... PRESENTATION TO MR. A. J. MORRIS, AT ABERDARE. ON Tuesday evening, Mr. Arthur J. Morris, of the Plymouth Iron Works, Merthyr, was presented with a splendid testimonial, in the St. Fagan's School-room, Aber- dare, kindly lent for the occasion by the Rev. Mr. Jenkin, Mr. Morris had for a number of years been connected with the Abernant Iron Company, as cashier at Llwydeoed. For some years, too, ...

... COEDCAE COLLIERY DISPUTE. FOR some four weeks, the Police-court of this town has been the judicial arena in which a case somewhat peculiar in its character, and exciting in its interest has been developed. An adjudication has already been given in one instance, whereby nine men were incar- cerated in Cardiff gaol, for fourteen days, with hard labour. In consequence of an arrest of judgment, ...

... PONTYPRIDD INTELLIGENCE. NIGHTINGALE. —Through the stupidity of some indivi- duals. we have lost thevi>leasure of hearing the strains of this delightful bird. Wiiettier it heen killed, or driven away. we cannot tell; but by the lovers of nature's music it is very much missed. A CHILD DHOWNED.—On Tuesday evening, a child was seen playing by the canal side. It was missed during the night, and ...

... On the 10th inst. the Dean and Chapter of Rochester elected the Rev. T. L. Claughton to the Bishopric of Rochester, vacant by the death of Bishop Wigram. lie will be consecratcd, we understand, in Rochester Cathedral on Whitsun Tuesday. The infant daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales was christened on Friday, the 10th inst., at Marl- borough House. The Archbishop of Canterbury per- ...

... THE MERTHYR DRAMATIC SOCIETY propose to give an entertainment on Thursday next. They deserve success, and we hope an effort will be made by the public to secure it for them. PETITIONS have recently been forwarded from various places of worship in the town, to the Houses of Parliament, in favour of the more perfect closing of public-houses on the Sabbath, a bill to that effect having recently ...

... MISCELLANEOUS. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the official residence of the Earl of Derby. At Lyons, on the 5th of Jane next, Mr. Wm. I* Leaf, of London, will lay the first stone of the English Episcopal Church about to be erected. The City of London Common Council have resol- ved to guarantee a contribution of j6500 to a fund for the erection of a statue of Mr. Peabody in the city ...

... CAUTION TO PARENTS —Last week the life of a young child was sacrificed through the apparent neglect of some of its guardians. It appeared that the father and mother left the house in charge of four or five children. During their absence one of them got playing with the fire, when its garments got enflamed and burnt the child so badly that it died in a few hoars. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—A few days ...

... MR. Livsn's CONCERT.—We have much pleasure in once again reminding our readers that this Concert will take place on Thursday next at the Drill Hall. We hope our townsmen will mark their appreciation of the taleuts and industry of the leader of the Cyfarthfa Baud by at- tending the Concert. MR. WOODIN gave his* clever and amusing entertainment at the Drill Hall last night (Thursday). Mr. Woodin ...

... FOREIGN NOTES. Prince Oscar of Sweden has arrived in Paris, and taken up his residence at the Swedish embassy. A letter from Besangon says that the same number of cartridges has been ordered of the factory there as at the time of the Italian war. It is announced that the Emperor and Empress of Russia are uoing to Kisscngen to drink the waters, and and will afterwards visit the Paris Exhibition ...

... We have received a lengthened communication from the Kev. C. White (the Ossianic divine), in which he appears to withdraw the foolish charge of forgery, which he made in connection with a letter recently read at the Board of Guardians, and which was published in the TELEGRAPH. Our Reporter, whilst appreciating the motive which has led to this withdrawal, would, however, remind the divine, that ...

... DIBTH. On the 30th ult., the wife of Mr. John Davies, spirit merchant, High-street, Merthyr, of a son. MARRIAGE. •* On the 30th ult., at Calfaria Chapel, Aberdare, by the Rev Dr. Thomas Price, the Rev. Walter Samuel, baptist minister, Cwmbach, AbeccUtfe, to Miss Racbel Theophilus, cl ths ...

... TO CORRESPONDENTS. The May Song in our next. ...