... The above was the title of a very pleasing and instructive lecture delivered in the Town Hall, last night, by the Rev Charles White, of Merthyr, to a large and crowded audience. The proceeds are to be appropriated towards a presentation fluid, which is being opened for the purpose of presenting the Rev B. Watkins with a testimonial on his leaving the neigh- bourhood, and as there were upwards ...

... foifent CamsganM i it ri^ht to that we do not at all thr.e3 scivi.A'ith or correspondent's oPi- Ons.l Palacc, long- almost wholly deserted, :v n open for the Queen's Court on the 21st inth, at which it is to be presumed that Her preside. Before thia, however, the Prince i i. t>; hold a ievce on behalf of the Queen, that there are to be two Drawiiig- 3 Concerts, and two State Balls. All to be ...

... .MARK-LANE, 7.T. Fresh up to day, the arrivals of English wlieat We: and in very middling condition, although the samples was small, the demand for both red qualities was heavy. A few forced sales were m: decline in the quotations compared with Monday hi Is. to 2s. per qr. The market, however, may be con- nominal one. We were heavily supplied with wheat, which was freely offered at Is. pir qr. ...

... George Edward Gurney, the keeper of a beer shop, the Earl of Cardigan, Chelsea, has been charged at the Bow-street police-court, in London, with having attempted to corrupt Robert Tubbs, Esq., a Middlesex magistrate, and chairman of the bench of magistrates for the Kensington division, in the performance of his duty as such magistrate, by sending him a sum of 401. to induce him to grant, or ...

... The Times has a leader on the above incident, in the course of which it says :— The mention of a Court seems to have set his hearers pondering over the l'i!jS and cons of secession. However they settled this, one by one all the churchwardens disap- peared but as the Charge came after a long service, and was itself nearly four hours long, the withdrawal of the churchwardens admits of other ...

... PASSING EVENTS, RUMOURS, &C- On Mondav morning the Queen laid the foundation stone of the Hall of Arts and Sciences at Kensington. The ceremony was very short. Her Majesty was re- ceived with a genuine outburst of enthusiasm. The musical performances -.v ;-e as perfect as Mr. Costa and the TJoyal Italian Opera company coulcl make them. The Archbishop rf Canterbury offered up a prayer. The ...

... At the Middlesex Sessions, in London, James Erasmus Bartlett,30, clerk, has been indicted for stealing 38 orders for the payment of 7001. and upwards, and the sum of 701. in money, the property and moneys of Joseph Storrs Fry, and others, his masters. The prisoner, who seemed to feel his situation very acutely, pleaded guilty. The prisoner was in the employ of Messrs. Fry & Son, chocolate ...

... APPREHENSION OF OLIVER EVANS. On Friday morning the above named man was apprehended on suspicion of being an accessory to the death of Herbert Morgan. Oliver Evans a short time ago underwent two months' imprisonment for a most brutal and cowardly assault committed late at night at the top of George-street. He is the son of Margaret Bevan, the landlady of that abomin- able place-the Parrot. ...

... MERTHYR. THE IRONWORKS.—It was stated several weeks ago that one of the forges, at Cyfarthfa, was on the eve of being closed, and though this serious misfortune has not yet come to pass, yet we are informed that there is every likelihood of its occurring shortly. The condition of the iron trade is such that it does not warrant any specu- lation out of the most ordinary track, and hence if the ...

... Every Saturday, precisely at the hour of noon, which is announced to Rome by the discharge of a cannon from the Castle of St. Angelo, takes place the ceremony of the public drawing of the weekly lottery, which, as is well known, is a most productive source 01 revenue to the government (writes the correspondent of the Daily News). In a balconv of the Palazzo Aladama, once the residence of ...

... At a recent meeting of the Bethnal-green board of guardians in London, a complaint was read from a pauper named Panmuir, that he was not allowed to go out of the house by the guardians, as other paupers were (says the British Medical Journal). Dr. Mark- ham, the medical poor-law inspector, happening to be present, is reported to have asked what was the matter with the man. The Chairman replied ...

... The hearing of the case of Martin r. Mackonochie was begun on Tuesday before Dr. Lushington in the Court of Arches. In this case the office of the judge was promoted by Mr. Martin on the part of the Church Association, an Evangelical body established about two years ago for the purpose, as stated, of resisting the progress of Romish error in the Church of England, the defendant in the case ...