... ABSCONDING OF A FENIAN INIIURIIER.-E a gene Smith, one of the Fenian informers, absconded on Saturday from the depot, Ballybough. Smith was one of the per- sons engaged in the Tallaght affair, and his evidence principally affected a person named Whelan, charg:d with adminitvtering Fenian oaths. On Friday he was visited by a suspicious character, who it is supposed bribed him. ILLUSTRATED ...

... MERTHYR BRITISH SCHOOLS. Wn have much pleasure in being able to announce that the subscriptions towards carrying out this Educational project are coming in rapidly. The Committee, who have been engaged, in canvassing since the recent public meeting in the Drill Hall, have not only cause to congratulate themselves and the friends of Education on the amount of subscriptions already promised, but ...

... The proposed reorganisation of the French army has called forth the opinions of another celebrated general on that important question. General Changamier, following General Trochu, has written a long article in the Heme des Deux Monde.% in which he enters into an elaborate criticism of the Prussian military system, and of the Government plan fo:' the reorganisation of the French army The ...

... WESLEY AXD His TBIEs is the title of a lecture to be delivered at S\ esley Chapel, by the popular preacher the Rev. Morley Punshon, on Friday, the 17th inst. NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENT.—By a recent change in one of the local postal routes, the secluded and not over populous parish of lladyr is at last supplied with postal accommodation. ST. ANMIEWS VESTRY MEETING.—The proceedings at St. Andrews ...

... SINGULAR STORY OF KIDNAPPING. On Monday, at the West Riding Court, at Bradford, a young man named Josiah AsMoD, a photographic artist, of Calverley, appeared to state that while in Ship- ley-fields, near Bradford, at a late hour on Thursday night week, being at the time engaged in walking to- wards Bradford, in consequence of having missed the last train at Shipley, three men came from the ...

... ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENT.—The Rev. T. C. Dupuis has been appointed to the vicarage of Burnham. ...

... 3tat Jirfcttigcitcf. THE MARQUIS OF BUT'K.—An announcement which appeared in a Scotch paper of the Marquis of Bute having become a convert to the Roman Catholic Religion has called forth from his Lordship the following contradiction :— TO THE EDITOR OF THE SCOTSMAN. Edinburgh, April 17, 1867. Sir,—The statement which has appeared in the Scotsman of to-day with reference to me calls for an ...

... In the inquiry by the Royal Commission oa Traces Unions Mr William Allan, the secretary of the Amalgamated ^ociety of Engineers, has been examined, and his evidence insight into the w> rking of a most extensivet1°' formed entirely of one of the best paid body of vt i ^The witness stated that the society was formed >1851 of a number of societies which had previously existed and It now numbered ...

... RELIGIOUS SERVICES.—On Thursday evening preced- ing Good Friday, and all day Good Friday, the Cal. vinistic Methodists held meetings in their chapel, when the following ministers preached eloquent and impres- sive sermons to large congregations :-Rev. W. Evans, Tonyrefail; Rev. Mr. Matthews, Canton; Rev. Samuel Jones, Merthyr; and Rev. Ebenezer Jones, Neath. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.—On Easter ...

... THE DocK.—Seventeen vessels arrived during the week and fourteen sailed. Among the arrivals were several steamers, and a quantity of iron ore and Spanish grass was brought into the dock by the In- trepid. Un Sunday, the 2lst instant, about 3.30, a Portuguese schooner was seen to get on the Cardiff sands. A s rong wind was blowing, and the vessel rolled very heavily. The signal gun was fired ...

... April 28.—FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. Morning Prayer. V cmte—15(5. Daily Psalms—140, 15G. Tc Dcum—5. Hencdictus-4. Introit.—Hymn 114. Kyrie-Aldnch m Cr. Hymn—108. Afternoon service at half-past three. 1^ Y Psalms—152, 15;}. Magnificat and Nunc Uimittis- Aldrich in G. Anthem, Why seek ye the living, Hopkins. Hymn-II 7. Litany and Sermon at 7 o'clock in the evening. Hymns 171), 117, 11. The Holy ...

... INTERESTING TO LADIES.—At this season of the year the important process of bleaching and dressing Laces and Linen for Spring and Summer wear commences, we would therefore paticuiarly call the attention of our fair readers to the GLEMFIELD STARCH, an article of primary importance in the geting up of these articles. The GLENEIELD STARCH is specially manufactured for family use, and such is its ...