watford; the Earl of Clarendon, -.the president 1r the year, took the chair, and amnong Mathmembersi present were the Earl of Essex, Lord ,ury, Mr Jonec. Loyd, Mr John White,,Mr Waghorn, ,Xr Cobb Mr Finch,i Mttr Alfred ...

... NOTICE 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 Twentysixth day of FEBRUARY, 1867, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, 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 ...

... (From the New York Home Journal.) The following exquisite little poem, by Miss Marit Lacoste, Savannah, Ga., will commend itself by its touching pathos to all readers. The incident it commemorates was unfortunately but too common in both. (American) armies: — Into a ward of the whitewashed walls, Where the dead and the dying lay— Wounded by bayonets, shells, and balls— Somebody's darling was ...

... *AX.s IOPDILI LIEX SUPIMM. DOMESTIC. The Queen will hold a Privy Council at Osborne on Saturday, when the Royal Speech to be read at. the opening of Parliament, on Tzesday nexti will. be submitted for the ap- proval of her Majesty. Whether the speech will or will not contain any allusion to the oestion of Parliamentary Reform is a point upon which no reliable information has trans- predj for ...

... nI if) ?? 1 - t UN Monday evening the aunualmeetingof the above Lt admirable and flourishing institution was held in :r the reading.room, under the chairmanship of Mr. r W1n. Irving, J.P, in the absence of the chairman, a Mr. Ald. Lumsden. There was a crowded attend. *3 ance of members After the Rev. J. F. Smith had r opened the proceedings by a suitable prayer, the chairman, after regretting ...

... BY OADIPTABY TELEGBAPH. MAIL NEWS. 1WEST INDIA, MEXICAN, PACIFIC, AUSTRALIAN. AND NEW ZEALAND MAILS. Southampton, Thursday. The Royal Mail Company's screw-steamer Seine, Captain Ievett, with the above mails, has arrived here with 81 passengers, $986,597 in specie, and 3154 packages of cargo. She experienced strong westerly winds and heavy seas, and on her outward passage only remained a shot ...

... THE CHAMPIONSHIP. — On Friday Mace has to name the man he has been backing to fight the big Irishman, O'Bald. win, for the championship. Hell's Life has somewhat like reliable authority for holding out hopes that the forthcoming encounter will be a meeting of giants, not a mIddle weight against a giant. HEAVY BETTING.—The City and Suburban Handicap, one of the heavy betting races of the spring ...

... The usual weekly meeting of the Cardiff Board of Guardians was held in the board-room on Saturday last, E. W. David, Esq., in the chair. I here were also present, Aid. Alexander, vice-president, Rev. T. Jones, Rev. H. G. Thomas, Rev. V. Saulez, and Messrs. Cory, D. Jones, T. Williams, H. Garsed,— Ainsley, and T. French. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The Clerk read ...

... NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAN'D. ANTRIXI BOARD OF GUARD IANS.. h [FRoNi OUR OWN REPORTER.] j ANTRIM, TnuRSDiY. b To-D.AY, at one o'clock, the usual meeting of the Guardians of this towem was held in the Board- a Roomi of.the Worklhouse-GEoRGE CLARKE, Esq., e J P., presiding. The other Guardians present were n -Messrs. William James Gwynn, Thomas Prenter, 1: J. J. Kirkpatrick, James Alexander, ...

... LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. THE RHYMNEY RAILWAY (NEW LIXES) BILL. This bill, for authorising the Rhymney Railway Company to make additional railways, to use parts of the Great Western Railway, to raise additional monies, and for other purposes, has just been printed. It con- tains 39 clauses. The preamble sets forth that the Rhymney Railway Company (in this Act called the Company) are desirous ...

... The English Independent ANNOUNCES that the Rev. Henry Cliristopherson, late minister of New College Congregational Chapel, St. John s-wood, is about to take orders in the English Church. The John. Hull says :— We understand that the Rev. W. J. Butler, after having consulted with friends and advisers, and especially considering the apparent want of unanimity ou the subject among the clergy at ...

... D*t4NQu9T TO VSCOVNTM .. A grandbauquet wa igiven onWedieedayabtPormohhi,, by the Mayor, in honour of Visdount Monck,- Gover ?? of Canada, who is at presenq on a visit tothi cbnntry. I Viscouut Moick as for soe years the repre- sentative-of Portsmouth in Parliament, Aiid it ispartly-to this ciricmstance, but more especially to mark the sense generally eutertained of the able administration of ...